heidi ghaichem explains.ited states, these young women never gave up the fight to achieve their dream. after an exhausting flight, a team of six afghan girls landed in washington on saturday to represent their country in a global high school robotics competition. on monday, they compete against more than 160 countries to build robots that can hit balls into goals, hang on bars, and balance on balance beams. they'd been denied entry from the country due to stricter visa policies introduced by us president donald trump. the case has become a flashpoint in the debate about mr trump's efforts to tighten entrance to the us. critics said the ban was emblematic of a broad effort to stop muslims entering the country. but an extraordinary last—minute reversal was announced on wednesday, when it was reported the president personally intervened. a homeland security department spokesperson said a request for their entry, along with a chaperone, had been approved. ivanka trump, advocate and supporter of women in science,

heidi ghaichem explains.ws and banned from entering the united states, these young women never gave up the fight of achieving their dream. after an exhausting flight, the team of six afghan girls landed in washington to represent their country in a global high school robotics competition. on monday, they compete against more than 160 countries to build robots that can hit ball into goals, hang on bars, and balance on balance beams. they were banned from the country due to stricter visa entry brought in by donald trump. it has become a talking point. critics said the ban signified a broader effort to stop muslims entering the country. but a reversal was announced on wednesday when it was reported the president personally intervened. a homeland security representatives said it was approved. ivanka trump, advocate of women and a supporter of science tweeted her congratulations. the girls were thrilled to take part. translation: the people of the us supported us in this case, showing they did not give up on us. t

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our correspondent, heidi ghaichem reports.from entering the united states, these young women never gave up entering the united states, these young women never gave up the fight of achieving their dream. after an exhausting flight, the team of six afg ha n exhausting flight, the team of six afghan girls landed in washington to represent their country in a global high school robotics competition. on monday, they compete against more than 160 countries to build robots that can hit ball into goals, hang on bars, and balance on balance beams. they were banned from the country due to stricter visa entry from donald trump. it has become a talking point. critics said the ban signified a broader effort to stop muslims entering the country. but a reversal was announced on wednesday when it was reported the president personally intervened. a homeland security representatives said it was approved. ivanka trump, add forget of women and a supporter of science tweeted her congratulations. —— advocate. the girls were thrilled to ta ke advocat

heidi ghaichem, bbc news.history at wimbledon, becoming the first player to win the men's singles title eight times. the veteran swiss star beat marin cilic of croatia in straight sets. what's more he didn't drop a set all tournament. john watson saw the action. a 19th grandslam title for roger federer, competing in his 19th wimbledon. this will not go down as a classic. marin cilic, as we know, had some problems, a foot problem, leading to a straight sets victory for roger federer. marin cilic will feel disappointed with how it played out. we had seen him beat roger federer. he pushed close last year and beat him in his only grandslam title. but he stood no chance today. a straight sets victory. records keep tumbling. as we know, he is the oldest male singles winner in wimbledon and the second oldest grandslam champion in the open era. he came through this tournament playing exceptional tennis. he had not dropped a set on his way to winning the title. no one has done that since the 1970s. what now for roger?