tonight at ten. the rise in albanians crossing the channel in small boats, lured by higher wages and gangs recruiting them for the drugs trade. the numbers have gone up sharply this year we report from albania on what s behind it. locals in this neighbourhood say 70% of the community has already left, and many of those living here now are thinking ofjoining them. also on the programme tonight. staff at twitter find out if they ve been sacked, as the firm s new owner, elon musk, drastically cuts costs. a series of rail strikes due to start tomorrow has been suspended, but the late notice means services tomorrow will be extremely limited. a major shift in money for the arts. the english national opera will move out of london, as blackpool illuminations wins funding for the first time. and the facial recognition technology that s helping to identify photos of holocaust victims and its survivors. on bbc london, the growing numbers of child trafficking victims disappearing from
hello, and a warm welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. i m azadeh moshiri. we begin here in the uk where the new year starts with renewed strikes. only 20% of train services are expected to run this week because of walk outs by rmt and aslef union members. that means many areas won t be seeing any trains at all. this is the latest in a series of strikes across the rail network, which have caused major disruptions. and that s on top of ambulance drivers, nurses, driving examiners, highway workers and postal workers all going on strike in recent weeks. so, how does this affect the uk economy? let s ask susannah streeter, senior investment and markets analyst at hargreaves lansdown. so, susanna, of course this affects people s day to day lives, but how does it affect the uk economy as a whole? essentially what will happen this week is there will be a delay to the return to work for millions of people who will be forced to try and work from home if they can, but a
accountable for the deaths of russian soldiers in a ukrainian attack. thousands queue to pay their respects to brazilian football legend pele, as he lies in state at his former club, santos. and coming up. we ve been talking to a guide dogs charity that s recruiting for more volunteers to tackle a shortage of trainers. we are at the moment looking very heavily to recruit lots of volunteers, and we ve been very lucky lot of people have been so generous with their time, and we are in recovery mode and hopefulfor generous with their time, and we are in recovery mode and hopeful for the future but do need a little bit of patience for a little bit longer. as thousands of people prepare to return to work following the christmas and new year break, the rmt union at network rail is staging a 48 hour walk out. this is the latest rail strike in a long running dispute over pay. the walk outs by the rmt on third and fourth january and sixth and seventh january will affect services across
their respects to brazilian football legend pele, as he lies in state at his former club, santos. american football player damar hamlin is in a critical condition in hospital after collapsing during a game. and coming up we ve been talking to a guide dogs charity that s recruiting for more volunteers to tackle a shortage of trainers. we are at the moment looking very heavily to recruit lots of volunteers, and we ve been very lucky lot of people have been so generous with their time, and we are in recovery mode and hopeful for the future but do need a little bit of patience for a little bit longer. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. politicians in russia have called for commanders in the russian military to be held to account for the deaths of dozens of soldiers in a ukrainian rocket strike. in a rare admission moscow announced that 63 of its servicepersonnel had been killed ukraine says the figure was actually in the hundreds. one senator sa