hello. this is the briefing. i'm victoria fritz. our top story: out of control and all burnt up — china says its abandoned space lab was destroyed when it finally fell to earth over the south pacific. beijing imposes new taxes on us goods, as president trump increases tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. and coming together to reduce childhood obesity. we visit one programme in amsterdam trying to do just that. and the first dip in almost two years. we are going to look at why business confidence has worsened forjapan‘s big manufacturers. i'll be speaking to our asia business team about what is going wrong with abenomics. hello.

a very warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and of course, you can get in touch. let us know what you think about what we're covering. just use the hashtag, #bbcthebriefing. the first space station china launched into orbit is no more. it's been crashing towards earth for two years and has finally re—entered the atmosphere above the south pacific. it's thought most of the ten metre long tiangong—i module broke up on re—entry, although some fragments of the space lab could still be intact. lebo diseko has more. heavenly palace blasting off. china's first space station was supposed to be a launchpad for bigger and better projects. but since then, the eight—ton spacecraft, around the size

of a school bus, has stopped working and come crashing down to earth. there was much speculation over where it might fall. estimates including south america, africa, central asia, the middle east, just to name a few. in the end, the south pacific is where it came down. it came down into the vast waters below. all this is a far cry from the space station's glory years, when two different crews of astronauts visited. china says it's dealt with the situation according to international conventions. but it all seems pretty embarrassing for the country's space programme. lebo diseko, bbc news. doctorjonathan mcdowell is an astronomer at the harvard—smithsonian centre for astrophysics. he's in boston and joins us now. good to see you. why has this been

so good to see you. why has this been so difficult for us to know when it is going to come down and where? well, it is not an easy problem. we did it well with when it but the trouble is that as this space station is flying at 26,000 kilometres an hour around the earth, it is skimming the upper atmosphere. now when we have satellites that are way out in space, well above the atmosphere, no problem, i can tell you where they are going to be a month from now but when we had this headwind of the upper atmosphere thatis headwind of the upper atmosphere that is blowing them around and the density of that atmosphere is changing because the sun is sending x—rays and things and hitting the atmosphere, then you do not know from one day to the next how much wind this is going to be flying through and so how fast it is all going to come down, that is really what it comes down to. are enough, i had no idea that the sun burps, so

thatis had no idea that the sun burps, so that is a new one on me. —— fair. how common is it that we get things that are re—entering the earth's atmosphere? you know, satellites re—enter all the time. we have a few coming down next week, a larger satellite coming down next week. tiangong—i that was 9.5 tons, that is pretty big. about once a year, we get something the size of tiangong—i. get something the size of tiangong-1. people must be worried about things of any size coming out of the atmosphere and hitting the earth but the chances of them actually hitting a person in doing any damage are very small. why is that? well, first, the smaller things not completely sell especially if they are made of aluminium, which has a low melting point, as they come in too fast —— so point, as they come in too fast —— so fast to the atmosphere, they burn

up so fast to the atmosphere, they burn up and nothing gets down. you get a few lu m ps up and nothing gets down. you get a few lumps that come down as fireballs and even so by the time they get to the surface, they are travelling at a terminal velocity, they are slow down by the yes they do not do too much damage. the other thing is that most of the earth is empty, even though on the land, rice, the fraction of the land taken up rice, the fraction of the land taken up by rice, the fraction of the land taken up by people is actually pretty small and most of the earth is not land, it is ocean, as we discovered today, tiangong—i came down in the pacific, the pacific is the biggest single kind of thing on the planet. so it was not so surprising that it may end up there. so yeah, you know, it is paying the odds. we have had 50 satellite that have come down in the space age and to each one, there is about a one in 10,000 chance that they could hit someone. you just hope it is not going to be you comment don't you? can we expect this sort of thing to happen more

frequently in the future as we are seeing more satellite being used in space, the chances then change what they? the proportions and probabilities must change. that's right, satellites were just designed to burn up at the end of their missions from the 1970s. people have started trying to bring down under control. tiangong—1 was meant to do that and they messed up, they did not get down before it woke bat, and that will happen now and again, but i think we will see many fewer, we are seeing many fewer satellites of this kind of eight ton mass re—enter then we used to. the smaller ones, absolutely there are a constellation of like 70 of them that all being brought down at the end of their missions, but they are only half a ton and so almost nothing of them will reach the surface. 0k, fascinating. it is so much. —— thank

you so much. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. carlos alvarado has won a surprise landslide victory in the presidential run—off election in costa rica. with 90% of the votes counted, he took more than 60% of the votes. polls had been predicting a neck and neck race. the campaign was dominated by the issue of same—sex marriage. indian—administered kashmir has seen some of the worst violence for months — leaving at least 20 people dead, after clashes between government forces and militants. at least three civilians are reported to be dead. police and residents said violence erupted on sunday when hundreds of people tried to prevent the indian soldiers from carrying out operations against suspected militants. and president trump says there definitely won't be a deal to legalise the status of hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants to the us, known as "dreamers".

