only when the average holds at 1,500 over a seven—day period. it will then re—open to migrants two weeks after that. the executive action also includes the use of a 1952 law allowing a us president to "suspend the entry" of foreigners if their arrival is "detrimental to the interests" of the country. speaking earlier, president biden blamed republicans in congress for refusing to address the situation at the us—mexico border. so today, i'm moving past republican obstruction and using the executive authorities available to me as president to do what i can on my own to address the border. frankly, i would have preferred to address this issue through bipartisan legislation, because that's the only way to actually get the kind of system we have now that's broken fixed — to hire more border patrol agents, more asylum officers, morejudges — but republicans have left me no choice. biden is referring there to measures that were reflected in a bipartisan bill that he supported back in may. but 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unlawful border crossings, according to our us reporting partner cbs news. border patrol is on pace to apprehend between 110—120,000 migrants in may — down from nearly a quarter of a million in december of 2023. and, while we heard there from senator cruz, the republican opposition to the action, there's also been opposition to president biden�*s action from his own party — including from democrat pramila jayapal, whom i spoke to a short while ago. i'm profoundly disappointed, i don't think this is the right action to take for several reasons. first, seeking asylum is something that we have to allow in order to be in line with our domestic laws, but also in order to be in line with our international treaty obligations. and what the president's executive order does today is it caps asylum, it limits it only to people who come through the cpp one app, or at the ports of entry as a walk—up. and it stops in between ports of entry if you reach a certain threshold number. that number we have reached for many of the last months — so effectively, this is a shutdown of the border. there are some humanitarian concerns, but this approach is never worked. concerns, but this approach is neverworked. it concerns, but this approach is never worked. it has never worked under donald trump, it didn't work under donald trump, and it won't work here. because the reality is that people are seeking asylum from terrible situations in their own countries, and people are also coming to the border because all the other legal pathways have not been expanded. local politicians and officials that serve areas near the border were there for that announcement, including bexar county sheriff javier salazar. he said that he generally supports the measure taken by the president. i'm concerned about people that are in need. i'm first generation american in my family. we are a country of immigrants. with that being said, we still have to be mindful of who's coming to the country and for what reasons. i 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party — the president needs to address this issue to some stent. it's not even a partial solution, it's not even a solution. but the reality is, though it's not a compromise between the two parties to deal with this, there was an attempt, this bipartisan bill, and in that regard the president is right, there was a possibility for the two parties in this country to come up with a comprehensive solution to what we see as the border crisis. there the immigration system is broken and the asylum system is broken. this is not a solution to the broken asylum a system, this is just a way to deal with it temporarily, but there's no other way to deal with this. what will this mean on the mexican side of the border? any practical way, are you expecting that migrants who had hoped to come to the us will gather there?— hoped to come to the us will cather there? ~ ., ., , , , gather there? what happens when these things _ gather there? what happens when these things happen, _ gather there? what happens when these things happen, when - gather there? what happens when these things happen, when there i these things happen, when there are restrictions to asylum and no legal pathways, and the innovation system is broken in the us, smugglers come up to the us, smugglers come up to the panorama and provide the services for people that are escaping from difficult circumstances, and those who need to better lives for their families, searching for better lives for theirfamilies, and lives for their families, and jobs lives for theirfamilies, and jobs are available in the us — therefore, human smuggling networks will be working and benefit from this. however, there is no compromise between there is no compromise between the two main clinical parties. i mean, people will continue coming becausejobs are available, no coming because jobs are available, no legal pathways, and we are still in the same situation —— two main political parties. we had this protocol, this programme in mexico under donald trump, title 42, and we have this right now which is a partial closure of the border. in circumstances that would put the system at big risk. there is no solution, the only solution that will come to this country needs a bipartisan effort, a bipartisan commitment.