this is bbc world news today. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories... britain's prime minister theresa may wins much—needed cabinet support for her draft brexit deal, and takes her argument to the airwaves. i want to be able to say to all parliamentarians, every mp, that i believe this is, truly believe, this is the best deal for britain. the white house is ordered to re—admit the journalist who was banned after this exchange with donald trump. the press and the president give their verdicts... journalists need to know that in this country their first amendment rights of freedom of the press are sacred. people have to behave and do what... we are writing up rules and regulations. and we'll have all the sport — including how alexander zverev booked his place in the semi finals at the atp finals in london. hello and welcome to world news today.

the uk prime minister, theresa may, has moved to shore up her government, following widespread opposition to the controversial brexit withdrawl deal she struck with the eu. this evening, she's appointed a new brexit secretary, stephen barclay, after the previous one resigned. mrs may has also won the support of some of her key brexiteer ministers, but she has had to defend herself against further calls from critics to stand down. several conservative mps say they've written letters of no confidence in the prime minister, but it's still not clear if there are enough to trigger a leadership vote. there are some flashing images in this report by the bbc‘s political editor, laura kuenssberg. imagine, submitting yourself first thing in the morning to this. here in the studio with me, the prime minister. literally taking a call from the public asking you to quit.

why do you think you should stay on despite the fact that you have failed to honour this referendum result and if you cannot do that, i asked you to stand down to allow someone from the brexit camp to take the lead. i believe that we've got a good deal, we still have some things to sort out but i think we have got a good deal and that is what i will put to parliament. she was more akin to pitcher breaks a compromise, this message needs to be convincing to survive. myjob is to persuade my conservative benches, those who are working with us, the dup are working with us, but i want to be able to say to all parliamentarians, every mp, i believe this is the best deal for britain. will you be resigning, mr gove? he does not think it is a good deal but after wobbling and wavering, look, the minister's red box still in his hand. do you have confidence

in the prime minister? i do and i'm looking forward to working with my colleagues in order to make sure that we get the best future for britain. i think it is vital that we focus on getting the right deal in the future and making sure that in the areas that matter so much to the british people we can get a good outcome. we know this cabinet minister, penny mordaunt, does not like the agreement that much either, but neither is she going anywhere fast. i have not got anything to say, i'm afraid. and look who's back. amber rudd, yet to remember she gets a ministerial car. along with her newjob at pensions. and you will soon hear more of this man, meet stephen barclay, a big promotion for him to be the new brexit secretary and the prime minister's most loyal lieu tenant fighting and the prime minister's most loyal lieutenant fighting to close down the argument. the prime minister can survive

and thrive and this is a woman who comes into the office every day, not to look for a media opportunities but for doing her public duty. it is old fashioned decent public service motivating her. and this long—term brexiteer, notjust urging colleagues to back the prime minister, but no longer saying no deal is better than a bad deal, a complete change. we are not elected to do what we want, we are elected to do what is in the national interest and ultimately i hope that across parliament we will recognise that a deal is better than no deal, businesses do require certainty. this melee is not for a celebrity but for a leading eurosceptic. there is no need to have a big flap. no need for a big flap, he says. he and his colleagues are only trying to depose the prime minister. he and many brexiteers believe the prime minister has signed up to a relationship that is far too cosy with the eu, so letters are being written to try and force a contest, but they need 48.

we have done are honest best to persuade her not to stick to it. she has made plain that she will and therefore the party now faces a stark choice. for you that mean she has to go? if it means defending the destiny of our country, which i believe literally what is now at stake, then reluctantly i am afraid to say, yes, she does. it is impossible to tell right now if the tory tussles will end with the prime minister leaving office. no one in westminster knows and it is hard for all of us to fathom. i think it is a complete shambles. we do not know from monday to the next what is happening and it does not they like anyone is in power. she has been stringing us along and then right at the end, it is too late to say anything. i hope they go home for the weekend and they chill out and come back and support her.

theresa may's team will do everything they can to help her cling on. but neither the chief whip or her supporters know if within days they will be fighting a vote to oust or having the huge job of pressing her break the deal through parliament. i have never accepted the argument that the prime minister could come back with whatever she has cobbled together and say it might not be very good, but the alternative is even worse. in the 21st century, looking at the future of our country, we need to do better. downing street now appears to have a new and calmer cabinet, but we do not know yet and they don't either if theresa may can stay on, because many people in her own party do not wish her well. in washington now is nile gardiner, director of the heritage foundation's margaret thatcher centerfor freedom. pleasure to have you here, after another long week in british

