In a case closely watched around the globe, in el salvador, a country with one of the worlds strictest anti abortion laws, a young woman has been cleared of murder. Evelyn hernandez has already served nearly 3 years in prison prosecutors wanted her jailed for a0 years. She was acquitted at a retrial. Her baby was found dead in a toilet she has always maintained she was raped and had no idea she was pregnant. Activists hope the result will set a precedent for other women in jail. Jon ironmoger reports. The young victim of rain from a portable family. Diplomatic has become a figure for women in module deeply catholic country of el salvador when abortion is illegal under any circumstances. Jailed in 2017, accused of killing a stillborn child, she was cleared on monday to the delight of her supporters. Thank you for being here and thank god justice was done. I also thank all the International Countries and i think my mother for accompanying me to everything. She was arrested in 2016 of the body of her baby was found ina in 2016 of the body of her baby was found in a toilet. Then she said she passed out after childbirth after confusing pregnancy with a stomach ache. She was charged with aggravated homicide and jailed for 30 years. It sparked a campaign gcioss 30 years. It sparked a Campaign Across latin america and in february, her sentence was an old pending a retrial after crucial evidence was produced at showed her baby had died of natural causes. The judge said there was no way to prove the crime and thats why he released jump the crime and thats why he released jump on michael stop he said it was a collocated birth like that of many of the women who are still in prison. Women who have been in prison. Women who have been in prison ten years for something that isnt a crime. Women like this who called an ambulance at ever canvassed her sentence was commuted last year after she spent a decade behind bars. At least 17 women are still injail under the behind bars. At least 17 women are still in jail under the abortion behind bars. At least 17 women are still injail under the abortion ban and rights organisations hope that the hernandez case will mark a turning point but change in conservative el salvador not come easily. Lets go to new york now and speak to Paula Avila Guillen is a human rights lawyer and the director of the latin america initiatives at the womens equality center. How significant would you say this case is . Thank you. This is very significant, it is very. Not often that we see justice in a salad. This is the second case in a row, we had the first run in december, this helps us to set a precedent of what really we have been seeing for years and its that miscarriage and stillbirth cannot be a crime. We hope that this will help us to free the other women who remain in prison. It doesnt seem to herald a change in the law, does it . It may suggest that courts are being more lenient, more understanding, it doesnt seem the prosecutor got the message. They want to put this poor woman injailfor a0 message. They want to put this poor woman in jail for a0 years. Message. They want to put this poor woman in jail for 40 years. Thats absolutely right. We think that we have been able to get International Attention to this case as the judges are reviewing it very carefully. However, it seems that the persecutors are still trying to get away with what they have been getting away with for years. And its sending women to present and they are charged when they have done nothing. Do you think it will help other women injailfor similar, so called offences . Other women injailfor similar, socalled offences . It will definitely help, its helping us to deal with the president but were going to get fighting. Its helping us going to get fighting. Its helping us to create a more favourable Public Opinion, Public Opinion that understands that the total abortion ban and its wrongful application, what is doing is sending women for prison for discourages and stillbirth but also and especially poor women and women who are already ina poor women and women who are already in a vulnerable situation like evelyn who was a victim of rain and living in a rural area while she gave birth. You will know, of course, there are not many countries with laws district but there are others, can you see the fight spreading to other countries . mean, ithink spreading to other countries . mean, i think the recent movement right now in latin america to advance reproductive rights and reproductive healthcare, we have been fighting for a very long time we have seen some been fighting for a very long time we have seen some progress been fighting for a very long time we have seen some progress in countries like argentina and even in a solvent and how the discussion is starting to go forward. We also have seen conversations and advances in the Dominican Republic and even in honduras, that we are trying to have the debate. The Public Opinion debate is very heated so other countries like the us where i am at base right now, is trying to go backwards but in latin america divided, there trying move forward and protect womens rights. Thank you very much. Thank you. And you can find out more on this story and el salvador on the bbc news website. There you will find more reaction and analysis and videos and articles on