live from washington. this is bbc news as title 42 ends, us officials say border crossings remain lower than expected. but there are fears that the numbers could rise significantly and as new immigration rules take effect, we speak with the mayor of one border city bracing for a potential migrant surge. plus —pakistan�*s former leader is free on bail in islamabad. his arrest has led to turmoil in the country. hello i'm sumi somaskanda. we start tonight at the border of the united states and mexico, and concerns that there will be a surge of migrants following the expiration of title a2. that's the measure put in place three years ago,

which allowed us authorities to turn asylum seekers away over covid concerns. but with the end of the us's health emergency, title 42 has now officially expired. a potential surge of migrants to the us—mexico border could strain local communities and the humanitarian challenge. us officials said on friday they quote "did not see a substantial increase" in migrant crossings. but many have pointed out that this is only the start of a new reality at the border, not the end. mexico's government is trying to deter migrants from making the treacherous journey, and has ordered the closure of more than 30 temporary processing centres for migrants. mexico's foreign minister has also said his country will only accept a maximum of 1,000 deportees a day from the us. 0ur reporter angelica casas has more on what title 42 expiring means for the border. for the last three years, migrants and asylum seekers trying to reach the us have been in limbo. title 42 a covid era policy has kept them for the most

part on the mexican side of the border. but that policy has now expired, and us officials are bracing for an influx of migrants. 13,000 people coming across the border illegally every single day. so how did the us get here? in 2020 at the height, of the coronavirus pandemic, the centers for disease control and prevention issued an emergency public health order restricting immigration at us land borders. title 42 enabled authorities to swiftly expel migrants trying to cross into the country illegally and to block access to asylum in most cases. the policy has been used at least 2.5 million times. donald trump welcomed it as a tool to control immigration, and joe biden defended the policy for more than a year. in april 2022, the cdc sought to lift title 42, citing a diminished health risk. but that move was temporarily blocked by a court

challenge until now. as title 42 ends, republicans accused president biden of allowing open borders and they blame him for the spike in migrant arrivals. the white house says there will be strict penalties for those who cross illegally, and asylum seekers will be screened quickly and removed if they don't qualify. what happens here at the border will determine who wins that political argument. earlier i spoke to marta costanzo youth, of the us state department. marta, welcome to bbc news. thank you forjoining us. i want to start by asking you about what president biden has said. also, border patrol authorities have told the bbc, they have said that the lifting of title 42 will mean more chaos at the border. and right now there are, of course, tens of thousands of people waiting to cross into the us. is the state department concerned about the situation at the border? thanks so much, sumi.

so, obviously, we are concerned with the situation at the border. however, we have known for some time that the title 42 would be lifted. and so the state department really has been focused on a plan that to work with the region, throughout the region, on a series of initiatives to help decongest the border and to help provide people protection in the region and along the way. so let's talk about some of those policies that were unveiled by the biden administration that work, as you said, with the region. and the biden administration's new asylum policies are, of course, predicated upon working with countries where some of these processing centers are going to be like guatemala and colombia. are you confident that these centers in working with these countries is going to work effectively? yeah, so we are really... so, we have been working with many countries in the region for many years in working to build a network of protection,

of international protection. and so part of this is many of the countries in the region, even at five years ago, didn't have very strong asylum systems. and over the course of the past decade, but especially the last five years, many of the countries in the region now have options for protection along the way. so mexico has a very strong asylum system. guatemala has a nascent asylum system. and we have worked to really complement the efforts of these host countries in the region so that people have options to stay close to home. so if they want to return home, but also to be in neighbouring countries nearby. and so there have been at least... there are 20,000 people in the region who are displaced, but many of them have found a perch. so, marta, are these centers, when are they going to be ready? so we are working on a roll—out of these centres.

