welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: the moment 12 young boys and their football coach are found — alive — after being trapped deep underground in a flooded cave in thailand. a left—wing anti establishment candidate is to become mexico's next president. lopez obrador has vowed to crack down on corruption. the german interior minister has dropped his threat to resign after chancellor merkel agreed to tighter controls on immigration. and — back from the brink — belgium come from two—goals down to beatjapan — and qualify

for the world cup quarter—finals. 12 children and their football coach who've been missing for 10 days have been found alive in flooded caves. two british divers who flew to thailand last week to help in the international rescue operation were the first to reach them. they found them on a ledge 6 miles into the network of caves. it's thought the children became trapped during a day trip. but the divers have had to leave them behind — they've gone back to get them food — and to try to work out how to get the children out. our southeast asia correspondent, jonathan head, sent this report from the tham luang caves in northern thailand. this was the moment they were found. the british cave diver john volanthen calling out to the missing group in a cave deep under the mountains.

as the divers turned to leave, promising to return with back—up, one of the boys says to them, "please, tell them we're hungry". for the families of the boys, a joyous end to nine agonising days of waiting, hoping and, at times, despairing. translation: today is the best day. i've been waiting for my son for so many days. i'm so excited! the first thing i will do is hug him. and for the thousands of volunteers,

officials, climbers and others who've taken part in this extraordinary multinational search operation, a very special moment. most of all for the local governor, who's been the public face of this rescue and ordered officials working on it to think of the boys as their own sons. narongsak osottanakorn described how the boys were discovered and then said simply, "we found our younger brothers, and they were safe". cheering. after thejubilation, now the serious challenge of extracting 12 boys and their coach, weakened by hunger, possibly injured, from caves it had taken experience divers many days to get through. it will be a prolonged operation. but right now, this entire country is relishing a happy ending that had become harder and harder to believe in. they were all members of a football squad who'd entered the caves after saturday practice with their coach.

their bicycles were found chained to the railings at the entrance. it was presumed they'd been cut off by fast rising water. the thai government has thrown everything at these efforts to save their lives. now pumping thousands of gallons an hour from the caves to help to get them out. more rain later this week will complicate things. but this astonishing news of the boys‘ survival will surely spur everyone on. jonathan head, bbc news, tham luang caves, northern thailand. it is amazing that they survived and they were found. bbc‘s howard johnson is there. do we know any more about how they survived? we understand that before they went into the cave complex they were planning to celebrate

a birthday party and had taken in some food with them. the feeling is that they had some food with them, obviously lots of water, it is free flowing, it is potentially drinkable. they were found in a chamber close to pattaya beach, a shelf that was raised above the water. it looked like in that area there was enough air to breathe through the week. they were obviously relatively dry. not immersed in the water. and when the divers found them last night they were in relatively good spirits. they are clearly tough and they clearly have a great incentive now to get out. but a lot of cave rescue people are telling us that will be very tricky. very much so. this is a labyrinth of caves, tunnels, all flooded, different chambers they will have to pass through to get back to the entrance. this morning the chiang rai governor said there was a three pronged approach to this,

this rescue operation. first of all they will be looking at giving the boys in media support, energy gels to get their energy levels back up. secondly a team will go through and start to make the area where they are staying a little bit more sustainable. somewhere where they can maybe spend some time. then they will bring in supplies. four months worth of food. long enough to last through the rainy season. the idea is that they will not take them out until it is 100% safe to do so. what they will do is teach them rudimentary diving techniques, they will teach them how to use scuba gear so they can get them through the flooded sections of the channel. we saw another team of divers this morning from the thai electricity company who are helping out. they said they were creating a raft of bottles to get the boys on top, potentially transport them through sections where it was not

flooded so much. so there is no hope that enough water can be taken out to save them having to dive to get out? they are working tirelessly to pump water out of this cave complex. just down the hill there is a huge superjet pump pumping water out at a rate of 10,000 litres per hour. we are seeing that it isn't raining again. the fear is that on wednesday it will become torrential. this is the rainy season. it lasts until the end of september or october. if it starts raining heavily again the levels could go up, despite all the pumping efforts downhill. it has been an amazing effort. more than 1000 people involved in its operation from all around the world. just extraordinary for the parents who, despite their best hopes, must have given these kids up for lost. the parents stayed in a tented

area just behind me. they have been looking absolutely forlorn, panic stricken at times. today there is more relief for the family. last night there were cries ofjoy. 0ne grandmother came forward and said she wanted to thank them for never giving up. the king of thailand that he wanted to put everything the country behind this operation. the thai prime minister came here to meet the family members and talk to them, he talked about meditation, about giving them all the support the country has, even prestigious monks came to visit. they will have to wait now again until the boys can get out of the complex. that does not look like it will happen any time soon. they could be down there now for months. but the hope is the water levels can at least be controlled, is it?

