welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: the trump administration defends its policy of separating migrant children from their parents. the president again tries to blame the democrats. the united states will not be a migrant camp and it will not be a refugee holding facility. in germany — immigration policy is also divisive. the interior minister gives chancellor merkel two weeks to find a europe—wide solution. a catholic archbishop is due to be sentenced in australia for failing to report the sexual abuse of children in the 1970s. we round up day 5 at the world cup in russia — including a dramatic england win over tunisia. and one of the world's largest populations of orangutans is under threat — their habitat in indonesia is being destroyed for commercial profit. cruel and immoral —

that's how laura bush, the formerfirst lady, has described the separation of children from their parents, as they cross into the us illegally. the trump administration has taken nearly two thousand children from theirfamilies in the past six weeks. despite the criticism of what's happening at the us/mexico border, president trump is trying to blame the democrats and saying he won't allow the us to become a ‘migrant camp'. here's our north america correspondent nick bryant. children held in what look like cages. the trump administration's zero tolerance immigration policy being put into action at this detention centre in texas.

it's notjust the much wanted border wall that the administration hopes will act as a deterrent to those who cross the mexican border illegally, but also this wire mesh fencing. la perrera, the detainees are calling it, the dog kennel. and in these dusty facilities, the trump administration isn'tjust detaining children but separating them from their parents. nearly 2000 sons and daughters have been taken away from their mothers and fathers in just over a month long period. this man was separated from his teenage son. translation: it was hard, the hardest day from me. i felt like i was losing my son. that's what i thought, i was going to lose my son. this photo of a two—year—old honduran girl crying as us border patrol agent searched her mother has crystallised concerns and complaints. they have come from the former first lady laura bush who said:

and remarkably, the president first lady's office also issued a statement. but her husband's hardline stance on immigration was a key reason why he now occupies the white house and he defended the crackdown. the united states will not be a migrant camp and it will not be a refugee holding facility. it won't be. you look at what's happening in europe, you look at what's happening in other places, we can't allow that to happen to the united states, not on my watch. in a series of tweets that will place even further strain on the transatlantic alliance, donald trump has taken aim at angela merkel‘s germany, claiming the influx of immigrants has caused political instability and a spike in crime. that last claim is false, the german crime rate is at its lowest in 30 years. critics of the president claim he was trying to distract attention from what's happening in these detention centres. this one, a converted walmart store near the mexican border.

he's also been accused of using the detained children as bargaining chips to get congressional funding from democrats for the border wall. the zero tolerance policy means zero humanity and makes zero sense. these are the most searing images of the trump presidency so far. children crying. and we have heard some of the most searing sounds. released by a us news organisation and said to be audio of children crying who have been separated from their parents. this policy is intended to protect american borders but is it demolishing american ideals? nick bryant, bbc news, washington. well, it's notjust donald trump trying to put pressure on angela merkel over migration. italy's new prime minister has told the german chancellor that european union rules need to change mrs merkel is also facing

an ultimatum from her own interior minister: tighten germany's borders, or police will start turning people away. lebo diseko has the story — just a warning there are flashing images coming up. at that time, it was a source of pride to germany. thousands of people welcomed into the country at the height of europe's refugee crisis. but now resentment over this opendoor policy threatens angela merkel‘s future. opendoor policy threatens angela merkel's future. her interior minister, horse to see proper, has given two weeks. if not, he will tell german border p lease to turn people away. -- horst seehofer. translation: if the europeans summon oi’ translation: if the europeans summon orany translation: if the europeans summon oi’ any agreement succeeds translation: if the europeans summon or any agreement succeeds in reaching our goal, to send back

moderates as soon reaching our goal, to send back moderates as soon as reaching our goal, to send back moderates as soon as they reach the border, we would be very happy and wish good luck to the chancellor but if this doesn't succeeds, we want to make it possible to send them back immediately. angela merkel says such action goes against eu principles but her interior minister also leads the party she is in coalition with and she can't afford to sack him. translation: it is in the german interest to maintain the order and control of migration in good partnership with our european neighbours. that is why we believe that uncoordinated rejection at our borders as a country in the heart of europe could lead to negative domino effects. these pictures show the impact of the growing argument over how to deal with migrants coming into europe. a rescue ship carrying more than 600 people from the coast of libya left at sea for days after italy refused to let it dock. italy's new prime minister has told

chancellor merkel that eu migration rules need a complete overhaul. this is the current policy of processing asylu m is the current policy of processing asylum claims in a country where people first arrive cannot continue. but this is in direct conflict with the demands of germany's interior minister. mrs merkel now has two weeks to see if she can balance the needs of the eu partners and those of her coalition ones. the canadian parliament has voted to legalise cannabis for recreational use. the legislation must now be passed by the senate and receive royal assent by the governor general, to become law. that could happen by september and would make canada the first g7 country to allow people over the age of eighteen to use marijuana legally. england have won their opening game of the world cup. they beat tunisia 2—1 — captain harry kane to the rescue, scoring both goals. paul frostick reports. a new generation and renewed hope

