Investigation into people smugglers in UK

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Visit optimum dot com or stop by your local optimum store today Famously Fast fiber for thirty dollars a month for five years. You can't beat it Terms apply, see optimum. com for details. This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service I'm Celie Haton and at fifteen Hours GMT on Thursday, the second of July, these are our main stories. Kiv is hit by an eleven hour Russian bombardment Our correspondent has been at one of the sites where they're hunting for survivors. A BBC investigation finds a convicted people smuggler working in the UK Nelsa Mandela's granddaughter speaks to the BBC about South Africa's anti migrant protests. Also in this podcast, I knew that she was going to get married in New York, but I had no idea where So I can't believe it I'm actually shook and I'm so excited that it has to happen. Is Taylor Swift really getting married inside a New York City arena We start in the capital of Ukraine where the Mor says every district was hit in a massive attack by Russia. In an eleven hour assault, a barrage of Russian missiles and drones hit Kyiv through the night officials say at least twenty people were killed, including children. The Russians have been accused of deliberately targeting residential areas Russia's defense ministry says it hit key military plants in the capital Yuri Sak is a former advisor to Ukraine's Minister of Defense It was one of the largest, if not the largest attacks Carried out by Russia on Ukraine's capital Kyiv. Russia has launched almost five hundred drones. There was also missiles launched at Ukraine and unfortunately, twenty five of these ballistic missiles have hit the targets and of course targets, as it always happens, are civilian apartment blocks and that's why the number of casualties is so high. Tomorrow is announced already as a day of Morning in Kiv for folks who were killed by today's attack There were also Russian attacks on other cities in central and easastern Ukraine. The country's leader Volodymyr Zelensky, has appealed to Ukraine's Western allies to send more air defense supplies, calling them an absolute and critical priority The Kremlin has said it will continue to increase pressure on the Kyiv regime in order to achieve its goals Our Eastern Europe correspondent, Sarah Rainsford is in Kyiv. I'm standing now at the site of where one, if not two, according to locals, of those Russian missiles hit and you just mentioned Russia saying it's been targeting military sites and military infrastructure here. Well, that's possible. that's what they were targeting, but it's not the only thing that they've hit here. is a big block of flats, nine floors high and the whole end section of it has been completely destroyed, smashed to smitherinens. There are big cranes here and big diggers trying to through the giant slabs of concrete because Officials here are saying at least six people are still missing and I can see some very upset looking people sitting on the bench near me here a man in tears, and I suspect that some of their relatives are among the missing. It's been described as the first large scale attack in two weeks. Ukraine had been expecting this had warned about intelligence that it was coming Did that make it any easier for civilians to be able to get to safety when the assault started It means that people expect a very bad night and it means that many people will head in advance to the metro, to the underground to take shelter or they'll go into their bunkers, they'll try to keep safe. becausecause every time Russia loads up its bomber planes, Ukraine can see that happening and it anticipates the massive attacks like this. But this isn't the first one, as you said, there was one two weeks ago. They happen every two or three weeks, but in terms of the intensity in terms of the scale, I think it is fair to say that they are increasing. and it's also important to note that I think the reason they're having such a devastating impact is that Ukraine is struggling somewhat to intercept those missiles because of a shortage of ballistic missiles to intercept those air defence missiles. to intercept them. So it is extremely difficult. The scale of the attack is huge. I mean I can see the consequences right in front of me now and I can see the ruined lives, the ruined homes and the people who are here yet again ticaking up the pieces after another attack Sarah, is this really turning into to the real frontline in this war, these aerial attacks that are traded back and forth between Ukraine? and Russia, what's actually happening on the physical front line I think it's fair to say that because the battlefield, the ground war has largely stalled, I mean the movement on the ground is very, very limited, that the kind of real Action, I suppose, is taking place now in the skies and yet Russia is escalating its attacks. Ukraine is responding. by using its long range drones to hit targets oil refinerers in particular, deep inside Russia. It's saying that the aim