this is the briefing, i'm sally bundock. our top story: president trump rallies support for his border wall in texas — but it looks like a deal‘s already been done. back home — the bahraini footballer freed from a thai jail, arrives in australia where he has refugee status. i think the media, or the human rights and thank you and they will be more strong for this country. i would be strong herejust be more strong for this country. i would be strong here just for australia. the champions league resumes, with the first knockout stage, manchester united hoping to continue their good form. nissan without ghosn. the japanese carmaker‘s about to release its first set of earnings since its once all—powerfulformer chairman was arrested. and getting a head start — we'll find out how girl scouts is trying to boost the number of women in science and technoloy. a warm welcome to the programme —

briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation tell us what you think — just use the hashtag bbc—the—briefing in the us congress, republican and democratic negotiators are saying they have reached an agreement in principle, on border security, that might avoid another shutdown of the us government. the current funding agreement runs out on friday, but talks had previously stalled on questions about the detention of undocumented migrants and funding for president trump's promised wall on the southern border with mexico. the republican senate appropriations committee chairman, richard shelby, said bipartisan

negotiators had reached a tentative deal to avoid another shutdown: in homeland security and the other six bills, we are going to be working feverishly to put all of that particular is together and that's all we can tell you now. we are not getting into numbers and everything but it is something that is obviously work. we believe if this becomes law, of course it would open the government. news of this latest development came as president trump addressed a political rally close to the mexcian border at el paso in texas. i have to tell you, as i was walking up to the stage, they said progress has been made.

just so you know, we're building a wall anyway. president trump did have a lot more to say at that rally. we will be to get the detail on the agreement and to hear what healthy had to say. —— mark hear what else he had to say. a bahraini footballer at the centre of an extradition battle has landed back in australia, where he has refugee status. hakeem al—araibi was detained in thailand after a request from bahrain for him to return there

and face imprisonment. but amidst a media scrum at melbourne airport the 25 year old said he said he felt relieved and grateful to all australians. our correspondent hywel grififth was at the airport when al—araibi arrived. there was rupture —— rapturous applause and any media scrum to welcome him back. few people would have known his name when he left for thailand but his plight has made headlines around the world. in the last 2a hours, the decision i bahrain to drop the extradition request, the addition by thailand to free him —— decision by thailand to let him go has led to his release to australia. it's amazing to see all the people here, or the australian people and the media supporting me. ijust want people and the media supporting me. i just want to thank the australian

government. i want to thank this man, he cited too much he fought too much will my case. you told us as he arrived here he was so grateful to the australian government and to australia's people for raising his plight and raising awareness and also to craig foster, the former socceroos captain who has really been part of raising that profile, who has been to zurich and bangkok to advocate for him. he called on fifa, the world governing body of football, to take action. this is the man i think probably the most famous young man in australia right now. a very courageous young man, famous young man in australia right now. a very courageous young man, a human rights defender who we are so proud for all of australia to have fought so hard to bring back home. he has now left the airport and on his way back to see his wife for the first time in almost three months and she has told the bbc that she can't stop crying in happiness. she has been out of like cakes and flowers a nd has been out of like cakes and flowers and can't wait to have her

husband home and for them to carry on with their lives. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. the un is urging the warring parties in yemen to give it access to a vast store of grain that's desperately needed by millions of people who are threatened by famine. aid workers haven't been able to reach the flour mill in the port of hodeida for five months. 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. 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 from a state development fund allegedly transferred into his personal account. the authorities in venezuela have opened an investigation into the private finances of the opposition leader and self—decla red interim president, juan guaido. it's investigating allegations that mr guaido had failed to declare all his income, including important money transfers from international organisations. president nicolas maduro says his opponent has been assigned by the us to lead a plot against venezuela's socialist government. uk prime minister theresa may will update parliament later today on her latest round of brexit talks, as she continues to try to gather backing for her deal. the prime minister is due to make a statement to mps,

