mr seehofer has been pushing for a tougher approach to asylum seekers, and was reported to be unhappyropean union deal on migration. andrew plant reports. he is part of chancellor merkel‘s coalition government, but has become one of her loudest critics as well. now, horst seehofer, leader of the christian social union party, and the interior minister of germany, has offered to resign over her approach to migration. at a summit in brussels last week, an agreement was made among eu leaders to share migrants more evenly across the european union and build new reception centres as well. the talks we re reception centres as well. the talks were prompted by italy and malta, turning away rescue boats that had picked up migrants crossing into europe from north africa. angela merkel‘s ideas for building processing centres were already a much harder stance to her previous opendoor approach, but the proposals hammered out in brussels proved a ha rd hammered out in brussels proved a hard sell back. horst seehofer had already threatened to order border guards to ten migrants away unless angela mer

mr seehofer has been pushing for a tougher approach to asylum—seekers — and was reported to be unhappyon deal on migration. andrew plant reports. he is part of angela merkel‘s coalition government but has become one of the loudest critics. now horst seehofer, leader of the christian socialist union party and the interior minister of germany has offered to resign over angela merkel‘s approach to immigration. at a summit in brussels last week an agreement was reached among eu leaders to share migrants more evenly across the european union and build new reception centres as well. the talks were prompted by italy and malta turning away rescue boats that are picked up migrants crossing to europe from north africa. angela merkel‘s ideas for building migrant processing centres were already a much harder stance compared to her previous open—door approach. but the proposals hammered out in brussels proved a tougher sell back home. it is not yet clear whether mr seehofer‘s offer to resign will be accepted. whether mr seehofer‘s angela merkel will be keen not to weaken her coalition, though, and

mr seehofer has been pushing for a tougher approach to asylum seekers and was reported to be unhappytion. votes are being counted in mexico's general election. exit polls suggest the left—wing candidate andres manuel lopez 0brador is likely to be the next president. his two closest rivals have both admitted defeat. one of his allies is on course to become the first woman mayor of mexico city. his suit closest rivals have already conceded. and possibly the first woman mayor of mexico city. russia football fans have been celebrating their team's unexpected triumph over spain in the world cup. russia won the match in moscow in a penalty shoot—out, eliminating the former champions. in the quarterfinals, russia will face croatia, who beat denmark, also in a penalty shoot—out. the world cup upset is all over the media today, as are many of the other stories to let us take a look at some of them, starting in germany. starting with the frankfurter allgemeine, where the headline reads showdown with merkel as interior minister horst seehofer offers to resign over chancellor merkel‘s migration

horst seehofer, who leads mrs merkel‘s bavarian sister party, is meeting senior members of the csu tois. jenny hill has more from berlin. horst seehofer, angela merkel‘s interior minister and of course the leader of her bavarian coalition partners, has really got mrs merkel in a corner. a couple of weeks ago, he issued in effect an ultimatum saying that unless she could come up with a tough europe—wide migration strategy, he would unilaterally enforce controls at the german border which would turn away more migrants than they currently do. the row between them is threatening to tear her very fragile coalition government apart. talks have been going on now for weeks. mrs merkel has of course come back from a summit of eu leaders with a migration strategy of sorts. that is being discussed by horst seehofer and his party leadership at the moment. the indication that we are getting out from people inside that meeting is that he's not prepared to accept some of what she is proposing, that it is not strong enough to answer what he says is the challenge of migration here in germany. what is

if you want a measure of how personal this got — before going in to today's meeting — mr seehofer toldon government and second, horst seehofer leads the csu here in bavaria — munich being the state capital. they are supposed to be on the same side, though they are not looking like that at the moment. it's the sister party of mrs merkel‘s christian democrats. but they have history. mr seehofer said germany's decision to open its borders at the height of the migrant crisis in 2015 was a mistake. angela merkel, throughout that difficult election campaign, had said she stood by the decision but had since bought in measures to reduce the influx of migrants. the numbers we saw coming in in 2015 and 16 are far, far greater than any numbers we saw in 2017 or this year. nonetheless, as we've seen in austria, hungary, italy, france and others, this remains a politically potent issue even though the numbers coming into the eu have dropped. the un secretary general has visited rohingya refugees in map bangladesh. refugees in bangladesh. there are 700,000 refugees living in a camp at cox's bazaar i

