hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. us presidentjoe biden has announced sweeping new measures aimed at deterring migrants from crossing into the united states from mexico. under the new actions, officials can quickly remove migrants who enter the us illegally without processing their asylum requests. the white house says that will happen once a daily threshold is met and the border is "overwhelmed." in this case, overwhelmed means when the seven—day average for daily crossings hits 2,500 triggering the restriction. that threshold of of 2,500 has already been passed this week — meaning these policies will likely go into effect at midnight on tuesday. the us southern border will reopen to asylum—seekers only when the average holds at 1,500 over

a seven—day period. it will then re open to migrants two weeks after that. the executive action also includes the use of a 1952 law allowing a us president to "suspend the entry" of foreigners if their arrival is "detrimental to the interests" of the country. speaking earlier, president biden blamed republicans in congress for refusing to address the situation at the us—mexico border. so today, i'm moving past republican obstruction and using the executive authorities available to me as president to do what i can on my own to address the border. frankly, i would have preferred to address this issue through bipartisan legislation, because that's the only way to actually get the kind of system we have now that's broken fixed — to hire more border patrol agents, more asylum officers, morejudges — but republicans have left me no choice. president biden is referring there to measures that were reflected in a bipartisan bill that he supported back in may.

but the legislation failed after republicans in the senate rejected it, following opposition from former president donald trump. in the wake of mr biden�*s announcement, many republicans are questioning the timing of his actions. now, understand what is going on here — - this is election—year politics. when he signed this executive order, the only question - anyone should ask is, "why didn't you do i this in 2021? why didn't you do this in 2022? why didn't you do this in 2023? why didn't you do this last i month, or the month before, or the month before? " president biden has faced criticism for the record levels of illegal crossings during his administration. since he took office, more than 6.4 million migrants have been stopped trying to cross into the us illegally. the month of may is on track to see the third consecutive drop in unlawful border crossings, according to our us partner cbs news. border patrol is on pace to apprehend between 110—120,000 migrants in may down,

from nearly a quarter of a million in december of 2023. and, while we heard there the republican opposition from senator cruz to the action, there's also been opposition to president biden�*s action from his own party — including from democratic congresswoman from washington, pramila jayapal, whom i spoke to a short while ago. i'm profoundly disappointed, i don't think this is the right action to take for several reasons. first, seeking asylum is something that we have to allow in order to be in line with our domestic laws, but also in order to be in line with our international treaty obligations. and what the president's executive order does today is it caps asylum, it limits it only to people who come through the cbp—i app, or at the ports of entry

as a walk—up. and it stops in between ports of entry if you reach a certain threshold number. that number, we have reached for many of the last months — so effectively, this is a shutdown of the border. there are some humanitarian concerns, but this enforcement—only approach has never worked. it has never worked under donald trump, it didn't work under donald trump, and it won't work here. because the reality is that people are seeking asylum from terrible situations in their own countries, and people are also coming to the border because all the other legal pathways have not been expanded. local politicians and officials that serve areas near the border were there for that announcement, including bexar county sheriff javier salazar. he said that he generally supports the measure taken by the president. if we could start, if you could describe to us the situation where you are working, in your area in and around san antonio,

what are you and your officers dealing with every day in relation to migrants arriving across the border?- relation to migrants arriving across the border? well, we are aood across the border? well, we are good ways _ across the border? well, we are good ways and _ across the border? well, we are good ways and from _ across the border? well, we are good ways and from the - across the border? well, we are good ways and from the border, i good ways and from the border, we are not actually geographically located on the border. i consider myself a border. i consider myself a border sheriff. the truth is, the border issues that had traditionally only been seen there are literally on the border are now starting to make their way inward. so you know, their way inward. so you know, the 53 migrants that died in the 53 migrants that died in the back of an 18 wheeler and not too long back — that happened in my county. we are handling any number of cases related to border crime. so it's absolutely a crisis, that is all of our problem. so i see this as a good solution for all of us, in my opinion.- this as a good solution for all of us, in my opinion. and when ou sa of us, in my opinion. and when you say it's _ of us, in my opinion. and when you say it's a — of us, in my opinion. and when you say it's a crisis, _ of us, in my opinion. and when you say it's a crisis, what - you say it's a crisis, what impact does having on the work that you have to do any practical level, and in the community in general? let me 'ust start community in general? let me just start by — community in general? let me just start by saying _ community in general? let me just start by saying this - - community in general? let me just start by saying this - the l just start by saying this — the vast majority of people coming across our border are absolutely good people that are