politics, what is your take from the other side of the atlantic?” politics, what is your take from the other side of the atlantic? i have to say things do not look particularly good for trees ma at this time. and also, she has put forward a brexit deal which seems to be —— theresa may, disasters and many respects and does not have many inner party, there's lots of concern to washington in regards to the proposal and what it means for the united states especially for a free trade deal and after all, if britain is tied indefinitely to the eu customs union, it would not be able to negotiate the same free trade agreement across the world including with the united states of that's a real issue of concern here and certainly, i think president trump has been very critical in recent months over the handling of the brexit negotiations, he's not weighed in on the latest i think on the proposal, but i do have to say here in washington the optics from

london to not look good at this time. and theresa may appears to have negotiated an agreement with the eu which gives extraordinary degree of control to the european union, at the expense of great britain and that's a good thing.” couldn't understand how it's a long—term objective, but can you see how she has more pressing concerns and that's getting the eu to sign up to something that is viable? well, i don't think it's a good strategy to make concession after concession after concession to the eu, theresa may has to honour the will of the british people all the people who voted for brexit, and it's very clear i think the british people wa nt clear i think the british people want great britain to be out of the customs union and single market and being part of that customs union means it's shackled to the eu and has to accept a lot of its

regulations and tariffs for example, britain is not able to compete competitively on the world stage and i think anything here that undermines britain's long—term sovereignty and ability to shape its own future on the world stage, anything that undermines that i think is a real threat to british interest. and i think it's also something that will undermine the us and uk special relationship as well, it's in america's interest to have great britain on the world stage as a sovereign independent nation that can work closely with the united states and a free trade deal is a big part of that between both nations and if you're part of the eu customs union you cannot negotiate your own free trade agreements, your shackled to the european union and do not have sovereignty to determine that and i think that's a huge problem with the proposal. thank you very much for joining us from washington.

the un says both sides in the war in yemen, which has triggered a vast humanitarian crisis, have promised to attend peace talks soon in sweden. the un's envoy to yemen, martin griffiths, told the security council the commitment could be a crucial moment in the war between the government and houthi rebels. i have received firm assurances from the leadership of the parties the governor of yemen that they are committed to attending the consultation and i think are genuine andi consultation and i think are genuine and i expect them to continue in that way and to appear for those consultations and indeed so do the people of yemen who are desperate for a political solution to a war in which they are the main victims. thejournalist who had his white house press pass suspended after he clashed with president trump at a news conference earlier this month, has returned to work in the white house. cnn'sjim acosta has been given his pass back, after a judge in washington said taking it away violated the journalist's right

to freedom of speech. here's some of that fiery spat. that's enough. mr president... that's enough. pardon me, ma'am... that's enough. cnn should be as themselves at your peril bought rude person should not be working for cnn. cnn still has a lawsuit against donald trump and several of his aides — but for the moment, it's back to work for the network's chief white house correspondent. here's a little of whatjim acosta said before starting work again, a little earlier. journalists need to know their first amendment right and freedom the press out amendment right and freedom the press our secret “— amendment right and freedom the press our secret —— sacred and protected in the constitution and you know, throughout all of this, i

was confident and i felt that this would be the result at the end of the day that our rights would be protected to continue to cover our government and hold leaders accountable. but the white house says it's only ‘temporarily‘ returning the pass. in a statement it said... this is what president trump had to say about it. people have to behave and do... we are writing rules and regulations to make our position, i think you'd treated unfairly. it our position, and you will treat it unfairly, both of you, you will treat it unfairly because you have someone interrupting you, if... they don't listen to the rules and regulations, we'll end up back in court and we will win,

but more importantly, we will just leave. and then you won't be very happy. that wasn't the only big issue mr trump dealt with at that news conference. he was also asked about the mueller inquiry, that's the investigation into alleged russian meddling in the us elections in 2016. the president outlined, for the first time, how he had now completed written answers to the special counsel's questions. take a listen. there never should have been any mueller investigation because there was nothing that was done wrong, there was no collusion, never has been. you would have known about it long time ago if there was. there was nothing, they never should've had it, they wasted millions and millions of dollars, there never should have been a so—called investigation, which clearly it's not an investigation of me. but it's, as far as i'm concerned, i like to take everything personally because you do better that way. the witchhunt, as i call it, should never have taken place and it continues to go on and i imagine it's ending now, from what i here it is, and i'm sure it'll be just fine and you know why it's

going to be fine? because there was no collusion. so, an upbeat presidential comment. our washington reporter anthony zurcher has been following this story, and he gave me his thoughts on this latest development. shurgging ff the seriousness of these questions, that runs against media reports that have been circulating for the past few weeks that donald trump and his lawyers have been having very intense meetings on how exactly to respond to robert mueller‘s questions that have been presented to him and that it was notjust on trump doing it easily by himself, but there is lots of consideration to because of possible legal jeopardy that answering these incorrectly or not fully might expose, so while he's trying to say it's not a big deal, as he was asked by reporters in that meeting, he was tweeting aggressively yesterday about the investigation and it seems that it's something that's on his mind and is getting him anxious.

