live from washington. this is bbc news hundreds of people are arrested in los angeles, where protests continue for a sixth day following immigration raids across the city. i'm live in los angeles, where we could to see some 700 active-duty marines deployed to the city in the next 24 hours. also coming up... president donald trump says a trade deal between the us and china is done - though the us treasury secretary says there's a long way to go. and the jury reaches a partial verdict in the retrial of disgraced hollywood mogul harvey weinstein, who is facing charges of rape and sexual assault.

the white house says immigration enforcement teams have rounded up more than 300 undocumented migrants across los angeles, many of them with criminal backgrounds, as protests against donald trump's immigration policies continue.(box)on tuesday, immigration policies continue. on tuesday, police said they'd carried out mass arrests following the introduction of a partial curfew in downtown districts of la. president donald trump has sparked controversy by deploying troops to quell the unrest. now, the us defence department says seven hundred us marines could be on the streets of la as soon as thursday. their commanding officer says the marines will not carry live ammunition , and won't have power of arrest. but they will be authorised to detain protesters until police arrive. our correspondent carl nasman has been covering the protests, he joins me now.. good to see you again. bring us up-to-date on the latest on these protests. what's been happening today? we have been out here today by the federal building in downtown los

angeles, where over the last six days, we have seen a string of demonstrations, many of them very big. today it's been growing. we've been watching this over the last couple of hours, a swell here, the number is definitely larger than what they were a couple of hours ago. we are watching right now because what tends to happen here as ones that demonstration makes it into the streets, that is when the authorities, and they try to do a bit of cloud control to keep everybody on the sidewalk. if they are unable to do that, and this is what we saw yesterday, that is when they tend to come in and start to disperse people. that's when tension starts to wrap up again. -- ratchet up again. i know things are peaceful, we haven't seen in the interactions or clashes with the authorities behind us, and we should say, of course, this is one of the locations where those national guard troops they are guarding the federal federal building here will stop there's two of them in los angeles, one location

where those thousands of national guard troops are actually deployed no stop of course on the upper see a few dozen of them at most at a time. yesterday, that was the first night of a curfew in los angeles. it began at eight p:m., we were out on the streets and we watched as local police, los angeles police department officials out in forest clearing people out of this area. a one square mile zone of curfew, that curfew will be in effect once again in about four hours or so, that's when it is about to get dark. the police here, the whole city watching to see what happens once we get a second night of curfew in place, whether or not that will bring a night of calm. we should say that ice enforcement operations are continuing. yeah, they are. they haven't stopped doing that, and that is what we've heard from the trump administration saying they don't plan on doing so, that they will continue around the clock for the next 30 days or so on these sorts of enforcement operations around the city. it's interesting to see some of the locations that they've been targeting, we have

heard from the association that governs car in the city, and there have been multiple different carwash locations that ice agents have targeted for immigration raids. it seems like right now, they are targeting the types of places where you might see undocumented workers or day labourers gathering outside of home improvement centres or carwashes, for example, we've even seen some unverified video that looks like ice agents out on a farm near los angeles. so these are the kinds of operations we are still seeing and, of course, these are the sorts of actions that the protesters behind me are very upset about. this is a community in los angeles, one of the largest concentrations of undocumented immigrants in the country was that they feel like they are being unfairly targeted, these are people simple going about their business, paying their taxes, but the trump administration says what they are doing is targeting undocumented migrants with a criminal record. all of this as the escalating rhetoric

between california officials on the trump administration continues. just tell us a bit more about how that has developed. the latest we hear now is the court filing on the federal side, representing the white house in this ongoing legal battle over the use of federal authority to send in the national guard. what the government says, the rhetoric of the actions by the governor, gavin newsom, are actually putting lives at risk here. they say that that is endangering people in los angeles, is the exact opposite if you listen to gavin newsom, the mayor of los angeles who say that bringing in these troops, the national guard members potentially members of active duty marine cores, you could see them in the next 24 hours. they say that that is inflaming an already tense situation here, and we heard from the chief of the los angeles police department saying it simply adds to the logistical challenges of everything, trying to link up all these different organisations and they say, you know, on top of all of that,