now mr seehofer has withdrawn his threat, the two reaching an agreement, he said, after hours of talkar agreement on how we can in future prevent illegal immigration on the border. this allows me to continue my post as interior and home affairs minister. chancellor merkel stood her ground, sticking to a solution reached in brussels last week to spread migrants more evenly throughout the eu. translation: we will do just that, we will set up transit centres in germany and from there carry out returns to countries where asylum seekers are already registered. we have reached a compromise after tough negotiations. translation: the whole argument between them is problematic. i'd say it's bad for the whole of germany. translation: we cannot say that what is happening here now is only a small problem. the attack on mrs merkel is so big that it could cause much more extensive damage to her authority. mrs merkel‘s christian democratic union party relies on mr seehofer‘s party to form germany's coalition government which has, it seems, managed to survive what was perhaps its toughest test so far

mr seehofer has been pushing for a tougher approach to asylum—seekers, and was reported to be unhappyut last week's european union deal on migration. my colleague david eades is in berlin. it looks like a glorious morning in berlin, but a very difficult time for the government? it is, and for all the sunshine, sally, it is shrouded in uncertainty at the moment. germans are waking up wondering what's happening next, a point at which we are seeing the biggest challenge to angela merkel‘s authority as chancellor, which goes back, of course, to 2005. the reason for it is this man, horst seehofer, the interior ministry, but more significantly in many ways he's the leader of the sister party, the csu. as the built says here, battle of nerves over his withdrawal. —— bilt. he has offered to step down. this comes from bavaria, this paper, csu heartland, escalation in the union. many people thought when seehofer said last night, or yesterday, but he was ready to step down that perhaps we would get clarity but just after midnight, he came out again and said i want another meeting with angela mer

mr seehofer clearly still feels very raw about angela merkel‘s decision to open the door in 2015 andhat is making most ground towards the october elections is the far right afd, so you have a real problem in germany and i am not hearing that angela merkel has a solution to it. first of all, his problems are in bavaria, angela merkel won the re—election last year. we have to see that she has a majority in this party, goes forward with her policy. this battle, the same as in the financial questions about armament, we have increased our amount of money for that. i think she will go forward and is in a strong position, we will see that. she is working on the route causes. she and mrjuncker are responsible the deal with turkey. certain questions in niger. every attack by the in accuracy in the style of mr trump will strengthen angela merkel. last question, is it time for germany to fundamentally reassess its geostrategic alliances? is this the end for all of those assumptions about the relationship between germany, europe and the united states? no, not at all. i think this situation will

mr seehofer is said to have made the offer at a meeting of his csu party — which is part of germany'sorted to be unhappy with this week's european union deal on migration. it is threatening to tear a fragile coalition government apart. mrs merkel has come back from the summit with eu leaders with a migration strategy of sorts and that has been discussed with horst seehofer and his party leadership and the indication we are getting out from people inside the meeting is that he is not prepared to accept some of what she is proposing, that it is not enough to answer what he sees as the challenge of migration in germany. a suicide bomb attack in the eastern afghan city of jalalabad has killed at least nineteen people. most of them were members of the country's sikh minority, including the only sikh candidate in the parliamentary elections due in october. they had all turned out to welcome the afghan president, ashraf ghani, who had visited the city hours earlier. hot weather and drought conditions are fueling wildfires across the western united states. hundreds of firefighters have been b

mr seehofer has been pushing for a tougher approach to asylum seekers and was reported to be unhappyh this week's european union deal on migration. russian football fans have been celebrating their team's unexpected triumph over spain in the world cup. russia won the match in moscow in a penalty shoot—out, eliminating the former champions. in the quarter—finals, russia will face croatia, who beat denmark, also in a penalty shoot—out. now on bbc news: it's time for a look back at the week in parliament. hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament. coming up: is it finally take—off for heathrow‘s third runway? passions run high in the commons as mps argue over airport expansion and what it might mean for local people. i would support a fourth and fifth runway, actually, at heathrow and at gatwick. 8,000 to 10,000 people forcibly removed from their community. also on this programme, as the scottish parliament breaks for its summer recess, our scotland political editor gives us his end—of—term report. and at prime minister's questions, jeremy corbyn taunts theresa may over her cab

