to make multinational companies pay more tax in the countries where they do business. finance ministers, meeting in london, agreed to a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15% to avoid countries undercutting each other. a senior nhs official says the uk vaccination programme appears to have broken the link between cases of the covid—19 and serious illness or death. the head of nhs providers says people in hospital with the delta variant of coronavirus are significantly younger, which puts less strain on critical care. the nigerian government has defended its decision to suspend twitter, saying the social media platform had been used to spread misinformation that had violent consequences. a joint statement from the us, the eu, britain, canada and ireland said the right to free expression was a pillar of democracy.

now on bbc news, the bbc uncovers allegations of filth, lice, sickness and neglect in a vast system of mostly closed—off camps scattered across the us, holding more than 20,000 migrant children. a warning, some viewers may find find parts —— a warning, some viewers may find parts of this programme distressing. over 19,000 migrant children locked up in america. children speaking for the first time tell of disease, neglect, hunger and filth. now children are being shipped en masse to 13 new sites around america... it feels a lot more like a detention facility,

a prison for kids. ..sites that are shrouded in secrecy. they go to bed hungry. the boys have been in there for 45 days straight without any sunlight. this level of deprivation, which really amounts to child abuse, is very widespread in the largest facilities. what is the impact on thousands of children? will their experiences come to haunt them? the rio grande, and a night of fear.

at midnight, migrants will cross the river from mexico to america. many are children, travelling alone. us guards are waiting. the rafts bring families with children, too. some have walked for weeks to get here. over 36,000 unaccompanied children have crossed into america this spring.

many of the adults will be deported. but under president biden, most of the children will remain. the children who came alone who are told to line up separately from the others. many came hoping tojoin a family member already there. —— many came hoping to join a family member already in america. these girls are cousins.

border guards demand the children's belts and laces — a measure usually reserved for prisoners, to prevent them from committing suicide. jordi has fled violent gangs in guatemala. tonight, he has a new dread. america's camps for migrant children. what do you expect is going to happen next? this is donna, texas. these tents held over 3000 children earlier this spring.

these, the notorious cubicles the migrants call �*ice boxes�*. these children's stories have not yet been heard. journalists have been banned from talking to them. but we've been tracking down children who have been released. this is sonja. she is waiting for her daughter, ariani, a ten—year—old. sonja fled violence in honduras six years ago, leaving ariani behind. she thought she was too young for the dangerous journey. we are seeing more folks landing. i think we're gonna be seeing them soon. 0h, she's here! they are not sure, because they can't recognise her, but it is her. her daughter travelled hundreds

of miles, only to be locked up in donna. she didn't want to let go of her mother. how did you feel when you saw your daughter again? ariani slept in one of the plastic cubicles.

cindy, 16 years old, who fled honduras for her safety, was also in donna. here are some of the photos of donna. it was more crowded than this? much more crowded? wow. pipes were dripping, cindy said, and inside her mylar blanket, she was wet.

when night fell on the borderlands, the sound of crying filled the tents. paola, 16 years old, cried on her mattress many nights. and on top of everything, there was the filth.

closely guarded and largely away from the world's eyes, illness in the tents became rampant. paola became sick. so did ariani. cindy got covid. now, a mass movement of children is under way. we obtained flight logs. here, children are about to be flown to a set of new and secretive detention centres across the country. they have the capacity for over 19,000 children.

one day, cindy was told to get on a bus. she was taken to the airport in the dark with a large group of sick girls. they were not told where they were going. cindy was flown 1500 miles away to a new detention site in san diego, california. we set out to find

the new facilities. there are about a dozen of them. several here in texas. setting them up has reduced overcrowding in centres like donna. we entered san antonio. just east of town was a sports stadium. it had beds for over 2000 migrant teenagers. in february, a month before this facility opened, it was used for a rodeo. we were given this image, showing where the children have been kept. we've been told it was the same building that's normally used for animals in the annual rodeo. this detention site, which is now set to close, has been under investigation following allegations of sexual abuse, inadequate food and neglect of the children.

an hour away in the heart of downtown dallas, the business district, we'd heard that hundreds of teenage boys were being held here in the convention centre. i'd been told there were no windows in the part of the building they were kept in. but where were they? we asked for access, but no. you guys have to go somewhere else. 0k. this is where the children are being held? yes, so uou guys cannot be over here. staff said they had to sign agreements that they won't talk about what goes on inside. private contractors run the place on behalf of the government. this woman, an employee, spoke to us on the condition of anonymity.

there's rows and rows and rows of cots and there�* guards everywhere. it feels a lot more like a detention facility — a prison for kids. this is a rare glimpse inside the dallas detention site. it was secretly filmed and given to us. children spend, on average, a month in these sites. releases are processed slowly, even though most children have sponsors in america ready to take them. this man, who has also been working in the centre, was deeply upset by conditions. it's freezing cold. each boy has one thin blanket. the children have always complained about not having enough, not eating enough. the boys have been in there for 45 days straight without any sunlight. absolutely no recreational time outside, no fresh air. how did the boys cope with that? how can they cope, you know?

they're all depressed. i heard the other day some were contemplating suicide because of the conditions here. detention sites are regularly opened and closed. children are moved. many are now flooding into this place. fort bliss, a tented camp that can hold 10,000 children in el paso, texas. in april, crowds protested. here in the heat of the desert, some of the tents hold hundreds of children. insiders have told the bbc large numbers of children here now have covid. they say there are tents for those with lice and scabies.

