golfers prepare to go toe—to—toe for the sport's most coveted team trophy. hello, and welcome. a frantic few hours of campaigning is likely ahead of sunday's election in germany. the polls mark the end of angela merkel�*s long reign as chancellor. on thursday night, seven of the main candidates clashed over the future direction of the eu in a final televised debate. our correspondent in berlin, damien mcguinness, watched on. 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 olaf scholz, the centre left 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 that 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. a us congressional committee investigating the riot at the capitol building earlier this year has issued its first round of subpoenas. among those summoned to appear are former president trump's, chief of staff mark meadows, and the political strategist steve bannon. the house of representatives select committee is investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election result and the storming of the capitol by supporters of mr trump this past january. how close a net does this cast around the former president's inner circle? let's get a bit more on this story, and we can speak now to david willetts. david, this does seem like a bit of a ramping up, shall we say of the enquiry. is ramping up, shall we say of the ennui . , ., ramping up, shall we say of the ennui . , . ,, enquiry. is that your assessment? - enquiry. is that your assessment? it - enquiry. is that your assessment? it is, l enquiry. is that your i assessment? it is, and enquiry. is that your - assessment? it is, and many enquiry. is that your _ assessment? it is, and many in congress remain horrified by the events of the sixth of january. it was a day which saw some of the worst violence of its kind in more than 200 years in this country, and of course it led to a delay of several hours in the certification of the victory ofjoe biden in last year's presidential election. many in congress want to get to the bottom of what happened in order to prevent it from ever happening again, to which end they have, as you said, issued these for subpoena is today to people who were key aides of donald trump. they include his former chief of staff, mike meadows, his former close aide, steve bannon, dance gavino, who was a deputy in the communications department, and a former pentagon official, cash patel. —— dan scavino, who was a deputy in the communications department. each of these has been given two weeks to provide copies of documents relating to communication they had with the white house in the days running up white house in the days running up to january six and on the day itself, and a week after that they will each be required to give sworn testimony to congress itself. if they declined to do so, it is possible that the us justice department could sue them for criminal contempt. 50 department could sue them for criminal contempt.— department could sue them for criminal contempt. so how close and it does _ criminal contempt. so how close and it does this _ criminal contempt. so how close and it does this cast _ criminal contempt. so how close and it does this cast around - and it does this cast around the former president's in a circle, do you think? —— how close a net?. circle, do you think? -- how close a net?.— close a net?. that is an interesting _ close a net?. that is an interesting question. i close a net?. that is an i interesting question. what close a net?. that is an - interesting question. what this committee is seeking to find out is what former president trump new in the run—up to the riot onjanuary six, and what his inner circle new, and what he and what those around him did in order to try to overturn the election result, the result that gave joe the election result, the result that gavejoe biden victory. as part of our enquiries they have already called on hundreds of documents to be released from the national archive relating to events in the white house and elsewhere leading up to the day itself. this is an enquiry which is looking to be extremely broad in its scope, if you like, and may ultimately call on donald trump himself, who has indicated already that he is going to revoke, he is going to cite what he calls executive privilege in order to avoid giving evidence to this committee. avoid giving evidence to this committee-— committee. david willetts, thank yom _ 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 has been living in exile in belgium. an arrest warrant has been issued for brian laundrie, the boyfriend of travel blogger gabby peitio, who was found dead on sunday inside a park the couple had visited. laundrie is currently missing. he returned home to florida alone at the beginning of the month, ten days before gabby�*s family reported her missing. officials are searching for him at a florida nature reserve for laundrie. 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 1990s. his ashes will be scattered in an undisclosed location. the government have refused to bury guzman, fearing his grave could become a shrine. residents in southwestern 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. streets submerged after heavy rain caused flash flooding in parts of south—western spain. translation: breath-taking. the water that fell was not normal. cars piled up as they were carried away on a road resembling more of a river while fences simply gave way. 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 unsalvageable, some struggling to comprehend the devastating reality at the beginning of a lengthy recovery effort. translation: | am lefti with nothing - nothing - and i am just an 82—year—old pensioner. i am 82 years old and i have nothing left. it's just another extreme weather event, and this in the week world leaders are gathered for the un general assembly with calls for action on climate change taking centre stage. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. the white house says us border agents in parts of texas will no longer ride horses, after videos of officers coralling 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. felipe de la hoz is an investigative and analytic journalist focusing on immigration. he publishes a newsletter, border lines which deals with federal immigration policy, and joins me from new york. you very much for your time today. now, why is it, in your view, so important that the us meet their obligations to people claiming asylum? well, ou people claiming asylum? well, you know. _ people claiming asylum? well, you know, fundamentally - people claiming asylum? well, you know, fundamentally i - people claiming asylum? well, | you know, fundamentally i think that asylum is one of the only federal policies that the government tries to pretend it doesn't have to enact, you know, and it is doesn't have to meet its international and domestic obligations just because there are logistical challenges, which is an argument we wouldn't necessarily accept in any other area of government policy making, so, you know, not everybody who is arriving at the border is going to qualify, but everybody under the law is entitled to a process and entitled to a process and entitled to a process and entitled to claim asylum, after which a determination will be made as to whether they qualify. i made as to whether they auali . , ., ., , made as to whether they auali . , ., .,, ~ qualify. i understand last week and the united _ qualify. i understand last week and the united states - qualify. i understand last week and the united states started l and the united states started deportation flights from a texas border town, about 30,000 migrants had gathered under a bridge there. they are waiting in makeshift tents, temperatures are 37 celsius, 100 fahrenheit. i mean, how is that being treated humanely? i would say that it isn't, and i would say that it isn't, and i would say that this is sort of, just another manifestation of a number of interlocking border policies stretching back to the trump administration, in some cases, even earlier, that attempt to use deterrence as a way of keeping people from making the journey in the first place, by making the conditions purposefully inhumane. and right now, we should also remember there are a number of expulsions happening as well, which are legally different in that people are not even getting the chance to start a migratory process in the first place. they are using this so—called title 42 measure, so—called title 42 measure, so—called pandemic response, to essentially shut down even access to migration system law and support. access to migration system law and smart-— access to migration system law and support. what do you make ofthe and support. what do you make of the biden _ and support. what do you make of the biden administration's i of the biden administration's response to the situation? you know, i response to the situation? you know. i mean. _ response to the situation? you know, i mean, i— response to the situation? wi, know, i mean, i certainly think it is positive, right, that the horses will no longer be used in these operations, but that sort of slapping a band—aid on a gaping wound, right? really, here, what is called for is a change fundamentally in the policy of trying to deter people from reaching the us from making these asylum claims, you know? it isn'tjust haitians. we have people from central america, haitians. we have people from centralamerica, even central america, even continental migrants centralamerica, even continental migrants from africa and india that have been arriving in large numbers, and they all have, you know, the protection of the law. so really, the biden administration in my view, instead of shying away from what is no doubt a heavy logistical challenge, meet that challenge head on in response to its international obligations and attempt to have an orderly process that respects due process. felipe, thank you _ respects due process. felipe, thank you for _ respects due process. felipe, thank you for your _ respects due process. felipe, thank you for your time - respects due process. felipe, thank you for your time this l thank you for your time this morning. stay with us on bbc news, still to come... we've got the business coming up we've got the business coming up in about 15 minutes time, and plenty more avenues for you in sport as well. see you soon. benjohnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. all athletes should be clean going into the game. 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 news, the latest headlines: the candidates begin the finals few hours of campaigning ahead of sunday's german election — as angela merkal prepares to stand down after 16 years as chancellor. a us congressional committee issues its first round of subpoenas over the storming of the capitol building by donald trump supporters on the 6th january. the bbc has obtained first—hand accounts from migrants who claim they've been illegally deported from the european union by polish border troops. eu members poland, latvia and lithuania have each declared a state of emergency amid a surge of thousands of people trying to cross from belarus. the eu has accused the belarussian president alexander lukashenko of using migrants as weapons — by luring them in and then sending them towards eu countries. poland has banned human rights activists and journalists from its border zone — but our europe correspondent nick beake and video journalist bruno boelpaep travelled to the area and have just sent this special report. they this special report. thought they were going to die. they thought they were going to die. stranded in the freezing forest, far from die. stranded in the freezing forest, farfrom home. we found kelly and owen, brothers nigeria. they claim they have been pushed back and forth by both belarusian and polish border guards for the last three weeks.