welcome to bbc news. i'm reged ahmad. this is bbc news, the headlines: our top stories: president trump says he's reached a deal with mexico the threat of tariffs is lifted — and will not impose tariffs over president trump says he's reached migrants and border security. a deal with mexico over migrants mexico says it agreed to take strong measures to stem the movement and border security. of migrants from central america through the country to the southern border with the us. the ultimate destination — nasa says it will open the international space station to a $30 million tourist adventure. nasa says it will open up the international space station for tourism and other business ventures. $35,000 a night and a month stay. as many as twelve private astronauts could visit each year. the private companies spacex and boeing will ferry the tourists ethiopia's prime minister calls into orbit, with a round— for unity and an end to violence in sudan after talks trip costing about $58 million. with protestors and the military, and the womens‘ the ethiopian prime minister world cup is underway, has called for a quick transition hosts france begin with four goal to democracy in sudan, win against south korea. after holding talks with both the country's military rulers and protest leaders. the demonstrators say they would accept mr ahmed as a mediator under certain conditions. negotiations between the two

sides have stalled. hello, and welcome. we begin with breaking news. the us president donald trump says the threat of tarrifs against mexico have been indefinitely suspended after the two countries reached a deal in the last hour. donald trump tweeted the announcement, saying that mexico had agreed to "take strong measures to stem the tide of migration through the country. " the us had been asking mexico to do more to stop central american migrants reaching its southern border. let's cross live to washington and our correspondent chris buckler. what can you tell us? given that the us was prepared to put in place these series of escalating tariffs against mexico on monday, this is a feel of an 11th hour agreement but actually they spent 12 hours in

negotiations today. mexico and the us trying to come up with a deal that would satisfy president trump's concerns and avoid the imposition of these towers on all mexican inputs. according to a tweet by president trump, he says they have agreed to ta ke trump, he says they have agreed to take strong measures to stem the tide of migration to the southern border of the united states and we know this has been the key issue. the foreign secretary for mexico is about to give some information at a news c0 nfe re nce about to give some information at a news conference but we are waiting for him and the state department to give information about the deal but what is going to be key and what people are going to be watching is what they have decided to do about asylum. there has been some push from the us to try and get mexico to look at issues, for example, giving the ride to central americans to clear their asylum in mexico before they reach america but they have to claim asylum in the first they reach and, alternatively, to wait for

hearings in mexico while they go through thejudicial hearings in mexico while they go through the judicial process in the us. we are waiting to find out exactly what mexico has given over the last few days we have seen mexico do all they can to try and avoid these tariffs. 0f mexico do all they can to try and avoid these tariffs. of course, a favourite weapon is different ta riffs favourite weapon is different tariffs and if they have increased the police and military presence on some of the roads used by groups of migrants coming from central american countries and trying to claim refuge in the us. they've also promised to deploy embers of the national guard to their southern border with what —— what are mahler guatemala. mexico must be pleased that they have perhaps have a state of execution? extremely relieved although they will also take a look

at that freeze used by donald trump in that tweet —— phrase, in which he says they have been indefinitely suspended which is a sign that could still use tariffs if he's not happy the outcome. he wants to see the numbers presenting themselves at the us border reduced and he is holding the threat of tariffs is something he could use again. mexicans were deeply concerned about this. it was also reflected on the stock market and the stock market. mexico was worried about what this would mean to their exports to one of the most important markets, the united states. it must be satisfied that the republican members of donald trump as my own party, who also had concerns that this could have caused problems for the us economy as well, andi problems for the us economy as well, and i think they will also be relieved. chris butler in

washington. thank you for keeping us up—to—date. we will hear more in the coming hours, no doubt. —— buckler. space tourism — once a distant dream for many — will become a reality from next year according to nasa. but anyone hoping to visit the international space station will need plenty of money to spare — a round trip costing about $58 million. earlier, nasa announced it will open up the iss for tourism and private business ventures. but numbers will be limited. we are enabling private astronaut missions to the international space station. nasa will support up to two short duration private astronaut missions per year to the international space station, beginning as early as 2020. these missions will be privately funded, dedicated commercial space flights allowing approved commercial activities to be conducted on board the station. retired colonel terry virts is a former international space station commander and he's in houston texas.

