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let's cross to belfast and our reporter michael fitzpatrick.ke? it's a brilliant atmosphere like? it's a brilliant atmosphere here in belfast this afternoon, around 5000 women have been taking part in the belfast procession which began at the titanic slipways around an hour ago, and made its way through this city streets to its finishing point here at belfast city hall. among those taking part was the newly elected lord mayor of belfast, only the fifth woman to have ever held the position. we also have a significant number of women carrying flags and banners today which have been specially produced for this event, 14 specially produced for this event, 1a different women's groups from across northern ireland creating those banners which reflect hopes and concerns of women in northern ireland today. a number of women also carrying flags and wearing t—shirts calling for a relaxation of the abortion laws in northern ireland which they feel are too restrictive, and that follows the recent referendum in the republic of ireland which saw the ban on ab

in belfast today, a sense the debate now m oves in belfast today, a sense the debate now moves here.orthern ireland remains the only part of the uk were abortion is illegal unless there is abortion is illegal unless there is a risk to a woman's life. abortion is illegal unless there is a risk to a woman's lifelj abortion is illegal unless there is a risk to a woman's life. i would love to see a referendum appear. again, with the parties it will probably never happen, but hopefully, it will start a bit of a conversation going.|j hopefully, it will start a bit of a conversation going. i would love the same sort of vote up here, so i would. could it happen? i don't know, not without government. grace dalton rang us with her thoughts. know, not without government. grace dalton rang us with her thoughtslj felt dalton rang us with her thoughts.” felt extremely depressed about the referendum result in ireland. it was confounded so much by bbc coverage the following day, throughout sunday night and most of monday, of supposed calls for abortion laws to be changed then in northern ireland. it

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. eastern afghan province of nangarhar. the so—called islamic state group said it carried out the bombing. the attack happened as taliban militants and afghan security forces embraced during a three—day ceasefire as the country marks the muslim festival of eid. the afghan president has urged the taliban to extend the ceasefire. our correspondent in kabul, shoaib sharifi, explained the significance of today's events. 17 years since the collapse of the taliban regime, kabul residents today saw an unprecedented scene on the streets of kabul when the taliban militants on motorbikes carrying the white flag of taliban were running here and there on the streets of kabul and stopping and hanging it up on soldiers as part of meet and greet of the ceasefire celebrations. not only that, and the very man, the commander of the police forces, the afghan interior minister, was out on the street taking selfies with the taliban soldiers as a gesture of showing support and also building trust between a g

the outgoing lord mayor of belfast.my last event as lord mayor of belfast. it is one of my first and nothing much has changed over the past year except more people are demanding it. the dup say they will continue to oppose the same—sex marriage and thatis oppose the same—sex marriage and that is despite it being legal everywhere else in the uk and in the republic. delays and cancellations have continued today on northern rail ahead of the introduction of an emergency timetable on monday. the company says it'll mean 100 and 65 services being cancelled everyday. from rochdale 0livia richwald reports. after almost two weeks of commuter misery across northern england, today was a weekend reprieve. there were fewer passengers on the railways, but still more than 120 cancelled northern rail trains. tell us what's going on. don't wait two minutes before a train is going and say, "i'm sorry, it's been cancelled." they kept changing platforms. we are told, "go to this platform, the next one is coming." then they say again it's b

bigger beasts were given respite at belfast zoo and the pigs w0 re respite at belfast zoo and the pigsreen the heat is a nice challenge because in northern ireland we get a lot of rain and cold days but when we get weather like this, the keepers have to ensure the animals, their are as co mforta ble ensure the animals, their are as comfortable as possible. for many it is isa comfortable as possible. for many it is is a rare treat to have temperatures this high, and northern ireland savoured the moment. savoured the moment. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. third day in a row, gorgeous sunshine. and another hottest day of the year so far believe it or not. blue skies and sunshine for wales, this picture came from one of our weather watchers. this heat wave continue, but it hasn't been plain sailing for everyone. that was scarborough, though even here it cleared up. i will see you the satellite picture, we started off with cloud but it retreated into the north sea and for all parts we got to see some sunshine. that cloud will make a return to parts of eastern scotland, eas

