today at 5: the attempt to make upskirting a criminal offence is blocked by a single conservative mp. the bill to prohibit the taking of photos under someone‘s clothes was halted when sir christopher chope objected — even though the move had government support. only a recent poll this morning showed 96% of the people in this country are behind this change in the law and then one person can block the whole thing, it seems very frustrating and wrong. we will be live at westminster. we'll find out why he wanted to halt the bill. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. a former army sergeant is sentenced to life in prison after he twice tried to murder his wife, in a gas explosion and by tampering with her parachute. eastenders star leslie grantham, who played the pub landlord dirty den, has died aged at the age of 71. i think he was the archetypal

charming rogue. he was a good—looking guy, he was a charmer comedy was funny, he was a good actor. laid to rest alongside giants of the scientific world, professor stephen hawking's ashes are interred at westminster abbey. with a dramatic last—minute goal, uruguay beat egypt at the world cup in russia. later portugal take on spain. and diamond mine. exactly right. and, find out what mark kermode thinks of the all—female crime caper ocean's 8 — the film review is coming up at 5.45. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at five. i'mjane

i'm jane hill. an attempt to make upskirting a criminal offence in england and wales has been blocked by one conservative mp. the government had earlier given its support to introducing the new law. let's listen to what happened in the commons — while the deputy speaker and liberal democrat mp wera hobhouse discuss the bill, you can just make out sir christopher chope shouting "object" —— which is all that's need to block the bill's passage. other mps then cry "shame" . those proceedings: voyeurism offences bill, second reading. object. objection taken. second reading july six. the liberal democrat mp, wera hobhouse, who brought the private member's bill to parliament, said

she was angry and frustrated: we had the backing of the minister ofjustice we had the backing of the minister of justice and the we had the backing of the minister ofjustice and the women's equalities minister, we worked so well with the campaigner and only in recent poll this morning showed that 96% of people in this country are behind this change in the law. and then one person can block the whole thing, it seems very frustrating and wrong. yet that is the parliamentary procedure that we are faced with. lets get the latest from westminster from ben wright. so this was a private members bill and would have become a new law in england and wales, what happened? it's a way that backbench mps can flag up an issue they care about and prompt a change in the law. the vast majority of private members bills go nowhere because they don't have government support. this one is different, however, because the government was behind it, was talking at up and it

seemed pretty inevitable that this private members bill would just go through the normal commons procedures and eventually make upskirting a criminal offence in england and wales. it is not expected to hit this hump today. the problem is that it is very easy to throw out or block the passage of a private members bill either by filibustering it, or as sir christopher chope did todayjust shouting object. that's the way a government often kills of private members bills they don't like. no one expected sir christopher chope to do it today. that he and many other tory mps have a long track record of being a handful of mps who turn up on friday to object to private members bills. himself has a long history of not liking this as a way of going about trying to change the law. we have not been able to speak to him in the last few hours coming isn't speaking on his phone but he has had a word withjean

martin, the campaigner who helped to bring this legislation forward and this is what she said in the last hour. he said he objected to it because he was annoyed it had not been debated because it was a new bill, obviously we have been talking about it for six months so a lot of discussion has gone on about this bill behind closed doors. he said he objected to it on principle and i said what about the subject matter of the bill. he said, i'm not really sure what that is, upskirting. i said, i can help you with that. i asked for his e—mail address and he said absolutely, e—mail me. i said i would like to find out why your objected and explain what this is and how it will affect women and girls and what it means to women and girls. he said, ok, let's meet then. according to that report he gave the impression that he didn't know much about the bill. so he is ofjudging

purely on procedural terms. there about the bill. so he is ofjudging purely on proceduralterms. there is no suggestion that he thinks upskirting is a good idea. this is about procedure as far as he is concerned, on the basis of that account of the conversation he didn't know much about the issue being discussed. not the end of the process , being discussed. not the end of the process, this bill will come back on another friday, i thinkjuly six, and clearly between then and now jena martin and others will try to persuade him not to do this again and allow this private members bill to go through to committee stage and become law. many people will look at this and think it leaves parliament looking ridiculous on such an important issue. said it will come back onjuly six, thank you ben. an army sergeant has been jailed for life for trying to murder his wife by sabotaging her parachute, and by tampering with a gas valve at their home. emile cilliers was told he will spend at least 18 years in prison. his wife, victoria, survived