thank you for your time. are we seeing the privatisation of space?” think one of your former prime minister said it best, think one of your former prime ministersaid it best, mr think one of your former prime minister said it best, mr churchill, when he said the end of the beginning, the beginning was the government phase and i think we're leaving that phase and moving into the commercial phase. how will this benefit nasa? in one way, there will benefit nasa? in one way, there will be money. in another way it will expand the utilisation of the space station and it is not only nasa, there are other partners involved, it is international. america, europe, japan it is international. america, europe,japan and it is international. america, europe, japan and canada, this is kind of adding another partner. it is kind of what we had already but just with one more. on the flipside, could we see the beginning of

private priorities being pushed ahead of sort of the public good. pharmaceutical companies looking to make profit? in both of my missions idid make profit? in both of my missions i did science sponsored by pharmaceutical companies and i would argue we are working on new vaccines andi argue we are working on new vaccines and i would argue that was for the public good. if pharmaceutical companies get better drugs, hopefully they make profits so they can keep on making more drugs. this is just can keep on making more drugs. this isjust a can keep on making more drugs. this is just a way of doing what we have been doing in the past. there has a lwa ys been doing in the past. there has always been an ability to go through this organisation by public companies. now we're expanding that. nasa has also put a pricetag and given ana nasa has also put a pricetag and given an a la carte menu to companies, universities and individuals. donald trump has talked about privatising their international space station fully. is that a reality? fully is roughly

$3 billion a year and that is it just nasa's contribution, it is many billions of dollars a year and company is going to have to come up with a pretty good business plan to come up with that. they will always be some level of government subsidy when it comes to the international space station. companies like acxiom and bigelow space have potentially different space stations but the international space station iss will a lwa ys international space station iss will always require government funding, in my humble opinion. thank you for your time. the ethiopian prime minister, abee ahmed, has called for ‘unity‘ in sudan and a ‘quick‘ transition to democracy. mr ahmed has been trying to mediate between the military council and pro—democracy groups, after dozens of protestors

were killed earlier this week. we have been meeting the relatives of one of those killed. it's the kind of grief that can be understood anywhere in the world. why my beautiful son? i want him to have kids and get married, and he had his life. mohammed celebrated his 26th birthday hours before he was killed protesting for democracy. family and friends continue to mourn a man they say was a natural leader. mohammed was studying engineering at brunel university in london. he recently came back home for his sister's wedding, and joined the sit—in against military rule. this is thought to be the last footage of him. i told him today maybe they are going to do bad things.

he said, he know, and he has to do his work. mohammed is from an influential family, but that did not save him. this conflict has touched people from all walks of life. ethiopian‘s prime minister has spent the day trying to mediate after security forces killed more than a hundred protesters and talks collapsed. activists insist they will only negotiate once there is justice for the victims. friday prayers at the mosque in khartoum. this is another community that has been attacked. people have set up barricades all over this neighbourhood to protect themselves from government militia. they say a few days ago one person was killed outside a bakeryjust down the road, another in front of the local mosque. they're sceptical about whether negotiations with the military can work out.

translation: the only way to have successful talks is by publishing who committed these crimes, and we think the only ones responsible for the crimes are the military council. so, do you think there's a chance that you can negotiate with the military council? translation: there is no chance for negotiation with the army, because they're not honest or serious. they have lied and been manipulative from the start. there is little comfort to be found in sudan at the moment. this is a nation still in shock, and unsure what comes next. catherine byaru hanga, bbc news, khartoum. here in the uk, theresa may has formally resigned as leader of the governing conservative party, but will remain prime minister until her successor is chosen. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley says the process will take several weeks.

theresa may has now to exert any authority, really, over her party for months now. the big issue in the uk, brexit, was one she could not get a uk, brexit, was one she could not geta grip uk, brexit, was one she could not get a grip on not get enough of a party to support her and that has laid to what has happened today. she has finally officially said she is no longer leaderfor has finally officially said she is no longer leader for conservative party. she is going to stay in downing street for a few weeks yet. the race to replace has officially begun now. we'll find out exactly who the candidates are on monday. there are about 11 so far, a couple who may or may not declare on the weekend. tory mps in the house of commons will now whittle that risk down to two as quickly as they can and then at the vote goes to conservative members across the uk. probablyjuly is when we will know the next prime minister is going to be an theresa may lease. the issue

at the heart of her time at the top, brexit, she has failed by her own admission and has not managed to do what she intended and she lives without achieving a withdrawal agreement. i think you will see, over the next few weeks, her trying perhaps trying in failure, but trying hard to come up with some sort of domestic legacy. i think you will see a few announcements over the next few weeks on things like the next few weeks on things like the environment, on women in work, on knife crime in the uk dash which isa on knife crime in the uk dash which is a pretty big topic at the moment that to see her trying to come up with something which she could be remembered by apart from brexit. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: the women's world cup kicks off with a win for the french hosts — we'll have the latest from paris.