for fans of english football. and just 11 minutes in, their nerves we re just 11 minutes in, their nerves were put at ease. captain harry kane leading from the front butjust as england started to relax into the game, the mistake came. an elbow from kyle walker giving away a penalty. comfortably slotting it away. but as england toiled, desperate for a penalty of the road and, it wasn't until injury time that a breakthrough came. another corner and another harry kane winner, hope was stored for england and theirfans, winner, hope was stored for england and their fans, just. winner, hope was stored for england and theirfans, just. for winner, hope was stored for england and their fans, just. for the people of panama, it was time to party. a debut to their team on world football's biggest stage, an emotional moment that our players. but after holding on a first half without goals, belgium started to turnit without goals, belgium started to turn it on. a rocket silencing the

central americans and from that point, panama's central americans and from that point, pa nama's resistance central americans and from that point, panama's resistance was broken. hitting the goal twice in six minutes. spectacular stadiums looked to be given in rupture —— russia but the quality of the matches within can't be guaranteed. the video assistant referee broke the deadlock between sweden and south korea, a penalty converted by the swedish captain and up to seal our first the swedish captain and up to seal ourfirst opening the swedish captain and up to seal our first opening game win for his side since 1958. the catholic archbishop of adelaide will be sentenced after being found guilty of concealing child abuse by a priest. philip wilson arrived at the court house a short while ago. he's the most senior catholic figure in the world to be convicted of covering—up sexual assaults by clergy. it relates to child abuse by a priest that dates back to the 1970s. the bbc‘s hywel griffith is in the city of newcastle, on australia's east coast. he says the archbishop could face a jail sentence of up to two years. we will find out what sentence he's given within the next few hours. but last month, philip wilson was convicted of this after a long

legal process, and convicted of covering up events that occurred in the 1970s. then he was a parish priest in east maitland, not farfrom here. young victims turned to him to report the actions of paedophile priests, but for decades he did nothing, and is now the most senior figure in the world to ever be convicted of concealing abuse. so hywel, what does the archbishop have to say about this conviction? well, in his defence, he said that he hadn't been told by the victims. he denies he broke the law. but since his conviction, he sent a letter out to children and parents in the archdiocese of adelaide to say that he would step aside from his position, but not resign until it was necessarily appropriate. so he is holding on to his position as the archbishop, and it's possible that he could launch an appeal against his conviction. we will be due to learn more later. stay with us on bbc news.

still to come: we meet the chechen leader who tells our reporter there are no gay people in his country. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act, which for a0 years forcibly classified each citizen according to race. germany's parliament, the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into the night but the decision was greeted

with shock in bonn. just a day old, and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. early this evening, the new prince was taken by his mother and father to their apartments in kensington palace. the real focus of attention today was valentina tereshkova, the world's first woman cosmonaut. this is bbc news. our main story: the trump administration has defended its policy of separating migrant children from their parents. the president has blamed the democrats for the problem. let's get more on this. melanie zanona is congressional reporter of the hill. where do you think this is going? how is it going to pay —— play out? there is a bill they will consider

on thursday, a raw immigration bill after weeks of negotiations between conservative and moderate republicans and they have tucked a provision in there wychwood and apology —— the policy of separating migrant kids from their parents but the problem is, it would allow families to be detained for indefinite periods of time. aside from that, it is already facing an uphill battle. there are conservatives who don't want to support it, democrats against it, so it's an open question. facing a lot of pressure. it's all controversial. and it looks terrible from a humanitarian point of view. the president has his own wife and former republican first lady criticising his policy. he feels zero tolerance plays well with his co re zero tolerance plays well with his core voters. is that entirely true?

that isn't entirely true. we are seeing a pushback from democrats and republicans. the former first lady. we have also seen christian evangelicals who have stuck by trump, his fate —— is based, even through controversies like his affair with a porn star, you are seeing some of these leaders decrying this policy. you are seeing a lot of his typical allies and pockets of his base come out against this but of course, the core base does usually stand by donald trump. they largely agree with this policy. these congressional republicans a lot of which are facing tough re—election races and you can imagine the attack ads being cut around these images, the perfect audio we are getting. it's very hard for the president to lay this on the democrats when republicans control

