Us President Donald Trump says the threat of tariffs against mexico has been indefinitely suspended after the two countries agreed what he called strong measures and reached a deal. The us had been asking mexico to do more to stop migrants from Central America reaching its southern border. The latest data shows more than 132,000 arrests were made on the us border in may, the highest in more than a decade, a 33 increase from april. It was also the highest monthly total since mr trump took office. The bbcs will grant has more on the newjoint declaration. Pourous, jungled, and nearly impossible to police. Every day, people move back and forth across the suchiate river, mexicos natural border with Central America, on inflatable rafts. Many cross for work, commerce, even school. But for us bound migrants, its a crucial step on their arduous journey north. For now, punitive tariffs have been avoided. Yet few in mexico think the shaky peace on immigration will last. President lopez 0brador ha
under 30 list, about what it takes to forge an early successful path in the world of business. but we begin in california, because the governor there waded into a delicate political issue last night on twitter. gavin newsom blasted the pharmaceuticals giant walgreens over its decision to stop dispensing abortion pills in 20 us states. governor newsom tweeted that california would not do business with walgreens boots alliance, or any company that cowers to the extremists and puts women s lives at risk . his comments follow criticism from the white house on friday, when democratic press secretary karinejean pierre said it was dangerous and unacceptable for republicans to target pharmceuticals firms. samira hussain is in new york. just explain what is going on, this row broke out on twitter but fundamental issues at stake? walgreens had said that they are not going to sell the abortion pill in 20 states that are republican controlled states, after the attorney general to hav
to an emergency like a heart attack or stroke last month far longer than the 18 minute target time. at the old bailey, oscar winning actor kevin spacey has pleaded not guilty to four charges of sexually assaulting three men. another rail strike later this month train drivers from eight rail companies will strike on the 30th three days after a 24 hour walk out by the rmt union. a bbc documentary reveals that hundreds of british dentists treat patients with serious complications after they travel abroad to get cut price crowns. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. suella braverman has been knocked out of the conservative leadership race in the second round of voting. ms braverman received 27 votes from tory mps that s five fewer than she received yesterday. the five remaining hopefuls progress to the third round on monday. once again rishi, sunak received the most number of votes and penny mordaunt came second with the support of 83 of her fellow tory mps. here s the
we ll also look at the crisis in sri lanka. the president has confirmed he will step down after protesters stormed his palace. and we ll look at twitter s share price, which has fallen welcome to college green in front of parliament, where the process of selecting a new leader of the conservative party and new prime minister is under way. if i m occasionally glancing this way and that, sir graham brady, the committee chair, will be speaking in the next few minutes. he will outline the rules of the tory party leadership contest. bear in mind since thursday, effectively that contest began. we still don t know precisely how that will work. what we do know is what the stages of the contest will be. first, each candidate will need to find a number of conservative mps to back them. in previous contests, it was eight. this time, it could be as high as 20. then the 358 conservative mps will vote for their favourite candidates in a series of elimination rounds. let s speak to our poli
played in trying to overturn the election. just to give a historical precedence to the group and how they have radicalized was the propaganda for the keepers. let s begin with the latest on steve bannon. saying he is now willing to testify before the january 6 committee jessica schneider is outside the courthouse where the hearing is taking place this morning. the point you made last hour was it was supposed to take place nine months ago so this is the 11th hour appeal. how do we expect this to proceed in the next several hours? it is notable because steve bannon is set to go on trial one week from today so the federal judge right now is beginning to hear arguments as to how the trial will proceed. bannon s attorneys have repeatedly asked for delay and prosecutors in an overnight filing talked about the fact that they want any evidence that steve bannon has said he will testify to the committee, completely excluded from the trial. prosecutors are really saying that stev