this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top story — fresh protests are expected in gaza a day after 55 palestinians were killed by israeli soldiers. five days to go until britain's royal wedding and it's unclear whether meghan markle‘s father will be there and walk her down the aisle. once considered obscene, now a status symbol — modigliani's ‘reclining nude‘ sells for $157 million. crucial trade talks in washington as president trump defends his decision to help a chinese telecoms firm. also in business briefing — fantastic fungus. how demand for rare mushrooms in india is helping villagers make a living in the midst of conflict. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need

to know in global news, business and sport. also in the programme, we're talking about a tax on big business in seattle to help rehouse the homeless. we'll be live to the us for details. the likes of amazon, microsoft and starbucks will be affected. so what do you think of this idea? a good one? do you have any others when it comes to tackling the problem of homelessness? tell us what you think, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. the united states has blocked the adoption of a un security council statement calling for an independent inquiry into the violence that saw at least 55 people killed and more than 2000 injured after violent clashes on the israeli border. it was sparked by america's decision to move its embassy tojerusalem, which is claimed by both israel

and the palestinians. the international community has condemned the violence and called for restraint. andrew plant reports. it was a day of violence that saw dozens it was a day of violence that saw d oze ns of it was a day of violence that saw dozens of people killed and hundreds oi’ dozens of people killed and hundreds or injured. palestinian protesters had hurled stones. it is rarely security forces opened fire in return. many have called what happened here a massacre. israel's prime minister said his military was acting in self defence, saying the palestinian group hamas mixed armed fighters in with the civilian protesters. america has also blamed hamas for the violence. responsibility for these deaths rests squarely with high mast. they are cynically provoking this

response. “— are cynically provoking this response. —— hamas. are cynically provoking this response. -- hamas. the violence has brought international attention. protesters have ta ken to the streets in turkey. the united nations have talked about violations of human rights and russia has been highly critical of america's decision to move its embassy. translation: we have given our negative assessment of this decision on several occasions. one cannot change the agreement sent by the —— set by the international community. the palestinian and israeli settlements can only be settled by their leaders. germany said israel had the right to defend itself while france's president emmanuel macron condemned the violence. south africa recalled its ambassador to israel after what it called an indiscriminate israeli attack. the move of the us embassy has incensed palestinians who claim eastern jerusalem as their own while israel considers the entire city its capital. three days of mourning have

now been declared by the palestinian president mahmoud our bus. the fear is the violence may not be over with more violent protests planned this week. in around five minutes time we will be live to rum a la to speak about what is likely to happen at in the days ahead. —— ramallah. with just five days to go until the wedding of meghan markle and prince harry it's being reported that the father of the bride may not be there to walk his daughter down the aisle. it follows reports that thomas markle cooperated with a paparazzi photographer to pose for pictures. kensington palace issued a statement saying it was "a deeply personal moment for ms markle in the days before her wedding. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. it is i'm clear whether thomas

markle will be at the wedding and whether he will walk his daughter down the aisle as planned. he told a journalist in mexico he will not be attending the wedding and it is after it emerged he had co—operated with a photographer to pose for supposedly snatched but clearly set up supposedly snatched but clearly set up photographs of him being measured for a wedding suit, looking at a computer screen of stories about his daughter. these photographs sold around the world for significant sums and thomas markle has made headlines saying he didn't make any money but wanted to avoid embarrassment for his daughter. kensington palace issued a statement saying it is personal time for meghan markle and on behalf of meghan markle and on behalf of meghan markle and prince harry, asking for understanding and respect to the extended to thomas markle in what they called a difficult situation. i understand that meghan markle is distressed and most particularly, she is concerned for the well—being of her father. she

particularly, she is concerned for the well—being of herfather. she is close to her father. the well—being of herfather. she is close to herfather. he is under intense media scrutiny and has been described as a rather shy and reclusive figure and is having difficulty, i think, reclusive figure and is having difficulty, ithink, coping reclusive figure and is having difficulty, i think, coping with it. it is still meghan markle's wish that her father should be there on sunday to support her. our special coverage to the war wedding begins on this programme on thursday morning. i will be at windsor castle on thursday morning and on friday morning, actually, for the briefing. it will continue throughout the day on bbc so make sure you are with us as we all get ready for the royal wedding on saturday. let's brief you on some of the other storie making the news. north korea has proposed holding high level talks with the south on wednesday. if it goes ahead it would be the latest gathering between the two governments since last months historic meeting between the two leaders. north korea's leader kimjong—un has ordered the dismantling of its nuclear test site and then will meet president trump onjune 12th in singapore.

lava flowing from hawaii's kilauea volcano is leading to fears more people will have to be evacuated from the area before more escape routes are cut off. two major roads appear most at threat with the national guard saying mass evacuations would be triggered if either route is blocked. a cure for the common cold may soon be in sight. scientists at imperial college london say the treatment involves blocking a key protein in lung cells that cold viruses normally hijack to replicate and spread. the researchers say the drug seems harmless to human cells and could be administered through an inhaler. human trials could start within two years. the world's two biggest economies are set to air their difference face to face later today. top officials fom the united states and china will sit down

