it's half past three. this is the bbc news. the us government says almost 2000 children were separated from their parents on the border with mexico between april and may. the department of homeland security said they had been placed in detention while the adults were awaiting prosecution for illegally crossing the border. for the second time in four years, a big fire has taken hold in one of scotland's most famous buildings. the glasgow school of art was the work of the scottish architect, charles rennie mackintosh. the fire in 2014 caused significant damage. in the most exciting match so far in the football world cup in russia, spain have drawn 3—0 with portugal. cristiano ronaldo scored a hat—trick for portugal and diego costa scored twice for spain. in other matches, uruguay beat egypt 1—0 and morocco lost to iran through an own—goal. in about ten minutes we'll have this week's edition of newswatch, but first on bbc news click. zombies, dinosaurs, and fluffy

flowered candy floss trees. this is all in the day's work at the three. -- e3. all in the day's work at the three. —— e3. videogames have come a long way in the last a0 years. gaming gear now feels a lot more real. gaming rigs have got big and expensive. controllers are notjust a bunch of buttons any more. these days you can feel like you are in control of a real vehicle. and the graphics are... the graphics!

sometimes you cannot be the real thing. —— beat. because even in virtual reality, which can be really, really good, you still can't feel the realism. you can't feel the forces on your body. you can't feel the car. being crushed under your tracks. laughter. at least that is the aim of this in florida. and i think they are right. if you don't have your own tent, don't worry, because videogames are getting more and more like the real thing. we will hand over to kate russell and marches like at the world's biggest

videogame expo, e3, and settlers. for the next three days, 60,000 odd people will be jampacked into the giant lake convention centre, all to get their grubby mitts on the latest videogames. get their grubby mitts on the latest videogames. it is only the second time that the general public has been allowed into the space, and it is round beyond belief, and very noisy. but don't worry, we're here to break the strong so that you don't have too. first up, surprising absolutely nobody, battlefield returns with another slice of multiplayer mayhem, battlefield five. this time, the action has been transported to the second world war. one new edition is the last man standing battle wow mode, but more on that late in the programme. also making waves, first person demon slaying in doom eternal. fallout 76 got fans excited,

as did a third person shooter. you will note that all of these games have something in common and that is they are part of the franchise. a sequel basically guarantees your user base from the start off. developing a franchise costs a lot of money — upwards of, like, millions and millions of pounds, so creating something we have already got an established jon rahm, —— something we have already got an established genre, you have your weapons and your characters, everything feels familiar and people want more familiarity. but amongst the games with numbers in their names, there is still plenty of original stuff on display here at e3. the uk developer has a ton of experience at developing unusual games. this is from the developers

of the littlebigplanet franchise. this is their latest offering, it is called dreams, and it defies categorisation. it is again but it also creative toolbox, if you like, and allows players to create their own game too. a big part of this game is the creation of your own games and there is an enormous amount of tools with which to do that. for example, we have remixed will and i'm going to remix it, so i can go into an editor and i can change or create whatever elements i want to. and if you are musically minded, you could even create your own tunes to go with the game that you have created. this is how calvin harris does it. from making platform games to space shooters, to whatever this is, creating and sharing the fruits of your labour is what this is all about. player unknown‘s battlegrounds kicked off the current craze for battle royale type

games, but this year it is all about fortnite. now the world's most game, fans packed into a stadium to see 50 celebrities and 50 gamers compete great $3 million charity prize pool, with popular twitch streamer ninja claiming victory. more eager news at the three was nintendo announcing fortnight on the switch. from a standing start back in march, pubg and is fortnite have been breaking records all over the place. it seems everybody is playing these games. so what is it about battle royale? i think battle royale is so popular because it has all the best elements of online gaming but also reduces some of the problems. you don't have to spend hours a week playing. we don't all have evenings free to spend playing. it also means you are not going to run into people who are griefing or trolling.

we have unpleasant aspects of online gaming, people who just want to get in your way, and in battle royale games that is not always in their best interests because it you get in the way there is a good chance you are going to kill them. with such an appetite for the genre, there are now plenty of battle royale games in the making. and with fortnite reportedly earning hundreds of millions of dollars on in game cosmetic purchases in april, it is a tasty slice of pie they are after. just charging for emotes, skins, crazy hats your characters, it is pretty unusual, nobody else is doing it. the rest of the industry, believe me, is looking at fortnite and seeing if they can borrow that stuff. you know battle royale is huge as a concept in something as big as call of duty is willing to drop its single player campaign to focus on it. yes, you have outright. call of duty black ops is dropping the single player story mode for a last man standing.

