hello, this is the briefing — i'm samantha simmonds. our top stories: after the outcry, the climbdown. president trump ends his policy of separating migrant children from their parents but insists border policy will remain just as tough. migration is also a big issue in europe — on sunday, there'll be an emergency eu meeting dealing with the crisis. we have a special report from niger, where security forces are under intense training to deal with the threat from militants. hello — i'm lucy hockings at the world cup in moscow. it's day seven of the competition and hosts, russia, are through to the last 16. as ronaldo keeps portugal's hopes alive — four goals so far — we look forward to the crucial games coming up over the next few hours. in business, banking on brexit. uk chancellor philip hammond says london can remain a ‘global capital of finance despite growing scepticism in the city. also coming up in the

business briefing — living beyond the moment. instagram hopes to take on youtube with videos up to an hour long. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news business and sport. lord sugar‘s apologised for a tweet comparing the senegalese football team at the world cup to beach vendors in marbella. what's your best or worst apology? tell us what you think — just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. president trump insists his administration will retain its tough stance on illegal immigration, after he ordered an end

to the splitting up of migrant families at the us border with mexico. the president faced a barrage of criticism in america and abroad after recordings emerged of children crying in detention. president trump also suggested he also may insist mexico takes action on migration as part of trade negotiations. the us house of representatives is scheduled to vote on two separate immigration bills later on thursday. nick bryant reports from washington. 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. a tent encampment close to the mexican border,

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. that has become a sweltering detention centre for some 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, of the thousands of children taken from their parents. 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. europe's growing crisis over migration will be discussed at a series of meetings in the coming days. on thursday the right—wing austrian chancellor, sebastian kurz, willjoin leaders of four central european countries for talks on strengthening the eu's external borders. let's get get a snapshot from some our correspondents

across europe on how different countries are responding to the migration challenge. 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 brief you on some of the other stories making the news.

there are calls for criminal proceedings to be brought after hundreds of patients died prematurely at a hospital in the uk. an independent inquiry found that patients were given dangerous doses of powerful painkilling drugs for no medical reason at gosport war memorial hospital between 1989 and 2000. the canadian prime minister justin trudeau has announced that legal sales of cannabis will begin in canada on october the 17th. the cannabis act approved by law—makers 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. 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 has announced it's to make a move into long—form video. the new service will offer videos of up to an hour in length in an attempt to claw advertising

revenues away from youtube. the facebook—owned social media app is visited by more than a billion people each month. let's turn to our top business story now and move to the city of london, where this evening, britain's finance minister, chancellor of the exchequer philip hammond, will address top bankers at the annual mansion house dinner. he'll be trying to convince them that london can remain a ‘global capital of finance‘ after the uk leaves the european union. there‘s growing concern uk firms won‘t keep their so—called ‘passporting‘ rights to serve clients in the eu. and there are doubts about the status of $34 trillion worth of derivatives contracts, like futures and options. with me is jane foley, senior foreign exchange strategist at rabobank. what are your biggest warriors and

what would you like to share? quite clearly, anyone working in the city wa nts reassu ra nces clearly, anyone working in the city wants reassurances but forgot to consider it on the european perspective, they see it as an opportunity to claw back business into europe. their point of view is, dominated in euros, it‘s related to the european union. if the uk is outside, why should uk see this business. it would be nice to see reassurances. that is not necessarily going to be what happens. we really do need to hear what the europeans are willing to make. the clock is ticking as ever. what is the view from the city in terms of how things are going. the companies and banks need to make moves into the future. as you said, before you came on air, your bank

only employs 600 people but whatever they decide, rather bank will be reflective of what everybody else besides. with hammond and potentially with may, this was some of the larger banks and finance tool —— finance or —— financial institutions, looking for reassurance. we have seen some moves. they said breaks it wasn‘t anything to do with that but of course, most people are quite sceptical. dublin property prices have taken off as firms looked to move. there is a lot of nervousness. people wanted passporting to london. what we might have to take, equivalents, which is basically they are the ones that access. the power

will be in their hands. the sahara desert was once an empty, inhospitable wilderness, but it‘s fast becoming a new front—line in the war on terror. islamist groups are growing in strength across the sahel, as it‘s known, and so international troops are moving in to stop them. french forces are tracking terror groups across the region, there are thousands of un peacekeeping troops in mali, and the united states is building a huge new airbase in niger. 0ur africa correspondent, alastair leithead, joined them for the first of two special reports from the sahel. as we moved to the door... american special forces troops training the african counterparts in the sahara desert. i'm going to try to peek inside without showing my muzzle. for african nations this major exercises a chance to learn how —— western armies work. it goes here. for visitors, it provides partners