mr seehofer is said to have made the offer at a meeting of his csu party, which is part of germany'she was reported to be unhappy with this week's european union deal on migration. a suicide bomb attack in the eastern afghan city of jalalabad has killed at least nineteen people. most of them were members of the country's sikh minority, including the only sikh candidate in the parliamentary elections due in october. they had all turned out to welcome the afghan president, ashraf ghani, who had visited the city hours earlier. hot weather and drought conditions are fueling wildfires across the western united states. hundreds of firefighters have been battling more than a0 big wildfires. thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes so far, with almost half a million acres burned. briton's andy murray has withdrawn from the wimbledon tennis tournament that starts on monday. the two—time wimbledon champion posted on his facebook page that it is too soon for him to return to five—set grand slam matches. the 31—year—old came back last month to a warm—up tornament for wimbledon a

mr seehofer has been pushing for a tougher approach to asylum—seekers and was reported to be unhappyith this week's european union deal on migration. russia football fans have been celebrating their team's unexpected triumph over spain in the world cup. russia won the match in moscow in a penalty shoot—out, eliminating the former champions. in the quarterfinals, russia will face croatia, who beat denmark, also in a penalty shoot—out. now on bbc news, hardtalk‘s stephen sackur speaks to computer scientist and authorjaron lanier. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. the internet is perhaps the defining technological advance of the last 50 years. it's opened up a new world of possibilities. but what if it's also representing an existential threat to humanity? that is the alarming possibility raised by my guest today. jaron lanier is no techphobic sensationalist. he is a silicon valley insider who was a hugely influential pioneer in virtual reality and the consultant to some of the biggest tech giants. so in what ways are we sowing the seeds of our own destruction? thank you for havi

mr seehofer has been pushing for a tougher approach to asylum seekers, and was reported to be unhappyh this week's european union deal on migration. russian football fans have been celebrating their team's unexpected triumph over spain in the world cup. russia won the match in moscow in a penalty shoot—out, eliminating the former champions. in the quarter—finals, russia will face croatia, who beat denmark, also in a penalty shoot—out. now on bbc news: dateline london. hello, and a very warm welcome to dateline london. i'm jane hill. this week, what do my guests make of the deal struck by european leaders around migration? how are relations between britain and the eu as we approach very difficult cabinet talks? and we'll discuss the direction of the us supreme court as its longest serving justice announces his retirement. my guests this week: the british conservative commentator, alex deane, the irish times correspondent, suzanne lynch, these days in washington, the guardian columnist, nesrine malik, and the american writer and host of the frdh podcast, michael goldfarb. a warm welcome

mr. seehofer stays. >> the trump administration letting zte resume business activity in the u.s.hares of micron technology slumped on word that is chips have been temporarily banned in china. this seems to be the first step in putting zte back into the good graces of the trump administration. but what comes next? >> right now, zte will be able to service contracts they signed on or before april 15, when the u.s. had slapped their ban on them. they are due to pay $400 billion in an escrow account. that was part of the ban last week, the ousted the chairman of the board, and they are moving toward august 1, when presumably, the trump administration will decide yea or nay, that they can continue doing business with the u.s. companies. >> as the door open for them, it is closing for micron in china. >> umc and micron were involved in a big intellectual-property battle, there was a lawsuit filed against them in china and they won a preliminary injunction blocking the sale of certain chips in a minute china from micron. micron will likely launch some sort of protest, and settle the dis

mr. seehofer stays.ngela merkel, presumably also stays. >> the trump administration letting zte resume business activity in the u.s. shares of micron technology slumped on word that is chips have been temporarily banned in china. this seems to be the first step of bringing zte back into the good graces of the trump administration. but what comes next? >> right now, zte will be able to service contracts they signed on or before april 15, when the ban ond slapped the them. the next steps, they are due to pay $400 billion in an escrow account. that was part of the demand last week, the ousted the chairman of the board, and they are moving toward august 1, when presumably, the trump administration will decide yea or nay, that they can continue doing business with the u.s. companies. >> as the door opens them, it is closing when it comes to micron in china. what is the status here in terms of this and how unusual is this for a china court to do? >> umc and micron were involved in a big intellectual-property b