they are simple enough needed. they are not out here doing much active enforcement in terms of trying to keep demonstrators calmer getting them out of the enforcement area once that curfew starts. karl reporting for us there from los angeles. thank you. we should say, we just looked at some live images of protests there. we apologise for the offensive language that we've seen on some of those signs. -- carl. but those images coming to us from right now in los angeles. president donald trump announced a trade deal with china wednesday, pending final approval between himself and china's president xi jingping. calling the relationship between the two nations "excellent". the president wrote on social media "any necessary rare earths, will be supplied, up front, by china. likewise, we will provide to china what was agreed to, including chinese students using our colleges and universities". the announcement followed two days of talks in london between american and chinese delegations. the worlds two largest economies aimed to cool tensions after a rapid escalation of tariffs

imposed on another nearly paralysed trade. one of the key negotiators in those trade talks - us treasury secretary scott bessent - says the us could extend a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs for trading partners who are seen as negotiating in good faith by the administration. here's our north america business correspondent michelle fleury with the latest. with a july eight deadline looming for dozens of countries to strike terror of agreements with the white house, the trump administration is hinting that there may be some flexibility. speaking at a congressional hearing on wednesday, treasury secretary said that the us might let the deadline slide for trading partners where talks are going well. it will be up to president trump, it is my belief that if someone is negotiating in good faith, that an extension will be possible, in conversations with us dr ambassador greer, it's my believe with smaller countries where we have lower levels of

trade, we may be able to do a 1-size-fits-all regional deal. you may recall president trump imposed sweeping global tariffs on april two and paused most of them a few days later to allow for what the administration promised would be 90 deals in 90 days. so far, there has been only one agreement with the uk, one extension with the eu and, of course, that breakthrough this week with china, which saw beijing agreed to grant us export licenses for rare earth metals. the wall street journal is reporting that those will only be temporary. in return, the us is making certain concessions, such as allowing chinese students to attend us colleges and universities. all of this does need to still be rubber-stamped by the two leaders. essentially puts relations between these two superpowers back to where they were a month ago. meanwhile, us stocks closed lower on wednesday. or wall street, the treasury secretary's comments

are being interpreted as a sign that certainty is still a ways off. for more, i spoke with kelly and shaw, --kelly ann shaw, former deputy assistant to president trump for international economic affairs. if you look at what was agreed today, it appears to be a framework for what was already agreed in geneva a month ago in those first rounds of talks. what is actually new here? what signals progress? rights, thank you so much for having me back on. i was one of the negotiators of the phase i deal back in trump 1.0, so i am very familiar with some of these dynamics between the united states and china in trying to find their footing and a possible deal. it looks a bit like two steps forward, two steps back, and then two steps forward again, is really about

building confidence and building a mutual understanding of the terms of the deal so that the administration has talked about this as a framework for implementation of what was agreed in geneva, but there was clearly not a meeting of the minds about whether or not china had agreed to issue these rare earth magnet licenses as part of removing its countermeasures, and i think we have clarity now that that is in fact the case. there's been more relationship building, confidence building, to try to lay the groundwork for more difficult provisions moving forward. those rare earth magnets, critically important for not only the us military, but also for the auto industry. the us in return is promising concessions on the export of some sensitive products to china. those are considered, perhaps, a national security issue. does china have the upper hand here with the us so badly needing those rare earth metals? what was really interesting about this is that in reaction to china's failure to issue the licenses that the united states has said they agreed to do, the us started implementing its own export controls and taking its

own export control actions against china. that's really what's being traded back is that us actions over the past couple of weeks, and i think clearly the fact that the us and not just the united states but europe and other governments around the world need these rare earth magnets. china has a 90% chokehold on this global market, and that is a national security threat to the united states and everyone else. but that is sort of a separate question then what happens next in the negotiations, and i thank you will see the united states continue to take steps to

you're live with bbc news. harvey weinstein has been found guilty of sexual assault at a retrial in new york. weinstein's original conviction was overturned last april,

after an appeals court found he hadn't received a fair trial in 2020. the former film producer was found not guilty of another sexual assault charge, and the jury is yet to return a verdict on a charge of rape. wednesday's conviction is in addition to a 16 year sentence that weinstein has yet to serve after being convicted of sexual crimes in los angeles.weinstein's --joining me now is sarah krissoff, former us federal prosecutor. great to see you again. take us through what we saw today with his verdict on one count. it's an interestingly mixed a verdict. they have a situation where they have a guilty verdict and won the sexual assault counts, it's called criminal sexual activity, one not guilty verdict, and then other counts for which they were not able to reach a verdict. so the judge said, hey, listen, you've got to come back, see if you can reach a verdict on those counts. remind us why there is a retrial. so

