welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: amid mounting fury, president trump signs an executive order reversing the policy of separating migrant children from their parents. anybody with a heart will feel very strong about it. we don't like to see families separated. at the same time, we don't want people coming into our country ilegally. this takes care of the problem. migration is also a big issue in europe. we will be looking at how several countries are dealing with the crisis. the ayes to the right, 303. the noes to the right, 319. a victory for theresa may on brexit. the eu withdrawal bill clears its final parliamentary hurdle. and it is in! and at the world cup, ronaldo scores again for portugal, to knock morocco out of the competition. in what is quite the climb—down,

president trump has backed down on one element of his hardline policies on immigration, signing an executive order to end the separation of migrant children from their parents at the mexican border. up to now, he had been claiming only congress could change the policy. there had been an outcry from both sides of the political aisle, and pressure from human rights groups. but he is still saying he wants to toughen american immigration laws. this from the bbc‘s nick bryant. a tent encampment close to the mexican border, that has become a sweltering detention centre for some of the thousands of children taken from their parents. donald trump's zero—tolerance immigration policy has provoked outrage across america

and the world. we're going to have a lot of happy people. so today, from the president, that rare thing — a reversal and climb—down, and all it took to end child separation was the flourish of his pen. so we're going to have strong, very strong borders, but we're going to keep the families together. i didn't like the sight or the feeling of families being separated. this was a political crisis of his own making, and up until today's turnaround, this ‘america first‘ president had vigorously defended the practice. we want a great country, we want a country with heart. but when people come up, they have to know they can't get in, otherwise it's never going to stop. but these images of children in what looked like cages were too much even for loyal republican leaders to stomach. child separation had become politically untenable. democrats were winning the argument. this has gone on too long, and it must stop, and it

must stop now! not tomorrow, but now! end family separation! last night in washington, the woman who has implemented zero tolerance, the head of homeland security, was hounded by protesters. if kids don't eat in peace, you don't eat in peace! kirstjen nielsen had been having a working dinner at a mexican restaurant. this stretch of the rio grande river is a popular crossing point for illegal immigrants, and families are continuing to make the treacherous journey across the border. donald trump remains determined to stop them. if you're weak, if you're weak, which some people would like you to be, if you're really, really pathetically weak, the country's going to be overrun with millions of people. and if you're strong, then you don't have any heart. that's a tough dilemma. perhaps i'd rather be strong, but that's a tough dilemma. images have the power

to define a presidency. these will linger in the national memory, long after child separations have come to an end. nick bryant, bbc news, washington. helping refugees, coping with large—scale migration, are of course not just american issues. in germany chancellor merkel, facing pressure from within her coalition, has described migration as a global challenge that needs an international response. on sunday, there will be an emergency eu meeting. our europe editor katya adler is in lisbon. the numbers of migrants coming to the european union is down compared to the height of the crisis back in 2015. but i'll tell you what else is down, and that is public tolerance of migrant arrivals. in country after country across the eu, we've seen the rise in popularity of tough—on—migration politicians and parties. take italy for example. the new government there says absolutely no more mass immigration.

the migration issue almost brought down the government in germany this last week. so brussels is in a panic, to put it politely, and absolutely, expect migration to dominate not just the weekend, but the formal summit next week. let's get get a snapshot of how different countries are responding to the migration challenge. gavin lee is on board the rescue ship aquarius, off the coast of spain, nick thorpe is in hungary, and james reynolds in rome. in recent years, more than 500,000 migrants have made it here to italy. many of them passed through this, rome's main train and bus station, on their way to the rest of the continent. italy's new populist government is now taking tough action. it has already closed its ports to foreign—flagged rescue boats, it now demands that the rest of the eu share the migration burden, and in the long run, it wants to shut down for good the migration route across the mediterranean. here in budapest, the hungarian

parliament has just voted to create a new criminal offence. it is called facilitating illegal immigration, and it targets human rights groups which work with asylum seekers. the government argues that it is necessary in order to prevent hungary from becoming what it calls an immigrant country. from now on, human rights activists and lawyers could be imprisoned for printing leaflets, or even for meeting with clients. the political clash between european countries over the continuing illegal migration to europe has played out on board this ship, the charity—run aquarius, over the past few days. a week—long, i,000—mile journey has taken 630 migrants from off the coast of libya here to spain, because italy refused to take them in. now, the ship is returning off the coast of libya to take and rescue migrants from rubber boats. we'll be on board for the next seven

