this is bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories: a legal and diplomatic battle involving china, the us and canada appears have been resolved. the huawei executive detained in canada, meng wanzhou, is flying back to beijing, as two canadians detained in china are heading for canada. the aircraft carrying michael kovrig and michael spavor left chinese airspace and they're on their way home. we're in the final hours of campaigning for sunday's election in germany. europe's largest economy is gearing up to choose a successor to angela merkel. 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. and emergency services order

more people to leave their homes as volcanic eruptions continue on the spanish island of la palma. hello and a very warm welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the world. fast pace legal moves on both sides of the pacific have appeared to resolve a dispute which were nearly three years has soured diplomatic relations between china and the west. attack executive is buying him to china after the settlement of us fraud? the end of exhibition proceedings from cannabis. two canadians who were detained in china on espionage charges for three years are returning to canada. the canadian prime minister described the two men's detention as an unbelievably difficult ordeal. the us

welcomed their release but there has been no reaction yet from china. and north american correspondent has the story. leaving her home after nearly three years of house arrest, a key figure in one of china's biggest companies was facing extradition on charges of helping to evade us economic sanctions on iran. it saw her admit in a virtual appearance to lying to banks on to our way�*s behalf. in return the us justice to our way�*s behalf. in return the usjustice department dropped its extradition request. dropped its extradition request-— dropped its extradition re . uest. , ., , request. over the past three ears request. over the past three years my _ request. over the past three years my life _ request. over the past three years my life has _ request. over the past three years my life has been - request. over the past three | years my life has been turned upside down, it was a destructive time for me, as a mother, wife, and a company executive.

mother, wife, and a company executive-— mother, wife, and a company executive. that i believe every cloud has _ executive. that i believe every cloud has a — executive. that i believe every cloud has a silver— executive. that i believe every cloud has a silver lining. - executive. that i believe every cloud has a silver lining. it - cloud has a silver lining. it really was an invaluable experience in my life. huawei is the largest _ experience in my life. huawei is the largest tech _ experience in my life. huawei is the largest tech predictor l is the largest tech predictor in the world, but it annoying to the trump administration. the detention of meng wanzhou was all the more controversial given that she is the daughter of huawei's founder anna prompted the rest of two canadian citizens in china. the diplomat michael and de max beaven what the government branded an active hostage diplomacy to the light of the canadian prime minister they have been released as well. about 12 minutes ago, the aircraft carrying michael left chinese airspace and they are on their way home. they boarded

at about 730 our time, along with dominic barton, canada's ambassador to china.- ambassador to china. meng wanzhou left _ ambassador to china. meng wanzhou left canada - ambassador to china. meng wanzhou left canada on - ambassador to china. meng wanzhou left canada on an l ambassador to china. meng l wanzhou left canada on an air china flight bound for shands and but any prospect of a thaw any adversarial relationship between two united states and china may prove to be short lived. huawei remains in a trade blacklist and still faces charges of corporate espionage. earlier on we werejoined earlier on we were joined by mckenzie grey, a journalist with the canadian broadcaster. i asked him about a public response in canada to the release of the two michael. it's been wide sweeping. most canadians are very happy to see the two michaels home. this has been a big thorn in the side of re—elected prime ministerjustin trudeau, the election was just a couple of days ago. and we're seeing from his rivals, the leader of the conservative party, erin 0'toole, and the leader of the ndp, jagmeet sing,h both coming out and congratulating and seeing great

excitement for the two michaels, michael kovrig and michael spavor coming back home. something that people across the political spectrum had been pushing forfor a long time. a big win for prime minister justin trudeau this evening. canada was dragged somewhat unwittingly into diplomatic spats between the us and china. does this now improve relations between canada and china but also with canada and the us? yeah, let's talk about canada and china first. they'd been talking at different points in time about a free trade deal at different spots. justin trudeau had been to china to try and pursue free trade deal before meng wanzhou was arrested in vancouver and before the two michaels were ta ken into custody. i don't think we're going to see that back on but there's been issues around pork and cannoli here in canada and we could definitely see something like that being dealt with. we can also see on the canada—us front, this has been a big issue that justin trudeau has been pushing and something that joe biden has agreed upon. and this has really been the first win forjustin trudeau on the us front withjoe biden. there's been issues like keystone, there's been issues around buy america that have been

problematic forjustin trudeau, but finally right after an election he has a big win he will take forward. there had been criticisms ofjustin trudeau for not standing up strongly enough to china, but for the two michaels and meng wanzhou to be getting on planes almost simultaneously, there clearly was some kind of back room negotiating going on. yeah, this is as close to an old school prisoner swap that you will find. this is just like the cold war, it's not like marching people over at the berlin wall but in a modern sense this is what it is like. ms meng's plane took off about 6pm eastern time. as soon as she was down at the court in vancouver she went straight to the airport, got on an air china plane and flew to an unspecified location, assuming china, and in the same vein, the two michaels, as prime minister trudeau announced later this evening, were on a plane pretty much at the same time. we talked to experts earlier today, i spoke to the former canadian ambassador to china and he'd said, look,

it's going to take a couple of months, expecting to be in october, so it caught all of us here in ottawa and most experts off by surprise that it happened so quickly. mackenzie gray from ctv joining us from canada, thanks very much. it's just after six in the morning in germany where tomorrow, will mark the end of a political area in the country in germany when boaters will go to the poultice as a leader to replace angela merkel. 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, 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 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. and we will bring you all the latest live results and analysis here on bbc news from the german elections on sunday. you canjoin ros atkins and guests in berlin from 1530 hrs gmt as germans vote to decide 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. 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. an italian court has ordered the ex—president of spain's catalonian region to be released following his arrest

in sardinia, according to his lawyer. carles puigdemont is free to leave the island but must return for a hearing in october. he left catalonia after leading a breakaway independence vote in the region in 2017. mark lobel reports. released from prison, for now. carlos puigdemont, the exiled catalan separatist leader, still faces the prospect of extradition to spain. translation: i had some news that something like this - could happen, but we also knew it was going to end because the ruling of the european general court is very clear. the thing is that spain doesn't miss a chance to make a fool of themselves. his charges relate to this short lived bid by the northern region of catalonia to split from madrid back in 2017. cheering. he's accused of crimes against public order and national security.