falling 4,000 feet in 2015. during sentencing, the judge said cilliers planned and carried out his wife's murder ‘in cold blood' and described his actions as ‘wicked offending of extreme gravity‘. duncan kennedyjoins us now from netheravon airbase. good evening, it was here in 2015 that this story took place, this is where the parachute of victoria cilliers was sabotaged by her husband and where she nearly died as a result. as one person attending the case said today the story beggars belief because not only did he try to kill her by sabotaging her parachute, six days before he tried to blow her up at the family home. both times he failed and today emile cilliers was given two life sentences. victoria cilliers, on the left,

today came to see how long her husband would spend injail for two of the most bizarre murder attempts of recent years. she had no idea emile cilliers would first try to blow her up, and then try to turn the sport she loved into a weapon of murder. that sport was skydiving. here's victoria on an earlier flight. just like this one over the same airfield in wiltshire where she would nearly die. when victoria leapt out in april 2015, she didn't know her parachute had been sabotaged by her husband. she fell 4,000 feet and crashed into this field but, incredibly, she survived. what was happening at the locker? emile cilliers told officers he had not cut off vital parachute cords or tried to rig a gas explosion at the house they shared in amesbury. the same house their two children were asleep upstairs in.

but a jury found him guilty of both. where was the parachute when you got to the locker? ican't remember. today the judge, mrjustice sweeney, said cilliers was a man of quite exceptional callousness. this was, he said, wicked offending. throughout emile squirmed, he lied, he turned, he never took any responsibility for any of his actions and just presented the front of a cold callous man who as we found out, did everything for himself, got what he wanted when he wanted, and that was his character throughout the trial. nicolene shepherd was the mother of cilliers's first two children. she doesn't want her face shown, but told me his superficial charm always iad a sinister personality. hid a sinister personality. i'm happy that i dodged a bullet. i'm glad she survived. i'm very glad that he didn't manage to do what he tried to do. but i'm not surprised. he was the army sergeant, she was the army captain. two military lives torn apart by his uncontrollable appetite for sex and money, lives he eventually sabotaged to the

point of death. thejudge described emile the judge described emile cilliers today as callous and wicked. victoria cilliers was in court, she occasionally looked over at emile cilliers in the dock but did not really react when he was given those two life sentences. tonight the army has confirmed that emile cilliers will be sacked because of those convictions. duncan kennedy, many thanks. newsjust convictions. duncan kennedy, many thanks. news just coming through from the old bailey, the sentencing ofa from the old bailey, the sentencing of a 22—year—old woman from south london who has been given a life term tonight for the preparation of terrorist acts. chris ngoo la is from the vauxhall area of london. jailed in relation to a planned

knife attack. —— rizlaine boular. the 22—year—old, the court heard, has been given a life sentence with a minimum term of 16 years. she was working alongside her mother was 44, her mother has been given a sentence of six years and nine months. both pleaded guilty, part of an all—female terrorist cell, believed to be the first all—female terrorist cell in this country, the ringleaderjust 22 yea rs this country, the ringleaderjust 22 years old, has been given a life sentence with a minimum term of 16 yea rs. sentence with a minimum term of 16 years. our home affairs correspondentjim kelly is following the case and will bring us much more

on that from the old bailey, a very long sentence handed down, a minimum term of 16 years under sentence of almost 17 years her mother. more about that in a while. the actor leslie grantham, best known for playing dirty den in eastenders has died at the age of 71. the role was the biggest of his career. he featured in some of the biggest storylines in the 1980s — and returned in the early 2000s. our correspondent david sillito has been looking back at his life. stinks in here. leslie grantham burst onto our scenes in 1985 in the opening episode of a new soap opera eastenders. you found him, dennis? kicked his door in. can you send an ambulance to... what number is it? 23. 23 albert square. and dennis

