. —— huawei equipment. us judges have scheduled the trial ofjeffrey epstein‘s former girlfriend ghislaine maxwell forjuly next year. she's charged with sex trafficking. more than 125 million people are going back into lockdown in india. and new figures show that the uk economy's growth was even lower than expected — and there's a warning it may take until 2024 to recover. welcome. the uk government has reversed its position on huawei — the chinese firm is now barred from any part of the uk's new 56 network, earlier in the year, the uk had said huawei would be barred from elements of the network deemed sensitive for security reasons — but it had been cleared to contribute to 35% of it. the risk was described as "manageable" not any more. today's announcement says all huawei equipment must be gone from the network by 2027. for its part, huawei says says it's a "disappointing decision" and "bad certainly bad news for huawei. the statement goes on to say this.. well the news was announced earlier by the

because that is the charge, huawei assists they are simplya charge, huawei assists they are simply a tech company. imagine you are wide—awake and you are doing something that the chinese government doesn't like. —— huawei. how much security do you have? how can you know under any assurance from the chinese, his party will be realised? we seen from hong kong that major clinical commitments made by the chinese government can be invalidated in moments. ijust think it's not realistic for us to think of these big chinese state champion companies as companies like an american company or a british or european company. they are playing bya european company. they are playing by a different set of rules and we need to treat them as such. joining me now is the chief executive of the china—britain business council, matthew roose. the council published a report today on china's impact on ukjobs. welcome to the programme. first of all, your basic reaction to today's decision? it's very disappointing for our members, because it is difficult to see how this decision makes sense when compared

it is just the latestrack for huawei. s: china will now be deciding how to respond what are the options available to beijing? >>hi no doubt,move will not go down well in beijing. they have denied any direct ties with huawei, at the same time actively advocmping for the y. earlier today, the chinese bassador to the u.k. hinted that the u.k. ban on huawei will lead to questions about whether the u.k. c provide open, fair, and nondiscminatory business environmentsni for com from other countries. beijing may consider rirecting chinese investment to other countries, at the same time, imposing restrictions and sanctions on u.k. businesse operating in china, in order to discourage other countrieso follow the u.k. lead. isill render beijing as a bully in the world, so there is trade-off on the beijin side. based on the recent trackngecord of bei china may likely go for the first option, stand very strongly with huawei. ros: thank you very much as ever from washington. if you are listeningo all of this geopolitical and technical a

let's t more on huawei. i am joined by congresswoman abigail spanberger f virginia, a former cia case officer and she serves on the house foreign affairs committee. thanks for joining the program. do you think huawei is axy p for the chinese government and the chinese military? think the importantth point is huawei and any chinese company has the potential for being lked to chinese military and chinese intel services. we kw that is a link that exists with huawei. the concern i have with hwei is the fact that data and ivacy is now subject to a different standard. it i subject to potential engagement or usage by the chine government because of the use of huawei technology, and it psents a significant threat to our telecommunications networks. katy: the united states put considerable pressoe on the u.k. ban huawei from its 5g network. what damage would it have done to america if the u.k. had allowed some components of huawei's technology into its 5g network? what was the problem for the united states then? rep.

because it's notjust huawei. china is germany's biggest trading partner. and there has been, as you say, over the last year, mounting concern in europe over chinese human rights violations, in the uighurs and then hong kong. so i think there is a lot of debate and discussions going on in europe right now, and it's under pressure from both sides. celia, you pay close attention from the chinese perspective on this. one thing that struck me was on hong kong, a lot of european countries did not criticise the chinese national security legislation in hong kong. now, how do you think they're going to line up on huawei, the ones who sided i suppose with beijing, or did not want to criticise at that point? well, there's a real spectrum, carrie. on one end of the spectrum, we have the countries who have said we have been dealing with huawei for decades, we don't see a problem. spain, sweden, hungary all fell in that category. 0n the other end of the spectrum we have countries that have signed a pledge with washington not to use huawei. romania, poland. then of cours

