welcome to bbc news. i'm rich preston. a legal and diplomatic battle involving canada, china and us appears he canada, china and us appears be resolved. huawei executive meng wanzhou is on her way home to china from canada, as two canadian —— canadians fly back to canada. they have left chinese essbase and are on the way home. 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. emergency services order more people to leave their homes as volcanic eruptions continue on the spanish island of la palma. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe a in america and around the globe legal and diploma involving a legal and diplomatic battle involving china, the us and canada appears to have been resolved. ., canada appears to have been resolved-— resolved. two canadians who were detained _ resolved. two canadians who were detained in _ resolved. two canadians who were detained in china - resolved. two canadians who were detained in china on - were detained in china on espionage charges in three years —— for three years are returning to canada. by ministerjustin trudeau made this announcement earlier. the aircraft left chinese essbase and are on their way home. they boarded at about 730

ottawa time along with the 0ttawa time along with the ambassador. it comesjust it comes just hours after the us released a deal to release the huawei executive man wanjo. she is now on a flight after being detained in canada on a us warrant for extradition on financial impropriety —— —— meng wanzhou. she spoke outside the court. , the court. over the past three ears the court. over the past three years my _ the court. over the past three years my life _ the court. over the past three years my life has _ the court. over the past three years my life has been - the court. over the past three years my life has been turned| years my life has been turned upside down. it was at 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 experience in my life. i will neverforget all experience in my life. i will never forget all the things i receive from people around the world. the greater the difficulty, the greater the growth. 0nce difficulty, the greater the growth. once again, thank you so much. we arejoined by we are joined by mckenzie grey, a journalist with the canadian broadcaster ctv. thank you for joining us me. what has been the reaction to the news in canada?— the reaction to the news in canada? ~ , , canada? wide wide sweeping. this has been _ canada? wide wide sweeping. this has been in _ canada? wide wide sweeping. this has been in the _ canada? wide wide sweeping. this has been in the thorn - canada? wide wide sweeping. this has been in the thorn in l this has been in the thorn in the side, the election for justin trudeau it was just a few days ago and we are seeing from his rivals, the leader of the other parties coming out and congratulating and seeing great excitement for the two michael's coming back home. something that people across the spectrum had been pushing forfor a long time. the spectrum had been pushing for for a long time.— for for a long time. canada was dra: ued

for for a long time. canada was dragged somewhat _ for for a long time. canada was dragged somewhat unwittingly| dragged somewhat unwittingly into diplomatic spats between the us and china. does this now improve relations between canada and china but also between canada and the us? let's between canada and the us? let's talk about canada and china first. they have been talking about it for different times and justin trudeau had been to china to try and pursue free trade yield between —— before meng wanzhou was arrested and before the two michael's were taken into custody. i don't see we that being back on but we could definitely see something like that being dealt with. we can also see on the canada— us front, this has been a front thatjustin trudeau has been pushing for and this has been the first win. they have been other issues that have been problematic forjustin trudeau but finally just after the election he has a big win he will take forward.— election he has a big win he will take forward. there had been criticisms _ will take forward. there had been criticisms of _ will take forward. there had

been criticisms ofjustin - been criticisms of justin trudeau been criticisms ofjustin trudeau for not standing up strongly enough to china, but for the two michael's and meng wanzhou to be getting on planes almost simultaneously, there was some back room negotiating going on? element is as close to an old school prisoner swap that you will see. it is not like matching people over the berlin wall but in a modern sense this is what it is like. meng wanzhou polec plane took off about 6pm eastern time. —— man wanjo's plane. she went straight onto an air china plain and flew to it unspecified location, assuming china, and in the same vein, the two michael's, as by minister trudeau announced later this evening, they were on a plane. we spoke with ambassadors to china and it was going to be expecting to be in october so it caught all of us 0ctober so it caught all of us here in ottawa and most experts off guard that it happened so quickly. off guard that it happened so cuickl . . ~' ,, off guard that it happened so cuickl . ., ~ ., off guard that it happened so iuickl . ., ~' ., ., quickly. thank you for “oining us.

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. cheering and applause. 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 every 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, ithink 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 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. you canjoin you can join ros you canjoin ros atkins you can join ros atkins and guest in berlin from 1530 hrs gmt as germans vote to see who is going to succeed 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.

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. according to his lawyer, colours presume on is free to leave the island of catalonia but must return for a hearing in —— in october. he led a breakaway vote in 2017. mark lobel reports. released from prison, for now. colours beechmont, the separatist leader, still faces the prospect of extradition to spain. —— carlos beechmont. translation:, we also knew it was going to end because the young ruling of the year

opinion general court is clear. —— european union court. his -- european union court. his charges _ -- european union court. his charges relate _ -- european union court. his charges relate to _ —— european union court. his charges relate to this short lived bed by the northern region of catalonia to split from madrid back in 2017. he is accused of crimes against public order and national security. public order and national security-— public order and national securi . ~ ,, ~ , , security. translation: this is a eumpean _ security. translation: this is a european arrest _ security. translation: this is a european arrest warrant - security. translation: this is a european arrest warrant for l a european arrest warrant for which there has been an arrest. we cannot speak of illegality. but his treatment angered pro separatists outside the sardinian courthouse. translation: he has been arrested as soon as he put his feetin arrested as soon as he put his feet in sardinia that unfortunately is italian. it has fundamental —— violated a