related topics thats all at bbc. Com news, or download the bbc news app. Lets get some of the days other news. Borisjohnson has written to the president of the european council, donald tusk, repeating his call for the irish backstop to be removed from the withdrawal agreement, reached between the eu and theresa may. The backstop is an insurance policy designed to avoid the return of a hard irish border. The Prime Minister proposes there could be a commitment to put alternative arrangements in place by the end of a post brexit transition period. Police in Northern Ireland say a bomb which exploded in County Fermanagh this morning was designed to target the security forces. The device went off close to the location of another suspicious object which had been declared a hoax. The dup leader, arlene foster, rejected the suggestion that the attack could be linked to uncertainty about the impact of brexit and tensions related to the suspended government at stormont. The United States has warned the greek government against providing any assistance to an iranian tanker, which it says is carrying oil to syria. The ship is sailing for greece after being released by the authorities in gibraltar, where it had been held since early last month. The state department in washington said such a move could have immigration and potential criminal consequences. A french couple who were caught with 40 kilograms of sardinian beach sand in their car have been warned they could face up to six years injail. The pair said they had collected the sand as a souvenir and did not realise they had committed an offence. Sardinias famed white sand is considered a public good and it is strictly forbidden to remove it from the island. Portland, oregon, was on edge this weekend as neo facist and white supremacist groups marched through the city. As it turned out, they were heavily outnumbered by anti fascist demonstrators, and its that group which President Trump has attacked on social media. 0ur north america correspondent, Aleem Maqbool was at the rally and has been looking into White Nationalism in the United States. Chanting usa, usa, usa these days, members of neo fascist groups in the us are definitively on the march. As we accompanied them during this show of strength on the streets of portland, they flashed white power symbols at us. They said they were there to protest against the militancy of the far left. Ijust want people to understand that these masked people running around, committing acts of violence and, you know, criminal activity, needs to come to an end. And there are often masked antifascist activists out to confront White Supremacists when they march, though the two sides were mostly kept apart in portland. Chanting go home, nazis but it is unquestionably those linked with far right ideologies who have been responsible for the most deadly violence of late. The most recent being the murders of 22 people in el paso, a majority latino city, killed by a white gunman who told officers he wanted to shoot as many mexicans as possible. One of the numerous groups that espouses white supremacist ideas is the league of the south, who allowed me to attend one of their gatherings, though not film inside. What is their reaction to the el paso attack . I really am surprised it doesnt happen more often because you look at these young white guys, they have been displaced. They are told that they are, you know, part of the patriarchy. They are told that they have this White Privilege, and they are looking around, and they are saying, wheres my White Privilege . I cant get a job, you know, and i knowa lot of young. Why should there be White Privilege, though . Because, well, because we created this country. And they claim they are not racist, just as they claim they dont want what happened in el paso. Well, the people inside that room say theyre against violence, but the rhetoric they use is certainly hateful and could be seen as something that inspires others who do want to use violence. And their own history in this Group Suggests they are not entirely peaceful. It was a member of this group that was jailed for the brutal beating of an African American man after the now notorious supremacist rally in charlottesville. So why the apparent rise in White Supremacy now . In the 90s, Christian Picciolini was a prominent leader and recruiter in the white power movement. He has since denounced neo nazism and works to deradicalise supremacists. For so many, you know, of the 80s and 90s, they were on the fringes. It was a large organisation, it was a deadly organisation, but it was not part of the mainstream by any means. And now, today, where we are seeing the rhetoric that, you know, i used to say 30 years ago, almost verbatim coming out of the president s mouth, they are tired of waiting. Now they see it as an opportunity to act. This is a historic day right here. At the far right rally in portland, the uniform of choice for many was Trump Campaign paraphernalia. He may say he opposes White Supremacy, but its clear they think theyve got the president on their side. Aleem maqbool, bbc news, in portland, oregon. Sudans ousted president , 0mar al bashir, has been in court for the start of a corruption trial many in the country thought they would never see. Sitting in a metal cage he listened to the testimony