so huawei says this is all about us trade deals. well we know washington has been urging the uk to take this decision. the trump administration claims huawei provides a gateway for china to spy on and potentially attack countries that use its equipment. the us has also imposed sanctions designed to disrupt huawei's ability to get its own chips manufactured. here's oliver dowden again on that. the new us measures restrict huawei ability to import us products using us technology or software. given the uncertainty that this creates around huawei supply chain, the uk can no longer be confident it will be able to guarantee the security of future huawei 5g equipment affected by the change in us foreign direct product rules. and here's the analysis of tom newton dunn from times radio "the biggest takeaway of today's decision? hard to get away from the cold fact that britain has become a victim of a colossal us—china fight. we'll now get 5g two years later, at a cost of £2 billion more." to help us understand all of this, here's karishma

huawei says the decision will push britain into the digital slow lane. by the time of the next election, we will have implemented, in law, an irreversible path for the complete removal of huawei equipment from our 5g networks. we think it's bad news for the people of the uk. we think it's bad news if you use a smartphone or you use the internet, because 56 is the next technology for mobile connectivity. we'll be asking what today's decision means. also tonight... fewer green shoots than expected for the uk's economy in may as restrictions eased — and warnings that it may not recover from the pandemic until 202a. making shops safer — face coverings will become mandatory in ten days‘ time in england. if you don't wear one, you could be fined. ajudge in new york is deciding whether to grant bail to ghislaine maxwell, the former girlfriend ofjeffrey epstein. she's charged with sex trafficking. it's like a game of hide and seek, in the woods. the duchess of cambridge on the importance of better support for parents of pre—school children. and coming up

bt have been surprised with huawei kit since 2003. -- surprised with huawei kit since 2003. —— have been supplied with. what about the issues raised an hour ago are now business by the chair of the commons select defence committee, he said it is notjust about intelligence, security and potential spying fears, it is about the way china treats certain minorities, the way they have gone about imposing that new security law in hong kong, he said there are other reasons too, quote, standard to china. we supply weapons are secondary to many regimes and organisations around the world. secondary to many regimes and organisations around the worldlj raise that with him. i do not want to turn this into a political conversation, but certainly calling huawei a bad actor or an u ntrustworthy com pa ny huawei a bad actor or an untrustworthy company feels without any balance or justification untrustworthy company feels without any balance orjustification until they tell us. a growing number of mps they do not want to work with china does not necessarily make me think the company is any worse at 12. to b

does a u-turn and bans huawei -- the u.k. does a u-turn and bans huawei from its 5g network. shery: breaking news out of south korea. we are getting the unemployment rate for the month of june coming in at 4.3%. now, this is lower than the estimate of 4.5%. the unemployment rate falling from the previous month. we have seen a little bit of strength in the south korean economy with more positivity coming from that ramp up in government job creation efforts. still, we have those negative effects from the pandemic with the hard-hit hospitality and retail sectors continuing to reel. south korea losing jobs. those removed in june from a year earlier. still, the unemployment rate falling to 4.3%. let's get a quick check on how markets are trading at the moment. u.s. futures rallying. we have after the market closed more positive news when it comes to the vaccine front from motor and a. in the regular session, we saw u.s. stocks posting their biggest gains in more than a week. .7%. this as we continue to see those concerns over the infection surge in tokyo. we are expecting the boj

how is huawei doing in other parts of the world ? can huawei doing in other parts of the world? can it pivot into africa and central asia? it is doing very well in other countries, especially ethical. huawei has gotten in very early with a lot of ag, 3g networks in africa, and so it is merely trying to make sure that even if europe or many european countries decided to go away from huawei that it isa decided to go away from huawei that it is a really firmly rooted in africa. we can look at the belton road. as you mentioned, the great project to build new trade routes around the world, and if you look at the countries where the chinese government have focused on building road projects, a lot of those countries are also going to go along with huawei equipment. give us your sense of the global options, countries on the one hand who are turning into a dem at as for some countries, and difficult choices. how do you see it shaping up? —— them and us. it is difficult, but we have to find a way to work with china, especially on the crucial issue of climate change. unless china is on

