President trump has said hes dropping his attempt to add a Citizenship Question to next years us census. The move was blocked by the Supreme Court last month. Opponents fear it could deter immigrant households from taking part in the census, lead to an undercounting of the population in democratic districts, and benefit the president s republican party. But he still hopes to press on, announcing instead an executive order, requiring all Government Agencies and departments to provide records on population. Today im here to say were not backing down in our effort to determine the citizenship status of the United States population. I stand before you to outline new steps my administration is taking to ensure that citizenship is counted so that we know how many citizens we have in the United States. Our north america correspondent, peter bowes, explains why the citizenship issue is such a politicised and controversial issue, and so important to President Trump. It has become increasingly political and of course it is hugely important who is counted in the census, traditionally, it has been citizens and non citizens, it is a count of a number of people in the country, its important for allocating funds to different areas, allocating seats in the house of representatives, and the fact that the president is not getting his way of having that key question on the census form, has actually delighted a lot of his opponents, there were fears, indeed the Census Bureau themselves said that if the question were on there, if the result in fewer people filling out the census form and the end result would be rather skewed in terms of its effectiveness and accuracy. A lot of people are delighted that the president hasnt got his way with the form, what hes doing is changing tack, hes trying to. Its important to point out that this executive order isnt usurping what the Supreme Court said, it is just a different tack. Its a different way to get that information from government departments, data that already exists about the majority of people, this country, and the president is hoping that is how he will get his count of the number of citizens at the number of non citizens. Relatives of people who died in the boeing 737 max crash in indonesia have been cheated out of compensation according to their lawyers. Many families who lost loved ones in the plane crash last october were persuaded to sign agreements that prevent them from taking legal action against boeing. The bbc has discovered relatives signed similar agreements following two previous crashes in indonesia and the agreements prevented them from suing in the us courts. Boeing declined to comment on the agreements. Panoramas Richard Bilton reports. Last october, a boeing 737 max crashed into the sea off indonesia. All 189 people onboard were killed. Within weeks, relatives were offered compensation by insurance lawyers. But families who took up the offer had to sign agreements that would prevent them from taking legal action against boeing or the airline lion air. Merdian agustins husband ika was killed in the crash. They give give me some document to sign, the document said you can have the money but you cant sue us, lion air, you cant sue boeing. Merdian didnt sign, but its believed around 50 families did. They will get compensation ofjust under £74,000 each. But under indonesian law, the families were entitled to £71,000 any way. The relatives of those who died in the crash had little to gain by signing these agreements. But they could be very valuable to boeing, because in signing them, the families have agreed never to take legal action over the crash. We asked boeing if they have had any communication with the insurance lawyers who helped organise the agreements. They didnt answer our question. They said the insurers for boeing are in discussions with other insurers round the world as is typical and customary in circumstances such as these. But we have discovered boeing has benefited from similar agreements following two earlier crashes. And each time, the same insurance lawyer was involved. Boeing use the agreements to prevent families from suing in the us courts. Now lawyers for the lion air families say they have lost out. The families who signed the releases and discharge have been cheated out of compensation, they have been preyed upon by Insurance Companies and by the council for those Insurance Companies, and ultimately to the benefit of boeing. Boeing says it truly regrets the loss of life and will continue to help with the healing process. Last week, the company said it would provide 100 million to help communities and families affected by two recent 737 max accidents. Richard bilton, bbc news seattle. Lets get some of the days other news. The Us State Department has condemned what it called the Iranian Revolutionary guards attempts to harass a british oil tanker. Iran denies confronting any foreign ships in the gulf. But britains navy said it had to intervene yesterday to protect a bp oil tanker from three iranian vessels. The uk has raised the threat to british shipping in iranian waters in the gulf to the highest level. Sudans Ruling Military Council says it has foiled an attempted coup. A spokesman, generaljamal omar, announced on state television that 16 people had been arrested and four detained among them current and retired officers from the army and National Intelligence and