this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: head—to—head — ten more democrats face each other in presidential debate and the frontrunner comes underfire. do you agree today that you were wrong to impose bussing in america? do you agree? i did not. justice! justice! when do we want it? right now! donald trump says he wants to delay the us census

after the supreme court blocks a question on citizenship. the 620 summit is about to get underway in japan. can world leaders find common ground? and desperate for a new life — we report from el salvador on why so many risk their live to come to america. hello. welcome to the programme. round two of the debate of democratic presidential hopefuls has just finished in miami. on wednesday, millions watched as the first ten hoping to take on donald trump in 2020 debated live on tv. another ten have been battling it out today, among them key frontrunners joe biden and bernie sanders. let's go live to miami and the bbc‘s jane o'brien. jane? thank you duncan. joe biden,

the front runner has certainly taken a bit ofa the front runner has certainly taken a bit of a beating tonight. he is the front runner and the other candidates didn't pull any punches in going after him. which we weren't necessarily expecting because the first debate last night was far more conciliatory, far more collegial. but this, tonight, the gloves were off. first off the gate was eric swalwell, a californian congressman. he challenged joe biden about his age, some of the candidates this time are in their 30s and 40s. i was six years old when the californian president came to the convention and that it's time to pass the torch to a new generation of americans. that candidate was then the senator joe of americans. that candidate was then the senatorjoe biden. joe

biden was right when he said it was time to pass the torch to a new generation of americans 32 years ago. he is still right today! if we're going to solve issues of automation, pass the torch. if we are going to solve climate chaos, past the torch if we are going to solve student loan debt, past the torch. if we are going to end gun violence in families with people of sending the kids to school, past the torch. would you like to say a few words? i would. i want torch. would you like to say a few words? iwould. iwant to torch. would you like to say a few words? i would. i want to hold onto the torch. and then he was challenged on his record on desegregation of schools by the senator from california, kamala harris, this is what she said. i will tell you that on this subject, it cannot be an intellectual debate among democrats, we have to take it seriously. we have to swiftly. as attorney general of california i was very proud to put in place a requirement that almost special agents would wear body cameras and keep those cameras

on. senator harris, thank you. vice president biden. both president biden, you may respond. (applause) it's mischaracterised my position across the board.|j (applause) it's mischaracterised my position across the board. i did not praise racist, that is not true. number two, if you want to have this campaign litigated, whether i did it 0!’ campaign litigated, whether i did it or not, i'm happy to do it. i was a public defender, i didn't become a prosecutor, i left a good law firm to become a public defender. when in fa ct, to become a public defender. when in fact, when in fact, my city was in fla mes fact, when in fact, my city was in flames because of the assassination of doctor king. as the vice president of the united states, i work with a man who in fact, we work very ha rd to work with a man who in fact, we work very hard to see to it that we dealt with these issues in a major, major way. the factors in terms of the

bussing — you would have been able to go to school the exact same way because it was a local decision made by your city council. that's fine, that's one of the things they argued for, that we should not be single dust that we should be breaking down his lines. so the bottom line here is, the, everything i've done in my career, i ran because of civil rights, i continue to think we have to make fundamental changes in civil right and the civil rights, by the way, include not just right and the civil rights, by the way, include notjust black americans, but the lgbt community. sojoe biden americans, but the lgbt community. so joe biden forced americans, but the lgbt community. sojoe biden forced to defend himself on a number of fronts. all candidates were asked what would be their priorities if they became president. this is what they had to say. for parking, for orlando, for every community affected by gun violence, and in gun violence —— parkland. climate change and the lack of economic mobility that bernie talks about. passing a bill of rights that includes a national paid leave i am,

universal preacher, affordable daycare and making sure women and families can thrive in the workplace no matter where they are. ok. i like that. middle—class working families tax cuts. darker, guns. —— daca. senator sanders? there's only one or issues out there. —— there isn't. political revolution, people have do stand up and take on the special interests. we can transform this country. fine. vice president biden? i think you are so underestimating what rock obama did, he is the first man to bring together the entire world, 196 nations, to commit to deal with climate change. immediately. the first thing i would

do is make sure that we defeat donald trump. period. your first priority, your first issue as president that you are going to tackle? we have to think our democracy before it's too late, after that, climate, immigration, taxes gets better. mr yang? i would pass a $1000 freedom dividend for every american adult which would see us every american adult which would see us up on climate change because if you get the boots off people's thirds, they would get onto climate change. i would do a collaborative approach to climate change and i would pronounce it well before the election to make sure we don't really worse president in american history. ms williams? my first goal is to the pie minister new zealand who said —— prime minister, doing what we can to make it the best place in the world to grow. united states of america is going to be the best place in the world for a child to grow up. and that was marianne williams