- effort, a bipartisan commitment. �* �* , . commitment. and we've seen what ha--ened commitment. and we've seen what happened with _ commitment. and we've seen what happened with past _ commitment. and we've seen what happened with past efforts - commitment. and we've seen what happened with past efforts on - happened with past efforts on that. president biden said today that he's working with mexico as an equal partner — do you think it's an equal partnership?— you think it's an equal partnership? it's never an euual partnership? it's never an equal partnership. - partnership? it's never an j equal partnership. mexico partnership? it's never an - equal partnership. mexico will do whatever the united states asks them to do, there are negotiations that are not transparent to the mexican people, but as director of the president has gone with both trump and biden, the trump administration and by demonstration have counted on the mexican government. the dependency is enormous, particularly after the elections in the transition to a new government, the mexican government will go with what the united states wants. and i perceive this happening in the future, the united states has a very good partner with regards to the border enforcement. so do ou to the border enforcement. so do you think anything will change when president—elect claudia sheinbaum takes office? nothing will change, the dependency is very important, because also there is a border crisis on the mexican side, so they are enforcing the southern border, and we've seen a decrease in the first months of this year — a very important decrease, this decrease has been explained in part because of the enforcement of mexico's border by the mexican president.— border by the mexican resident. ~ ., ., ., president. we have to leave it there but _ president. we have to leave it there but thanks _ president. we have to leave it there but thanks for _ president. we have to leave it there but thanks for your - there but thanks for your thoughts. thank you for speaking to us on bbc news. thank you very much for the opportunity. to india's elections now — where prime minister narendra modi has secured an historic third term as the country's leader. despite his win, the election proved closer than expected. while mr modi's bjp party has won enough seats to form the next government, he will have to rely on coalition parties that don't share his hindu nationalist agenda. the election was seen by many as a referendum on narendra modi's decade in office — and opposition groups, led by the congress party, performed better than forecast. claiming victory, here's what the indian leader had to say. translation: today's victory is the biggest _ translation: today's victory is the biggest in — translation: today's victory is the biggest in the _ translation: today's victory is the biggest in the world. - translation: today's victory is the biggest in the world. this . the biggest in the world. this is the biggest democracy in the world, and this is the victory of this democracy. and this is on india's constitution, a very big win. earlier, i spoke to our south asia correspondent yogite limaye for the latest. this is a significant loss of seats for the bjp party — what's been the response to it? so, sometime ago, we heard prime minister modi speaking at the headquarters of his party, and talking to supporters there. he didn't acknowledge that there had been a significant reduction in the number of seats they had one — he said, "this is a vote, people have put their belief in the bjp�*s vision for a developed india." but one of the reasons why there's been so much focus not on the fact that he won — which was widely anticipated — but on how he won, and this reduction in the number of seats is partly because of the prime minister himself. when he started his campaign, he said, "we are going to win more than 400 seats this time around," and they are a long way off that mark. going into this election, they were also the most powerful party, they had the most amount of money to spend on the election — and that's why the reduction of the seats is being talked about so much. it is of course an historic victory— it's only the second time in the history of india that a prime minister has been reelected for a third time. find reelected for a third time. and notwithstanding _ reelected for a third time. and notwithstanding that historic victory, what went wrong for modi and his party? 50 victory, what went wrong for modi and his party? sui victory, what went wrong for modi and his party? so i think when we have _ modi and his party? so i think when we have final _ modi and his party? so i think when we have final results - when we have final results fully in, you know, we will be able to properly what went wrong. but if you look at some of the key constituencies, i think one of the biggest stories for me is ayodhya, the city in which prime minister modi inaugurated a grand hindu temple injanuary. it sits on a site that was for decades disputed between hindus and muslims before it was handed over that hindus by a court decision. so it was a controversial site. this opening of the temple was expected to dominate the election, it was expected to galvanise hindu votes for prime minister modi — and it's in that constituency that the bjp has lost with a huge margin. so clearly using the hindu card, it doesn't seem to have worked in a lot of places. 