Voluntarily so we can be free. Well learn more about whats being done to help the girls. And the singer sheryl crow reveals that the original tapes of some of her most famous albums went up in flames in a fire at Universal Studios 11 years ago. The work of dozens of other artists is also feared lost. For months now weve seen many reports of the hardships faced by families attempting to cross illegally into the United States as migrants on its southern border. In recent days weve had reports about children inside one us Detention Centre being held in squalid conditions. Today another story has emerged which tragically highlights the stark human cost of this migrant crisis. A young salvadoran father and his toddler daughter drowned on sunday while trying to cross the rio grande, the river which seperates mexico and texas. An image of their dead bodies was taken. And before i show it to you, i have to warn you it is extremely distressing. This is the body of Oscar Ramirez and his not yet
President trump has arrived to assess the damage left in the wake of tropical storm, harvey. Before we bring you the latest from the president s visit, lets first touch on the latest concern for authorities. Just outside the city of houston, are the addicks and barker dams. Their reservoirs have now been pushed to capacity by the unrelenting rainfall, causing the dams to overspill. While that wont cause the dams to fail it will add to flooding in the areas close to the main river into houston. This is the barker dam, officials had been trying to release water from the reservoirs to try and prevent those overspills. A p pa re ntly apparently unprecedented height. About 30,000 people have been driven into emergency shelters and now the mayor of houston has made a plea for federal aid to shelter further 10,000 with existing shelters bursting with far too many people. As i mentioned earlier, President Trump and the first lady are in texas. They touched down in Corpus Christi near where the
Us Vice President mike pence has announced plans to deal with a cruise ship thats moored off San Francisco with passengers infected with coronavirus. Mr pence said 21 passengers and crew have tested positive on board the grand princess and says the vessel will be brought into a non commercial port where all 3,500 people will be tested and treated if necessary. We are taking all measures necessary to see to the health of the americans and those involved on the grand princess, and just as importantly, to protect the health of the American Public and prevent the spread of the disease through communities in this country. We are instituting the strongest testing protocols to ensure that not only those on board receive the treatment that they need, but that the American People can be confident that there will be no erosion in our preventative measures and efforts to keep the coronavirus from spreading throughout our country. North america correspondent peter bowes has more on what mike pence
The Italian Government has just adopted emergency measures to contain the spread of coronavirus. The measures come after over 1200 new cases were reported in italy in the last 24 reported in italy in the last 2a hours, the biggest daily rise in cases since the outbreak began. 0fficials Officials Say 36 more people died in the past 2a hours. The authorities have brought in a major escalation of controls, limiting or but emergency travel to and from the entire region of lombardy, including the city of malan. The measures also extend to 11 northern and eastern provinces, as well as the cities of parma and venice. Cities were close for several weeks, along with all museums, swimming pools and ski resorts. The number of cases in lombardy is already causing problems for hospitals. Some are running out of beds, according to the head of beds, according to the head of the Civil Protection agency. Translation lombardy is facing a tense situation in hospitals. We expect will be asked to tra nsfer
it s a good fight. the fight against fake medicines is ongoing, and with the pandemic, it s been brought to the world s attention. in brazil, there s concern among indigenous rights activists and lawyers after a protection order on the ancestral lands of a small isolated tribe was given just a six month renewal, sparking fears it could soon be withdrawn altogether. it relates to the piripkura tribe whose traditional territory had been granted three year extensions since 2008. candace piette, the americas editor for the bbc world service is following the story and told me more about the tribe. they once lived in isolation in a vast territory until the 80s when they were first contacted by the outside world. we know of two men in the tribe one in his 40s and one in his 50s. these are the only two, they seem to be the survivors of an attack the tribe went through in the 80s. there is one women