leader and federal interior minister, horst seehofer, nearly brought down mrs merkel‘s government in dispute over migration. and the world snail racing championships have been taking place in britain. i kid you not. more than 150 snails slugged it out over the weekend. after hearing the command, "ready, steady, slow!" the first snail to reach the middle rim among three circles on a cloth is declared the winner. and the prize? a silver tankard, stuffed with lettuce leaves for the triumphant snail. iam assuming i am assuming rather than the gentleman who owns the snail. interesting race. more than 1.5 million people have had their medical records stolen, in the worst cyber attack

mr seehofer has been pushing for a tougher approach to asylum—seekers — and was reported to be unhappyw and my colleague, david eades is there. heidi, david. tell us what the impact of all of this potentially lea k impact of all of this potentially leak is? every time you mention a problem with a coalition government and at the moment the question is, is this the end of angela merkel. i don't think we have got there just yet but it could be the end of a partnership of these two parties. angela merkel‘s cdu and the csu which is a sister party based in bavaria in the south. they have been in union for nearly 70 years and it really looks to many as if the writing is on the wall. i am joined by the deputy director of the german marshall fund. thanks for joining us. marshall fund. thanks for joining us. the issue is immigration. let's be honest, the problem is one tiny aspect of a bigger picture. is this enough to sink the coalition government? it is certainly something that horst seehofer who was a something that horst seehofer who wasa memberof something that horst seehofer who was a memb

mr seehofer has been pushing for a tougher approach to asylum—seekers, and was reported to be unhappyh last week's european union deal on migration. andrew plant reports. he is part of chancellor merkel‘s coalition government but has become one of her loudest critics too. now horst seehofer, leader of the christian social union party, and germany's interior minister, has offered to resign over mrs merkel‘s approach to migration. at a summit in brussels last week, an agreement was made among eu leaders to share migrants more evenly across the european union, and build new reception centres, too. the talks were prompted by italy and malta turning away rescue boats that had picked up migrants crossing to europe from north africa. angela merkel‘s ideas for building migrant processing centres were already a much harder stance to her previous open—door approach. but the proposals hammered out in brussels proved a tougher sell back home. it's not yet clear whether mr seehofer‘s offer to resign will be accepted. chancellor merkel, though, will be keen not to weaken her coalition and avoid new

earlier this month, the party's leader and federal interior minister, horst seehofer, nearly brought down mrsvernment in a dispute over migration. and the world snail racing championships have been taking place in britain. i kid you not. more than 150 snails slugged it out over the weekend. after hearing the command, "ready, steady, slow!" the first snail to reach the middle rim among three circles on a cloth is declared the winner. and the prize? a silver tankard, stuffed with lettuce leaves for the triumphant snail. iam assuming i am assuming rather than the gentleman who owns the snail. interesting race. more than 1.5 million people have had their medical records stolen, in the worst cyber attack in singapore's history on friday. hackers stole prescription records from more than 160,000 people, including prime minister lee hsien loong. authorities are now working to track down those responsible, described as a "deliberate, targeted and well—planned cyber attack" by expert hackers. leonard kleinman is chief advisor for cyber security firm rsa. earlier he told me that healthcare data can now

earlier this month, the party's leader and federal interior minister, horst seehofer, nearly brought down mrsnment in a dispute over migration. a former security aide to president macron of france has been charged in connection with the beating of a demonstrator during may day protests in paris. alexandre benalla was sacked on friday after video emerged which showed him assaulting a man. mr macron‘s opponents accuse him of involvement in a cover—up. g20 finance ministers say increased tensions over trade are posing a risk to global growth. at the end of a two—day meeting in argentina, they called for greater dialogue to reduce the risk. in recent months, the trump administration has imposed tariffs on some imports, sparking retaliation. kulveer ranger, vice president strategy and communication at atos joins me now. good to see you, kulveer. so, this meeting, it seems it ended without any firm resolution on how to reduce these tensions. the fear is that we get more tariffs, more retaliatory measures and the global trade system sta rts measures and the global trade system starts to seize up. al

interior minister horst seehofer has withdrawn a threat to resign, after talks with chancellor angela merkel. he said they'd reached an agreement on tougher border controls. mrsom north africa. now on bbc news — monday in parliament.