thi5 the 205 for belfast and the central lowlands.w the 205 for belfast and the central lowlands. this is just to show you liked wind, light wind inland, continuing to build, gentle 5ea breezes, if you are finding the heat all too 5tifling. bear with us, it will continue. sunday into monday, repeat performance, cool in the glens of scotland, tempered a5 repeat performance, cool in the glens of scotland, tempered as in town5 glens of scotland, tempered as in towns and cities darting to notch up a degree. a5 we see, notching up a degree each day, not dropping a5 a degree. a5 we see, notching up a degree each day, not dropping as low at night. another fine day on monday, lot5 at night. another fine day on monday, lots of sunshine, more cloud in the western isles. unlikely to produce much rain. stifle5 the temperature a little bit, for many, even as we head further north, temperatures building toward5 even as we head further north, temperatures building towards the mid—205, there is a blip a5 temperatures building towards the mid—205, the

and 20 14 hole. temperatures in the 20s, 22 for belfast and 2014 hole.about right for most of us. hard, just about right for most of us. monday high pressure is in charge and it is not moving, not budging, not expected to move anywhere and in fact, right across europe we will see temperatures rise as we had through the course of the. week hot air in place across spain, france and the uk as well. we think the temperatures are underdone, we could hit 30 degrees in the south of the uk at some point next week with lots of sunshine. its this is bbc news. i'm rita chakrabarti. the headlines at 8pm. two big employers in britain, airbus and bmw, issue stark warnings over the slow progress of brexit negotiations. the aerospace giant says it will have to reconsider its future if there's no deal. we are very fearful of chaos at the borders and we want things to be as smooth as is. president trump threatens 20% tariffs on all european cars going into the united states — as the trade dispute escalates. mrtrump mr trump reiterates his message of securing america's bor

belfast being in a valley you can see the shipyard in the koreans from it are ten miles away so it's always been at the center we are by no means that the me and employer in belfast anymore as we once were. but there is still that inherent history and pride with them but first you only need to travel to a bar or restaurant or a shop and you'll see the iconic iconic pictures of samson or goliath and all the wonderful ships that we would have built over the years there is a real inherent sense of pride around what we do in belfast and i think a big part of my job is trying to reinstill that again not just with the levels of employment but also the people want to actually come and be attracted to work in an industry such as ours so in and the phrase that ship building in northern ireland sunrise or sunset and distance well i would have taken on this job if i believed it was a sunset unstrung i think some rice is there but i can't build you know how but i can do the job that is offered and i'm excited and quick well i'm very pleased to accept a lot of thank you so much many thanks for a

temperatures modestly high in belfast, around 21 or 22 degrees, but perhaps picking up into the hightioned that there is a change on the way. looks as though thunderstorms across the south will be developing as we head into the weekend, and they could be drifting northwards probably sunday night into monday, but at the moment it's a low risk. there's no guarantee, and not necessarily cooling off all that much, so there is a change on the way towards the weekend. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is lewis vaughanjones. our top stories: a victory for president trump, as the us supreme court upholds the travel ban targeting five muslim—majority countries. many migrants now face a more uncertain future. we have a special report from the us—mexico border. fresh claims of atrocities against myanmar‘s rohingya minority. amnesty international accuses the country's army chiefs. and a last—gasp goal from argentina sends them through to the last 16 of the world cup. we will bring you all the latest from moscow.

and belfast today a sense that debate moves here, northern ireland remains the only part of the uk where a risk to woman's life. wu i would love to see a referendum appear, again, it'll probably never happen, but hopefully it'll start a bit of a conversation going. happen, but hopefully it'll start a bit of a conversation goinglj happen, but hopefully it'll start a bit of a conversation going. i would like to see it appear i don't know if it'll happen. grace run as were her thoughts. i feel... if it'll happen. grace run as were her thoughts. ifeel... it if it'll happen. grace run as were her thoughts. i feel... it was compounded so much by the coverage following day, throughout sunday night and most of monday, but suppose it calls for abortion laws to be changed than in northern ireland. it seemed bizarre to me that you would have a news report about that as those some significant number of public statements have been made by significant figures. it wasn't news, it wasn't a new story. what you were doing was to create more what you were doing was to create m o re co ntrove i’sy what you

the outgoing lord mayor of belfast.s one of my first and nothing much has changed over the past year except more people are demanding it. the dup say they will continue to oppose the same—sex marriage and that is despite it being legal everywhere else in the uk and in the republic. this year marks 70 years since the establishment of the national health service. olive belfield was a young nurse in 19118 when the ambitious new system was brought in. she's been telling our ‘witness' team about her memories of those early days. i had always... you know, a great thing i wanted was to be a nurse. anyone asked me, what do you want to do when you grow up? i would always say, i want to be a nurse. i started nursing when i was 18 in 19115. you were then accepted for 12 weeks. you lived within the nurse's home. and of course, it's so exciting. it sounds a bit ludicrous now but when you think, you got your uniform, which was pink. if we passed, that was it, we could then carry on and become our ambition of nursing and, you know, jo