what they are doing, aside from pumping water out of the network, also diverging channels away from the cave complex. wherever the water is flowing towards the caves, they are pushing it away. sorry there is a little bit of activity behind me at the moment. one of the diving teams, one of the german divers walking into the complex. i assume they are about to go in and begin another operation. lots of media following them there. they have been making sure they devote to other streams and rivers away, as much as they can, or way from this cave complex. howard johnson there. the president—elect of mexico says he's already spoken to president trump about his new plan to boost the mexican economy, and cut down on migration. andres manuel lopez 0brador made the suggestions during a phone—call between the two leaders following his decisive victory in sunday's presidential election. after their phone conversation, mr trump said he believed the new mexican leader

would help america deal with its border problem. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles. well, they have had this 30 minute telephone conversation. a fascinating relationship developing between this two leaders from different ends of the political spectrum. as far as mr lopez 0brador is concerned, his number one priority is to create jobs in mexico. he has to do that. it was an election pledge. it was in part for him to combat the crime and many of the problems mexico is suffering from at the moment, crucial is creating jobs. he has talked to the american president about border security and the possibility of some sort of development deal on a trade deal, between the two countries. we can see why there is some potential, some synergy between these two, if president trump and helping you make silly to create jobs, and bear in mind that people move

from mexico to the united states in search of better life, jobs, and donald trump wants fewer migrants, fewer immigrants, you can see the basis for some sort of deal and some sort of agreement between these two leaders. however, you have got to say, and look at the history between them as well, certainly as far as mr lopez 0brador has been concern over the past weeks and months of this, accusing donald trump of having racist immigration policies, saying that mexico won't be his whipping boy, that language seems to have died down for now. for now they seem to be on an even keel and are pledging to work together. loosely speaking, you could say they both have a populist appeal. but it will hardly be a meeting of minds, will it? no, it certainly isn't.

it will be fascinating thing, how they develop, these two leaders working alongside each other. they have this reputation, perhaps, for being leaders, or a potential leader of mexico, prone to changing his mind, for being unpredictable, you could say the same about donald trump. they both have a liking for twitter and social media. donald trump, in particular, seems to be energised, when you look at kim jong—un, perhaps, or president putin, working with foreign leaders who, you would think, are politically opposite in a significant way to the way donald trump thinks. it does seem to spur him on to reach a deal, to reach an agreement. it could be the basis for a better relationship between the us and mexico in coming months. peter bowes for us there. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: we'll have the latest from the world cup as the sun sets onjapan‘s dreams of a quarterfinal draw against brazil. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge firework display was held

in the former colony. the chinese president, jiang zemin, said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly, that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell from another sheep. for the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit, at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. challenger powered past the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering a record that had stood for 34 years. and there was no hiding the sheer elation of richard branson and his crew. this is bbc world news.

the latest headlines: 12 boys and their football coach missing in a cave in thailand have been found alive. a left—wing anti establishment candidate is to become mexico's next president. lopez 0brador has vowed to crack down on corruption. mexicans voted on sunday against a backdrop of tremendous violence across the nation, much of it drug—related. at least 48 candidates were murdered in this election alone. clive myrie sent this special report on the flow of drugs and guns across the us—mexico border. dawn sees the summer sun rise to warm a land blessed and cursed. nature is bountiful in this part of mexico, and opium poppy fields can yield a living for farmers when other crops have left the ground. bloodlines run deep in these fields. this husband and wife, like so many families down

the years, score the opium bulbs to reveal the latex that will become heroin. translation: well, we work out of necessity. we are not responsible for the people who use drugs. people who criticise this have probably never known need. so how does any government tell this parent, who doesn't want to be identified, that she can't provide for her three—year—old child because she reaps a bitter harvest? mexico's new president must address the rural poverty of millions if he is to tackle the drugs trade. but in the meantime, in the dead of night, a smuggler preps to trade in misery. we watch as he takes apart an ordinary family car and stuffs the fuel tank with drugs.

