ms ardern is currently in labour, and the paper has live online coverage from outside auckland hospital. the 37—year—old is only the second world leader to have a child while in office. bbc news online features a story about japanese fans at the world cup. the ‘samurai blue‘ supporters impressed organisers when they came equipped with large rubbish bags and cleaned the stadium after their team beat colombia on tuesday night. so let's begin. with me is jane foley, senior foreign exchange strategist at rabobank. the washington post starts with donald trump's decision to reverse that order, ending his policy of separating families at the border after an international outcry. indeed it does, and the thing that shocked me — the pictures were extremely shocking, but then we heard about the numbers. this is the washington post and it says that, since last month, 2342 children have been separated from their parents. the sheer numbers are enormous. this paper also goes on to discuss — it might be quite difficult for the government now to house the children together because t

. she'll spend a second night in auckland public hospital —— she'll spend a second night in auckland's public hospital with her daughter, who twitter wags have dubbed the baby ‘prime miniature'. i think probably, like everyone, we went through that struggle for a matter of months. we kept a short list of names. we wanted to wait until the baby arrived to really see which one felt like it worked, but we chose neve because we just liked it. and when we met her, we thought she looked like she suited the name. also it means — in various homes — it means bright and radiant and snow which seemed like a good combination for matariki and for solstice. te aroha, though, is — that was something we settled on quite early. te aroha was our way of reflecting the amount of love that this baby has been shown before she even arrived. and all of the names that we were gifted along the way, i thought, how do i reflect the generosity, particularly from all of the iwi who gifted us names and te aroha seemed to me to be a way we could show that love and generosity. don't forget, you can

. ms ardern is currently in labour, and the paper has live online coverage from outside auckland hospital. the 37—year—old is only the second world leader to have a child while in office. bbc news 0nline features a story about japanese fans at the world cup. the ‘samurai blue‘ supporters impressed organisers when they came equipped with large rubbish bags and cleaned the stadium after their team beat colombia on tuesday night. so let‘s begin. with me is jane foley, senior foreign exchange strategist at rabobank. the washington post starts with donald trump‘s decision to reverse that order, ending his policy of separating families at the border after an international outcry. indeed it does, and the thing that shocked me — the pictures were extremely shocking, but then we heard about the numbers. this is the washington post and it says that, since last month, 2342 children have been separated from their parents.

reporters outside the hospital in auckland where she was born. the little girl, who's just 3 days old, has been named neeve. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week: robot hunts killer starfish, hurricane in a tube, and gravity train runs out of steam. florida, america's sunshine state — and home to the us's first sustainable town. this is babcock ranch. powered, befittingly, almost entirely by that big burning ball in the sky. it's 33 degrees. that humidity, i believe, about i,000,000%. and i've come to a solar field, so you don't have too 343,000 solar panel spent some 440 acres, providing 75 megawatts of electricity. that's enough to power 15,000 homes. one of the big problems with solar energy has been when the clouds, over or especially when it gets dark, the whole thing effectively goes dead. and we haven't really had a way of storing solar energy until very recently. but over there, ten buildings full of batteries. so it's a start. a pretty good one, too. babcock has the largest combined solar and storage facility in the us. the batteries can store 40 megawatt hour of elec

outside the hospital in auckland where ms ardern had her baby. new zealanders are overjoyed with this news today. i mean, we're making world headlines, and it's a fantastic moment to showcase our great leader, and i guess the accomplishment of being a world leader who is prepared to give birth and continue her work as our prime minister. look, we have the latest development today is that she has spent the night in hospital with her partner, clarke gayford, and their new baby. they're going to stay in the hospital here behind me, in auckland, for the foreseeable future. they're making no public appearances today, though. we did expect that we might get a chance to see the baby, but that won't take place. apparentlyjacinda ardern had a fitful sleep. she was up most of the night feeding her little baby, who has been described as hungry and alert. and you might want to know, her first meal. well, it was toast and a cup of hot chocolate. we do understand that a lot of her family members, rico, will be coming by and visiting her today, which will be much reassurance to her, to have familiar

