displacing tens of thousands of people. and the team of therapy dogs working to relieve stress at a chilean hospital overwhelmed by cases of coronavirus. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe, wherever in the world you'rejoining us from. the white house says us border agents in parts of texas will no longer ride horses after videos of officers corralling haitian migrants towards a river were widely criticised. the us special envoy for haiti, daniel foote, has resigned in protest at the deportation of haitians, describing the biden administration's policy as "inhumane". now, the former us deputy chief of mission in haiti, vicki huddlestone, has added her voice to those calling for urgent governmental action. 0ur correspondent will grant has this report from the us mexico border. —— us—mexico border. in the dead of night, immigration agents in northern mexico drag haitian families from their hotels as they sleep. just miles from their destination, they can go no further, no matter how desperate they are. even if they'd made it, they would have been greeted by scenes like this. as migrants attempted to cross from mexico to a makeshift camp in texas this week, they were pushed back by mounted border patrol officers using whips. the biden administration has already deported thousands back to haiti, prompting the us special envoy to resign in protest. deportation is these people's worst nightmare. having travelled from south america to the border town of mexicali, they gather in a haitian restaurant for the only meal a day they can afford. this man has lost more than most. his mother died and his father was left badly injured as the family home collapsed in the recent earthquake. having traversed 11 countries and the dense jungle of the darien gap to get here, he says he can't be sent back now. translation: there is nothing for me in haiti, nothing. - if they're going to send me back, they may as welljust kill me, just end it all. the late summer temperatures in mexicali are brutal. beyond this border wall lie many miles of inhospitable desert. yet the haitians who have arrived here in recent days say they will endure almost anything to avoid the same fate as many of their countrymen — deported from texas back to a country on its knees. meanwhile, there is no sign of an end to this crisis. tens of thousands of haitians are scattered in scores of mexican cities, and many thousands more are trapped en route in colombia. in truth, very few will be let into the us. migrant rights groups say the biden administration's policy towards haitians is exclusionary and racist. the united states has functioned for hundreds of years as a country that has not welcomed, provided opportunity, or provided justice to black people. and i think that anyone who does this type of work at this point could not look themselves in the mirror and not say that there's an effort by the united states government to keep black people from entering. the biden administration is facing its biggest border crisis yet but so far, its answers are the same as the trump administration's. siren wails. and across mexico, police continue to intercept buses and raid hotel rooms. close bilateral cooperation or doing the americans�* dirty work? for the haitians travelling north, it amounts to the same thing. will grant, bbc news, mexicali. martha pskowski is a journalist for the el paso times. —— martha pskowski is a journalist for the el paso times. she's been giving me an update on the situation. i was reporting earlier this week and mexican immigration agents have closed in the park and the mexican side where people had been congregating so the pressure has really increased. when i got there last weekend, people were openly walking on the street. that is not the case any more and there's a lot of fear on the raids on the mexican side as well, and people do not want to cross over to the us because they have heard that deportations going forward. they are in a difficult position. it is either stay in mexico, attempt to cross to the us, where you will potentially be sent back to a country that you maybe left months ago. yes, they are really left without options. everyone has been asking me what will they do now and everyone i've spoken with, the people i interviewed there, they really don't know what to do. they've spent all their money to get to the border. they have spent months travelling. this was really their last shot and they are holding out hope that they may be able to enter the us, but that is looking less and less likely. the biden administration says it has seen a huge surge in migrants trying to cross the mexican—us border — 200,000 people detained injuly, the first time this number has been hit in 21 years. has this been badly managed byjoe biden and his team? well, in the case of haitians, there's been a lot of confusion and the policies are really unclear, so one factor contributing to this is that haitians were granted temporary protected status at the end ofjuly, but that only applied to haitians who were already in the us. and at the same time, title 42 has made it so that us authorities can expel anyone arriving on the border who, in previous times, would have been able to open an asylum claim. so the haitians who are in mexico now, many of them came from south america, and the numbers have just been building, and there's been no other option for them to try and access the us. martha pskowski. seven of the main candidates in germany's general election have held a final televised debate ahead of polling day on sunday. they included the three frontrunners to succeed angela merkel, who's standing down after 16 years as chancellor. 