ending that little round of what the priorities the candidates would put on their first day as president. i'm fiow on their first day as president. i'm nowjoined by anthony, our north america correspondent who is being watching. a bit of an update forjoe biden, how will he recover? he has 35% of the poles, this was not a good night for him. i thought he did all right in the first half of the day but kamala harris really put him to the sword in the second half. he seems staggered. his expression looked a bit shocked and he never really fully recovered from that. but, you know, not everyone is watching this debate and a lot of his supporters, these people probably weren't watching or putting much attention on. but one of his campaign things is that he's the one who beat donald trump in a big that's a night's performance planted a seed in people's mind that he is not the best candidate. are you surprised they went after him so quickly? i was not too surprised

because we knew he was the front runner and he has to be taken down a bit. i was surprised that it was kamala harris who came after him the strongest. she really has been treating him with a lot of respect up treating him with a lot of respect up until now. i was inspecting a bony would go against —— bernie sanders would go againstjoe biden. they didn't really happen. eric swalwell and bennett took slides at him but kamala harris really rammed the blows. she had a great debate tonight and she was on the verstappen so that strength and focused it on biden and took him down an option —— she was on the offensive and took that strength. where do you think the party as a whole is going as a result of the discussion? we saw the party move quite to the left on healthcare, they are more government involved on that, but the question is how much? taking over everything and replacing private insurance, people like elizabeth warren and bernie sanders

wa nt elizabeth warren and bernie sanders want that, or some sort of option, a public option. medicare where you are given an option from the government but not totally replacing private insurance. all of that is a pretty big change from even what we had just four years ago. anthony, thank you very much indeed for joining me. so, duncan, that's it. the debaters, with had the first two and the debate for 20 20 —— campaign for 2020 has begun. thanks, jane, appreciated. —— i appreciate it. president trump says he is seeking a possible delay to the 2020 us census after the supreme court blocked his administration from adding a question about citizenship. he tweeted that he had asked lawyers if they could delay the census, no matter for how long, saying it was "ridiculous" that the government and country could not ask for this information. critics say questioning citizenship will deter immigrant households from taking part. peter bowes reports. what do we want? justice! when do we want it? right now!

it's a battle that's played out across america. civil rights groups say asking residents of their citizenship is attack on people of colour. the federaljudge has called it "a threat to the very foundation of us democracy." this is the question the trump administration wanted to see on next year's census. "is this person a citizen of the united states?" the white house said that it was necessary for an accurate national headcount, even though a question about citizenship hasn't appeared on a us census since 1950. opponents said it would reduce response rates in households with immigrants and minority groups. the supreme courtjustices said the administration's reason for including the question seemed "contrived". campaigners welcomed the surprise decision. every single person in this country deserves to be counted, plain and simple. and today, thanks to the supreme court's decision, we will have an opportunity to do just that. the ruling is a blow to the trump administration,

but not the end of the matter. it's been sent back to a lower court with the door left open for the white house to provide justification for the question. in a tweet, president trump responded by saying he would try to delay the census. he wrote: "seems totally ridiculous that our government, and indeed country, cannot ask a basic question about citizenship." democrats say the question is politically motivated, since the census determines how much federal funding each state receives. it would be a sad occurrence if people said ‘since that's on there, i'm not going to be counted,‘ because it means so much in terms of who we are as a nation. for now, the fight goes on. we need to hit the streets, we need to organise and we need to make sure that everybody gets counted because that is the original intent of the census. the us constitution requires a census every ten years. in election year, the 2020 count will be more contentious than ever.

peter bowes, bbc news. world leaders are gathering in the japanese city osaka for the g20 summit. trade wars, iran and climate change are all topics that are likely to dominate. the bbc‘s rupert wingfield—hayes sent this report. the summit has officially started without family photograph as it is cold. but meetings in particular between president trump and shinzo abe of japan have between president trump and shinzo abe ofjapan have begun. it's interesting, the threats over trade to china and japan. in the meeting, a minister abe provided a map of the united states with five sites where japanese companies have made major,

