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begin. —— where her extradition proceedings in stock that could go once for months or even years and if it does, the relationship with the china and the us could continue to deteriorate at a time when they are trying to get through what is a very important trade talks. for more on how this is impacting asian markets i karishma bus we are 7 the weflg the nikkei in the continue ' expect to us us is case obviously. . 7,7” ,, . case weigh asly. , ,, . case weigh onv. .-.. - --. case weigh onv. . .-. — - --. c trade weigh onv. . .fl — .. . c trade weigh l given.-. — .. --. c trade on 'eigh i given 5.1.7". ., . c trade on trying given 5.1.7”. .. --. c trade on trying given 5.1.7 the .. . was pinned on trying to some of the differences between the united states and china. these charges go to the very heart of the debate

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they accrued and that is something they accrued and that is something they each take off their books and one of the ways they will do it is by selling their operations in south—east asia's which is made up of two companies. nat steel in singapore is one of them. the other one and that the steel also operate in vietnam's. —— nat steel. it will cost about $327 million which will go to hbis. the deal is expected to be completed in 3— four months. thank you for that update. in other business news and making headlines, brazilian politicians have called brazilian politicians halecalledis for brazilian politicians halecalledis -— brazilian politicians halecalledis for for week's t“ ....- fl " --.- brazilian politicians halecalledis for for weei people t“ ....- fl " --.- brazilian politicians halecalledis for for weei people haves ....- fl " --.- disestereat leastf-opeopja—heue confirmed dead with around now been confirmed dead with around 300 still missing. shares in the company are falling more than twitter l in company are falling more than twitter. in the sao company are falling more than twitter eeene sao - stock twitter % in the satleaulojtock

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seng index is in negative territory. us against way is the us sanctions against way is ratcheting i teosloes. —— = the us sanctions against way is ratcheting i teosloess —— huawei. thank you for your ii'm thank you for your i i'm - hizon. sport erith 2'5. !!"-e 2:35. his-e". gene's—t —— —— —— —— . is up against chinese telecoms giant huawei and its chief financial officer, meng wanzhou. a british lawyer has received a death threat and torrents of abuse for representing jack shepherd — the man who killed a young woman when his speed boat overturned on the thames in 2015. a letter sent to richard egan tells him to "rememberjo cox", the labour mp who was murdered

by a far right extremist. the letter has been passed to the police. clive coleman reports. jack shepherd's conviction in his absence lastjuly for the manslaughter by gross negligence of charlotte brown raised strong emotions. they intensified when he was granted an appeal — funded, like his defence, by legal aid. after months on the run, he is now in prison in georgia facing extradition to the uk. eisseettseseliete; hesremeé — this one is more serious. ‘tremember jocox2 ! accidents happen. people get stabbed in london, children run over. be warned, we will petrol bomb your nice office."

well, obviously, on opening it, it was quite chilling. of defence lawyers, legal aid, and the justice system, fuelling a climate of hate towards the defence team. i've been involved in some extremely high—profile cases but i've never been subjected to this type of reporting which was sort of suggesting that the defendant should not be entitled to a defence, or that it is somehow wrong jack shepherd's trial and his appeal here at the court of appeal raises a question. is it an uncomfortable truth thst we now live. in. s segiet‘,’ . .. .. ... where lawyers working within the justice system become

with views on the case, and for the lawyers involved, is bound to rise. clive coleman, bbc news. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @bbckasiamadera. now it's time for sport today. hello. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up...

japan reach the final as thersdpereewl appreacheg and after the longest layoff of his career, there's still no date set for lebron james's return. hi, thanks forjoining us. japan are through to the final of the asian cup, after beating iran 3—0. it's yet another semi—final defeat for iran, who are still waiting for their first title in the competition. forjapan though, there is now the chance to win their fifth asian cup on friday. ben croucher reports.