is to pressure Vladimir Putin to force him into peace talks because Ukraine has been saying time and time again that what it wants is to end this war through negotiations, but it doesn't believe that Putin wants that to happen. At the moment, Ukraine is also escalating its attacks, but particularly as I say against oil refineries trying to cause fuel shortages inside Russia to bring the war home in some degree to Russians themselves, the wider population, but also to cause problems for Russia's military and for the Russian economy too. Our Eastern Europe correspondent, Sarah Rainsford Let's focus on what's happening inside Gaza now. Thousands of people in the territory with wartime injuries or life threatening diseases are waiting for medical treatment abroad. Gaza's devastated healthcare system is still unrepaired and unable to offer them treatment eight months after the ceasefire was implemented there International aid agencies say Israel is still restricting the supply of drugs and equipment into Gaza, leaving cancer and dialysis patients without the treatment they need Gaza's Hamas Run Health ministry says three hundred people have died waiting for medical evacuation and that fifteen thousand others are waiting for host country placements and security clearances O Middle East correspondent, Lucy Williamson has been working with the BBC's team in Gaza to look into their stories Between the bombed out buildings of Gaza's Shifa hospital, a protest by patients too sick for Gaza's crumbling healthcare system to treat. Nidal Alair needs a corneal transplant for his son Raida Nueizi says her cancer has already led to the removal of her breasts, her uterus, her ovaries, her pelvic bone and shoulder bone All the protesters have been approved for medical evacuation abroad But matching a patient's needs with host country criteria is often very difficult And once matched, patients need to pass security checks from the host country, from transit countries and from Israel. Many have been waiting months to leave. fourourteen year old Mua Aaldini is waiting for two separate treatments abroad One for his leg, amputated during the war after an airstrike on the family home. The other, for the spinal cancer he's had since he was a baby Gaza's Hamasron Ministry of Health says more than fifteen thousand people are waiting to leave for treatment abroad. The fact that medical evacuation list is thousands hides in the thousands is a sign that people in Gaza don't have access to what they should have, and which Israel as the occupying power under international humanitarian law has an obligation to allow them access to. Pat Griffiths, spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Jerusalem says Israel is still restricting the delivery of some medical supplies eight months after the ceasefire in Gaza. It runs the full range from gauze, dressing, painkillers all the way up to advanced medical equipment like CT scans, X rays, People who need regular kidney dialysis treatment, where you have circumstances where hospitals are now rationing that treatment. Asked about the reports of shortages, Israel said it had approved every request for medicine submitted by international aid organizations And that seventeen thousand tes of medical aid had entered Gaza since the ceasefire When Amina Abuel Cass was referred for medical evacuation, her son Saba said it felt like the beginning of a new life We knew that at any moment God might take her. and we also knew that at any moment a miracle might happen, that we might get a call saying, Get your bags ready and prepare to travel through the crossing. Amina's aggressive, necrotizing infection had already spread to her skull each day The family waited for news that her placement and security clearance had come through We waited a long time, but no response came. My mother died several weeks ago, and two weeks after her death, I got a call from the hospital informing me that her paperwork was ready. Emina is one of at least three hundred people to have died while waiting for evacuation, according to Gaza's health mininistry People say at least she's at peace, Saba told us That sums up everything, he said because a patient in Gaza different from any patient elsewhere in the world Our Middle East correspondent Lucy Williamson, working alongside our team inside Gaza Now, is the Earth's orbit about to be overrun with new satellites? And if so, what impact will that have on us and on the work of astronomers A new report by the European Southern Observatory, which operates some of the world's biggest ground telescopes out of Chile, say there are plans on paper for more than one point a half million new satellites in the coming years SpaceX alone is talking about sending up a million orbital data centers. Oliver Heino, an astronomer at the ESO, has been telling James Merendez what it would mean for him. More satellite means more of them will cross our images and each time one of them cross an image, it leaves a bright trail that masks everything behind it So one trail once in a while is not a problem. Many