coming to find a better life. with that being said, we know that there are some bad actors mixed in with the group. this executive order tries to address that. we are trying to keep the people here to wreak havoc out, but we are also trying to make things easier for the people that are here for the people that are here for the people that are here for the right reasons. there are some provisions in this order that streamline the process — it gives you an extend democrat incentive to try to do things the right way, you'll be able to get to work quicker —— it gives you an incentive. there's also provisions in it that address sentinel. i say this is a 31 year law enforcement veteran — fe nta nyl year law enforcement veteran — fentanyl is still more of a problem than most of us even know or realise. it is a drug that in society, in america, we don't know as much about it as we should, and i think that we aren't as terrified of it as we

absolutely should be, in my opinion. so this order addresses fentanyl, as well. now it won't be a permanent policy, according to president biden, it'll only be initiated when border operations are described as being overwhelmed — but based on the statistics, thatis — but based on the statistics, that is the situation that exists today, these will come into force shortly. what difference will that measures make for what you and your officers do? how would you do things differently with this policy? things differently with this oli ? ~ ., things differently with this oli ? . ., ., policy? well, with regard to the agents _ policy? well, with regard to the agents at _ policy? well, with regard to the agents at the _ policy? well, with regard to the agents at the border, i l the agents at the border, i just spent some time in el paso a couple weeks ago, and we got a couple weeks ago, and we got a first—hand look at that border crisis. hearing from a lot of our partners in the border patrol, how they are just absolutely overwhelmed, and be actually know that bad actors are taking advantage of the fact that they are overwhelmed by the border and making their way inland, along with drugs and gang violence, and all that brings with it, human trafficking— just flat

out misery. allowing these agents to slow the process down... �* ., ., down... and on that point, sheriff, — down... and on that point, sheriff, you've _ down... and on that point, sheriff, you've been - down... and on that point, l sheriff, you've been involved in law enforcement for it round about three decades with the san antonio pd and your current role as sheriff, as well, you've been around a republican and democratic presidents, trump, all the rest. what difference do policies have in terms of the number of people who do come across the border? well, i don't know that it's a republican or democrat issue. this is just all of our issue. is this approach the most perfect one i've ever seen? know, clearly not, but i think it's a good start. i know the president has artie faced some criticism from both sides of the aisle— something it goes too far, something it doesn't go far enough — i think it's a good first start. i think we should give it a chance to see how it works, then we will build on it from there. the majority — build on it from there. the majority of _ build on it from there. the majority of people - build on it from there. the majority of people who do come to the us and across the border

do so with relative risks to themselves in search of a better life, as you said yourself earlier. but the un today has said that seeking asylum as a fundamental human right and access to asylum for those in need is paramount. do you consider that the us could be in breach of unitarian law in this move, or are you concerned about people who are in need, what might happen to them —— unitarian law? lip them -- unitarian law? up slowly i'm _ them —— unitarian law? ijv�*, slowly i'm concerned about people that are in need. i'm concerned about people that are in need. i'm first—generation american in my family. we are a country of immigrants. with that being said, we still have to be mindful of who's coming to the country and for what reasons. i think if you're coming into the country for the right reasons and you just want to contribute to society, and you want to raise your family in an environment that's different from your home country where there's not much opportunity — and in fact, a lot of danger and possibly even death, i think if you're that type of person thatjust wants to come here and contribute, come on in, we should welcome you with open arms and give

you every opportunity to realise the american dream. but also, we need to realise that there are people hidden among them unfortunately that are bad actors. again, i think that this order is a step in the right direction, keeping out the small number that's undesirable and embracing those that are here for the right reasons. after announcing the executive action, president biden spoke with mexican president andras manuel lopez obrador, and the two agreed to continue collaborating on the flow of migrants. indian prime minister narendra modi has secured an historic third term as the country's leader. despite his win the election proved closer than expected. while mr modi's bjp party has won enough seats to form the next government, he will have to rely on coalition parties that don't share his hindu nationalist agenda. the election was seen by many as a referendum on narendra modi's decade in office and opposition groups, led by the congress party, performed better than forecast. claiming victory, here's what the indian leader had to say.