germany's interior minister horst seehofer has withdrawn a threat to resign, after talks with chancellor angela merkel. he said they'd reached agreement on tougher border controls. mrserkel made a deal with other eu leaders to process the high numbers of migrants arriving from north africa. more than 200 firefighters and soldiers are continuing to tackle moorland fires across greater manchester and lancashire as they try to contain the huge wildfires burning across areas near bolton and saddleworth moor. it comes as most of britain continues to swelter in the heatwave. the met office says last month was the driestjune on record in large parts of southern england. and scotland experienced its highest temperature ever recorded — 33.2 celsius in motherwell. danny savage has the latest. the full extent of the damage to the moors above bolton is astonishing. several square miles have been destroyed by fire. the bbc was given permission to fly a drone over the area. the flames burned all weekend and tonight, it's not getting much better. we've still 29 fire engines. we'll still be having significant operations through the night protecting local homes and we will be back t

germany's interior minister horst seehofer has withdrawn a threat to resign, after talks with chancellor angela merkel. he said they'd reached agreement on tougher border controls. mrserkel made a deal with other eu leaders to process the high numbers of migrants arriving from north africa. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with the artist michael rakowitz. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. the best art helps us to see and feel in new ways. it can challenge and provoke. my guest today has made it his mission to test the boundaries of what we think of as art. michael rakowitz uses sculpture, installation and site specific experience to transmit a vision which reflects his iraqi—jewish heritage and preoccu pations, which range from war to family to food. he's won plaudits around the world. what does his work tell us about the state we're in? michael rakowitz, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen, thanks for having me. it's a great pleasure to have you. it seems to me, in your work, there is a duality. you are an american kid, stroke american man, yet you seem intensely conscious of your heritage that comes — certainly from your grandmother's side — from iraq. w

interior minister horst seehofer has withdrawn a threat to resign, after talks with chancellor angela merkel. he said they'd reached an agreement on tougher border controls. mrsl made a deal with other eu leaders to deal with the high number of migrants arriving from north africa. now on bbc news — monday in parliament. hello and welcome to monday in parliament, our look at the best of the day in the commons and the lords. on this programme. as the government's contortions over brexit continue, opposition mps gloat over cabinet divisions and splits. it's not clear that the prime minister can even get a deal with her own cabinet. what are the red lines which ministers cannot now cross? the effort to contain moorland fires in the north west of england. mps praise the work of those at the scene. our message has been very simple — have you got what you need, and if you haven't got what you need, ask and we will provide. and. as wimbledon fortnight starts, the commons speaker displays a deft return of service. i'm even more pleased that roger federer won his opening match in straight sets, in less than an hour and a half, and conveniently finished just before ques

interior minister horst seehofer, who leads her bavarian csu allies, has now dropped his threat to resign. mrsho have applied for asylum in other eu countries from entering germany. the dutch prime minister has warned that clarity is required on "every aspect" of the future relationship between the european union and britain theresa may is meeting mark rutte ahead of a crunch cabinet meeting at chequers on friday which aims to finalise a white paper on the uk's future relations with the eu, aimed at paving the way for an agreement in the autumn. some 3000 police officers in france continue to be involved in the hunt for a convict who was sprung from prison by a gang using a helicopter. redoine faid had beenjailed for his part in a bank robbery in which a police officer was killed. faid said his lifestyle has been modelled on gangsters played by robert de niro and al pacino. fans who came to see a basketball match between the philippines and australia last night ended up witnessing more than just the game. match officials spent over 30 minutes trying to restore order in the world cup qualifying

horst seehofer, who leads bavaria's christian social union, a key party in mrs merkel‘s coalition hasndreas manuel lopez 0brad0r, an anti—establishment left winger, says he'll deliver ‘profound change' after his landslide victory. us president donald trump has congratulated mr 0brad0r, and said he's looking forward to working with him. relations between the two countries have been soured by mr trump's promise to build a wall along the border and make mexico pay for it. but mr 0brador has said he'll seek friendly relations and a frank dialogue with the us. will grant reports from mexico. andres manuel lopez 0brador has waited 12 years for this moment. having narrowly missed out on the presidency in 2006, this was a victory he savoured. in many ways, though, he's waited a lifetime. from the moment he burst on to the political scene as a left—wing activist, he clearly wanted the presidency. now, at the third attempt, it is his. the campaign might have been the bloodiest in mexico's history, but the vote itself passed off peacefully — at least in most polling stations. in aragon, a low in