Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The 39 people found dead, in a refrigerated lorry, in essex are believed to be chinese nationals. Police are yet to confirm that, and are still in the process of trying to identify them. Paramedics made the discovery shortly before 2am on wednesday, sparking one of the uk biggest murder inquiries. Police say the lorrys cabin came via holyhead. Officers, in Northern Ireland, have raided two houses and the National Crime agency said it was working to identify organised crime groups who may have played a part. The lorry driver, mo robinson, from county armagh, has been arrested on suspicion of murder by essex police. Prosecutors in belgium have, this morning, announced that the trailer arrived in zeebrugge, on wednesday afternoon. In zeebrugge, on tuesday afternoon. It then left, the same day, en route to the uk and arrived in purfleet, on the river thames, where it then left the port, shortly after 1am, on yesterday morning. A0 minutes later, p
Environmental protection. Using the channels available to people to get action. And were determined to demand something here for the next generation globally as the environment series of global 3000 on t. W. And online. We have a brick said to deal how the e. U. And to britain but having been there before business on both sides of the channel of cautious and keep stockpiling goods just in capes also coming up nanotechnology block chain and Cloud Computing sierra leone is banking on the most advanced technology to leapfrog out of all the take and the population shrink all over the world its a big problem also in rwanda its honey business declines as these die off. Come to do business africa and want to get johnson be with us the british pound surged to a 5 month high today on news that negotiators from britain and the European Union struck a new brics its divorce steel sterling temporarily rose of 1. 29. Britains exit from the e. U. Will be in an orderly manner but the currency remains
American troops out of the region meanwhile Turkish Forces and couldnt fighters continue to battle in the border town of russell and considered a Strategic Point for both saying the hardware has more now on the fighting from the turkey syria border. The Kurdish Syrian Democratic forces are holding out. Using tunnels and trenches to mount their defense its been just over a week since the turkey led military operation began. The battle here is key if that operation is to succeed fighting has been fierce. The fighters are mainly from the syria have kurdish y p g group that make up the bulk of the s. The f. Forces turkey considers it a terrorist organization. This border town is where turkey wants to create what it calls a safe zone that will stretch 30 kilometers into syrian territory the United States which not only about the s d f and pulled its troops out of northeast syria is demanding a cease fire it has already imposed sanctions on turkey as a form of pressure but president treasure
Deal brexit. Another familiar face was theresa may, have a listen. A standing here i have distinct sense of deja vu. [laughter] important. E today is [laughter] rebel against all of those who do not want to vote to deliver brexit. The former Prime Minister theing a laugh there in commons. She put forward three meaningful votes on her deals three times she was unsuccessful and she is now saying she will support the deal, and it may surprise some giving that the deal contains a border down the irish sea and that is something that may has said no Prime Minister could ever sign up for. Had created concern about whether Boris Johnson could find the numbers. Im also going to talk to about the process going on outside parliament. Movement big peoples in demand of a second referendum in brexit. Thousands are walking down the street, and you can see this shot there of the march as they do that. Signingem they are petitions in favor of another look at the situation, some within the house support
Sugarcoat our mistake we should at mit but what is good is that the a. N. C. Did at some point to listen to Civil Society and they did a tear to the will of the people and hence the many lives were saved. Or not note were going to shift to our audience whove been waiting here to come in. Here in the 2nd row thank you to mila publica while the state was being looted universities were being chronically underfunded and in 2015 in 2016 the fees must for movement shook the country and put this on the National Agenda many of us suffered injuries from Police Brutality at the time in fact some students were killed Benjamin Petilla was killed at u. T. By police how do you as an activist reconcile that the policing in south africa right now by the a. N. C. Is reminiscent of the policing and apartheid that you yourself were a victim of as an activist at the time thank you. I think when police have been brutal their law must take its course them as well and so we as government cannot be hippie wit