welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: after talks between presidents trump and xi, the us says it now it won't slap new tariffs on china for 90 days to allow for negotiations. —— the us says it now won't slap new tariffs on china for 90 days to allow for negotiations. french anger on the streets of paris — ‘yellow vest‘ protesters take on police in the heart of the city. president macron is furious. translation: the authors of this violence do not want change. they don't want any improvement, they don't. they just want to wreak chaos. i will faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states. tributes are being paid to former us president george h w bush, a key player in the end of the cold war. and will there be a new heavyweight boxing champion? tyson fury of the uk takes on the american deontay wilder shortly. the united states has announced that

following talks at the 620 summit in argentina between president trump and his chinese counterpart, xijinping, america will not go ahead with its threat to raise tariffs against china to a rate of 25%. a white house statement said the rate for $200 billion worth of goods will remain at the current 10%. the statement said that the interim agreement is valid for three months, during which time china has pledged to buy a substantial amount of agricultural, energy and industrial products from the us. china's foreign minister, wang yi, has welcomed the agreement at a news conference, saying it had opened up new space for what he called "win—win cooperation". philip levy is a senior fellow at the chicago council on global affairs, and he's a former

trade adviser to former president george w bush. he's joins us from chicago. good to see you again. first of all, is this good news? i think so. it is a truce and it shows that are least for the moment part of the white house or part of the administration that wants to engage and find a solution seems to have won out. for now. as china made any significant concessions here? —— has. now. as china made any significant concessions here? -- has. but according to those who have had long—standing and deep concerns about chinese practices. they have made some concessions, in commercial terms, honest ones, there is talk about drug classification, but nothing that get at the sort of fundamental issue that the president and vice president have been raising. part of the statement says

china has agreed to purchase a substantial amount of certain products. is that not a good thing? it probably is, it won't solve the bilateral trade deficit which didn't really need solving anyways, that is the president's misguided fixation, it will correct some of these concern and it is a deal which has hardly been on offer for at least may. the news is that the white house is now going from such deals. so what can we say here about donald trump's strategy then? has any element of his imposing tariffs and escalating the situation, as any of it worked? —— has any? escalating the situation, as any of it worked? -- has any? it has caused great concern among the chinese, many things they are talking about oi’ many things they are talking about or seen to be talking about with agricultural goods are then walking back from their retaliation while the us is still maintaining the ta riffs the us is still maintaining the tariffs they imposed a i suppose in a certain way you could say things

have worked but it hasn't been good for the american people and we have not yet sold in the underlying problems. we are talking about a stay of execution, if you will, for 90 days and then see what happens after that. what do you think the chinese are trying to do here?” think they are trying to stabilise the relationship and by time and in fa ct the relationship and by time and in fact you can see some parallels with what europe has done, for example, in dealing with the trump administration where it initially said it would retaliate against the steel and aluminium tariffs and would not back down and then they said let's start talks and maybe we can said let's start talks and maybe we ca n forestall said let's start talks and maybe we can forestall auto tariffs you have much of the world who are playing the time and trying to stop the trump administration from doing worse than it already has done. in terms of this discussion about a trade war and we have been talking a lot about that since all of this began, do we think this may be the beginning of the end? where do you

think this all adds up, basically? so the central part of this is postponing the us tariffs that was supposed to excellent onjanuary one. “— supposed to excellent onjanuary one. —— escalate. with a 90 day announcement that is a postponement of about two months which is extremely unlikely that a resolve of the deep issues that they have talked about in the next 90 days, the question then gets to be while the question then gets to be while the administration except the more modest measures or are they going to do with where the hardliners want to be and say it is unacceptable. all right, philip levy, seniorfellow at the chicago council of global affairs, they give very much attacking us through all of that. thank you for having me. there have been running street battles in the heart of paris during the latest protests by the so—called yellow—vests, or ‘giletjaunes'. more than 200 people have been arrested during the third successive weekend of demonstrations. the protesters are angry at rises in taxes — especially on fuel. today, they clashed with riot police on the champs—elysees. police used water cannon

