at seven we ll be speaking to aidan mcquade, who s director the of anti slavery international, about the growth of modern day slavery. we ll also have more on the war of words between the united states and north korea with a report from the us pacific island territory of guam, threatened by pyongyang. and we find out more about the dark history of a tiny scottish island which has now been put up for sale. that s all ahead on bbc news. marriage toepfer sports day. hello, and welcome to sportsday, i m 0lly foster. it s day seven at these championships, three more gold to be one and it will be isaac friday in but one if he can take the 200 metres title. the highjump but one if he can take the 200 metres title. the high jump that katerina johnson thompson down in the highjump can she qualify in the individual final. and i m nick marshall mccormack in salford with the rest of the day s sport, including rory mcilroy‘s bid for his third uspga title in north carolina. we ll have th
700,000 may have reached the uk but stresses that any risk to public health is very unlikely . robby and leonora the couple still recovering from the manchester arena bombing he tells the bbc he s lucky to be alive. the doctor called me a miracle lad. even after the operation, i think he thought it s 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. we will bring you the dark history ofa we will bring you the dark history of a tiny scottish island which has now been put up for sale. 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 curr
If that is balanced, then of course, we have proven we are willing to compromise. thank you very much, secretary general. thank you. let s take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the united states has announced its first sanctions on north korea over the country s weapons programme. north korea has recently launched a series of missiles, including two in the past week. sanctions target a number of north koreans and a russian firm said to be responsible for procuring goods for weapons. the nigerian government has lifted its ban on twitter seven months after it clamped down on the social media platform site in the country. the government suspended twitter s operations injune last year, accusing it of double standards and supporting secessionists in the country. this was after the microblogging service deleted a controversial tweet by the president. ronnie spector, lead singer of the 1960 s girl group the ronettes has died at the age of 78. the group had hits including be my
Down on the social media platform site in the country. the government suspended twitter s operations injune last year, accusing it of double standards and supporting secessionists in the country. this was after the microblogging service deleted a controversial tweet by the president. let s take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the united states has announced its first sanctions on north korea over the country s weapons program. north korea has launched a number of missiles, including two in the past week. sanctions target a number of north koreans and a russian firm said to be responsible for procuring goods for weapons. ronnie spector, lead singer of the 19605 girl group the ronettes , has died at the age of 78. the group had hits including be my baby and baby, i love you . according to a statement released by her family, spector died surrounded
In the us at its highest level since the 1980s. the latest figures show it s gone up by 7% compared with last year. a senior advisor to the biden administration said steps would be taken to ease bottlenecks at ports. the nigerian government has lifted its ban on twitter seven months after it clamped down on the social media platform in the country. the government suspended twitter s operations injune last year, accusing it of double standards and supporting secessionists in the country. this was after the microblogging service deleted a controversial tweet by the president. the united states has announced its first sanctions on north korea over the country s weapons program. north korea has recently launched a series of missiles, including two in the past week. sanctions target a number of north koreans and a russian firm said to be responsible for procuring goods for weapons. all eyes remain on australian immigration minister alex hawke who s due to make a decision on whether or not t