this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. deep divisions in congress over president trump's policy of separating migrant children from their families — as he demands new laws on immigration. from myanmar — to the monsoon. thousands of rohingya refugees in bangladesh are threatened by flooding and landslides. i'm lucy hockings — we're live in moscow with everything you can expect from day seven at the world cup. russia celebrates after egypt win puts them one step closer to world cup knockouts the british prime minister theresa may is again facing possible defeat over key brexit legislation in the house of commons today. also in business briefing, the board of 21st century fox meets today — what will it decide as comcast and disney battle it out for control. briefing you on all you need

to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. here in the uk, the culture secretary has called for children's phones to be confiscated at the start of the school day. he says they're a distraction, harm academic achievement and expose children to cyber bullying. president trump and republicans in the us congress have been trying to thrash out

legislation that will address the growing anger around the policy of separating children from their parents who enter the us at the mexican border. just after those talks in washington, donald trump was heckled by democrats over the policy and for his complaint, on twitter, about illegal immigrants who , as he put it, "pour into and infest our country". our north america correspondent david willis reports. amid growing concern from members of his own party, the president came to capitol hill to talk about the crisis on the southern border. the system has been broken for many yea rs, system has been broken for many years, the immigration system. it's been a really bad, bad system, probably the worst anywhere in the world. we can fix it. having met with republicans, he was heckled by democrats. quit separating the kids,

separating the children, mr president! don't you have kids? no word of an imminent solution. these are laws that have been broken for many years, decades. thank you. pressure to reform america's immigration system is being driven by images such as these, children keptin by images such as these, children kept in cages after being separated from their parents. under a new zero tolerance policy, anyone caught crossing the border illegally is now being arrested. 2000 sons and daughters have been separated from their parents in little over a month. but farfrom bowing their parents in little over a month. but far from bowing to their parents in little over a month. but farfrom bowing to public pressure, the president is doubling down. in one tweet on the subject, he warned of illegal immigrants in testing the country and he continues to blame the democrats, even the republicans control both chambers of

congress. the president alone can fix it with this click of a pen by signing a presidential order to enter the agonising screams of small children who have been separated from their parents. mr president i will lend you my pen, any pen. you can fix it yourself. mr trump insists the solution lies with congress. let the children go! but as protests sprout up around the country and in the face of growing international condemnation, one conservative talk—show host has likened the situation to a crisis which threatened to derail a previous republican administration, warning this could be trump's katrina. the united states has pulled out from the un human rights council. at a news conference, the us envoy to the un, nikki haley, said the council was a cesspool of political bias, whose members targeted countries with positive human rights records to distract from abuses including their own. she said the call for reform in the council had been hampered from within. human rights abusers continue

to serve on and be elected to the council. the world's most inhumane regimes continue to escape scrutiny and the council continues politicising and scapegoating of countries with positive human rights record, in an attempt to distract from the abusers in their ranks, therefore, as we said we would do a year ago if we did not see any progress, the us is officially withdrawing from the un human rights council. in doing so i want to make it crystal clear this step is not a retreat from human rights commitments. 0n the country, we take this step because our commitment does not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self—serving organisation that makes a mockery of human rights. a lot more comments later here on

the briefing because they are dominating the press as well, what the media is discussing today. it's a humanitarian crisis that could soon become much worse. more than 700,000 rohingya refugees have fled myanmar since last year and taken shelter in refugee camps in bangladesh. thousands of them are now at risk of landslides and flooding due to the upcoming monsoon season. 0n world refugee day, we have a special report from danjohnson in bangladesh. rohingya refugees are on the move again. still searching for a safe place to live. life is tough, even before it begins. asina's baby is due in a month, she's struggling with back pain and a swollen leg. "my house fell down," she says, "i was forced to stay with others." "a landslide damaged my home," says aziz fatimah, "for five days i didn't even have drinking water."

and people keep coming to this. the newest part of the camp. there is stable land here, stronger homes, and better drainage. but many more are left facing the monsoon. people are living in such close living quarters, the potential for water, as it's flowing down the street, to contaminate, not only the water supply, but also getting into people's houses, it's incredibly difficult to stay clean in this sort of environment. the problem is, these homes are built up high, but right on the edge of these very steep cliffs. and you can already see how the land is starting to crack.