— border guards for the last three weeks. like a football from belarus, _ three weeks. like a football from belarus, push - three weeks. like a football from belarus, push us - from belarus, push us to poland. in poland they beat us, push us back to belarus. the men had _ push us back to belarus. the men had flown _ push us back to belarus. the men had flown to _ push us back to belarus. the men had flown to belarus from various countries, all with the promise they would be able to travel onto a neighbouring country in the eu. but 21—year—old from cameroon explained what ella russian troops actually did. the polish release across _ troops actually did. the polish release across the _ troops actually did. the polish release across the border. - troops actually did. the polish | release across the border. they told us this way there is no... they tell us we much —— must cross those wise so we creep and crawl under. irate cross those wise so we creep and crawl under.— cross those wise so we creep and crawl under. we can see a lot of peeple _ and crawl under. we can see a lot of people here _ and crawl under. we can see a lot of people here are - and crawl under. we can see a lot of people here are not - and crawl under. we can see a lot of people here are not in l and crawl under. we can see a lot of people here are not in a | lot of people here are not in a good state. apparently a doctor is on the way but also the border force are is on the way but also the borderforce are on is on the way but also the border force are on the way so it is not clear what is going to happen to these men. belarus is often called europe's last dictatorship but poland, an eu country, has declared that migrants can be pushed back over its border. a policy that is illegal under international law. have your border force been pushing migrants back into belarus? talk to our press office, he tells us. human rights activists have been trying to find those stranded on the border. irate trying to find those stranded on the border.— trying to find those stranded on the border. we don't know how many _ on the border. we don't know how many there _ on the border. we don't know how many there are, - on the border. we don't know how many there are, in - on the border. we don't know how many there are, in the i how many there are, in the forest. , . , how many there are, in the forest. , ., , ., , how many there are, in the forest. , ., , , forest. this lawyer has been workin: forest. this lawyer has been working here _ forest. this lawyer has been working here for _ forest. this lawyer has been working here for a _ forest. this lawyer has been working here for a month. l working here for a month. people think about politics but all we can see is just people, it is not politics at all, it is people that need assistance, they need medical assistance, people that need international protection to not be returned to the country that they face danger. here on the ground it is actually not politics. it is just human crisis we are dealing with right now. the fear among _ dealing with right now. the fear among charities, dealing with right now. the fearamong charities, human fear among charities, human rights groups, is we're going to be seeing more of this because more are coming to belarus, more people are trying to get across the border into poland, into the european union. backin back in the forest, another young man emerges from the woodland. jafar is a 20—year—old from iraq he has got hypothermia. he and two others are taken to hospital. the rest driven to a quarantine centre, but all fear they will be soon sent back to the freezing forest once again. nick beake, bbc news on the poland— belarus border. time now for all the sport. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun — and this is the latest from the bbc sports centre. the opening ceremony has taken place for the 43rd ryder cup which gets underway at whistling straits in wisconsin later on friday. it's a biennial team event between the europe and the usa with europe looking to retain the trophy they won on home soil in 2018. but the americans are the favourites — their i2—man team includes 8 of the world's top 10 players. this edition should have been played in 2020 — but was delayed because of the pandemic. and both teams are pleased the competition is not being played behind closed doors. after a ll after all the world has been through these past two years, it is such a joy and a release to be standing in front of you today —— relief. and in front of so many of you. i admit there were times i thought this might not happen. steve and i are here, our teams are here, our kadiza here, but more importantly, you are here. you, the fans, make this ryder cup what it is so together let's make this the best ryder cup there ever has been —— our caddies are here. the message i want to share with— the message i want to share with everyone here this afternoon is we are all in this togethen _ afternoon is we are all in this together. while there is certainly a rivalry between our two teams and obviously we want to win, _ two teams