let us get more on that story about huawei. they have been banned from that you keep providers have been banned from buying any huawei equipment and there was also have it out of their networks by 2027. we a reaction from huawei. they say this is bad news for anyone in the uk with a mobile phone. it would push britain into the additional slow lane, pushing up bills, and they are levelling down instead of levelling up levelling down instead of levelling up and the urge the government to reconsider. there remain confident that the us restrictions would not affect the products in the uk but there are in the uk has been politicised. this is about us trade policy are not security. we will conduct a detailed review and will work with uk government to explain how we can continue to contribute to a better connected britain. and from nokia, they state they have the capacity and expertise to replace all of the huawei equipment at scale and speed and are ready to step up and speed and are ready to step up and support the implementation of

like what happened to huawei. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, accuses the chinese government of carrying out human rights abuses against its uighur population. it is deeply, deeply troubling, and the reports and the human aspect of it, from forced sterilization to the education camps are reminiscent of something we have not seen for a

only six months ago, the government agreed huawei could have a limited role. the u—turn follows sanctions imposed by washington, which claims the firm poses a national security threat — something huawei denies. it says the decision is bad news for anyone in the uk with a mobile phone. the move will delay the roll—out of 56 by a year. the culture secretary, oliver dowden, told mps the uk could no longer be confident of being able to guarantee the security of future 56 equipment affected by the us sanctions. the government agrees with the national cyber security centre advice, the best way to secure our networks is for operators to stop using new affected huawei equipment to build the uk's future 56 networks. so to be clear, from the end of this year, telecoms operators must not buy any 56 equipment from huawei and once the telecoms security bill is passed it will be illegal for them to do so. this will delay our roll—out of 56. our decisions injanuary had already set back there rolled out by a year and cost up to £1 billion. the decision today to ban t

there's been intense lobbying from the telecoms companies who use huawei. they'd warned even of coverage blackouts. but today the chief executive of britain's biggest, bt, seemed confident they could make this timetable work. are you actually going to be going round places and physically taking out huawei kit, or is itjust more a question of replacing it when it comes for upgrade? it's mainly going to be replacing it when it comes for upgrade. there is a little bit of re—engineering and moving huawei kit into different places, but, again, you know, what's so important for us is to have the time to deploy the right kit in the right place, and make sure not only are we delivering the service for our 2a million mobile customers today, but also building the new network, the new 5g network for the future. conservative backbenchers had pushed for a tougher line. one cautiously welcomed the new plan, but said he wanted to see it followed through. i'm hoping this is going to be a slow goodbye to huawei, a high—risk vendor, but it could be that they double down,

there's been intense lobbying from telecoms companies who use huawei. they'd warned of coverage blackouts. but today, the chief executive of britain's biggest, bt, seemed confident they could make this timetable work. are you actually going to be going round places and physically taking out huawei kit, or is itjust more a question of replacing it when it comes for upgrade? it's mainly going to be replacing it when it comes for upgrade. i mean, there is a little bit of re—engineering and moving huawei kit into different places, but, again, what's so important for us is to have the time to deploy the right kit in the right place, and make sure not only are we delivering the service for our 2a million mobile customers today, but also building the new network, the new 56 network for the future. conservative backbenchers had pushed for a tougher line. one cautiously welcomed the new plan, but said he wanted to see it followed through. i'm hoping this is going to be a slow goodbye to huawei, a high—risk vendor, but it could be that they double down, they