this really is a saga related to this case, but the first trial, the court of appeal from the highest court in new york, said essentially that there was evidence admitted that shouldn't have been admitted. essentially the prosecution admitted evidence of not only the accusers for whom the charges were based on, but evidence from other women who claimed that harvey weinstein had assaulted them as well. the highest court in new york said that was essentially piling on, there was evidence that really wasn't directly related to the charges at hand, shouldn't have been admitted and granted him this new retrial. in this retrial, we have heard reports of really good bruising arguments between jurors. what does that tell us? that's really highly unusual. it's not, you know, it's not unusual for the jury to come out and say, you know, we are... we can't reach an agreement on a

tip particular count sheet which we are stuck here. but in this case, we have a four person saying i'm essentially feeling threatened by the other jurors because i want to change my position on some of this stuff. we have had a lot of back-and-forth here. it's been a very contentious jury. does that give harvey weinstein's legal team more ammunition, if you will, for an appeal? his counsel has repeatedly asked for a mistrial. he asked for another mistrial today after that 4-person said, listen, this is an untenable situation in the jury room. i don't feel safe. so i'm quite certain that weinstein's defence team is going to raise that in connection with any appeal in this matter. before we let you go, remind us of what the penalty is for harvey weinstein on this sexual assault conviction that we've seen and what prison time that entails. that one count actually carries

a potential penalty of up to 25 years. it also carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years, so the question is really, the judge could give weinstein a very large sentence on just that one count, even if the acquittal on certain accounts and ultimately if there is an acquittal or a mistrial on the remaining counts. ok, we will leave it there for today. it's always great to have you on. thanks for joining us. israeli media says troops have recovered the body of israeli hostage yair yaakov during an operation in gaza. hamas abducted the 59 year-old and his partner from their home on october seventh. his sons were also taken, but were released in the first hostage deal. it comes as health officials in gaza say at least 30 people have been killed in the latest shootings related to aid distribution. the civil defence agency claims israeli gunfire killed dozens of people as they approached an aid site operated by the us-backed gaza humanitarian foundation.

the israeli military has not commented on the incident.there have been deadly incidents near the ghf's sites almost every day since its controversial aid system began operating on 26 may. our middle east correspondent sebastian usher has more. every day, as palestinians queue up in the early hours of the morning or later, at noon or in the evening, we continue to have these deadly incidents, both around the aid distribution sites of gaza humanitarian foundation, which has only been in operation now for about two and a half weeks, or on the trucks that are bringing flour into gaza, which are looted, which are attacked, criminal gangs are involved, a militia which seems to be linked to israel as well. but all of this seems to have been taking place away from where the actual sites are, the gaza humanitarian foundation sites are. and each time we hear from the ghf that their aid distribution has gone without incident.

and in one sense, that's correct, because these deadly incidents aren't actually happening where the sites are. but we've now seen video that has been posted online that we verified from an anti-war activist here in israel. but he says that he received it from someone who was working at one of these sites, and it shows the utter chaos as palestinians rush, rush over from every direction. they climb over the gates, they come through the doors. there seems to be no organisation whatsoever in one of these sites as palestinians desperate for food - maybe, perhaps also there are people who are coming to get the food, give it to gangs, sell it, we don't know - but there doesn't seem to be any organisation, any control whatsoever. we haven't seen this as vividly as we have now seen it.

and when the gaza humanitarian foundation says that its distribution has gone successfully, it's gone without incident. up until now, perhaps we have been able to say, well, in a sense that's true because these incidents are happening outside. but when you see video like this, it becomes very hard to see how this new organisation can in any way suggest that the way that it's distributing food, that the way that palestinians have been denied food for desperation, can result in anything but chaos and perhaps further violence. police officers from scotland are set to be sent to northern ireland, after the force there requested support. it follows a second night of violence in ballymena which left 17 police officers injured. police have warned that the unrest "risks undermining" the criminal justice process into an allegation of a sex attack on a teenage girl. from ballymena, our ireland correspondent, sara girvin, sent this report.

two nights of intense violen have left homes destroyed, cars on fire, and 32 police officers injured. police have described the disorder as racist thuggery and say they are treating the attacks as racially-motivated hate crimes. this morning, another clean-up, but the events of the past few days have left their mark. around these streets, residents are beginning to announce their nationalities. filipino families are putting stickers on their homes, and there are also lots of union flags, with signs saying things like: "this is a british household." now, off camera, people have told us they hope that will be enough to stop their homes being attacked. meanwhile, others are packing up and leaving. the family who lived here moved to northern ireland from bulgaria a decade ago, but are now moving out, no longer feeling safe, after rioters ransacked their home.