but not everybody enjoys playing online with real people. you have a legion of fans of call of duty who love the solo mode. what do you say to them? we try to tell a narrative in different ways with this game. if you look at the zombie experience we have at launch, it's the biggest one we have ever done and we are introducing a whole new cast of with different storylines. blackout is a new mode, it brings a lot of the legacy of the black ops series, in a way which i think is going to let fans create their own stories, and i think it will really appeal to casual and very competitive and hardcore gamers alike. when you look at these games it is easy to think there is no such thing as an original idea any more. but maverick‘s proving grounds, due out

next year, is hoping to stand out from the crowd. where we see existing battle royales, they are the first step into massively multiplayer competitive gameplay, at maverick is taking a step up in terms of depth. you actually affect the environment more. there is a lot more strategy that occurs in a game of mavericks because you can see information caused by other players. there is much more depth in the player to player interaction. with 1000 players in a match and the ability to track your prey by the footprints and other marks they leave on the landscape, it is an intriguing spin on the seemingly unstoppable might of the battle royale game. so, that's it. e3 over for another year and battle royale game is obviously one of the biggest themes on show, basically. so huge.

0ne doesn't wonder if the bubble isn't going to burst at some point. but black ops, i enjoyed playing that — i think there will be a lot of problems with a single player fans when it comes out, despite their insistence they will be content in there for story mode fans. i think fortnite will remain dominant, it is difficult to beat. interestingly, diversity in the characters you can play is a very big thing. lots and lots of games allowing you to play as female characters, and that has caused some fuss online. but the games companies seem to be ignoring that kind of fuss. and a good job, too, because the figures are showing that more and more women are coming to gaming, so perhaps more representative of the stories that we live in our real lives and the characters become —— we live in our real lives and the characters we come across in our real lives, is actually attracting a wider audience, and that can only be a good thing. so female player characters in battlefield 5, a female player character in assassin's creed 0dyssey. that is two dig franchises. and gears live coming out

with a strong female lead. we were lucky, though, because we got the opportunity to play a lot of games and even got the opportunity to play against one another. didn't we? i knew you go into bring this up. he is basicallyjust saying this he gets the chance to say again... i'm the king of games! right, play me on a pc game. different story. watch this, just watch this. now, this is a hugely anticipated title for the switch, super smash brothers. i am a bit of a button masher, which is actually driving mark wild. it is interfering with my position combat. it is kind of a cross between a beat ‘em up and a platform, because you have to sound platforms. as well, yeah. it is not quite as simple as pulling off some martial arts moves. you can choose signature moves that you don't normally find in beat ‘em up games. and the winner is...

samus! thank you very much. in yourface. i was let down by the hedgehog. seriously, sonic, could do better. and that is it for the shortcut of click this week. the full version is on iplayer. it is a lot of fun if you have not guess. next week we will stay in the us with a special look at the brand—new sustainable technology. in the meantime, you can follow us on facebook and twitter. thank you for watching. and if you don't mind, you should get out of my way. hello and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed. the leaders of the united states and north korea meet. historic, certainly, but did this get carried away by president trump's gameshow—style approach? and was coverage of the anniversary of the grenfell tower fire excessive and maudlin?

it's been a bumper week for news, with president trump's meeting with kimjong—un, a crucial vote on brexit, the one—year anniversary of the grenfell tower and the start of the world cup, all vying for attention from editors. we'll be hearing your reactions to how all these stories were covered, starting with the summit in singapore on tuesday, which was widely described as historic. the handshake in history. donald trump becomes the first serving us president to meet a north korean leader. just months after trading insults, an extraordinary turn of events as president trump and kim jong—un meet face—to—face. a lot of progress, really positive. i think better than anybody could have expected. how much progress had actually been made, and how much substance there was to the agreement, was much debated. was the bbc and the media in general too quick to accept a white house narrative claiming a triumphant success? 0ne twitter user thought so, posting this. but others thought the bbc was too

critical and carping in its reporting of the summit. this was karishma vaswani on the news at one. and then another handshake, to seal the deal. but who was this a better deal for? no details, no mention of whether this denuclearisation process will be verifiable or irreversible. one might wonder what's actually been achieved at this summit. john gray was watching that bulletin and wondered... jay 0atman agreed.