he's also tweeted that mexico is doing nothing to stop immigration. politicians there say the country won't be a punch bag for a foreign government. and hundreds of catalan independence supporters have staged a protest in berlin to demand the release of the region's ousted leader. he addressed his allies in an audio message from a german prison — he said spain was acting in an increasingly "authoritarian" manner. china has imposed tariffs of up to 25% on more than 120 american imports, including pork and wine, after president trump raised duties on foreign steel and aluminium imports last month. beijing claimed that the move was necessary to "safeguard" its interests. there are concerns that such actions could spark a global trade war. chris buckler reports from washington. china was one of the countries

foremost in president trump's mind when last month he detailed steep new tariffs on imported steel and aluminium. the american steel and aluminium industry has been ravaged by aggressive foreign trade practices. it's really an assault on our country. the workers who poured their souls into building this great nation were betrayed, but that betrayal is now over. retaliation from beijing was inevitable, and effective immediately, there will be a 25% charge on pork exported from the us into china, as well as new taxes forfruit, nuts, wine, and a range of other products. the american authorities have already announced plans for further targeted tariffs for tens of billions of dollars‘ of chinese imports. they say that's in response to unfair trading practices in china, that affect us companies. but it raises the possibility of yet more action being taken, in what has become

a tit—for—tat trade battle. lawrence gosling, editor—in—chief at what investment joins me now. thank you very much for coming in on this bank holiday morning here in britain. let's talk about these trade tariffs, do you think they are inevitable? i think they were. what we have seen with the trump administration in the 18 months or so administration in the 18 months or so is made to noises in the election run—up 110w so is made to noises in the election run—up now he is beginning to fulfil them and clearly a trade war, and specifically china was one he talked about quite a lot. this is quite a low—grade tariff war so far, the concern is doesn't escalate in here? i would say probably not. it has been fairly tit—for—tat sofar. i would say probably not. it has been fairly tit-for-tat sofar. it is not just been fairly tit-for-tat sofar. it is notjust agricultural products, is it? you mentioned low—grade steel as well. low-grade steel, clearly for

mrtrump, the well. low-grade steel, clearly for mr trump, the rustbelt was a big election winning ground. he talked about the steel industry, so he has put tariffs on chinese steel and the chinese have responded in this way as well but with low—grade steel, and we have seen the chinese actually going towards a more high—grade steel in its usage in the last sort of view or so anyway, the long—term effect of this, i would say it is relatively small. who loses out from all of this? you said isa loses out from all of this? you said is a sort of low—grade war, but who loses out from the high—grade rhetoric around this? it is going to be individual industries, in mentioned agriculture. if the chinese get quite strong there, the us agricultural industry will. at the moment, the longer term effects are not clear that there will certainly be industries and probably specific countries that do begin to sort of suffer as these tariffs really begin to bite. now, donald trump, a lot of this is coming via

his twitter account, how should we be looking at this? is this sort of just a war of words or should we be seeing it as a statement and react into every time we get an update on social media sites? i think we do not react to twitter for any politician. the interesting part is what is going on behind the scenes, there are sort of various sort of trade delegations of the two governments, they will- as -.1mm mm the detail being worked out i think what they are attempting to do is ta ke what they are attempting to do is take away the power of the war of words and a of make it w to ta ke w to take as through some of moments to take as through some of the others as well. —— go and have a where he had been addressing

a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished

it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: the abandoned chinese space station, which has been in orbit around the earth since 2011, has broken up on re—entry over the south pacific. beijing imposes new import taxes on us goods as donald trump increases tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. will a sugar tax in britain will come into effect on friday, aimed at tackling childhood obesity, which is a serious and growing health risk around the world. well, in the netherlands, health officials have come up with an anti—obesity programme that brings together schools, doctors and neighbourhood groups, and so far it's seen a 12% drop in the number of obese and overweight children. jeremy cooke reports from amsterdam. meet tyrell — a typical

nine—year—old but struggling with weight, caught up in the global childhood obesity crisis. with one in five of its children overweight, amsterdam is determined to help kids like tyrell. you want to feel fit, and your condition has to be ok, so i try to make him aware already, like just think about your health. the amsterdam initiative means every child is put through their paces — weighed but also tested for strength, endurance and balance — to see who needs help. for tyrell, that means regular home visits from dieticians advising on healthy eating. and then there's the gym — free sessions twice a week with other children on the programme. they're having fun, getting fit and, crucially, losing pounds.