watts of the queen victoria. this rogue son got a nickname, dirty den. six months to live, six tragic little months, poor old and she is going to pop off. the battles between them and and she reached a crescendo on christmas day when 30 million people watched the scene, a tv record. this, my sweet, is a letter from my solicitor to let you know that your husband has filed a petition for divorce. three years later he was gone apparently murdered on a canal tow path. it's like working in a factory and you have to make a decision that he will move on so i said i wanted to leave. and they kindly came up with a deal where i would stay on screen for a year but i could do all my episodes in five weeks which was very nice. i didn't have any job in five weeks which was very nice. i

didn't have anyjob to go to. ijust felt i had to make the break. the station is safe. before eastenders one or two tv roles, he is supporting the daleks on doctor who. that he had come late to acting, he had spent his 20s in prison serving an11 year had spent his 20s in prison serving an 11 year sentence for the murder ofa an 11 year sentence for the murder of a german cab—driver. and then 14 yea rs of a german cab—driver. and then 14 years after he left, he returned to eastenders. hello princess. he had appeared in many roles in the intervening years but producers had long wanted him to return but it didn't last long. a lurid story involving a webcam and comments about his colleagues saw him leave albert square for good. i'm from england. not the end of his career, seven england. not the end of his career, seve n years england. not the end of his career, seven years later he was back on screen in bulgaria. the star of the

comedy called the english neighbour. he also tried his hand at writing children's books. but for tv audiences here he could never escape the shadow... happy christmas and g. of dirty den. a short while ago, anita dobson, who played the role of angie watts — gra ntham's on screen wife in eastenders — paid a glowing tribute to a man she got on with both on and off screen. i think he was the archetypal charming rogue. he was a good—looking guy, charming, funny. he was a good actor. and he was fun to be around, we were good mates. but yes, it was always that kind of, that look about him that you just did not know what he would do next. that was his ace in the hole, that bit about him that was

slightly unpredictable. which i liked, and which gave him the edge on tv. there was a kind of restlessness in him, which was innate to leslie himself. they were memorable times. they changed my life, they changed his. we were lucky to be cast opposite each other because the chemistry was magic. we did not have to do anything, it happened. we learned our lines, met onset and we were on and if anything went wrong recovered each other. it was miraculous. he joked, your mouth shuts, mine opens, my mouth shuts, your mouth opens. meaning whatever happens i am here for you. and tributes for leslie

grantham from past and present cast members continue to be shared on social media. gillian taylforth said "i'm deeply saddened to hear the very sad news. i have so many happy memories of working with leslie." and june brown has said "he was a wonderful and special actor, witty and very talented. i shall remember him very fondly and with affection. let's return to the news that a mother and daughter, part of an all—female terrorist cell have been jailed today for an attack they were planning around the houses of parliament, jim kelly has been following this case throughout. what has been happening. two members of the female terrorist cell, the youngest member has not been sentenced today, she will be sentenced today, she will be sentenced later. mother and daughter we re sentenced later. mother and daughter were in the dock, the mother rizlaine boular got six years and nine months for helping her

daughter, rizlaine boular, in the planning of an attack, assisting her daughter. rizlaine boular, just 22, has been given a life term and told she must serve a minimum of 16 years and her plan was to carry out a knife attack around the houses of parliament. mother and daughter went out together on hostile reconnaissance mission scouting targets, the mother drove the daughter around westminster and then they both went on a shopping trip to sainsbury‘s and bought knives to use in the attack. this mother and daughter were actually under surveillance. it was a long—running undercover operation. they were monitored and rizlaine boular was heard at dissing wielding a knife and talking about how it would be easierfor her and talking about how it would be easier for her —— and talking about how it would be easierfor her —— she and talking about how it would be easier for her —— she was and practising, talking about how it would be easierfor practising, talking about how it would be easier for her to attack a group of women rather than a group of men. they had omitted these offences earlier this year and have now been sentenced this afternoon. june kelly at the old bailey, thank

you. the chief executive officer of govia thameslink railway, charles horton, is to step down this summer. he said he recognises that passengers have been hugely frustrated by the significant disruption caused by the recent introduction of new timetables. our correspondent helena lee is at st albans railway station for us. there have been people suffering up and down the country with the new timetables, but explain the significance of this particular decision to go? yes, charles horton has been in that role for almost four years as chief executive of go govia. the new timetable was permitted last month and has caused chaos for thousands and thousands of commuters. he has faced increased pressure since that timetable came into force. so today he has decided

