this is bbc world news i'm sharanjit leyl. our top stories: donald trump says trade wars are good for america. as the us president announces tariffs on imports to the states, he comes under fire from the eu and canada. the integrated nature of our supply chains means that there would be significant disruption in canada, obviously, but also in the united states. in a major policy speech, the british prime minister claims the uk and eu are now close to a deal on the brexit transition. we both need to face the fact that this is a negotiation, and neither of us can have exactly what we want. severe weather continues to bring chaos to large parts of europe. at least 60 people have died in sub—zero temperatures. and a final farewell to evangelist billy graham. politicians, family and the faithful gather in north carolina for the funeral of a man who preached to millions. hello and welcome to bbc world news.

‘stupid and unacceptable' — just two words used to describe president trump's planned tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium. international stock markets have fallen after the announcement — and many of the united states' trading partners say they're considering retaliatory action. it was china's steel industry which chose to label the move ‘stupid'. european commission president jean—claude juncker says the eu will react in kind if trump goes ahead. meanwhile the world trade organization says the potential for escalation is real and a trade war is in no one's interests. canada's prime minister, justin trudeau, said the whole business was unacceptable — warning of serious problems if mr trump presses ahead with his plans. the integrated nature of our supply

chains means that there would be significant disruption, in canada obviously, but also in the united states. we buy more steel from the united states than any other country, and disruptions to this integrated... integrated market would be significant, and serious. at that is why we are pressing upon the american administration the unacceptable the american administration the u na cce pta ble nature the american administration the unacceptable nature of these proposals that are going to hurt them every bit as much as they will hurt us. and we are confident we will be continued to be able to defend canadian industry. earlier we spoke to our correspondent chris buckler in washington. the tweets keep on coming and there are two bases for donald trump, there is the base that voted to him, and he talks about america first, but there is also the international community, which is important as he stands as american present and reflects on exactly what he wants to do as faras reflects on exactly what he wants to do as far as these tariffs are

concerned. there are a number of issues here. first of all it is worth pointing out that the details have to be worked out inside the white house for how this will work. he has said 25% tariffs on steel imported and 10% on aluminium that is imported into the us. will be the exemptions? certainly canada and mexico, they feel they should have exemptions, they feel they should not have these tariffs place on their products, but this goes right around the world. and you are right in reflecting that the world trade organization, the international monetary fund and country after country is saying that this will only lead to problems. that everybody will come out bloodied as a result of a trade war. that is something that president trump will hear, whether he listens to it is another matter. you use the term bloodied there, in terms of what will happen and the ramifications of this, but also it is going to potential drive up costs for americans as well, isn't it? very much so, and this is one of the

issues. and that is why there are some uncomfortable even within president trump's base, his republican party are concerned about what will mean, and some are saying winnie to take this closely —— slowly, we need to look at this carefully. the us commerce secretary wilbur ross was on american tv this morning, saying that this could potentially put i cent morning, saying that this could potentially puti cent on the price ofa can potentially puti cent on the price of a can of soup, does that really matter? at of course, businesses don't deal in individual cans of soup, a deal with huge amounts of produce, and a centre for one can of soup amounts to much more for a company. and it is quite interesting, if you look at the swedish company electrolux, it is investing in its factory in tennessee, they are expanding and modernising, but they have delayed until they find out exactly what these measures will mean because they are concerned that the price of steel will be increased, and what is really interesting for the electrolux factory is that it uses

american steel, it doesn't import, it plans to use american steel. it is concerned that the price of american steel will be driven up because exports will be coming in with these higher prices. this could cost american business and it is why many in the west wing and many are mellowed —— american politicians are extremely concerned by this. president trump may say he wants tariffs, he may say he wants a trade war, but many close to him disagree. canada's prime minister, britain's prime minister, theresa may, has set out her aspirations for brexit, acknowledging that no—one will get everything they want. speaking in london, she said britain's access to the single european market would be reduced, and the uk would have to pay into some eu agencies. but she said a deal was in everyone's shared interest. rob watson reports. what a challenge she faced. to set out britain's future relationship with the eu, and the deep vertical divisions at home and profound

scepticism abroad. acknowledging possible downsides to brexit for the first time, she said britain had to face up to hard facts. in certain ways , a ccess face up to hard facts. in certain ways, access to each other‘s markets will be less than it is now. how could the eu's structure of rights and obligations be sustained if the uk orany and obligations be sustained if the uk or any country were allowed to enjoy all the benefits without all the obligations? mrs may is still proposing that of —— profound separation from europe, the so—called "hard brexit" of leaving the customs union and single market. but she says that should not stop that being a deep partnership in the future. we should not think about leaving the eu as marking an ending. as much as a new beginning for the united kingdom and our relationship with our european allies. change is not to be feared, so long as we face it with a clear—sighted determination to act the common good. as to domestic reaction, her