0ther it doesn't seem to have worked in a lot of places. other than that, when we were on the ground talking to people, a lot of people, especially young people told us that unemployment is a big issue for them and they didn't believe that mr modi had done enough to resolve that. 50 that mr modi had done enough to resolve that.— resolve that. so what will this result mean _ resolve that. so what will this result mean for— resolve that. so what will this result mean for the _ resolve that. so what will this | result mean for the opposition alliance? . �* , result mean for the opposition alliance? ., �* , ., , alliance? that's the other big sto of alliance? that's the other big story of the _ alliance? that's the other big story of the selection, - alliance? that's the other big i story of the selection, because when pulling and campaigning started and we were speaking to the party, they were looking at the party, they were looking at the narrative set by prime minister modi where he said, "my party will win more than 400 seats." and to some extent, they believe that hyphens are going into it, a lot of people said they weren't confident they could launch a proper challenge against prime minister modi. lots of people from the opposition also said that things were against them, there were opposition leaders who had beenjailed, many opposition leaders, more than 100 opposition leaders facing cases, as well. and so, if you look at that performance today, this has not been a one—sided contest, especially when you look at the opposition congress party, whose politicalfuture was in question because of a series of humiliating defeats and setbacks before this. for them to have one reasonably significant lead today, they are looking at it as a turning point — and that's why when we went to their headquarters today, there were big celebrations today, almost with equal fervor as we saw at the bjp�*s headquarters. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at another story making the headlines. a newborn baby girl — found abandoned in east london on a freezing cold night injanuary — is the third child to be left by the same parents. dna tests established that baby elsa is the sibling of a boy and a girl found in very similar circumstances in 2017 and 2019. 0ur correspondent sanchia berg was given permission to report these details by east london family court. the baby boy, harry, was found in plaistow in september 2017, abandoned shortly after he was born. a newborn girl, roman, came 16 months later, injanuary 2019, in a park close to the roman road after which she was named. and elsa, also newborn, was discovered this year, just a few hundred yards away. the three children are safe — adopted or in care. but their mother has not come froward, despite multiple appeals over nearly seven years by the metropolitan police. judge carol atkinson said babies are very rarely abandoned in britain. you're live with bbc news. on tuesday, the criminal trial involving president biden's son, hunter, heard opening statements from both sides. the prosecution described hunter biden as a habitual drug user, and mr biden's defence lawyers said he was in recovery from his addiction at the time. the defence argued he was in recovery at the time so he hadn't lied that he was not a user of drugs. 0ur correspondent tom bateman sent this report from delaware. the first opening statement was from prosecutor derek hines, and he set out to portray hunter biden as a self—confessed habitual crack cocaine addict who lied in order to purchase a handgun here in wilmington, delaware in 2018. and what the prosecution alleges is that hunter biden knowingly misled when he declared he wasn't a drug abuser, and the prosecution says he clearly knew at the time that he was. now mr hinds stood before the jury and, at the very start of his statement, made a clear reference to the fact that the person they had to hear these allegations about was the son of the us president, saying that, "no one is above the law, it doesn't matter who you are or what your name is." now behind hunter biden for the second day, key members of the biden family in the public benches — among them his stepmother, the first lady, jill biden, who was very close to a hunter in terms of sitting behind him. and the family talk to each other at various points during the proceedings. next up was mr biden's lawyer for the defence, abby lowell, who said that this case was all about what he actually said. and the defence's argument is mr biden at the time didn't regard himself as a user of drugs and addicted to illegal drugs because they said he had been in a rehab clinic in california before that meeting... and they are asking for the jury in that sense to throw out all of these charges. after that, we've been getting into the first witnesses in the case — the first among those, a special agent for the fbi who was put onto the hunter biden investigation last year. further witnesses are due to be called over the course of the next two weeks. the length of this trial is expected to proceed. as for hunter biden, he denies all three felony counts against him. to the uk — and in the biggest night of the general election campaign so far, prime minister rishi sunak and opposition leader sir keir starmer, have gone