i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: after the death of a father and his daughter on the us—mexico border, president trump blames the migrant crisis on the democrats. they want to have open borders, and open orders mean crime, and open borders mean people drowning in the rivers. and candidates to be the democrats‘ nominee for president go head—to—head in the first tv debate. i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme: indonesia's constitutional court is due to rule on last month's general election, with the defeated contender refusing to accept the result. and we speak to the dalai lama,

60 years after he fled chinese forces in tibet. he had this to say about president trump. one day he says something, another day he says something. but i think... good morning. it is 7:00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 6:00pm in texas, at the mexican border, where a tragic photograph is sparking major controversy about us migrant policy. the image shows a man and his young daughter, drowned after trying to cross into the us. president trump said he hated seeing the image, but blamed the opposition for obstructing his border policies. recently, the number of mexicans crossing the border has fallen, while increasing numbers from guatemala, honduras and el salvador are

making the journey. our correspondent orla guerin has been to el salvador, and a warning — her report does contain that photograph of the dead father and child. searching the muddy waters of the rio grande, where hidden currents can so quickly claim lives. many migrant deaths pass unnoticed or ignored. not this time, because of a single stark image with the power to shock the world. a father and baby daughter from el salvador, oscar and valeria ramirez, her tiny arm around his neck. we met oscar's grieving mother, rosa, at the family home in san salvador.

she said they were poor in material things, but rich in love. oscar sent her a photo when they reached mexico, father and daughter together in life, as in death. valeria's first word was "papa." she would have been two next month. when they left, rosa was filled with dread. translation: as a mother, you get a feeling. i cried a lot when we said goodbye, because in my heart, i felt it was going to be the last time i would hug him. i told him i loved him very much, and to take care of himself. he told me the same. he said he wanted to help the whole family, and that, god willing, he would make it. and the last text he sent me

was on saturday morning. he said he loved me very much, and that was the last message before he passed away. a day later he perished, with his daughter. his wife, tania, saw it all. rosa is begging others not to go, as she begged her son. translation: my message is don't follow the dream that ends in death. i know everything is hard here, but life is valuable. stay in your country and fight. but many are desperate to get away from no—go neighbourhoods like oscar's, where gangs are in control. the community here has been deeply affected by this tragedy. will it stop others trying to make the same riskyjourney? probably not. many young salvadorans feel that reaching the united states

is their only hope of finding a decentjob and a better life. countless numbers from across central america are willing to risk death for that new life. president trump has tried hard to stem the flow, backed by plenty of his countrymen. the president says open borders mean drownings. he is blaming the democrats, and gave this reaction to the photo of oscar and his daughter. i hate it, and i know it could stop immediately if the democrats change the law. they have to change the laws. and then that father, who probably was this wonderful guy, with his daughter, things like that wouldn't happen, because that journey across that river — thatjourney across that river is a very dangerous journey. it was a journey oscar ramirez could not complete. he was just 25, but a dedicated family man who doted

on his daughter. his mother told us she is very proud of her only son, and says this photo shows he fought for his child until his last breath. orla guerin, bbc news, san salvador. i will be speaking to the us director of human rights watch, who has been to see the conditions in the migrant detention centres. that is in just a few minutes. let's take a look at some of the day's other news: the first of two big debates between all 20 democrat us presidential hopefuls begins in miami in a few hours. half the candidates are debating on wednesday, followed by the other half on thursday. millions of voters are expected to tune in. jane o'brien is in miami for us. hi there. hello. it is very, very hot here, but not as hot as the hot

seat at the candidates will be taking later on this evening, and they are really starting to read things up here. we have campaigners, supporters coming out in force, police barricades are up —— rev things up. and people are telling me that they are here to listen, even though these candidates have only got 60 seconds to make their pitch, they want to hear about policy. they wa nt to they want to hear about policy. they want to hear about immigration, education, healthcare, want to hear about immigration, education, healthca re, and want to hear about immigration, education, healthcare, and some supporters of a candidate who is not yet a household name say that they wa nt to yet a household name say that they want to stop wars. they don't like the fact that donald trump is in their view undermining the world order and destabilising a lot of international relationships that america has at the moment. so there isa america has at the moment. so there is a huge, huge range of issues, and we will probably get to hear an