and stun grenades to drive back demonstrators. hugh schofield sent this report from paris. darkness fell at the end of a day of violence in paris and still, it went on. at the arc de triomphe, covered now in anti—macron graffiti, police fired water cannon to clear the crowds. and here in the gardens by the louvre, one protester is now in a coma after they tore down the metal grille. this evening, the arc de triomphe is back under police control but there are still knots of protesters out there, there's still the tang of tear gas in the air. and in the streets around here, a trail of destruction — cars burned out, shop windows smashed, bank windows smashed. parisians are used to protest, but this has been of a rare violence. all day, there were running battles between riot police and yellow vest protesters. though how many of these were actually agitators of the far

right and the far left is one unanswered question. they tore rock cobblestones to fling at police and set alight —— they tore up cobblestones to fling at police and set alight to cars and buildings. and amid the scenes of destruction, ordinary people who'd come from across france to demonstrate peaceably — they didn't want the violence to divert attention from their central message, which is that taxes in france have gone too far. translation: abraham lincoln said something important. he said that government should be of the people, by the people, for the people — for the people. 0ur politicians should keep that in mind. they won't get anywhere until they put people first. translation: we've all had enough. it's been been going on for so long and eventually, you have to resist. there's no choice. who are you? we are the people! you do not have to look any further — not right, not left. we are just the simple people. the intensity of the violence has left france shocked. it leaves president macron

with an urgent dilemma — does he appease or face down this protest of the people? hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. the top us naval officer in the middle east has been found dead at his home in bahrain. vice admiral scott stearney was commander of the 5th fleet, which is responsible for all us navy forces in the gulf region. he took over as commander last may and had 36 years of service in the navy. this is devastating news for the stearney family, for the team at 5th fleet and for the entire navy. scott stearney was a decorated naval warrior. he was a devoted husband and father and he was a good friend to all of us. the naval criminal investigative service and the bahraini ministry of interior are cooperating on the investigation but at this time, no foul play is suspected. real admiral paul schlise, the deputy commander of 5th fleet,

has assumed command and is maintaining continuity in our responsibilities and posture in the us 5th fleet. recovery efforts are continuing in alaska after a large earthquake on friday. the epicentre was about 13km north of the state's biggest city, anchorage. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports. we are now very close to where the epicentre of this 7—magnitude earthquake rattled alaska and, as you can see, they are working hard to try to clear away the damage. they're worried about this piece of road because there have been many, many aftershocks. they want to get this unstable ground removed as quickly as possible. there is a crack running along there as well, as you can see. there is also see a small crack on the other side of the road and they're concerned with more and more aftershocks — more than 500 so far — that this could potentially collapse at any moment.

so they're working fast to clear it, to make it safe, and then, of course, they're going to start the work on repairing and rebuilding the road. this isn't the only place this is happened. there's quite a few areas around anchorage where there has been significant damage to infrastructure. but on the whole, this place has held up very, very well, and what was a really strong earthquake — and one which rattled alaskans who are used to earthquakes, there are thousands every year, they are pretty resilient people here and they are used to them but many people said they were quite frightened by this one, which went on for a good long time. very severe, violent shaking, and actually, it seems quite remarkable that they have escaped to the extent that they have. one of the reasons for that, though, is because the history of alaskan earthquakes — everyone talks about 1964, and then there was a 9.2 magnitude earthquake, one of the most powerful ever recorded on the earth. that prompted alaskans to think about their building codes,

their regulations, and clearly, the work that they did then and in years since has paid off, because very, very few structures were destroyed by this quake. the new mexican president, andres manuel lopez 0brador, has been sworn in at a ceremony in mexico city. many international guests were in attendance — including us vice—president mike pence and ivanka trump. having run on an anti—corruption platform, mr 0brador‘s supporters are hoping he'll tackle widespread poverty and inequality. here's our correspondent in mexico, will grant. andres manuel lopez 0brador received the presidential sash from the outgoing president to cries of "presidente" and "yes, we can" inside the chamber. "friends", he told the gathered dignitaries, "today begins the fourth transformation of mexico". basically raising his presidency to the same level as either mexican independence all the mexican revolution. —— independence or the