head to head in their first tv debate. in often—heated exchanges, the labour leader repeatedly referred to what he called 14 years of chaos under the conservatives insisting now was the time for change. for his part, incumbent rishi sunak sought to portray a labour government as a risk to britain's economy and security. the two men clashed when asked by a member of the audience what they would do about the cost of living. of course i know everyone is only— of course i know everyone is oniyiust _ of course i know everyone is onlyjust starting to feel the benefits of it. but inflation is back— benefits of it. but inflation is back to normal, wages are growing. _ is back to normal, wages are growing, taxes are now being cut _ growing, taxes are now being cut keir— growing, taxes are now being cut. keir starmerwould growing, taxes are now being cut. keir starmer would put all that progress at risk, he would put up — that progress at risk, he would put up everyone's taxes by £2000. — put up everyone's taxes by £2000. ,, ., put up everyone's taxes by i £2000._ paula, put up everyone's taxes by - £2000._ paula, | £2000. keir starmer. paula, i “ust £2000. keir starmer. paula, i just don't— £2000. keir starmer. paula, i just don't know _ £2000. keir starmer. paula, i just don't know how— £2000. keir starmer. paula, i just don't know how you - £2000. keir starmer. paula, i just don't know how you feel. just don't know how you feel when you hear a prime minister say, having heard what you're going through, that the plan is working, its all all right. i mean, so many people who are struggling with their bills, and the prime ministerjust keep saying... he lives in a different world. and on immigration, rishi sunak defended his policy of sending asylum—seekers to rwanda — leading to this exchange. and we will need to take bold action— and we will need to take bold action to _ and we will need to take bold action to bring it down, whether that's legal migration, where — whether that's legal migration, where we will introduce a new legal— where we will introduce a new legal cap— where we will introduce a new legal cap to guarantee that it'll come down every year, or the boats. _ it'll come down every year, or the boats, which you mentioned. we got _ the boats, which you mentioned. we got the numbers down last year— we got the numbers down last year by— we got the numbers down last year by a — we got the numbers down last year by a third, and now we have — year by a third, and now we have a _ year by a third, and now we have a deterrent ready to go. migrants— have a deterrent ready to go. migrants have been detained, the flights will go in july migrants have been detained, the flights will go injuly — but — the flights will go injuly — but oniy— the flights will go injuly — but only if i'm your prime minister~ _ but only if i'm your prime minister-— but only if i'm your prime minister. ~ ., , minister. we need to smash the ans minister. we need to smash the gangs that _ minister. we need to smash the gangs that are _ minister. we need to smash the gangs that are running - minister. we need to smash the gangs that are running this - gangs that are running this vile trade, making a huge amount of money, putting some of the most vulnerable people in boats across the channel and making a fortune. the general election will be held on the 4th ofjune. currently, the opposition labour party is leading in the polls. let's turn to some other important news around the world. the us house of representatives voted to sanction the international criminal court in response to its prosecutor applying for arrest warrants against israeli officials. the bill is not likely to be taken up in the democratic—controlled senate. president biden strongly criticised the ruling by the court, but said monday he opposes sanctions against it. japan's transport ministry raided the headquarters of motor giant toyota on tuesday, as a scandal over faulty safety data escalated. the world's largest car—maker has apologised for providing incorrect or manipulated data for safety certification tests. four other car—makers — honda, mazda, suzuki, and yamaha — are also being investigated. presidentjoe biden heads to france on tuesday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of d—day and underscore his commitment to european allies. during world war two troops from the us, canadian, uk, and france joined forces and attacked german soldiers on the coast of northern france on the 6th ofjune, 1944. it was the largest naval, air, and land operation attempted, and started the campaign to liberate nazi—occupied land in europe. d—day veterans from the uk have returned to france to join commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the normandy landings. bbc'sjohn maguier has more. for many of these veterans, their departure from these shores 80 years ago, all as very young men, was their first venture overseas. cheering excitement and a sense of celebration will, in coming days, turn to commemoration. stan ford survived as his ship was sunk by a mini submarine, but many other members of the crew were killed. as you know, john, i have 32 reasons for going back, and those 32 reasons are the 32 guys that never came home. and i made that promise to myself that every opportunity, i would go back and pay my respects and honour those guys. as