0ur correspondent in berlin, damien mcguinness, watched the debate. with just three days to go before the election, this debate was a final chance for party leaders to win over voters. topics ranged from affordable housing and the national debt to climate change and how to deal with china. the current leader in the polls is 0laf scholz, the centre left social democrat to replace angela merkel. —— social democrat candidate to replace angela merkel. when asked about the new aukus security pact between the uk, australia and the us, mr scholz said germany should work together with france to create a stronger europe. "i can understand the irritation that france felt about how the defence pact was worked out," he said. his conservative rival armin laschet, who is lagging behind slightly in the polls, said that europe needed to act independently, and cited the american withdrawal from afghanistan. "we need common european defence projects for when the us pulls back," he said. this election campaign has been unusual in many ways. the polls have been erratic, there are more swing voters than ever before, and unprecedented numbers are undecided. in one poll, 40% of people say they still haven't made their minds up. whoever they do choose, though, it's likely that after the elections, coalition talks will be long and complicated. all of this means that this is one of the most unpredictable elections modern germany has ever known. damien mcguinness, bbc news, berlin. let's get some of the day's other news. the catalan leader carles puigdemont, who tried to declare independence from spain, has been arrested in italy on a spanish arrest warrant afterfour years as a fugitive. spain wants to extradite the former president of catalonia to face charges of rebellion. he's been living in exile in belgium. authorities in peru will cremate the body of abimael guzman, the former leader of the shining path rebel group that was responsible for the deaths of thousands in the 1980s and �*90s. his ashes will be scattered in an undisclosed location. the government has refused to bury guzman, fearing his grave could become a shrine. a us centers for disease control advisory panel has recommended a booster shot of the pfizer—biontech vaccine for americans aged 65 and over and some adults with underlying medical conditions that put them at risk of severe disease, but the panel declined to recommend boosters for adults ages 18—64 who live or work in institutions with high risk of contracting covid. the european commission has announced plans to ensure that chargers are made compatible with all portable electronic devices. it said a universal charger for all mobile phones, tablets, headphones, and other devices would cut waste and avoid duplication. it's believed the change would affect consumers around the world. apple, which doesn't use the eu's specified format, said the measure would stifle innovation. residents in south—western spain have a mammoth clean—up operation ahead after towns were inundated with floodwater following torrential rain. it comes as world leaders focus on the climate crisis during talks at the un general assembly. tanya dendrinos reports. a torrent of fast flowing water. street submerged after heavy rain caused flash flooding in parts of south—western spain. translation: south-western spain. translation: risk-taking. water that fell not normal. _ translation: risk-taking. water that fell not normal. cars - that fell not normal. cars iled that fell not normal. cars piled up _ that fell not normal. cars piled up as _ that fell not normal. cars piled up as they - that fell not normal. cars piled up as they were - that fell not normal. cars - piled up as they were carried away on a road resembling more of a river while fences simply gave way. of a river while fences simply gave way-— gave way. -- breathtaking. according _ gave way. -- breathtaking. according to _ gave way. -- breathtaking. according to spain's - according to spain's meteorological agency, huelva province received more than 100mm of rain in a matter of hours on thursday. as the water receded, muddy streets were filled with people and possessions. locals clearing their homes of everything on salvageable, some struggling to comprehend the devastating reality at the beginning of a lengthy recovery effort. translation: i lengthy recovery effort. tuna/mom- lengthy recovery effort. translation: ., translation: i am left with nothinu. translation: i am left with nothing. nothing. _ translation: i am left with nothing. nothing. and - translation: i am left with nothing. nothing. and i- translation: i am left with nothing. nothing. and i am | translation: | am left with i nothing. nothing. and i amjust an 82—year—old pensioner. i am 82 years old and i have nothing left. it 82 years old and i have nothing left. , , . ., left. it is 'ust another extreme_ left. it isjust another extreme weather - left. it isjust another i extreme weather event. left. it isjust another - extreme weather event. this in the week world leaders are gathered for the un general assembly that calls for action on climate change taking centre stage. —— with calls. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. the us secretary of state antony blinken has acknowledged that it will take time and hard work to heal washington's relationship with france. it comes after friction between the two countries following a multi—lateral submarine deal between the us, britain and australia which led to the abandonment of a multibillion—dollar french deal with canberra. mr blinken spoke at a news conference after a meeting with his french counterpart. 0ur meeting today followed yesterday's conversation between president biden and president macron, where they agreed that the september 15 announcement would have benefited from open consultations among allies and they decided on a process of in—depth consultations going forward. we recognise this will take time and hard work, and we will be demonstrated not only with words but in deeds, and i'm committed to working closely with the minister on this crucial effort. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: how america's reckoning over race is playing out in the world of art 16 months after the killing of george floyd. benjohnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. all athletes should be clean going into the games. i'm just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning, these people . were in their homes. tonight, those homes have been burned down by serbian - soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world. and so, the british government has no option but to continue this action, even after any adverse judgement in australia. concorde had crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: the white house says texan border agents will stop riding horses to corral haitian migrants. the us special envoy to haiti, has resigned in protest at the deportations. in mozambique, islamist militants have been brought terror to the north of the country for more than four years. the group, al shabaab, has links to the islamic state group. it operates in the cabo delgado province, which was home to africa's largest natural gas project, run by french company total. it's close to the town of palma, where in april, dozens of people were left dead after an attack by the insurgents, leading to total withdrawing their workers. the violence has left more than 2,500 people dead and 700,000 people displaced. rwanda has sent in its forces to help, and our deputy africa editor anne soy has been travelling in mozambique with their troops. making the best of what's available.— making the best of what's available. �* ., , ., , making the best of what's available. ., , ., , ., available. but what should be a normal activity _ available. but what should be a normal activity has _ available. but what should be a normal activity has to _ available. but what should be a normal activity has to happen l normal activity has to happen under watchful eyes here in northern mozambique. for months, residents have been terrorised by militants affiliated to the islamic state. �* ,, �* , state. translation: every time we ran they _ state. translation: every time we ran they pursued _ state. translation: every time we ran they pursued us, - state. translation: every time we ran they pursued us, then - we ran they pursued us, then they beat us. they beat us so badly. they slaughtered people. so we kept running. 0ur mosques have been destroyed but the churches have also been destroyed. we still don't understand what they want. thea;a understand what they want. they have only recently _ understand what they want. they have only recently resettled here after the area was made safe by rwandan soldiers. this has been the same of attack from militants that make the scene of attacks from militants which intensified last year and displacing tens of thousands of people and the rwanda forces say they have now liberated 90% of the province which is what they have come to show us. the motivation _ they have come to show us. the motivation is _ they have come to show us. tue: motivation is actually they have come to show us. tte: motivation is actually driven by our history. we have experienced this before and we feel like we should partake in any activity or any initiative that would lead to the security of people whenever we are called upon. of people whenever we are called upon-— of people whenever we are called upon. of people whenever we are called uon. , ., . called upon. they launched the offensive here _ called upon. they launched the offensive here in _ called upon. they launched the offensive here in july _ called upon. they launched the offensive here in july after - offensive here injuly after being invited by the mozambique government. it followed a global outrage after an attack at this hotel in palma. it was popular. hundreds were hiding here when the militants struck. translation: on the 10th day here when the militants struck. translation: 0n the 10th day we came here and found bodies but they were decomposing. even my