speech has prompted calls for more detailfrom business, which remains anxious about brexit, and drawn cautious praise from both the nt and pro— european wings of her governing conservative party. —— anti— european. the eu's it negotiate —— chief negotiator said that the uk was facing reality but there would be trade—offs. others were harsher. it has been a tumultuous week in the long—running drama that is brexit. but the opposition labour party coming out in favour of closer ties with the eu, and two former prime minister ‘s warning of the dangers of leaving europe and pleading with politicians and voters alike to think again. the politician left with carrying out the results of a referendum that has divided britain like no other issue in decades, said

the country was facing a crucial moment. thank you. few would disagree. large parts of europe are seeing severe weather, we will have more on that shortly. but first here in britain heavy snow is causing crashes, closing schools, training railand air crashes, closing schools, training rail and air passengers as well as motorists. the army has been called in to help. denisa allertova law. for the last 2a hours, the m62 between west yorkshire and manchester has been a disaster zone. multiple pile—ups litter the carriageway. one driver filmed this early today. dozens of vehicles written off. i'm trying to get to an old people's home to get the heating on. i've been stuck out here since three o'clock this afternoon. there was some respite at this local petrol station that helped people through the night. we don't usually get snow here, not like this.

snowploughs tried their best but made little progress because of the trapped vehicles. from yorkshire to the scottish border, nearly every route linking east and west was closed. even the gritters aren't venturing out this far. this should normally be a busy dual carriageway over the pennines but it has been shut for days. it probably won't open for days yet and it's all because of these gale force winds just blowing the snow constantly across the carriageway. police are patrolling the roads to discourage people from ignoring the closures. these conditions are some of the worst i've seen for many years. the a66 is always one that's a problem area. as you can see today, this is particularly bad. trying to get this open is impossible at the moment. in hampshire, the 17:05 waterloo to weymouth train last night unintentionally turned into a sleeper service. passengers were stuck on board for 13 hours as the train lost power. the heating then failed in the freezing conditions. delivering supplies by any means

possible will be normality in much of britain this weekend. there's no obvious sign of a thaw yet. across europe the subzero temperatures have claimed that an east 60 lives in the past week. for skiers died in an avalanche in the french alps. severe weather has wreaked havoc on transport, schools have closed and tens of thousands of people are without power. the southern alps near france's border with italy, a frozen wilderness popular with skiers are now after heavy snowfall, the location of the deadliest avalanche of the european winter so far. deflation mac six people were involved in this accident, all six have been found. but unfortunately

for them are dead. our thoughts are with the victims and their families. the brutal weather has claimed the highest number of victims in poland, where temperatures plunged as low as -27 where temperatures plunged as low as —27 celsius. here in krakow, the emergency services searching for a man who fell into the icy river. in croatia, it was not the snow causing problems, but freezing rain. leading to multiple road accidents. even switzerland, an old hand in dealing with snow, struggled. geneva feeling the strain and another ten centimetres on friday, on top of the 15 which blanketed the city the previous day. almost 350 flights we re previous day. almost 350 flights were cancelled on friday from dublin airport, which will remain closed into saturday. not quite sure i am going to feed these two. irish racing stable owners struggled to

feed their horses. tens of thousands of people in ireland are without electricity, whether red alert snow and ice warning extended for eastern parts of the country into the weekend. as always, there are those making the most of the conditions, and capturing the magic of the late winter. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: more than 2,000 people pay their respects to the world—famous evangelist billy graham, who died last week at the age of 99. first the plate slipped gently off the restaurant tables, then suddenly... it went downwards, and it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched on her side. the

hydrogen bomb, one of... the americans have successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force walked that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. —— dwarfed. that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. —— dwarfedlj that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. -- dwarfed. i heard the news earlierand... hiroshima. -- dwarfed. i heard the news earlier and... the constitutional rights of these marchers are their rights as citizens of the united states, and they should be protected, even so they should be protected, even so they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy, i don't know you want to say too much, but does it worry you when you get to the states? it bothers me yes, i hope it will be all right in the end, as they say. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump has tweeted that trade wars can be good, because his country is losing billions of dollars in existing deals, after announcing tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium.

