this is the briefing. i'm samantha simmonds. our top stories: the us prepares to open its embassy in jerusalem. israel's government is overjoyed, palestinians are furious. a special report into a form of west african slavery. why do some families despatch their daughters for a lifetime of servitude? and we check out baghdad's new nightlife, emerging from the shadows as stability returns. rebooting zte. president trump says he's working on getting the chinese telecoms firm back in business after its us ban. and i'll be speaking to expert about doing business in iran as the us says it is possible they were talking about sanctioning european companies that were continuing to do business with iran. a very warm welcome to the programme — briefing you on all you need to know in global news,

business and sport. and you can as ever be part of the conversation. tell us what you think about the stories we're covering. just use the hashtag, #bbcthebriefing. so, the united states will open its new embassy in jerusalem today. president trump's decision to shift the embassy from tel aviv comes after he officially recognised jerusalem as the capital of israel, in a break with decades of international consensus. senior us officials will be attending the opening ceremony, including ivanka trump and her husband, jared kushner. palestinians bitterly oppose the move. from jerusalem, here's yolande knell. these israeli bikers staged their own tributes to the new us embassy — riding in from the old site in tel aviv. soon after the modern state of israel was created,

exactly 70 years ago, it madejerusalem its capital. but not even its closest ally recognised it, until president trump's declaration last year. it's a great thing for israel that the president of the united states did what he promised, and many presidents before him promised, to move tojerusalem. and we want to show to everybody, this is the place of our capital, and all the embassies in the world need to be there. this holy and disputed city is at the very heart of the israel—palestinian conflict. both sides want it as their capital, and for decades, most of the world agreed its status should be decided between them in peace talks. the us is the first to move its embassy, but already others say they will follow. for now, the new embassy will be just a few rooms inside the consulate

offices that were already here. it will take years before a new building goes up. but it's the change taking place right now that has huge symbolic significance. that's why israelis are delighted, and palestinians are furious. this date is always a time of protest for palestinians. they remember how, in fighting in 1948, hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes on land that became part of israel. this year's demonstrations are also aimed at washington. translation: it will be for the embassy. gaza will rise up, along with the west bank. everyone — the children, the boys, the women — no—one will stay home. already, president trump's daughter and son—in—law have arrived in israel for the embassy opening, but the white house's idea of a new peace plan looks more unrealistic than ever. palestinians say the us isn't an honest broker in the peace process, and have cut off official ties. along with the big celebrations here, there are rising tensions.

turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan arrives in london later — his first visit to the uk since 2012. he'll meet the prime minister theresa may and have an audience with the queen. it comes as britain hopes to strike a free trade deal with turkey after brexit, but some are criticising the government's closeness to a president who's clamped down on free speech, jailed opponents, and led his country away from eu accession. our turkey correspondent mark lowen reports. when you give your whites are spin, there is a good chance the machine was made here. beko is a jewel of turkish manufacturing and that is the top home appliance brand in the uk. the foreign secretary boris

johnson famously said he owns one of these machines. britain is now tu rkey‘s these machines. britain is now turkey's second—biggest export market and with brexit, they are hoping for an even bigger trade cycle. from turkey's point of view and from beko's point of view, i can only see our relationship getting stronger. turkey will continue to be competitive reduction environment to the uk market in the uk will continue to be a place where turkey imports technology. targeting a free—trade agreement, britain is on a charm offensive. the reason they came calling last year with a £100 million defence deal in the uk minister was the first year after the failed coup. turkey's best friend in europe? britain's ambassador visiting officials before an expected 3 million yiddish tourist says that does not mean ignoring thornier issues. we are to formally great powers who have changed to become the medium to large powers, if you look at other

european countries, and we both, as of march next year, going to be countries outside the european union but on the border of the european union. and we have a strong sense of each other‘s worth. union. and we have a strong sense of each other's worth. is britain prioritising its brexit relationship with turkey over pushing for an improvement in the human rights year? it is very much the case that we have a dialogue with the turkish government on those issues of values, whether that is about journalism orfreedom of expression, 01’ journalism orfreedom of expression, or about other issues concerning the rule of law. we believe that because the relationship is strong, we are ina the relationship is strong, we are in a position to say things as people who are trusted to the turkish government. that some feel with 60,000 people arrested and 160,000 sacked suspended since the coup attempt, softly softly the president of one is the wrong approach. particularly when his whole record now on human rights and the suppression ofjournalists and

