you're watching bbc news — i'm rich preston. our top stories. the us reaches a deal to drop charges against huawei executive mung wan—jo allowing her to return to china from canada. it was a disruptive time for me as a mother, a wife and a company executive. we're in the final days of campaigning for sunday's german election. europe's largest economy is gearing up to choose angela merkel�*s successor. we have a special report on the ground in texas — as president biden takes responsibility for the treatment of haitian migrants at the southern border. the uk government plans a temporary visa scheme to make it easier for foreign lorry drivers to work in britain as fuel supply problems mount. emergency services order more people to leave their homes as volcanic eruptions continue on the spanish island of la palma a senior executive from the chinese telecomms company huawei, mung wan—jo, has departed on a flight returning to china — after being freed by a canadian extradition judge. it comes three years after she was detained in canada — on a us warrant — for extradition on charges of financial impropriety. ms mung's legal team earlier agreed a deal with the us department ofjustice — under which charges against her would effectively be dropped.

that paved the way for a court in vancouver to end the extradition case. she'd always maintained her innocence — and spoke outside the court. over the past three years, my life has been turned upside down. it was a disruptive time for me as a mother, a wife and a company executive. but i believe every cloud has a silver lining. it really was an invaluable experience in my life. i will never forget all the gracious i received people around the world. i'll be seeing those, the greater the difficulty, the greater the growth. once again, thank you so much.

dan bilefsky is the new york times�* canada correspondent, he's been working on this storty for the past 3 years and joins me now from montreal. thank now from montreal. you for making the time. three thank you for making the time. three years is a long time and have relatively complex story involving china, the us, canada, to a degree around. reminders of the back story here. ,., . ~ reminders of the back story here. . ~ , ., , reminders of the back story here. , .,y , ., here. the back story is that about three _ here. the back story is that about three years - here. the back story is that about three years ago - here. the back story is that about three years ago she l here. the back story is that. about three years ago she was arrested in vancouver while she was transiting into vancouver airport at the request of the united states. she was accused of fraud for deceiving several banks and the case dragged on for several years until finally today a deal was announced that in return for her admitting some guilt she could go back to china. �* , ., , some guilt she could go back to china. �* , .,, ., china. and she has now apparently _ china. and she has now apparently on _ china. and she has now apparently on a - china. and she has now apparently on a plane l china. and she has now. apparently on a plane out china. and she has now- apparently on a plane out of the country heading back to china. i the country heading back to china. . ., , china. i gather that is indeed the case- _ china. i gather that is indeed the case- i — china. i gather that is indeed the case. i think— china. i gather that is indeed the case. i think it— china. i gather that is indeed the case. i think it was - china. i gather that is indeed | the case. i think it was always the case. i think it was always the case. i think it was always the case that as soon as the

court agreed to let her go she would leave as quickly as possible to avoid being ensnared again by the us justice system.— justice system. are you surprised _ justice system. are you surprised by _ justice system. are you surprised by the - justice system. are you . surprised by the outcome? justice system. are you - surprised by the outcome? i'm surrised surprised by the outcome? i'm surprised with _ surprised by the outcome? i“n surprised with the velocity had what it happened. we have known that talks were ongoing between the us justice department and huawei. it is happened during acrimonious relationships between beijing and washington suggesting perhaps there is been an attempt to create a more constructive relationship by removing this major irritant. by removing this ma'or irritant.�* by removing this ma'or irritant. ., ., irritant. you mentioned the relationship _ irritant. you mentioned the relationship between - irritant. you mentioned the | relationship between beijing and washington because this happened during the tenure of president trump. is president biden nowjust letting this drop? biden now 'ust letting this dro? ., �* ., , drop? no. although president trum - drop? no. although president trump was — drop? no. although president trump was strident _ drop? no. although president trump was strident in - drop? no. although president trump was strident in his - trump was strident in his support to china and president biden has tried to take a more