the british prime minister, theresa may, denies that she wants to cherry—pick the best bits of eu membership, in a major speech setting out her vision for a post—brexit partnership with the bloc. the united nations top human rights official says war crimes are very likely being committed in the syrian region of eastern ghouta and there must be prosecutions. hundreds have been killed in the rebel—held enclave just outside the capital damascus in the past 12 days. and despite the un calling for a ceasefire nearly a week ago the violence has not stopped. our middle east editorjeremy bowen is in damascus. so far the united nations security council resolution, calling for a humanitarian ceasefire for 30 days right across syria, that exist on

paper, it does not exist in reality. here in eastern ghouta, there are great humanitarian needs and the un is ready to send in 45 trucks with food for 90,000 people. however, that has not happened and it may not happen for a few days. right across the country there were hopes among some people that towards the end of last year that the war may ratchet down. however, ithink last year that the war may ratchet down. however, i think the evidence of this year is that the war may have changed it shape but it has also escalated. meanwhile, turkish authorities have now confirmed that 41 of their soldiers have been killed in fighting, in the north syrian region of afrin. it's been one of the bloodiest days in this offensive which is targeting kurdish fighters, known as the ypg. turkey considers the us—backed kurdish militia that controls much of north—eastern syria a terrorist group. the bbc has managed to film from the kurdish side of the conflict — as richard galpin now reports. night time in afrin province in

north—eastern syria. and turkish jets are pounding a target at a checkpoint. were welded survivors emerge out of the dark and i picked up emerge out of the dark and i picked up by emerge out of the dark and i picked up by ambulances. they had been part ofa up by ambulances. they had been part of a large convoy of vehicles are bringing food and fuel for the people of afrin city. there were casualties, including teenagers. however casualties, including teenagers. h owever m ost casualties, including teenagers. however most people had managed to run to safety just in however most people had managed to run to safetyjust in time. translation: we came here as a peace convoy for our brothers in afrin. we had no westerns, nothing. that the forces of the president rained shells on us. we don't want them

here or anywhere in syria. this, the re m na nts of here or anywhere in syria. this, the remnants of the convoy. since turkey began its offensive against kurdish fighters in the area injanuary, human rights groups say over 90 civilians have been killed and hundreds injured, including children, in what they describe as indiscriminate attacks. the kurdish areas, marked in yellow, lie along much of the border with turkey. the afrin pocket in the far north—west of syria is the current focus of the turkish offensive but there may also bea turkish offensive but there may also be a move on another key city to ensure that kurdish fighters are driven well away from the turkish border. the turkish government says it is targeting a kurdish group known as the ypg because it poses a strategic threat as it is linked to insurgents, also kurdish, who are based inside turkey. already, the

fighting has forced an estimated 15,000 people to leave their homes in search of safety. many here are traumatised by what they have witnessed. this man said everybody fled from his village. the elderly we re fled from his village. the elderly were carried. it was terrifying, he said, and now he fears the village has been destroyed. no—one knows how long they could be stuck here. turkey says the offensive will continue until it is completely uprooted the ypg fighters from the border region. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. attacks on military headquarters and the french embassy in ouagadougou, the capital of burkina faso, are now known to have killed at least eight people and injured several more. officials say a car bomb caused an explosion, and an african regional meeting may have been the target of an attack on the army site. campaigning has ended in italy ahead of a general election on sunday.

the major parties held rallies in which each promised victory, although analysts are predicting a hung parliament. the anti—establishment five star movement is likely to emerge as the biggest single party. an alliance of centre—right groups led by the former prime minister silvio berlusconi is also expected to do well. prince harry and meghan markle will invite more than two and a half thousand members of the public to the castle, windsor castle for their wedding. they will be able to write the —— watch the couple arrive and depart. charity workers and school teachers will be among those invited. there have been protests across slovakia after the killing of an investigative journalist and his fiancee. jan kuciak‘s work alleged links between the italian mafia and figures close to prime minister robert fico. he denies any wrongdoing. the biggest demonstration was in the capital bratislava, from where our correspondent rob cameron sent this report.

they came in their thousands, braving subzero temperatures, united in grief at the killing of a journalist. this was the largest protest here for many years. assigned that what began as a local tragedy has become a national crisis of leadership. we are responsible, the government, is responsible for these deaths. they should have resigned straight after it happened. i think that shows us that something is not right. i am mostly afraid of what the government of my country, that it what the government of my country, thatitis what the government of my country, that it is turning into something i do not want it to turn into. but is also why i'm here. the authorities are still working to find out who

pulled the trigger on the gun that killed jan kuciak and his fiancee. the young journalist had begun to untangle a complex web of business and personal connections that led the calabrian mafia write to the prime minister's door. this week, a number of slovakian newspapers published his unfinished final article, still missing its ending, ina show article, still missing its ending, in a show of solidarity and defiance. after these murders, i think it is a completely new situation and a completely new country. slovakian is a different country. slovakian is a different country than it used to be years ago. the most serious question is if this country is a mafia state and it is up to the prime minister to prove it is not. prime minister fico denies his government is in any way connected to organised crime. is rn'fef‘egrigfi §n d'c§£z@?%éi‘-,figfi?i§ 52: hard the ‘l';