awful lot of them tonight. the front runner is elizabeth warren, she is the only candidate to pole double digits. she has a lot of policies that she has been rolling out over the last month or so. she has got to get those all down into that 60 seconds lot, so that is her biggest challenge, and to try and maintain momentum when she goes head—to—head with the other frontrunners tomorrow night at later debates. thank you very much indeed. let's take a look at other stories in the news: in hong kong, thousands of people joined an evening rally on wednesday. protesters had earlier petitioned the consulates of g20 nations ahead of the summit injapan. the protesters are trying to build international opposition to the legislative council's controversial extradition bill. they are hoping to make hong kong a key point of discussion when world leaders meet in osaka on friday. dozens of schools will be closed in parts of france on thursday, with temperatures forecast to soar above a0 degrees celsius. large parts of europe are sweltering in a scorching early—summer heatwave. the elderly and very young are being advised to take extra precautions in the harsh heat.

italy says it will not allow any migrants to disembark a german rescue boat sitting off the coast of lampedusa, an italian island. sea—watch 3 is carrying 42 migrants, including women and children, it rescued in the mediterranean two weeks ago. despite the risk of heavy fines, the ship's captain says she had to head to italy because the migrants are exhausted. french authorities say they have no grounds to believe the fire which wrecked notre—dame cathedral was the result of criminal action. however, they said a cigarette end or an electricalfault could be to blame. the fire gutted the cathedral roof in april, although firefighters managed to save the main bell towers and outer walls from collapse. in just a few hours' time, leaders from around the world will begin to arrive in the japanese city of osaka for this year's

g20 summit. japan has set an ambitious agenda for the coming days. but what is actually being discussed on the sidelines, and will the ongoing us—china trade spat overshadow the event? i've been speaking to matthew p goodman, who helped former president obama prep for g20 summits. he is now senior vice president at the center for strategic and international studies, and hejoined me from tokyo. i asked him what is going to be discussed, both at the meeting and on the sidelines of it. well, i think this could be one of the most consequential g20 summits in several years, both for what's going to happen on the sidelines, as you mentioned, and also in the room, because there is an important agenda of global growth and trade and so forth. so i think it is going to be a challenging meeting for the us organisers, for the japanese organisers, for the japanese organisers, and the us participants, and soi

organisers, and the us participants, and so i don't envy them. how do you prepare president obama for a g20 summit, compared to a president trump? oryou summit, compared to a president trump? or you don't? well, i mean, he'll get the same briefings about what the agenda is, and again it's going to centre largely on global growth. trade is going to be an issue, and i'm sure president trump issue, and i'm sure president trump is going to have a view about that, and whether he's going to agree to the language that seems be emerging here about trade being an important source of growth, and the importance of fixing the world trade organisation. that's going to be something that i'm sure he's going to question his staff about, and it's still uncertain whether he'll ultimately sign up on that. —— sign off on that. but mr goodman, president trump is very unpredictable, and he likes surprised, and he likes to make headlines. that's right, and he doesn't like these multilateral meetings. he gets impatient and

doesn't really want to sit through hours of long conversations about these things. so i think there is definitely a possibility of an unpredictable outcome here. security has been increased in the indonesian capital of jakarta. the country's constitutional court is preparing to rule on a heavily disputed election result. at least nine people were killed during clashes with police after the initial result in may. back then, the incumbent president, joko widodo, was declared the winner. but there have been allegations of vote—rigging from the opposition. so why has the election been so contentious? rebecca henschke is the bbc world service's asia editor. when the election results were announced, we when the election results were announced , we saw when the election results were announced, we saw peaceful demonstrations against the victory of presidentjoko widodo turned violent as the day went on, and we saw rioters clashing with police, leading to those deaths. it really was the worst political violence in ja ka rta was the worst political violence in jakarta and even indonesia has seen for years. so islamist groups, who

support prabowo subianto, who has taken this challenge to the constitutional court, are vowing to demonstrate again today. and police are very much watching this situation, because if the verdict goes against what they want, they could be the potentialfor goes against what they want, they could be the potential for more violence from those demonstrators. and do we know when the court will reveal its decision? in the coming hours, the court is expected to start reading that decision. the length of that is something we can't predict. it could go on for hours, if they go into detail, or it could be fairly quick. i mean, prabowo subianto is saying that the court should annul the victory, make him the president, because there was this vote rigging. but a lot of the evidence that he is presented, that we have been speaking with legal experts, is very weak. so most people are expecting that it will be thrown out by the constitutional court. as we've heard from

independent election monitors that this was a very free and fair election here in indonesia. a huge democratic exercise, that was carried out quite successfully. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we ask the dalai lama, the exiled leader of tibet, whether he thinks his successor could ever be a woman. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade centre armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a rightful claim in certain parts of this country as ourland. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner." chapman, prison—pale and slightly chubby, said not a single word in open court.