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this is bbc news, the latest headlines: president trump says he's reached a deal with mexico and will not impose a tariff over migrants and border security. nasa has said it will allow tourists to visit the international space station. the announcement is part of a plan to open up the space station for commercial activity. four young men, aged between 15 and 18, have been arrested on suspicion of robbery and aggravated grievous bodily harm. it follows an attack on two women on a london night bus. the assault on melania geymonat and her girlfriend chris took place as they were travelling in the early hours. the attackers asked the couple to kiss while making sexual gestures. here's the bbc‘s lgbt correspondent, ben hunte. covered in blood on a london bus. after holding hands, a group of men

asked the couple to kiss and began harassing them. they got up out of their seats and walked over to where we we re their seats and walked over to where we were and started very aggressively harassing us. after asking the man to stop they were left with black eyes, a cracked jaw and a suspected broken nose. left with black eyes, a cracked jaw and a suspected broken noselj left with black eyes, a cracked jaw and a suspected broken nose. i don't know how we got from fighting on the top of the bus down to the lower deck, but in that timeframe, they took my phone, her bag, and they run off the bus. summer marks pride season off the bus. summer marks pride season across the world. in just a few weeks, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, as well as their allies, will be out celebrating one of the country's guest events, pride in london. these streets will be filled with proud lg bt streets will be filled with proud lgbt people streets will be filled with proud lg bt people celebrating streets will be filled with proud lgbt people celebrating their visibility. but just to lgbt people celebrating their visibility. butjust to this time last year, research found more than two—thirds of lg bt last year, research found more than two—thirds of lgbt people were too scared to hold their same—sex partner's and in public. this attack will serve as a reality check as to why more will serve as a reality check as to why more awareness will serve as a reality check as to why more awareness is needed today. we are hoping the government is

going to do more in terms of legislation. we want to have equal justice, so that when somebody is being sentenced for a crime against lg bt being sentenced for a crime against lgbt people, being sentenced for a crime against lg bt people, it being sentenced for a crime against lgbt people, it is the same as if it we re lgbt people, it is the same as if it were a crime based on racism against somebody because of their faith. chris and maloney are on some goods to come from this incident. chris and maloney are on some goods to come from this incidentlj chris and maloney are on some goods to come from this incident. i want people to take away that they should stand up for themselves and stand up for each other. but they say they won't be changing their behaviour because of it. this weekend in the us there is actually a march remembering the orlando attacks there. from washington we can now speak to sarah massey, who's communications director of the national lgbtq task force. sarah, thank you so much for your time. i wonder what the reaction has beenin time. i wonder what the reaction has been in the us to this attack. are people talking about it? yeah, absolutely. my social media, it was everywhere. and it causes fear. we are about to have pride right here

in washington, dc tomorrow. 0ur biggest parade, 150,000 people are coming. yet on everyone's mind, how does this happen? how do people get abused just for being themselves, for being violently attacked. we are not ok with that. what is happening in the us, in terms of homophobic attacks. is the situation getting worse? we are seeing a general uptick. and i have to say that the bigotry and the violence that we are experiencing, i think it starts at the top. when you have people in the white house who would ban trans people from the military, would take away our rights in terms of healthcare, would try to take our rights away when we are accessing housing, you really have to stop and wonder, you know, is that the moral leadership that we want? no, i don't think it is. so we are experiencing an uptick and we are actually having an uptick and we are actually having an epidemic when it comes to trans—

lives, and black trans— lives specifically. some of the research suggests that the increase has happened in the past three years, before the current president took office. could there also be other reasons behind the increase, more reporting, or poor policing?|j reasons behind the increase, more reporting, or poor policing? i think it is all beatings, right? we definitely need lg btq it is all beatings, right? we definitely need lgbtq liaison is in the police department. —— all the things, right?. we also need them to be racially just things, right?. we also need them to be raciallyjust as well, we cannot separate those things. not every state in this country has legal discrimination laws. so it depends where you live in the united states. you could be fired for being lgbtq. you could be fired for being lgbtq. you could be unable to access housing. discrimination is still real, and still exists. i hear what you are saying about not aligning it with just one person, you are saying about not aligning it withjust one person, because it is an epidemic on all proportions, but you really need to look out, when

this person gets this type of coverage, and he is allowed to say hateful, terrible things, how does that impact us. i think it is really scary, and it is not who we want to be. on the flipside, what strikes me, is there is this dichotomy. there is now an increased celebration of different sexual identity. gay marriage is now legal. there is a real push for people to 110w there is a real push for people to now become visible. there is a positive element. but how is that also led to people feeling like perhaps they do not want to be more visible in terms of who they are, because of this increase in crime? you know, iwould because of this increase in crime? you know, i would hate to think that. i think the positive movement is the stronger one. look at all the corporations embracing pride by putting rainbows on their products, television, media, ourtelevision shows, our movies, representing us. we are seeing this forward momentum. i think every time the culture