the amsterdam mission is to educate kids and their parents to the benefits of exercise, the dangers of unhealthy food. and its targeted help. is it a healthy option? it's a little bit healthy. a little bit. a little bit healthy, yeah. it looks delicious. yeah. there's a special push to reach families in the low—income parts of town with large immigrant populations. in some middle eastern communities, almost 30% of kids are overweight — much higher than the national average. so they're coming together to share ways to improve their children's diets. in my shopping list, i have only healthy things. when i come home they say, "mum, it's only green, everything is green!" the children of amsterdam are on the move — on the ice, burning calories. it's free entry here and in other cities sports facilities. exercise helping to force obesity rates down. there's nothing more important than the future of our children,

not only all political parties but also sports organisations, schools, shop owners, everyone is helping, and that creates an environment in which you can change. all schools in this programme banned junk food, and break time means eating only fruit, drinking only water. most parents are enthusiastic supporters, but of course there have been challenges. there has been some protest, yeah, some people think that we should not be sitting in their parenting chair and telling them how to raise their children. elements of what they're doing here in amsterdam have been tried elsewhere — including, of course, in the uk — but with limited success. what seems to be different here is that there is consistent in amsterdam, it's all about the children; ' ' "

winston churchill called them the few — the pilots who fought it will and won the battle of britain in 1940. as the royal air force celebrates it's 100th anniversary, the remaining fighter pilots are being commemorated in a special portrait. graham satchell went to meet the artist and one of the last surviving members of the few. wa nt want a piece into the squadron very quickly. at his home in the cotswold, the seven—year—old tim elkington is being sketched by artistjeremy hilton. i have been asked to track down the surviving

raf pilots who flew in the battle of britain. they would be like in our darkest hour. if it wasn't for these guys darkest hour. if it wasn't for these guys out darkest hour. if it wasn't for these guys our world today would be very different. in the summer of 1940, germany was preparing to invade britain. it needed air supremacy. the fate of the whole country lay in the hands of a couple of thousand airmen. tim elkington wasjust 19, the hands of a couple of thousand airmen. tim elkington wasjust19, a hurricane fighting pilots, confident about the battle to come. devey ever thought about morale, i don't think. nobody ever chickened or was doubtful —— nobody ever. i think we we re very doubtful —— nobody ever. i think we were very sure that we would defend the place. on august 16, 1940, tim was on patrol over the english channel when he found himself alone. as soon as i straightened out the fuel tank was hit and inflames. and

so fuel tank was hit and inflames. and soi fuel tank was hit and inflames. and so i got out. tim had been shot in both legs. he was unconscious and heading for the sea. what happened next was extraordinary. a fellow pilot spotted him floating down in his parachute, flew by him, created a slipstream, and pulled him onto the land. how he had any idea to do this, it never been done before to my knowledge, it amazed me. he saved your life. he did indeed. tim spent more than a month in hospital. as the battle raged on the head, he keptin the battle raged on the head, he kept in close contact with his fellow pilots. during the battle, with every time you went up, being shot at by the bombers, by the escort fighters, if you want a nervous wreck i don't know what you would be. more than 1500 allied crew lost their lives in the battle of britain. it remains the raf‘s most

significant victory. in my eyes they are heroes and they should be celebrated on the younger generation should be made aware of what they did for us. for me it is more the air force did for us. for me it is more the airforce thing, as did for us. for me it is more the air force thing, as opposed to did for us. for me it is more the airforce thing, as opposed to being airforce thing, as opposed to being a hero. you don't consider yourself a hero. you don't consider yourself a hero? no. certainly not me, god no. as the raf celebrates its hundredth anniversary, there is a handful of fighters left. jeremy‘s picture is called the last of the few. the gratitude of every home in oui’ few. the gratitude of every home in our island goes out to our airmen. never was so much owed by so many to so never was so much owed by so many to so few. graham satchell reporting there. jeremy‘s portrait will be auctioned later this month. the money raised will be given to the air cadets to help the next generation of raf pilots.