willing to fight terror for them. the sahel is really an important place for us to focus now because of al qaeda and isis affiliated violent extremist organisations which are growing in strength and if we don‘t ta ke growing in strength and if we don‘t take this opportunity to deal with it now, where it‘s at a level that is affordable and sustainable, then it may cost much, much more to deal with at a later time. islamist fighters ambushed for us soldiers in niger... many us sold -- many americans did not know 800 american troops were in niger untilfour were killed by islamic state and questions were asked about what they we re questions were asked about what they were doing here. but the us is rolling out resources across africa. this multimillion dollar runway is one of many bases, often secret, that are projecting us power across the sahara. the scale of this new us

airbase is huge. when this runway is finished it will be able to land some of the biggest cargo planes the military has got and will be also able to fly armed drones. it‘s a dramatic indicator ofjust able to fly armed drones. it‘s a dramatic indicator of just how able to fly armed drones. it‘s a dramatic indicator ofjust how much the american military footprint in africa is growing. just on the other side of the wire is agadez, the heart of the sahara‘s people smuggling business since libya collapsed into chaos. it hides and bankrolls islamist groups but corrupt officials in niger have no incentive to shut it down. you frustrated by the amount of corruption that allows this to happen? yes, of i'm frustrated. it's a very old phenomenon, growing up. i know it generates a lot of money. even the violent extremist organisations are also involved in this. they are making a lot of money

out of it. there presence is bringing international troops into the sahel. thousands of un peacekeepers in neighbouring mali and french forces on a long—running counterterrorism mission. it is creating a new front line in the war on terror in the sahara desert. stay with us on the briefing. also on the programme: here comes the bride — all dressed in two—ply. we look at some of the latest wedding dress chic. 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: after the outcry, the climbdown. president trump ends his policy of separating migrant children from their parents. migration is also a big issue in europe. a series of eu meetings are planned to try and deal with the crisis. world cup time:

it‘s day eight of the competition, and the hosts, russia, are through to the last 16. uruguay also reached the next stage after beating saudi arabia i—0. the bbc‘s lucy hockings is in moscow. lucy. i hope you had a better night‘s sleep last night. good morning, everyone, welcome to moscow on day eight of the world cup. the story of survival for one of the favourites, spain. what a game that was, because iran played really well, quite gallant actually, plenty of opportunities to equalise. it wasn‘t to be, that game ending 1-0, it wasn‘t to be, that game ending i—0, and of course diego costa was the man doing the scoring. uruguay also ensure they are leaving the group save “— also ensure they are leaving the group save —— group stage. they beat saudi arabia i—0. watching earlier in the day, it was amazing to see ronaldo again, in such good form. he was the scorer of the portugal. they

only needed the one goal to beat morocco. let‘s take a look at the action. before even a ball was kicked, morocco were trying to keep cristiano ronaldo quiet. his silence lasted four minutes. portugal‘s start manatees ruthless best, the 58th goal of his international career, more than any other european in history. but the portugal‘s fans, that‘s where the excitement ended. morocco were the better side but, for all their opportunities, they couldn‘t take any. the africans become the first team to leave russia. morocco had been ronaldo‘ed. spanish fans known how that feels. they were put in the first half against iran david silva off the mark. finally the knockout blow came, diego costa the man to provide. little did he know about it. against the run of play, iran we re

it. against the run of play, iran were in dreamland, fumbling the ball m, were in dreamland, fumbling the ball in, but temp two woke them up with a bang, —— var waking them up with a bang. uruguay are a team that relies on one man and luis suarez was that man again, a tap in to mark his 100th cap. at that point a finishing left plenty to be desired but at the final whistle they won enough, only just. uruguay on their way to the knockout stage, saudi arabia heading home. now, for nearly a0 years, women in iran have been banned from going to stadiums to watch men‘s sporting events, including football. last night thousands of iranians women were in russia supporting their national team in that game against spain and for many it was their first against spain and for many it was theirfirst time against spain and for many it was their first time watching a football match. 0ur correspondent went to meet some of the fans. these women are from iran and they

are about to do something that they are about to do something that they are forbidden to do back home. that go inside a stadium to watch some football. iranians women are not allowed into stadiums but here in russia we can go to the stadium. this woman and her boyfriend hossain are both iranians and have come to russia to watch iran lay in the world cup. they‘ve invited us to follow them as they get ready for the match. it's great, it's my first time seeing the national team. it‘s an amazing feeling, i can‘t describe it. do you ever tried to watch a football match back home? no, i didn‘t, but a lot of my friends did, and one of my friends went in front of the stadium and tried to go in dressing up as a man, and one of the guards noticed, and he was, like, oh, my god, you are a woman, you can‘t be here, and they threw her out of the stadium. when did you realise, i love football? basically