from belfast, here's our ireland correspondent emma vardy. greet sinn fein delegates this morning. these views were once in the party mainstream, but not any more. no more will our reproductive rights be capitalised and commercialised! today, sinn fein delegates of a new generation spoke in favour of abortion reform. we must face the reality that the lives of some women are placed in danger and real risk due to their pregnancy. during the recent referendum campaign, i was struck by the scores of women that came forward and told their personal stories. last month ireland voted decisively to overturn its ban on abortion. today sinn fein passed a motion requiring its politicians to back new laws in the irish parliament, allowing abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. but not without some internal division. the 26 counties of ireland has lost something beautiful and precious, the protection of the unborn, but we the already born did not lose on may the 25th — the unborn child did. leading the call for change, sinn fein‘s first new leader in 35 yea

sinn fein members vote in favour of liberalising abortion law at their conference in belfast. moment to forget for one of the greats. lionel messi misses a crucial penalty, as underdogs iceland secure a draw against argentina on day 3 of the world cup. and joining me tonight to review the sunday papers will be owen bennett from huffpostuk — and the journalist and broadcaster, penny smith. good evening and welcome to bbc news. in an extraordinary intervention by the home secretary, a 12—year—old boy with severe epilepsy is tonight receiving treatment, using an illegalform of cannabis oil. billy caudwell‘s mother bought the oil in canada, to help control his seizures but it was confiscated on her arrival at heathrow airport. sajid javid said he used "an exceptional power" to issue the licence for what he said was a medical emergency. richard lister has the story. charlotte and billy caldwell flew back to britain on monday after taking the law into their own hands. to treat billy's epilepsy, they bought cannabis oil in canada containing an ingredient banned in the uk. the drug wh

let's go live now to belfast and our ireland correspondent chris page.e the ramifications of that referendum in the republic of that referendum in the republic of ireland are being felt that there today. at right. mary lou mcdonald, the relatively huge sinn fein president, you need to go a few months ago, play date very prominent role in that referendum campaign which resulted in a landslide vote in favour of change, the irish republic has removed its constitutional ban on abortion. the irish government is not planning to bring forward legislation which would legalize the termination to pregnancy for any reason until a woman is 12 weeks pregnant. and till this afternoon sinn fein‘s current cost policy fell short of that in favour of legalizing abortions in cases where a woman's health was at risk. -- cases where a woman's health was at risk. —— current policy fell short. in the annual conference today they set the party executive first we should be able to instruct mps of the irish parliament as how they vote on that issue, and they said that abortions s

yes, organising the event in the four cities, london, belfast, cardiff and four cities, london, belfast huge processions in the colours of green, white and pilot of the suffragette flag, so all participants, tens of thousands of people, they will be dressed, to create a human banner, if you like, something that will take over the ceremonial streets of those cities, the seats of power, where for one afternoon in 100 years we will very definitely be centre stage. finally, what you want women to take away? it is an all—female event? what you want women to take away? it is an all-female event? yes, it is. each procession ends under a banner that says, my vote really makes a difference, and we would like all women to walk away thinking that really is true, that they need to step up, and take part in civic life, and actually follow directly in the footsteps of those ancestors who went before them. wonderful, thank you very much, helen, and jenny waldman. thank you forjoining us. jenny waldman. thank you forjoining us. the march starts at two o'clock and we will bring that to you live on the b

certainly for glasgow and belfast. it looks as though it may cool off just a and belfast.n parts of england as well. that he does is a little bit further towards the south into the midlands. east anglia and the southeast. perhaps the high teens in the north of england on wednesday and possibly 27 in london. towards the end of the week, high—pressure establishes itself across the uk so we are talking about mostly dry weather. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm. theresa may promises a £20 billion a year real—terms increase to the nhs in england by 2023. labour says it's not enough. we're making the nhs our priority, we're putting a significant amount of extra money into it. we need to make sure that money is spent wisely. we're saying you can go further and if the government made the taxation changes we are prepared to make, you could be giving even more to the nhs. so labour would be spending more on the nhs than the tories. hundreds of migrants who were rescued off the coast of libya eight days ago, arrive in spain. experts warn the glasgow school of art may have to be

