Hello. Welcome to the programme. The treatment of migrants being held inside us detention facilities is once again stirring outrage this time from democratic members of congress who travelled to the border on monday to see the conditions for themselves. A report was released by the department of homeland securitys Inspector General showing what conditions look like in the rio grande valley. The bbcs Chris Buckler reports. At americas border, migrant families will tell you what they expect and what they hope for when they reach the united states. Its opportunity, safety, and refuge currently the reality is very different. Inside the processing and detention facilities along this border a new watchdog report talks of dangerous overcrowding security concerns and children having no access to showers. It was, in the words of one official, a ticking time bomb. They put them in a room with no Running Water and these women were being told by cbp officers to drink out of the toilet. They were D
Hello. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. Also in the programme the British Council says brexit is causing poorer children to fall behind in learning foreign languages. So wed like to hear from you on this. How important is it to learn another language . Are brits lazier because we can get by . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Members of the European Parliament are due to select a president for the Assembly Later today. Theyll also consider whether to approve the appointment of the German Defence minister, ursula von der leyen, as president of the blocs powerful executive arm. Eu heads of government selected her to succeed jean claude juncker, ignoring the parliaments own candidate. Adam fleming reports from strasbourg. The Brexit Party Meps dont want to be here, and they didnt want to hear this. Music ode to joy. Its unlikely theyll get into trouble, and it sounds like theres more to come
Have been on the streets of the capitalfor the pride parade. Commentator kirby 21 and despite a dramatic fightback, englands one goal wasnt enough against sweden for a womens world cup third place playoff. Theres full details in sports day in half an hour, here on bbc news. The conservative party says it will expel anyone who casts more than one vote in the contest to choose the next leader and the countrys Prime Minister. A bbc investigation has found that some members have received two ballot papers in the post. Around 160,000 people are eligible to vote in the leadership election which will see either borisjohnson orjeremy hunt take over from theresa may. Manveen rana reports. As the leadership rivals arrived in nottingham today to face the party faithful, it emerged errors had led to some members being issued with two ballot papers. But for the contenders, it was business as usual. Get it right, and we will deliver brexit, unite our party, unleash the incredible potential of our co
Are being wiped out. This is happening all over the amazon, to create new farmland. The result is that the great forest has never been under such pressure. The us vows to keep up maximum pressure on iran, after it exceeded the agreed limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium. We start in hong kong, where protesters yesterday broke into the Legislative Council building. The chief executive of hong kong, carrie lam, used a News Conference in the early hours of the morning to condemn the protesters. My colleague Karishma Vaswani has been following developments in hong kong. In the early hours of this morning we heard from the chief executive, carrie lam, who held a News Conference to condemn the violence. She said the protesters disregarded the rule of law which is so cherished here in hong kong. Those protests coincided with the 22nd anniversary of the handover of power from the uk of hong kong to men than china and against a backdrop of continued unrest over an unpopular d raft continu
Where huge tracts of forests are being wiped out this is happening all over the amazon, to create new farmland. The result is that the great forest has never been under such pressure. We start in hong kong, where protesters yesterday broke into the Legislative Council building. The chief executive of hong kong, carrie lam, used a News Conference in the early hours of the morning to condemn the protesters. My colleague Karishma Vaswani has been following developments in hong kong. In the early hours of this morning we heard from the chief executive, carrie lam, who held a News Conference to condemn the violence. She said the protesters disregarded the rule of law which is so cherished here in hong kong. Those protests coincided with the 22nd anniversary of the handover of power from the uk of hong kong to men than china and against a backdrop of continued unrest over mainland china. An unpopular draft bill, the extradition bill, which if it had passed, would have made it possible for pe