just, i think, yesterday we, our international organisation partners launched a web page called movilidadsegura.org and that has some basic information about some of the processes and some of the options that will be available in these centres. we are really working with a number of countries in the region and with our international organisation partners, so that once we have this platform set up, so that people can make appointments, we can start rolling out the movement of people into these centres. and one of the main things that we would like people to do is to be assessed for refugee resettlement in the united states. what are migrants saying along the way? because some of the migrants we've been speaking to, rather, at the bbc, have said they want to head directly to the us. so are you confident that they are going to be willing to go to these centres

and file these claims for asylum ? sumi, i really think people want to be in the region. they say they want to enter through the puerta grande. right. they want to enter the united states in a way that is regular. right. and so if given the consequence regime that is now in place at the border, we are trying to give people options so that they can, if they really do want to come to the united states, that they access the united states through a legal pathway. i was talking to a foreign ministerfrom the region who had mentioned to me that he had taken his fourth trip, and he hadn't been foreign minister that long, to another country in the region to pick up the remains of migrants from his own country who had perished along the way. i mean, this is tragic. and marta, final question. you know, these people are fleeing violence, poverty, oppression and making their way to the us. what can the us do in its foreign policy to address some of these push factors that is that are causing

these record numbers? well, i will say sumi that's a great question. since the beginning of the administration, we have been really looking very closely at all of this. and there has long been a root causes strategy in the region. and this administration has really expanded on that and has been focused on really addressing some of the root causes. but the other piece of this is, is regional responsibility sharing on migration management. and so, if you'll recall, injune of 2022, there was a summit of the americas, and president biden stood beside 20 other leaders from the region, and they endorsed the los angeles declaration on migration and protection. and that really was focused on how we together as a region can confront some of the challenges with regards to irregular migration. we have changed the narrative in the region and we have such

great partners in the region who are really working to offer stabilisation and protection and options for people throughout the region so they're not forced to move, and to move irregularly. marta, thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. thanks so much, sumi. the expiration of title 42 comes as a 17—year—old migrant from honduras, who arrived to the us without a parent or guardian, died in government custody in a shelter in florida. government figures show that more than 8,000 unaccompanied migrant minors are currently under the us department of health and human services�* care. with an average custody period of 29 days. the white house discussed the tragedy this afternoon. it is sad news, it is deeply saddening to hear, and we are aware of the tragic loss and our hearts go out to the family, and it is... as ijust mentioned, being a mother and celebrating mother's day on sunday, it is very devastating news.

there is a medical investigation that was opened on may ten so i don't want to get ahead of that. we have to let the investigation go through so any specific questions, certainly, i would have to refer you to hhs. i haven't actually spoken to the president about this so i don't have any information if he's been briefed on this but i can say that there is a medical investigation that was open on may ten and were just going to let that go ahead. joining me now is dr victor trevino, he's the mayor of the city of laredo, in southern texas located on the us/mexico border. you have said before that the expiration of title 42 would need to at influx of migrants as written. what are you seen today? as written. what are you seen toda ? . ~' ,, as written. what are you seen toda ? ., ~ ., ., today? thank you for having me. the process _ today? thank you for having me. the process over _ today? thank you for having me. the process over the _ today? thank you for having me. the process over the last - today? thank you for having me. the process over the last few - the process over the last few days where i issued a

declaration of disaster have been utilized. these are holding up. the city ngos and our mexican counterparts are across from us are working to get through this. the reader will come continues to be one of the safest cities in regard to border crossing in the country. the issue would be the number of crossings from brownsville texas and other areas in texas that are being overwhelmed at this point. the transfers will overwhelm us and the other concern is we don't have a pediatric concern unit, and i don't want to see any child get gravely ill and not be up to treat them. they take this long journey and some children may need medical care so at this point we are boarded up so at this point we are boarded up like if a hurricane is coming and our main challenge is to make sure we balance the resources of our community and the humanitarian aid that this these migrants need. at the end of the day, this has always

been a federal programme for decades and now it does become a problem for border communities like ours. you said that the city _ communities like ours. you said that the city of _ communities like ours. you said that the city of laredo _ communities like ours. you said that the city of laredo is - that the city of laredo is holding up, the ngo i've said that migrants are usually asked to stay injustice road 24—48 hours but they know it is migrants are staying longer is because the height have no place to go. because of your provisions in your shelters to care for people are staying longer? this care for people are staying loner? �* , ., care for people are staying loner? a. , care for people are staying loner? , ., care for people are staying loner? m . , ., , longer? as a result of this declaration _ longer? as a result of this declaration of _ longer? as a result of this declaration of disaster, i longer? as a result of this| declaration of disaster, we have enacted management plan, city management plan, to get all the stakeholders involved that the city of laredo police and a fire team and ngos and the medical group and other partners who would be able to provide shelter and the food banks to provide food when the situation gets to the point where we can't hold them in one place and have to open up other