days, and until there is a resolution between eu leaders, then there is no sense of knowing what will happen to those migrants on this ship, and where they will go. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news: the european union will launch retaliatory tariffs against us exports on friday. it is a response to us duties on european steel and aluminium imposed earlier this month. eu officials said they will target american exports such as blue jeans, motorbikes and bourbon whiskey. new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, has been admitted to hospitalfor the birth of herfirst child. the 37—year—old is set to become the second world leader to have a child while in office, the first being pakistan's benazir bhutto in 1990. deputy winston peters is now acting prime minister. instagram, owned by facebook, is moving into long—form video. the new service, called igtv, will offer videos of up to an hour long and will allow instagram to tap into a lucrative advertising market that is worth $18 billion a year. prime ministerjustin trudeau has announced that legal sales

of cannabis will begin in canada on 17 october. the cannabis act approved by lawmakers on tuesday makes canada the first major economy to legalise the drug for recreational purposes. the move is expected to yield millions of dollars in taxes. british prime minister theresa may has seen off a threatened rebellion by conservative mps who had been demanding a bigger say over what should happen if there is no final brexit deal. the commons voted by a majority of 16 against the idea that mps should have the power to stop the uk leaving the eu without an agreement. the legislation has now cleared its final parliamentary hurdle and is set to become law. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports from westminster. call off the troops. we voted to leave the european union, so the government is trying to transfer all european law

into british tradition before there is a final deal. but the tories have already come to blows over who is really in charge if things go wrong at home. a small but noisy group of tory mps have been pushing the government on what happens if parliament says no to the final brexit deal thatis negotiated with the european union. they wanted a legal guarantee they would be able to send ministers back to the negotiating table to try again. theresa may and her ministers were adamant they need the option of no deal, of walking away. this fight has been about who is really in charge, parliament or number ten. last week, the prime minister and her team swerved defeat by promising to listen again what should happen if there is no deal. secretary david davis. but only a last—minute statement from her brexit secretary gave an escape route for both sides to walk away from a serious clash. we debate, we argue,

we make our case with a passion, but we do it to a purpose, and that is to deliver for our people, not just to please ourselves. they decided to leave the european union, and whatever the european union think about that, we'll do it. it is unthinkable that any prime minister would seek to force through a course of action with significant consequences for many, many years, which the majority in this house did not approve of. would mps be able to stop that happening? in the bottom—left—hand corner, you see government whips in charge of discipline whispering about a compromise. then the chief whip, a little later, get up from his seat and give a quiet thumbs up. enough rebels were willing to compromise, if not exactly gladly. i am prepared to accept the government's difficulty and support it. i have to say, there's enough madness around at the moment to make one start to question

whether collective sanity in this country has disappeared. it was not comfortable. 0ne unwell labour mp in a wheelchair, on morphine, was forced to come and vote. so the noes have it, the noes have it. but enough mps believed assurances they would have a real say. there were some procedural changes today, but there was no change in the fundamental issue here, which was the government cannot be forced by parliament to negotiate something that the government doesn't want to do. and that's the key as we move forward. hopefully, now, this takes the whole brexit debate into a new place. if nothing has really changed, then the rebels were the ones that blinked. well, i don't think it's useful to talk about anybody blinking. we got the right outcome, and we kept faith with the british people. we will deliver them brexit. but, despite all the objections,

when the bill went back tonight, it went through. there is trouble ahead. compromise, for now. but comfort for the government? no way. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. latest from football's world cup now, and uruguay and russia are the first two sides through to the knockout stages, thanks to uruguay beating saudi arabia 1—0 with a goal from luis suarez. morocco lost to portugal and were knocked out. spain survived a scare from iran. austin halewood reports. before even a ball was kicked, morocco were trying to keep cristiano ronaldo quiet. his silence lasted four minutes. portugal's star man at his ruthless best. the 85th goal of his international career — more than any other european in history. but, for portugal's fans, that is where the excitement ended. morocco were the better side but for all their opportunities,

they could not take any. the africans became the first team to leave russia. morocco had been ronaldo—ed. spanish fans know exactly how that feels. still licking their wounds, they were poor in the first half against iran. david silva, off the mark, not impressed. but their competition looked like they were on the ropes and finally the knockout blow came. diego costa provided, though he did not realise. iran were in dreamland. they fumbled the ball in, but the var woke them up with a bang. it was ruled out for offside, and with that the hopes of iran were gone, spain surviving after a scare. uruguay tend to rely on one man and he delivered again. a trademark—tap in to mark his 100th international. from that point, their finishing left plenty to be desired but from the final whistle they had