, because we think it's an to use huawei, because we think it's a n u nsafe to use huawei, because we think it's an unsafe security risk, it's a big security risk. i talked to many countries out of using it if they wa nt to countries out of using it if they want to do business with us, they can't use it. just today, i believe that the uk announced that they are not going to be using it. that was up not going to be using it. that was up in the airfor a long time but they decided. the days when donald trump boasted about the greatness of his relationship with president xi seemed from a different age he was asked last night whether the two men would be talking soon. no, i haven't spoken to him, i have no plan to speak to spoken to him, i have no plan to speakto him. spoken to him, i have no plan to speak to him. but beijing is furious that, to use a chinese word, britain has curtailed to american demands and they are letting it be known in no uncertain terms that this won't bea no uncertain terms that this won't be a consequence free decision. translation: in the end, this is a big world

decision to impose sanctions on huawei. what that has done is to effect how it is able to manufacture its processors, and there are concerns that may now be less safe and less secure. that is the report we understand being considered by the government at the could signal this shift and change whe this whole thing is bound -- there i here in west minister, but v other thing to remember is if huawei were not be involved, there could be consequences things like the delivery of broadband. th was a key conservative nifesto pledge to roll out full 5k broband everywhere. there was a lot going on here. ros: there are those domestic considerations, but there was pressure to make an e. he is the former head -- saying the u.k. should bar huawei from the five key -- 5k network. they should and firm with rising chinese tension. here's paul adams on more of a global diplomacy in the story. >> there has been a shift since january when the british government announced it would let huawei take up around 35% of the 5g network. infrastructure

the government here bans china's huawei from its 5g network. in many western countries, the debate over wearing a face mask has become mixed up with politics and ideas of freedom. injapan, wearing a mask is simply what you do to stop viruses. people have been doing it for years, long before covid—19. medical experts believe it is a habit that has helped them now. from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes. at shinagawa station in tokyo, it's the morning rush hour. tens of thousands are pouring from the station, heading for nearby office towers. not a single person here is without a face mask. no—one has been ordered to wear one, but everyone does. translation: i don't think it's acceptable not to wear a mask. i think everyone in the world should do so. coronavirus is something we should take very seriously. translation: i think japanese are obedient, and listen to what other people say. that's why we wear masks. it's very japanese. the effectiveness of masks like these at protecting you from covid—19 is still hotly debated. but there is a strik

only six months ago, the government agreed huawei could have a limited role. the u—turn follows sanctions imposed by washington, which claims the firm poses a national security threat — something huawei denies. it says the decision is bad news for anyone in the uk with a mobile phone. the culture secretary, 0liver dowden, told mps the uk could no longer be confident of being able to guarantee the security of future 5g equipment affected by the us sanctions. today's decision to ban the procurement of new huawei 5g equipment from the end of this year will delay roll—out by a further year and will add up to £500 million of costs — requiring operators in addition to remove huawei equipment from their 5g networks by 2027 — will add hundreds of millions of pounds further to the cost and further delay roll—out. this means a cumulative delay of 5g roll—out of two to three years and costs of up to £2 billion. this will have real consequences for the connections on which all our constituents rely. it has been clear for some time that there are serious qu

huawei denies this. the u.k. mobile providers will not be able to buy any new huawei 5g equipment after december 31. they have been given seven years to remove all huawei 5g equipment in their systems. 3g and 4g equipment could stay. u.s.,k. now joins the australia, new zealand, japan, and taiwan in banning huawei's products in their 5g networks. canada is considering, while pressure is also being put on germany. by the u.k. government, but one it says was driven by practicality, not politics. announcing the total ban on bywei in their plant network 2027. the culture minister said u.s. sanctions blocking huawei's use of american microchips would make the company less reliable in the future. >> the best way to secure our network is to operate -- for operators to stop using huawei equipment to build the u.k.'s future 5g networks. to be clear, from the end of this year, telecoms operators must not buy any 5g equipment from huawei. and once the telecom security bill is passed, it will be illegal for them to do so. re