from belfast, our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. once opposed abortion in most circumstances. no more can it be commercialised and will our reproductive rights be capitalised and commercialised. applause today delegates queued to speak in favour of reform. we must face the reality, the lives of some women are placed in danger and real risk because of their pregnancy. during the recent referendum campaign, i was struck by the scores of winning that came forward and told their personal stories. last month ireland voted decisively to overturn its ban on abortion. today sinn fein passed a motion requiring its politicians to back new laws in the irish parliament, allowing abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. but not without some internal division. the 26 counties of ireland have long held something beautiful and pressures, the protection of the unborn, but we are the already born did not lose on may the 25th — the unborn child did. now that sinn fein has officially changed its own stance on abortion, the party will continue pressing for

glasgow and belfast, we are down to 26 degrees so it will be some degrees, less hot and northern irelandh us and another similar day, so we have a bit of cloud towards the east coast but thatis cloud towards the east coast but that is pretty much it. then it is sunshine all around really for many of us in the south, we will see temperatures getting up into the high 20s and maybe matching or hitting 30 degrees once more but belfast down to something more manageable, 23 celsius and then interestingly it has been a while 110w interestingly it has been a while now but sunday into monday, you could be seeing some showers drifting into of western parts of uk at the moment and it looks like it will stay out to sea. there is a risk of some affecting whales and possibly one or two into northern ireland. these are a long way off and difficult to forecast a look at the values there. 29 expected in london in the hot weather is expected to continue into next week. not quite so hot in the north but essentially no change to the current warm sunny spell. the look and outside source. we will begin with t

sinn fein members vote in favour of liberalising abortion law at their conference in belfast. also this hour — could one of the stars of the world cup live up to his name on day three of the tournament? lionel messi missed a crucial penalty as underdogs iceland secure a draw against argentina. and andy murray will make his competitive return from hip surgery at queens next week. good evening and welcome to bbc news. scotland's first minister has said she's heartbroken after the renowned glasgow school of art was badly damaged in a fire, for the second time in four years. the alarm was raised just after 11:00 last night and the mackintosh building was engulfed by flames within minutes. scottish fire and rescue say that the historic building has been extensively damaged along with some surrounding buildings. it was undergoing a multi—million pound restoration project following the last blaze. our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon is in glasgow. this was a sight glasgow never expected to see again. its world—famous school of art engulfed by fire once more. thick, black smoke a

chris page, bbc news belfast.by saudi arabia are said to have the upper hand in the battle to take the city of hudaydah, the port is a vital lifeline for aid supplies for millions threatened by famine in yemen. the prime minister says she is disappointed after one of her own mps blocked plans to make up skirting a criminal offence, the new law would have seen offenders who ta ke p hotos law would have seen offenders who take photos up victim's clothes sentenced to up to two years in jail but sir christopher chope was able to block the edge hedge lacing by shouting object. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. i was at correspondent iain watson reports. iwas ata correspondent iain watson reports. i was at a festival. my sister, on a hot day, waiting for my favourite band to come on stage and two guys took pictures up my skirt. jean ma that are tin was a victim of up skirting. a liberal democrat mp wa nted skirting. a liberal democrat mp wanted to make it a criminal offence in england and wales, with offe

our ireland correspondent emma vardy is at the conference in belfast. on abortion much sooner. in the past, sinn fein has only supported access to abortion in very limited circumstances but following the overwhelming referendum result in the republic of ireland to overturn the ban on abortion there, the proposal being put forward here, if it passes, would mean that sinn fein politicians would have to support the party line on new laws in the irish parliament, in dublin, to legalise abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy, but to some degree, the party is still divided on this. its leader, mary lou mcdonald, campaigned to overcome the ban on abortion in ireland, but some members oppose it. and 24 branches have put forward a motion saying they believe sinn fein members should be able to vote according to their own personal beliefs. that is what will be debated here later on this afternoon. the un's special envoy to yemen has arrived in the capital sana'a in a bid to persuade rebels to give up control of a key seaport. pro—government forces backed by saudi ar

air on wednesday that there will be sunshine around in the western isles, certainly for glasgow and belfastatures to around 25 celsius on tuesday. midweek we see their weather front moving away. behind it we have fresh air. that means that scotland and northern ireland remain in the fresh air on wednesday that there will be sunshine around in the western isles, certainly for glasgow and belfast buries son in the forecast. it may cool offjust a fraction across northern parts of england as well will stop the heat slips further south towards the midlands, east anglia and the south east. perhaps the high teens and possibly 27 in london and norwich. towards the end of the week high—pressure establish itself across the uk and we are talking about mostly dry weather. this is bbc world news. i'm krupa padhy. our top stories... a ship carrying hundreds of migrants arrives in spain — almost a week after it was turned away by italy and malta. we thank the spanish government for welcoming people in need at times when many others are rejecting them or are turning their head away. at least 31 people are