to resign. he will stay on for the next couple of weeks or so but in a letter to his staff he said the company had gone through some very challenging times in recent weeks and he said was the right time to hand leadership over to a new pair of hands. he recognised that the passengers were hugely disrupted. but passengers at this station at st albans but passengers at this station at st alba ns and many but passengers at this station at st albans and many other stations across the country are still facing problems, jane. we spoke to one nurse, she said a couple of weeks ago, and one evening five trains we re ago, and one evening five trains were cancelled. she's a nurse, she had to stay at work which caused huge deception. we also just spoke toa man huge deception. we also just spoke to a man who stopped us and said, are you reporting on the train problems, he said that he was travelling from here to beijing via moscow to watch the football but it was this train to st pancras that they were most concerned about. he

said there had already been many cancellations and he was fearful that he wouldn't get on the train. so yes, resignation, the chief executive of go via thameslink railway, that has happened today but people here and at other train stations are sceptical as to when things will eventually improve. thank you helena lee. the government has been severely criticised in an official report on its flagship benefit reform, universal credit. the national audit office said the policy could prove more expensive than the system its replacing, and it accused ministers of being in denial over the financial hardship it causes to some claimants. almost a million people receive the new, combined benefit. the government insists it's good value for money, as kathryn stan—cheshun reports. a damning verdict on the government ‘s flagship benefits policy. today a

report describes how universal credit is failing in multiple ways. it says there is no evidence it will end up delivering value for money and its roll—out has been flawed leading to hardship for many. anderson has been unemployed since losing hisjob as anderson has been unemployed since losing his job as a chef and has built up debts in the process. universal credit came in at the end of september, i signed on at the beginning of august. at the end of september i got my first universal credit payments are there were lots of areas to come out there, so i think since then i've been living off £18 a week. universal credit was intended to simplify the benefits process and allow people in work to reduce the amount that they can gradually. it emerges six benefits into one payment the payment is then might directly into a claimant ‘s bank account. people then paper on costs like rent from that part of money. yet crucially the payment is made in arrears and the report today

says the system simply isn't working for everyone. we think a significant minority struggling to cope with claiming cope while they wait for their first payment and struggling to cope with the fluctuating income they get on universal credit. cluster of those who received late payments 40% waited 11 weeks, 8% waited almost eight months, with a resulting increase in rent arrears and the use of food banks when universal credit is rolled out in any given area. despite recent improvements to the system report says one fifth of new applicants in march this year were still waiting longer than they should be. critics say it is a shambles leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. but department for work and pensions has refused to accept it is causing hardship. what is important for us asa hardship. what is important for us as a department is to make sure we are providing support from people and that's why i go back to the point that at the end of the day people can get 100% advances and we are also seeing that and a universal

credit people can get to work faster and stay in work longer and that is what is making huge difference to people's lives. the national audit office says there is no other practical choice but to carry on with this roll—out that it should go no further until the system can cope with a higher number of claims. kathryn stanczyszyn bbc news. some of the other stories making bbc news at five. two teenage moped riders have beenjailed for more than 20 years after stabbing a charity worker to death. nathan gilmaney, on the left and troy thomas went on a violent robbery spree on october 16th last year. they killed 28—year—old abdul samad for his iphone as they drove around west london on their mopeds. two fairground workers have beenjailed for 3 years, after a bouncy castle blew away killing a 7—year—old girl. summer grant died after a gust of wind lifted the inflatable into the air and sent it cartwheeling 300 metres down

a hill in harlow, essex. william and shelby thurston, a married couple, were both found guilty of gross negligence for not securing the bouncy castle adequately. in an impromptu live interview, president trump claims he has largely solved the problem of north korea's nuclear programme. after a flurry of early morning tweets, he sent one saying he could see an american news channel broadcasting in front of the white house and he was thinking about walking down there...... and that's exactly what he did. he made his way past the waiting journalists to fox news — seemingly his favourite news channel. he had this to say about his meeting on tuesday with the north korean leader kim jong un. we now have a very good relationship with north korea. not because of me but if you remember the sit down with barack but if you remember the sit down with ba rack obama but if you remember the sit down with barack obama i think you will admit this, he said the biggest problem that the united states has and byfar problem that the united states has and by far the most dangerous