we are hearing some terrible stories come out of fort bliss, including instances of sexual abuse of children by workers there, including children who are having to be on suicide watch for long periods of time because of the conditions there. i have deep, deep concerns about the physiological and psychological deterioration of children in a camp like that. democratic congresswoman silvia garcia has visited several of the sites and was keen to stress progress made. and you're not aware of problems in these facilities when the facility closed i think because there have been problems and allegations... let me just be clear. you asked me about issues in dallas. i am not aware of issues in dallas. obviously, if you're looking at all facilities, are there issues? yes, there are.

but i am telling you that i think that based on everything i have seen in the ones i have visited, the administration is doing a much betterjob today than they were when it first started because they were not prepared for the sheer numbers, they did not have the facilities in place, they do now. the government told the bbc that children in dallas and the other new centres have access to nutritious food and recreation. and they are being kept in a healthy environment. they say they are trying to speed up releases. this is wilton, ten years old. he had been wondering for hours in the desert in march when a border guard found him.

president biden is not the first to deal with a surge of migrant children over the border. in 2018, under president trump, nearly 3000 children were separated from their parents and crammed with others into detention centres. these are believed to be some of their voices. parents were taken off to be charged with illegal entry. the policy left a searing mark on america's conscience.

republicans are now accusing president biden of separating families. pointing out that trump later made children stay in mexico with their families to await asylum hearings. they are absolutely incentivising the separation of families and they are putting them in detention centres notjust on the borders but in detention centres across the country, and the centres by the way were never equipped to house children. but this is fundamentally different than president trump's trial separation policy, right? which deliberately separated children from parents and was widely seen as cruel. i think the administration will take unaccompanied minors, they are specifically separating children from families. the trump administration was the expert on family separation. it was cruel, it was inhumane and it goes against our values

as americans, but certainly it is the opposite with the biden administration because for this administration, the goal is to reunify them with families as quickly as possible, and again, the numbers are huge. 80% of the children that are coming unaccompanied have a relative in this country. in biden�*s america, migrant children are not being physically taken from their parents by us border officials. but they are being separated from other relatives. many of whom are sent back to mexico whilst the children stay. those children are uniformly removed from the arms of their grandmothers and the laps of their aunts and uncles and older siblings and the trauma they experience is identical to the trauma experienced by a child who is taken away from a biological parent.

when ariani got to america, she was separated from her adult sister, who had become like mother to her. the trauma of their experiences followed the girls home. cindy was not the same. ariani drew pictures in detention of love hearts and flowers to fight

off her sadness. ariani, once a bubbly and sociable girl, is now largely silent.

the children we worry about most are the children who go quiet. they become despairing internally. for those children, the trauma goes underground. it sits like landmines under the surface. they are more likely to have substance abuse problems, more likely to suicide, more likely to have physiological problems. and those can be long—term consequences of this kind of trauma, consequences that these children live with for the rest of their lives. children are still crossing the border in large numbers. as night falls on the river, another group prepares for the journey into a country that promises dreams, but which for thousands of children leave scars. ariani's nights now

are filled with terror. hello. the weather on sunday is going to be a little hit and miss, particularly across england. you're likely to have a lot more cloud around, compared to saturday, and there will be a few showers around, too, but across scotland and northern ireland, i think it is a case of sunshine right from the word go.

0n the satellite picture, you can notice this little lump of cloud drifting out of the south—west. it is a weak weather front, joining a big area of low pressure to the north but that will bring some showers to parts of wales, and england, from morning onwards. this is what it looks like through the early hours. you can see some rain affecting parts of devon, dorset, into wales, midlands, the stray shower in the north of scotland but, generally speaking, a clear night in scotland, northern ireland, probably the lake district as well, but many of us in england and wales will be waking up to overcast skies and it could actually stay like that through the afternoon as well but i think the biggest chance of catching some heavier showers further south into the midlands but also around wales and east anglia the best of the weather on sunday, northern ireland, scotland, the lake district should be fine as well, but modest highs, 16—18, in the south. despite the cloud and the showers, still managing around 21 in london. there is the clock,

8:00pm, 9:00pm still some showers around around in the evening across parts of england and wales. not a completely dry day but, with a bit of luck, you will have some prolonged sunny spells instead of heavy showers. monday, also likely to be some showers around, particularly across northern and eastern areas of the uk, so the best of the weather, although hazy at times, out towards the west but decent enough temperatures — around 22 in london, 20 in liverpool, probably nudging up to 20 in glasgow as well for monday. then, the rest of the week, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, we'll see the jetstream low pressures and weather fronts mostly between scotland and iceland, but the chance that some of these weather systems will clip the very far north—west of the uk. in the south, it is closer to their high pressure so, basically, the further south you are, the better the weather will be in the week ahead, further north, dry generally, but always a bit more cloud. that is it for me. bye— bye.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with rachel burden and rogerjohnson. 0ur headlines today: remembering more than 20,000 british servicemen who died during the normandy landings. a new memorial�*s opened on the 77th anniversary of d—day. pupils are urged to take a covid test before returning to school after half term, amid rising infections. the stars will be back on the red carpet, but some are just a hologram. it's the baftas pandemic style. burns battles for england. he scores a century — but england still have work to do, as new zealand have the edge going into the final day of the opening test at lord's.

good morning. for scotland and