translation: there is | 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 feet in sardinia that unfortunately is italian. it's a demonstration of the barbarity of this state which is subservient to the barbarity of spain and which has violated a fundamental international right, the self—determination of people. all chant. there were also protests in barcelona. translation: this is nonsense because if 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 on all catalan separatism.

this comes at a time when long—awaited talks between the catalan 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. cheering and applause. but this incident may now fuel feelings of persecution amongst separatists... chanting and clapping. ..undermining the recent efforts to calm tensions in this long—standing territorial crisis. mark lobel, bbc news. this is bbc news. this is our main story. diplomatic and

strategic battle between china canada and the us appears to have been resolved. meng wanzhou is flying home to china, meanwhile two canadians are on a plane back to canada. doctors in south africa using their skills to help a nine —year—old boy from zimbabwe after he was attacked by a hyena earlier this year. rodwell suffered life altering injuries but now volunteer surgeons are beginning a series of operations to rebuild his face. 0urworld of operations to rebuild his face. our world followed their groundbreaking work and rodwell�*s road to recovery. rodwell�*s road to recovery. rodwell was asleep outside church in rural zimbabwe when he was attacked by i hady amr. against the odds, —— a hyena. he survived against the odds. he survived against the odds. he and his mother arrived in johannesburg to begin the reconstructive surgery at the end ofjune. reconstructive surgery at the end ofjune-_ reconstructive surgery at the

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of nice to look at it now because you can reflect on where you came from and where you are now and see progress. you forget quite quickly. words aet lost. you forget quite quickly. words get lost- all — you forget quite quickly. words get lost. all of _ you forget quite quickly. words get lost. all of the _ you forget quite quickly. words get lost. all of the feelings. - get lost. all of the feelings. i know— get lost. all of the feelings. i know when you close your eyes on the _ i know when you close your eyes on the evenings, he will go back— on the evenings, he will go back to _ on the evenings, he will go back to that day. does it happen?— back to that day. does it hauen? , h .,. happen? yes. it's so touching, it really hurts. _ happen? yes. it's so touching, it really hurts. soon, _ happen? yes. it's so touching, it really hurts. soon, rodwell. it really hurts. soon, rodwell and his mother _ it really hurts. soon, rodwell and his mother will _ it really hurts. soon, rodwell and his mother will return - it really hurts. soon, rodwell and his mother will return to | and his mother will return to zimbabwe. rodwell still needs more surgery and his future is uncertain. but his mum is hopeful. translation: when i saw the young _ hopeful. translation: when i saw the young men _ hopeful. translation: when i saw the young men who - hopeful. translation: when i saw the young men who had . hopeful. translation: when | | saw the young men who had been injured like rodwell, ifelt

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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 bused 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. i spoke to laurent duvillier earlier. he 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 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 that we talked to yesterday were not born in haiti but were born outside of haiti and some of them do not know the country and they don't even speak the language.

a mother told us that she walked for 30, up to a0 days from chile, going up north, crossing mountains and jungle, with herfour—year—old boy. that is the situation we are going through here. what is unicef doing on the ground in port—au—prince? together with haitian authorities and other un agencies, unicef is providing on the ground, at the airport, every day, humanitarian assistance. we are distributing school kits, a backpack for children but, importantly, we are also registering the children upon their arrival so we can keep track of their needs over time, once they leave the airport. one other important thing we do is to create a safe space where they can play, they can make drawings with the other children. i was struck to see in the eyes of a two—year—old girl fear,

anxiety, uncertainty of what the future brings. and those children are extremely vulnerable because they do not know the country, they do not know the language. they are extremely vulnerable to migration again, to poverty, to violence, exactly those factors that drove theirfamilies to migrate years ago. many of these people, as you were saying, have made long journeys to try to get to the united states. they have now been sent back to haiti. will they stay put or are they likely to try again? well, it is going to be a daunting task for them. it is going to be tough. 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 in the streets every day and the covid—19 pandemic, so the conditions are not great, and many of your viewers

may see the return of those families as 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. laurent duvillier. 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 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 —— increased substantially 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 400 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. the bbc�*s guy hedge co and you can get all of those stories

and more on our website and our up and more on our website and our up and reach me on twitter —— guy hedgecoe. for now, from me and the team, goodbye. 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, infact, 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.

you are wanting bbc news. a legal and diplomatic battle involving china, the us and canada appears to be resolved. a huawei executive meng wanzhou is flying home to china while two canadians detained in china are honestly to canada — are on are honestly to canada — are on a plane to canada. german political parties are holding final rallies ahead of the election is the country chooses a successor to angela merkel. she urged voters tobacco conservative alliance's candidate although polls suggest he is trailing the social democrats. presidentjoe biden has met the leaders of india, australia and japan at the white house at the first in summit of the so—called quad group which is seen as part of america's efforts to counter china.