welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: the threat of tariffs is lifted. president trump says he's reached a deal with mexico over migrants and border security. the ultimate destination — a month's stay at the international space station for $35,000 a night. ethiopia's prime minister calls for unity and an end to violence in sudan after talks with protestors and the military. and the womens‘ world cup is under way, hosts france begin with a four goal win against south korea.

president trump says the threat of tariffs against mexico has been "indefinitely suspended" after the two countries reached a deal. the us had been asking mexico to do more to stop migrants from central america reaching its southern border. 0ur correspondent in washington, chris buckler, explains. in recent days we have seen mexico do its best to crack down on those roads that migrants were using to move from central america through mexico to the united states. now we

have seen a key concession from mexico, something it has agreed to that had been fighting. it says it will now allow people who have been claiming asylum in the united states to be returned to mexico while they wait for that case to be heard. and thatis wait for that case to be heard. and that is a key concession which president trump has been looking for in these talks. he returned from europe to washington ahead of the announcement that a deal had been done, and it is clear that he is pleased to get this finally done. in a tweet he said that they had agreed to ta ke a tweet he said that they had agreed to take strong measures to stem the tide of migration through mexico until america's southern border, and he said as a result these tariffs which were due to come into place on monday that would have been 5% on all goods imported from mexico have been suspended indefinitely. and it is worth remembering just the impact that could have had on mexico's economy, certainly the mexican government were worried and that is why they came to the negotiating table here in washington. this has just happened in the last couple of

hours, but are we getting early reaction from republicans, from businesses to this agreement? yeah, i think there is relief all round. some republicans inside congress, members of donald trump is my own party had been concerned about the potential impact on the us economy as well as mexico's, because ultimately tariffs are paid for by american companies and consumers when they are put on imports. an mexico of course had been very concerned. we have been hearing these positive words over the last 24 these positive words over the last 2a hours, particularly from mexico's president in which he was saying time and time again that they wanted to come to a conclusion, they wanted to come to a conclusion, they wanted to keep a friendly relationship with america, and certainly all the talk around these negotiations has been to try and bring the united states on board and to show that mexico has been trying to address these problems. at the same time there is also something in here that is as

far as president trump is concerned they will continue talking for the next 90 days, and that they will address things again if they don't feel the action has had enough movement to address the real problems at the borders between these countries. at the same time, this is certainly a breakthrough and i think mexico are going to be very pleased, despite those ominous words inside that statement from president trump in which he said the tariffs had been indefinitely suspended, that means there is still the threat of them in the future if he is not happy with the outcome. the ethiopian prime minister, abiy 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. catherine byaruhanga has 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. ethiopia'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. let's get some of the day's other news. more than four million venezuelans have now left the country as the political and economic crisis continues. the un says the pace of people fleeing has skyrocketed since the end of 2015. venezuela's imploding economy has meant shortages of basic supplies, such as food and medicines. three people have been killed after their boat capsized off the west coast of france, during storm miguel. they were part of a crew of seven who had gone to the aid of another boat which had got into difficulty. 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 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 were and started very aggressively harassing us. after asking the men to stop they were 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 ran off the bus. summer marks pride season across the world. in just a few weeks, lesbian, gay,

bisexual and tra nsgender people, as well as their allies, will be out celebrating one of the country's biggest events, pride in london. these streets will be filled with proud lgbt people celebrating their visibility. but just this time last year, research found more than two—thirds of lgbt people were too scared to hold their same—sex partner's hand in public. this attack 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 equaljustice, so that when somebody is being sentenced for a crime against lg bt people, it is the same as if it were a crime based on racism, or against somebody because of their faith. chris and melania want some good 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.

space term was become a reality from next year according to nasa, but people will need money to spare, with space tourism to begin next year. we are enabling private space tourism to the international space station. to private trips per year to the international space station beginning in 2020. these missions will be privately funded dedicated commercial spaceflights allowing approved commercial activities to be conducted on board the station. 0scar winning 0livia colman has been made a cbe in the queen's birthday honours. but the majority of the awards have gone to people who are making a difference in their communities across the world. here's our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba. an academy award winner for the film the favourite,