now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello. welcome to your monday sport briefing where it is all to play for in the asian champions league. ian poulter makes the masters. and flat and makes quite an impression on this la galaxy debut. let us start with the asian champions league. there is a mouthwatering tie in group d where the iranian side are preparing to play host to the qatari side. both teams are level on points after one wind and three draws. the last time they met it ended 2—2. they have scored at least one draw in their last 11 matches and confirmed on sunday that they wanted to extend the contract of their coach. south africa's cricketers are

cruising to victory in the fourth test against australia. the home side will resume on 134/3 on the third day, having bowled australia out for 221 on sunday. 0nly third day, having bowled australia out for 221 on sunday. only four australian batsmen made double figures. the home side are to open one up in the series. spurs have beaten chelsea at sta mford spurs have beaten chelsea at stamford bridge for the first time in 28 years to strengthen their grip ona in 28 years to strengthen their grip on a champions league place. dalli ali scored twice to add to a stunning strike from christian eriksen, handing them a 3—1win. 0ther eriksen, handing them a 3—1win. other a soap with them into the lead. spurs stay fourth, a point clare of fifth placed chelsea —— eight points clear. we are so happy. we know very well how they suffer. these type of things. then again, we are so these type of things. then again, we are so happy because the performance was fantastic. great character. yes,

massive 3.4 us. —— three points for us. massive 3.4 us. —— three points for us. a fight to the end free position in the champions. tennis, john isner w011 in the champions. tennis, john isner won the biggest title of his career on sunday, holding every service game. the big serving american one 6-7, 6-4, 6-4. is the game. the big serving american one 6—7, 6—4, 6—4. is the first american man to win the championship since andy roddick in 2010. sloane stephens won the women's championship on sunday. he hit aces on the final three points. in golf, ian poulter has won the houston open and against beau hossler. the englishman beautifully birdied the 18th hole. he calmly got the first extra hole as his rival faulted. it gives him an invitation to the us masters which starts on

thursday. zlata n thursday. zlatan ibrahimovic made eight typical style debut in the mls as he helped his new side la galaxy come from 3—0 down to beat los angeles fc. the striker put los angeles sc 2-0 fc. the striker put los angeles sc 2—0 up before an own goal made it great. enter zlatan, he 2—0 up before an own goal made it great. enteeratan, he came 2—0 up before an own goal made it great. enter zlatan, he came off the bench and just six minutes later did this. that finish made it 3—3. he was not done there. he headed home the winner in stoppage time. for me and the rest of the team, thatis for me and the rest of the team, that is your monday sport briefing. stay with us here on bbc news so much more to come. the easter sunday started off on a

promising note, it became rather cloudy and rather cool, the best of the same time as across scotland. now it is easter monday we are looking at the next area of low pressure moving up on the south, giving a mixture of rain, sleet, and snow. it is at low levels across wales. as we head into easter monday morning, it looks like it could be quite problematic across northern ireland, central and southern scotland, and northern england, certainly across the pennines. it could be looking at10— certainly across the pennines. it could be looking at 10— 15 centimetres of wet snow. the strong easter south—easterly wind, there could be some drifting. even down to lower levels in this region as well. likely to quoss and travel disruption. to the north it will stay largely dry through the northern half of scotland. 0ne stay largely dry through the northern half of scotland. one or two wintry showers. to the south, a very different story, milder air pushing in. the precipitation will

be operating. temperatures reaching 10- 13 be operating. temperatures reaching 10— 13 celsius, giving sunny spells. watch out for the snow across central and northern portions of the country. likely to be some travel disruption. keke into bbc local radio and the weather updates. —— keychain. as we had from easter monday into tuesday, we have this area of low pressure. pushing the weather front ever worked —— further northwards. the blue colour ebbs away as the orange colour pushes in from the south. miles whether comes in. showers developing, given the sunny spells. heavy april showers. we will continue to see the remnants of that weather fronts across northern scotland. feeling quite cold here. double—figure values for southern scotland, northern ireland, and much of england and wales, up to 15 celsius. low pressure with us as

we headed towards wednesday. something a little colder in behind the area of low pressure across northern and western scotland and into ireland. the rain could be turning back to snow a bit more widely —— widely. it will be another mild day. perhaps thundery april showers developing. the top temperature, 10— 14 celsius. that is your weather. hello. this is business briefing. i'm victoria fritz. first, it was aluminium and steel. and now, it's pork and wine. the game of tit—for—tat over tariffs rolls on between the us and china. and it's the first dip in almost two years. we take a look at why business confidence has worsened slightly forjapan‘s big manufacturers. hello.

china's foreign ministry says new tariffs will be imposed