against him. He was overthrown in april, months of protests ending nearly 30 years in power. The bbcs sally nabil reports from outside the court in khartoum. Ina in a heavily secured convoy, the former sudanese president arrived at court. Video cameras were not allowed inside. We barely managed to get a glimpse of omar al bashir. Sudan s longest serving president. This is his first session, its quite a procedural one. He is trying on corruption charges. He is being tried. After often in our after almost an hour he was driven back to prison in the same convoy. The former president has left quarter short while ago but you can see the repercussion behind me between the lawyers. Some of those who are against him and others who supported. Many souvenirs have been dreaming of seeing bashir in the dark, but some tell me that this matter should be accused of serious crimes adoptjust corruption charges. A few days before the trial, i metan charges. A few days before the trial, i met an activist who was detained for three months during the revolution. He was released on the day mr al bashir stood down the this is only a drop in the second his crimes include genocide and ethnic cleansing and crimes against him as she, in the blue nile. Supporters of the former president believe otherwise. This trial is politicised. The current military council wants to win over protesters by trying bashir was up those military rule should be tried with him too. They were part of his political entourage to the very last hours, until they gave up on him. Protesters say rem na nts hours, until they gave up on him. Protesters say remnants of his regimei protesters say remnants of his regime i still there in the judiciary and wonder if he can receive a fair trial. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come Prince Andrew says he is appalled by the crimes of his former friend and convicted sex offenderJeffrey Epstein. Washington, the worlds most political city, is today assessing the Political Health of the worlds most powerful man. Indeed i did have a relationship with ms lewinsky that was not appropriate. In fact, it was wrong. In south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. Over the past ten days, 500 have died. Chanting czechoslovakia must be free czechoslovakia must be free chanting czechoslovakia must be free russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. We all with them now. With in our hearts. The pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2. 5 Million People in his hometown of krakow. Stay with us, stay with us, chanted this ocean of humanity. Well, well, joked the pope, so you want me to desert rome . This is bbc news. The latest headlines a young woman has cleared of murder in el salvador, casting a fresh light on the countrys strict anti abortion laws. Sudans ousted president is in court for a trial many in the country thought they would never see. The two democratic congresswomen barred from visiting israel have been speaking about what happened, insisting they had an obligation as elected representatives to see the reality for themselves. The decision by israels Prime Minister to ban ilhan 0mar and Rashida Tlaib, who are both muslim, was encouraged by President Trump. Benjamin netanyahu later relented and said Rashida Tlaib could visit her 90 year old grandmother who lives in the occupied west bank. She then refused, saying she wouldnt go under such oppressive conditions. All i can do, as my citys granddaughter, as the granddaughter ofa granddaughter, as the granddaughter of a woman who lives in the occupied territory, is to elevate her voice by exposing the truth the only way i know how, as my Detroit Public School teachers taught me, by humanising the pain of oppression. But it is my belief that as legislators we have an obligation to see the reality there for ourselves. We have a responsibility to conduct oversight over our governments foreign policy, and what happens with the millions of dollars we send in aid. Sol with the millions of dollars we send in aid. So i would encourage my colleagues to visit, meet with the people we were going to meet with, see the things we were going to see, hear the stories we were going to hear. 0ur north america correspondent david willis joins us for more. David, politics moves fast in washington, dc. Iguess david, politics moves fast in washington, dc. I guess many people would have thought they have moved past the story for the moment. What is the latest . Well, mike, these two women, Rashida Tlaib and ilhan 0mar, we re women, Rashida Tlaib and ilhan 0mar, were of course the first Muslim American women elected to congress. They are both democrats, they are both fierce critics of israel and its policy towards the palestinians. And as you mentioned there, they have been intending to visit jerusalem and the west bank this past weekend, but permission was denied at the last minute, citing their previous criticism of israeli policies in that regard. And it seems that that may have stemmed from criticism that donald trump had of these women. They are of course progressives, and they are people he has branded socialists and dangerous to the United States. Well, as you mentioned, that permission was later approved. As far as Rashida Tlaib was concerned, she was given permission to visit her 90 year old