First, at this hour, Vice President Kamala Harris finally visiting the southern border. 93 days after she became the point person on the crisis. Her trip comes during a record surge in illegal crossings in the United States. Hello. Im john roberts in washington, this is america reports. Good to be back with you again today. Seems like we have a busy news day every day. Today is. Im Gillian Turner in for sandra smith. Vice president harris is on the ground in el paso. Thats where youll recall that we saw one of the most heart breaking videos from this Currents Iteration of the border crisis. You can see Border Patrol footage from april. Shows smugglers scaling a 14 foot fence and dropping two girls on the other side. The smugglers completely abandon the girls leaving them defenseless, alone in the desert outside el paso. John critics point out the epicenter of the border crisis is hundreds of miles away in rio grande. The white house says el paso was a perfect case study. The Vice Presi
Munchetty about racism and President Trump. 22 years on and prince harry walks in his mothers footsteps as he visits a minefield in angola. And coming up, saudi arabia opens its doors to International Tourists for the first time as part of a push to cut its economic dependence on oil. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The former cabinet minister amber rudd has accused number ten of using aggressive language that incites violence. It comes after a turbulent week in which mps return to the house of commons and took pa rt to the house of commons and took part in furious exchanges in the commons. Today Boris Johnson part in furious exchanges in the commons. Today borisjohnson again defended his use of language and insisted that delivering brexit on the 31st of october would bring much of the heat out of the debate. Meanwhile, scott ands first minister Nicola Sturgeon has indicated she would be open to backing Jeremy Corbyn as an interim Prime Minister to stop and no deal brexit. Here i
About racism and President Trump. 22 years on, prince harry walks in his mothers footsteps as he visits a minefield in angola. A Pulitzer Prize winning novel gets a big screen adaptation in the goldfinch starring nicole kidman. See what kermode thinks of that and the rest of the weeks releases in the rest of the weeks releases in the film review. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The former cabinet minister amber rudd has accused number 10 of using aggressive language that incites violence. It comes after a turbulent week in which mps returned to the house of commons and took part in furious exchanges in the commons. Exchanges in the commons. Today borisjohnson again defended his use of language and insisted that delivering brexit on the 31st of october would bring much of the heat out of the debate. Meanwhile scotlands first minister Nicola Sturgeon has indicated that shed be open to backing Jeremy Corbyn as interim Prime Minister to stop a no deal brexit. Heres our Political Corr
meeting of his national security team today. why the video feed of that quickly was stopped just after it began. alec murdaugh continues to maintain his innocence after a judge sends him to prison for life. what his defense team just told our craig melvin about an appeal. that brand new interview later this hour. and a renewed push to make daylight savings time permanent with support coming for both democrats and republicans. could we be springing ahead for good. around the globe with the latest developments, first let s start with the critical meeting between president biden and german chancellor olaf scholz. allie raffa is at the white house where we re expecting to see the two leaders any moment. what more can you tell us? reporter: you mentioned that this would be the third visit by chancellor scholz since he took office in 2021, but the first since the war in ukraine began over a year ago. it s also going to be the first time these two have met since we know they both
Edition of the broadcast. The number of zika cases in the United States topped 1,800 this week, mostly from travel to foreign countries. But in a miami neighborhood, Health Officials say local mosquitoes have now infected at least 16 people with the virus, which causes severe birth defects. Pregnant women are advised to stay away from floridas socalled zika zone. As marlie hall reports, the outbreak that sent a chill through floridas tourism industry. Reporter insecticide rained down on miamiss zika zone. The spraying continueds morning by air and by land. Targeting mosquitos that cause the virus which has been linked to birth defects. My one job is to protect this baby. I cant get bit by a mosquito. Reporter lisa isaza is 36 weeks pregnant. She and other expectant mothers, like leah lacero, are on edge. The most fearful thing is i dont want to have a child who ends up with some of the severe cerebral defects that have been talked about, including tourism, floridas biggest industry. Vi