anthony rounding our coverage from washington. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news... a man who threw acid in the face of a miss italy finalist has been jailed for 15 years by an appeal court in bologna. gessica notaro's ex—boyfriend, edson tavares, was originally given a jail term last year but the court decided to combine the case with a conviction for stalking her. japan airlines is taking new measures to ensure its pilots do not consume so much alcohol they are over the legal limit for being in charge of an aircraft. it comes after one of their pilots was arrested at london's heathrow airport for being drunk. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: after a journey of thousands of kilometres, the first migrants have reached the us border, but will they be allowed in or turned away? the south african government has

announced its opening the country's remaining whites only beaches to people of all races. this will lead toa people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in the country and destruction of white civilization. part of the century old windsor castle, one of the residences of the queen has been consumed by fire for much of the day, 150 firemen have been battling the blaze causing lots of damage. this is bbc world news today. i'm duncan golestani. the latest headlines theresa may promises to press on with her brexit plan, despite a growing challenge to her leadership. a usjudge has ordered the white house to return the credentials of the cnn journalistjim acosta after he argued with president trump

during a news conference last week. northern california's air quality has become the worst in the world, according to monitoring groups, as the state battles devastating fires. the famous golden gate bridge in san franciso is barely visible through this thick cloud of smog which now blankets the region...air quality network purple air says the air is now worse than cities in india and china. at least 63 people have died in the camp fire — the state's deadliest blaze — and the number of people missing has increased to more than 600. city officials in tijuana say around 2,000 migrants travelling in a caravan through mexico have reached the us border, with more expected to arrive through the weekend. many want to apply for asylum but are ill—equipped to negotiate the us immigration system.

will grant has been travelling with the caravan through mexico. the us is now tantalisingly close. the first members of the caravan are at the border crossing in tijuana after a journey of over 2,500 miles, but, having made it this far, many run the risk of being immediately turned back. misinformation is so widespread among migrants, most aren't aware of their rights or the basics of immigration law. during their recent stop in mexico city, human rights groups tried to explain the process of gaining asylum in the us. the problem for many families in this caravan is that their main reason for leaving central america, namely that their home nations are poor and violent, may not be enough on their own to gain asylum in the united states. as such, many are now trying to decide whether their stories amount to what's known as credible fear among the us authorities, or if they would be better off trying to remain in mexico instead.

this baby was born in mexico. his parents ran a bakery in el salvador and fled after gangs began to extort them for money. they believe they'd qualify for asylum in the us under credible fear, but this man has been deported once and admits he isn't sure what to do next. translation: i don't know what the consequences are of handing myself in. that's what i want to ask my lawyer. lawyers who know the us immigration system fear many migrants will arrive so poorly informed, they'll simply be sent back. we're trying to just give out general information without giving really important for people to understand their options. a small taste of home. it's been weeks since these travel—weary migrants enjoyed baleadas, traditional honduran tortillas filled with this cook is a honduran migrant, too, who settled legally in mexico 30 years ago and is urging her countrymen to do the same.

i don't believe in the american dream, she says. in mexico you're not going to become a millionaire, but by working hard like i did, you can build a good life here. still, it's the dream of america that keeps the migrants streaming north. only a tiny fraction of them will actually gain asylum in the us, yet, with nothing to lose, most intend to try, in the hope that this vast trip hasn't been in vain. will grant, bbc news, mexico. hugh woozencroft has all the sport. hello, finalfourfor the final tennis tournament of the season is complete, alexander clenching the final place at the atp world tour finals in london on friday, number five beating john in straight sets set upa five beating john in straight sets set up a meeting with roger federer next. the various fermentations and the round robin group stage of the atp tour finals has caused lots of head scratching and this match

between alexander and john isner was no different. hopefully, it tournament debutante is there worked out for him to progress to the semifinals, nothing less than a straight set victory would keep his hopes alive. third seed is that ab knew that 20 —— up when the american with gary hate —— guarantee a spot, and he played a volatile breaker at the final set. despite knowing he lost, he kept battling, but it was alexander who served a break before going onto to serve out the match. at 21 years of age shall be the youngest to reach the final four of the season ending tournament since 2009. so next up are the young german, just the six—time champion roger federer. well before that, he's got to come through final—round