other political parties and mps being imprisoned, and the heads of amnesty international being in custody in turkey as well, and his conduct of the conflict in syria which is against the interests of oui’ which is against the interests of our allies in northern syria, i think plainly it seems very odd time to have him coming to visit the united kingdom. back at the factory, some finishing touches. the west benefits from turkey's manufacturing, but also its crucial role in countering terrorism and halting the migration crisis. bit by bit, and you post—brexit relationship with turkey is being built, from trade to tourism to intelligence, it is clear that two countries need each other. but it is the long—term economic impact in new factories that the success or failure of brexit will ultimately be judged. some fear that will mean cosying up to unsavoury regimes. the

challenge for brexit britain, form new bonds without staining its reputation. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. there's been an explosion at the police headquarters in indonesia's second biggest city — surabaya, a day after 13 people were killed in suicide attacks on three churches there. sunday's explosions were carried out by a family of six, who'd just returned from syria. the head of italy's populist five star movement, luigi di maio, says he has reached agreement on a coalition programme with the right—wing populist party, the league. the parties had been given until the end of sunday to break the stalemate of inconclusive elections in march. tourist visits to virunga national park in the democratic republic of congo are being suspended, after a british couple and their driver were kidnapped by gunmen. a park ranger was killed by the gang, who have since released their hostages. now, the fallout from the us withdrawal from the iran nuclear

deal is continuing. iran's foreign ministerjavad zarif is on a whirlwind diplomatic tour to try and limit the damage. in china on sunday, mr zarif expressed hopes that it could be salvaged, but he wants protection from the economic sanctions the us is reimposing. and later on monday, britain's foreign secretary will be discussing how that might be acheived when he hosts his french counterpart. mark davies, chief executive of the strategy consultancy, camberton, joins me now. good morning to you. good morning. good morning to you. good morning. good to see you. so a whirlwind tour of diplomacy by various prime ministers, what i think can be done? is there going to be unity from europe on this? it does not matter whether there is unity from europe on this or not, what was said by the national security adviserjohn bolton over the weekend is the key, and he said that he might impose the sanctions on companies in europe that trade with iran, and those

companies are not going to care what their government said if they risk finding that their trade with united states falls apart as result of business that they do with the rahman. so theresa may assured the president of iran that she would stand with him on this, ultimately it is the individual countries that matter. —— iran. it is the individual countries that matter. -- iran. there are some big countries involved in this, there is a lot of trade going on, especially with the germans and the french. absolutely, that is why the united states have not got a lot to lose here. they have $13 billion worth of trade that is going on between europe and china and the other countries, so it is a very, very different picture between the united states and the rest of the world, and the united states, their own trade position is not, they have not

gotan trade position is not, they have not got an awful lot of leverage that they have got plenty with the rest of europe and the chinese. and ultimately, trump has faced this decision on the fact that the iranians have taken the lifting of sanctions and have used it to increase their military spending. if he is right, he needs to make their spite and he can only do that by imposing third—party sanctions on the european and chinese, and if he is to decide to do that, it really does not matter what the european governments decide to do in terms of the iranians. thank you. thousands of women across west africa have been enslaved by a centuries old practice called "trokosi". girls are forced to live and work with priests in religious shrines, for the rest of their lives, to "pay" for the sins of family members. brigitte sossou perenyi was one of those girls, until she was adopted and taken to the us.

twenty years on, brigitte has returned to understand what trokosi really is and why her family gave her away. this is gala, west africa. when i was seven, i was brought here from neighbouring togo and held in a shrine as part of a pack trokosi. do you know why you are here? this is me in1997, i you know why you are here? this is me in 1997, i was filled by an american tv crew at the place i was being held. iwas american tv crew at the place i was being held. i was labelled a trokosi 01’ being held. i was labelled a trokosi or wife of the gods, paying for crime committed my uncle. but this support changed everything. an american viewerflew support changed everything. an american viewer flew to ghana to negotiate my release and he adopted me. now that i am older, ifeel ready to explore the cultural background of trokosi. trokosi was made illegal in 1998, year after was

freed, but no priest had ever been prosecuted. i met this young 14—year—old girl who is serving as a trokosi. i felt ifelt sad. she i felt sad. she came ifelt sad. she came here i felt sad. she came here two years ago, at the age of 12. so she misses her mum. i don't see how we can justify that. it was time for me to visit my birth family in togo again. i had come to the village a few times but they never had the courage to ask why they gave me away. i was 110w to ask why they gave me away. i was now ready to ask my dad why he had agreed with my uncle. —— what he had agreed. my my uncle had committed adultery. his house was in the capital, long way

from my village. this journey has helped thisjourney has helped me this journey has helped me value thisjourney has helped me value my own freedom it was hard for me to discover that there are still women and girls living under the trokosi system. incredible port. that was brigitte sossou perenyi there and her experience of the west african practice known as trokosi. stay with us on the briefing. we'll have the sport — including record breaking liverpool striker, mo salah. he's made premier league history by becoming the first ever player to score 32 league goals in a season. the pope was shot, the pope will live — that's the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism had come to the vatican.

