welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is reged ahmad. our top stories: mexico says it will deport a group of migrants who forcefully attempted to cross the border into the united states. after 20 months of negotiation, european union leaders endorse the terms of a brexit deal. now, theresa may has to sell it back home. i will take this deal back to the house of commons, confident we have achieved the best deal available, and full of optimism about the future of our country. in parliament and beyond it, i will make the case for this deal with all my heart. with the uk set to leave in four months, eu officials called it a sad day, and have a warning for mps. this is the best deal possible for britain. and this is the only deal possible, so if the house would say no, we would have no deal. and russian special forces seize three ukrainian navy vessels off the coast of crimea, in a sharp escalation of tensions. mexico says it will deport a group of migrants who forcefully attempted to cross the border

into the united states. the us government closed the main crossing in both directions after a small group broke away from a peaceful protest and headed for a canal between tijuana and san diego, close to the borderfence. that border has now been reopened. will grant reports from tijuana. after two weeks of waiting at the border, something was eventually going to snap. what began as a peaceful protest by several hundred migrants soon became a mad dash for the united states. given the tight security on both sides, the migrants were never likely to be able to cross this way, even less be accepted into the us by the immigration authorities. but it didn't stop them from trying. at one point, having got past the security cordon, the migrants made their way across a canal of filthy water that runs through the city. things appeared to be getting out of control, with the peaceful march descending into chaos. border patrol on the us side used tear gas to disperse the crowd, with women and children

among those affected. ill—advised or otherwise, the migrants were determined to make their point at the border that they want their cases heard. now they are being pushed back by the mexican side, and the us has shut down, at least for the rest of the day. in the end, the san ysidro border crossing was closed for several hours, holding up cross—border traffic on both sides. this trade is the lifeblood of tijuana, and such direct action by the migrants is unlikely to endear them to the residents of their host city. now, the authorities say they will punish the few hundred who participated in the protest by deporting them back to central america. if they manage to identify those involved and follow through with that threat, then for some, the march to demand greater attention and understanding could well be their last act in mexico. in a milestone for the brexit process, eu leaders have approved the terms of the agreement that

will take the uk out in march next year. the british prime minister said this was the best deal possible, and that it would deliverfor britain. our political editor laura kuennsberg reports from brussels. no celebration, no fanfare, but a huge and serious step. after more than a0 years inside, deep breath — the deal to leave is done. there were those who said that reaching a brexit agreement that worked for both sides was an impossible task. from the start, i rejected that counsel of despair. in any negotiation, you do not get everything you want. you need to identify what your vital interests are, and stick to them, but be prepared to compromise in other areas, in order to achieve a result. i think the british people understand that. her bet — many of you are bored of the rows, the splits and the spats, the officials

who have brokered the compromise watching on. before christmas, mps will vote on this deal. on it will depend whether we move forward together into a brighter future, or open the door to yet more division and uncertainty. the british people don't want to spend any more time arguing about brexit. can i ask you to be very straight with the public, and tell us who, if anyone, you think is pleased about this deal? what we see in this deal today is a deal that delivers for people, delivers on the vote, delivers in a way that protects jobs and livelihoods, and protects our security and our united kingdom. and, as i've said before, i believe our best days lie ahead of us. the eu's power players have agreed a brexit with caveats, a deal where the uk leaves next march, but stays close to the union, with a lot of final detail yet to be agreed. ahead of us is the difficult process of ratification,

as well as further negotiations. but, regardless of how it will all end, one thing is certain. we will remain friends until the end of days, and one day longer. it is time for everybody, everybody, to take their responsibilities. today's agreement will help create the trust and the confidence needed for negotiating our close and unprecedented future relationship. the agreement was hard—fought on both sides, even though sometimes, it feels like eu leaders still can't quite believe what is happening in front of their eyes. "it's tragic that the uk is leaving after 45 years," angela merkel said. but there may be more theatre to come.

mps at home might kick out the deal. would they budge here, then? this is the deal, it's the best deal possible, and the european union will not change its fundamental position when it comes to these issues. are you concerned that the prime minister will not get this deal through the british parliament? i think it's not now our concern. it is the british concern. this is the max we can all do — both theresa may and her government, as well as the european union. no victors here today, nobody winning. we are all losing. there have been many moments when it has not been clear that theresa may would make it this far. but her next steps in these vital few weeks will determine her future, and the future of the country, too. for the prime minister, there is now only one direction. she can't know if parliament and the public will follow along. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, brussels.