it's not possible to wait to see what's going to happen. i have to save my children. ten years, we're living here, and work and pay rent normally. going to school normally. we never, never make problem. others say tension around immigration has been building in this community for some time. there has been a failure to integrate by a small section of the immigrants. 95%, 99% integrate great and we get on with them, and it's very regrettable that it's come to this. this was a beautiful area to live in years ago and everybody got along well. this has to stop. meanwhile, the police service of northern ireland has asked for assistance from other forces. i have now activated the request for mutual aid resources from policing colleagues in great britain, to ensure we have the necessary support to maintain public order and bring offenders to justice in the days to come. six arrests have been made so far, and police say

they plan to significantly increase officer numbers moving into this evening and over the next few days. sara girvin, bbc news, in ballymena. the us is preparing to move some of its staff and their families out of iraq, bahrain and kuwait. it's because of what's been described as 'heightened security risks' in the region. meanwhile president trump says he is less confident about a nuclear deal with iran. here's what president trump had to say about relocating service members. because it can be a dangerous place, and we will see what happens. but they have been given notice to move out and we will see what happens. is there anything that can be done to dial the temperatures down in the region? they can't have a nuclear weapon. very simple. they can't have a nuclear weapon. we are not going to allow that. our state department correspondent ,tom bateman, has more.

this is a critical moment between the us and iran. it's two weeks, in fact, since president trump said he was giving tehran two months to comply with what he wanted in those talks designed to try to stop the iranians developing a nuclear weapon. he said earlier today that he was growing less confident in that process. and we have also had some quite threatening record from the iranian saying that they would strike us military bases in the region if the conflict was imposed upon them, they said. these evacuations, partial evacuations both from the embassy in baghdad and some military bases in kuwait and bahrain are significant, but they may also be designed to put some pressure on the iranians in those talks. and at the same time, there has been some tense conversations between president trump in the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, someone who is always favoured a military rather than a diplomatic path when it comes to the us and iran.

the uk and the eu say they've reached a political agreement over gibraltar. the uk government said the deal would protect the sovereignty of the british overseas territory, while avoiding the need for checks on people and goods moving across the border to spain. the agreement was one of the last remaining issues to be settled after brexit. talks on rules governing the border between spain and gibraltar have been ongoing since the uk left the eu in 2020. all right, before we go, i want to take you back to los angeles. let's take a look at the pictures coming into us from there. just outside the federal building in downtown los angeles, and you can see the national guard troops, again, stationed there, facing off against protesters. we understand from our correspondent on the ground that the situation is calm her today, has been calm her, but it has been around this hour that protests have started to grow in size. so we are continuing to keep our eye on that. we do know that nearly 400 people have been arrested so far, 157 of them for assault and obstruction. so we are going to continue to keep our

eye on what's happening in los angeles. we are back at the top of the next hour. thank you for watching bbc news. stay with us. the image they are here in los angeles coming to remind you, federal prosecutors have so far charged two men were throwing molotov cocktails at police officers. that was in two separate incidents, and one of those incidents come it was bbc that captured the footage. there was a total of 4000 national guard troops and 700 marines who have been deployed to help quell the unrest. we have seen them blame the protests on donald trump and the trump administration's immigration raids. she said a week ago that everything was peaceable, things begin to be difficult on friday. of course and of a trumpet ministration completely rejecting those claims. we will continue, as we

set them to watch those images back with our correspondent on the

discussion of today's news, newscast. a road map for british politics for the next three years. as rachel reeves, the chancellor, sets out her plans for public spending for the next three years. a big political moment on today's episode of the bbc's daily news podcast, newscast. hello, sorry to interrupt that sport. it's adam from newscast, the bbc's daily news podcast, and you're about to listen to us recording a live episode. so this is warts and all, because normally what we do is we record it and then do a little bit of editing, and then it's published on bbc sounds. so this might not be as slick as a normal podcast, but it will have a whole sort of couple of hours after the spending review feel to it, as me and my colleagues try and work out exactly what the government's done today. so wish us luck as we do this live episode of newscast. hello, it's adam in the studio. and it's chris at westminster. and it's dharshini in the studio.