translation: today's victory is the biggest in the world. . this is the biggest democracy in the world, and this is the victory of this democracy. and this is on india's constitution, a very big win. earlier, i spoke to our south asia correspondent yogite limaye for the latest. yogita, his is a significant loss of seats for the bjp party — what's been the response to it? so, some time ago, we heard prime minister modi speaking at the headquarters of his party, and talking to supporters there. he didn't acknowledge that there had been a significant reduction in the number of seats they had won. he said, "this is a vote, people have put their belief

in the bjp�*s vision for a developed india." but one of the reasons why there's been so much focus not on the fact that he won — which was widely anticipated — but on how he won, and this reduction in the number of seats is partly because of the prime minister himself. when he started his campaign, he said, "we're going to win more than 400 seats this time around," and they are a long way off that mark. going into this election, they were also the most powerful party, they had the most amount of money to spend on the election — and that's why the reduction of the seats is being talked about so much. it is of course an historic victory — it's only the second time in the history of india that a prime minister has been reelected for a third time. and, notwithstanding that historic victory, what went wrong for modi and his party? so i think, when we have final results fully in, you know, we will be able to properly what went wrong. but if you look at some

of the key constituencies, i think one of the biggest stories for me is ayodhya, the city in which prime minister modi inaugurated a grand hindu temple injanuary. it sits on a site that was, for decades, disputed between hindus and muslims before it was handed over that hindus by a court decision. so it was a controversial site. this opening of the temple was expected to dominate the election, it was expected to galvanise hindu votes for prime minister modi — and it's in that constituency that the bjp has lost with a huge margin. so clearly using the hindu card, it doesn't seem to have worked in a lot of places. other than that, when we were on the ground talking to people, a lot of people, especially young people told us that unemployment is a big issue for them and they didn't believe that mr modi had done enough to resolve that. so what will this result mean

for the opposition alliance? that's the other big story of this election — because, when polling and campaigning started and we were speaking to the party, they were looking at the narrative set by prime minister modi where he said, "my party will win more than 400 seats." and to some extent, they believe that — so going into it, lots of people said they weren't confident they could launch a proper challenge against prime minister modi. lots of people from the opposition also said that things were against them — there were opposition leaders who have beenjailed, many opposition leaders, more than 100 opposition leaders facing cases, as well. and so, if you look at that performance today, this has not been a one—sided contest, especially when you look at the opposition congress party, whose politicalfuture was in question because of a series of humiliating defeats and setbacks before this. for them to have won reasonably

significantly today, they're looking at it as a turning point — and that's why, when we went to their headquarters today, there were big celebrations today, almost with equal fervor as we saw at the bjp�*s headquarters. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at another story making the headlines. a newborn baby girl — found abandoned in east london on a freezing cold night injanuary — is the third child to be left by the same parents. dna tests established that baby elsa is the sibling of a boy and a girl found in very similar circumstances in 2017 and 2019. our correspondent sanchia berg was given permission to report these details by east london family court. the baby boy, harry, was found in plaistow in september 2017, abandoned shortly after he was born. a newborn girl, roman, came 16 months later, injanuary 2019, in a park close to the roman road

after which she was named. and elsa, also newborn, was discovered this year, just a few hundred yards away. the three children are safe, adopted or in care, but the mother still has not come forward. the police say their investigation continues. you're live with bbc news. hunter biden�*s criminal trial is now under way. thejury heard opening statements from both sides. the us president's is accused of knowingly lying on a form to buy a gun in delaware. —— the us president's son. the prosecution described hunter biden as a habitual drug user, using audio excerpts from his autobiography where he talked about his constant hunt for drugs. but the defense argued he was in recovery at the time, so wasn't lying when he said on the application he was not a user of illegal drugs.our correspondent tom bateman sent this report from delaware