0livia colman says she is totally thrilled to have been made a commander of the order of the british empire, for services to drama. now is the winter of our discontent... also being recognised is simon russell beale, who said it was a very great honour to receive a knighthood. in the world of music, alfie bowe becomes an 0be for services to music and charity. while the grammy and brit nominated performer mia becomes an mbe. in the world of sport, golfing champion georgia hall has been made an mbe, as have the scottish women's team head coach shelley kerr and the wales women's team managerjane ludlow. but of course the majority of the honours have gone to people who are not in the public eye,

for their work in communities across the country. people like nimco ali, who has been made an 0be for her work campaigning against female genital mutilation. i spoke up because i was hurt that 20 years after i was subjected to fgm, girls in the uk were still at risk, and now we have a decade between now and 2030 to make sure that we save the most vulnerable girls on the planet. 15 foster carers have been given mbes, including gordon and brenda potter. they have looked after hundreds of children. something we have enjoyed doing for so long has actually won us this award. i would hate never to have done it, i am very proud of the award, but i am glad i have done it. and liverpool street cleaner tommy mcardle has been given a british empire medal for services to the community. his reaction? wow! laughs. i didn't believe it at first, i thought the people

in there was winding me up. it doesn't happen to the likes of me doing this and that. he is just one of the hundreds being recognised for the work they do, that benefits are so many others. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the women's world cup kicks off with a win for the french hosts. we will have the latest from paris. the day the british liberated the falklands. and by tonight, british troops had begun the task of overcoming the enemy. in the heart of the german capital, this was gorby—mania at its height. the crowd packed to see the man

who has raised great hopes for an end to the division of europe. michaeljackson was not guilty on all charges. the screams of the crowd, a testament to his popularity and their faith in his innocence. as long as they'll pay to go and see me, i'll get out there and kick 'em downhill. what was it like to be the first man to cross the channel a car? it's pretty neat. it feel marvellous, really. this is bbc world 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. let's stay with that story now. i've been speaking to phil levy, senior fellow at the chicago council on global affairs and a former trade

adviser to george w bush. he gave his reaction to the agreement. first, it is a very good thing that the united states is not going to try to apply tariffs on monday. it is hard to know all the details because we have mostly seen tweets coming from each side. it is pretty clear that this did not solve the problem that the president initially identified, he started with illegal immigration and moved on to drugs but it looks like he backed down. this seems to be some substance. the deployment of the national guard to the southern border programme to send asylum seekers are back to mexico. something has been extracted here. that's right and it is hard to know how significant and how much, for example, the mexican national guards movement was already

in the works. but there are some moves. mexico was trying to address this problem anyways. the president faced a lot of opposition, both from members of his party in the senate, from business community, it looked like the plan may not have been feasible. it is nice that mexico helped out. is this deal a donald trump win because to his base, to which he is often directing his comments to, he has extracted something, he has potentially held mexico to ransom over tariffs and he has got something out of it. he will absolutely claim it as a win and it depends what your standard is. if that is all one requires then they will be satisfied with this. i doubt we will get much substantive of change and worth keeping in mind this will do damage to trade

relations between the countries. the new deal was supposed to bring certainty to the relationship, to investors and this undermines it. note that the president did not say this done once and for all, he said he was indefinitely suspending the tariffs. the deal you are referring to is the replacement to nafta. what about the relationship between the two countries? the us had threatened mexico with nafta killing. mexico had complied and struck initially i bilateral deal with the us and canada. it was at the very moment that the white house was trying to push through, all three countries the president decided to attack again with these tariffs, that has to be at least unsettling. the organisation for security and cooperation in europe has expressed concern over

the arrest in russia, of a journalist who specialises in investigating corruption. the russian authorities say they detained ivan golunov afterfinding drugs in a backpack he was carrying, and also at his apartment. gareth barlow reports. ivan golunov has repeatedly exposed corruption among moscow's political and professional elite. 0n corruption among moscow's political and professional elite. on thursday he was arrested. russian police accused the investigative journalist of being involved in large—scale drug dealing but his employer says the charges are false. translation: the police are trying to frame him on drugs charges. if he manages to avoid criminal punishment, this will stay with him forever. it is not only an attempt to do him physical harm, to ruin his reputation. in recent yea rs, harm, to ruin his reputation. in recent years, activists have been