in washington with a new concillitary tone in the air after president trump defended his decision to try and get chinese telecoms giant zte back in business. he said it was part of the larger trade deal being discussed and it's a move welcomed by beijing. joining me now is maike currie, investment director at fidelity international. of course, the story about trade is so critical but it's been on the backburner for geopolitical reasons, really, in the last week or so. this is quite interesting, isn't it? we have these key trade representatives meeting today in washington. it's interesting, if you look at this company zte, trump sent out the tweet on sunday about chinese jobs being lost because of the ban on product being sold. the bigger

picture here is that these two large economies are so interconnected. china relies on us components to create a lot of the technology and the us relies on china. the other thing, of course, is if we do see trade tariffs slapped on either side of the fence, it will hurt both economies and will really see our next —— unemployment spikes. no one wins when sarah trade was. this is interesting, in the case of zte, it isa interesting, in the case of zte, it is a good illustration of how these are intertwined. that the components are intertwined. that the components are banned. it was legitimate because z te was seen to be in breach of international laws, north korea and run. americans were using these products and it could open the back door to chinese companies tapping into use telecoms. the

bigger picture is big us exports are lots of agricultural goods to china and china has been reciprocating with a tit—for—tat in terms of trade ta riffs with a tit—for—tat in terms of trade tariffs on things like pork while america has slapped tariffs on steel and aluminium. these are the key issues on the table when these two companies meet. thank you very much. we have some interesting stories to get our teeth into later including to move on the part of seattle city council to tax at large companies like starbucks and microsoft and giving them money to help the homeless. a new survey finds facial recognition systems used by the police have 90% failure rate. the pope was shot,

the pope will live — that's the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism had come to the vatican. the man they call the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentenced to six years injail. the judge told mrs mandela there was no indication she felt even the slightest remorse. the chinese government has called for an all—out effort to help the victims of a powerful earthquake, the worst to hit the country for 30 years. the computer deep blue has tonight triumphed over the world chess champion, garry kasparov. it's the first time a machine has defeated a reigning world champion in a classical chess match. america's first legal same—sex marriages have been taking place in massachusetts. god bless america! you're watching the briefing.

our headlines: there is uncertainty whether meghan markle's father will attend saturday's wedding between his daughter and prince harry, the sixth in line to the throne. our top story today, the palestinian territories are braced for more violence as their inhabitants mourn 55 people killed by israeli troops on monday. let's stay with that now. mariam barghouti is palestinian—american writer and civil society activist, based in ramallah. she joins me from there. mariam ba rghouti, thank mariam barghouti, thank you for being on the programme. just describe what is happening in ramallah right now because there is real concern about more unrest today. today has been declared a

general strike day after the slaughter of 55 palestinians in gaza yesterday as they protested against their besieged meant and against their besieged meant and against their displacement as refugees. there is expectation of an increase in protests in ramallah specifically and around the west bank against israeli policies towards palestinians as a whole. obviously this has flared up in a huge way in the last 2a hours. we have the moving of the us embassy to jerusalem from tel aviv. we have the 70 year anniversary. it is a highly volatile time. how concerned are you about what is going to happen in the days and weeks ahead? the thing is, it's not so much a concern as an expectation. for decades, palestinians have been protesting against israeli aggression and being met with violence. the difference is that the only time we are given a

chance in the media or to tell our narrative is when the israeli ‘s are feeling uncomfortable when they are affected. the expectation that we are going to be violently suppressed as it has always been. to you fill the situation has got a lot worse for you given decision in the white house? they have emboldened israel and for their crimes against palestinians and for colonising the land. it is colonialism and the us administration is giving the green light fruit and all the oppression that comes with it. we are hearing that comes with it. we are hearing that the white house are getting together a new idea in terms of peace in israel between israel and

palestine. you are smiling. what do you make of it? the us administration for decades has been trying try administration for decades has been try to broker a peace deal in the region. none of these deals take into account the palestinian displacement and none of them hold israel accountable for the ongoing settle m e nts israel accountable for the ongoing settlements encroaching the west bank, the siege on gaza for ii settlements encroaching the west bank, the siege on gaza for 11 years and not a single peace plan is able to discuss gaza, not a single peace plan is able to say there are almost 2 million people there, most of whom are refugees, most of whom are civilians, and during this very hostile open air prison. anything the us administration has to bring now means absolutely nothing, especially after the move of the us embassy to jerusalem which has emboldened israel and turned

palestine into an other peace in this sherrard. —— another piece in this sherrard. —— another piece in this charade. we have to state the line from israel, the government of benjamin netanyahu israel, the government of benjamin neta nyahu who say israel, the government of benjamin netanyahu who say they were just defending their borders and their people yesterday when bat assault took place. that is the line from israel. a report by a uk civil liberties group has found a failure rate of more than ninety per cent in facial recognition systems used by police. big brother watch has described the technology as "dangerous and inaccurate". our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones reports. the champions league final in cardiff last year and south wales police are trying a new way of monitoring the crowd but the facial recognition technology is a great success. it ends up wrongly

identifying people as being on a police database identifying people as being on a police data base 93% identifying people as being on a police database 93% of the time. at the notting hill carnival, the same technology has performed even worse for the metropolitan police with a 98% failure rate in identifying people on a watchlist. now a civil liberties groups as the whole experiment should end. what we are building is essentially a mass survey of its system which can buy metrically tack and locate and identify or misidentify people wherever they go and we need to stop and ask ourselves the is aeerask miseluesthesuestw‘agt we aeerask miseluesthesuestw‘agt m engage? at. f; =—= aeerask miseluesthesuestw‘agt m emerszjfae. f; =—= is say