mexican revolution. he acknowledged that such a concept may seem lofty or even pretentious the new mexican president, andres manuel lopez 0brador, has been sworn in at a ceremony in mexico city. many international guests were in attendance — including us vice—president mike pence and ivanka trump. having run on an anti—corruption platform, mr 0brador‘s supporters are hoping he'll tackle widespread poverty and inequality. here's our correspondent in mexico, will grant. andres manuel lopez 0brador received the presidential sash from the outgoing president to cries of "presidente" and "yes, we can" inside the chamber. "friends", he told the gathered dignitaries, "today begins the fourth transformation of mexico". basically raising his presidency to the same level as either mexican —— independence or the mexican revolution. he acknowledged that such a concept may seem lofty or even pretentious but he believes there is a sea change in mexican politics under way. specifically, he spoke about corruption in mexico. the platform on which he had been elected. he said that impunity would end, yet at the same time he also said he would not investigate top politicians facing corruption allegations. that will cause concern among supporters but they would be comforted by other elements of his speech, specifically a freeze on petrol prices and on taxes. and mention of support for the healthcare system and the education system which are both woefully

underfunded and underinvested. plenty of his critics see president 0brador as a populist, it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. i am feeling so helpless that the children are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippie cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles. at 11am this morning, just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. it took the drills just a few moments to cut through the final obstacle. then philippe cozette, a minerfrom calais, was shaking hands and exchanging flags with robert fagg, his opposite number from dover. this is bbc world news.

the latest headlines: after a long meeting at the g20 summit, president trump has agreed to suspend plans to impose new tariffs on chinese imports for 90 days that were due to come into force next month. the french president, emmanuel macron, has condemned rioting in the heart of paris by anti—government protestors angered by tax rises. the white house says there will be a national day of mourning next wednesday for the former president george hw bush, who's died aged 94. arrangements are being made for a state funeral which will be held at washington national cathedral. flags are flying at half mast across washington. this is at the white house. earlier i spoke to country music singer moe bandy, who was a close friend of george hw bush and i asked him how they first met. he was a fan of my music, thank

goodness. i had a song cold americana, years ago, in 1988. we kind of use that as a campaign song and i campaigned with him throughout the campaign and of course we won the election. i got to meet him and barbara and his family and be with him a lot. they are some of the greatest folks i've ever known in my life he was a man that loved his country. he loved our country. and he loved ourfriends in other countries. he was very global, as far as he loved people everywhere. he was a brilliant man, very intelligent. but he was down—to—earth. he loved country music. he spent a lot of time just sitting and singing for him. —— ice band. we will really miss him. what

a gentleman. and what he has done for our country, he served in so many different capacities. and we are going to miss him dearly. did you speak to him recently? i know he was very ill and in and out of hospital but when was the first time —— last time you spoke to him? hospital but when was the first time —— last time you spoke to him7m has been about a year since i talked to him. i went to barbara's funeral andi to him. i went to barbara's funeral and i talked to his people and i was checking in on him quite often. to see how he was feeling at all. but i used a talk to him quite often on the phone. hejust used a talk to him quite often on the phone. he just loved used a talk to him quite often on the phone. hejust loved music. he loved country music, especially. so we had that in common. and ijust loved the way he treated people, the way he handled our country, and the foreign dignitaries that came. and i've travelled all over the world