the first opening statement was from prosecutor derek hines, and he set out to portray hunter biden as a self—confessed habitual crack cocaine addict who lied in order to purchase a handgun here in wilmington, delaware in 2018. and what the prosecution alleges is that hunter biden knowingly misled when he declared he wasn't a drug abuser, when the prosecution says he clearly knew at the time that he was. now mr hines stood before the jury and, at the very start of his statement, made a clear reference to the fact that the person they had to hear these allegations about was the son of the us president, mr hines saying that, "no—one is above the law, it doesn't matter who you are or what your name is." now behind hunter biden for the second day, key members of the biden family in the public benches — among them his stepmother,

the first lady, jill biden, who was very close to hunter, in terms of sitting about a metre behind him. and the family talking to each other at various points during the proceedings. next up was mr biden�*s lawyer for the defence, abbe lowell, who set out to say that this case was all about what that form actually said. and the defence's argument is mr biden at the time didn't regard himself as a user of drugs and addicted to illegal drugs because they said he had been in a rehab clinic in california before that period. so when he ticked that box to say he wasn't a drug user, he meant that honestly. and they are asking for the jury, in that sense, to throw out all of these charges. after that, we've been getting into the first witnesses in the case — the first among those,

a special agent for the fbi who was put onto the hunter biden investigation last year. further witnesses are due to be called over the course of the next two weeks. the length of this trial is expected to proceed. as for hunter biden, he denies all three felony counts against him. to the uk — and in the biggest night of the general election campaign so far, prime minister rishi sunak and opposition leader sir keir starmer, have gone head to head in their first tv debate. in often—heated exchanges, the labour leader repeatedly referred to what he called 14 years of chaos under the conservatives, insisting now was the time for change. for his part, incumbent rishi sunak sought to portray a labour government as a risk to britain's economy and security. the two men clashed when asked by a member of the audience what they would do about the cost of living. of course i know everyone is onlyjust starting to feel the benefits of it. but inflation is back to normal, wages are growing, taxes are now being cut. keir starmer would put all that progress at risk,

he would put up everyone's taxes by £2,000. keir starmer. paula, ijust don't know how you feel when you hear a prime minister say, having heard what you're going through, that the plan is working, it's all all right. i mean, so many people who are struggling with their bills, and the prime minister just keep saying... he lives in a different world. and on immigration, rishi sunak defended his policy of sending asylum—seekers to rwanda leading to this exchange. and we will need to take bold action to bring it down, whether that's legal migration, where we will introduce a new legal cap to guarantee that it'll come down every year, or the boats, which you mentioned. we got the numbers down last year by a third, and now we have a deterrent ready to go. migrants have been detained, the flights will go injuly — but only if i'm your prime minister _ we need to smash the gangs that are running this vile trade, making a huge amount of money, putting some of the most vulnerable people in boats across the channel and making a fortune. the general election will be held on the 4th ofjuly. currently, the opposition labour party is

leading in the polls. there's plenty about the election on the bbc news website, including a simple guide to the election and further analysis and fact checking on tuesday's debate. presidentjoe biden heads to france on tuesday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of d—day and underscore his commitment to european allies. white house national security adviserjake sullivan says president biden will "have the opportunity to sit down with president zelensky". during world war ii, troops from the us, canadian, uk, and francejoined forces and attacked german soldiers on the coast of northern france on the 6th ofjune, 1944. it was the largest naval, air, and land operation attempted, and started the campaign to liberate nazi—occupied land in europe. the white house says the president's remarks on the trip

will centre around the dangers of isolationism and the need to stand up to dictators. d—day veterans from the uk have returned to france to join commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the normandy landings. bbc'sjohn maguier has more. for many of these veterans, their departure from these shores 80 years ago, all as very young men, was their first venture overseas. cheering excitement and a sense of celebration will, in coming days, turn to commemoration. stan ford survived as his ship was sunk by a mini submarine, but many other members of the crew were killed. as you know, john, i have 32 reasons for going back, and those 32 reasons are the 32 guys that never came home. and i made that promise to myself that every opportunity, i would go back and pay my respects and honour those guys. as they left portsmouth, their modern—day counterparts

flew overhead in a royal air force transport plane and stood to attention, saluting on the deck of the aircraft carrier hms prince of wales — respect between the generations. john dennett has been back to normandy before, but never to the british memorial at ver—sur—mer. it was very emotional, and i'm afraid that will probably be a bit emotional when you get there, to see the actual thing. we will rememberthem. as the ferry approached the french coastline, the engine slowed and the veterans paid tribute. so, a short, poignant, but highly—symbolic ceremony as a wreath was thrown over the side of the ferry.