moderate approach president biden has been quite tough. even today he was meeting with several leaders including india at the white house to talk about making regional alliances against china. it is did that deal with australia to counter china's influence. so the biden administration has been quite tough with regard to china as well. �* , , , , ., well. and 'ust very briefly, on the other— well. and just very briefly, on the other side, _ well. and just very briefly, on the other side, thereby - well. and just very briefly, on the other side, thereby the i well. and just very briefly, on i the other side, thereby the two michaels detained in china. canada said they were pawns in the negotiations and china said there are a national security threat. we likely see their release? element the imprisonment of the two michaels has been a source of great anger in canada. there been more than 1000 days behind bars without access to their families. a lot of people are very upset. the feeling is that this deal will help clear the way for the release of the two migrants. thank you for being

with us. we appreciate it. thank you. this sunday marks the end of a political era in germany, when voters go to the polls to choose a leader to replace angela merkel, who's spent 16 years as chancellor. a generation of young germans have known no other leader. one of the big issues of the election campaign has been climate change — with activists holding rallies in cities across the country. 0ur europe editor katya adler has this report. relaxing on a friday evening after 16 years at the helm of the eu's most powerful country, angela merkel is relieved, perhaps, that it's almost all over. the migrant crisis, the euro crisis, four us presidents, five uk prime ministers, 100 eu summits and more during her time in office. hers will be a tough act to follow, at home and on the world stage.

many germans say they'll miss the stoic, pragmatic politician nicknamed mummy. merkel is going to be strongly missed, i think so. i will miss merkel very much. because? because i am fond of her, yes. i think it will be very hard . for any candidate who comes next or the next chancellor. like, to fulfil this role - because there will always be those comparisons to merkel. and at eu hq in brussels, there'll also be a big merkel—sized hole. 0n the global landscape, i mean it really matters and you know i think merkel was a very, very well respected leader so everybody is looking at who is going to follow in her footsteps. of course, there's the potential for germany to take a dramatic new direction after 16 years of angular angela merkel and that would be felt here and abroad. this is the eu's most influential country. but in the end, most germans are stability hungry and so the calls for radical

change, while loud, are limited. what we're probably looking at here is change but with a small c. this is the frontrunner to replace angela merkel, a centrist social democrat, currently germany's finance minister, seen as a safe pair of hands. his closest rival is a europhile conservative from angela merkel�*s cdu party. and the green party candidate is tipped to win a powerful position in the next german government. the environment is a big issue in sunday's election, and in crowds like these, you find a fair few merkel critics. no justice... no peace! tens of thousands gathered in front of the german parliament today, demanding change and accusing chancellor merkel of failing to prepare germany for

the challenging future ahead. but climate concerns are now for the in—tray of angela merkel�*s successor. this photo went viral this week after she visited a bird sanctuary, appearing far more relaxed than usual. the merkel era in german politics is drawing to a close. katya adler, bbc news, berlin. drjackson janes is a senior fellow at the german marshall fund. he's also the president emeritus of the american institute for contemporary german studies atjohns hopkins university. there are three main frontrunners. who look set to come out on top? at frontrunners. who look set to come out on top?— frontrunners. who look set to come out on top? at the moment, if ou -a come out on top? at the moment, if you pay attention _ come out on top? at the moment, if you pay attention to _ come out on top? at the moment, if you pay attention to the - if you pay attention to the polls, one is likely had but i think it will be a close race. you have to remember that the popularity of the individual does not necessarily that that is going to lead to a coalition government. that becomes a hard poker game after sunday puzzle

collection. ., poker game after sunday puzzle collection. . ., collection. imagined a coalition _ collection. imagined a coalition there. - collection. imagined a coalition there. what l collection. imagined a i coalition there. what are collection. imagined a - coalition there. what are the mechanics of voters go for a coalition? element there will be two options for the mechanics. a coalition that is either going to be led by the sdp and will include the greens and potentially, likely, the free democrats, the liberal party. that would be the traffic light. 0r party. that would be the traffic light. or the black, green, yellow coalition between the cdu, the sdp and the greens. you can see neither case the greens are in and perhaps the f pp is in. the question is, who will lead the coalition? climate change has been a big issue and this is the first time the greens are better candidates. how significant has climate change beenin significant has climate change been in the campaigns? element for very significant. it is

always in germany. environmental issues are high in germany. they are terrible floods earlier this year that has brought home to many voters in the two states that were particularly hard hit how much that really does have concrete implications and so that is going to be of far greater interest, i think, going to be of far greater interest, ithink, at going to be of far greater interest, i think, at this point, this particular election. what you see for the other main challenges? element there is going to be a lot of changes that are going to be necessary to deal with in the domestic platform as well as the foreign policy platform. the domestic issues include the renovation of the economy, heading towards digitalisation, dealing with trade issues, and a host of questions that are at once domestic but also european, in other words the european, in other words the european union issues at stake. there will be a lot of questions remaining unanswered as angela merkel leaves office.