areas like recreation centers and parking rights. the management plan is under way and that is the reason to put this declaration of disaster. you said this is a federal problem at the moment, we know the biden administration as title 42 expired has put into place new sim rules. the horn—rimmed secretary mayorkas said the new rules will take time to show an impact, how much time do you have in the reader? it much time do you have in the reader? ., , much time do you have in the reader? . , ., ., reader? if migrants are going to be transferred _ reader? if migrants are going to be transferred to - reader? if migrants are going to be transferred to the - reader? if migrants are going l to be transferred to the reader we can see the next few days that title to 42 address expired, we expired notjust because it expired immediately we have any immediate overfill in the next following days. these measures that the government is doing is finding good but they should have been done done a long time ago but inputin done done a long time ago but input in my mirror hat on, i think we are and then the problem at the local level and it's basically a federal

problem but we have to do our part by the federal government gets everything together. what gets everything together. what ho -e do gets everything together. what hope do you — gets everything together. what hope do you want _ gets everything together. what hope do you want to _ gets everything together. what hope do you want to see - gets everything together. what hope do you want to see from the federal government, from the federal government, from the biden administration? the main thing _ the biden administration? the main thing is _ the biden administration? tue: main thing is resources the biden administration? tte: main thing is resources and funding. funding has been promised but the resources that are being used our local resources at this point. the food banks and shelters we are providing our local resources and the and joses are also ngos are also local resources especially the hospitals that are not equipped to handle this amount of people. we saw during the pandemic it was devastating at the point where we did not have a place for pediatric intensive care treatment. so, we have all these people coming in and anticipate the problem with the just like that or even worse. with the 'ust like that or even worse. a, ., with the 'ust like that or even worse. my ., u, with the 'ust like that or even worse. n_ ., u, ., a with the 'ust like that or even worse. mayor, can i ask you, this is a — worse. mayor, can i ask you, this is a massive _ worse. mayor, can i ask you,| this is a massive humanitarian challenge as well and you're talking about with children and mothers and fathers coming over the us border to cities like

yours in their ego. how difficult is it for you to see so many people seeking shelter and looking for help? tt is and looking for help? it is very difficult _ and looking for help? it is very difficult and - and looking for help? tit 3 very difficult and troubling. these are humanitarian efforts that have to be done and i saw children this morning walking the streets with their families, and you have to consider these children when you put your eight—year—old or six—year—old to travel 2700 miles with you. just to think about that and then they are here and reach in our area, we have to think on a humanitarian basis. of course, we have to follow the laws but there's no doubt about it that it really elicits that feeling of humanitarian need. and last question- — humanitarian need. and last question. how _ humanitarian need. and last question. how are _ humanitarian need. and last question. how are you - humanitarian need. and last- question. how are you preparing for the coming days and weeks ahead? ~ . ., ., ., ., ahead? with the declaration of disaster, we _ ahead? with the declaration of disaster, we elicited, - ahead? with the declaration of disaster, we elicited, we - disaster, we elicited, we activated our partners to be

active and willing and able and rapidly have the communication to get all of this people place in the right place and manage it. otherwise if we did not put the declaration, we would be expected of not being proactive. this is the reason we have put the declaration. dr victor trevino, mayor of the city of laredo in southern texas, thank you for they a time to speak with us tonight. thank for having me. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. we didn't know what is going on until we opened the tv. and then we realize that there is a war started between the regular sudanese army and the paramilitary rebel forces. reliving their escape from civil war, the family of six from berkshire were in sudan to celebrate ramadan and eid with relatives in the capital, khartoum, when fighting broke out.