finally done just enough. they are on their way to the knockout stage and saudi arabia are headed home. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: from tip to toe. rolling out the stylish wedding dresses made out of toilet tissues. 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. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: in a major climb—down, president trump has signed an executive order to end his hugely controversial practice of separating migrant children from their parents at the mexican border. there has been condemnation of harsh new immigration laws approved let's get more on our top story. the two talk to you and thank you for your time. how would you describe the impact on these children now and the likely impact into the future? we know when children experience this type of

traumatic separation that is sudden and unexpected and quite terrifying it can have immediate effect and long—term affect in term of mental health and behavioural hell and even physical health. in other words we know that in the immediate aftermath these kids are suffering from acute stress reactions. we hear that they are sobbing uncontrollably. longing to be back with their caregivers. sometimes with the behavioural regression where they are acting out 01’ regression where they are acting out or becoming aggressive. and over the long—term we know that can result in ptsd, depression, anxiety and a lack of trust in the adults around them, given what is happening. and children already taken will be without their parents for some time to come. it will be difficult, if not impossible, to reunite some of those families who have already been separated. we are concerned about

that. and we want to try and help that. and we want to try and help that to happen as quickly as possible because we know that the longer those children go without being with their caregiver, the more devastating effect that can happen. so we hope they will find a way to reunite these families as quickly as possible. chelsea clinton, on social media today, quoted a phrase that her mother it used to use quite often. there is no such thing as other people ‘s children. did you ever expect to see something like this? never. it has been devastating to watch and hear and certainly devastating to see the children who are suffering and the caregivers who do not know where their children are at this point and are longing to be back with them. the answer is no, i never thought in a million years we would see something like this here in the united states. when you listen to that audio recording of

the children crying which, frankly, we decided people could not bear us to play again, what did you think?” was thinking that the test way to rectify this is to get those children reunited with their caregivers as quickly as possible. and, you know, it almost seems inhumane to be putting these children through this in a terrifying and unexpected type of situation. i hope that this will rectify itself by bringing those kids and parents back together quite quickly. thank you very much for talking to a. —— asked. —— asked. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. indonesian officials say at least 192 people are missing after a ferry sank in sumatra earlier this week. 0nly eighteen survivors have been found. authorities fear many people could have been trapped inside the submerged ferry. officials say the vessel was over its capacity of sixty people. an inquiry into the deaths of elderly people at a hospital in southern england has concluded that more than a50 patients died as a direct result

of being given powerful painkillers without medicaljustification. the investigation, into deaths between 1989 and 2000 at the gosport war memorial hospital, found that another 200 had probably also suffered the same fate. flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in south asia have killed dozens of people and displaced more than a million, most of them in northeast india and bangladesh. more than 1500 villages have been swamped in india's assam state. officials say the situation is likely to remain critical. a record number of women are running for office in the us midterm elections. whatever side of the aisle, many are inspired by the me too movement. rajini vaidyanathan has been to meet two candidates running head to head in pennsylvania, a state currently represented by 18 members of congress — all men. i was a victim of campus sexual violence when i was in college, going through the criminaljustice system as a victim was one

of the worst expenses of my life. i've certainly experienced my share of sexual harassment. it's something that most women experience, and i think at this point in time, we are fed up. this is what democracy looks like! discrimination, sexual harassment, and equal pay, some of the issues that have women talking in the last 12 months. and for many, the only way to change the status quo is by running for office, which is why there are a record number of female candidates in this year's midterm elections. the me too movement relates to my own personaljourney. i wanted to become a special victims prosecutor to make sure that no victim was treated when i was. unfortunately, i ended up battling cancer, which made me realise that life is short and i wanted the ability to effectuate greater change. my

my parents came here from south korea with next to nothing to achieve the american dream. because they were given those opportunities i have the ability to pursue my american dream, which is public service. the area of pennsylvania where i live has been represented until recently by a congressman who was also implicated in a me too movement. pat meehan has resigned effective immediately amid misconduct allegations. i have been a civil rights lawyer for more than 30 years in this area. i have been an education and public schools advocate as well. and under this administration, i've seen things i'd been fighting for challenged every single day. what has been the biggest challenge for you running as a female candidate? you get comments always about your appearance. what should they wear, what should i not wear? should i speak loudly or softly? any candidate will get some of that that women seem candidate will get some of that that women seem to get more. running as a

women seem to get more. running as a women woman of colour, people have been excited about my campaign. but there is a stereotype that we are seen there is a stereotype that we are seen as there is a stereotype that we are seen as perpetual foreigners and i am no less american than anyone else. what is staggering about where we are, and pennsylvania, is that not a single woman represents the state in congress. you a missing something. something quite obvious. they are all male. i did not know that. the fact we did not realise that as a problem. that is part of the problem.” not realise that as a problem. that is part of the problem. i don't know if women have run and loss or as they have just not been running women. there are a record number of female candidates but how well will they do this november? one thing is for sure. with these two women running head—to—head, the state of pennsylvania will send at least one woman to congress. the dress is usually a talking point of any wedding — also of course what it's made of. you might think of satin, lace,