ahead of a debate on thursday on the next steps for brexit. eileen burbidge, who's a partner at passion capital and technology entrepreneur, joins me now. lovely to see you again this morning. we say she is going to update mps in parliament. she had some pretty important meetings in northern ireland and brussels last week. she had said that she was going to get some changes to the backstop but it was confusing at the end of the conversations, i remember some people were reporting that they would be some changes and conversations. others reporting that they won't be any reopening of the negotiations at all. she has to say something. it was a day earlier than originally planned but there is a debate scheduled for thursday summit seemed she can frame the conversation the way that she wants

to. we have seen some in westminster showing signs that they want to get some consensus. i.e. , showing signs that they want to get some consensus. i.e., the opposition leader of the labour party talking to theresa may and the government, talking about what they see as a way forward. again, we can't see where they will marry their ideas especially on the idea of being in a customs union. i think we are through the most difficult part, the labour leader having a cross party conversation that theresa may had asked for up to the last boat failed but i can't see how you get compromised. i do think, much like the news has been saying and on this programme, it is good though later and later, right down to the wire. —— the last vote failed. and later, right down to the wire. -- the last vote failed. this is having an impact on the uk economy. there are other reasons why and we

have to state that, it's notjust about this decision to leave the eu. eckhard to tell what has already been considered and priced in. —— exactly. it is hard to tell. the question is how disorderly can it be, what happens if there is no deal and what happens to the actual stock markets and public markets if we we re markets and public markets if we were is ——if we are anywhere along that spectrum. the news briefing is coming up. at the height of the migrant crisis thousands of women were trafficked from nigeria to italy for a life of prostitution in europe. before they left home, many were made to undergo a juju or black magic ceremony in which they swore — on pain of death — they would pay back their traffickers. the strain of believing they were living under a spell has added to their mental health problems as they recover from their ordeal. our global affairs correspondent, naomi grimley, has been to sicily

to investigate and you may find some of the details in her report distressing. at ickes street pentecostal church in sicily, a safe haven for young nigerian women who have been trafficked to italy. —— a back street. these are used in deliverance ceremonies for trafficking survivors who think they are under age that —— lack magic curse. before a girl leaves nigeria, they carry out a juju ceremony,

using her blood or personal items to convince her she is spiritually bound to repay them. it is used on an industrial scale as a way to control the women. magdalen's experience is echoed by glory‘s story. now she learns et al you —— italian at a local school but she was sent to eatjuju priest that killed at chicken in front of her. —— said to a juju priest. in 2016 alone, 11,000 nigerian women made the perilous journey here to italy and even if they managed to

escape the clutches of the traffickers, they still have to deal with the psychological scars of their ordeal and try to rebuild their ordeal and try to rebuild their lives in a new country. this doctor is one of those who has devoted his life to helping these women through the mental problems they face. it is this collaborative approach which has helped magdalen move on in her life. her traffickers wanted to control

her through theirjuju her traffickers wanted to control her through their juju rights her traffickers wanted to control her through theirjuju rights but now that potency of that spell has been broken. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: not so much grand prix — but grass prix — how lawnmower racing has gone international. 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. this is the briefing. the headlines: the bahraini footballer freed from a thai jail arrives back in australia, where he has refugee status. and our top story today — as president trump rallies support for his border wall in texas, republicans and democrats say they have reached a possible deal that could avoid

another government shutdown. let's discuss that now in more detail. richard painter was the chief white house ethics lawyer for president george w bush. he's now a law professor at the university of minnesota. hejoins me from mendota heights in minnesota. hello, welcome to the briefing. we have been talking about president trump speaking to a rally of supporters, he would issue, in el paso, near the mexican border, talking about the need for the wall, how it is going to make such a difference to that community. gives is your take on some of the things he has been saying about the need for this wall to improve security within the united states. united states has had an immigration problem for a long time, controlling immigration into the united states. it isa immigration into the united states. it is a problem somewhat similar to that experienced by western europe and other countries in the world,