trails means that usingsing more and more and more data. And if it's in the millions, then we would lose a significant fraction of our images What sort of fraction are we talking about? It depends how bright they are and if they are really bright, that means that we could loom hundred percent of our images. A hundred percent, really What does it mean for people like me if there are that many satellites in orbit? I mean, would I notice the difference in the brightness of the night sky If they're really bright and now we're talking brighter than the moon, then the atmosphere scatters that light. It's exactly the same as the atmosphere scatters sunlight and makes sky blue The same happens for Everything, the moon, the stars and the satellites So that means that if you have many bright satellites, dark sky would not be as dark as it used to be and you would lose the faint stars. you would not see the fain stars. The sky would look like what you see from the suburbs of a city. Right And what about collisions? I mean, with that number of satellites up there, presumably the chances of satellites colliding, I mean increases dramatically, doesn't it Yeah, it does. And it is really a worry for our colleagues at the space agency So if satellites collide, they will break up in many pieces and these pieces are likely to collide with more satellites and create more debris. So it has the potential to be absolutely disastrous If you've seen the beginning of the movie Gravity, there is a very spectacular scene where the Hubble space telescope get destroyed by that kind of things and it's kind of what would happen I mean, is there any way of enforcing any sorts of restrictions on numbers and brightness of satellites? Absolutely, that's where the space lows come into play Each country is responsible for the satellites that are launched from that country. And also each country can enforce their local law to grant license for example, So For instance, France has put a brightness limit in their space now And so that means that company which would like to do business in France has to demonstrate that they are respecting that brightness limit. And then there is of course the United Nations, which is important because The satellite business is not just affecting astronomy, but it's also affecting the low Earth orbit problem of crowding and collisions and also pollution in the upper atmosphere because every satellite that goes up will eventually come down Astronomer Olivier Heinll Still to come in this podcast. We're very proud of you. Even if we are going home we are going home proudly. You had the game won and in that time you conceded two goals. Why The ups and downs of exiting the Men's World Cup This is the Global News podcast Nelsa Mandela's gnddaughter Mmelica Mandela, has described the ongoing protests in South Africa against immigration as heartbreaking Speaking to the BBC, she said South Africans must not allow frustration to become hatred This week, thousands marched in major cities demanding that undocumented migrants leave the country Campaigners blame the migrants for problems such as unemployment and crime Amdelica Mandela is the head of the Tambacule Mandela Foundation, which continues the legacy of her grandfather She's been speaking to James Copnell It's really deeply concerning and heartbreaking. because these reflect the pain, frustration and anxiety of many of Arans which were experiencing unemployment, poverty, inequality trying in the rise in cost of living. And I believe that you know these deserve to be acknowledged and addressed At the same time I also believe that south Africans, we must not allow frustration to become hatred South Africa was built on veils of dignity, justice and rec consolation in the wound And we cannot allow hardships we face to diminish that our searchish humanity While these are, you know, legitimate concerns. about border management illegal immigration and criminality and this should be addressed familyly through the rule of law. However Violence, intimidation and xenophobia can never be the answer. So if we start perhaps then with the first part of your answer with the what you seem to believe to be legitimate frustrations of many South Africans Do that then reflect a failure of South Africa's ruling class to bring more widespread prosperity and to use your word justice? Yes, I just believe that you know when there's a lack of leadership There's a lot of malfacence that you see. It's all political parties which now has resulted in this deep frustration of South African people. And I suppose that is something that people living outside South Africa find quite difficult to witness. We certainly get messages in from all over the African continent saying things like ANC leaders and Nelson Mandela were welcomed all over the continent We took part in your struggle for justice in South Africa. Why are our citizens now being kicked out? not just South Africa. It was the frrontland states that actually, you know out South Africa to reach the stage of democracy and to to have our first