temperatures modestly high in belfast, around 21 or 22 degrees, but perhaps picking up into the highthere is a change on the way. looks as though thunderstorms across the south will be developing as we head into the weekend, and they could be drifting northwards probably sunday night into monday, but at the moment it's a low risk. there's no guarantee, and not necessarily cooling off all that much, so there is a change on the way towards the weekend. hi there. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the world. our top stories: a victory for president trump, as the us supreme court upholds the travel ban targeting five muslim—majority countries. many migrants now face a more uncertain future. we have a special report from the us—mexico border. fresh claims of atrocities against myanmar‘s rohingya minority. amnesty international accuses the country's army chiefs. and, a last gasp goal from argentina sends them through to the last 16 of the word cup. we'll bring you all the latest from moscow.

temperatures modestly high in belfast, around 21 or 22 degrees, but perhaps picking up into the highis a change on the way. looks as though thunderstorms across the south will be developing as we head into the weekend, and they could be drifting northwards probably sunday night into monday, but at the moment it's a low risk. there's no guarantee, and not necessarily cooling off all that much, so there is a change on the way towards the weekend. this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump has hailed a us supreme court decision to uphold his travel ban targeting five muslim—majority countries. he said that in an age of worldwide terrorism, "we have to be tough and we have to be safe." one dissenting judge said the ban was motivated by bias against muslims. the human rights group amnesty international has published what it calls detailed, new evidence of the extent of the burmese military‘s crimes against the rohingya people in myanmar. it accuses the army's commander in chief and 12 others of orchestrating rape and murder and driving out more than half a million rohingyas. six eur

sinn fein has begun debating changing the party's policy on abortion at its annual conference in belfastso give her first leader's address since replacing gerry adams. 0ur ireland correspondent, emma vardy, is at the conference in belfast. they brought this conference forward to allow the party to have this debate on abortion soon. they have only supported access to abortion in limited circumstances so far but following the referendum result in the republic to overturn the ban on abortion, the proposal put forward here if it passes would mean sinn fein politicians would have to support the party line on new laws in the irish parliament in dublin to legalise abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. to some degree, the party is still divided, at its leader mary lou mcdonald campaigned to overturn the ban on abortion in ireland, but some members oppose it and 2a branches have put forward a notion saying they believe sinn fein members should be able to vote according to their own personal beliefs. that will be debated here this afternoon. the prime minister says she's disappointed after one of

chris page, bbc news belfast.for a second time in four years at one of scotland's architectural landmarks, the glasgow school of art. there has been extensive damage. the government has said it will help with restoring the building. the mother of 12—year—old billy caldwell who wants to use cannabis oil to treat him says he is in a life threatening condition. the home office says it's sympathetic, and will take advice from his doctors. andy murray confirms he will make his competitive return from hip surgery at queens next week. the prime minister says she's disappointed after one of her own mps blocked plans to make upskirting a criminal offence. the new law would have seen offenders who secretly take photos up victim's clothes sentenced to up to two years in jail. but tory mp sir christopher chope was able to block the legislation by shouting "object". 0ur politcal correspondent iain watson reports. i was at a festival with my sister on a blistering hot day, waiting for my favourite band to come on stage and two

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast.an alleged culture of harassment that led to a series of suicides at the firm. they are accused of making life deliberately unpleasant for employees to make them want to leave. in one case an employee jumped out of a fifth floor window in front of colleagues and another is said to have stabbed himself in a meeting. in june 1993, is said to have stabbed himself in a meeting. injune 1993, the israeli meeting. injune1993, the israeli ministry was forced to save —— change its policy for gay and lesbian soldiers. before that, high ranking officers found to be gay was —— web bugs from sensible dump that —— were barred from knowing sensitive material. this man was the country's first openly gay member and has been telling our history programme witness about how he forced change on the military. ijoined the military and served as an officerfor almost ijoined the military and served as an officer for almost 20 years. i was up to the level in intelligence. the law at the time was if you are know