the fear is when the rain intensifies it will undermine these hillsides, the soil will shift and drop away, and the homes could go with it. this was last year's exodus from myanmar. the burmese military said it was cracking down on rohingya militants. the un described it as ethnic cleansing. across the border they found shelter in bangladesh, but here there are new challenges. it rained every day last week. a miserable taste of what's to come. this is a vibrant community full of resilient people, but they live on borrowed land. more than 700,000 cling to these hillsides, and the numbers keep on growing. dan johnson, bbc news, in the balukhali refugee camp. the british prime minister theresa may is again facing possible

defeat over key brexit legislation in the house of commons today. mps are due to vote on an amendment to the eu withdrawal bill which would give parliament more of a say if no deal is agreed with brussels on the uk's departure. andrew tuck, the editor of monoclejoins me now. it does feel like groundhog day but todayis it does feel like groundhog day but today is very critical. she's got to do some wheeling and dealing before this vote? what do you think. it's being called grieve —— grieve two after dominic grieve. they didn't seem to stick and later negotiations. can she go back to those people and still persuade them that she is going to honour her word? just explain to our viewers overseas as well, why we are back at this point. good telling viewers, is

because the house of lords overruled what was agreed in the commons. we are back to the beginning. theresa may made some concessions. going back to the lords and they said, we are going to stick with that first piece of amendment. make sure you change the legislation and dominic grieve is overseeing this whole process. a member of the conservative party. the liberal conservative. somebody who is keen for us to have a meaningful relation. it's also important to understand, this is not going to pull government down, it's not going to stop or even push aside the brexit deal but it would question the authority of theresa may and she feels it would tie her arms up a bit in further negotiations. it is not

clear what the outcome will be. indeed. we'll discuss some of these stories in more detail. let's move on. the lease three people have been killed and many injured. human rights groups in nicaragua say at least three people have been killed and many injured as pro—government forces launched an operation to remove barricades set up by protesters two months ago in the city of masaya. more than a hundred and eighty people have died since protests began in april. the government accuses the demonstrators of trying to stage a coup — as lebo diseko reports running battles once again on the streets of masaya. once a stronghold for president 0rtega's sandinista movement, now the centre of an uprising that has lasted two months. residents armed with home—made weapons take on militias loyal to the president.

pro—government forces arrived in the early hours of monday morning to try and retake the city. what began as protests over cuts to pensions and social security has now turned into a movement demanding that president stands down. mr 0rtega has since repealed the controversial reforms but it has done little to dampen the anger against him. he is now in his third consecutive term in office and the calls for fresh elections are growing both at home and abroad. catholic bishops have been trying to mediate talks between both sides but on monday, those negotiations broke down. and so the violence continues, with more than 180 dead and with no sign that residents are willing to stand down, and police saying they will do what it takes to restore order, there are real fears that death toll could grow.

lebo diseko, bbc news. stay with us on the briefing. also on the programme — portraits of then and now. we visit london's national gallery to see the pop art charting 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. what do you think of the russian woman in space? i think it's a wonderful achievement and i think we might be able to persuade the wife, it would be a good idea, if i could, to get her to go up there for a little while. you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: president trump has met us lawmakers to discuss his controversial plans to clamp down on immigration. many want to see an end to the policy of separating migrant children from their parents. the us has quit the united nations‘ human rights council — saying it's a "cesspool of political bias". we're heading into day seven of the world cup in russia and there's lots to talk about. and to look back at some of those

important matches. the bbc‘s lucy hockings is in moscow. portugal is playing today and a lot on the agenda? there is indeed and it is getting more and more exciting. the atmosphere was already electric but if it ever needed to be sealed, the hearts, minds and attention of the russian fans to them it happened last night with russia moving to the last 16, beating egypt 3—1 in saint petersburg and at the party is still going on. let's remind you of what else happened. a good moment for african football, senegal winning, their first at the world cup. the surprises keep coming. it has been full of surprises so far. japan defeated colombia with colombia and down to ten men. let's bring you up

to date with all of the action. even with a 5—0 win in their first game, few rated russia's chances at their own world cup but the hosts are not there to make up the numbers. roman zobnin‘s shot deflected in to take the lead. denis cheryshev then scored against egypt — his third of the tournament so far. before artem dzyuba sealed the victory, with a brilliant solo effort. even the great mo salah could not rescue egypt, despite a late penalty. russia now almost guaranteed a place in the last 16. columbia and japan finally got their world cups under way but for south americans the dream start they craved turned into a nightmare. carlos sanchez shown the first red card of the tournament afterjust three minutes. the resulting penalty tucked away by shinji kagawa. colombia did level but theirten men jusy couldn't hold on. colombia did level but their ten men jusy couldn't hold on. yuya 0sako heading in the seal a first world cup win forjapan on european soil.