with him and we arejust i've travelled all over the world with him and we are just going to really miss him. >> you vacations with the family and george bush senior as well, and i wondered if you ever talk to him about some of the highs in his life for some of his regrets? did he ever share those thoughts with you? well, i think it was a man that was very humble. he didn't but you had to pull out the stories, he didn't like to brag on himself. but he had semi— great moments in his life, especially when he was the president. he was with ronald reagan for eight years and he was just, so many different governmentjobs that he did for our country. and he did it to leak, i know for a fact, he did its strict leaf or the love of his country. and he was just a very lovely man. we are going to miss

him. just listening to you talk about how he did hisjob for him. just listening to you talk about how he did his job for the love of his country, do you think he represents a bit of an end of an era in some ways, or do you see his legacy continue on? i think his legacy continue on? i think his legacy will continue on. it was a different time, a different era back then. we had different things going on in the world. but i think his legacy will go on. i think he left a great legacy, he made his son, and was of course a great president. i think it will carry on. that was country singer moe bandy, a close friend of george hw bush, the former president who has died at 94. some sport now, and we're just a few hours away from one of boxing's biggest nights of the year.

these two men, america's deontay wilder and the uk's tyson fury, will step into the ring in los angeles for a heavyweight world title fight. both men are unbeaten. wilder holds the wbc belt. fury held multiple versions of the title before taking two years out from the sport with a doping ban and personal issues. 0ur sports correspondent dan roan takes up the story. we are going to find out whether or not tyson fury can do what very few british boxers have managed over the years and become the third in history to win a world title fight on american soil. this is familiar territory for him because he has been training here for 2.5 months and at the weigh—in yesterday there was a sense he was the home fighter. he was relaxed and positive with tremendous support from hundreds of fans. certainly, if he were to prevail tonight, given that he has lost ten stone and got himself into great shape, it will go down as one of the great british sporting comebacks.

standing in his way is the punching power of deontay wilder. he has won all but one of these fights by knockout. he is undefeated and something needs to give this evening. lennox lewis in his final fight won here, let's see if tyson fury can do the same. an egyptian film star is to be put on trial over the dress she wore to the cairo film festival. rania youssef has been accused by a group of lawyers of obscenity. there was widespread criticism of this outfit on egyptian social media. but some defended the actor's right to wear what she liked. rania youssef herself has issued an apology, saying she wouldn't have worn the dress if she'd known it would cause such controversy. the bollywood star priyanka chopra has married us singer nickjonas in india. the couple were wed in a christian ceremony inside a palace in the city of jodhpur, reportedly officiated by the groom's father. priyanka chopra is one of bollywood's biggest female leads and her husband is a singer and former disney star. they said "one of the special

things" about their relationship was the merging of their families, faiths and cultures. as well as today's ceremony they plan to hold a traditional hindu wedding tomorrow. raj and pablo from the bbc asian network popped into the studio a little earlier and spoke to me about the couple and their own friendship with priyanka. ever since she started and we have interviewed to many times, we have become friends. we have become friends. we've even stayed at her house. pablo is madly in love with her. he is brokenhearted. every time i met her i said, will you marry me? it's a running joke. she is off the market now. it's absolutely wonderful, magical. wedding of the century. bollywood meets hollywood. two of the most gorgeous people on the planet, two superstars together. if you think about what nick has achieved and what priyanka has achieved outside of bollywood on an international level, it's a huge deal. these guys are going to be big. in terms of the coverage they are going to get, hello has got the deal

for their pictures. it is going to be massive for priyanka. one of the things about priyanka, she is down to earth and family oriented. it's magical to see them together. they are from two very different cultures. his family is from texas and they are quite orthodox catholics. but they are quite traditional. priyanka chopra is from a hindu background. priyanka has been educated in new york, she is kind of quite au fait with multicultural, just in terms of accepting other faiths and i think parents, especially her mother and her brother. her dad has passed away. they are quite like, if this is what is going to make you happy, good for you. hinduism is very open to different cultures. with bollywood, you have christian families. hindu families. everyone gets together. they posted some pictures we have