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billy graham's finaljourney mark the end of the era. a religious leader with broad national appeal and unprecedented reach. mr grant's simple gospel message, his personal integrity and his charisma impacted the lives of hundreds of millions. there are so many adjectives that have been given about daddy and they are also wonderful. he captured the year of power. president trump the last in a long line of presidents who praised him as america's pastor. he was certainly its greatest evangelical entrepreneur, an american success story, combining conviction with the shrewd use of mass media, he took the role of the popular evangelist to a new level, taking out stadiums the world over. his central achievement, however, was to turn america's wide

evangelical was to turn america's wide eva ngelical protesta nts was to turn america's wide evangelical protestants into a social and political force. mr graham himself befriended presidents from both parties and counselled many of them over seven decades. he was most closely associated with richard nixon but after watergate he said he had crossed the line and warned against partisanship. that, however, is not the legacy claimed by many of today's evangelicals, now on the defensive as their numbers and power declined. the newer movement that came in his wake had a much harder political edge. he was angry about taking america back. it was using a retreat of loss and reclamation. that is not the tone you got from billy graham. the bible was his sole authority. the start contract —— contrast is embodied in his son, franklin who has embraced president trump someone who delivers as evangelicals. this is a different america to the one in which billy graham thrived. a diverse and

polarised nation where christianity no longer serves as a unifying figure. pictures have emerged of a hiking trail in brazil which was turned into an underwater world by heavy rains. the trail at an eco—tourism site injardim in the south of the country was flooded with crystal clear water from a nearby river last month. local people say it is a very rare phenomenon that happens only when it rains more than 15 centimetres at once. iam sure i am sure you will agree it does look a little like a lost world. don't forget, you can get in touch with me and the team on facebook.

hello again. there is not as much snow falling now and attention turns to the icy conditions. it is still quite treacherous out there for many of us. over the weekend we should slowly see a turn milder, less call from the south. there will still be a wintry mix of rain, sleet and some snow. really cold air with high pressure a cross snow. really cold air with high pressure across scandinavia in siberia, that has moved away. instead, our weather will be coming in from areas of low pressure to the south uk. ahead of that we still have the cold easterly wind for a while across scotland but gradually we will replace it with something a little less cold from the south or south—west. there will still bring a wintry mix nevertheless. that is what we have at the moment. it is still cold out there, still frosty at the moment with the widespread frost and given the snow cover and some snow falling in places as well is the earlier freezing rain there will be very icy indeed. as we move

through saturday there is still snow falling for awhile across northern england and northern ireland. that peters out. north of that, snow showers in scotland on a cold easterly wind. the winter slider to the south with some sunshine and wet weather developing in the south. focus towards the south—west and into wales, mostly rain but some snow over the hills of wales. those temperatures are just getting above freezing. still cold but possibly six or seven freezing. still cold but possibly six or seven across freezing. still cold but possibly six or seven across the south of england. this is where we have the focus of the wettest weather on saturday evening. rain for the most pa rt saturday evening. rain for the most part but there will be snow over the hills of wales, developing through the midlands over the peak district and onto the pennines as that wet weather winds north. we still have some cold air a round, maybe some foster and some icy patches are quite likely as well. that wintry mix of rain, sleet and hill snow across northern england will move slowly northwards into southern scotland, still some snow showers in the far north of the country. to the south, a bit of sunshine perhaps but not lasting long it was we will get

these areas of heavy rain developing across parts of wales and then a little snow over the high ground. it is mostly rain. quite heavy in fact. temperatures are about eight or nine degrees. the northern half of the uk reaching for five, not warm but better than it has been. these weather fronts continue to push their way northwards. everything spinning around areas of low pressure to the south and south—west of the uk. the wind, we lose that and the wind will be lighter. there will be sunshine in the outlook. temperatures will be better than they have been. not warm yet, those numbers are below average for this time of year. sunshine, but also some showers. this is bbc news, the headlines. the eu and canada have pledged counter—measures after donald trump announced tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium. mr trump said trade wars can be good, because the us is losing billions of dollars from existing deals. the united nations top human rights official says war crimes are very likely being committed in the syrian region of eastern ghouta

and there must be prosecutions. britain's prime minister theresa may has set out her vision of the post—brexit relationship with the eu. she wants trade based on existing laws, and no hard—border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. severe weather is bringing chaos to large parts of europe. at least 60 people have died in sub—zero temperatures. heavy snowfall and deadly blizzards are forecast to continue well into the weekend. now on bbc news, it's time for inside out. welcome from malton.