cocaine, heroin, crystal meth. the 26—year—old american will smuggle whatever he can get his hands on. whatever his handlers desire. you've loaded up the car and the drugs are in there and you're sitting on top of them, literally. where are they heading? translation: i take them to phoenix or los angeles, but i know they sometimes go to kansas or indiana. so, all over america? yes. but you're not stupid, you know what these drugs do to people across the border? do you care about that? no, i don't put a gun to people's head to make them take drugs. it's not my problem. his only problem, navigating the busy frontier checkpoint and avoiding the scrutiny of guards. others have very different concerns about the frontier with america. jesus vega is a family man with the hopes and fears of any parent. any husband. i'm worried that violence is going to escalate more and we're going to have shootings

here in the park or at my daughter's school, my wife's work. it's really, really sad to live like this. jesus understands man's capacity for violence. he's a crime scene investigator. so we can see the csi's processing the scene and we have the dead body over there on the side of the street. in a quiet suburban area in the border city of tijuana, mexico has lost another son. jesus describes the scene. i can see from here that he has probably gunshot wounds in the back. he's a young male. sadly this is because of the out—of—control firearms that are coming in from america to tijuana. mexico's new president has to deal with the epidemic of murders this country endures

and stem the flow of guns from abroad. and that's where our smuggler re—enters the story. he's back from america with a new cargo — guns. that looks like a handgun. how many are down there in the petrol tank? translation: the boss told me there are three here in the tank. and it's easy, easy getting these in? it's easier bringing the weapons in because there's less violence compared to the other way around. the weapons are carefully wrapped in tinfoil and bagged. calibres of all sizes. killing machines. smuggled to order. the only way to beat mexico's strict gun laws. you've been doing it forfour years, how many guns do you think you've brought in in that time?

a lot. hundreds? hundreds. yeah. you've brought in hundreds of weapons yourself. well, he showed us three weapons but he's also told us there are many more inside the car and hidden all around it. we've been asked to leave now because the person who ordered this shipment is on their way to pick it up and it doesn't take a genius to guess where those weapons are going to end up. in the hands of criminal gangs and drug cartels. someone somewhere in mexico will die as a result of those weapons. that night, there's another murder in tijuana. yellow cones mark the fallen bullet casings at this crime scene. for jesus, this country's well—being is on the line. the new president needs to secure a future for mexico's children. right now, the scene behind us, there's a dead guy. it's something that kids see every day and they get used to that, so that's the sad thing. i have to think about my daughter. i've got to think about my daughter's friends. i don't want them to grow up thinking that every day there's a killing and it's ok,

it's fine, and nothing is going to happen. so many of mexico's problems are the result of a society that doesn't work for everyone. her new leaders must govern for the millions left behind, trying to navigate a life worth living. clive myrie, bbc news, in tijuana, mexico. the most senior catholic figure to be convicted of covering—up sexual assault has been sentenced to 12 months home detention in australia. philip wilson, the archbishop of adelaide, was found guilty of concealing child abuse by a priest in the 1970s. germany's interior minister horst seehofer has withdrawn

a threat to resign, after talks with chancellor angela merkel. he said the two conservative parties in the governing coalition had reached an agreement on tougher border controls. mrs merkel made a deal with other eu leaders to help share the problems faced by country's such as italy and malta, who see some of the highest numbers of migrant arrivals from north africa. andrew plant reports. this was the latest tension at the top of german politics. interior minister horst seehofer threatening to resign, tired, he said, of angela merkel‘s opendoor migration policy and insisting that some migrants should simply be turned away. now mr seehofer has withdrawn his threat, the two reaching an agreement, he said, after hours of talk. translation: after intensive discussions we have reached a clear agreement on how we can in future prevent illegal immigration on the border. this allows me to continue my post as interior and home affairs minister.

chancellor merkel stood her ground, sticking to a solution reached in brussels last week to spread migrants more evenly throughout the eu. translation: we will do just that, we will set up transit centres in germany and from there carry out returns to countries where asylum seekers are already registered. we have reached a compromise after tough negotiations. translation: the whole argument between them is problematic. i'd say it's bad for the whole of germany. translation: we cannot say that what is happening here now is only a small problem. the attack on mrs merkel is so big that it could cause much more extensive damage to her authority. mrs merkel‘s christian democratic union party relies on mr seehofer‘s party to form germany's coalition government