seen of some of the prep. some of the comments. bringing families together. they seem to be nodding to those two parts. this assimilation, where it is kind of an acceptance. if you look at priyanka's career, it's gone from just being in bollywood and doing quantico and then going to hollywood. and her accepting the fact... it is almost like an education. if i want to marry someone who is non—asian, this is why. it's almost like an education. if you think of the catholic tradition, it's all about large families and the wedding as well, it is centred around the family

and that is what indian culture is about. if you look at some of the pictures of social networking, priyanka has pictures of her and her mother—in—law everywhere and it's quite heartwarming. do you think that she is the first truly global superstar? going back about six years ago, she took a big decision. she was at the top of the profession in bollywood and decided, i want to break the hollywood market. she said, should i do it? you are going to be the new sophia loren. she was a world superstar and that is what priyanka is becoming. i remember when we said that to her, she was promoting a fashion brand. and then we were in her house and she has a big massive cinema screen, she was actually watching programmes of ours and we were laughing. we stole her toothbrush and she said, that's why i'm going to marry someone lovely and she has, we love nick. you can reach me on twitter.

i'm @regedahmadbbc. the atlantic wind is keeping things mild for us across much of the country. temperatures reaching double figures right now in the south. how about the weather on sunday? there will be showers around but also a little sunshine. here is a satellite image. all that cloud streaming in off the atlantic. this was earlier on and the cloud is also diving into western parts of europe where it is also very mild. france, germany and, as far as poland, the temperature is well above average for the time of year. you can see the weathermap, the pattern of weather fronts moving in from the south—west and this pattern we'll continue to see for quite a few more days, certainly through much of the week ahead.

in the early hours of sunday, most of the rain has cleared away into the near continent and behind it some clear spells but also some cloud around here and there. big temperature contrast between the north and the south of the country, cold air in the north atlantic so three degrees whereas in the south it is double figures. this weather pattern will continue through sunday and into monday. most rain has cleared away into the heart of the continent so we were left with this legacy of thick cloud which will break up from time to time and there will be some sunny spells around but, also, some rain here and there. you can see the south—westerly wind dragging in the milder air. the wind will be gusty for a time around southern and western coasts. this is where the air is coming from the north so it is quite chilly in aberdeen. six degrees, 15, possibly i6 in london so every bit as mild compared to what we had on saturday. here it is, the weather front keeps marching in. here is another for sunday, moving into ireland and then wales and then central and southern areas of the uk. expect rain from early morning on monday. notice that the wind direction has changed across scotland perhaps some snow across the mountains early on monday that is pretty much it. to the south there is rain pushing through. if you are heading to work early on monday, take a umbrella

just in case. there will be some rain at some point or another. in the afternoon, it may clear up across northern and western areas. 13 degrees in london on monday. from tuesday it stays mild, further north a cool snap for a while on tuesday and wednesday and possibly picking up again towards the end of the week. expect rain from early morning on monday. notice that the wind direction has changed across scotland perhaps some snow across the mountains early on monday that is pretty much it. to the south there is rain pushing through. if you are heading to work early on monday, take a umbrella just in case. there will be some rain at some point or another. in the afternoon, it may clear up across northern and western areas. 13 degrees in london on monday. from tuesday it stays mild, further north a cool snap for a while on tuesday and wednesday and possibly picking up again towards the end of the week. this is bbc news.

the headlines: the us president donald trump and his chinese counterpart xijinping have agreed to halt new trade tariffs for 90 days to allow for talks. the two men met in buenos aires after the g20 summit for their first talks since a trade war erupted this year. the french president emmanuel macron has condemned violence in paris during nationwide anti—government protests. more than 260 people have been detained. the so—called ‘yellow vest‘ movement is angry about taxation and a range of economic issues. damage was caused to shops and the arc de triomphe was daubed with graffiti. mexico‘s new president andres manuel lopez 0brador has been sworn in. he pledged to end what he called failed neo—liberal policies that have led to an increase in poverty and mass migration. he also announced the creation of a huge free trade zone next to the border with the united states. those of the latest headlines. —— those are the latest headlines.

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