This is bbc news, the headlines: a bbc investigation has found over two thousand migrant children being detained in a camp in el paso, texas in appalling conditions. the facility at fort bliss is overcrowded and ridden with disease, with shortages of clean clothes and a lack of medical care for the children. republicans in the united states senate have blocked a bill that would have led to a wide ranging debate on expanding voting rights across the country. president biden said the fight is far from over and that democrats would be ramping up their efforts for democracy. myanmar s armed forces have clashed with a militia group in the country s second city, mandalay. it s the first such exchange between the so called people s defence forces which are fighting to restore democracy and the military,
Republicans in the united states senate have blocked a bill that would have led to a wide ranging debate on expanding voting rights across the country. democrats failed to get the 60 votes that were needed to advance the legislation, with republicans arguing that it infringed on states rights. a bbc investigation has found over 2000 migrant children being detained in a camp in el paso, texas in appalling conditions. the facility at fort bliss is overcrowded and ridden with disease, with shortages of clean clothes and a lack of medical care for the children. myanmar s armed forces have clashed with a militia group in the country s second city, mandalay. it s the first such exchange between the so called people s defence forces which are fighting to restore democracy and the military, in a major urban centre. the army says four
This is bbc news. the headlines: a bbc investigation has found over 2,000 migrant children being detained in a camp in el paso, texas in appalling conditions. the facility at fort bliss is overcrowded and ridden with disease, with shortages of clean clothes and a lack of medical care for the children. republicans in the united states senate have blocked a bill that would have led to a wide ranging debate on expanding voting rights across the country. president biden said the fight is far from over, and that democrats would be ramping up their efforts for democracy. myanmar s armed forces have clashed with a militia group in the country s second city, mandalay. it s the first such exchange between the so called people s defence forces, which are fighting to restore democracy, and the military, in a major urban centre. the army says four
This is bbc news, the headlines: a bbc investigation has found over 2,000 migrant children being detained in a camp in el paso, texas in appalling conditions. the facility at fort bliss is overcrowded and ridden with disease, with shortages of clean clothes and a lack of medical care for the children. republicans in the united states senate have blocked a bill that would have led to a wide ranging debate on expanding voting rights across the country. democrats failed to get the 60 votes that were needed to advance the legislation, with republicans arguing that it infringed on states rights. myanmar s armed forces have clashed with a militia group in the country s second city, mandalay. it s the first such exchange between the so called people s defence forces which are fighting to restore democracy and the military, in a major urban centre.
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. thousands of migrant children are being held in a camp in texas, which is ridden with disease, is insanitary and is lacking medical resources. an investigation by the bbc has revealed facility at fort bliss in el paso as grossly overcrowded. children are sleeping several hundred to a tent, with shortages of clean clothes. staff working there say that illnesses such as covid and flu have affected hundreds of children in recent months. our correspondent hilary andersson sent this special report. deep in the chihuahuan desert of west texas is a tented camp holding thousands of migrant children in conditions that are alarming.