but president trump has managed to dramatise and a great deal and certainly inject some racial overtones into the debate, and insist upon this wall being built and most people believe that the wall is a waste of money and is not going to solve our immigration problem, that we really ought to focus on the employers who are giving jobs to illegal immigrants in order to not have to pay living wages to american workers. there are many ways to resolve this problem, but president trump insists on dramatise in it and that is exactly what he's doing now, it is all really for political purposes, it is about is the election campaign, not about is the election campaign, not about actually solving problem. you encouraged to hear that there is a possible agreement between republicans and democrats on how this wall will be funded if it is at all? obviously, president trump was not there and privy to these negotiations, so that may change things. well, yes, i think that the

republicans and the democrats in the house and senate do not want to have another government shutdown, and can agree at least on some fundamental package here for border security. everyone wants border security and not in part is in favour of illegal immigration into the united states, it is just immigration into the united states, it isjust a immigration into the united states, it is just a question of how to solve the problem, how to be in compliance with our own laws and international laws, human rights laws, while we continue to maintain our border security. a lot of people here in the united states do not think that the wall being proposed by president trump is at all useful, that it by president trump is at all useful, thatitis by president trump is at all useful, that it is really about his own ego and his political campaign and we just do not want to see a taxpayer money spent that way. well, as he says, it is a promise that he made when he was a lack of any wants to deliver on that promise ahead of the two d oze n deliver on that promise ahead of the two dozen 20 next election. well, of course, it is really about politics

for him. at spending the taxpayer money, we need to make sure that we are getting what we paid for and we do all want border security, we want to have illegal immigration the united dates, we do not want illegal immigration the united states, but this border wall, has serious environmental and patience, it is not going to stop illegal immigration. people fly in on a plane, overstay their visa, that is the most common problem, so we, there is just so the most common problem, so we, there isjust so much the most common problem, so we, there is just so much we are going to do in terms of spending money in order to boost the ego of the president of united states and his chances for the next presidential election. all right, we are going to leave it there. thank you, richard painter, it interesting to get your perspective on the situation, the former legal adviser to george w bush there. now it's time to get

all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm chetan pathak with your tuesday sport briefing. our top story: phil mickelson has won the pga tour event at pebble beach for a record—equalling fifth time. he had a three—shot lead over paul casey with two holes to play, when fading light ended play and forced an extra day. he returned to win it in style with a birdie on the 18th. and victory on a course he clealy loves could be significant. the us open — the only major mickelson's yet to win — will be played there injune. very simply, it is nothing like the course we will see. i am hitting drivers and i'm trying to bomb it down there and hit wedges in. the green will be so firm, it will be a whole different golf course but i will deal with that in six month. —— six months. ole gunnar solskjaer‘s start at manchester united couldn't be going much better, with the caretaker manager yet to lose a match after 11 games in charge. but on tuesday, that record will be tested when united take on paris st germain in the first leg of their champions league

last 16 tie. they have got some of the world's best players, both, they have got one of the biggest goalkeeper legends in the world, they have got tr go silva, who has been one of the best centre—backs in the world in recent yea rs. best centre—backs in the world in recent years. you have got neymar, was the most expensive player in the world, so that tells you everything about their evolution and how we have progressed, and we know we're playing a team with confidence because they are used to winning. —— thiago silva. also on tuesday, roma will host porto in the first leg of their last 16 tie at the estadio olimpico. they might be struggling in serie a, but the italian side will be out to go one better than last season, when they reached the semi—finals. the 2004 champions league champions porto are top of the league in portugal, unbeaten since october.

in cricket, england will resume day four of the third and final test against the west indies in st lucia on 325/4. that is a huge lead of 448 runs. playing only for pride, having lost the series, england captain root made 111 off 189 balls on day three as he returned to form. there were also half centuries from joe denly, who made 69, and jos buttler, who hit 56 as england piled on the runs. and before we go, have a look at this. it is cycling with a difference in chile. this downhill mountain bike race took place in the coastal town of valparaiso, and it is safe to say the extreme urban track tested even the best riders. it was local man pedro ferreria who won in the end, completing the narrow two kilometre circuit in two minutes and 50 seconds, at some points descending at speeds of 60 kilometres per hour. amazing stuff.