all the levers of power but the homeland security secretary does have a point when she says people can still claim asylum in the united states at legal points of entry. it's only people turning up at the border to get separated. that seeks to be right. she has said this all along, if they show up at these legal ports of entry, they can seek asylum. the attorney general has cracked down on some of these 0bama era protections for people seeking asylum, gang violence. anyone showing up, even illegal entry, can gain access. it's a tough situation. it's and emotional. there is a ruck like ——a reluctance to enter this issue. but the trump administration to diving in headfirst. it is the last week of campaigning in turkey before sunday's elections. when president erdogan called the vote back in april, earlier than he had to, he seemed to be in a strong position. but the opposition has put

up a fight, even under a state of emergency. this could be turkey's closest election in years. 0ur reality check correspondent chris morris has been looking at how the numbers could affect the vote. the attempted coup in 2016 shook turkey. more than 250 people were killed, many of them here on the bosphorous bridge. now renamed the martyrs bridge, it is open for business again. but turkey is still under a state of emergency. in response to the coup, there was a huge purge of state employees. sincejuly 2016, more than 107,000 people have been dismissed by emergency decree. thousands of others were suspended, then reinstated. those dismissed include soldiers, police officers, judges, bureaucrats and teachers, like aynur.

she doesn't know what she is supposed to have done wrong. translation: i have been a teacherfor 15 years. my place is my classroom. i should be able to go back to my school. i should be able to get myjob back. the chances of that aren't great, though. a state of emergency commission has received more than 100,000 appeals, and reviewed 19,600 so far. but only 1,010 people have been given permission to get back to work. the only people who know what they have been accused of are those who have been arrested and charged. more than 50,000 have been imprisoned pending trial. many are suspected of loyalty to the exiled cleric fethullah gulen. turkey says his followers organised the coup, but he denies it. some are kurdish activists, also accused of supporting terrorism,

among them the kurdish politician selahattin demirtas, running for president from prison. this is how he normally appears at election rallies. although last night, for the first time in 20 months, he appeared on tv from inside the prison where he is being held. alongside state employees, human rights activists, lawyers and journalists are in jail. more than 150 journalists and media workers detained or imprisoned since july 2016 are currently in prison. the president's view? translation: you have to make a distinction between terrorists and journalists. are we supposed to call them journalists just because they carry credentials and id cards? the opposition has always said its firstjob after the election, if they won, would be to lift the state of emergency. and suddenly, in the last few days, president erdogan is saying the same thing. it may be that he is

feeling the pressure. a forest believed to be home to one of the largest populations of critically endangered orangutans is under threat in indonesia. a timber plantation run by indonesian company pt moharison, with investment from china and canada, has been accused of breaking indonesia's new environmental laws on peatland protection. rebecca henschke investigates. a canal cuts deep into the dense peatland forest. environmentalists say the area is a key habitat for endangered orangutans. we are going to lose one of the largest and one of the most important orangutan populations that we have left. we travel by boat into the forest, one of the last remaining lowland peat swamps in borneo. this forest is deep peatland, giant carbon sinks that help control our climate.

when they're cleared and drained, they easily burn, releasing that carbon into the atmosphere. in an effort to stop the annual peatland fires that rage across kalimantan, covering the region in a toxic haze, in 2015 presidentjoko widodo declared a moratorium on the conversion of deep peat forests, even within existing concessions like this one, which was granted in 2008, before the new laws were introduced. and in april last year, in documents seen by the bbc, the environment ministry handed out sanctions. the government told the company to fill in this canal, saying that there would be no compromise in terms of protecting peatland like this. but, as you can see, the canal is still here. there is heavy building equipment. and, when we came earlier in the day, we saw workers

from the company pt moharison on site. you can see an excavator here... injakarta, we showed our discovery to the director—general at the ministry of environment. and this is the forest. virgin forest. virgin forest, and this is the canal. what should happen to forests like this? translation: the forest is still intact, and under law, it is now protected forest. it must be conserved. it cannot be touched. pt moharison insists they have complied with all the government sanctions by damming the canals, and they say the workers we saw were making a storage room. translation: we had a licence to dig that canal. suddenly, new regulations come in, and we are forced to stop and close it all down. it's devastating for the company, after we have already invested so much. environmentalists say what happens

next will reveal how serious the government is about protecting its remaining biodiverse forests. chechnya's leader has responded to suggestions that he used the egyptian footballer mo salah for political propaganda. ramzan kadyrov, who has long been accused of human rights abuses, including the torture and murder of gay people, engineered a joint appearance with the liverpool player in the chechen capital. the egyptian team has its world cup training camp there. he spoke exclusively to our correspondent steve rosenberg. at vladimir putin's world cup, there is one place in russia where sport and politics are proving hard to separate. this is grozny, chechnya. the egyptian team has its world cup base here. fit again after injury, liverpool's mo salah is trying to focus on football,

but he has faced some distractions. a week ago, mo salah was paraded around the stadium by chechnya's controversial leader. ramzan kadyrov is on the us sanctions list. he has been accused of gross violations of human rights. but he was still happy to invite us to his palace. mr kadyrov was a former chechen rebel who switched to the kremlin side and he rules chechnya like his own personalfiefdom. your critics say that you used mo salah for political propaganda, for self—promotion. did you? translation: everyone has played here, even maradona. but we never use this kind of thing for politics. 0ur enemies are paid to write things like that. i didn't invite mo salah or the egyptian team.