you'll find plenty more brexit background on our website, with anaylsis and research from our correspondents and editors. that is all at bbc.com/news, or you can download the bbc news app. let's get some of the day's other news: the deadliest wildfire in california's history has now been fully contained. the blaze known as the camp fire started over two weeks ago, north of san francisco. firefighters were able to extinguish the flames following several days of rain. the fire killed at least 85 people and destroyed thousands of buildings. almost 250 people are still unaccounted for. teams are continuing to search the ash for human remains. the ugandan president, yoweri museveni, has said the operators of an unlicensed vessel which capzied on lake victoria will be prosecuted. at least 29 people are known to have died and many are still missing. the vessel was designed to transport 50 people,

but is said to have been carrying 120 passengers. the final of the south american club football championship, the copa libertadores, has been postponed for the second day running. the match in the argentine capital between the local rivals boca juniors and river plate was first suspended on saturday after the boca team bus was attacked. a number of players were hurt and taken to hospital. russian special forces have seized three ukrainian navy vessels in the kerch strait off the coast of crimea, in a major escalation of tensions. russian forces opened fire and ukraine says six of its crew members were injured. the ukrainian president, petro poroshenko, has called an emergency meeting of his national security council, which says it plans to declare martial law. russia has accused the ukrainian ships of breaching its territorial waters. kyrylo loukerenko is the co—founder of ukraine—based hromadske radio,

which means "community radio". he is now a fellow with the national endowment for democracy in washington. thank you so much forjoining us. first of all, i wondered if you knew the fate of sailors who were on those ships that had been seized? actually, nobody knows what happened, what happens with them. we know from russian media that actually those three vessels, they are ian kerch port. but we also, we have no information about the fate of those sailors. we only know that from three to six sailors are wounded. ukrainian sources say there are six wounded sailors, and russian

sources, they claim there are three wounded sailors. we have been hearing that russia has been inspecting ukrainian ships. we have now seen this escalation. what is the impact on ukraine, given its difficulty in accessing that part of the sea? actually, ukraine is trying to build its small military navy group in azov sea. these are not very big vessels. they are... i mean, tugboat saw small vessels. but still ukraine wants to build this small group to defend its own troops in the territory, which is close to rebel controlled or russian controlled territories of donbass. so ukraine is interested in building

this group. and actually, a month ago, or more time ago, some ukrainian vessels actually moved. they went from 0dessa to azov sea, and actually it was not a big issue. and actually, the russian navy was not... i mean, it did not stop them. but this time it went absolutely in a different way, and actually russia considers those territorial waters as its own territorial waters, and ukraine believes, and it is according to the ukrainian constitution, the crimea is a part of actually ukraine. so this is a territorial dispute, and both sides,

they actually believe that they have they actually believe that they have the law on their side. we are hearing about a un meeting. we have had comments from nato, from the eu. what can possibly happen now to try and ease these tensions and resolve this issue? well, there is a session of the security council tomorrow. it is iiam of the security council tomorrow. it is ”am est. and well, this is the united nations, and russia has a seatin united nations, and russia has a seat in the security council. there are no... well, actually some expectations that it will come to some. . . expectations that it will come to some... some decisive outcome. personally, i do not expect that it will come to some serious result.

thank you very much for your assessment of the situation. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the talent show with a difference. prisoners in indonesia compete for recording contract. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world. the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number 10 to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world." angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hot air balloon had to be abandoned after a few

minutes, but nobody seemed to mind very much. as one local comic put it, "it's not hot air we need, it's hard cash." cuba has declared nine days of mourning following the death of fidel castro at the age of 90. castro developed close ties with the soviet union in the 1960s. it was an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: mexico says it will deport a group of migrants who forcefully attempted to cross the border into the united states. after 20 months of negotiation, a european union summit in brussels has backed the brexit agreement, marking another step towards britain's departure from the bloc. so what happens next,

now that the brexit deal has been endorsed by eu leaders? the biggest potential hurdle lies at westminster, and mrs may's chances of getting the agreement through parliament next month. if mps approve it, it would then be put to the european parliament. but if, on the other hand, it's voted down by mps, there are a number of possible consequences. they could try to force a re—negotiation, a general election, another referendum or the uk could leave without a deal. the european commission president jean—claude juncker addressed what would happen if mps rejected the brexit deal. he was speaking to our europe editor katya adler this is the best deal possible for britain. and this is the only deal possible. so if the house would say no, we would have no deal. it's not the intention of the prime minister nor of the cabinet nor of the parliament to go for a second referendum. this is the deal. and you are trying to help