security service. He said the coup attempt aimed to block a power sharing deal being finalised between the military council and pro democracy demonstrators. These dramatic pictures show the moment a majorfire broke out at an Electricity Generating power station near moscow, sending plumes of smoke and flames 50 metres high. 11 people received medical treatment including five people with minor burns but no one was hospitalised. The cause of the fire is under investigation. The mayor of new orleans has warned that a Tropical Storm moving towards the coast of louisiana could bring 48 hours of continuous rain. Latoya cantrell warned residents to seek shelter or leave the city. Manuel bojorquez from cbs news has the latest. Those mandatory evacuations are happening in low lying parishes south of new orleans, but here in the city, all eyes are on the Mississippi River and heres why. Flooding along the nations mid section has sent a lot of water downstream so the river is already swollen. That coupled with the potential storm surge from the tropical system and the additional rain could spell trouble. Officials have said they believe the levies that protect the city, like the one we are on, will hold during the event, but they fear that the water could overtop some of them. So while there is still uncertainty in the track of the tropical system, they are urging everyone here to be prepared. Earlier i spoke to david johnson, who is Vice President of Customer Service of entergy which has over a million electricity customers it supplies in the state. I asked him how the weather was. The storm is just now beginning, but right now things are calm. It is the calm before the storm. All of our crews have been mobilised and are ready to respond. We rehearsed these types of scenarios throughout the year and we believe we are ready to respond once a strong positive. And how ready do think your customers are . Do you think many of them have actually left . We have heard from a lot of the Emergency Management teams, that many of the residents have evacuated but there are certain communities where the residents are still here. Some of the things we encourage our customers to do to make sure they have the emergency plans in place, and once the storm hits, please stay out of standing water, stay away from down power lines, allow crews to come and do what we do. Louisiana has suffered so much from flooding, new orleans in particular, from the outside it seems particularly terrible they should be facing this again. Its tough when a storm like this comes through, however, we have been Battle Tested in this region and as i mentioned earlier, we have gone through a series of drills and lots of training to be able to respond to this so we think were ready for this. We anticipate its going to come through as a category one hurricane, let it go through, once it passes through, once its safe for us to get started, well dispatch our crews. This idea that the levies are ok but there may be overtopped a levy that the water comes over, its no real use at all, is it . Extra water doesnt help us in this region, whatsoever. Weve heard that the levies at this particular point are safe, the water levels are high but every storm is different so we just have to wait until storm arrives, well let it pass through and we will see what happens. One of indias largest cities is running out of water. Millions of people in chennai are struggling as taps run dry. Monsoon rains which the city depends on are late this year. Environmentalists partly blame Climate Change and warn this is a problem which could affect all countries. Our south asia correspondent rajini Vaidya Nathan reports. Scrambling for every last drop. They are running out of water and also out of patience. It is a daily desperate ritual. Here, trucks have replaced taps as the only source of water. And yet this is chennai, one of indias largest and richest cities. We are only allowed five buckets of water a day from the lorry, this woman tells me. Back at her house she shows me how her family struggles. We have to use this for drinking, cooking, bathing and washing clothes. It is difficult. Even more so because there has been a record heat wave here in india. A few houses away, a mother of two says she used to take water for granted. Water is more precious than food and gold, she tells me. God has to bring the rain. Only that can save us. For now, this landscape remains thirsty. It is hard to imagine that this is one of chennais largest lakes, now parched and desperate for rain. In better times, this reservoir is one of the citys main suppliers of water. This satellite image shows just how the lake has vanished after a year of poor monsoon rain. Almost all of the citys reservoirs have run dry. This one reduced to a mere puddle. Chennai is a warning card to the global community. If it happens here it can happen anywhere. Environmentalists blame Climate Change for the erratic weather pattern and drought but they also warned that the number of lakes and ponds that store and collect rainwater has dwindled. Taking these water bodies to build commercial and Residential Property has had an impact in regard to how much water we can conserve and how much water is therefore the population to depend on. When hollywood actor Leonardo Dicaprio shared this picture of a well in one town, the plight of chennai gained wider attention. When we visit the same well, it is almost empty. It is estimated that by 2025, half of the worlds population will live in an area where demand for water exceeds supply. As the crisis in chennai continues, millions rely on these trucks. Oh, lord, please fill the lake, they chant. Families keep praying for the rains but that alone cannot solve this citys water woes. Environmentalists warn this is a problem of our own making. 