new investments in the last month or so new investments in the last month or so totalling $145 million, according to the japanese by minister and creating 5000 new jobs. to the japanese by minister and creating 5000 newjobs. so you can see, that's the sort of way that leaders like the japanese by minister now showing president from how much new investment is going into the united states defender fresh tariffs. of course, hanging over this whole summit is the trade we re over this whole summit is the trade were between the united states and china. there is a concern, i think, from all the leaders here that that trade war may get worse. president jump trade war may get worse. president jump ahead of the summit has threatened to impose fresh tariffs of 25% on over $300 billion worth of chinese goods exported to the united states. now, there is we think — going to be a meeting between president trump and xi jinping tomorrow. everybody is really looking to that meeting to see whether they are able to create some sort of breakthrough or at least:

the trade war all call some sort of truth so they can get back to the negotiating table and try and work out their differences. rupert wingfield—hayes in osaka for us. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: dinosaurs of view, meet the previously undiscovered relative of the to of source racks. —— debut, to runa the to of source racks. —— debut, to run a source racks. 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." cheering. 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 on june 8th,

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 bbc world news. the latest headlines: round two of the debate of democratic presidential hopefuls has just finished in miami. frontrunnerjoe biden came under fire. donald trump says he wants to delay the us census after the supreme court blocks a question on citizenship. the plight of so many migrants from central america risking their lives to try to cross illegally into the united states has been thrown into sharp focus this week.

the image of oscar ramirez and his daughter face—down in a river after they drowned trying to cross into the united states has shocked the world. he was trying to find a better life for his family from el salvador. it is central america's smallest country, but has one of the world's highest crime rates. our international correspondent orla guerin reports from the capital san salvador. in el salvador, daily life. and death. another killing in gangland. it barely merits a glance. and doesn't stop the ice cream vendor. the gangs are like a virus, unseen but infecting every aspect of life. locals are telling us that by dumping the body here in broad daylight, it's a clear message

of defiance to the government. and over here you can see just whose territory you're in. the gang has branded the street corner. no—one dares speak out against gangsters of barrio 18. not even the woman on the phone who fears the victim is her missing son. small wonder plenty of salvadorans try to escape all this and head for the us. some to get away from the gangs, others to look for decentjobs and a better life. but many wind up back home, facing constant danger. families wait for loved ones who have been deported, they arrive at this reception centre in san salvador, this father and daughter back where they started. wilber hoped to spend a few years in america, saving for his future. instead, he and four—year—old

rhianna were detained and separated for months. "she was screaming and crying saying please don't leave me," he says. "it was very hard, when i got her back, she didn't recognise me." when darkness falls here, the streets are deserted. the gangs own the night. they sell drugs, run extortion rackets and try to control everything that moves. we met two former gang members who became police informers. we cannot use their names or broadcast their voices. chillingly, they say their job was to kill and keep killing. one admits to slaughtering 56 people. translation: the first one was with a knife. he was a member of a rival gang. then there were others with a gun.

the last one was chopped up. you mutilated the body, the hands, the legs, their arms, you take their insides out. it sounds like you were butchering people like you might butcher a sheep? at that moment i just thought of them as my enemy. i had to kill seven people to be initiated into the gang. if you want to earn rank, you have to carry on killing. this man started killing at 15 and became a leader in his local area. he says if his old gang ever caught him, he'd get special treatment. translation: they would deal with me in the worst way. they would bury me alive, then dig me up and kill me very slowly. and what would you say to the families of those you killed, do you ever think about them? whatever i say, it won't bring back their dead. i have already left mothers without sons, people without brothers, cousins and friends. what i tell them would mean little or nothing.

but i repent every day. security forces lined up at the start of another crackdown on the gangs. el salvador‘s new president, who took office this month, trying the iron fist approach. in this blood—stained country, one more attempt to reclaim the night. orla guerin, el salvador. a charity trying to disembark forty migrants in the italian port city of lampedusa says it has been prevented from doing so for more than twenty four hours. the captain of the rescue ship sea watch 3 said they'd been told there were no docking places. ramzan karmali reports. day two for the sea watch 3 off the coast of lampedusa. for those onboard, more frustration that a vessel carrying 42 migrants is not allowed to dock.

italian authorities made a second visit onboard and the captain reiterated her plea to let the migrants of her boat. we declared a state of necessity because the psychological situation and the humanitarian condition has been worsening so much that i cannot guarantee the safety of the rescue people anymore onboard a vessel. originally 53 migrants were onboard. 11 were taken of the vessel by the italian coastguard due to health concerns. they were rescued from a rubber boat more than two weeks ago, they been sailing back and forth off the coast of italy's southernmost island ever since. but italian authorities had already warned they would be imposing heavy fines and impound the ship if sea watch 3 entered its waters. and italy's interior minister, matteo salvini, expressed his anger. this time with a series of tweets.