mark sampson, bbc news, l5. —— belfast.ws: the president of the european council, donald tusk, calls on britain to lay its "cards on the table" and resolve the outstanding issues on brexit before an eu summit in october. after marathon talks at today's summit, a deal was struck to set up secure migrant centres in eu states. david duckenfield, the police commander in charge on the day of the hillsborough disaster, is to stand trial for manslaughter by gross negligence. many across america are preparing for a weekend of protests against donald trump's immigration policies. in particular, demonstrators are criticising the continued detention of young migrant children who are separated from their parents despite the white house promising to end the practice. in el paso, texas, our north america correspondent, aleem maqbool, has been given access to a centre housing immigrant parents who have recently been released, only to find they still haven't been reunited with their children. phone rings. this is where parents wait by the

mark devenport, bbc news, belfast. now the weather with helen willetts. hello.he course of friday. we had a good deal of sunshine, as well. and is very similar picture for saturday. it is warm, it is muggy, there will be some sunshine, but, at this time of year, you cannot rule out the chance of a shower. a lot of the showers fell across northern ireland. this was a photograph taken yesterday here, as you can see, at lurgan, and that was because we have a lot more sunshine, or we had a lot more sunshine, across northern ireland and scotland. and those high temperatures, the sunshine, triggered some heavier, thundery showers. we also had the remnants of a weak weather front sitting across parts of england and wales. there was more cloud across northern england and parts of wales during friday. a similar story for saturday. some dry, brighter spells to the south. so as we dawn saturday morning, still chilly in the north—east of scotland. a lot of low cloud having returned back in off the north sea. that will clear away. one thing worth pointing out again is the ve

relatively modest temperatures, 17 in belfast, just around 22 in london. but beyond that, the weekend and into next week looks like those temperatures are shooting up. perhaps even an under estimate of those temperatures — they could be getting up to 30 degrees. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: the government sets out the plans for more than 3 million eu citizens if they want to remain here after brexit. the home secretary says it will be a simple process. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, has said a "blame culture" in the nhs has to change to help uncover scandals such as the deaths at gosport war memorial hospital. that was revealed in a report yesterday. us first lady melania trump visits a child migrant detention centre on the us—mexico border, and says she's there to learn. the bank of england holds interest rates, as the chancellor prepares to make his annual mansion house speech on the state of the uk economy. in a moment, it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. at 7pm on beyond 100

temperatures modestly higher in belfast, around 21 or 22 degrees, but perhaps picking up into the highioned that there is a change on the way. looks as though thunderstorms across the south will be developing as we head into the weekend, and they could be drifting northwards sunday night into monday, but at the moment it's a low risk. there's no guarantee, and not necessarily cooling off all that much, so there is a change on the way towards the weekend. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines — president trump hails a supreme court ruling upholding his travel ban targeting five muslim—majority countries as a tremendous success. but many migrants remain uncertain what trump's policy is now and how it will affect them. we have a special report from the us—mexico border. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme — four days on and the search continues for the missing youth football team trapped in caves in thailand. we do believe the boys are inside there alive, and they are hoping they can climb up to the top of these hills and reach them from channels further out. and we'll

temperatures modestly high in belfast, around 21 or 22 degrees, but perhaps picking up into the highentioned that there is a change on the way. looks as though thunderstorms across the south will be developing as we head into the weekend, and they could be drifting northwards probably sunday night into monday, but at the moment it's a low risk. there's no guarantee, and not necessarily cooling off all that much, so there is a change on the way towards the weekend. hello, this is the briefing. 0ur hello, this is the briefing. our top stories... a victory for donald trump after the us supreme court upholds his trouble than targeting five muslim majority countries. after last week's attempt on his life, barbara's president points the finger at formerfirst life, barbara's president points the finger at former first lady grace mugabe. we have an exclusive interview with emmerson mnangagwa. a spanish court finds that thousands of babies were stolen decades ago. argentina's world cup hopes are still alive. the last gasp goal sends the team into raptures and

back to 23, for example, in belfast. however, it stays hot in the south. hello. this is bbc news.