problem, and he said to me, that we've ever had, it is of nuclear, is north korea. that was shortly before i entered office. i have solved that problem. now we are getting it memorialised. but that problem is largely solved and part of the reason is we have signed a very good document. you know what, more importantly than the document, more importantly than the document, more importantly than the document, more importantly than the document, i have a good relationship with kim jong—un. that's a very important thing. ican jong—un. that's a very important thing. i can now call him, i can now say, we have a problem, i told him, i gave him a very direct number. he can now call me if he has difficulties. i can call him. we have communication. it is a good thing. people are shocked, they thought trump was going to start throwing bombs all over the place, it's the opposite. we are building the military so strong, $716 billion, next year 700 this year, we are building a military so strong, nobody is going to mess with us. but

you know what, i never want to have to use it. president trump talking to use it. president trump talking to journalists outside the white house. a record—breaking 140,000 muslims have gathered in birmingham to celebrate the end of ramadan, the islamic holy month of fasting. "celebrate eid" takes place in birmingham's small heath park and has seen the number of people attending increase tenfold since 2011. it is now europe's largest eid gathering. much more coming up in the next half hour including the film review but now the weather. the wind is looking much better than it was yesterday, storm hector moving towards the north so we've been left with relatively dry conditions, most places and the date ona dry

conditions, most places and the date on a dry note, the wind is picking up on a dry note, the wind is picking up here as well so turning quite wet and windy for northern ireland and western fringes of wales first thing in the morning, elsewhere largely dry, temperatures certainly in double figures. as we had through saturday this area of low pressure will drive the weather so it's moving from west to east and it will bring some spells of rain. the heaviest will be in parts of scotland, north—west england as well, that rain light and patchy and the south—east should stay dry for some time, temperatures not as warm as today, between 15 and 18 degrees after showers on saturday should be fairly cloudy on sunday. hello, these are the latest headlines. a bid to make upskirting a sexual offence has been blocked

by a single conservative mp. sir christopher chope called a halt to the bill to prohibit the taking of photos under someone's clothes — even though the move had government support. at least 18 years in jail for the former army sergeant who tried to kill his wife in a gas explosion and by tampering with her parachute. emilie cilliers hoped he would benefit from his wife's life insurance policy. tributes are paid to eastenders star leslie grantham — who played dirty den in the soap — following his death at the age of 71. the boss of troubled rail company govia thameslink resigns. hundreds of trains on the line were cancelled after a new timetable was introduced, causing travel chaos for thousands. in

it was a case of birthday blues for egypt's mohamed salah at the world cup. the liverpool forward was an unused substitute in his side's1—0 defeat to uruguay in group a. jose gimenez hit the winner in the 90th minute, to snatch the win in yekaterinburg. patrick geary has more.. mohamed salah slide into this world cup with the hope is a nation on his shoulders, which is unfortunate as he dislocated the left won last month. he began his birdie on the bench,... you had to watch the replay is to check that he had mist. there was nothing else worth seeing again in the first half. after the break, the next chance again came soares's way. the keeper had not been overworked until then. a had been overworked until then. a had been quietly effective. a potential solution remains and used, the

conductor, a cheerleader as his team grew more desperate, reliance on this brilliance to keep out edinson cavani! egypt's grip was down to their fingers cavani! egypt's grip was down to theirfingers tips. cavani! egypt's grip was down to their fingers tips. cavalli again, no game, not just their fingers tips. cavalli again, no game, notjust yet. but second later, uruguay had another one. this from the jose gimenez later, uruguay had another one. this from thejose gimenez was the winning goal. a late start to the party, with the birthday boy left cruelly uninvited. and we can cross live to moscow now from where olly fosterjoins us. olly there's one match ongoing at the moment. what is the latest between morocco and iran? they come thick and fast, now. it is going on in st petersburg. we will get at least three orfour games petersburg. we will get at least three or four games a day the next couple of weeks until we get these groups out of the way. it is goalless between morocco and iran. it was morocco on top of much of the