it was left to his lawyer to explain his decision to plead guilty to murdering john lennon. he believes that onjune 8, god told him to plead guilty and that was the end of it. the medical research council have now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco. it was closing time for checkpoint charlie, which, for 29 years, has stood on the border as a mark of allied determination to defend the city. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm ben bland in london. our top stories: discussions continue in the us congress to try to secure emergency aid to ease the migrant crisis on the border with mexico. the first debate between the rival contenders for the democratic party's presidential nomination next year gets under way in

miami in a few hours let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. let's begin with the japan times. at friday's g20 summit in osaka they speculate the main meeting will be overshadowed by one—on—one talks between world leaders that will influence key issues. the front page of hong kong's south china morning post is again focusing on the extradition bill. during a new wave of demonstrations, a senior police source says the intensity of the public backlash against them meant they had to pull out of their posts, and added that maintaining police morale is essential. and finally let's look at the straits times, published here in singapore. what you see here are crabs, but they're grown in a laboratory. it's a sustainable solution to allow singaporeans to continue

to enjoy their favourite crab dishes, now, what stories are sparking discussions online? yes, let's looks at what is trending right now. what do you think beat toy story 4 at the chinese box office this weekend? well, bizarrely, it was a japanese animated film from 18 years ago. spirited away made more than twice what buzz lightyear and his friends did. many chinese viewers grew up with pirated copies of the film, which came out in 2001 — but this weekend was the first time it had a cinema release. let's get more now on our top story, the outcry over the image of a father and his daughter who drowned while trying to cross from mexico into the us, and the political row over

immigration. nicole austin—hillery is the us director of humans right watch, who was part of a group of people to visit the clint detention centre in texas, where hundreds of children are being held. shejoins us from our studios in washington. it is very good to have you with us, nicole. explained to us what it was you saw on that visit and the exa m ples of you saw on that visit and the examples of the conditions there.|j saw frightened children, to put it blu ntly, saw frightened children, to put it bluntly, on a daily basis. i was there for several days, i saw children in tears almost consistently. these children were filthy, they were wearing the same clothing that they had been wearing when they crossed into the us. several of them had not been bathed, oi’ several of them had not been bathed, or if they had been they had only been bathed on one occasion. i asked them if they were given clean clothing, and i was told no. i had

to put back on the same clothes i w0 re to put back on the same clothes i wore when i crossed into the us. these children were very tired and worn, they looked like they weren't getting adequate sleep. i saw matted hair, children who were evidently hungry, and when i asked they explained that they only got to eat minimally because they were served every day the same meal. oatmeal in the morning for breakfast, some type of ramen noodles for lunch, and some type of burritos for dinner. i asked if they were given fruit and vegeta bles if they were given fruit and vegetables and i was told no, and that included nursing mothers, some of whom were teen mothers who were in the same facility who were not given the proper nutrition. in the same facility who were not given the proper nutritionm sounds like some of the things you witnessed are utterly heartbreaking. ijust wonder what witnessed are utterly heartbreaking. i just wonder what you think is the immediate way to lift some of the suffering that these people are going through, because reaching a political solution won't happen quickly, necessarily, what can be

donein quickly, necessarily, what can be done in the meantime trying to alleviate what they are going through? right now, the officers and agents at these facilities can start treating individuals more humanely. there is no explanation for why these children cannot bathe regularly. there is no explanation for why they can't brush their teeth regularly. we are talking about providing disposable toothbrushes that cost hardly any amount of money. the children told me that when they are giving an opportunity to shower they are told they have to do so within a total of three minutes. to me, that is akin to what one might experience when they are criminally detained. it is not what you do to children who just need to bathe themselves. some children told me they weren't sleeping on cots, we can get them cots and blankets. the people who have dominion and control over these children and make changes

immediately to make it more humane. this picture that has caused so much shock, do you think it is going to change american public opinion, or do you think that anger quickly dissipates and people forget? gosh, i hope so. no—one wants to see a father and their child laying dead ina father and their child laying dead in a body of water. that is atrocious and inhumane. nobody wants to see that. i am hoping the american public stays focused on these issues. tonight, the democrats, who are vying for the democratic nomination, they are having debates today and tomorrow. i hope they will make efforts to keep this in the public domain. when we look at polls we see the majority of citizens want to see the system work better. people are up in arms, they are going to put pressure on congress to do something.