fundamental right, the self—determination of people. there were also protests in barcelona.— there were also protests in barcelona. �* ,, �* , there were also protests in barcelona. ~ , , barcelona. translation: this is nonsense because _ barcelona. translation: this is nonsense because of— barcelona. translation: this is nonsense because of the - nonsense because of the european court has already determined that he could not be arrested at any country that this continues to be in the files of the police throughout europe seems very serious to me. this is an act of revenge by the spanishjustice me. this is an act of revenge by the spanish justice on all catalan separatism.- by the spanish justice on all catalan separatism. this comes at a time when _ catalan separatism. this comes at a time when long-awaited i at a time when long—awaited talks between the catalan government and the central government and the central government had finally got under way following the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez�*s controversial decision to pardon other pro—independence leaders who had been convicted for their role in a 2017 independence drive. but this incident may now fuel feelings of persecution amongst separatist �*s. undermining the

recent efforts to calm tensions in this long—standing territorial crisis. mark lobel, bbc news. stay with us here in bbc news the stop still to come: authorities evacuate more from the spanish island of la palma as the ok knew continues to erupt. we will bring you the latest. —— as the volcano. benjohnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. all athletes should be clean going into the game. i'm just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning, these people . were in their homes. tonight, those homes have been burned down by serbian - soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened,

presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world. and so, the british government has no option but to continue this action even after any adverse judgement in australia. concorde had crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes. this is bbc news. the headlines: a legal and diplomatic battle involving china, the us and canada appears to have been resolved. a huawei executive, detained and canada, meng wanzhou, is flying back to china. and two canadians detained in beijing are on a plane home.

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 maqbool 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. we don't know 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. earlier i spoke to laurent duvillier who has been assisting the united nations children's charity, unicef, at the haitian airport in port—au—prince. he told us what's

happening on the ground. every day, we are seeing many women and children expelled from the us border and arriving here at the airport of port—au—prince, the capital city of haiti. many of those returning families have lost everything, their money, their belongings and are basically left with nothing but the clothes they are wearing. most of those children we talked to yesterday were not born in haiti but were born outside of haiti but were born outside of haiti and some of them do not know the country and don't even speak the language. a mother told us she walked for 30, up told us she walked for 30, up to 40 told us she walked for 30, up to a0 days from chile, crossing mountains and jungle, with her four—year—old boy. that is as situation we are going through here. ~ . ,

situation we are going through here. ~ ., , ., ., here. what is unicef doing on the ground _ here. what is unicef doing on the ground in _ here. what is unicef doing onj the ground in port-au-prince? the ground in port—au—prince? together with haitian authorities and other un agencies, unicef is providing underground on the airport humanitarian assistance. we are distributing schoolkids, a backpack for children but, importantly, we are also registering the children upon arrival so we can keep track of their needs over time once they leave the airport. one other important thing we do is create a safe space where they can play, make drawings with other children. i was struck to see in the eyes of a two—year—old girl, fear, anxiety about the future. they are extremely vulnerable because they do not know the country, they do not know the country, they do not know the country, they do not know the language. they are vulnerable to migration again, poverty, violence, exactly that

fact is that drove their families to migrate years ago. many of these people have made long journeys to try to get to the united states. have now been sent back to haiti. will they stay put or are they likely to try again? well, it is auoin likely to try again? well, it is going to _ likely to try again? well, it is going to be _ likely to try again? well, it is going to be a _ likely to try again? well, it is going to be a daunting i likely to try again? well, it i is going to be a daunting task for them. is going to be a daunting task forthem. it is going to be a daunting task for them. it is going to be tough. living 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, 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 stop 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. here in the uk, the government is 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, as our business correspondent katie 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. our 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 have had to cancel seven flights due to increased volcanic activity on the palmer. —— la palma. several airline carriers said they would ground planes due to the thick cloud of ash thrown into the air. it is the first time flights have been cancelled since the cumbre vieja volcano erupted earlier this month. our correspondent in spain sent us this update. the eruption on the island of la palma began on sunday. however, over the last few hours, its intensity has increased density,

and that has led to the cancellation of flights to and from the island today. also there have been more evacuations of people from their homes due to concerns about the lava flows. over the last week or so, there have been around 6000 people evacuated from their homes. already around a00 properties have been consumed by the lava. in addition, the increase in the volcanic activity has meant that ash has been reaching the neighbouring island of la gomera, also in the canary islands. and the prime minister, pedro sanchez, has been visiting the island today, and he said that early next week, his government plans to declare the island of la palma a disaster zone. that is it. you can get more on all those stories on the website and app and you can

reach me on twitter. from me and the team, thank you for watching and we will see you next time. bye—bye for now. hello. on friday, we saw temperatures in oxfordshire 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 not just 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.

you are watching bbc news, the latest headlines. the huawei executive returns to china with counterpart said to have the other way, signalling the end of the diplomatic spat at the end of 2018 when she was arrested on a us warrant. german political parties are holding their final rallies ahead of sunday plasma collection of the country chooses the successor to angela merkel, who was stepping down after 16 years. she urged tobacco candidate although polls suggest that she is true trailing the social democrats. presidentjoe biden has met the leaders of india, australia and japan at the white house, the first in—person summit of the so—called quad group which is seen as part of an american effort to counter china.