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. i m 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. i m gillian turner in for sandra smith. vice president harris is on the ground in el paso. that s where you ll 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
sweeps across north korea. and we ve a special report from the secret schools of afghanistan, where girls are defying the taliban to get an education. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and eight in the evening in buffalo, new york where president biden has been meeting the families of ten people killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at the weekend. mr biden called white supremacy a poison which is running through the us. the bbc s nada tawfik was there and sent this report. america has a long and troubled history with racism and guns. the city of buffalo is the latest deadly chapter. joe biden, the latest president to console a community in mourning. in an all too familiar ritual, mr biden and the first lady paid their respects to the victims who were massacred here as they were shopping for groceries. after meeting with family members of the victims, he gave a forceful speech, calling the attack domestic terrorism and urging americans to reject white supremacy.
us federal agents discover the longest and most sophisticated tunnel of its kind used to smuggle drugs across the mexican border. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the evacuation of ukrainian troops from the azovstal steelworks in mariupol has continued, with a convoy of at least seven buses carrying soldiers escorted by pro russian forces. more than than 260 soldiers left, after a negotiated surrender. they ve been taken to areas held by russian backed rebels. meanwhile, western military sources say, vladimir putin is now directly involved, in the day to day running of the war, taking decisions, normally made by senior military figures. our correspondent laura bicker, reports. it has been a brutal and bloody 83 days, but their battle is over for now. the wounded from azovstal are carried out of the vast steel plant filmed by the very force they ve been fighting. russia will be keen to air these images which they say show surrender. but the ukrain
and the leader of north korea condemns his health officials, as a huge wave of covid cases sweeps through the country. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and 6pm in new york, where president biden has gone to buffalo, to meet the families of ten people killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at the weekend. mr biden called white supremacy a poison which is running through the us. the bbc s nada tawfik was in buffalo as the president was speaking and she sent us this report. america has a long and troubled history with racism and guns. the city of buffalo is the latest deadly chapter. joe biden, the latest president to console a community in morning. in an all ritual, mr biden and the first lady paid their respects to the victims who were massacred here as they were shopping for groceries. after meeting with family members of the victims, he gave a forceful speech, calling the attack domestic terrorism and urging am