first half. iran produced a hot shock from distance —— reduced to pot shots from distance free kicks. you feel in the last 20 minutes or so iran have just you feel in the last 20 minutes or so iran havejust been you feel in the last 20 minutes or so iran have just been getting their noses back in front. not on the scoresheet, but you can see their manager, remember him from manchester united and drummer judge—mac, he is the iran national tea m judge—mac, he is the iran national team manager, now. he has been urging his players forward, and you just sensed he might be a cynic this one from morocco. the other group b that we really looking forward to in a couple of hours' time, on the bbc, as well. that is portugal against spain. portuguese cristiano ronaldo, we know all about them. european champions. spain, we thought we knew all about them, but sacking their manager a couple of days ago, as he took over at brough real madrid, in com plete took over at brough real madrid, in

complete disarray. or are they? all will be revealed. we will wait and see but that match. england don't play their first match until monday but what's the latest from their camp? now that the matches are on those tallies, just outside st petersburg, they will be itching to get started. they are playing tunisia on monday. they are playing tunisia on monday. they have been playing darts, they have been having a of rest and relaxation. gareth southgate will be thankful that he had a full 23 on the training pitch, because there we re the training pitch, because there were some doubt about marcus rashford's me, it seems to be all better. he took part in a full training session yesterday. as for the players, do they know whether they are going to feature in that starting 11 against tunisia? is it better for them to find out now on the eve of the match on sunday night? or on the morning of the

match? heroes what ribbon lost —— ruben loftus—cheek thinks. match? heroes what ribbon lost —— ruben loftus-cheek thinks. i'm not too bothered, but if i had to choose, i would too bothered, but if i had to choose, iwould probably like too bothered, but if i had to choose, i would probably like to know earlier. then you can get your head around it. any game in the world cup is a tough game. you know, the atmosphere brings a lot at both teams. so, we are ready for a tough game, and aggressive start for them. we need to be ready. so, that is the view from the injured's camp, just outside st petersburg. in st petersburg now, still morocco 0—0 in run. we'll be back at sports day from half past six. with a full round—up then. thank you very much, olly foster in moscow. england's women cricketers have fought back well in the third and deciding one day international against south africa in canterbury. south africa won the toss and chose to bat and were 197—3 at one stage, but england's bowlers rallied and the tourists

were eventually bowled out for 228. katherine brunt took three wickets and laura marsh two. england need 229 to win. johanna konta has reached her first semi—final since wimbledon last year. she's beaten dalila jakupovic at the nottingham open. the british number one, who has had a disappointing season so far, recovered from a break down to take the first set and then improved further to win in straight sets. 6—4, 6—2 the final score. she'll face donna vekic in the semis. the croatian beat her in the final last year it's another day of difficult weather conditions at the us open, but the world number one dustinjohnson is proving up to the challenge. he was one of four players including england's ian poulter to share the overnight lead on one under par, but the american has picked up two more shots today to lead outright. poulter tees off just after 6.30 pm uk time. that's all the sport for now.

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. president trump has announced tariffs of 25% targeting 50 billion dollars' worth of chinese goods. the tariffs cover 1100 separate product lines containing what the administration calls "industrially significant technologies". beijing has already responded by saying it will impose taxes on goods imported from america. fred bergsten is the director emeritus and founder of the peterson institute for international economics and is serving his second term as a member of the president's advisory committee for trade policy and negotiations. we can speak to him now via webcam from washington. good evening to you. good evening.