grandmother in the west bank, but she said that israel had humiliated her and she wasnt going to go. Well, now these two women have been commenting further. They gave a press co nfe re nce commenting further. They gave a press Conference Today in minnesota and they criticised both President Trump and the israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu. guess there is the risk for them and for the party of speaking out like this, that it makes it easier perhaps for President Trump to paint them, and as he would see it, the whole party, is extremist, as anti israel, anti american. Whole party, is extremist, as anti israel, antiamerican. Well, its interesting, actually, because after their permission to travel was revoked, there was criticism from a variety of democrats, many of whom dont hold such hardline views as far as israel is concerned, mike, including the house speaker, nancy pelosi, for example. Donald trump has since weighed in, saying that Rashida Tlaib s grandstanding on this issue. He said that her travel requests were set up. But these two women at their press Conference Today basically questioned whether israel was a democracy, if it would behave in this way to two freely elected members of the United States congress. And they said, as we heard on that clip earlier, that it was pa rt on that clip earlier, that it was part of their duty as congress women, their oversight duty, to see how money is spent overseas. There is, of course, a considerable sum in us aid that goes to israel. David, thank you very much for that. New yorks Police Department has sacked the officer who used an illegal chokehold that contributed to the death of eric garner in 2014. Eric garners dying words, i cant breathe, became a rallying cry for protests against Police Brutality and helped launch the black lives matter movement. Here is Police Commissioner james oneill making the announcement about officer Daniel Pantaleo. In this case, the unintended consequence of mr garners death must have a consequence of its own. Therefore i agree with the Deputy Commissioner of trials legal findings and recommendations. It is clear that daniel pa ntaleo findings and recommendations. It is clear that Daniel Pantaleo can no longer effectively serve as a new York City Police officer. Well, following the announcement of the firing of the new york police officer, gwen carr, the mother of eric garner, held a News Conference where she called for greater efforts to hold the Police Accountable for their actions. But you know, itsjust but you know, its just as heartening to go through this. And like we said, we are not finished. We have other offices that we have to go after. You have heard the names. We know the wrongdoing that they have done. Show the pictures, say the names, do the rollcall. Because they all need to lose their jobs. New york is not safe with office rs jobs. New york is not safe with officers out there like that. Around 9,000 people have now been evacuated from their homes on the Spanish Island of gran canaria because of wildfires. Theyve been burning for more than a week, advancing on two fronts in a mountainous area. Officials have described the fires as causing an unprecedented environmental tragedy. Three years after the measles virus was wiped out in the uk, the World Health Organization says it is back, it has removed the uks measles free status. Last year there were three times as many as the previous year. The disease can be stopped through two doses of the mmr vaccine, but immunisation rates have been falling. Prince andrew has attempted to distance himself from his former friend Jeffrey Epstein, as further questions are raised about his association with the convicted paedophile. A Buckingham Palace statement says the prince is appalled by new allegations epstein faced of sexual abuse and trafficking in young girls. It is a response to new video that has emerged of the prince at epsteins home, after the financier had already served a prison sentence for a sex offence with a child. Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell has the latest. They are images which will haunt him. Prince andrew at the home of a convicted paedophile, caught on camera as young women come and go, despite andrews apparent efforts to be as discreet as possible. The video was taken outside the new york home of andrews friend Jeffrey Epstein in 2010, two years after epsteins conviction. And there at the door, amid the comings and goings, the queens second son. Epstein was an associate of andrew for a number of years. It is even suggested andrew took him once to balmoral. This photograph was taken in 2001, andrew at one of epsteins parties with a then 17 Year Old Girl called virginia roberts. Her claim to have had sex with andrew was dismissed by a us court. 2008, Jeffrey Epstein faced court in the United States charged with having sex with a minor and procuring an underage girl for prostitution. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison. In december 2010, soon after epsteins release, andrew was photographed with him walking in central park, new york. The video of andrew at epsteins home was taken the following day. Last month, epstein was arrested on federal charges of sex trafficking minors. He was found dead in his prison cell on 10 august. Prince andrew has always denied that he has been involved in any impropriety with underage girls. Last night, Buckingham Palace added this. The denials of impropriety are emphatic. But what the palace cannot do is explain why Prince Andrew chose to continue his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, or why he was at his home in new york. It all raises questions about the judgement demonstrated by the queens second son. Nicholas witchell, bbc news, Buckingham Palace. Sir eltonjohn has defended the duke and duchess of sussex over their use of private jets. He says he provided harry and meghan with a private flight to maintain a high level of much needed protection. The couple have faced criticism for taking private flights while calling for more to be done about climate change. The phrase a dead duck tells us that something has zero chance of success, but playing dead was a resounding success for this duck. Seemingly cornered by a labrador retriever, the duck decided to just lay low, hoping its canine captor will get bored. And, lo and behold, the dog runs off, allowing the duck to make a speedy exit. Other animals do use that similar tactic, but the oscar for a other animals do use that similar tactic, but the oscarfor a duck playing dead definitely goes to that one. There is much more for you any time on the bbc news website. And you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. Im bbcmikeembley. Thats it for now, thanks for watching. Hello there. The last two weeks have been pretty unsettled across the uk, quite a lot of rain around, strong, unseasonable winds too. But there are signs, as this week continues to wear on, pressure will begin to build, things will turn drier and warmer, and in fact today is looking like one of those. There will be quite a lot of dry and warm weather around as High Pressure begins to nose in from the south west. We still have a few weather fronts across northern areas. Theyll generate a few showers at times, mainly across central and southern scotland and into northern england. Maybe the odd one there for Northern Ireland. But i think elsewhere, largely dry, lovely spells of sunshine after the chilly start into the afternoon. We will see those temperatures reaching 19 21 degrees across england and wales. Closer to 15 18 across Northern Ireland and scotland. So those values are a touch below the seasonal average. As we head through tuesday night, it looks like itll be another largely dry one. One or two showers across northern and western areas. A bit more of a breeze here, but lighter winds further south and east, so that again will lead to a fairly cool night, particularly out of town and where skies clear. So that takes us on into wednesday then. Weve got pressure building across southern and eastern areas as this High Pressure establishes itself over the near continent, but another area of low pressure could spoil things across the north and the west of the country for wednesday. Most places will start fine with some sunshine around, but then well see this weather front push into Northern Ireland, into much of scotland through the day. Wet and windy conditions, and ahead of it, perhaps a few showers affecting the north and west of wales, perhaps north west england. But there will be good spells of sunshine, again further south and east, where it will actually feel quite warm, 22 or 23 degrees. That weather system clears away as we head on into thursday. Therell be more weather fronts affecting the north west corner of the country. The further south and east you are, closest to the High Pressure, the lighter the winds, and also more sunshine around. Well be tapping into some of the warmth over the near continent. You can see the red colours indicating something warmer, into the low to mid 20s celsius. Friday, similar story well be having a weather front affecting the far north west of the country but southerly winds. That warmth will spread a bit further north, we will see 20 celsius or even warmer than that for Northern Ireland, parts of eastern scotland and we could see 26 or 27 degrees across central, southern and eastern england. So thats the picture for friday. As we head on into the weekend, High Pressure continues to dominate. That is, away from the north west corner of the country, which will always see those weather fronts bringing more cloud at times. But it really will turn warmer. We could see 27 or 28 degrees on saturday across the south and the east. This is bbc news the headlines a 21 year old woman in el salvador whose baby was found dead in the toilet where she gave birth has been cleared during a retrial. Evelyn hernandez had been found guilty of aggravated homicide under the countrys strict abortion laws and served 33 months of a 30 year sentence. The former president of sudan, omar al bashir, has appeared in court for trial on corruption charges his first such appearance since being overthrown by the military in april. He was kept in a cage in the heavily guarded courthouse in khartoum. He denies all the charges. Prince andrew has described as abhorrent suggestions that he would participate in or condone the exploitation of any human being. The statement came after a video emerged showing the prince at the home ofJeffrey Epstein after the financier had served a prison sentence for sex offences against underage girls