grandson, i only identified him ljy grandson, i only identified him by his shirt. we couldn't tell who had died. wejust buried all the bodies we found. who had died. we just buried all the bodies we found. many are still displaced. _ all the bodies we found. many are still displaced. this - all the bodies we found. many| are still displaced. this woman tells me she would like to return home but there is nothing to go back to. she comes from the port city. it was under militant control for more than one year. almost every building had been destroyed from previous fighting. it is here that the force has finally declared the tree. this was the stronghold of the militants. —— declared the tree. —— victory. the militants are thought to be hiding in a forest further south but the threat they pose is still real. anne soy, bbc news, cabo delgado. america's reckoning over race has illuminated all aspects of us life — including the art world. top museums and galleries are now soul searching over who holds the top jobs, and which artists get their work shown. the bbc�*s laura trevelyan has been finding out how calls for racialjustice are affecting america's art scene. a neighbourhood of washington steeped in civil rights history, with a gallery showcasing black artists. since the protests following george floyd's death, he has seen a new enthusiasm for the working showing. there's definitely been a spotlight and an up tick in interest in creatives of colour and time will tell. it is great. we all need to collaborate but i also feel like it is important to have independent black—owned galleries to create a self—sustaining ecosystem. this is a featured artist whose work explores the experience of black women. she said the upheaval of 2020 has opened the eyes of the world is something she's long been depicting. it really woke everyone up and it made people realisejust how realistic racial injustice is and what that actually looks like. for black people. the reckoning over race in america has posed tough questions for the elite world of art and museums which is a big draw for the crowds here in washington. more than one year after the death of george floyd and the protests which swept dc. are these powerful cultural institutions doing a betterjob of reflecting the diversity of america? the curator can see a shift happening. i received an e—mail that they were going to exhibit an artist who is a nigerian figurative artist, and she's going to have an exhibition on a november and i was incredibly excited to see that. so i do see a bit of change, actually. at the collection in washington — america's first modern art museum when it opened 100 years ago — the ceo says they too are responding to the national debate over race. we had quite vigorous internal discussions and it was not a moment where i think one could be responsibly mute. if art is an expression of how the artist sees the world so too is the selection by galleries and museums of the work they show the public. in the wake of the racial reckoning there's an effort to see the bigger picture. laura trevelyan, bbc news, washington. south korea has reported a record daily number of coronavirus cases — 2,434 positive tests in the last 2a hours. since earlyjuly, the country has been grappling with its worst outbreak since the pandemic began, but health officials say numbers are still relatively low compared to other countries. coronavirus has meant it's a dog's life for many this past year — but a team of therapy dogs has been working to relieve stress at a hospital in chile which, for months, was overwhelmed by cases of coronavirus. hospital staff say the presence of four legged friends has made a paw situation better, as mark lobel reports. meet pepe. giving a lick of love to this children's hospital in chile. lifting the spirits of staff and patients. translation: when one enters this hospital with dogs _ everyone greets you and their expressions change. therapy sessions here resembling a mixture of the dog show crufts and yoga with an abridged version of downward dog. what looks like a dog's dinner is anything but. therapy takes many forms. translation: the therapy is perfect for the children. | with children that are very sick, this helps them escape the stress of the hospital, of what they are living. walkies for these caring canines warms the heart as coronavirus cases soared, they had a ringside seat. translation: dog therapy in our units has been - a tremendous contribution for patients, parents and workers. it has reduced anxiety and stress, patients are more willing to receive treatment and attend check—ups. proving best friends to all ages, these therapy dogs available for different strokes for different folks. mark lobel, bbc news. golf's ryder cup between europe and the us gets under way later on friday. it was scheduled to take place in 2020 but was delayed by the pandemic. andy swiss reports from whistling straits in wisconsin. relaxed and ready to go. if europe's players are feeling any nerves, well, judging by their team photo, you'd hardly have guessed it. laughter. but then spirit is their speciality. # god bless america! but then -- can they _ # god bless america! but then -- can they sailors _ # god bless america! but then -- can they sailors america's . —— can they sailors america's fans? -- can they sailors america's fans? a a -- can they sailors america's fans?