post. this is news a lie from mexico avoids potentially devastating u.s. tariffs with a last minute deal on migration president trump says planned levies on mexican goods are suspended indefinitely after next recent do more to stem the flow of migrants crossing its territory also coming up. german foreign minister heiko mosque begins a tour of the middle east with stops in jordan and iraq he's hoping to reduce tensions with iran. and the women's world cup 2 or 3 lines start for the

tournament we'll look back on the big night in paris and look forward at what's to come on the day to day. i'm michael okwu thanks for joining us the united states and mexico have reached an 11th hour deal to crack down on migration from central america earlier the white house threatened to slap tariffs on mexico if it failed to stop record numbers of migrants from traveling through the country to the u.s. border but the deal appears to fall short of a key u.s. demand that mexico accept a designation of safe 3rd country that would have forced it to permanently taken most central american asylum seekers. it's the end of a dispute that threatened an all out trade war between the u.s. and mexico but at the white house after his trip to europe u.s.

president trump safety announcement for his preferred form of communication in a series of tweets late friday trump said tariffs would be indefinitely suspended and that mexico had agreed to take strong measures to stop central american migrants heading through mexico to the u.s. . mexico's foreign minister said the deal was a fair play. people crossing into the u.s. to seek asylum will be rapidly returned to mexico while their applications for asylum are processed in turn mexico will allow these individuals to enter for humanitarian reasons in compliance with its international obligations them as united as the deal also sees checks being stepped up on mexico's southern border with somalia speaking on the sidelines of the g 20 finance meeting in japan the us treasury secretary steve minucci and said trump's goal of fixing immigration

problems on the mexico border had been achieved but he added strong could still impose tariffs if mexico failed to follow up on its pledges. the deal ties trade to migration but the devil could yet be in the detail the final conditions are set to be hammered out in discussions between the u.s. and mexico within 90 days. for more on that mexican journalist from our spanish department is in the studio with me israel thanks for joining us so for now after tough negotiations between the united states and mexico it appears that this dispute is resolved at least again for now where does that leave mexico well i think it's a very good deal for mexico because it was very origin to resole this you know it could affect both of their comics mexican and u.s. american economy and it was also very positive that notice on another show that he's

a man that do not things with the stomach so at the beginning when he was compared to become president many people argue that he wouldn't be able to. get this kind of conversations with all their governments and now we're saying that he's going to try to protect the mexican economy that he's not this is not another little he somebody that can handle but wolf there is a lot of there are a lot of issues still to resolve because this is just a solution for right now so what options does mexico actually have to address the migration issue and to basically you know stem the wave of these threats from the u.s. president to impose tariffs i think where one of the most important things was that the mexican i mean to administration was able to make trump accept to start to work you know long term strategy in order to help people in central america to have

opportunities there we need to see how they implemented that because giving money to an author meant we also know that many times is not helping because of the corruption and it will be important to see that individuals are going to get this kind of support in order to improve the local economies the other thing is not really try to speak more with all their potential partners. a memory that partners they already have because last we saw germany was pretty afraid of this kind of treatment of treat because they have already a treatment with mexico there start to be a lot of they're billing a lot of. industries there so mexico should need also to start the last part of of all their countries now under this deal mexico has agreed to deploy some 6000 troops to its border with got a mole in order to stem the migration flow what's the likelihood that it actually will stem that flow well i think. that the. strategy they want to

follow is 1st of all start to to control to make notice to realize who is coming why are they coming here why do they need what do they need because all other governments just refused to see that problem they just ok they are not stay here let's let them pass through contrie but it was a problem that mexico needed to to resolve it's not just like some bad they trim hats of mexico needed to tackle these problems in order also to help the migrants to be more safe in their context you don't know who are they what are they doing there where are they going if you go also to help them get it. is your day has a thanks for so much for joining us. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the u.n. says the number of when israel and refugees has now reached 4000000 it's one of

latin america's worst ever humanitarian emergencies more and more people have been fleeing the socialist country with little sign of a solution to its political and economic crisis. one of russia's top investigative journalists has been hospitalized hours after being charged with large scale drug dealing police detained even. on thursday his employer independent website says the charges are motivated by his work and accuses authorities of beating him. in budapest rescuers are preparing to try and raise a sightseeing boat that sank in the danube last week 9 people are still missing after the vessel collided with a cruise ship 1000 people are already confirmed dead in the disaster. turkish president recip tayyip erdogan has served as best man at the wedding of arsenal soccer star. quit their german national team last year amid a public over his turkish roots which came after