the dalai lama has told the bbc he thinks president trump lacks moral principle. in a wide—ranging interviewjust months after a health scare earlier this year, his holiness criticised mr trump's america first policies. the dalai lama also shared some controversial views on women. as he approaches his 84th birthday, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan went to meet him. in the shadows of these himalayan peaks, he's lived in exile. i have come to the north indian town of dharamshala, home to one of the world's best known religious leaders. his spiritual stardom attracts celebrities and politicians the world ever. but as china rises, is his influence fading?

so one chinese official described me as a demon. so when i first heard that, my response was, "yes, i'm a demon with horns". this is nothing. actually, i feel pity for their ignorance. and their political sort of thinking. it's very narrow—minded. you once said that you would be interested in meeting president trump. has he ever asked you for a meeting? no. frankly speaking, his emotions are also a little bit... it is, too complicated. what do you mean by that? what do you think of him in office? one day he says something, another day he says something. but i think lack of moral principle. or when he became president, he expressed america first. that's wrong. america, it should take

the global responsibility. you once said that you would be open to a female successor. that's also possible. you also told one of my colleagues that the female must be attractive, otherwise it's not much use. ok, yes. can you see why that comment upset a lot of women? that was one time. if a female dalai lama comes, she should be more attractive. if the female dalai lama... then people, i think, prefer not to see that face. but a lot of women would say that's objectifying women, and it's about who you are inside, is it not? yes, i think it's both. a lot of people say this world today, is far less tolerant than it used to be. yes. what would you say to people who are looking for answers? many problems are our own creations. you see, we forget oneness of humanity. one world, forget.

just small, "my country, my religious faith". too much of that is there. chanting. in changing times, the meaning of his message has evolved. compassionate, yet controversial. the dalai lama continues to inspire generations. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, dharamshala. you have been watching newsday. i'm ben bland in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. first china, now europe? we head to germany where business leaders are keeping a close eye on the g20 summit injapan to see if they're next in line to be slapped with tariffs. that's all for now —

stay with bbc world news. the much anticipated heat is yet to kick in here, but on wednesday new records were set in germany, poland, even into the czech republic. the best the uk could manage was 25 in wales. to start thursday under clear skies it could be into single figures.

from east wales across central england and western england, the cloud will clear. some may linger into norfolk, and it may clear the north sea coast later in the day. northern and western of cloudy, elsewhere abundant sunshine. sunny in glastonbury. some strong winds through thursday and into early friday in the far south—west. elsewhere in the sunshine, widely in the low to mid 20s. as we go through thursday night and into friday, low cloud advancing again in from the north sea across many central and eastern areas, but it is on friday we are starting to see some changes in the weather pattern. high pressure pushing out towards the north sea. there will be some continental heat and humidity across western parts of the uk, which will see temperatures soaring to the upper 20s and maybe even near 30 degrees in hotspots. this is how friday will play out. another disappointing start across eastern parts, the cloud may linger keeping the temperature in the midteens, whereas in the west there will be sunshine and temperatures peaking

near 30 celsius even into western parts of scotland. into the start of the weekend, scotland and northern ireland starting to see a north atlantic influence, with showers and thunderstorms around. it gets hotter across the eastern side of the uk with the humidity, and england will be close to 30 degrees, maybe 32 or 33 in the hottest parts. all change on sunday, a cold front moving through, cooler atlantic air following on, and temperatures falling back closer to average.

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our top story: talks are continuing in both houses of the us congress to try to agree emergency funding to ease the migrant crisis. the debate has been given added emotion by the publication of a photo showing a migrant father and his daughter, drowned together while trying to cross the borderfrom mexico. ten democratic party hopefuls will take part in america's biggest political debate in years shortly. a further ten will have a separate debate tomorrow. millions of voters are expected to watch the two—night event, which is taking place in miami. and this video is trending on bbc.com. french authorities say they have no grounds to believe that the fire which badly damaged notre—dame cathedral in april was the result of criminal action, but they said a cigarette or an electricalfault could be to blame. that's all. stay with bbc world news.

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