welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: president trump arrives in texas to rally support for his border wall, a potential deal may have been agreed. heading home — the bahraini footballer freed from a thai jail will soon arrive back in australia where he has refugee status. one of brazil's best known political journalists ricardo boechat dies in a helicopter crash. small creatures — big problem — why the threat of insect extinction could have catastrophic results for us all. the us republican senator richard shelby has reportedly said

there is an "agreement in principle on a border security deal". according to the reuters news agency the alabama senator said staff are working on the details but has given no further outline of the deal. it comes as donald trump takes to the stage in the texan border town of el paso, to try once again to make his case that american taxpayers should fund a wall along the southern border of the us. it was an election promise, although throughout the campaign he promised mexico would pay for it. the president was facing a deadline — if he couldn't strike a deal with the democrats before friday, another partial shutdown of the us government would be triggered. we are expecting him any moment to ta ke to we are expecting him any moment to take to the stage. this is the scene live at the rally in el paso where president trump is about to speak.

this is the sense that transformed el paso from one of the most violent cities in america to one of the safest. well at least that's according to donald trump. but when he arrives here, he is likely to find a lot of people who don't believe that and they are prepared to tell him so. it is an absolute lie. it is an outright lie. el paso isa lie. it is an outright lie. el paso is a community full of families will stop we have mixed documentation, we have people across to take care of oui’ have people across to take care of our children and our families and we have been a community united by the border. we are not divided here el paso. with a powerful barrier in place, el paso isn't one of the safe st place, el paso isn't one of the safest cities in the country. there is no doubt there is a huge difference in the crime rate between el paso here in texasjuarez across

the way in mexico. over there, over 1200 murders. a 50 fold disparity. the question is, is the president right to say if the wall that makes all the difference? on the other side of the fence is mexico. el paso's mayor was one of those taken about by the president's use of his town to make a bigger political point. jono i'm not saying defence shouldn't be part of that order strategy. -- i am not saying. a mean, we are a sovereign strategy. -- i am not saying. a mean, we are a sovereign nation, we need to control our borders will stop as far as el paso's run rate, no, it was low before the fence came up no, it was low before the fence came up and it has remained lower. —— our borders. for two years after the fence went up in 2009, the crime rate actually rose on that side of the border as territorial law ——

wa i’s the border as territorial law —— wars between drug cartels intensified. there are those who believe the fence or the wall have played an important part but what about those who accuse the president of using misleading fats?” about those who accuse the president of using misleading fats? i don't agree that he lies. the numbers of violent crime went up after the wall went up. but how much did they drop before then? and why did they go up? did they go up because of the wall because other crimes were happening? linking immigration and crime has been one of donald trump's messages. we are still expecting the president to appear. speakers have been warming up the crowd. just to remind you of the news, unconfirmed at the moment, coming through from the republic senator —— republican

senator richard selby, reportedly saying there is an agreement on a water security wall. he is a senator of other —— alabama. the president is in el paso trying again to make his case that american taxpayers should find the wall along the southern border of the us. the interest of el paso already ——is that there is a wall there already and he says that is largely responsible for a reduction in crime in the area and that is disputed. we will get more from el paso as soon as there is more to give you. let's get some of the day's other news. a malaysian court has postponed the first trial of former prime minister najib razak, who faces multiple charges of corruption. his lawyers appealed on tuesdayjust as the high court in kuala lumpur was due to start hearings on 7 counts of criminal breach of trust, corruption and money laundering. the case concerns 10.5 million dollars from a state development fund allegedly transferred into his personal account. horse racing in britain will restart on wednesday

after a six—day shutdown because of an outbreak of equine flu. the british horseracing authority has been advised by vets that race meetings can go ahead, with strict bio—security controls. the virus is generally not life—threatening, but limits a horse's competitive capability. britain's prime minister theresa may is expected to update members of parliament on tuesday with the latest on the uk leaving the european union. the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, held what he called ‘constructive' talks with the uk's brexit secretary in brussels on monday evening. bahrainy footballer hakeem al araibi is due to be arriving now at melbourne airport, as a free man. mr al araibi boarded a flight early on tuesday after bahrain dropped its bid to have him extradited from thailand, bringing to an end a case that has drawn international criticism. hakeem al araibi, 25, who fled bahrain in 2014 and received refugee status in australia, was arrested in thailand last year

while on his honeymoon. a short time ago our correspondent told us what he was likely to do when he landed. she's going out —— which he will wa nt to she's going out —— which he will want to see his wife first of all, he was on his honeymoon in thailand when he was detained. they have saved his shirt, his football team. he will want to get back to playing for his local team. who knows after that. certainly the football fraternity here say there are other cases they want to highlight. they wa nt cases they want to highlight. they want is a football may be being a cause for good and they are calling on fifa to reform to maybe step up earlier. there was quite a significant delay before the fifa officials in zurich became involved in his case and started to exert a bit more international pressure.

