and surgery waiting lists hit a ten year high in england other key targets including urgent referral for cancer care have also been missed. and from despair to delight just two days after being barred from the heats of the world athletics championship 200 metres, isaac makwala gets a chance to run for gold good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the scale of slavery and human trafficking is far bigger than has previously been thought. that s the stark warning from the national crime agency, which says there are more than 300 police operations in this country currently investigating slavery and trafficking crimes. the agency says it was shocked by its findings and warns that previous estimates that the number of victims in the uk are between ten and 13,000 mayjust merely represent the tip of the iceberg . earlier i spoke to our home affairs correspondent who said it was not easy for the authorities to obtain an exact estimate of the number of victims affected by human t
and from despair to delight three days after being barred from the heats of the world athletics championships, isaac makwala runs for gold tonight. it s five 0clock our top story: north korea says its working on plans to fire four ballistic missiles towards the american territory of guam. in an escalating war of words, the north koreans say donald trump is ‘bereft of reason‘ while mr trump has already warned the regime in pyongyang that it risks the ‘fire and fury‘ of an american military response. meanwhile south korea has appealed for calm. 0ur correspondent yogita limeye reports from the south korean capital, seoul. one more fierce message on north korea s state tv. this time, it s details of how it plans to attack guam. this us island in the pacific ocean is in pyongyang s crosshairs. north korea says it plans to fire four missiles in the waters around it. it s home to tens of thousands of people. 0bviously for me, because i m a father, it s really concernin
where america has a massive military presence. robby and leonora, the couple still recovering from the manchester arena bombing. he s lucky to be alive. the doctor called me the miracle lad. even after the operation i don t think he thought. it was still touch and go. bridging the generations. the veteran playwright alan ayckbourn turns to science fiction to reach a new audience. coming up in world athletics sportsday. .. later in the hour on bbc news, we ll look ahead to the seventh day of competition with two british finalists, including eilidh doyle in the 400 metres hurdles. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the national crime agency says modern slavery and people trafficking in the uk is a far larger problem than previously thought. it says victims are likely to be found anywhere from the high street to a farm. there are likely to be tens of thousands of them working in every large town and city . more than 300 police operations are currently targeting th
from the manchester arena bombing. he tells us he s lucky to be alive. the doctor called me the miracle of lard. lad. afterthe the doctor called me the miracle of lard. lad. after the operation, he said it was still touch and go. and from despair to delight three days after being barred from the heats of the world athletics championships, isaac makwala runs for gold tonight. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the national crime agency says modern slavery and people trafficking in the uk is a far larger problem than previously thought. it says victims are likely to be found anywhere from the high street to a farm. there are likely to be tens of thousands of them working in every large town and city . more than 300 police operations are currently targeting the criminals involved. in just two months this year, the national crime agency says there have been 111 arrests. here s our social affairs correspondent, dominic casciani. another day, another anti slavery operat
drowning of migrants off the coast of yemen. 19 people have died and more are missing. this is the second incident in as many days. on wednesday, 50 people died after being pushed off a boat by smugglers fearing arrest. this information is coming from the un s migration agency and this was told us. this is the same modus operandi. 150 people this time. they re worth your people this time. they re worth your people 22 or 23, who were the same age, same profile. but they were trying to dropped in the sea close to the shore. it is may be linked to the fact that maybe they have lost control at the borders and the smugglers are panicking but the reaction was worse. because instead of preventing them entering they re basically continued their business by killing people. we think the victims were trying to get to yemen despite the ongoing conflict there, it s still seen as a gateway to other gulf states or europe. and other migrant routes remainjust as active. let me show you this