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Mexican and colombian cartels have infiltrated local gangs as they vie for lucrative drugs routes. Ecuador was hit hard by covid and theyve taken advantage of a country broken by a pandemic and by corrupt politics. The police are at pains to show me theyre fixing the problem, but when theyre having to protect themselves with sandbags in the police station, you realise this is a war without end. This used to be one of the main routes for traffickers. People would come up here with Stolen Phones and jewellery and exchange those goods for drugs up here, but the police have taken back this area. That said, the police have lost so much more control of the city of guayaquil. The bars on all the windows in this neighbourhood tell you all you need to know about the lack of security here. Angie fears for her four children. The police are powerless, she says. Just two weeks ago her neighbour was shot dead outside his daughters school. Transl ....
on crime. the uk s approach to controlling migration also faces strong criticism from abroad, with this intervention from the albanian prime minister. ukraine s nuclear energy company says the zaporizhzhia plant has been disconnnected from the electricity grid and has only 15 days of generator fuel left. a surprise peace deal after nearly two years of civil war in ethiopia. it s hoped vital aid can now flow into tigray, where 90% of the population is going hungry. here in the uk, the second report into the manchester arena bombing in 2017 is due out later, and is likely to be highly critical of the response of the emergency services. a un report says one third of the glaciers located in world heritage sites will disappear by 2050 because of climate change. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. uk interest rates are expected to rise sharply today as the bank of england attempts to tackle soaring prices. the bank is expected to increase its base ra ....
could rise to 11% this year, we look at the real cost of living and what people are cutting back on. england has appointed its first women s health ambassador, with the aim of closing the gender health gap . hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. parts of europe are on heatwave alert this weekend with temperatures on the rise and concerns about the changing summer climate. spain which has already seen its hottest may since the beginning of this century is sweltering under temperatures forecast as high as 43 degrees celsius. france is seeing its earliest ever hot spell according to forecasters worsening a drought and raising the risk of wildfires. and here in the uk, level 3 heat warnings have been issued for parts of southern england on what will be the hottest day of the year. it s notjust europe either in the united states around 120 million people are under some sort of advisory as a heatwave scorches the upper midwest and the so ....
There has been growing concern in washington that the deal was being worked on by russia and north korea, it followed a visit to north korea by the Russian Defence minister. And so now in the last few hours we have confirmation from officials in washington that it is believed as you say that kim jong un and Vladimir Putin will meet at some point at a place to be decided it seems or at least revealed in russia over the next few weeks. A very high stakes meeting, they had met before 2019 was the last time in russia but clearly the situation is different now. We know that russia needs more Artillery Ammunition with very few friends around the world. It is perhaps telling they are turning to a pariah state, like north korea, too it seems source this weaponry that they crucially need to pursue the war in ukraine. That ....
To wake up to. The sunrise will be coming up in the next 20 minutes. We are here for a serious reason. Not just to enjoy what promises to be a lovely day. We are discussing a topic which matters an awful lot to you at home. Water quality. The amount of sewage in our water. This morning we will hear from the Water Companies. We hearfrom the Environment Secretary, Therese Coffey. We will hear from campaigners. And we would love to hearfrom campaigners. And we would love to hear from you as well. We will let you know how to get in touch throughout breakfast. Because we have a big bbc investigation today, it has found that what looks like the Water Companies illegally discharging raw Sewage Hund ....