0ur front door, it was shot by a bullet and then we found it inside the house. and luckily enough, there wasn't anyone around the door because since the war started, we just stayed in the middle of the house and on the floor. they may have escaped the fighting, but needed to leave the country. and to do that, they had to get to port sudan for one of the final evacuation flights by the raf. i'm happy that i'm here with my husband and my children, but i'm still thinking about my parents, my siblings, my father, her mother, and all. you're live with bbc news. pakistan's former prime minister, imran khan, has been released on bail, a day after his arrest in a corruption case, which led to a wave of protests and violence in which at least ten people died. the bbc�*s pakistan correspondent, caroline davis , has spoken with mr khan, and she sent this report from islamabad... defiant probably sums up imran khan's attitude today.

when he arrived at court, he was met in court by some of his supporters who were chanting slogans, there were journalists and lawyers there too, and the paramilitaries that were there to protect him in riot kit, as well as police officers. this was quite an unruly crowd making its way through the court complex, occasionally knocking people off their feet. when he arrived in court he then, during the times that the court was not in session, allowed journalists to have a conversation with them. so i was speaking to him and asked him whether he condoned the behaviour that we have seen in the course of the last few days, the violence that we have seen in some parts of pakistan. now, he said that he had always promoted peaceful protest, but that he could not be held responsible for what had happened during the course of the last few days because he was in police custody. now, that is not the view that is taken by the pakistan government here, who do put this chaos that has happened in the last few days, they put it down to mr khan's responsibility. this evening mr khan is on his

way back home to lahore. we are expecting to see him appear in court again on monday when his bail runs out, but i think one of the most significant things is that imran khan has politically survived the course of this week. and there were points during the course of this week where it was not certain what would happen to the pti, his political party, that movement, how it was going to be affected by mr khan being in police custody. but the fact that he has come through to this weekend is being celebrated by his supporters will presumably make mr khan feel even stronger. caroline davies in islamabad. a former us marine who placed a new york subway passenger in a fatal chokehold has been charged with manslaughter. daniel penny is accused of causing the death ofjordan neely on a new york subway car last week. his lawyers said he could not have known his actions to subdue mr neely would lead to his death.

the bbc�*s nada tawfik has been covering the case for us and has more from new york. daniel penny was released on $100,000 bail after his arraignment hearing in lower manhattan on friday. and he was formally charged with second degree manslaughter, which means he's accused of recklessly causing the death of 30—year—old jordan neely after holding him in a chokehold for several minutes. now, if convicted, he could face a maximum of 15 years in prison. he chose not to enter a plea in court. his lawyers, though, said the former marine voluntarily surrendered and had his head held high. they maintain that he acted in self defence because he and the other passengers felt threatened and there was no way he could have known that his actions would lead to neely�*s death, they say. when we heard from lawyers representing the family ofjordan neely, they, along with his father and aunt, said they feel daniel penny should have been charged more severely with murder. they said jordan had demons and was suffering from mental health issues ever since he lost his mother under

tragic circumstances. even though he couldn't smile, they said, he made other people smile by impersonating michaeljackson on the subway. then they addressed the incident itself, saying the 30—year—old did not attack anyone on the subway and no one asked him how they could help him. instead, penny came up behind him and assaulted him, knowing with his training as a former marine that that manoeuvre cutting off neely�*s airway could lead to death. "in no aspect was he a hero", they said. now, when neely�*s previous arrest record was brought up, they argued that was not a factor in this case, given daniel penny did not know how many times he had been arrested before this incident. there's been more fighting in sudan, despite the country's rival military factions signing a "humanitarian" deal they claim will help protect civilians.

fighter aircraft have again been in action over the capital khartoum with reports of loud explosions. sudan's rival leaders are former allies , the head of the army abdel fattah al—burhan , and the paramilitary commander mohamed hamdan daglo. now they're fighting each other for control of the country. 0ur correspondent barbara plett usher reports. for nearly a month, sudan's warring generals have been battling for control of khartoum. a brutal power struggle between the army and paramilitary troops. both of them think they can win, but the conflict has trapped civilians in desperate conditions. you're in constant worry that you be laying in bed and a bomb will fall into you and break your building or bomb your house. so every time you hear an airplane, every time you hear a bomb, you'll be on edge on your toes. despite a week of intense talks, the two sides are still far apart, but they have reached an agreement.

they promised to protect civilians and allow delivery of aid. now they have to secure a truce so that can actually happen. they can't even look at each other. in the streets of khartoum, it's a battle for survival. there's a constant hunt for dwindling supplies. this is one of the few shops still open, but of all, the dead are piling up. the fighting's forced some to dig graves in their gardens. the red cross has been able to collect a few bodies. a truce would allow more to be buried. that's something this lady is thinking about. her grandparents got stuck in the heat of the fighting. her grandfather, a british citizen, was shot, leaving her disabled grandmother alone at home. weeks of frantic phone calls failed to get help. three days ago she heard she was dead.