we will have to leave it there. thank you for being with us. and we'll be bringing you live results and analysis in our german elections news special on sundayjoin ros atkins and guests in berlin from 1530 gmt as germans vote to decide who is going to succeed outgoing chancellor angela merkel. let s get some of the day's other news. president biden has hosted talks at the white house with the leaders of australia, india and japan amid shared concerns about china's rise. they highlighted their quad group's role in safeguarding a stable, democratic indo—pacific, and also discussed covid vaccination programmes and climate change. roman catholic bishops in canada have issued a written apology for the historical abuse of indigenous children in residential schools run by the church. earlier this year, hundreds of unmarked graves were discovered at the sites of institutions which operated from the late 1800s to the 1990s. indigenous groups reacted with outrage and demanded an apology from pope francis.

covid rules are being eased in the netherlands on saturday. social distancing is no longer required and nightclubs can reopen for the first time since the start of the pandemic. face coverings remain mandatory on public transport. a corona pass will be required to get into restaurants and entertainment venues. china's most powerful regulators on friday intensified the country's crackdown on cryptocurrencies with a blanket ban on all crypto transactionsand mining, hitting bitcoin and other major coins. the move puts pressure on crypto and blockchain—related stocks. this is bbc news, the headlines. huawei executive mung wan—jo is on her way home to china from canada, after a deal was struck to drop the charges against her we're in the final days of campaigning for sunday's german election. europe's largest economy is gearing up to choose angela merkel�*s successor.

the us department of homeland security has said an investigation into the treatment of haitian migrants will conclude quickly and be made public. since sunday, hundreds of migrants have been put on flights to be deported back home from a camp on the us—mexican border. the us special envoy to haiti resigned on thursday, calling the deportations inhumane. aleem macbool reports from del rio in texas. they were scenes that were barely believable — around 15,000 migrants, mainly from haiti, camped by the mexico—us border, desperate to be able to present themselves to american officials.

but in just a matter of days, all those people have now been removed, and what remains of the debris is being cleared. so, where have they all gone? thousands have been bussed to locations close to the border inside the us before they're then sent on elsewhere, but many tell us they don't know if they're being deported or being allowed to claim asylum. jean—baptiste said he'd crossed 11 countries to get here. i asked how he'd felt when others he knew had been sent back to haiti. "i can't go back," he told me. "it's too dangerous. "can you imagine living in a country so dangerous "they kill their president?" of course, given these images, the actions of us border patrol agents has been in the spotlight this week. president biden has now responded. of course i take responsibility, i'm president, but it was horrible to see, as you saw. to see people treated like they did — horses nearly running over people being strapped — it's outrageous. i promise you those people will pay.

the president's come under fire from the left, but also from the right. some have even been coming to the border in support of patrol agents and saying no—one should be allowed in. this is a viral invasion of our nation. we don't know where they're going. if they're drug dealers, sex traffickers, children abusers, wife beaters. we don't know who's coming in here. they look like a lot of families, though, with very young children. maybe the children belong to the families, maybe not. many hundreds have now been deported to haiti without presenting their case. jean—baptiste believed that wasn't going to be his fate yet, and that he'd be allowed to start an asylum application. but recent days have left many feeling the biden promises of a fair immigration process are still a long way off. aleem maqbool, bbc news, del rio, texas. here to talk to us about the situation on the ground at haiti's port—au—prince airport is laurent duvillier who has been assisting unicef in offering support to the haitian migrants as they return from the us.