you can get all the latest sports news, as ever, at our website. it is bbc.com/sport. but from me, chetan pathak, and the rest of the team, that is your tuesday sport briefing. that is, indeed. we want to squeeze ina that is, indeed. we want to squeeze in a sports story of sorts. we've told you about lawnmower racing here on bbc news before. the premise is simple — convert your gardening equipment into a small vehicle and then drive as fast as you can. but as the bbc‘s tim allman reports, lawnmower racing has now gone international. this has been described, not always with a straight face, as the lawnmower le mans. teams with names like mow for it and pain in the grass career around this frozen lake in southern finland. you will notice that despite this

being a lawnmower race, there wasn't a single blade of grass in sight. i thought about what should be a quite cheap motorsport, and then i think about it, and how i tried to do a race with lawnmowers. that's the thing when it started from, here in finland. this is a test of both speed and endurance. the racers were supposed to be out on the track for up to 12 hours, but conditions were not conducive to high—velocity mowing and the race was abandoned. believe it or not, this can be a dangerous sport. 2017, i came off in a sprint race. unluckily, i smashed eight ribs, broke a collarbone, and broke my neck in two places. i'm out here again, racing again. i raced it last year, so i had six months off. despite the early finish, there were still winners and losers. this may be more grass prix than grand prix, but everyone wants

to get their fingers — green or otherwise — on a trophy. tim allman, bbc news. the there you have it, international lawnmower racing. if you are going to get in a car this morning and start your daily commute, you might be interested on this story. traffic jams cost drivers a week of their lives every single year and that is because drivers sit in queues for almost two and a half days every year, on the uk's most congested road. what is the most congested road? i do not know this is... in fa ct, road? i do not know this is... in fact, this is the worst offender. apparently, it is the london circular road, the aa06. i not only too well. i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments. hello there.

we've got some reasonably quiet and mild weather on the cards through the remainder of this week. we have got high pressure often in charge our weather. it was a pretty nice day for most parts of the country on monday and over the next few days, we keep the mainly draped in the weather, quite chilly first thing in the morning but generally the days are looking fairly mild. a bit of rain around towards the north—west over the next few days as weather front ‘s move into north—west over the next few days as weatherfront ‘s move into high pressure keeping things mostly dry in the south and east. you can see the yellow covers moving south—east on the south—westerly winds. fairly cloudy conditions from the word go to start tuesday across scotland, northern ireland, northern england in wales as well. the best of the sunny spells for the longest on wednesday. a few spots of sunny spells, just pushing eastwards into england during the afternoon that the south—westerly breeze helps to

break up the clouds over northern ireland scotland, it will tend to break up and brighten up during the course of the afternoon. temperatures around about ten to 12 degrees or so we should keep sunny spells south and east anglia during the day. we have this weather system just pushing its way northwards and eastwards, particularly on wednesday, particularly across parts of scotland. still south—westerly breeze and a reasonably mild picture, so temperatures are a little above average for this time of year, somewhere between ten to 13 degrees or so, just the odd spot of rain across the far north of scotla nd rain across the far north of scotland but for most of us, wednesday into thursday, we keep this mild south—westerly airflow, so a lot of dry at, mild weather. perhaps the odd spot of rain by thursday, particularly towards the north isles, much of the uk sees

another fine day. a southerly breeze, a little patch of crowd here and there, but temperatures lifting the around ten or 11 degrees by thursday afternoon. we keep that mild theme as we look towards the end of the week that it will turn a bit unsettled towards the end of the week with winds strengthening at times, particularly towards the north and the west. bye for now. this is the business briefing. i'm sally bundock. nissan without ghosn. the japanese carmaker‘s about to release its first set of earnings since its once all—powerfulformer chairman was arrested. and getting a head start — we'll find out how girl scouts is trying to boost the number of women in science and technoloy. and on the markets a big jump forjapan's nikkei 225 as the yen weakens versus the dollar and on optimism about trade talks between the us and china.