ardern has introduced her new daughter to reporters outside the hospital in auckland where she gave birth. the little girl has been named neeve. now, the countdown is on for england in the world cup. at lunchtime on sunday they play panama in the second of their group games at the world cup. they know a victory will put them through to the last 16 of the tournament. here's our sports editor, dan roan having won their opening world cup match for the first time in 12 yea rs, match for the first time in 12 years, england arrived here tonight with momentum behind them. with temperatures set to exceed 30 degrees tomorrow, manager gareth southgate‘s team must acclimatise quickly, but he believes they can handle the heat of competition. we still want to play in the style that we've come into this tournament. nothing has changed in my view. we area team nothing has changed in my view. we are a team who are hungry. the conditions here will favour a panama side who are appearing in their first world cup, and what their players lack in profile, they more than make up for in physicality. we'v

clarke gayford had a daughter, theirfirst child, in hospital in auckland earlier today. ms ardern says she's taking six weeks maternity leave. hywel griffith sent this report. beaming parents and their new arrival. they chose social media over a state announcement to show news of their daughter's birth. throughout her very public pregnancy, jacinda ardern made a point of continuing with business as usual. after six weeks of maternity leave she plans to be back at work as her partner becomes the main caregiver. in a bbc interview in april, she suggested the baby could alsojoin her on the international stage. there are certain places hosting meetings in the future, places in the pacific, we will bring the baby. we are great with children, bring the child and we will take care of it. so it will ta ke will take care of it. so it will take on international community to raise our child. the baby's arrival has been celebrated as a national trying. former prime minister helen clark, was the first to tweet, lauding their parenting arrangements as gender equality. theresa may also sent her congr

introduced her new daughter to reporters outside the hospital in auckland where she gave birth. the little girl has been named neeve. now, the countdown is on for england in the world cup. at lunchtime on sunday they play panama in the second of their group

elizabeth. she'll spend a second night in auckland public hospital with her daughter, who twitter wags have dubbed the baby "prime miniature." i think probably, like everyone, we went through that struggle we kept a short list of names. we wanted to wait until the baby arrived to really see which one felt like it worked, but we chose neve because we just liked it. and when we met her we thought she looked like she suited the name. and it means — in various homes — it means bright and radiant and snow which seemed like a good combination for matariki and for solstice. te aroha though is...that was something we settled on quite early. it isa it is a chance for the new dad to ta ke it is a chance for the new dad to take a break from the cameras to be a househusband. i will not forget the look on her face when she finally held the baby. a bit of a blurfor finally held the baby. a bit of a blur for both of us. she went through so much. finally, the moment arrived. she looked absolutely stunned and very happy. he shares the same birthday with prime minister buto, the first female pm

, theirfirst child, in hospital in auckland earlier today. ms ardern says she's taking six weeks' maternity leave. hywel griffith sent this report. beaming parents and their new arrival. jacinda ardern chose social media over a state announcement to share news of her daughter's birth. the message reads, "welcome to our village, wee one." throughout her very public pregnancy, jacinda ardern made a point of continuing with business as usual. after six weeks of maternity leave, she plans to be back at work as her partner, clarke gayford, becomes the main caregiver. in a bbc interview in april, she suggested the baby could also join her on the international stage. there are certain places that are hosting meetings in the future, and places, particularly in the pacific, we'd obviously bring the baby. we're great with children — just bring the child, we'll take care of it. so i think it will take an international community to raise our child. the baby's arrival has been celebrated here as a national triumph. former prime minister helen clark was one of the first to tweet, lauding the

private emailfrom queen elizabeth. she'll spend a second night in auckland public hospital with her daughter, who twitter wags have dubbed the baby "prime miniature". we chose neve because we just liked it and when we met her we thought she looked like she suited the name. also it means in various forms bright and radiant and snow, which seemed like a good combination for matariki and for solstice. coming up shortly, we will be crossing to turkey to find out the latest as the polls closed at five o'clock. local time. the current president is mr erdogan. he is facing his biggest challenge, he wa nts a facing his biggest challenge, he wants a second five—year term, but the opposition, muharrem ince, say police protect the ballot boxes and he fears electoral fraud. the kent has begun, as you can see on the screens. has begun, as you can see on the screens. live pictures coming in from istanbul. we will get the latest in a moment. let's get the weather. temperatures have been around 2 degrees above those yesterday and there has been more sunshine today, notably for scotland and northe