next let's talk about huawei. it's a chinese tech giant, and yesterday the uk exclude it from all parts of its 56 mobile networks because of security concerns. china says the ban is "groundless". here's the chinese ambassador to the uk. i think the trust is serious damage between the government level and among the businesses. and note the tone of this from the chinese foreign ministry. translation: in the end, this is a big world and the united kingdom is only a small pa rt of the united kingdom is only a small part of it. ultimately, this ban will not stop huawei from prospering. the uk had come under severe pressure from washington — not least because us sanctions will make it harder for huawei to manufacture its own microchips — a fact which exacerbated the uk's security concerns. and there's more. here's mike pompeo again. the united states has a huawei announcement of oui’ own the united states has a huawei announcement of our own today. the state department will impose visa restrictions on certain empl

sol dem pa who sat on the advisory board for huawei. so i think i want to wait to see what's in the detail of the dossier that is quite important. let's move on then, because let's look at the guardian, rachel, care homes. now, as soon as forrest johnson made those comments saying that the care homes perhaps should ta ke that the care homes perhaps should take some of the blame, maybe they didn't follow procedures as they should have done, it's pretty clear that that was going to be a backlash that, wasn't a? —— borisjohnson. ca re that, wasn't a? —— borisjohnson. care workers and nhs workers are national heroes of the moment. and have been facing huge problems in finding out what the correct safety guidance are. they are getting ppe, we guidance are. they are getting ppe, we have known that the reason that britain's death count is so high is one huge factor is the outbreaks in care homes that weren't adequately protected, and weren't given the right guidance or the right equipment, the right staff, agency staff, may be between

will ban why away tech huawei technology by 2027. isver dowden says that it about long-term telecom security. president trump has pressured the u.k., and the prime minister's decision to impose the band as a major reversal from his earlier decision. virgin atlantic airways has secured a one point billion dollar rescue, a major victory for richard branson, whose airline could have gone under. were --and davidson will provide about $460 million in funding. urgent election -- virgin atlantic will get $1 billion in relief. lockheed martin is the primary contractor. china previously threatened to sanction american companies over arms sales to taiwan. that is your bloomberg business flash. thank you very much indeed. is ongoing and definitely worth paying attention to in that is happening with that company. charlie sharp making it very clear that we are going to see aggressive cost cutting coming through at the business. he is pretty blunt about it. layoffs.management we will get a series of -- the situation that wells is bad. he has known

the government here bans china's huawei from its 5g network. in many western countries, the debate over wearing a face mask has become mixed up with freedom and politics. in japan, however, wearing a mask is simply what you do to stop viruses. people have been doing for years, long before covid. medical experts believe it is a habit that has helped them now. from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes has more. at shinagawa station in tokyo, it's the morning rush hour. tens of thousands are pouring from the station, heading for nearby office towers. not a single person here is without a face mask. no—one has been ordered to wear one, but everyone does. translation: i don't think it's acceptable not to wear a mask. i think everyone in the world should do so. coronavirus is something we should take very seriously. i thinkjapanese are obedient, and listen to what other people say. that's why we wear masks. it's very japanese. the effectiveness of masks like these at protecting you from covid—19 is still hotly debated. but there is a striking differen

, huawei and beauty pa rlours to giveaways, huawei and beauty parlours to discuss. hello again. there were two very different types of weather across the uk during wednesday. it's a similar setup as we go into thursday. in the south, we've got lots of low cloud. this was borth on cardigan bay during wednesday afternoon. to the north of that, we've got a showery regime, much more sunshine around. and the divider is this area of low pressure. so keeping all parts unsettled, but it's been bringing in heavy and persistent rain during the course of wednesday night. and that heaviest rain — yes, it will be clearing out of the way, but it leaves a legacy of those weather fronts — some misty, low cloud. it's pretty humid, as well, with that weather front across the southern half of the country. a tad chilly under clearer skies further north. but lots of misty, low cloud, hill and coastal fog to clear first thing. 0r certainly the rain clears, but that misty, low cloud is likely to hang around for much of the day. so dull and overcast, damp and dreary, and very little ch