every day we are seeing many women and many children expeued women and many children expelled from the us border and arriving here at the airport of the capital city of haiti. many of those returning families have lost everything. their money, their belongings and they are basically left with nothing but the close that they are wearing. most of those children that we talked to yesterday when not born in haiti but were born outside haiti but were born outside haiti and some of them don't know the country and they don't even speak the language. a mother told us that she walked for up to a0 days from chile going up north, crossing mountains and jungle with her

four—year—old boy. that is the situation we are going here. what is unicef doing on the ground? what is unicef doing on the round? ., ., ., ground? together with haitian authorities _ ground? together with haitian authorities and _ ground? together with haitian authorities and other - ground? together with haitian authorities and other un - authorities and other un agencies unicef is providing on the ground at the airport every day humanitarian assistance, we are distributing backpacks for children. but importantly we are also registering the children upon their arrival so we can keep track of their needs over time when they leave the airport and one other thing we do is to create a safe space where they can play, make drawings with the other children. to see in the eyes of a two—year—old girl, fear, anxiety. uncertainty of what brings the future. and those children are extremely vulnerable because they don't know the country. they don't know the country. they don't know the country. they don't know the language. they are

extremely vulnerable to migration, again, the property, to violence, exactly those factors that drove their families to migrate years ago. right back many of these people are made long journeys to try to get to the united states and have now been sent back to haiti. will they likely to try again? yellow metal is going to be a daunting task for them. the living conditions here in haiti have worsened since they left. the country is still reeling from a triple tragedy of back—to—back natural disasters increased gang violence, industries every day and covid 19 pandemic. so the conditions are not great. and many of your viewers may see the return of those families as the return of those families as the end of the story. it is not. forthem the end of the story. it is not. for them it is the beginning. the beginning of a

new chapter in their lives. that they need to write for themselves and for their children. but they cannot do this alone. we need to be at their side with your support. thank you very much for making the time for us. we appreciate it. ., ~ , ., the time for us. we appreciate it. ., ~ i. ., thank you for inviting me. here in the uk, the government's considering a temporary visa scheme to encourage foreign lorry drivers to fill some of the thousands of vacancies in britain's haulage industry. it comes amid warnings that a shortage of lorry drivers will cause further delays to deliveries of food, goods and fuel. our business correspondent katy austin reports. the government has told people not to panic—buy, but that didn't stop these drivers queueing at petrol stations today, including bromley, evesham and sheffield. this is the third petrol station we have seen queues at. we actually have to get petrol. we are not panic—buying. the boss of another in stockport is waiting to hear when his next

supplies will arrive. well, they are saying that, "we hope you get it, but we can't guarantee it." so, we're just not sure until we get, in about two days' time, the current rates, we'll want another. whether we'll get it or not, we just don't know at the moment. the firm that delivers for bp sought to reassure motorists. 0ur trucks keep rolling, we have seen a small amount of panic buying, and i think i'll be clear, if people adhere to their normal buying patterns there is more than enough resilience in the station service network to deal with that. there is no need for people to rush out and fill up, the country is not running out of fuel. there isn't a shortage of fuel. where we are seeing issues, it's because of another problem — the lack of available lorry drivers. it's thought there's currently a shortfall of tens of thousands in the uk. the problem has been building for years, but has been made worse by factors including the pandemic and brexit. this haulage firm in northampton has never found recruitment so hard. in the past few months, we've increased salaries twice,

by a significant amount, which we then need to pass on to our customers, where we can. so, this is all driving up costs, basically? absolutely, it is. next door, there is a business which trains up new drivers. steering quickly, driving as slow as you can. it's getting plenty of interest from locals. the testing system is set to change soon to make it simpler, but the manager here says that's not a quick fix for the shortage. the idea is that they remove the middle test, so that you can go from your fiat 500 straight into an articulated vehicle class one, cat ce. in actuality, you're probably going to find that the pass rate will drop. the course length will have to be longer. you're going to be delivering fewer tests. the government has so far resisted calls for temporary

visas to plug the gap. it is now working on plans to introduce them. i would do what ever is required, if that would help. what i don't want to do, and i have been hinting at this, is undercut with, as has happened before, cheaper european drivers and then find that our drivers drop out because they are being undercut. that doesn't solve the problem, it creates a new problem. after a week when warnings of supply chain problems and labour shortages have dominated, businesses say action is needed fast to prevent the wheels coming off the economy's recovery. katy austin, bbc news. officials in spain's canary islands say they've had to cancel seven flights, due to increased volcanic activity on la palma.these are live pictures of the erupting cumbre vieja volcano. several airlines say they'll ground planes due to the thick cloud of ash thrown into the air. it's the first time flights have been cancelled since the volcano erupted earlier this month. 0ur correspondent in spain, guy hedgecoe, sent this update.