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Applause this is bbc news, the latest headlines President Trump abandons his bid to add a question on citizenship to the us census but insists hell press on with an executive order. For more on that story i spoke to kristen clarke, president of the National Lawyers committee for civil rights under law. This is her take on Donald Trumps order. Its a wind for the civil rights organisations that have been fighting this administration over there there there attempt to add a citizen ship question to the senses. We filed suit against the Trump Administration to block this attempt because we knew this was a move that would discourage communities and people of colour from participating in the census and today we learned that that senses will go out to every household in the United States without the question. So on the one hand it is a sound victory for the groups that have been fighting for a fairand groups that have been fighting for a fair and accurate senses, but what we did learn is that President Trump will now seek to nonetheless obtain information regarding the number of undocumented people in the country by essentially collating data from various databases across the federal government. And, you know that was an option always available to the administration, and in some respects, we didnt learn anything new today. What we will be doing is looking very carefully to see what President Trump does with that later. How does he intend to use that data . Later. How does he intend to use that data 7 later. How does he intend to use that data . That data . It is far as the original issue, ensuring a fairand as the original issue, ensuring a fair and accurate senses, we won on that issue today. And the concern about the Citizenship Question, if i understand it right was that people had reason to fear the authorities for depredation and if there was a question like that on the senses, they would be less likely to take pa rt they would be less likely to take part and less likely to vote . Us constitutional because we carry out a every decade. A fair and accurate sensesis a every decade. A fair and accurate senses is one that captures the full population, a full count of the population, a full count of the population, and president froms administration pursued the citizen ship question for one reason only, they sought to weaponised the census and structure in a way that would discourage participation among communities of colour and immigrant communities. And that is unlawful. It violates the constitution and is something we went to the courts to fight back and resist and we did so successfully. And a president exec shall executive order override the Supreme Court . Its a victory because they are not able to obtain this information through the census. What we learn today was they will obtain another way and on another day by combining information from various databases that are maintained by agencies across the federal government in the United States. We have concerns about this, this is essentially an attempt to compile data on a mass scale in a way that is unprecedented and in a way that is unprecedented and in a way that is unprecedented and in a way that we have not seen before. We dont know how long it will take for them to pull this data together, we dont know what they will do with that taser, that is a separate vote for another date that data, and we will be policing the Trump Administration with careful vigilance to see how that effort lays out in the months ahead. Kristin clark there of the National Lawyers committee for civil rights. You can go more Lawyers Committee for civil rights. You can go more on oui Lawyers Committee for civil rights. You can go more on our website. There are the attorney generals comments and ground immigration generally in the us. Amal clooney has warned that donald trump is creating a global hostility towards journalists which is undermining democracy. The lawyer spoke as a British Special envoy on Media Freedom at a conference in london. Our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet sat down with her. The leader of the most powerful democracy, when he speaks aboutjournalists, is saying that they are the enemies of the people. President trump. Yes, President Trump. So i think its important you had otherforeign ministers from democracies through this conference actually say we have to be vigilant in guarding press freedom. At the same time i mentioned in my speech that democracies are also creating problems. There are also problems for the media in australia at the moment, i cited a case in Northern Ireland, i cited thejulian assange case, and others. So none of the states have perfect records. But it is important that the uk and canada are standing up and saying press freedom is important, what can be done to actually improve it and this should be a Foreign Policy priority and i agree with that. Because you yourself mentioned about