they chose us themselves. of course, politicians all over the world love photo opportunities with stars. but what made this one controversial, what makes the egyptian team's presence in chechnya controversial, is the reputation of ramzan kadyrov as one of the most powerful and most feared men in russia. driving around grozny, you can see that chechnya under ramzan kadyrov has risen from the ashes, from the rubble of two wars. but at what cost? human rights groups say he has created a climate of fear. they accuse his security forces of arbitrary arrests and torture, and of targeting chechnya's gay community. extrajudicial executions, forced disappearance of opponents, persecution of homosexuals — these are the allegations made against you in chechnya. is this true? translation: the people who write these things,

i don't consider them people. we don't have homo... homo... what did you call it? homosexuality? we don't even know that word. we don't talk about gays. we don't have a single one. here, a man is a man, a woman is a woman, a dog is a dog. in chechnya, people cherish their customs, their faith. they are a peace—loving nation, their leader says. but it is ramzan kadyrov‘s image which jars with what fifa claims the world cup is about — bringing people together. steve rosenberg, bbc news, grozny. more on all the news any time for you on the bbc website. thank you for watching. good morning.

there's somewhat of a battle of the air masses across the uk at the moment. of the air masses across the uk to the northern half of the country, we've got fresher north atlantic air pushing its way in. to the south, muggier air all the way from the mid—atlantic. separating air masses, though, tends to be weather fronts. and this one, as we see this little wave develop, this little bobble later will bring some heavier rain later this coming night. patchy rain and drizzle this morning across some western parts of england and wales, where the warmest of the air is. 18 degrees in central london. sunnier conditions further north for the commute, with just a few showers here and there, but it does feel a bit fresher. sunshine turns hazy, though, as cloud increases from the south—west through the day. the cloud across england and wales will break up, although it will turn cloudy for northern england. and there's always a threat, northern and western areas, of patchy rain and drizzle into the afternoon, especially on coasts and hills. but note — temperatures into the 20s, even with that cloud. further north, the teens. best of the sunshine, the far north, where winds will be lighter than they were monday.

but northern ireland, south—west scotland, finishing the afternoon, going into evening with that turns heavier into the night for central and southern scotland and also for parts of northern england. still separating the air masses, so quite a fresh night to take us into wednesday. the north—west of scotland and northern ireland, england and wales and far south—east of scotland staying fairly muggy, with temperatures in the teens. but the heavier rain through the night into wednesday is courtesy of this waving weather front, which actually pushes out into the north sea quite quickly on wednesday morning, just leaving this trailing cold front, which will work its way southwards, introducing fresher air to more during the day. here it is — that's the outbreaks of rain for northern england and north wales to start wednesday. through the day, it turns showery, that band pushes through wales, the midlands, towards east anglia by mid—afternoon, keeping things muggy towards the south—east corner. get the cloud break, temperatures will shoot up. notice, though, on our temperature profile, the contrast. temperatures much, much fresher further north, the mid—teens at very best in scotland, with a few showers to the highlands and islands. but a lot of sunshine out across northern and western parts of the uk to finish the day. as we go into thursday, that cold front has moved off into the near continent, pushing us all in to fresher air, northerly airflow across the country, bringing a few showers for shetland, the

north—east of scotland. most, though, will be dry. sunny top and tail of the day. cloud builds up, spreads out a little bit during the middle part of the day. but note that temperatures by this stage — mid—teens across scotland, maybe low 20s in the south, a big drop on how we started. but as we finish the week, going into the weekend, high pressure starts to nudge its way in, killing off that northerly airflow and bringing in slightly warmer aironce again. and with higher pressure in charge, it stays dry for most on friday, saturday and sunday. varying amounts of cloud, good deal of sunshine, and temperatures just up a little bit. bye for now. this is bbc news. the headlines: the trump administration has defended its policy of separating children from their parents when they cross illegally from mexico, despite widespread criticism. the president has again tried to blame his democratic party rivals for the problem. germany's chancellor, angela merkel, has been given until the end of the month to secure a europe—wide deal on migration. president trump and italy's new prime minister have criticised her approach, and now her interior minister has threatened to implement tighter controls at the border if she fails.

in football, england have beaten tunisia 2—1 at the world cup in russia. both england goals were scored by harry kane. earlier belgium beat panama by three goals to nil. in the other match of the day sweden beat south korea 1—0.