over the course of the next few days and weeks we will hear more about how the football fraternity is responding to this. one of brazil's best known political journalists, ricardo boechat, has died in a helicopter crash. the helicopter came down onto a motorway in sao paulo around midday on monday, crashing into a lorry. it had taken off from the nearby city of campinas earlier in the day. caroline rigby has more. lines strewn across the road, the wreckage of the helicopter which had been carrying one of brazil's best—known politicaljournalists. ricardo boechat died when one of the pilots crashed into this lorry on a busy san carlo ring road after appearing to be out of control. —— some are long —— sao paolo. translation that it caught fire and

after 15 minutes, firefighters arrived. ——. after 15 minutes, firefighters arrived. --. the lorry driver is capable and injuries. an investigation is under way to determine the cause the crash. ricardo boechat was an award—winning news anchor for band tv, one of the biggest media group in brazil. he presented the evening television news and hosted a morning radio programme. having entered in the 19705, programme. having entered in the 1970s, the 66—year—old grew popular through his criticism of politicians coupled with humour. arrest dance in an environment so often characterised by formalities. the news anchor was twice voted brazil's most admired journalist by his peers. following news of his death, tributes from colleagues described him asa tributes from colleagues described him as a journalist's journalist and praised his in patfull reporting and legacy. ricardo boechat dedicated

his working life to journalism. a life he lost shortly after recording his latest show. the united nations is urging the warring parties in yemen to give it access to a vast store of grain, that is desperately needed in a country on the brink of famine. the red sea mills, on the frontlines in the port of hodeidah, hold enough grain to feed 3.7 million people for a month, but the un says it is now "at risk of rotting". joining me from washington is fatima alasrar, a senior analyst for the arabia foundation. how do you think this situation is to be remedied? i think all parties need to take responsibility but the houthi rebels need to grant access to critical roads where you can get the food in and out. otherwise as the food in and out. otherwise as the un has warned, this truly is in risk of spillage and it being spoilt

and it could affect basically the food suppliers for millions of people for months to come. we definitely don't want to see this aid being spoilt and it has to go to the right people. hopefully more sustained international pressure to get a ccess sustained international pressure to get access to these mills. you know, of course yemen has suffered so much from the civil war that has become a proxy war, from hunger, from disease. i think many people would have thought this kind of thing was sorted out by the stockholm agreement but domino. yes, the stockholm agreement was overly optimistic and was really dubbed as the first stops to peace. —— but no. we have realised it is overly optimistic in what it was trying to

achieve and the timeline in which was trying to achieve it. we now have an indefinite delay since the un envoy has announced that and that isa un envoy has announced that and that is a major disappointment because it has really severe consequences on the lives of civilians on the ground who are impacted by this conflict. the agreement was not of course supposed to serve all of yemen's problems or bring us on track to peace but it was a sense —— essentially engineered from both warring parties in order to move on and to have the first step to peace talks. what we have seen since then is really, you know, no progress on this agreement as both parties are bickering over small details. there is the ceasefire in her they'd are having several violations. —— hodeida. we see that brutal oppression of people for who this

agreement was supposed to look after that would lead —— lift the houthis blockade. we know that the houthis would not "between hodeida and the other area it controls. —— open the border. and there is fear of the coalition forces coming and taking these areas easily if the landmines weren't there. we are not really seeing it this implementation taking place. so far there has been, it's just perhaps more on paper than on the ground. thank you very much. human activity could drive the earth's entire insect population to extinction within a century according to a major new scientific study. insects are vital pollinators, so any decline threatens food production and the latest warnings suggest 40% of species could be gone within a few decades. pesticides, agriculture and climate change are being blamed. more details from our environment correspondent, victoria gill.