shifts there is going to be pushed back. that's what we are experiencing right now. i think here in the us, progress will win out. i think we want to be a culture that accepts everybody. we are incredibly diverse and we want everybody to be used. sarah, thank you so much for your time. thanks for having me. the women's football world cup has kicked off in france, with the hosts beating south korea in the opening match. in a sold—out stadium in paris, france won 4—0. the french team, les bleus, are tournament favourites and have won 1a of their last 15 games. the tournament lasts a month, with 2a teams taking part. more than a million tickets have been sold so far. 0ur correspondent sarah mulkerrins is in paris, and just before she went to watch the match, she sent us this assessment of the competition. this women's world cup being held here in france is being billed as the biggest and best one yet. it's the eighth edition of this tournament, the first was held

in china back in 1991, and we've really seen a phenomenal amount of change in the women's game since then. that's been a real talking point in the lead—up to this tournament. back in 1991 when the usa won that edition, that women's team arrived back as champions in the united states, and arrived back to three people in the airport to greet them. when you look at france and the pressure and the coverage the hosts have had coming into this tournament, it's worlds away. but there is still plenty more to do in the women's game in terms of true equality between the man's game and the women's game. the differences in prize money has been a big talking point in the lead—up to france 2019. just consider that the women's total prize fund for this event is $30 million us, and the prize fund for the next men's world cup is $400 million. the winning team here would get $4 million, the men's team will get $38 million. the discrepancy is still really large between them. we have had here in france the first—ever women's football convention,

which fifa hosted, where they have been outlining strategies to get more women into the game, get more women into the boardrooms, and get more results on the pitch. also, increasing the commercialisation of the women's game. i think if they can really capture the imagination of the global audience with this world cup in france, that will certainly help to spur those developments. the four teams in group b play their opening games today. germany takes on china in rennes, and spain will meet south africa at the stade 0ceane in le havre. this is our guide to the four teams in group b.

translation: i think many people forget we are the reigning 0lympic champions, and still second in the world rankings. we felt like we were stuck in a whole year and a half ago, but we've managed to get out of that now. a lot of people will be watching us at the world cup and seeing how we compete. but i think we shouldn't put too much pressure on ourselves. it is the first time we are going to compete against the world's just players under the world's best teams. we just need to go out and put on our performances and make our

country proud. and our breaking news this hour, president trump says mexico and the us have reached an agreement is aimed at stopping the surgeon migrants trying to cross the joint border. we have been seeing a number of lines coming out, details of the agreement. a lot of that is still to be reported. but we are hearing from the mexican foreign minister, a deployment of the national guard will give priority to the southern border. also, the migration deal will encourage mexico to provide job opportunities to people waiting for the conclusion of the us asylum process. both of those points on reuters from the mexican ambassador

and the mexican foreign minister. we will continue to cover period here on bbc news. stay with us. hello there. the atmosphere on friday was in an extremely lively mood. a lot of rain for some of us, thunder and lightning, and even reports of one or two funnel clouds. these pictures came from somerset. this certainly looks like a funnel cloud. a funnel cloud is very similar to a tornado, itjust doesn't touch the ground. this is the radar picture from friday evening. showers and thunderstorms developed across the west country, south—east wales, drifted up into the midlands. still some hefty showers around through the first part of saturday morning. the thunder and lightning risk much lower at this stage. 0utbrea ks of persistent rain drifting into southern scotland, northern ireland, certainly affecting northern england and there's some very windy weather down towards the south. it all comes courtesy of this, an area of low pressure, only slowly drifting north through the day ahead. it will bring some unseasonably windy weather and some outbreaks of rain at times.

the rain is likely to be sitting across the south and east of scotland, into northern england, wales, the midlands, east anglia, nudging to the south—east. really, the spiral of rain sits in the same place throughout the day. elsewhere we see some spells of sunshine but also showers breaking out, and those winds will be brisk indeed, especially for southern and eastern parts of england, which could see gusts of a0 or 50 miles an hour, which could well have an impact on some outdoor events. those temperatures really disappointing. 1a in newcastle, maybe 17 in cardiff. the weather will start to come down during saturday night. that area of low pressure finally spins away to the north—east, taking much of the rain with it. clear spells, it's going to be a bit chilly in one or two places, and as the winds fall lighter, i would not be surprised to see the odd mist and fog patch here and there sunday morning. sunday's weather still dominated by dutch low pressure, but it's moving away. not as many lines on the chart, not as many isobars. a of sunshine and showers. the show is most plentiful across northern ireland and scotland.

fringes of western england and northern wales. eastern england should not see too many showers, it was a largely dry with some sunshine, and those winds will be noticeably lighter especially in southern areas. it will feel a bit warmer, 15 in belfast, 19 in london. but the week ahead looks very unsettled. outbreaks of rain at times. it will often be quite windy, and for a while at least it 00:28:39,824 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 will feel very cool indeed.