democratic elections, that can never be forgotten However South Africa cannot allow the rampant crime that comes with illegal immigrants because it's difficult to trace illegal immigrant because they are not documented, they are no fingerprints. So if they commit crime it's very difficult ib diffult to actually arrest them. However, we need to weigh this twoue because it has to be the rule of law must take its place We cannot take you know the law into our own hands. What do you think your grandfather, Nelson Mandela would have made of all this? You know Gerndard believed in the dignity of human dignity, equality and justice and reccilation He reminded us I would quote, I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom Just surely as I am not free. when my freedom is taken from me. Graded understood that freedom is inseparable from responsibility Emdela Mandela is the head of the Tembaculaade Mandela Foundation A BBC investigation has found a convicted people smuggler who was described as the godfather of people trafficking when he was arrested in Europe has been found living in the UK Auana Jamal was described by French police as the most successful smuggler they'd ever caught, earning millions of dollars by hiding people in trucks bound for Britain. He's one of more than twenty people smugglers, the BBC has found to have reached the UK, some with overseas convictions, and some claiming asylum under false identities. Our reporter Sue Mitchell followed a tip off that Tuana Jamal was out of prison and running shops and firms in the UK, the kind you might find in any town or city Twila Jamal was known as the King of the jungle a reference to the Calais jungle, which was the largest migrant camp in France We get a tip off that he might be in the city of Leicester And we find someone who's in touch with them from time to time They arrange to speak and record the conversation Here it is in translation. Yeah right I'm in Leicester We know everyone in the sea. this sea is ours All I'm doing is illegal, but it's okay because they're not gonna to catch me or anything. Leicester's good for business We're making good money No one touches us here Twana Jamal is from Iraqi Kurdistan, the city of Ranya which is home to a network of smuggling gangs and where many are recruiting from My colleague, Rob Laurory has hundreds of contacts in Iraq including smugglers like this one We're using his words and not his voice mayaybe one hundred people I know. one hundred people who are working two years, three years in France as smugglers They make money, they go to England, change their name No From Iraq, we learn about Twana Jamal's family and use those names to search for businesses he could be linked to There's a match two identical mini markets outside Leicester City Centre Over several days, Rob and I watched them both of I've got eyes on him That why I have absolutely got eyes on him. He's dressed in a long black coat, white trailers and blue jeans opening the black door. They've just pulled in in the white van. We see Tana Jamal come and go driving vans to other premises and running one of the shops each night When we're confident it's him from a distance, Rob goes into the shop and records secretly Jamal has a distinctive tattoo on his hand which should help to identify him. Push your name marian salt out. Salt out nice toies The so called King of smugglers gives his name as Sultan. S one hundred percent He's had extra work done on his hand, on his tattoo, but you can clearly see the original underneath right O hundred percent. After days of watching his routine, I approached Tuana Jamal and put our findings to him. Do the homeome office know your real identity, Tuana Jamal? Yes. The homeome offffice know that you're a convicted people smuggler L. Yeah, I never The Tila Jamar we saw convicted in France in twenty sixteen. Okay Why do you want to be in Britain? I've been here for a long time. Yeah why? Why do you want to be in this country? Because I was not saved in my country and then I came to this country This is you in France. I don't care was that? twenty sixteen, you know when that was? Wasn't how many years ago? Wh you with me now? If I did something Anything wrong Everyone knows that I never did. You're driving round this city without a license, somewat. Did I hit you The homeome office says that all asylum claimants undergo mandatory security checks to confirm their identity for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality And it has a number of agreements with countries to enable the sharing of criminal record information It says immigration enforcement action is at its highest level in history, with illegal working arrests up eighty three percent Awana Jamal told me I could ask about his asylum claim. But he wouldn't say what name he used Sue Mitchell, reporting. If you want to see more on this story, including video of Sue's confrontation with Twana Jamal, it's there for you on the BBC News website Rumors are swirling about where and when the American pop star Taylor Swift is going to marry her fiance, the