this stated if the shippers seized and the ship arrested, i can only be pleased. but the un's refugee agency old for caution over but the un's refugee agency called for caution over the language used. the tone of the political debate around this issue with refugees and with the ngo boats is very concerning. i think there has perhaps been a loss of perspective. you know the numbers arriving in europe now are drastically decreased. they are significantly down compared to what we have seen in previous years. the captain of the boat said she contacted authorities from not just italy, but germany, france, malta and even the european commission, but to no avail. the european commission has called on italy to allow the migrants to disembark. and for member states to make a more co—ordinated effort to come to a swift resolution for those on board sea watch 3. scientists in brazil say they've unearthed the fossilised

remains of an entirely new species of dinosaur. it's estimated the animal lived around 90 million years ago — in the southwest of the country in the region of parana. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. ok, it is not much of a looker. but it is quite special in its own way. vespersaurus paranaensis, a dinosaur we never even knew existed. these are some of its remains, discovered by palaeontologists in the south—west of the country. it is a therapod, the same family as the velociraptor and tyrannosaurus rex. believed to be about 1.5 metres in length, thought to be carnivorous, feeding on other small animals. translation: this is the first time this species has been registered here in brazil and globally it is a new species.

this region of brazil is rich in dinosaur remains. now there is plenty of lush vegetation, but 90 million years ago this area was all desert. careful analysis of the creature's bones and the unique nature of its claws told scientist that this was something different. the hope is this discovery will prompt fresh research and new discoveries. maybe other previously unknown dinosaurs will be unearthed. just before we go, let's head back to osaka with the g20 summit is getting under way. president shinzo abe is there speaking in front of other leaders. he has been welcoming leaders all day with plenty of topics up for discussion. war between china and the united states.

president trump is due to meet the chinese president soon as well as climate change and concerns about rising tensions with iran. can keep up rising tensions with iran. can keep up the with developments here on bbc news. hello there. thursday was a warm and a sunny day for most of us away from the east coast. but for scotland, wales, northern ireland, you saw your warmest day of the year so far. and today's looking pretty similar — another dry and sunny one with the highest temperatures across the west. that's because we've got high pressure across the country drawing up this hot air from france across western areas. but for the east, you'll notice the yellow colourss there, that's because we've still got more of an onshore breeze, but not as windy as it was on thursday either. we've got a bit of a grey start across the east of the country, that cloud will burn back to the coast and most places will be dry and sunny. and the sun will have strength to it. very high uv levels across most of the country, but especially across england and wales. and temperatures — east—west divide. it's going to be hot

across western scotland. we could see one or two places reaching 30 degrees across the west, but 15 degrees or so across north sea coasts. the same too for wales, western england, a little bit fresher, though, further east with a bit more of an onshore breeze there. not as windy as it was across the south—west. also worth noting, pollen levels will be high across the country, especially for england and wales. now, as we head through friday night into saturday morning, it stays largely dry and i think the low cloud across the east will be kept at bay because we all start to pick up more of a southerly wind so that temperatures will rise further, and what will be noticeable is the humidity will rise. so that sets the scene for saturday. it's going to be a hot and a humid one for many, but in particular across england, and eastern england as well. now, if we look at the european heat wave, it's expected to reach its peak this weekend across parts of spain, france and again into germany. we'll be tapping into that heat, with temperatures perhaps reaching highs around 33 or 34 celsius across the south—east, mainly for the london area. so southerly winds

drawing this heat up. plenty of sunshine across the eastern half of england. a weather front moving into scotland, northern ireland and around irish sea coasts will bring a drop in temperature and also the chance of a a few showers or thunderstorms. so a bit cooler here but very hot for england and wales. highs of 32 degrees in london, but we could see 33 or 34 celsius, like i mentioned. during saturday night, this cold front spreads across the country. we lose those red hues and see something a little bit cooler and fresher pushing in off the atlantic. so temperatures could be 10 degrees down across south—eastern areas compared to what we see on saturday, and there'll be plenty of showers across the north—west corner of the country. some of these will be quite heavy, but plenty of sunshine too, with temperatures around the seasonal average — that's the high teens in the north, and closer to mid—20s further south.

hello, this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the californian senator kamala harris has put in a strong performance in the second of two us democratic party presidential debates. she attacked the frontrunner, joe biden, over his actions during the civil rights movement and made hard—hitting points on immigration and healthcare. president donald trump says he is seeking a possible delay to next year's us census after the supreme court blocked his administration from adding a question about citizenship. he tweeted that he had asked lawyers if they could delay the census, no matter for how long. and the g20 summit in the japanese city of osaka is likely to be dominated by differences between the united states and china over trade.