the e eruption on the island of lipoma began on sunday. however, over the last few hours, its intensity has increased substantially, and that has led to the cancellation of flights to and from the island. also, there have been more evacuations of people from their homes due to concerns about lava flows. the around 6000 people evacuated in the last week, already around a00 properties consumed by the lava. in addition, the increase in the volcanic activity has meant that ash has been reaching the neighbouring island in the canary islands. and the prime minister, pedro sanchez, has been visiting the island, and he said early next week, his government plans to declare the island of la palma a disaster zone.

and, before we go, uk teenage tennis star emma radacanu has been back on court. but this time with a new partner — the duchess of cambridge. the us open champion wasjoined by the duchess for an official homecoming welcome at the lawn tennis association, following her win in new york a few weeks ago. the duchess is a keen tennis fan. miss raducanu said she was �*very impressed' by the duchess's skills, calling it a �*perfect day for tennis'. huawei executive mung wan—jo is on her way home to china from canada, after a deal was struck to drop the charges against her

hello. on friday, we saw temperatures in 0xfordshire up to 25.3 celsius, well above average for this stage in september. and through the weekend, we're going to be keeping the fairly warm, mainly dry theme with some sunshine around. now, the reason that temperatures are doing so well at the moment is because we're drawing in our winds from a south or south—westerly direction, so fairly tropical air in fact pushing across the uk. and if we compare the forecast temperatures to average for this time of year, in fact, they're about 5—6 degrees above average through the weekend. fast—forward now into the middle of next week, and you can see the reds and oranges have disappeared from the map, so temperatures will be average or even a little below by the

time we get to around about tuesday next week. but for the here and now, we're going to be starting saturday morning on a mild note, with temperatures in the mid—teens. quite a lot of mist and murk, and in fact some areas around coasts and hills in the west could keep some fog all day, but it will gradually lift and clear and things will brighten up. so, some sunshine appearing, particularly for the likes of north wales, central and eastern england and eastern scotland, too. so, temperatures in the warmest spots, 22—23 degrees, but even where you have got the cloud, still 18—19 celsius. a bit breezy with the odd spot of drizzle for the west of scotland, but most other places avoiding any showers. as we move through the overnight period and on into sunday, there could just be one or two spots of showery rain here and there, but most places again looking largely dry and temperatures staying in the mid—teens again as we head on into sunday. so, no great changes for the weather. we have got a weather front waiting in the wings here. as it moves a little bit closer in, you'll start to notice the breeze picking up a touch on sunday. still from a southerly direction, a warm wind direction, so a lot of drier weather, probably a bit more sunshine on sunday compared to saturday. one or two rogue showers, rain later in the day

arrives from the west across northern ireland and western scotland. but before it gets there, well, temperatures once again doing pretty well, 22—23 degrees for the warmer spots, well above average on sunday. but then let's take a look at sunday night into monday then. this weather front sweeps its way eastwards across the uk, so that is going to be marking that change into cooler air as we head through the early part of next week. weather fronts moving in from the atlantic, introducing notjust cooler air, but more unsettled weather as well. so, into next week, blustery showers, not as warm as it has been. do enjoy the warm sunshine if you see it through the weekend. bye for now.

to the headlines: the huawei executive is on her way home to china from canada after a deal was struck to drop the charges against her. she has been fighting extradition from canada to the us for german political parties are holding the final rally is ahead of elections in successor to angela merkel will be chosen. the chancellor has urged voters to choose her conservative alliance to keep germany stable. president biden has been meeting the leaders of india, australia and japan at the white house. the quad group is seen as the continuing effort to counter china's growing influence. the latest eruption at a volcano on the palm have prompted more people to be evacuated from homes. a huge column of ash leaned over the

spanish islands and explosions could be heard.