and obviously we want to win, we — two teams and obviously we want to win, we are in this together as competitors and ambassadors for the _ as competitors and ambassadors for the sport we all love. it was another frustrating night for spanish giants barcelona — and their beleaguered head coach ronald koeman. barca drew 0—0 at cadiz — and they played the last 25 minutes with only 10 men after frenkie dejong was booked twice inside four minutes. and koeman, himself, was then sent off in stoppage time after an argument with the referee. barcelona remain 7th in the table. in italy, napoli are the new leaders of serie a after thrashing sampdoria. they won 4—0, with nigerian striker victor osimhen scoring twice. his fifth goal in three games in all competitions. fabian ruiz and piotr zielinski got the other goals as napoli made it five wins out of five to go two points clear at the top of the table. the former arsenal manager arsene wenger — has defended his plans to hold a world cup every two years. he's now fifa's head of global development — and the ideas were criticised when first proposed. but speaking to the bbc�*s �*sports desk�* podcast — wenger said he's willing to gamble to make football better. i would say the world cup is such a huge event but i don't think it will diminish prestige. you want to be the best in the world and you want to be the best in the world every year. the risk is to make football better and i'm ready to take that gamble. tennis — and the top seed, hubert hurkacz, is through to the quarter—finals of the moselle open in northern france. the man from poland — who's ranked 13th in the world — beat the french wildcard lucas pouille in straight sets. hurkacz won 6—2, 6—3 — and plays former world number one andy murray in the last eight later on friday. on the wta tour, the number 3 seed belinda bencic is through to the quarter—finals of the ostrava open in the czech republic. the olympic champion from switzerland beat sara sorribes tormo in straight sets — and will face estonia's annet konaveit in the last eight. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport team, we'll see you next time. 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 the story. mehari sequar chose the h street neighbourhood of washington steeped in civil rights history, for his gallery showcasing black artists. since the protests following george floyd's death, mehari's seeing a new enthusiasm for the work he's showing. there's definitely been a spotlight and an uptick in interest in creatives of colour. obviously time will tell. and it's great, the attention, we all need to collaborate but i also feel that it's important to have independent black—owned galleries to create a self—sustaining ecosystem. jamilla okubo is a featured artist at the mehari sequar gallery, whose work explores the experience of black women. she says the upheaval of 2020 has opened the eyes of the world to something she's long been depicting. it really woke everyone up and it made people realise just how realistic racial injustice is, or 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 a 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 of the mehari sequar gallery can see a shift happening. i received an e—mail from the hirshhorn that they're going to be exhibiting toyin ojih odutola who's a nigerian figurative artist, and she's going to have an exhibition on in november and i was incredibly excited to see that. so i do see a bit of change, actually. at the phillips 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 works 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. 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 — over 200 homes have been destroyed. experts had originally predicted the lava would hit the atlantic ocean potentially causing explosions and sending out clouds of toxic gases. hello. it has been an 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 that cold air already clearing away. you can see the orange colours flooding across the map, as we head through the next few days. that means warm and at times quite humid weather. that air 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 wind the cloud should break across eastern scotland to give some sunshine at times and warmth as well. 20 or2i. across parts of wales and england some real warmth, especially in sunnier places. 23 or maybe 2a degrees. but through friday night we'll keep that pretty warm and humid air in place and we will see a lot of cloud, some spots of rain and drizzle, some mist and hill 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 high actually building to the east of us through the weekend. as you can see, on saturday, a lot of dry weather around, but extensive cloud cover. some sunny spells, more across northern scotland. may be in southern england later. 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 so 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 the cloud up a bit more so we will see more sunshine on sunday, potentially one or two showers but as this front slides into northern ireland, some heavy rain late in the day, 17—22. but it does turn cooler during next week. this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. preparing for the worst. the uk braces for more energy company collapses, as firms are pushed to the brink by soaring gas prices. running on empty. some uk petrol stations forced to close as the truck driver shortage continues. trafficjam in the pacific. ships queue outside two of america's biggest ports as us supply chains struggle to cope. plus, short circuits. the white house holds emergency talks on the computer chip drought that has crippled parts of us industry.