the prime minster sell it, actually, by saying this is the best deal possible. but surely it can't be the best deal possible because right from the beginning you and other eu leaders said it has to be very clear in this deal that life on the outside can't be as good as on the inside? if you're out, you are out. you're not part of the decision—making process. this is by the way a very sad moment. for the european union and for britain. and we will discover in future years why i say today that this is a sad moment. i'm not happy. but i'm happy that we have a deal. there is a perception in much of the uk that this was a punishment process, the negotiations process. that even though today there were nice words for theresa may, like from the dutch prime minister, she negotiated in a very tough way. actually that in the end, the uk had to concede most of the time. i do not understand why the british people, and i like the british people for so many including historical reasons,

why they are feeling that they are humiliated. i don't see that because numerous points of view of the british have been taken into this deal. so this is not a humiliation for britain. there is something about the tough negotiations on behalf of the eu during these brexit talks that have made some in the uk say, you know what, we're really glad we're leaving. they are inflexible and they do not listen to the needs of the people. what would be your reaction to that? i was always respecting the dignity of the british people, which is the same as the dignity of peoples living on the continent. britain has voted, there was a sovereign decision, we are highly respecting that decision, although we don't like it. it is also not the end of the road of negotiations, of course. negotiations on a future trade deal and other relationships start in earnest after brexit.

we will come back to gibraltar and come back to fishing. and we could come back to the northern ireland border question. i don't think that we can come back to the northern ireland border question. we will start in the coming months the talks about the future relationship and i don't think it will be wise if i would give you first indications on the outcome of these negotiations. you said to me right at the beginning of this process that you felt it would be a sad process. you also said that somehow it felt like a failure. everyone is losing. but is it a failure on the eu's behalf, do you think, that it's got this far? is it a failure on the british behalf if you are telling people year after year, month after month, day after day that the membership of the european union is a bad thing for british citizens. so i don't think that the european union is guilty for the result. it is the responsibility of britain, only of britain. nobody else.

is there a certain sense of relief, though, the uk was never a happy, enthusiastic member of the european union. once the uk has gone, surely you're free to have an eu army or any other of the things that the uk was standing in the way of. i always appreciated, in my former life as minister and as prime minister, the british sense of pragmatism. it was a gift given by britain to the european union, a down—to—earth common sense. we will miss that. but it was a decision of the british people to leave. rallies across europe have brought tens of thousands of people onto the streets to mark the united nations' day for the elimination of violence against women. in paris marchers called for an end to impunity for abusers. in madrid, the names of forty—four

women killed in domestic violence were read out. there were similar marches in italy, greece and switzerland well, new data from the united nations has found more than half of the women who were murdered around the world last year were killed by their partners or family members. africa and the americas are the two regions where women were most at risk. el salvador has been a country that over the years has recurrently appeared as one of the worst. the bbc‘s patricia sulbaran has been there and sent this report as part of the 100 women season. every 18 hours, a woman is killed. every three hours, a woman is sexually assaulted. translation: sometimes, we feel powerless as we can't do much more. also, out of fear, women tend not to report this.

el salvador‘s gang—related violence is more widely reported but violence against women is also a big issue with less exposure. journalist karla turcio's desk remains empty. killed in april, this mother of one became the 152nd femicide this year. that number has risen to over 300 since then. translation: she was unrecognisable, herface beaten up badly. every day feels like an eternity. the whole thing is too present still. i'm really struggling to deal with this. her husband, mario, was the face of the grief that followed her death, and he would often give tv interviews about the case. after one of those interviews, police were waiting for him outside

to arrest him on suspicion of murder in relations to karla's death. he's currently awaiting trial and says he's innocent, but prosecutors say they have a strong case against him. this case shocked the nation and led the authorities to appoint a special prosecutor to deal with femicides as a matter of urgency. translation: the case of karla turcios was like a trigger, like a time bomb that finally went off. through the violent act, femicides were finally acknowledged as a problem in this country. violence against women is commonplace here. a young woman has been brought in after her husband attacked her with a machete. she's had both hands hacked off and suffered injuries to the head. she's barely alive. the on—duty doctor accepts to meet me. he says this is not an isolated incident. translation: we see cases like this every day. we are seeing 5—6 cases a week