they're the planet's smallest, most essential workers, producing ourfood, cleaning up our waste. but changes we are making to the environment threaten the very existence of earth's insect population. that's according to scientists, who analysed dozen of insect surveys that were carried out all over the world over the last 13 years. it revealed that many species are now sliding towards extinction at a dramatic rate. overall, a1% of the world's insect species are in decline, and that includes some very familiar creatures. 49% of beetles are declining, 37% of mayflies, and 53% of butterflies and moths. so that is one of the groups that is troubled ? absolutely, moths and bees and beetles are all massively in trouble right now... those losses, scientists say,

could jeopardise our way of life. so much of our atmospheric carbon, which is linked to climate change, that's stored in the soil, and that's cycled through the soil by insects. our food is grown in the soil, that's made by insects. and then our food is then pollinated by insects. every single step along that has an insect associated with it, that's doing an importantjob. and without that, we would lose the ability to produce food, wouldn't we? but, as much as we rely on insects, it is primarily our activities and our food production practices that have been driving these declines. there are three key things that this study highlights as threats to our planet's insect diversity — climate change, invasive species, and critically, how we use our land, the increasing intensification of agriculture. around the world, suitable habitat is being consumed by farming and urbanisation, and the study says widespread use of synthetic pesticides is a major driver of insect loss.

bug lovers can help by making gardens more pollinator—friendly. but researchers say food production will have to change to stop our most important pollinators becoming collateral damage in the battle against pests. good to have you with us on bbc news. stay with us still to come: will be taking you live to el paso, is president trump prepares to address a rally of his supporters. —— we will. there's mr mandela. mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader ayatollah khomeini has said he's passed a death sentence

on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, 'baby doc' duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion, shergar was kept in a special secure box in the stud farm's central block. shergar was driven away in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning. elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other realms and territories, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. robin. —— welcome back.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump arrives in texas to rally support for his border wall. a potential deal may have been reached. the bahraini footballer freed from a thai jail will soon arrive back in australia, where he has refugee status. the campaign is growing for african art seized in the colonial era and displayed in european museums to be returned to the continent. a recent report, commissioned by president macron of france, suggests 90% of africa's cultural heritage is still held outside africa. it recommends museums return art taken in imperial conquest. here in the uk, the british museum is working with nigerian officials to create a rotating exhibition of priceless artefacts ta ken in the 19th century. more details from the bbc‘s africa editor, fergal keane. the past is alive, but to whom does it belong? to the descendants of the empire builders, or the people from whose lands it was taken? in the old imperial capitals, art that was stolen by colonial

conquerors is now the focus of a growing campaign for restitution. these are the benin bronzes, at the british museum, looted by british forces in nigeria at the close of the 19th century. those pieces, that art, represents the essence of us. i need to be able to explain certain things about my being, certain things as to why i'm who i am, and do things the way i do, and think the way i do. and that's why art is important. on one level, this is a debate about priceless pieces of art, and where they really belong. but it's part of a much larger movement in africa and the african diaspora to reclaim a stolen cultural heritage. it's about the right of africans to possess their own history. perhaps nowhere is the debate so haunted by past cruelties as here, at the grand museum erected outside brussels by king leopold ii of belgium. it was built on the profits of

forced labour in rubber plantations. those who failed to collect their quota had hands chopped off. african art was carted back here in vast quantities. but the museum has undergone a major revamp, to reflect the reality of colonial history. if you look there, you know, there's a hologram of leopold ii about six times here, and in total about 45 times throughout the building. he wasn't a man for understatement, was he? no, he was really... but, as for restitution, there are reservations about capacity and the dangers of corruption. do you trust the authorities in congo... no. ..to treat anything that is brought back with the care it deserves? at this moment, no, absolutely not. i wouldn't trust any of the people that are currently in charge. not that they are of bad will, but just they don't have the facilities. there is no security system.