a photograph of him with drew criticism. germany's foreign minister has arrived in the iraqi capital baghdad on an unannounced visit will be meeting the country's leaders to discuss the escalating tensions between iran and the u.s. began his tour of the middle east in jordan and will also visit the united arab emirates and iran is aiming to salvage the iran nuclear deal which has been under threat since the u.s. withdrew from it last year. today is world oceans day the annual observation helps draw attention to efforts to protect the oceans and their ecosystems one of the biggest threats they face is plastic more than 100000000 tons of plastic waste have collected in the oceans causing chaos in some coastal regions did. travel to sierra leone to see why the capital freetown is struggling to cope. the best way to get from freetown

airport to downtown is by boat captain sagal months array of sea coach express has been making the journey for 15 years his biggest challenge navigating through all the plastic debris is very very. very very dangerous classes they very beginning to. save these things what are all 510 years not to say to plastic trash clogs up the engine almost every journey that's why someone keeps watch in the back of the boat to alert the captain as soon as it happens often the damage is already done. 3 towns plastic problem is also evident in other parts of the city some blame the government but drainage canals awash with trash point to the need for an alternative approach to waste. yet sierra leone still does not even have its own plastic recycling center

refuse either ends up in a landfill sometimes right in the city center or it's exported the head of the environmental protection agency says the government must act immediately he admits there have been failings but now he would like to see a complete ban on single use plastics. with if they have objections and we have to find an alternative for those people so if we have a lot of what are called. selling does plastic water. so. does their livelihoods so you have to find an alternative but many doubt there'll be a plastic ban any time soon so the tourism authority has begun working with civil society groups and they've hired 80 employees to collect the litter that washes up on the beach. meanwhile see coach express. it's fitting it's

new as boats with 4 engines to prevent breakdowns as long as the plastic problem remains unresolved operating costs will remain high if the water were clean and the company says customers would be paying much less for a ticket. the central african republic has seen more than its fair share of peace deals none of which actually brought peace to the fractured country earlier this year the warring parties put pen to paper yet again pledging peace now the president has started consultations about reconciliation a report begins with one bore you doesn't yet know what that means because all he can remember is the violence. of the can't sleep at night his mother all screen says her son has nightmares only during the drawings can have power they stop seeing the pictures that home to him. we're going to send me to get to sleep i have to draw every time to get the images out of my head. of his just 12 years old

his drawings are always the same pickup trucks with machine guns mounted on the back a body in a river a house on fire with his dad inside a boy's associate this is what made me draw this picture it's that my father and i were going to move by a district. and then he was burnt at home by the celica. and when i fled i saw a body in the water. the celica mainly muslim group which is one of countless militias warlords and rebels in ca in february the warring sides signed a peace deal the 8th seemed obvious doc was killed in 2013. now the country's president has launched a public consultation aimed at establishing a truth justice reparation and reconciliation commission. it seemed essential to me to make sure the government give popular legitimacy to this

transitional justice system gets to be put into place. by consulting central africans across the broad public so they can express their expectations and wishes clearly. the chief of the un stabilisation force minister called for measures to protect the victims of violence and ensure their voices are heard. we will all need to remain vigilant in the fight against impunity to give full effect to the rights of victims the truth justice and reparation. trauma and his drawings are unlikely to make it into the consultations but the government's hope is that a future commission can play a role in bringing some peace to see. the women's world cup is up and running host france kicked off the train in against

south korea and led move showed their air force to be reckoned with in front of some $45000.00 fans in paris they ran their opponents ragged to rack up a resigning victory. for the french players in paris it was a night in men's national pride. they didn't have to wait long to take the lead 9 minutes in some fantastic work by. thumping the ball into the back of the net via the underside of the cross bar to make it. small volley. after the video ref just said to me. but front soon made it anyway thanks to a powerful header from sent. me to 87. defense and had an easy time out. 3 male just before.

the 2nd tough produced only highlight from. a dream goal from the captain a dream start to the tournament for the hosts. thanks for joining us. this experience a modern museum center with. russian cultural heritage foundation. researchers of. more than 5 mil.