detained on apparently fabricated drugs charges, some seen as preventing them from working. some say the arrest proved investigations we re say the arrest proved investigations were having an impact. translation: the detention is of a full confession. the same through this, yes, because of advanced articles we have lost billions. yes, we are angry. that is what detention means. now authorities seem to be walking back on the case against ivan golunov stock pictures have been withdrawn and police admitting most of the images were not taken at ivan golunov mahmoud abbas home. while the case is far from close, golunov mahmoud abbas home. while the case is farfrom close, in russia from the authorities and the people investigating, there is surely a sense of business as usual. a new report by a conservation group says yellowfin tuna stocks

in the indian ocean are on the verge of collapse. the blue marine foundation blames overfishing by european fleets and is urging consumers to avoid buying fresh or frozen yellowfin tuna. today is world 0ceans day, one of the focusses is sustainable fishing but the main theme for 2019 is fighting plastic pollution. i've been speaking to luiz rocha from the california academy of sciences. he explained why there is no ban on fishing yellow fin tuna yet. it is very hard. first of all, the stocks assessment differs from the conservation assessment. those are two different things and scientists from different fields can look at the same data and come to different conclusions. fish biologists might say, yes, the stock has declined a lot but it is stable and it is not going to decline any more. whereas a conservation biologist might say, it has declined a lot and we need to stop fishing.

that is the first disagreement, and that disagreement, and that disagreement causes the managing agencies not to completely ban the fishing of it. it sounds like there is a lot of work to do yet in that area. absolutely. but it is world 0ceans day, so but it is world 0ceans day, so we're looking at lots of different threats to the ocean. plastic is one of them, but what would you say is the biggest threat to the world's oceans. i think today the biggest threat to the world's ocea ns threat to the world's oceansis threat to the world's oceans is climate, climate change. the climate crisis, rising temperatures, they are really wrecking several ocean ecosystems, several ocean ecosystems, especially coral reefs. and what can be done about it? are we seeing any change at all? globally, sadly, we're not seeing any change. i think everybody is more conscious of it, everybody‘s trying to do their part. so we are trying to decrease our plastic consumption, we are trying to decrease our carbon footprint,

but this situation is so bad that if we do not have global change very soon, it is going to be very bad for several ecosystems in the ocean. we hear a lot about the climate emergency, after we saw those protests happening around the world. very briefly, what is the one thing that needs to happen right now in order to help save the world's oceans? i think it is policy change. that is the one thing that needs to happen. ijust came that needs to happen. i just came back from french polynesia. i was diving in reefs that i thought would not be touched by humans, or away from lots of different impacts, and they were bleaching. it was not the locals' fault. it was not the locals' fault. it was not what they were doing. it was not what they were doing. it was not because of the temperature in the ocean was changing. entire ocean is changing and to reverse that we need global action, global policy change. the women's football world cup has

kicked off in france — with the hosts beating south korea 4—0 in the opening match. the french team, les bleus, are tournament favourites and have won 14 of their last 15 games. 2a teams are taking part in the month—long tournament. french supporters were out in force on the streets of paris ahead of the kick—off. many expresssed the hope that the women's team can repeat the success of their male counterparts. 0ur correspondent sarah mulkerrins is in paris. 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. all the coverage for the women's world cup here on bbc. when construction began on the sagrada familia cathedral in barcelona 137 years ago, it seems there was one thing the architect forgot — planning permission. but now, that's finally been put right — after the city's authorities awarded a building permit. the lack of the document was only discovered three years ago. the committee charged with completing the iconic gaudi—designed construction will have to payjust over five million dollars for the right to carry on. incredible pictures. don't forget

all of those are details on the top story on our website, the deal over migration struck between the us and mexico which means the tariffs threatened by donald trump will not go ahead. 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 day of sunshine and showers. the showers 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 will feel very cool indeed.

this is bbc news, the headlines: president trump says he's reached a deal with mexico and will not impose tariffs over migrants and border security. mexico says it agreed to take strong measures to stop the movement of migrants from central america to the southern border with the us. nasa says it will open up the international space station for tourism and other business ventures. as many as twelve private astronauts could visit each year. the companies spacex and boeing will ferry the tourists into orbit, with a round trip costing about $58 million. the ethiopian prime minister has called for a quick transition to democracy in sudan, 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.