16 years after their world cup debut, senegal are back. in 2002, the africans shocked the world with their opening fixture win over france. once again they are underdogs but once again they made the football world stand up. a deflection from an idrissa gueye shot giving them the lead. before m'baye niang latched on to a misplaced pass. poland did get one back but did not do enough. senegal back in the big time with a bang — africa up and running. austin halewood, bbc news. let mejust remind let me just remind you that russia are the lowest ranked side in this competition and when i arrived in moscow there was very little excitement around the team and low expectations. they really did not think their team would do well at all. so the significance of their dream is huge. the partying hasn't stopped. take a look at these

pictures of... listened to that confidence and optimism, it really is amazing. everyone here in russia is a football fan. you mentioned portugal, are they one of your favourites? they take on morocco in moscow. it is an interesting game for a couple of reasons. it could be embarrassing the fifa today because president putin has invited set later to the game who is serving a six—year ban. —— sepp blatter. another great day off for all our head. let's take a look at some of

the other events taking place today: in london we have... the european parliament brexit co—ordinator appearing before a british parliamentary committee. that is interesting given what we have are ready discussed about the vote in parliament later. it has been a hard week for angela merkel on the issue of immigration. another from the mary hearing for the californian couple accused of abuse and false imprisonment of their 13 children. is our civilisation rising orfalling? that's the question behind a new exhibition at the national gallery in london. the american artist, ed ruscha, one of the pioneers of popart, is now in his 9th decade and he's showing a series of works

looking at the rise and fall of empire. david sillito went to meet him. this is a story about how how industrial world is changing through the eyes of a man whose work has been a strange landscape. almost any change can upset people. whether it isa change can upset people. whether it is a glorified something or other or the total removal of something. they are porches of them and now. edward ruscha stands with andy warhol is one of the giants of pop art, and artistic passion for the every day of modern life— the gas stations, the word pictures and the inspiration this exhibition are

these 19th century paintings by thomas cole about the rise and fall of empire. edward ruscha rise and fall begins with the recent industrial past. it is now rather less american. the trade school is no longer a trade school but with a lot more security and whatever happened to the telephone booth. as you can see, it has disappeared. the question is, is this all about change and progress or declined? question is, is this all about change and progress or declined7m is the pain of progress and change in all of that but it can point to things positive as well. where are we now was back at the peak of empire consummation or on the downward slope was make we are more oi’ downward slope was make we are more or less devoid of political annotation. they have a moral to them. they say progress, they say

not necessarily positive progress. there is some kind of peace involved in it. peace of mind, piece of... evenif in it. peace of mind, piece of... even if it is mom —— momentary, you can still smell the roses. so it is just a shifting landscape that has caught his eye that was worth turning it to art. what it means is to us but while his inspiration maybe los angeles, it is a shift going on all around us. the question is are we looking at a sunrise or a sunset? and tell me what you think about our talking point today — here in the uk the culture secretary has called for children's phones to be confiscated at the start of the school day. he says they're a distraction. tell us what you think — just use the hashtag bbc—the—briefing. many of you have been in touch and

you all a group with the culture secretary and so far none of you are saying that telephones should be in schools or used during the day. vijay, watching from india says definitely no doubt about it, think about the scenario of an emergency. the school would contact families. why do we need them at all? and others say it means they can concentrate on schoolwork. 0thers say the classroom is not the place for the telephone. i wonder what teachers think about this, i am sure they agree. hello again. well, it was another warm, muggy, humid day across much of england and wales and, although it

started off pretty cloudy, we did get the cloud breaking up across eastern parts of england and it was a fine end to the day in cromer, in norfolk. looking in cromer, in norfolk. at the weather picture, highs looking at the weather picture, highs of 26 degrees. fresher to the north—west. it felt humid across england and wales because of the air had made its way up from the subtropics whereas the air here from greenland. this big bulge of cloud working across the uk is at its most active. this is rain bearing cloud and it will be a wet start to the day for both northern ireland and scotland. wet weather getting into cumbria, the north—west of wales and some drizzle to the south—west and some drizzle to the south—west and some mist around the coast and

hills. the rain band easy. moving south. slow moving across wales and the midlands but mainlyjust a lump of cloud. to the south is, that is where the warm and muggy air continues to be. sunshine rather more limited to south—east england but elsewhere some sunshine with riches dropping into the teens. heavy showers in the north—west. they will push further south overnight and it will be a much cooler night across the north of the uk. where the winds for light in scotland, it will be a chilly start to thursday. thursday a decent kind of date but with north—westerly would wince nationwide. feeling pleasa nt would wince nationwide. feeling pleasant in the sun. ——

north—westerly winds. beyond thursday, through friday into the weekend, we should see a lot of dry weather with high pressure building in. temperatures set to rise and next week it could be quite hot for some of us. this is business briefing. i'm sally bundock. the fox, the mouse and the telecoms giant. the battle to take over 2ist century fox heats up with comcast and disney outbidding each other. danger ahead! how brazil enlists technology to combat an epidemic of crime against its huge fleet of cargo trucks. and on the financial markets in asia, traders are taking a breath from the global trade—off we saw on tuesday, sparked by fears of trade tension between the united states

and china.