_ these - fans? usa! usa! these u.s. -based _ fans? usa! usa! these u.s. -based expats - fans? usa! usa! thesel u.s.-based expats know fans? usa! usa! these i u.s.-based expats know it fans? usa! usa! these - u.s.-based expats know it will u.s.—based expats know it will be some challenge. u.s.-based expats know it will be some challenge.— u.s.-based expats know it will be some challenge. they will be a lot of shouting _ be some challenge. they will be a lot of shouting against - be some challenge. they will be a lot of shouting against so - a lot of shouting against so hopefully they can come together and play another win. 0ne together and play another win. one more round? here on lake michigan, the us will start strong favourites that can a team that have so often struggled in the ryder cup finally rise to the occasion? element momentum is a big thing. that is one thing i know. ., thing. that is one thing i know. . ., ., , know. the team that has the momentum _ know. the team that has the momentum early _ know. the team that has the momentum early will - know. the team that has the momentum early will fare i know. the team that has the i momentum early will fare well and i think it is always an advantage to play at home. europe have been on the charm offensive in practice, wearing a foam she's had. the nickname for the fan of the american. winning fans is one thing stop winning this ryder cup will be far tougher. andy swiss, bbc news, whistling straits. and just before we go, let's bring you some live pictures now from la palma — where a volcano which started erupting on the weekend shows no signs of stopping. about 6,000 of la palma's population of 80,000 have been evacuated since sunday. more than 200 homes have been destroyed. experts had predicted that it could hit the pacific ocean. spewing out toxic gases. but is it from me. —— that is it. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @richpreston. good evening. it's been unusually warm september so far. we keep unusually high temperatures as we head into the weekend. thursday was a warm day for many but not for all. 23 degrees the top temperature in the midlands. compare that with just ten in shetland. this lozenge of cold air worked in from the north but the cold air already away. you can see the orange colours and that means warm at times human and weather. that air is holding a lot of moisture and that means a lot of cloud. low pressure to the north of us, high pressure to the south, driving a westerly wind, quite a strong wind across the northern half of the uk and one that will deliver a lot of cloud across western scotland, northern ireland, parts of northern england and wales. thick enough to give spots of rain, mist and hill fog here and there. but with some shelter from the westerly when the cloud should break across eastern scotland to give some sunshine at times and warmth as well. 20 or21. across parts of wales and england some real warmth, especially in sunnier places. 23 or maybe 21! degrees. through friday night we will keep that pretty warm and humid air in place and we will see a lot of cloud, some spots of rain and drizzle, mist until fog and more persistent rain into the far north of scotland and a very very mild start to saturday for most of us. as we head through saturday we can expect a lot of cloud in the forecast. a lot of dry weather too. high—pressure not too far away. the highs building to the east of us. as you can see, on saturday, a lot of dry weather around, but extensive cloud cover. some sunny spells, and more across northern scotland. also just the chance of seeing one or two showers. the breeze will be strengthening across western areas but it is a southerly breeze by this stage are still feeling quite warm. high teens or low 20s celsius. that southerly breeze will strengthen as we move through saturday night, and particularly into sunday as this frontal system squashes in from the west. that southerly wind really picking up. that wind, though, will start to break cloud up a bit more so we will see more sunshine on sunday and one or two showers but as this front slides into northern ireland, some heavy rain late in the day, 17—22. it does turn cooler during next week. this is bbc news. the headlines: the white house says us border agents in part of texas will no longer ride horses after videos of officers corralling haitian migrants towards a river were widely criticised. the us special envoy for haiti has resigned in protest at the deportations, calling them "inhumane". the main candidates to be german chancellor have clashed over the future direction of the eu during a final debate ahead of sunday's election. the social democrats said germany and france should work closely together to help create a stronger europe. the current chancellor angela merkel steps down after 16 years. and a large clean—up operation is underway in south—western spain following torrential rainfall. flash flooding has left homes inundated and cars submerged. in some regions, overfour inches of rain fell in less than 12 hours. police have rescued hundreds of people. now on bbc news, hardtalk�*s stephen sackur speaks