when i met my boyfriend. he taught me what defence is, what offside is, what a freekick is. i had no idea. so when i went to watch matches with him,i so when i went to watch matches with him, iwas, so when i went to watch matches with him, i was, like, so when i went to watch matches with him, iwas, like, oh, my god, this is really fun. is there any part of you that think to yourself, i wish i could do this back home in iran? definitely, i wish i could. i hope one day iran host the world cup. one day. maybe you could go. maybe. you are going to be in that stadium with thousands of iranians, men and women. how do you feel about that? it feels great that finally i can be with my family, with my boyfriend, with my family, with my boyfriend, with my family, with my boyfriend, with my friends, all there, cheering the same team, our team. thousands of fa ns the same team, our team. thousands of fans from iran have gathered outside the the kazan stadium. i‘ve

spoken to dozens of women who come from iran and they are static, absolutely delighted to be able to go intoa absolutely delighted to be able to go into a stadium for the first time ever and make noise for their team. the match has just finished and, although iran last, the celebrations amongst the iranians fans haven‘t died down. it was amazing. i think i was screaming more than the men sometimes, and i didn‘t really see any difference between men and women. everyone was cheering at the same time together as one voice. amazing experience. what a shame the result probably wasn‘t what she was hoping for, but iran did play so well last night. what have we got coming up today? anotherfascinating days with the socceroos taking on denmark, make or break for the aussies. they did play well against

france, though, so we will watch that closely. speaking of france, they played carew, but the question we are asking today, can messi kickstart argentina‘s tournament when they take on croatia? so much pressure on the barcelona star especially after what ronaldo has been up to on the pitch. of course scoring again last night the portugal — they only needed one goal and he was the man who got it, of course, but it‘s those three goals he got in his first match against spain everyone is still talking about, because ronaldo is very much in form about, because ronaldo is very much inform and about, because ronaldo is very much in form and lionel messi did not score the argentina against iceland and he missed a penalty, so what are we going to see from him today? we will be watching and bringing all the news from here in moscow. thank you, we‘ll see you later. the dress is usually a talking point of any wedding — think meghan markle — but what it‘s made of. you might think of satin, lace, chiffon or organza, but would you think of toilet roll? probably not...

well, one designer has just taken $10,000 for his winning entry in the toilet paper wedding dress contest. lebo diseko has more. 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 lace 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 gown took around two months to make designer spending hours cutting, rolling and willing. —— glueing. really, when they called my name, i can‘t really stand because i‘m shaking because i‘m waiting for this

for like five times already, 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 there could have been five people who could have been the winner easily. it gets down to where you have to eliminate by one little element sometimes. the competition is run by the 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. also pretty handy when you do need

to go to the toilet! stay with me on bbc news. i‘ll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments. today the chancellor of the exchequer, philip hammond, when addressed top bankers at the annual mansion house dinner. what is he going to say to them and what do they want to hear? and lord sugar has apologised for comparing the senegalese football is to beach vendors zimbabwe, but before that apology, he did say he thought it was just a apology, he did say he thought it wasjust a joke. and tell me what you think about our talking point today. let us know your thoughts — use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. stay with us here on bbc news. back in a few moments. good morning. if it is rain you are after for the gardens you will not get it

in this forecast. in fact we will not see rain to the next ten days. this was the story yesterday. a cloudy start but then the cloud broke up allowing sunshine to come through and a scattering of showers to the north and west. a humid day and highs of 26 degrees in london where the sunshine finally put an appearance if it is too humid for you you will be pleased to hear it has eased away over the last few hours. the weather front has pushed through and introduced the north—westerly flow of fresh air from a country. you noticed the distance from the word go this morning. will be a lot of dry weather in this story, a scattering of showers across the northern isles, a little fair weather cloud developing through the day. but that north—westerly breeze takes the edge off things, particularly in the far north of scotland. the top temperature will probably peak in the low to mid teens to the north, high teens further south. we mayjust see 21 degrees in the south—east

corner so a fresh feel but lots of dry and sunny weather. it is the summer solstice today and some of you could see nearly 19 hours of daylight. get out and enjoy it if you can. as we move out of thursday we keep clear skies and the wind direction still coming from the north—west. a fresh night and more comfortable night — try to get a good night‘s sleep. a cool night with single figures for pretty much all of those on friday morning. we begin again on a chilly note but a dry note. decent spells of sunshine coming through with a light wind on friday and with more sunshine coming, temperatures will pick up a little. 16—22 degrees the high. high pressure will build in from the west for the start of the weekend. it keeps things quiet. you can see it centred right across us. and we sat high moving in we lose that north—westerly flow and there will hardly be a breath of wind at the start of the weekend.

dry for most of us, decent spells of sunshine, and it will start to warm up. here is our forecast. as you can see, still warm as we get into the middle of next week with the temperature possibly into the high 20s. this is business briefing. i‘m samantha simmonds. banking on brexit. uk chancellor philip hammond says london can remain a ‘global capital of finance‘ — despite growing scepticism in the city. plus, living beyond the moment. instagram to take on youtube with videos up to an hour long. and on the markets, shares are higher despite fears of a looming global trade war — asia boosted by reports of new stimulus measures to support the chinese economy. we start in the city of london