it's quite painful to think that she was alone with no electricity in the midst of it's really hot in sudan right now, in the midst of a heat wave. bombs waking up to bomb. sounds of ammunition. the british embassy was across the road, but she says, they didn't respond to her pleas. and the evacuation point was at an airfield her grandparents couldn't reach. if the british embassy is able to bring in cars, evacuate their staff that are stuck inside. surely they can drop off water at least, or surely they can come pick up. it's literallyjust picking up one of your citizens. the fighting still hasn't stopped and at night, power cuts blanket the capital with blackness. unless this deal is serious, things will get worse quite quickly. barbara plett—usher, bbc news, nairobi. in other news... demonstrations have continued in serbia after two mass shootings last week. protester in the capital,

belgrade, blocked a major road and brought rush—hour traffic to a standstill. they're calling for the resignation of two governmment ministers. they also want two television stations to lose their licences, saying their output encouraged a culture of violence. ukraine says it has recaptured ground in bakhmut, a rare advance after months of grinding russian gains in the eastern city. kyiv said its forces advanced 2km in a week. russia said its troops had regrouped in one area. the claims signal a momentum shift in bakhmut — but more widely, there is no clear evidence of an ukrainian counter—offensive. before we go tonight — let's go back to the uk. it's the countdown to the grand finale of the eurovision song contest on saturday night. for the first time this year, americans will be able to vote for their favorites. australia, first competed in 2015, and it's wildly popular there. this family made the trip to liverpooljust to take part, have a listen. it's been my dream to come to eurovision. it is the most incredible, joyful, inclusive, creative event that you can possibly imagine. it's ourfirst time. it's our first time coming to eurovision and it's hard to believe that we're here. it's just been the happiest experience that you could imagine.

thanks for watching bbc news. hello there. we had big contrasts in weather on friday. west was best in terms of sunshine, so blue skies like these were pretty widespread. and in cardiff we had the warmest weather in the uk with temperatures reaching 20 degrees. but east scotland and most of england were stuck under this area of cloud, a blanket of cloud, if you like. not that it was much of a blanket around the north york moors in fylingdales, temperatures only got to eight degrees. and with the northeaster, i'm sure that felt more like wintertime. now where we did see those temperatures struggle across eastern areas, eventually over the weekend, we should see some sunshine break out and that will lift temperatures quite widely into the high teens to low 20s. so, eventually it will get warmer. before we get there, though, we have this pesky low cloud with us again. most of england, east wales, eastern areas of scotland thick enough for an odd spit of rain. and these are the kind

of temperatures, perhaps, if you're up early in the day. now, high pressure is in charge of the weather on saturday. so, we are looking at dry weather conditions. the best of the early morning sunshine is likely to be across west scotland, northern ireland, wales and western england. cloudy elsewhere, but that cloud will get munched away by the may sunshine. eventually, there could be one or two areas that keep the cloud across eastern areas of england, around the east coast. same for eastern scotland. but for the majority it's dry, it's sunny and it's getting warmer. temperatures high teens to low 20s, perhaps reaching 22 in northern ireland. if that happens, it would be the warmest day of the year so far, not that 22 is that impressive. by this stage of the year, more often than not, we've already had warm spells with temperatures into the mid to even high 20s. so, 22 this stage of may. bah! now the second half of the weekend, we do have a cold front that's going to be dropping rain and dropping the temperatures across north western areas. so a cooler day for scotland and northern ireland with rain here. and the rain eventually will reach north west england and across wales as well.

to the east of that, well, i can't rule out an odd shower, but there will be hazy spells of sunshine and it could stay quite warm with temperatures again, high teens to low 20s. cooler, though, in the northwest. that's our weather this weekend. but i want to tell you about a serious cyclone that's heading towards the bangladesh/myanmar border region. this is home to many hundreds of thousands of rohingya refugees. and the weather looks horrendous, damaging winds, huge falls of rain and a storm surge. this could have potentially devastating impacts.

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