which has, it seems, managed to survive what was perhaps its toughest test so far. andrew plant, bbc news. football — and the world cup in russia keeps throwing up great games and great goals. belgium are through to the quarter—finals after they beat japan 3—2. the europeans had to come from two goals down to win the match. elsewhere, brazil continue their steady progress — beating mexico 2—0. austin halewood watched all the action. hazard, de bruyne, lukaku — the big names were all back for belgium but it was japan that had the better of a dull first half. thibaut courtois not helping the belgium nerves. but into the second, the match exploded into life. rock solid jan vertonghen crumbling and letting japan in. genki haraguchi converting under pressure. in a world cup of huge upsets what followed should not have been a surprise. takashi inui with a rocket from outside the box. belgium shell shocked

but not dead yet. vertonghen atoning for his earlier mistake and soon they were back level. pin—point from hazard, marouane fellaini once again the man to turn to in times of trouble. with all of rostov ready for extra time, a brilliant half of football had one last twist. naser chadli finishing a textbook break to win the game in the final minute. their prize a showdown with favourites, brazil, whose fans, as always, expect. with messi and ronaldo already home, russia is in the market for a new star — neymar did not disappoint. his performance so instrumental, that frustrations boiled over. a stamp from miguel layun missed by the referee. but as mexico tried desperately to bully their way back into the game, brazil

ran away with it, roberto firmino tapping the favourites into the quarter—finals. in the end, a comfortable win. brazil peaking at just the right time. austin halewood, bbc news. day one of wimbeldon has wrapped up with two of tennis' superstars sailing through the first round. swiss top seed federer began his bid for a record—extending ninth men's title with a win over serbia's dusan lajovic. and serena williams made herfirst wimbeldon appearance since having a baby, reaching the second round. more coming up this hour in sport today. taking new to those live pictures from northern thailand. pictures of rescue efforts. the operation continuing into a 10th day. on monday, that extraordinary news emerged that the 12 boys and their football coach have been found alive. food and medical supplies are being taken in to bring their strength at the decision now is whether to try to teach them the rudiments of cave diving and bring them out or keep them in there until them out or keep them in there until the water goes down. good morning.

the summer of 2018 is shaping up to be quite memorable. june may be a distant memory, it looks as though the statistics will make it go down in history. this was glasgow last week, june 28 in motherwell, where we saw a high of 33 degrees. we thought that was the hottest june day on record, but it was the hottest day ever recorded in scotland. quite incredible. it looks as though there is little in the way of significant rain in the forecast not only throughout this week but perhaps into next as well. high pressure stays with us, subtle differences. more of an easterly breeze will bring changes and it does mean that first thing in the morning there will be a bit more cloud along the north sea coast and it will be a little bit fresher as we go through the day.

further west, with a little more shelter we got that warmth and those temperatures yet again are set to respond. highest values likely of around 27 degrees, that's 80 fahrenheit, a little bit cooler along the east coast. perhaps a little more pleasant for many. as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, the high pressure releases its grip a little. there's still unlikely to be any significant rain in the forecast, largely quiet, but perhaps a little more in the way of cloud around and the threat of a few sharper showers across southern england. very hit and miss but i'm sure they'll be welcome news for gardeners and growers out there. as a result of that cloud, temperatures are degree or so down. looking at a high of 20—26 degrees. still a dry story into thursday for most of us, but look at this, a weather front, something we've not seen for some time, introducing more in the way

of cloud across the northern isles into the western scotland and maybe northern ireland but no significant rain i'm afraid in the forecast. maybe a few isolated showers and the risk of a few showers just threatening across the far south. the highest values still of 17—28 degrees, that's 82 fahrenheit. the wind direction looking likely to change again as we move towards the weekend and that will allow those temperatures to climb, with more of a southerly 29 or 30 degrees not out of the question again somewhere in the south. the high pressure establishes itself as we move out of the working week into next weekend. that means that things stay dry, settled and relatively sunny. if you haven't already got the message, it looks likely that the rest of the week will stay often quite sunny, very warm for many with little in the way of significant rain. take care. this is bbc world news, the headlines: rescuers say it may take months to finally free the twelve boys and one adult, who've been trapped in a cave in thailand for ten days. they're now trying to work out how best to bring them to safety: if enough water can't be pumped out, they'll need to dive through flooded tunnels to escape.

the president—elect of mexico says he's already spoken by phone to president trump about his plan to boost the mexican economy, and cut down on migration. andres manuel lopez 0brador has previously been publicly very critical of president trump. he won a decisive victory in sunday's presidential election. germany's interior minister horst seehofer has withdrawn a threat to resign, after talks with chancellor angela merkel. he said they'd reached agreement on tougher border controls. mrs merkel made a deal with other eu leaders to process the high numbers of migrants arriving from north africa.