American football star, Travis Kelsey It could be in New York City and it could be tomorrow There's been a lot of activity at Madison Square Garden Arena in the heart of the city. Workers have been seen bringing in decorations and food, streets nearby have been closed, and extra fences have been put up Here's what some New Yorkers think of all the activity I don't know. if I was a celebrity as big as them then I would want a more private wedding And I feel like releasing that is at Madison Square Garden. They they know that it's going to be a big event. They know that people are going to want to get in. And I'm just like it just feels like why are they marketing their relationship? I knew that she was going to get married in New York, but I had no idea where. So I can't believe that. I'm actually shook and I'm so excited that it has to happen. Are you a fan? Yes, huge fan. I love Taylor Shuck I need to see her. Oh, she's iconic. Her songs are so good. She's such a great person. She's beautiful. She's literally my idol. I need to see her. Well, I would say the average New Yorker definitely considers it an inconvenience, but It is Telllor Swift. Yeah. Pretty cool Brittney Kuinga is a freelance writer who covers news and pop culture. She's been talking to James Menendez The Associated Press is saying that they have confirmed with New York law enforcement officials that the wedding is happening tomorrow, july third at Madison Square Garden Merimandami and the New York City Police Commissioner have also both heavily alluded to the wedding during press conferences about the heat wave that New York is currently going through, saying that they have added security measures and Madami even said, you know, should you hypothetically be getting married atis Madison Square Garden on Friday? That's a great way to stay inside. So It seems like city officials are confirming it as much as they can. Do you think it's definitely happening H. goo back and forth. I think at this point with the city officials talking about it like this, I almost feel it would be irresponsible if it wasn't happening now simply with the amount of city resources that are going in the security that is going to have to be in place there in the planning. I personally would love to think that she and Travis were married somewhere privately, but, you know, if this is what they're doing, it sounds like this is the plan. Right It's not to put all the fans off off the scent You know, I would love if this was a decoy. I will be honest. I think that it's very on the nose and it almost seems like a caricature of what you would expect her to do. You know, there's the red carpet, there's the disco ball, there's the rumors of the castle being created inside. It almost seems too on the nose to be true But again, What else would it be at this point Freelance writer Brittanyy Kooing To the men's World Cup now, footballers from Bosnia, Senegal, and the Democratic Republic of Congo have been packing their backs after knockout matches on Wednesday. Bosnia lost to the US one of the host nations. Senegal were very unlucky. They were beaten in extra time by Belgium Fans of the DRC were holding their breath in the second half of their match against England, as the team desperately held on to a one nill lead, but hopes were dashed when Harry Kane scored two late goals for England DRC supporters who'd been at the match in Atlanta were not too downhearted though, when they spoke to the BBC. This was the first time their country had qualified for the men's World Cup in more than fifty years We're very proud of you. Even if we are going home we are going home proudly, veryy, very proud to be able to make it to the World Cup. Watching Congo play After fifty two years, oh my God, it's amazing We came such a long way. We're always the underdogs, you know, comoming from not being into the World Cup for fifty two years, I think we went a very, very long way. and I'm proud of our progress. I'm proud of our growth. and I'm proud that we're like we're putting spotlight on our country. Oh Unbelievable. look, I took pictures, they go on a frame and I put them in the living room Beuse my kids and my grandkids they need to I want them to learn like, oh, grandpa was there, you know what I mean? Oh dad was there, you know? Maybe when I was younger, I I dream of attending a workkout, but ye, look, I'm here heres again, baby. Yeah, very proud fans of the DC in Atlanta. Well, as I mentioned, Senegal are also going home. We're going to hear now from a couple of fans who were at a watch party in the Senegales capapital, Dakar At one point, Senegal were beating Belgium too nill, but they eventually lost three two. Senegal are one of the strongest teams in Africa, and their supporters were disappointed ic I'm disappointed not only by this performance, but by the last two African performances as well. Ftirst, we saw Ivory Coast yesterday, beaten at the very last minute because of poor coaching decisions And tonight too DR Congo were eliminated by England, again because of what I see as poor coaching