hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the duke and duchess of sussex have announced the birth of a baby daughter, who they have named lilibet diana. she was born on friday in california. both mother and child are said to be healthy and well. mexico's president has voted in elections seen as a referendum on his policies, as the country battles the pandemic, a deep recession and a wave of drug—related violence. more than 35 candidates have been murdered during the campaign. german chancellor angela merkel�*s party has won a resounding victory in a state election in eastern germany. an exit poll puts her christian democrats on 36%, well ahead of the far—right alternative for germany party. a ceremony has been held in france to mark the official opening of the british normandy memorial, 77 years after the d—day landings.

the monument honours the more than 22,000 servicemen who died under british command. now on bbc news, our world. six years ago, amsha escaped from captivity in northern iraq, after being held by is militants. today, she is risking her life to clear her homeland of unexploded mines. in the summer of 2014, is militants swept across northern iraq. in sinjar, they would go on to commit a massacre, taking thousands of young women like amsha hostage.

almost seven years later, much of the region remains in ruins and thousands remain missing. despite everything, amsha chose to remain in sinjar. now every day she confronts the deadly legacy left hidden by herformer captors.

0n the 3rd of august 2014, is militants invaded sinjar, the land of the yazidi. the so—called islamic state regarded this religious minority as infidels. reserving for them their most brutal treatment. is militants took amsha and her brother from their car and took them to a nearby base.

for amsha, it was the start of 11 months of torture. during their occupation of sinjar, the so—called islamic state took over 6000 yazidis hostage, forcing boys into training camps and girls and young women into slavery.

five years on, amsha now lives back at home with her family.

is militants might have gone from sinjar, but they are still taking lives. civilians are frequently killed or injured by explosive devices. three months ago, amsha started work as a de—miner, working with a british

ngo, the mines advisory group. when amsha firstjoined mag, she worked as a dog handler. it was the start of a new career and an important step in her path to recovery.

iraq remains one of the most heavily—mined countries in the world. in sinjar, civilians live side by side with homes still contaminated with explosives and fields laced with ieds.

since 2016, mag has cleared over 27,000 items of unexploded ordnance from across iraq, returning thousands of square metres of land back to the community.

seven years ago, amsha's family, along with hundreds of thousands of other yazidis, fled to mount sinjar. now, a temple on top of the mountain has become a place for reflection for amsha.

back in sinjar, amsha is one of a handful of women who have chosen to stay, to provide for their families and help rebuild.

every week, amsha and her close friend and colleague spend time together in sinjar town.

before is militants attacked, around half a million yazidis called sinjar their home. amsha was in high school, alongside her sisters and brothers. is militants are thought to have murdered over 5,000 yazidis, and of those taken captive, almost 3,000 are still considered missing.

for amsha and her colleagues, the dangerous work of making their land safe continues. despite the progress that mag

and other de—mining agencies have made in clearing the land, the work will continue for years to come. sinjar remains volatile, with various armed groups spread across the region, often at odds with each other and with the civilian population.

but despite this, the numbers of those returning are slowly increasing. and new signs of life are emerging every day.

hello there. this upcoming week is looking fairly mixed. we're going to see a north—west/south—east divide setting up. that's because we'll have higher pressure to the south, lower pressure skirting past the north—west of the country. for the north and the west, we're going to see more cloud, breeze, even some patchy rain at times, and it could be quite misty and murky with that mild south—westerly wind. further south and east, closer to the high pressure, it'll tend to be warmer with more in the way of sunshine and also lighter winds. so, for monday, it's one of sunshine and showers, variable cloud. some of the showers could be quite heavy in north wales, the midlands, northern and eastern england. but many places staying dry

altogether as temperatures reaching high teens, low twenties again across southern and eastern areas. now, the showers rattle on for a while through monday evening and then fade away. many places will turn dry. it will start to turn cloudy across the north—west of the country as we move on into tuesday. that's because we'll see these weather fronts pushing into the north—west, which is why we'll see increasing cloud and also increasing breeze — more isobars here. but higher pressure for much of england and wales. so here we're going to see the best of the sunshine again. as you head further north and west, closer to those weather fronts, here we're likely to see more of a breeze, more cloud and some spots of rain into northern ireland, perhaps western scotland. but north—east and eastern scotland do pretty well with the sunshine and the warmth. much of england and wales low to mid twenties celsius, so closer to 22 or 23, i think. it will warm up, though, as we move through the week. now, on into wednesday, we've got higher pressure to the south, lots of isobars, weather fronts across the north—west, so i think the cloud could be a bit more widespread on wednesday, reaching some central, western parts of england, as well, perhaps to the far south—east, which will stay sunny. further north and west, here we'll see outbreaks of rain, a stronger breeze, a few showers getting into western wales, as well.

those temperatures range from 18 to around 22 or 23 degrees again. 0n into thursday, high pressure again to the south, but we could see this area of low pressure encroach a bit closer, so a windy day to come for the north and the west, outbreaks of rain here. further south, variable cloud, some sunny spells. we could see, again, a few showers just getting into some western parts of england and wales, but most places, i think, dry. a breezier day to come for all, but certainly windy across the north—west, in excess of 40mph there for the hebrides. 15 degrees for stornoway, 21 for aberdeen, very reasonable, and low to mid twenties further south for england and wales. that area of low pressure clears away, and then high pressure wants to build back in from the south through friday, so it's an improving picture at this stage for friday. we'll see the rain clear away from the north, and then many places will be drier, thanks to that building high pressure. some more sunshine around, even across scotland and northern ireland, too, so temperatures responding, again the high teens,

perhaps low twenties in the north, 20 to 25 or 26 across the south. now, as we look into next weekend and for the week ahead, certainly for the start of the following week, the jet stream will be lying to the north of the uk. we'll be on the warmer side of the jet, so it looks like high pressure will dominate. but there is a chance that these low—pressure systems being brought in on thatjet could scrape past the north and the west of the uk as we head on into the start of the following week. but that's a long way off, and there's uncertainty on that. it looks like higher pressure wants to dominate for the weekend and into the following week, which will bring fine and settled weather, and it'll be turning warmer, particularly in the south and east.

lockdown onjune 21st, the health secretary says. he confirmed that the covid variant first identified in india is around 40% more infectious. that does make life more challenging for everybody and you have seen that the case rates have risen a little. but the good news is that hospitalisations, the number of people arriving at hospital, is broadly flat. we'll be asking how worried we should be about how transmissible the new variant is. also tonight: prince harry and meghan announce the birth of a baby girl, whom they've named lilibet diana. cuts to uk foreign aid could harm schooling and health in poorer countries — a warning from hundreds of charities and business leaders.