they left portsmouth, their modern—day counterparts flew overhead in a royal air force transport plane and stood to attention, saluting on the deck of the aircraft carrier hms prince of wales — respect between the generations. john dennett has been back to normandy before, but never to the british memorial at ver—sur—mer. it was very emotional, and i'm afraid that will probably be a bit emotional when you get there, to see the actual thing. we will rememberthem. as the ferry approached the french coastline, the engine slowed and the veterans paid tribute. so, a short, poignant, but highly—symbolic ceremony as a wreath were thrown over the side of the ferry. the idea, to pay tribute to those who died before even reaching the french shores, the beaches they had come here to liberate. and so to france — and two full days of ceremonies and commemorations for those who can tell the story of what happened here 80 years ago first—hand. their number may be dwindling, but their commitment today, as it was then, remains immense. john maguire, bbc news, normandy. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. on tuesday, we had a cold front move southwards across the uk. now, after a cloudy and wet start to the day across northern areas, once that cold front had moved its way through, well, the skies brightened up and we had a mixture of sunshine and these big shower clouds. the other thing that the cold front did was what cold fronts do — it's really dumped the temperature. so, for example, in aberdeen, we started on monday at 21 celsius for the highest temperature. it was just 15 celsius, though, for tuesday. and those temperatures dropping by 5—6 degrees was quite typical as this colder polar air mass worked its way in. that means the air started from a long way to our north. now, at the moment, we have plenty of showers around, particularly near coastal areas in the north—west. otherwise, some lengthy, clear spells. and it's a chilly start to wednesday morning, with temperatures widely down into single figures, the coldest spots probably down to about one sheltered areas of scotland. that really is cold for a start to a summer's day. despite the chilly start, though, there will be plenty of sunshine. showers from the word go around these north—western areas, particularly near to the coast. but through the day, as those temperatures rise, the showers become really widespread, particularly across the northern half of the uk and especially in scotland, where, again, we're looking at some hail and thunder. it's going to feel quite chilly, particularly in the brisk winds here. but further south, 0k, temperatures below average, but in thejune sun, it should probably feel 0k but on the fresh side. now, our weather pattern's blocked at the moment. this is a blocking pattern that's out in the jet stream, out in the atlantic to our south—west. what that's doing is it's forcing this north—westerlyjet stream across the uk, and that continues to pull in cold air, particularly to the northern half of the uk. and because we've got a blocking weather pattern, well, that means the weather doesn't change very much from one day to the next. wednesday, we have loads of showers in the forecast across the northern half of the uk. it's the same thing for thursday. again, with those showers coming in across scotland, there'll be quite a few that turn heavy with some hail and thunder, and it will continue to feel quite chilly here. spot the difference, then, for friday. again, loads more showers, particularly affecting scotland, quite a few for northern ireland, northern england. drier weather further south with some sunny spells. and again, we've got those same kind of temperature contrasts — chilly in the north, temperatures fairly close to average in the south, but feeling 0k in thejune sun. and guess what? into the weekend, we don't really see a great deal changing with the weather. you'll have to wait till next week for some changes. indian shares slide as prime minister narendra modi's ruling party loses its parliamentary stronghold. and on world environment day, we speak to two young activists who use visuals to highlight issues of climate change in the region. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. let's begin in india, where the world's biggest election has seen narendra modi securing a rare third consecutive term in office. but his ruling bharatiya janata party fell short of an absolute majority which means the party will have to rely on a coalition — where consensus will be key for pushing through any economic policy. arunoday mukharji reports. i'm outside the indian parliament, where the government in power and lawmakers will be deliberating on economic policy for the next five years. now, while india remains a bright spark in the world and remains one of the fastest growing economies in the world, there are also several challenges, especially unemployment, which remains high. according to the international labour organization, 83% of the unemployed were educated youth in the country. manufacturing as a share of the gdp has been stagnant for the last decade. private consumption has been at 3%, which has been at its slowest in the last two decades. now, according to the world inequality index, inequality in the country is at a 100—year high. so clearly, the rich may have gotten richer,