without suffering injury at least and so far it's looking good against marin cilic, he took the first set 7-6 marin cilic, he took the first set 7—6 on a tie—break game in the second. competition to win the race to divide his close as ever as england tommy fleetwood is not giving up by retaining his crown, he moved into contention on friday impressing on the second day of the season—ending tour championship as his closest rival francesco stumbled from dubai, here's our golf correspondent ian. fleetwood was bogey free for the second day running but with a marked improvement in the ball striking from yesterday. the 67 took stockport man to eight under par in a share of the six place with rory, who was also around that. there are only three behind the lead with fat wallets carding a brilliant 65. —— matt wallace. francesco by contrast

was out of sorts and 73 beating him in 27 plays and anxiously fleetwood impressive progress towards the win he would need to retain the race title. i can't control it i have to keep going and take each shot, as one and we will see, today's slapped in the first two days kept myself in and keep during that and hopefully the end of do what is needed but who knows. meanwhile at the australian open south korea is beyond sensationally reclaiming the lead with a remarkable hole in one, american matt and australian sea work in the house at seven under par with arms ached at the par three 15th helping him find up at eight under. there is more action in football, tenaciously today with survival relegation from the top—tier competition to contend

with. standout fixture is the netherlands against france with a win from the dutch meaning germany get relegated to the of the competition and the dutch lead one nail in that one, wales trailed denmark in cardiff, they need to win to secure promotion. meanwhile in the women's world t—20 competition, england are in action against south africa and st lucia, they won the toss and chose to bat and a short time ago were bowled out for 85 in the final over england need to win the final over england need to win the match to boost their chances of making a in the semifinals. that does all the sport for now, back to you, duncan. thank you. singing legend elvis presley was among the seven recipients at president donald trump's first medal of freedom ceremony since taking office. the award is the highest honour a sitting president can bestow on a civilian. the white house described elvis as "an enduring american icon". baseball legend babe ruth and late supreme courtjustice antonin scalia

also were recognised. that's it for bbc world news. thank you for your company hope to see you again soon. hello, it's been another mild day across the country to while some of us have been stuck under low cloud with drizzle, of the areas that's been sunshine particularly in the north and west. the northwest parts of england in the northwest parts of england and northern scotland we see a clear spot tonight but the rest of the uk quite the hills some mist and fog around as well, other places frost free night but things turn cooler from the southeast, with dry air moving in saturday and that should clear the cloud away gradually towards the northwest so many see the sunshine by saturday afternoon just a bit more cloud lingering for northern ireland in northeast england and easten scotland.

temperatures around 9 degrees on saturday and chilly night saturday night and on into sunday, but sunday promises not a bad day, dry across the country with a good deal of sunshine if you patches of fog in the morning will clear away and not as warm as recent days with top temperatures on sunday around 30 degrees tops. goodbye. at ten 0'clock huw edwards will be here with a full round up of the days news. first it's time for inside out. hello and welcome, stories and investigations from where you live. tonight, a search for heroes, finding the last resting place of the makeshift mind of sweepers. the last piece of world war i wreck not being found, it's nice to have that complete. also tonight, we

investigate the tragic consequences of mental health misdiagnosis. it's ha rd of mental health misdiagnosis. it's hard to live with what i'm dealing with it day in and day out and i wa nt with it day in and day out and i want a chance to be better and a chance to live a normal life. and the dorset town that has it all except young people. the house prices are pretty much through the roof. why is bridport so old? people are moving here to retire and then they are living longer than ever. this is inside out south—west. in a quiet backwater on the file estuary a team of divers is preparing to investigate a mr lee, one that has puzzled historians since

the first world war. they are trying to find the last resting place of 11 men who died protecting this stretch of course. they were not soldiers or full—time sailors, but fishermen. this is the little—known story of the british trawlermen who during the first world war became minesweepers. they were a band of men who would be a huge price for their bravery. just as a test to date, in 1914 falmouth was a vital deep water port in a strategic position for ships navigating atlantic trade routes. to challenge britain's superior naval power that germans produced thousands of u—boats. they were effective as torpedo boats but even more deadly as mine layers leaving high

explosive charges in british shipping planes. britain responded by pressing more than 400 into service as makeshift minesweepers. they were small, manoeuvrable, and crews knew local waters. but there was no drill ortraining. where they knew there was a minefield they would send these ships in pairs with ropes strung between them with knots along the length of the rope and the idea was this would catch the moving of the mine. the ships would steer in parallel and zigzag, forcing the mine between the two knots and then it would be severed and destroyed by rifle fire. for trawlermen life would have been extremely tense.

they were in imminent danger at any point and never knowing where that would come from. a huge build—up of tension. they had an extremely high mortality rate. nearly a 19% chance of dying doing this work, which is higher than front—line infantry. in december 1916 the cornish trawler, the st ives, hit a mine and sank in falmouth bay.