chiffon or organza... would you think of toilet roll? well, one designer has just taken $10,000 for his winning entry in the toilet paper wedding dress contest. ten finalists showcased their 2—ply designs, at the annual competition in new york. lebo diseko has the story. many brides might wear something borrowed or something blue but what about something made from toilet roll? that's what each of these dresses is made from, the exquisite embroidery and imitation blaze all on a base made from loo paper. it is one of the only things designers are allowed to use when making their creations along with glue, tape, and a needle and thread. flowers and embellishments are painstakingly made and attached to the delicate creations. the winning down took around two months to make designer spending hours cutting, rolling and gluing. really, when they called my name,

i can't really stand because i'm shaking because of waiting for this for like five times already, i joined. this is my fourth time being nominated and it's amazing. there were more than 1500 entries with the top—10 battling it out in a runway show and the judges say picking a winner wasn't easy. it was really hard because they could have been five people who could have been the winner easily. it gets down to where you to eliminate by wonderful element sometimes. the competition is run by a company which champions affordable weddings but it's not clear if you can wear one of these on a budget but if you do manage to save on price, these dresses might not fare so well with the elements so if you want one, just make sure you don't get caught in the rain. a litter of four female

mountain lion cubs have been found hidden in a den in southern california. officials in santa monica had been tracking the mother since january. the cubs have now been given a health check and marked with ear tags. they are four—and—a—half weeks old and weighed between 4 and 5 pounds each. ina in a major climbdown, president trump has signed an executive order to end his controversial practice of separating migrant children from their parents at the mexican border. he says he wants to tighten immigration laws and he will try to force mexico to tighten its border. much more any time on our website and you can reach most of us on twitter. good morning.

it is the summer solstice today, but i just want to cast your mind back to this time last year when we saw a high of 35 degrees. it really was a scorcher on the 21st ofjune, 2017. however, for us, things will turn notably fresher today as we have a north—western flow driving that humidity away to the near continent. the wind swinging around that high, coming through the north—west. that is going to make it feel noticeably fresher out there. close to 19 hours of daylight. get out and enjoy it if you can. a scattering of showers and some gusty winds gusting in excess of a0 miles an hourfor the northern isles. a little bit of cloud developing. generally speaking, it is a quiet day. 1a to 18 degrees quite widely. might see 21 in the south—east corner if we are lucky. as we move out of thursday, we keep those clear skies with us

and temperatures will fall away perhaps into single figures to start our day on friday. lowerfigures in more rural spots, so again a comfortable night for sleeping, a chilly start to friday morning. but there will be plenty of dry weather and an area of high pressure is just starting to nudge a little bit further eastwards, which means we lose that north—easterly flow, with the exception perhaps along that east coast. we see the best of the sunshine, lighter winds, and temperatures will start to respond — highs of 22 degrees. what is in store for the weekend? not much change, in fact. we will hardly have a breath of wind on saturday. maybe the chance of a few showers just brushing the extreme north of scotland and a little more cloudy but generally speaking, maybe some hazy looking skies but a pleasant 16 to 2a, 75 fahrenheit. warmer still on sunday, we still have those winds, the high pressure centred right across the uk.

very little in the way of rain for the gardens. if you are a gardener or grower out there, that will be a little frustrating, but plenty of warm summer sunshine to look forward to. if you have outdoor plans on sunday, you will not be disappointed. guess what? there is more of the same to come right throughout the next week. warming up with temperatures likely to peak in the high 20s. enjoy. this is bbc news. the headlines: donald trump has backed down on one element of his hardline policies on immigration, signing an executive order to end the separation of migrant children from their parents. there had been an outcry from both sides of the political aisle and pressure from human rights groups. but he is still saying he wants

to toughen american immigration laws, and may try to force mexico to tighten its border. there is widespread condemnation of new laws in hungary that penalise organisations helping migrants. the helsinki committee rights group has accused hungary of failing in its duty of protection. european leaders meet this weekend for an emergency meeting on the migrant crisis. britain's prime minister, theresa may, has seen off a rebellion by conservative members of parliament who had been demanding a bigger say over brexit. the house of commons voted by a majority of 16 against the idea that mps should have the power to stop the uk leaving the eu if no agreement has been reached. now on bbc news, click.