the man they call the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked a woman just sentenced to six years in jail. the judge told mrs mandela there was no indication she felt even the slightest remorse. the chinese government has called for an all—out effort to help the victims of a powerful earthquake, the worst to hit the country for 30 years. the computer deep blue has tonight triumphed over the world chess champion, garry kasparov. it's the first time a machine has defeated a reigning world champion in a classical chess match. america's first legal same—sex marriages have been taking place in massachusetts. god bless america! you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: the united states will formally

open its new embassy in jerusalem later on monday. president trump has officially recognised jerusalem as the capital of israel — palestinians bitterly oppose the move. turkey's president erdogan arrives in london laterfor talks on a trade deal after brexit — critics say britain is getting too close to a repressive regime. the shia cleric, moqtada al—sadr, appears to be ahead in iraq's parliamentary election, with more than half of the votes counted following saturday's poll. the official results are expected later today. the polls saw a record low turnout with many iraqis disillusioned with the political elite and rampant government corruption. but the capital, baghdad, is more secure and stable thanit has been in years. and people there are taking full advantage of their new freedom as yalda hakim reports. it is almost midnight in this middle—class neighbourhood of baghdad. but this restaurant is

full. a new—found security has brought this city back to life. 18—year—old izra says she is out on her own to light. translation: in the last few years, it has been say. i can go to the mall alone and have my own freedom. my mall alone and have my own freedom. my parents to worry about me like they used to. today's baghdad is unrecognisable compared to the daily violence that the residents of this city in due for almost 15 years. these days some cafes are even open for 21 out —— pretty 3a hours. —— pretty for hours. —— 24. this —— pretty 34 hours. —— pretty for hours. —— 24. this city is now the safest it has been since 2003. this is the before the if: killed

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the day with the final results of the day with the final results of the elections. here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later. this morning in milan: two global oil giants, eni and shell, are due to stand trial over allegations of corruption in nigeria. the case has been brought by italian prosecutors after a lengthy investigation. the companies and their senior executives have been charged with paying bribes to nigerian politicians. anti—corruption watchdog global witness says it could be one of the biggest corporate corruption trials in history. in kazakstan‘s captial, astana, the ninth round of syria peace talks are due to take place today. iranian, russian and turkish foreign ministers will head the summit. iran's foreign minister has said that this round would be devoted to political and humanitarian issues. and finally later on, the thai king will preside over an annual royal ploughing ceremony. among the proceedings cattle will be brought to the palace. it's an ancient rite marking the beginning of the rice growing season. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre.

hello and welcome to your monday sport briefing. coming up, can ireland's cricketers fight back in their inaugural test match? plus liverpool and mo salah guarantee they'll be in next season's champions league. ireland's cricketers have encountered a fairly steep learning curve so far in their first ever test match against pakistan in dublin. their bowlers stuck to their task — and managed to restrict the tourists to 310 for 9 declared. then the problems started. ireland were dismissed forjust 130, and forced to follow on but they made a better fist of it second time round. 0ur man in dublin, charles dagnall, looks ahead to day four. ireland's openers need to replicate the application that they showed in the application that they showed in the final session of day three on day four at here. despite being dropped early, the partnership and

the chuka umunna. ireland closed on 64 without loss. the forecast is good. we should get a full match on, but pakistani is to make early inroads and be a lot sharper. as for ireland, they need to knock at the deficit and train set a total for pakistan to chase down on the fifth day. later on monday — the western conference final series continues in the nhl. the vegas golden knights will be looking to get back on level terms after going down 4—2 to the winnipeg jets in the first game. winnipeg reached this stage by beating the nashville predators, the side who had the best regular season record in the league. this power—play goal from mark scheifele made it 4—1 to winnipeg. it's the first time the golden knights have trailed in their post—season run. there are just under two weeks to go until the champions league final and liverpool warmed up for their meeting with the mighty real madrid, with a comprehensive 4—0 win over brighton on the last day of the english premier league season. the win guaranteed them