temperatures modestly high in belfast, around 21 or 22 degrees, but perhaps picking up into the highon the way. looks as though thunderstorms across the south will be developing as we head into the weekend, and they could be drifting northwards sunday night into monday, but at the moment it's a low risk. there's no guarantee, and not necessarily cooling off all that much, so there is a change on the way towards the weekend. i'm babita sharma with bbc world news. our top story: president trump has hailed a us supreme court decision to uphold his travel ban targeting five muslim—majority countries. president trump said that, in an era of worldwide terrorism, we have to be tough and we have to be safe. but a dissenting judge said the ban was motivated by bias against muslims. rescue crews in thailand are still trying to find members of a teenage football team and their coach who have been missing in a cave network since the weekend. the last 16 is taking shape in the world cup tournament. argentina have just made it into the next round of the russia world cup with a tense win over niger

he'll be back in the ring on the 18th of august in belfast, no word on his opponent that it is likely fury has a long way to go to get back to his best. can he get back in shape? i don't know. there were moments last night when it turned serious. it was an interview on television last night, where he just turned serious and said, i realise that after four rounds of clowning and joking just how hard it is going to be. i think he's come back, made a few quid, he has entertained 15,000 people, he has entertained 15,000 people, he has got people talking but now he is going back to training camp on monday. eddie jones has played down the latest batch of abuse from away fans, he was verbally abused following a narrow defeat to south africa, but he said he wasn't worried as it was a great game of by worried as it was a great game of rugby and his side got off to the perfect start, with a 21 point lead. the springboks made an astonishing comeback to win 42—39 and took it 1-0 comeback to win 42—39 and took it 1—0 lead in the summer tour. it is england's fourth defeat in a row. george turner be

in belfast, they started at the titanic quarter.cession passed through the city centre. and in edinburgh, they marched towards holyrood park. it has been a great opportunity to find out more about our own history and name some of the women. there are so many more women who have got great stories. women who have got great when we look at these women, it is amazing. especially to represent the inmates that we worked with on our banners. the inmates that we worked there is a banner back there with their names that have been embroidered on. there with their names we wanted to remember the women who were the first women in the world to get the vote. who were the first women and some of them came over and helped the british suffragettes. and helped the british 100 female artists were commissioned to work on projects to sell banners and make projects, just as the women of the suffragettes did. as the women of the suffragettes women like emily wilding davison, who famously threw herself under the king's horse, spotted here in the black robe

in belfast, they started at the titanic quarter.od park. it's been a great opportunity to find out about our own history and name some of the women. there are so many, many women who have great stories. all of these women, it is amazing, but especially to represent those inmates who we worked with on our banners. there's one there that hasn't been done. we wanted to remember the kiwi women who were the first in the world to get the vote. and some of them came over and helped the british suffragettes. 100 female artists were commissioned to work on projects to sew banners and make placards, just as the women of the suffrage did. women like emily wilding davison, who famously threw herself under onto the king's horse, spotted here in the black robes for the first time recently in this archive footage of a march in 1910. what do we want? equal pay! a celebration for all those involved in a fight to secure some women the right to vote. for a lot of these women, it's about paying homage to the suffrage movement that marched this very par

temperatures in belfast backed down to around 25 celsius. what they may rise of across the south.ees, but perhaps picking up into the high 20s. not far off 30 across southern parts of the uk. i mentioned that there is a change on the way. looks as though thunderstorms across the south will be developing as we head into the weekend, and there could be drifting northwards. sunday night into monday, but at the moment it is a low risk. there is no guarantee, and not necessarily cooling off all that much. so there is a change in the way towards the weekend. —— on the way towards the weekend. —— on the way. i'm babita sharma with bbc world news. our top story — president trump has hailed a us supreme court decision to uphold his travel ban targeting five muslim—majority countries. president trump said that in an era of worldwide terrorism, "we have to be tough and we have to be safe". but a dissenting judge, said the ban was motivated by bias against muslims. rescue crews in thailand are still trying to find members of a teenage football team and their coach who have been missing in a c

mark devenport, bbc news, belfast.ions of pounds through high street banks in and around the city of london. police say the suspects — who are all chinese citizens — are part of an organised crime network. six hundred thousand pounds in cash has been seized. three palestinians have been killed by israeli troops, during protests in gaza, according to the authorities there. a 15 year old boy was among those shot dead today. israel's government claims the protesters are attempting to carry out attacks across the border. at least 128 palestinians have been killed in recent weeks. bmw and the government's driving agency have been heavily criticised by a coroner after an electrical fault in a bmw car caused the death of a pensioner. following the death of narayan gurung after a car lost all power, bmw recalled more than 300,000 vehicles. an inquest in surrey heard the car maker knew of 19 previous cases of electrical faults. the driving agency knew about the risk and admitted its procedures forforcing bmw to recall cars were

