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 10,000 and 13,000 may just represent the tip of the iceberg . hwasong, will kerr has been outlining the problem. we have seen victims as young as 12 being moved gci’oss victims as young as 12 being moved across and into the country for the purpose of being exploited. in the case of a 12 year old girl for labour exploitation. we have seen children forced to engage in prostitution. this is a growing problem for which we think there is a shared responsibility across society to address. earlier i spoke to our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani. he began by telling me that it s not easy for the authoriti
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
firm on september 11, 2001. he was 48 years old. that s it for me. thanks very much for watching. i m wolf blitzer. erin burnett out front starts right now. out front next, breaking news, mike pence releasing his tax returns. why won t donald trump do the same? more breaking news, north korea exploding its powerful nuclear warhead ever? can kim jong-un launch a nuclear attack on the united states? can what really happened behind the scenes? he s my guest. let s go out front. good evening. i m erin burnett, out front tonight, the breaking news p taxing news. mike pence releasing his income tax return. pence following a decades-old
tradition for presidential and vice presidential candidates putting out that in 2015 he and his wife karen made a combined $113,026 and paid $8,956 and their effective rate was 8%. this raises the burden for donald trump to release his. 8%, maybe his rate is lower than that. he continues to refuse to release them. he said they re nobody else s
in new york. this as her campaign is touting 110 now retired generals and admirals backing her. mean while, donald trump is taking his remarkable embrace of vladimir putin to russian owned air waves, declaring the russian leader is probably not meddling in the u.s. election, contrary to what u.s. intelligence conversation, contrary to what republican house speaker paul ryan says. i don t know i mean, i ve been hearing about it. i ve been reading about it. i think it s probably unlikely. i think maybe maybe the democrats are putting that out. who knows. but i think that it s pretty unlikely. but, you know, who knows. i hope that if they are doing something, i hope that somebody s going to find out so they can end it. because that would not be appropriate at all. so the trump campaign now claims they did not know this interview was airing on a kremlin-owned television network. they say they thought it was just a pod cost done as a favor for donald trump s friend larry
the pentagon calling north korea s brazen nuclear test a serious provocation. president obama is promising serious consequences. pentagon correspondent barbara starr is here in studio with more on the u.s. reaction. barbara, great to have you here. good morning. what are you hearing about what the u.s. will do? this time around it is much different. this is not about the words. this is not about the rhetoric. if, indeed, the north korean regime did test a nuclear warhead, this puts them a huge step closer to being able to actually put a warhead on a missile, shoot off that missile, and potentially some day be able to strike the united states. what my sources have been telling me for the last several weeks is there is increasing concern the north koreans are getting better at this step by step with every test. they re having successful missile tests. they re now having this warhead test. and they have developed a mobile capability, which means in time of war, they can pu