a lot of these objects are worth a lot of money. people are paid very badly. what would you do if you were paid, you know, not even $100 a month? but african voices are insistent change must come. in the democratic republic of congo, we visited a fledgling museum in kinshasa, that combines old colonial sculpture with this storehouse of congolese art. professor bwatshia acknowledges the worries about corruption in congo, but a new national museum has been built, with south korean help, a place that could provide a congolese home for looted treasures. translation: during colonisation, belgium, england, and america unfortunately took a lot of the art. this is only a small portion of what can be found in europe, so we should claim them back. it's better that it is here, for the good of the congolese people. there is, in africa and the west,

a growing view that collaboration is the way forward. exhibitions rotating between continents. like the benin bronzes of the british museum. it's a debate defined by reasonableness. not least on the part of africans, still willing to share what was stolen from them. fergal keane, bbc news. let's just take you live to the texan border town of el paso, where president trump has just taken to the stage to a rally of his supporters. i love this state and i love the people of this state. we've had a great romance together, you know that. it has been a great romance. and we are only getting stronger together, that is what's happening. look at all the press

pack, do you believe that? this is like the academy awards used to be, to be. they have gone down a long way since they started hitting us a little bit, right? that was a long, that was a long for, at their lower. last week, i was honoured to stand in the house chamber to deliver the state of the union. and i asked both parties to come together to choose greatness for america. since taking office two years ago, our economy is now the hottest economy anywhere on earth. our military, which

desperately needed funding, we went $700 billion and $716 billion is more powerful than ever before. that was not a good situation, it was tired and depleted. a great warriors we re tired and depleted. a great warriors were not taken care of, now they are taken care were not taken care of, now they are ta ken care off were not taken care of, now they are taken care off again, the way they should be. —— our. and america is winning again, isn't that nice? we are fighting for all americans from all backgrounds, of every age, race, religion, birthplace, colour, creed, we are fighting for ourselves, we are fighting for all americans, and what is it? america first. remember,

it's america first. our agenda is not the palace the agenda, although some people said it is. every once in awhile, it does that way, right? it is a mainstream, commonsense agenda of the american people, it is where we want to be and were we want to go. —— where. and despite the fact that the media refuses to acknowledge what we have done and how well doing it, a new

poll just came done and how well doing it, a new polljust came out as i was coming on, and it shows, i do not know how you can do this, do not think i have had a good story in years. i don't get good, i used to get good press, until i decided to run for office. and we have done together an incredible job and we have done together an incrediblejob and and we have done together an incredible job and a new polljust came out today, rasmussen, one of the most respected polls, one of the polls that got the election right, i have to remember that, you know what the number is? 52% with no good news. explain that, explained that. —— explained that. explain that. how do you get that when you do not get good press because 93% of the stories are negative? no matter what

we do, they figure out a way to make negative, like i will give you a quick example. when i came in, north korea looked like was going to war, in no that, it was going to happen, bad things. now, you have no missile launchers, you have no missile testing, i have a good relationship, maybe even a great relationship, we have tremendous sanctions on north korea but we have hostages back, we have remains coming back, remains. —— you know. and our presidents have been dealing with north korea for many, many decades, many, many decades and in nuclear way over the last 20, 30 yea rs, nuclear way over the last 20, 30 years, and all i hear is hardly move faster? you know what, i left

singapore 15 months ago. they had been negotiating for 85 years or something, so now a complaint is, what's taking him so long? i had one of our great geniuses, from previous administration, telling me how to negotiate with north korea, when they got taken advantage of like nobody i have ever seen before, so... nobody i have ever seen before, so... someday, with all of us, this is all of us, and those hats and beautiful, by the way, someday... —— are beautiful. true. someday, they are beautiful. true. someday, they are going to appreciate us all and are going to appreciate us all and are going to vietnam, to hanoi in the near future, the are going to vietnam, to hanoi in the nearfuture, the 27th are going to vietnam, to hanoi in the near future, the 27th and 28 february to have another summit and hopefully, hopefully we do as well with the second summit as we did with the second summit as we did with the second summit as we did with the first. i hope so. now, we

are delighted and i am delighted to be doing this evening by the texas leaders, you have great leaders, great people, a great help to me. better at the —— batter at the forefront of this american revolution. you know there has never been anything like this in the history of this country, we have to understand that. —— that are at. if you would say as an example that tonight, 69,000 people signed up to be here, now the arena holds 8000 and thank you fire department, they got in about10,000, and thank you fire department, they got in about 10,000, thank you fire department. but if you want to really see something, go outside. tens of thousands of people are watching screens outside. cheering. and we

we re screens outside. cheering. and we were all challenged by a young man who lost and that ——an election... bo0ing. who lost and that ——an election... booing. and then they said, you know what? hey, you are supposed to win in order to run. by the way, we, i, we, we had one ill action —— election and we won one. we are going to win again. it has to be said, from dallas, ——. going to win again. it has to be said, from dallas, --. donald