a change of heart by the government on huawei. it bans the chinese company from britain's 56 network because of security concerns. the decision will delay 56 roll—out and cost £2 billion. shoppers in england will now have to wear face coverings from 24july to protect each other and retail staff. the death rate of sales and retail assistants is 75% higher amongst men and 60% higher amongst women than in the general population. the economy shrank by nearly 20% in the three months to may, showing the impact of the lockdown. a warning there could be 120,000 new coronavirus uk deaths in a second wave of infections this winter. hi! hello. it's like a game of hide and seek. the duchess of cambridge marks the launch of tiny happy people, a bbc education initiative. louis doesn't understand social distancing. so he goes out wanting to cobble everything, even babies younger than him. the government has announced it's to carry out a u—turn and exclude the chinese company, huawei, from involvement in britain's 56 data networks over secur

a lot of unhappiness from the decision —— huawei and china. unhappiness from the decision -- huawei and china. do you think other countries will follow the uk in terms of edging away from huawei and looking at other countries to provide 5g infrastructure? there are other countries we we re there are other countries we were looking out to get advice. canada is looking at this issue. germany could also make a decision about this, but not before the soup member —— before the soup member —— before september. australia and new zealand army corps worked closely with the us on security issues, those countries have already in 2018 made the decision to exclude huawei from its networks. all right, alanna petroff, thank you very much for your analysis. in over 20 minutes, we will be going to oui’ minutes, we will be going to our asia business up in singapore to talk about the implications of the us cutting its preferential trade status for hong kong —— asia business hub. we will talk about that later on. the united states is experiencing record spikes in coronavirus cases as a se

but unlike huawei, huawei has the backing of the chinese government, and all the chinese government money. so just to give you an example, for 5g network facilities, the total global principal market is probably around 90 billion, and the chinese have set up a fund of over 100 billion to subsidize it. so they can go to countries and is say we'll put this in cash-free. you know, very cheap money. so that's what we're competing against with huawei. and companies like ericsson and nokia are the strongest western competitors in this sector, and i gave a speech saying that, ultimately, the west has to rally around these companies. whether that means private ownership or state involvement. maria: so you would be okay taking a stake, even if it's a minority stake, in these companies to offset the threat of huawei then? >> that's not a decision for the justice department. i do think that the west has to pick a horse or horses. maria: my thanks to attorney general bill barr. don't go anywhere, more "wall street" right after this. ♪ if. ♪ ♪ maria: welcome back. coming up next weekend on the p

"the uk should bar huawei "from its 56 network. "the west also needs to unite and stand firm "against rising chinese aggression." here‘s our diplomatic correspondent paul adams with more on the global diplomacy involved in this. there has been a considerable shift even sincejanuary, there has been a considerable shift even since january, when the british government announced it would let huawei take up around 35% of the sg network, the infrastructure for that network. clearly there has been a rethink, there has been a report drawn up in recent weeks, it has now been submitted to the government, and that report, we understand, says that because the united states has imposed sanctions on huawei, it means that the technical, the offer that has been made by huawei to the british government is no longer as safe and secure as it might be, because they‘re going to have to rely on other technology. huawei is going to have to rely on other technology, since it can‘t access american microprocessors and software, and so that is causing

ultimately, this ban won't stop huawei from prospering. i have also stressed that china will fully and seriously evaluate this incident and take all necessary measures to protect the proper legitimate rights of chinese companies. the downward spiral in relations between the us and china was underlined today, with america imposing visa restrictions on the huawei employees entering the us. make no mistake — washington is on a mission. the ukjoins the united states and now many other democracies in becoming clean countries — nations free of untrusted 56 vendors. britain has made its move under pressure from america. china is considering retaliation. these things can very quickly escalate. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has announced he'll be in london next week, with china the central topic. america's concerns are on coronavirus primarily, but also hong kong, huawei, trade, human rights abuses and perceived aggression by china in the south china sea. the list of grievances is long, and seemingly getting longer. jon sopel, bbc new