champions league football next season, and it was no real surprise that that man, mo salah, was on the score sheet again. his 32nd goal of the season, set a record for the most in a 38 game premier league campaign. 0bviously obviously it is difficult to score that many goals, otherwise the people would have done it already. hgppy people would have done it already. happy for him that it is the next—of course he gets an award, a goal brought —— a goldberg. good. —— gold boot. the boston celtics destroyed lebron james and the cleveland cavaliers 108 to 83 in game 1 of the eastern conference finals. al horford scored 20 points for the celtics, who ran off 17 consecutive points in the first quarter and never allowed the cavs within single digits again. boston led by 28, when cleveland

coach tyronn lue pulled lebron for good with just over seven minutes left. game 2 is tuesday night. we gave you an update on ireland's first ever test match against pakistan earlier. and they had a rather unlikely spectator on sunday as well. mickjagger tweeted this from malahide cricket ground — images of the rock icon were shared all across social media. jagger sat alongside the commercial director of cricket ireland, dennis cousins, during day 3. it's rumoured he enjoyed a pint of guinness too. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sport team, that's your monday sport briefing. extraordinary changes are coming to the kingdom of saudi arabia. the crown prince mohammad bin salman has instigated a series of dramatic reforms. among them, women will soon be able to drive. but if they want to get behind the wheel, they'll need a car, and a new exhibition in riyadh might help. tim allman reports. this all looks fairly familiar:

checking out how comfortable the seat is, examining the switches and dials. but in its own small way, this is nothing short of revolutionary. at this exhibition, women can size up the cars they will soon be able to drive. translation: i am so happy that women will start driving, and i want to have a look at the cars, the models, what suits me exactly, the prices, the options — it is great to get to know the cars. translation: it is a nice step for the saudi people, and especially for saudi women, so she can finish her work without relying on someone else like her father or her brother. gender equality on the nation's roads is not the only recent reform. cinemas and theatres have reopened after a ban that lasted more than three decades. and a new television channel is being launched that is supposed to be aimed at a younger, more modern audience.

the man behind these changes, crown prince mohammad bin salman, said that his generation wants to live a normal life. back at the exhibition, women can try out driving for themselves, but only in the car park. comejune 24, they will be out on the open road. tim allman, bbc news. i'm sure they will have a lot of fun with it. stay with me on bbc news, i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments. and, as always, let us know your thoughts on the stories that we're covering today. use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. see you in a minute. hello.

it has been a weekend of slightly mixed fortunes. some more rain and cloud at times in the north and east. but for many of us, a lot of sunshine on offer. it was certainly the case in helensburgh in argyll & bute. this picture was taken by one of our weather watchers earlier on. a lot of sunshine through the course of sunday. as we look through monday and the week ahead, it will be mostly dry, with high pressure in charge. spells of sunshine, but a cooler interlude through the middle part of the week. the satellite image shows the cloud moving in from the west and also the east, too. sandwiched in the middle of those two areas of cloud are clear skies. a chilly night. first thing monday morning with temperatures close to freezing in one or two rural spots. but through the day, lots of sunshine right down the spine of the country. more cloud for parts of eastern england and scotland as well. in the sunshine, 19 or 20 degrees. but the cloud willjust push across northern ireland a western scotland, and later on western fringes of england and wales, as well. high—pressure tries to extend across the country, but is met by this weather front moving in from the north—west. a weak affair, but it will introduce cloud to northern ireland, western scotland as well.

some patchy rain on it. some cloud lingering to the east with a cool breeze coming in for some of the north sea coasts on tuesday. that cloud should thin and break and sunshine for many southern and eastern areas. tuesday probably warmest day of the week, with temperatures from aberdeenshire down towards sussex between around about 18—23 celsius. things will turn cooler from the north—west behind —— things will turn cooler from the north—west behind the weather front. the front move southwards and eastwards across much of the country through tuesday night and into wednesday. behind it, a change in wind direction, those winds turning more northerly and introducing cooler conditions, the blue colours returning to the map. although high is in charge, and there will be lots of sunshine, a little bit cloudier across some parts of england and wales. a cool northerly breeze, especially across the exposed coast. it will feel chilly, here. further inland, away from the breeze, quite pleasant. 12—16 degrees on wednesday, a little below average for the time of year. but it looks like things will warm up touch and stay largely dry with spells of sunshine as we look

towards the end of the week. that is how it is looking. more on our website. goodbye. this is the business briefing. i'm samantha simmonds. rebooting zte. president trump says he's working on getting the chinese telecoms firm back in business after its us ban. anguish in argentina. we'll have a special report from the country which is trying to stave off an economic crisis, which threatens the future of many businesses. and on the markets, asian shares shot up to near two month highs on monday on signs the united states and china were toning down their trade war rhetoric.