i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: after a shocking image emerges of the death of a father and child 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 lack of moral principle. good morning. it is 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london, and 7:00pm in the evening in texas at the mexican border, where a tragic photograph is sparking major controversy about us migrant policy. the shocking 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. 0ur correspondent 0rla 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, 0scar 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. 0scar 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. 0rla guerin, bbc news, san salvador. i've been speaking to the us director of human rights watch, who has been to see the conditions in the migrant detention centres. that clip is coming up 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 the next hour. 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.

jane, a lot of candidates, so presumably a very quick fire format, almost i suppose like speed dating. speed dating is exactly how the candidates themselves are describing it. they've got 60 seconds to make their pitch, 30 seconds to come back if they are attacked by any of their rivals. so it is, it is going to be fast, it is going to be furious. we are going to get a real sense of what they stand for, who these people are, because don't forget many of them are not household names there is only five frontrunners, elizabeth warren ‘s tonight, tomorrow we have joe elizabeth warren ‘s tonight, tomorrow we havejoe biden, who is the frontrunner, but all the other candidates have a lot to play for. gosh, it sounds like there is as much excitement as a pop concert around you there, jane. ijust wonder how much of a different this kind of debate makes in setting someone kind of debate makes in setting someone out in front and really deciding who gets through, to get

that elusive ticket? well, that's a very good point, because really nobody is going to win the nomination tonight, but they could lose it, because if they have a massive gaffe or they just lose it, because if they have a massive gaffe or theyjust don't perform very well, they are going to slip right off the radar, and it is going to be very difficult for them to recover and come back. but this is the first of several debates, so it is really about first impressions, and trying to gain some kind of immense in the polls, because they will be judged in the next debate on how much money they can raise and how they are doing as a result of this start. thank you very much indeed. let's take a look at some other stories: 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's going to be a challenging meeting for the us organisers — for the japanese organisers, and the us participants, and so i don't envy them. how do you prepare a president obama for a g20 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 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 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's definitely a possibility of an unpredictable outcome here. we will have extensive coverage of all the goings on at the g20 summit in the coming days on bbc news. 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. i saw frightened children, to put it bluntly, on a daily basis.

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 united states. several of them had not been bathed, or if they had been bathed, they had only been bathed on one occasion. i asked them if they were given clean clothing. iwas told, "no, i had to put back on the same clothes i wore when i crossed into the united states." 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 fruits and vegetables, and i was told no. and that included nursing mothers,

some of whom were teen mothers who were in the same facility in clint, texas, who were not given the proper nutrition. it sounds like some of the things you 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 will not happen quickly, necessarily. what can be done in the meantime, right now, to try to alleviate what they're going through? right now, the officers and agents at these detention facilities can start treating these individuals more humanely. there's no explanation for why these children cannot bathe regularly. there's no explanation for why they can't brush their teeth regularly. you know, we're talking about providing disposable toothbrushes that cost hardly any amount of money. the children tell me, when they are giving an opportunity to shower, they're told they have to do so within a total of three minutes.

to me, that's akin to what one might experience when they are criminally detained. it's not what you do to children who simply need to bathe themselves. some children told me they weren't sleeping on cots. we can get them cots and blankets. so these are some simple changes that the people who have dominion and control over these children in detention facilities can do to make their stay 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 in a body of water. that is atrocious, and it's inhumane. nobody wants to see that. i am hoping that the american public stays focused on these issues. i think what we're going to see tonight, the democrats, who are vying for the democratic

nomination, are having debates tonight, they're having debates 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. so i think people are going to remain up in arms, and they're going to put pressure on congress to do something. 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 the next hour. let's take a look at some front pages from aroundthe 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 lab. it's a sustainable solution to allow singaporeans to continue to enjoy their favourite crab dishes, despite the animals' dwindling populations in the wild. 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 presidentjoko 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 saw peaceful

demonstrations against the victory of presidentjoko widodo turn violent as the day went on, and we saw rioters clashing with police, leading to those deaths. it really was the worst political violence 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, there 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 has presented, as we've 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. 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? 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. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures of people arriving at the world's biggest music festival at glastonbury in the uk. thousands of lucky ticket holders are getting ready for a long weekend of music, camping and no doubt a bit of mud — on farm land in south west england. us rock band the killers, british rapper stormzy and 80s band the cure are headlining.

that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. the much advertised summer heat this week is yet to kick in. when it does it will be very brief. on the continent as you may have heard the european heatwave is in full swing, and on wednesday newjune temperature records are set in germany, poland, czech republic, to above 38 celsius. the best we could manage in the uk was 25 in wales. to start thursday morning, where you are start thursday morning, where you a re clear start thursday morning, where you are clear in scotland and down through northern england, single figures could be yours. low cloud in wales across to eastern england and southern scotland. it may hang on towards lincolnshire, norfolk, it may push more generally back towards the north sea coast later in the

day. northern scotland staying cloudy, elsewhere abundant sunshine. it will be sunny at glastonbury, but it will be windy here, in fact even stronger winds towards cornwall and devon. these are average speeds but there will be gusts through thursday and into friday, may be reaching 50 mph on western ground. this offshore cloud will keep temperatures close to the midteens on the eastern coast, elsewhere it will be a warmer day in the sunshine, into the mid—20s for warmer spots in the west. thursday night into friday, cloud lurking in the north sea, and will filter further inland, and cloud lurking in the north sea, and will filterfurther inland, and once again could make for a rather dull and grey start to friday morning, especially across the eastern side. that will put on back away from the coastline as we go through the day. high pressure is now moving towards the north sea on friday, and by then we are finally tapping into some of this continental heat and humidity across the western side of the uk,

with abundant sunshine. so here it will feel hotter on friday. here is how it is looking on friday, remember the cloudy start through central and eastern areas, but there goes the low cloud, slowly retreating to the north sea coast. it will feel cooler than elsewhere. elsewhere in the sunshine more places will be into the upper 20s, even into the hotspots of north—west scotla nd even into the hotspots of north—west scotland we could be near 30 degrees. on saturday, for northern ireland and scotland, it is atla ntica re taking over once ireland and scotland, it is atlanticare taking over once again with showers and thunderstorms. the heat on saturday transferring further east across more of england. temperatures near 32 or 33 in south—east england is possible. part two of the weekend on sunday, it has all changed, the cold front moving through, followed by cooler, athletic air moving more towards average for this time of year.

you are watching bbc news. 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.