the government seem to have made the decision to allow huawei to build the sg decision to allow huawei to build the 56 network but with a limit to how much, but that was not the end of it. the decision had to be reopened because of pressure from washington and also conservative mps who have wanted a tougher line on china as well as huawei partly because of hong kong and they want huawei to be excluded entirely from sg huawei to be excluded entirely from 56 and for it to happen quickly. what we had today was the other side of the argument, the telecoms companies are saying if you want that, there will be consequences, and a bt executive told a parliamentary committee it was impossible to get huawei to get zero ina impossible to get huawei to get zero in a three year period and he said there would be blackouts including of 4g coverage as well as the slowdown of 56 rolled out if that happened. another industry person told me trying to replace huawei would be like trying to do heart surgery would be like trying to do heart surgery in the middle of a marathon race. but we should see all of

, which are denied by huawei. the other is the commercial aspect, that it simply wouldn't be practical under this new us law to import technology from huawei. this has been heavily resisted by huawei, and you heard there the chinese ambassador, and chinese commentators are saying, well, there is no way britain will be on the lead on 5g if it takes this decision. the government is in a difficult position here. frank, thank you very much. the time is1:20. our top story this lunchtime: the government pledges a £1.5 billion lifeline to the performing arts and the cultural sector to help with the impact of covid—19. coming up: scientists warn delays in cancer diagnosis and treatment due to coronavirus could cause thousands of excess deaths across the uk. coming up in the sport in the next 15 minutes on bbc news: one of britain's most successful divers, alicia blagg, is forced to retire at the age of 23 with a shoulder injury. there could be thousands of excess cancer deaths across the uk this year because of delays

the uk outright banned huawei. it is very interesting to see how these allies coordinate with each other. if they are coming up with a coherent china policy and this is also a big if. thank you very much indeed, vincent ni. borisjohnson has said he would be extremely reluctant to impose another nationwide lockdown if there were a second spike of coronavirus this winter. it comes as a senior public health official in blackburn and darwen — which has one of the highest infection rates for covid—19 in england — has warned the test and trace system isn't effective enough. here's our political correspondent, jessica parker. shuttered shops, empty streets. people told not to hang about in public spaces. emerging briefly on our doorsteps once a week to clap for carers before relative quiet descended again. the state of national lockdown borisjohnson's told the telegraph he does not want to see again. he said... by contrast, the government's chief scientific advisers said there is a risk that national measures may be

i expect germany to push out huawei as they make the big decision. practically every european government will give, certainly push huawei out of the door. so this is a huge game-changer. could be the beginning of the end for huawei's operations in europe. hugely damaging of course to huawei and to its chinese communist party overlords. certainly in the chinese government is already making threats against britain, against any european country that dares to kick out huawei. i think we have to take these threats very seriously. for example, the chinese could launch cyberattacks against the uk. so we have to be on our guard but we cannot allow ourselves to be bullied or intimidated by the chinese communist government in beijing. this is a big defeat for beijing. they will suffer a lot more defeats in the coming months across europe. connell: big win for the trump administration as well especially secretary of state mike pompeo. nile gardiner, thank you. melissa, we'll hear more about china we think in a few minutes? melissa: absolutely. we are waiting re

the united kingdom reportedly plans to phase out huawei gear from its 5-g networks. now this would be a policy change for the british government and comes after the u.s. introduced new sanctions in an attempt to cut the chinese company off from key chip suppliers. big deal there stay tuned you're watching worldwide exchange rig he cc.hteronnb >> welcome back. we turn to a story at the intersection of sports, corporate america, politics and culture. after years of controversy, the washington redskins look closer to changing their name officially this has been years in the making right now how close are we now to an actual action on that front. we are getting much closer they worked on several and that there were a couple in particular and given details on the names but he said it would be awesome if they could do it by the start of the new year that's just a couple of months ago. when we talked to league sources yesterday, they said that look, there's nothing stopping them from getting this approval and it would just be a matter of finding the proper trademark is this