emailfrom queen elizabeth. she'll spend a second night in auckland public hospital with her daughter, who twitter wags have dubbed the baby "prime miniature". we chose niamh, because we just liked it. when we met her, we thought she looked like she suited the name. also it means in various forms it means bright and radiant and snow, which seemed like a good combination. time for a look at the weather. it is already 2a in some southern areas. it is a lovely afternoon for pretty much all of us. the only area with some cloud is the far north of scotland. you can see we have got much more sunshine for scotland and northern ireland than we have had in recent day and less high cloud in england and wales and no surprise we have temperatures into the low 20s. tonight there will be a dip in the temperatures. not as low as they have been. but still into single figures even in towns and cities in scotland. by the end of the night, the progression of more cloud back into the highlands and islands of scotland. that is a change for tomorrow. but it couldn't spoil the day for most. more cloud in east an

actually do this together. nearly 5000 people across the world, auckland, buenos aires, minneapolis, moscow, and loss of cathedrals and schools dikili tomorrow are singing this in the uk and so that has obviously a need for people to say, "we are with you, we stand with you, we're not going to forget this and we are we're not going to forget this and we are going to preach love," which is what the bishop said and we need change because people are living in safe accommodation and screaming out about it and nothing is happening. i guess it is a song of solidarity. the survivors have been telling me and responding and they helped me check the words beforehand and we played it to them in cornwall for the first time and there were cheers and applause. one of them posted yesterday, "this song has become very close to my heart and then she wrote at "it feels right as it represents us and for us and the creators and the choristers at truro that was the best response we could have and to know that people wanted to sing it. lovely to talk to you, esme, and thank you for taking the time. thank

the queen. she'll spend a second night in auckland public hospital with her daughter, who has been dubbed the "prime miniature". we chose neve because we just liked it and when we knew her we thought she looked like she suited the name. also it means in various forms bright and radiant and snow, which seemed like a good combination for materiki and for solstice. i like her macaroni cheese strategy! you wouldn't find that in russia for the world cup! are they having it in russia? i haven't seen anybody tweeting about that. i've seen some unusual dishes but not macaroni. we we re unusual dishes but not macaroni. we were talking to down yesterday, he is food obsessed, like us, he has discovered a chocolate pie, basically a wagon wheels, he has been enjoying those and lots of bits of food. honey cake is the other thing. how are you doing, did you watch the german game last night against sweden? i was heartbroken for sweden. as an england fan we don't want germany to get through. it's interesting because if we look back at previous world cups, the la st two back at previous world cups,

private emailfrom the queen. she'll spend a second night in auckland public hospital with her daughter, who has been dubbed the "prime miniature". we chose neve because we just liked it and when we met her we thought she looked like she suited the name. also it means in various forms bright and radiant and snow, which seemed like a good combination for matariki and for solstice. this story is right up my street. let's take you back to 1977. star wars. a new hope. han solo turns to a lightsaber—wielding luke skywalker and says: "hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." do know what i am talking about? yes, i'm a big starwars fan. well someone took his advice and yesterday paid $415,000 for a blaster used by the actor, harrison ford in return of thejedi. the weapon was sold in a las vegas auction of sci—fi memorabilia owned by the art director who worked on the original star wars trilogy. made almost entirely of wood, the blaster was sold to the ripley's believe it or not chain of museums. it tops the previously best—selling star wars

auckland continue to face real cuts, some of over £1000 per child. doesn‘t she understand the damage this does to their life chances? as the honourable lady knows, we are putting extra funding into the schools. we are making extra money available for schools, and our national fairer available for schools, and our nationalfairerfunding available for schools, and our national fairer funding formula is ensuring that of the schools that have previously been among the worst funded in this country are seeing increases in their funding to help to redress that balance. mr laurence robertson. as a former chairman of the northern ireland affairs committee, and given the unresolved issues which remain in northern ireland, does the prime minister have any plans to visit the province in the near future? obviously, there area number of in the near future? obviously, there are a number of issues that we are considering in relation to northern ireland, both in the brexit context, but also with the issue of the devolved administration and our hope that that and the assembly will get back up an