what went through your mind when you heard that president trump was going to impose such large tariffs? this isa to impose such large tariffs? this is a thoroughly bad idea. the chinese are causing problems for world trade and the us economy, by stealing is intellectual property rights and requiring technology tra nsfers rights and requiring technology transfers that distort the international economy and an levelled the playing field. something has got to be done. but the tariffs are a very bad way to go about it. they do not address the problem. president trump has now threatened to retaliate further if the chinese respond to his tariffs but tariffs of their own. but if trump then takes another step, against the chinese retaliatory efforts, then we are at a real trade war, and that i think could cause major problems for the world

economy. it will clearly dampen the investment climate. it will clearly steep markets, so i think it is a thoroughly bad idea, and we are an very dangerous path. and so, the notion that it stands to be a spat between the us and china is wrong. your point is that it will have worldwide implications, and this, it sta rts worldwide implications, and this, it starts what, with damaging jobs, and where does it go from there? what would be the impact of ropes well, it spills over a media other countries, because us china trade, of course reflects trade by our two countries within others. international trade these days is heavily based on international supply chains. so, when the us has imports from china, it is really hitting imports from japan, korea, thailand, malaysia, mexico. and some us suppliers, themselves. products

that end with the chinese goods that the us is a talent eating —— is retaliating against. it has an adverse affect on a knot of other economies. it does not hit the chinese economy by any thing like the small amount —— full amount specified. it does have international repercussions. global economic confidence. there must be lots of people like yourself telling the president about the negative impact that you have just outlined, there. is he doing it because he thinks that being so aggressive in this way is a vote winner for him. he has a fixation on the us trade deficit, and has had it for 30 or 14 yea rs. deficit, and has had it for 30 or 14 years. —— 40 years. he fails to realise that these trade barriers have very little to do with overall trade deficits. in fact, money

chinese retaliate, it eliminates any positive effect on the us trade 30 yea rs positive effect on the us trade 30 years worried about. even within his own distorted logic, his measures don't make any sense. there is a not pushed back. he thinks that his measures resonate with his base, and it does. with some of his supporters in middle america, but it also rebounds very unfavourably with some of his supporters, in particular, the agricultural community, which bears the brunt of retaliation. will bears the brunt of retaliation. will be decimated by losing at sports to china. mexico, canada, other markets that he is having trade spat with. so he may very well lose more in political terms when he gains. the whole is of course that he realises that in time. that it had solved the actual trade complex, and avoids these economic costs that i talk

about. but we don't know yet. it is about. but we don't know yet. it is a battle between his very strong convictions that what he is doing is right, in both economic and political terms, and the realities, which are negative in economic terms and might even hurt in political terms. the actual tariffs do not go into effect for several weeks. they are only on a portion of 50 billion, 50 trillion... he is only putting 34 trillion of it into effect immediately. so there is still time... there are talks going on behind—the—scenes. you hope that the trade wars can be headed off, but at the moment, we are headed down that very unfavourable path. very interesting to hear your perspective. thank you very much, indeed. a ceremony has taken place at westminster abbey to remember professor stephen hawking who died in march at the age of 76. the ashes of the renowned physicist were interred between the graves of sir isaac newton and charles darwin

in scientists corner. richard galpin reports. westminster abbey was packed today with stars from many walks of life, along with members of the public, including students. this memorial service, for one of the most in torrential and revered scientists of recent times, he was also an avowed atheist. his was a life all the more remarkable, because he lived to the age of 76, despite being diagnosed with motor neurone disease in the 19605. with motor neurone disease in the 1960s. astronomers are used to big numbers, but few could be as big as the odds i'd have given back then in 1964 against witnessing his amazing

crescendo of achievement, spanning more than 50 years. we have entrusted our brother even to god's mercy. can we now commit his mortal remains to the ground. after two hours, ashes to ashes. at the service, his ashes were laid to rest inside the abbey. his family paying their last respects. his place here, alongside some of the other most famous of british scientists. the tributes today included one from a family friend, paralysed in a snowboarding accident. he helped us recognise and face the new challenges in our lives with positive energy, and enabled me to get to my graduation shortly after my accident. stephen showed that when time is precious, we must make space for what makes us real. he was

exceptionally efficient at choosing his words, and making them count. amongst the congregation here were many who had been inspired by his work as a theoretical physicist, unravelling the mysteries of the universe, and buy his books, such as open mac —— a brief history of time. .iwas in open mac —— a brief history of time. . i was in the presence of thinking, should i do music of physics? and that came out, and it gave me the idea that i wanted to spend my life doing that. but while the memorial service was taking chris in london, here in spain, a recording of his voice was being beamed into space, towards the nearest black hole, reached there in 3500 years time. now on bbc news a look ahead

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