of women injured by stabbings, gunfire, or sexual assault. gunfire. this is a country that was ravaged by a brutal civil war in the ‘80s and ‘90s that left tens of thousands dead. people here say it partially explains the culture of extreme violence that is affecting women. the week i was here, i was told of five women who were killed, five families left grieving. patricia sulba ran, bbc news, san salvador. much more on our website with lots of personal stories as well. now to a talent contest with a difference, on the indonesian island of bali. thirteen bands competing for the right to record their own music.

the twist? it's all happening behind bars at the notorious kerobokan prison. andy beatt reports. ajailhouse rock revival — live music, colourful lights and a packed house as inmates take centre stage. bali's first ever prison music festival offering bands a shot at the big time. translator: many people outside jail look down on us but there are some who see the positives and realise we are achieving things here. translation: we hope to become role models for people here in indonesia, and also around the world. built forjust 300, kerobokan now houses nearly five times that, mainly for drug offences. the festival aims to challenge perceptions of the prison and change the course of prisoners' lives. translation: we hope this helps us find new talent or new musicians who can be trained to become

professionals in the music industry. for the winner of this battle of the bands, a chance for their music to break out and reach a wider audience. andy beatt, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. hello. well, for days and days now we've had those persistent chilly easterly winds bringing at times very grey weather with some showers. a different story for the week ahead. the winds will switch direction, they will be coming off the atlantic bringing spells of very wet, very windy weather but much milder weather. monday on the other hand is still looking fairly bright but it will be cool. so this is what it looks like early hours of monday morning. still the winds blowing out of the east. you can just about make

out the arrows there. the weather fronts are behind me, out in the atlantic, some hundreds if not a thousand miles away from us. ahead of that, the weather is quiet. a touch of frost in the countryside but in city centres it's around three or four degrees first thing on monday. the forecast suggests on monday that many eastern parts of the uk will be cloudy. there will be one or two showers affecting the north—east of england, maybe yorkshire too. but if you live in western areas of the uk, plenty of sunshine. western parts of wales, the lake district, into western scotland, the weather is looking absolutely fine on monday. early on tuesday, we'll see the first weather fronts advancing. we will see winds freshening in south—western parts of the uk and then the rain reaches us. this is around early in the morning, reaching south—western england, wales, then eventually northern ireland, and by the middle of the afternoon, the thinknig is that rain and by the middle of the afternoon, the thinking is that rain will be across central parts of the uk. many eastern parts of the country will stay dry throughout tuesday after some mist and

fog in the morning. wednesday, low pressure is well and truly in charge of our weather. you can see a big low there across the north atlantic stretching almost from iberia to iceland. we're right in the middle of this area of low pressure. look at these winds go. gale forced winds around many western coasts. severe gales in places so they're really strong, gusty winds. on top of that, we've got spells of heavy rain. these are the average wind speeds. to get a gust, usually double these, so that means maybe 40mph gusts inland, for example, in london. much stronger further north. look at the temperatures — 1a in london. double figures even in scotland. the low pressure still with us on thursday. weather fronts spiralling in and towards the centre of the low pressure, bringing us again spells of heavy rain, and here is one spell of heavy rain during the middle of the afternoon. it would have been here in the morning and then sweeping during the day northwards. behind it you can see that there will be some breaks in the cloud, breaks between the various bands of rain. still mild on thursday, relatively speaking, although it probably won't feel like it because of the strength of the wind. and guess what? there's low pressure over us

on friday once again. a lot of isobars here and that can only mean one thing, gale force winds. the latest headlines for you now from bbc news: mexico says it will deport a group of migrants who forcefully attempted to cross the border into the united states near the city of tijuana. the government said some of them incited violence and encouraged others to run towards the fence that separates the two countries. a european union summit in brussels has backed the brexit agreement, marking another step towards britain's departure from the bloc. the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, said it was the only deal possible. the british parliament will vote on the agreement next month. the ukrainian president, petro poroshenko, says russian special forces carried out an act of aggression when they seized three ukrainian navy vessels in the kerch strait off the coast of crimea. russia says the ukrainian ships breached its territorial waters. the security council will meet on monday to discuss the crisis. it's just gone 3:30am

in the morning.