the idea, to pay tribute to those who died before even reaching the french shores, the beaches they had come here to liberate. and so to france — and two full days of ceremonies and commemorations for those who can tell the story of what happened here 80 years ago first—hand. their number may be dwindling, but their commitment today, as it was then, remains immense. john maguire, bbc news, normandy. before we go — you may remember this extraordinary sight

in april, of horses galloping through central london without their riders. they were military working horses, and five were injured after being spooked by construction work. they have now all recovered. three of the horses injured are back on duty, and are likely to take part in the king's birthday parade next week. the remaining two injured horses vida and quaker are "enjoying a summer holiday" in the countryside, but look set to return to work in due course. that looks lovely, doesn't it? stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. on tuesday, we had a cold front move southwards across the uk. now, after a cloudy and wet start to the day across northern areas, once that cold front had moved its way through, well, the skies brightened up and we had a mixture of sunshine and these big shower clouds. the other thing that the cold front did was what cold fronts do — it's really dumped the temperature. so, for example, in aberdeen, we started on monday at 21 celsius for the highest temperature.

it was just 15 celsius, though, for tuesday. and those temperatures dropping by 5—6 degrees was quite typical as this colder polar air mass worked its way in. that means the air started from a long way to our north. now, at the moment, we have plenty of showers around, particularly near coastal areas in the north—west. otherwise, some lengthy, clear spells. and it's a chilly start to wednesday morning, with temperatures widely down into single figures, the coldest spots probably down to about one sheltered areas of scotland. that really is cold for a start to a summer's day. despite the chilly start, though, there will be plenty of sunshine. showers from the word go around these north—western areas, particularly near to the coast. but through the day, as those temperatures rise, the showers become really widespread, particularly across the northern half of the uk and especially in scotland, where, again, we're looking at some hail and thunder. it's going to feel quite chilly, particularly in the brisk winds here. but further south, ok, temperatures below average, but in thejune sun, it should probably feel ok but on the fresh side. now, our weather pattern�*s blocked at the moment. this is a blocking pattern

that's out in the jet stream, out in the atlantic to our south—west. what that's doing is it's forcing this north—westerlyjet stream across the uk, and that continues to pull in cold air, particularly to the northern half of the uk. and because we've got a blocking weather pattern, well, that means the weather doesn't change very much from one day to the next. wednesday, we have loads of showers in the forecast across the northern half of the uk. it's the same thing for thursday. again, with those showers coming in across scotland, there'll be quite a few that turn heavy with some hail and thunder, and it will continue to feel quite chilly here. spot the difference, then, for friday. again, loads more showers, particularly affecting scotland, quite a few for northern ireland, northern england. drier weather further south with some sunny spells. and again, we've got those same kind of temperature contrasts — chilly in the north, temperatures fairly close to average in the south, but feeling ok in thejune sun. and guess what? into the weekend, we don't really see a great deal changing with the weather. you'll have to wait till next week for some changes.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour straight after this programme. hello. this week, we're looking at big tech and its role in a crucial election year around the world. we're joined by baroness

martha lane fox, who sat on the board of x, formerly twitter, until 2022. she tells us about the platform's changing attitude towards political content. plus, is bro culture still prevalent in silicon valley? we ask our tech experts if they've seen a shift in attitudes and how it compares to the uk. first, in the uk, the general election campaign is heating up ahead of polling day injuly. prime minister rishi sunak and keir starmer, leader of the main opposition party, labour, are hitting the campaign trail in their battle buses. but how are they also using tiktok and other social media platforms as a campaign tool? some people are dubbing this the uk's first tiktok election. after the conservatives announced their proposals for national service for 18—year—olds, rishi sunak