in belfast, they started at the titanic quarter.ssion passed through the city centre. and in edinburgh, they marched towards holyrood park. it's been a great opportunity to find out more about our own history and name some of the women. to find out more about our own there's so many, many more women have great stories. with all of these women it's amazing, but especially to represent the inmates who we worked with on our banners in particular. there's one banner back there that has all of the names that they embroidered on. has all of the names we wanted to remember kiwi women who were the first women in the world to get the vote. who were the first women some of them came over and helped the british suffragettes. 100 female artists were commissioned to work on projects to sew banners and make placards, just as the women of the suffrage did. just as the women women like emily wilding davison, who famously threw herself under the king's horse, spotted here, in the black robes, for the first time recently, in this archive footage of a

mark devenport, bbc news, belfast.week. russia wants to put on a good show and a warm welcome which is why training is underway to teach russians how to smile, something that's often frowned upon in public. steve rosenberg has more. at the russian railways training centre, they are studying hard. today's lesson is how to smile. you see, russians don't do much of that. in public. but with more than a million foreign football fans heading here for the world cup, russia is keen to make a good impression. russian people usually don't smile. that is why when other people come to russia, they think that russian people are not friendly. we need to teach them how to smile. we need to change their attitude. he is doing well! look at his teeth, cries the teacher, they are shining. but beware. in russia, smiling in public can get you into trouble. i got stopped by a policeman and i was quite angry about it and he asked me to show my id. afterwards i asked him why did he stop me? and he said to me, because you were smiling. that i

well, we are expecting tens of thousands of women to gather in london, edinburgh, cardiff and belfasthe uk 100 yea rs women getting the vote in the uk 100 years ago. and everything that women have achieved in the last 100 years. it isa have achieved in the last 100 years. it is a fabulous day for women and girls everywhere, tojoin it is a fabulous day for women and girls everywhere, to join together. it is the culmination of months and months of work with 100 artists working with 100 communities all over the uk. it is a focus part of oui’ over the uk. it is a focus part of our 1418 programme this year. and how will this be a bit of art today, how will this be a bit of art today, how will this be a bit of art today, how will that transpire? how will this be a bit of art today, how will that transpire ?|j how will this be a bit of art today, how will that transpire? i think that normally, when people take to the streets in a demonstration or public event, it is alljust a bit random wearers what we are doing todayis random wearers what we are doing today is to try and make these moving s

different parts of the country, london, belfast, cardiff, edinburgh.f progress in some respects, but not enough. you and i are sitting here absolutely taking for granted the right to vote and participate and have our voices heard. when you see this, you realise the great sacrifices made by our predecessor is to sit here and enjoyed it. —— predecessors. this is a day of reflection. but as you said, the battle is not completely won. the suffragettes were the ones who decided to be more militaristic than the suffragists. this was taken outside parliament. a statue was erected earlier this year to the first woman ever in parliament square. it shows how far we have to go. suffrage is not enough. some women in the uk are denied abortion rights. we have ceos saying they don't want women on the board because they cannot understand complex issues. more work is required. it has come to the fore again with the metoo, timesup, and equal pay revelations which affected the bbc. because we have a voice in parliament now, it is significantly easier to have that voice.

notice that the temperatures on friday in glasgow and certainly belfast will be dipping a little bit,t wave their across spain and further south into france in spain. sunshine all around for many of us on saturday interpreters into the height 20s and in the north high teens across the north sea coast there. you can see how it cools off and there is good news for you, belfast down to 21 in london is hovering around the high 20s. next time, when will it rain? we think may be just a slight chance early on monday. hello, this is outside source. shock at the world cup — the title holders germany are knocked out of the tournament — beaten by south korea ajudge steps down in the united states — we'll explain why that could have a major impact there for years to come. another big summit on the cards for president trump a long—awaited meeting with russia's president vladimir putin has now been decided on. the rescue boat lifeline finds a pot —— find safe harbour in malta but that has not stopped the row in europe about what to do about migrants coming from africa. and remember if you want to g

islamabad that speaks more about this not to michael semple was a professor at queen's university belfast he has advised policymakers about afghanistan particularly about political engagement with the taliban his live from belfast in northern ireland thank you very much for being with us on the news great so what does the death of. if confirmed by the pakistani taliban which they haven't done yet mean for the future of the movement of the pakistani taliban they've been under a lot of pressure will they be able to go on with another leader. yes the the killing of melissa is symbolically extremely important and will do great damage to the pakistani taliban movement he really was the the last famous leader that they had available to them he was one of the figures who is helped to bring that movement together since two thousand and seven they don't have any body of his or fame and stop sure to replace him and i really think that after the death of we're going to end up thinking of the t.t.p. as a an ecosystem of lots of different armed groups operating in different parts of the the pockets go