but unlike huawei -- huawei has the backing of the chinese government and all the chinese government money. so just to give you an example, for 5g network facilities, the total global addressable market is probably around 90 billion and the chinese government set up a fund of over 100 billion to subsidize it. they can go to countries and say we'll put this in cash-free, very cheap money. so that's what we're competing against with huawei. and companies like erickson and nokia are the strongest western competitors in his sector. maria: so you would be okay taking a stake even if it's a minority stake in these companies to offset the threat of huawei then? >> that's not a decision for the justice department. i do think that the west has to pick a horse or horses. maria: is china using this covid-19 pandemic to gain leverage and gain territory? we know that the ccp is over of-reaching in hong kong and militaryizing the south china sea. >> i'm concerned that they might think we are sufficiently distracted by covid that we won't be able to respond and i am concerned that they may think th

banning huawei from its 5g network. new research predicts the world population will reachhe 9 billin bynd of the century. that sounds a lot. it is a lot. but it's around 2 billion below previous forecasts. that's being driven by falling birth rates. this new study is predicting there willoc be economic,l, and political consequences of the shift. the fertility children'--' fertility r's decline is driven predominantly by social factor to predictions here say that 23 countries, including spain, thailand, italy, and japan, d be expected to see the populations halved by 2100. sub-saharan africa will not follow this trend. it is predicted to triple its population. that's connected to a fallen deathate and the rising number of women of childbearing age. nigeria is africa's most populous country, the second most populous country in the world. thetudy predicts a major shift in the way age is distributed throughout the global population. er0's are set to outnumbe under five's by a factor of two- to-one. here is naomi grimley. na

uk to renounce huawei and renounce huawei into the 5g network, so why would it do it, having said that it was going to have huawei, why reverse now? well, they've got a trade deal which they have to land with the us, so that is one part of it. there are a group of rebel mps that are big enough to be a nuisance to basically say this is a real national security risk. i have got to leave it there. isabel, stephanie and simon, thank you so much and that is it for dateline london for this week. back next week, same place, same time. goodbye. hello there. despite the chilly start of sunday morning, temperatures got up to 25 celsius in the south—east. it was a warmer day for most with an abundance of sunshine. but for the next few days we are introducing more cloud and it will therefore feel cooler and there will be some rain. that's been moving in through sunday evening and overnight on these set of weather fronts, a fair breeze as well blowing particularly in the north. so those weather fronts introduce more clouds, so it won't be as chilly first thing this morning. a little bit of mistin

there is no hard, solid evidence to say huawei is a risk to the uk. they've been here for 20 years, they've made a huge contribution, not only to the telecoms industry to this country, they have implemented their corporate responsibility, they helped the uk to develop and the uk wa nts to helped the uk to develop and the uk wants to have a prime minister boris johnson to have an ambitious plan to have a full coverage, 56 coverage by 2025 and huawei can deliver that, it can bea 2025 and huawei can deliver that, it can be a big help but it now seems to me the uk kicked them out. use your media word to purge them under the pressure of the united states. the us leaders claim credit because of this. that was the chinese ambassador to london. our business correspondent katie prescott has been listening to that interview. clearly furious as they are the chinese authorities are being kicked out, purge from the uk, of huawei. he said at the start he didn't think the economy should be politicised by all of this because of course it is difficult to see how it ca

is only a small partitf ultimately, this man will not stop huawei from prospering. will fully and seriously assess this incident and take measures to protect the proper, legitimate rights of chinese companies. reporter: the downward spiral with the u.s. and china included the visa restrictions on awei entering the u.s. make no mistake. washington is on a mission. secretary pompeo: the u.s. joins others in becoming clean countries, free of the 5g vendors. reporter: china is considering retaliation. these things can very quickly escalate. the u.s. secretary of state, mike pompeo, said heill be in china nextee american concerns are on coronavirus primarily but also hong kong, huawei, trade, human rights abuses, and perceived aggression i china in the south china sea. the list is long and seemingly getting longer. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. katt relatio between the world's two big superpowers are not going well right now. no one of the common threats in the global fight against covid-19 is what has been learned and what has not by the exampl of those who have gone