ren zhengfei also told the bbc that the west's attempts to ban its participation in 56 networks "won't crush" the company. a coalition of 16 us states, led by california, has sued the trump administration over its decision to declare a national emergency to obtain funds for constructing a wall along the us—mexico border. and this video is trending on bbc.com. the moment some anti—government "yellow—vest" protesters threw stones at a police van in lyon, france. the french interior ministry says the violence was "one—sided". the protests began last year over fuel taxes, that's all, stay with bbc news. our top uk story. labour's deputy leader, tom watson, has warned his party to change, or face more resignations. seven backbench mps have quit in protest at jeremy corbyn‘s handling of brexit and the anti—semitism row. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. translation: there is no way the us

can crush us. the world needs while way because we are more advanced. they are it defined in the face of intense pressure from the us. and honda's us exit. that uk exit. hello, welcome to asia business report. we start with the company at the centre of the us— china trade war, and that is huawei. in an exclusive interview with the bbc, the founder and ceo of the chinese telecoms giant was defiant, saying

pressure from washington will only make it stronger. our asia business correspondent spoke to huawei's famously reclusive founder. this is where he built huawei from the ground up 30 years ago. he turned the company that started with three people in $2500 into the world's largest telecoms equipment maker today. it sells more phones than apple, but now this company is under attack, or that is how he sees it by the united states, who is pressuring its allies not to use a huawei's equipment because the us said that this equipment could be used by china for spying. now he was vehement, repeatedly saying this would not happen, and that his company could not be used to spy on its customers and competitors, but he was also defiant, saying the us

could not keep huawei down. have a listen to what he had to say. translation: there is no way the us can crush us. the world needs huawei because we are more advanced. even if they proceeded more countries not to use us temporarily, we can just scaled things down a bit. and because the us keeps targeting us and finding fault with us, it has forced us to improve our products and services. what kind of impact would have on your business if the us is successful in getting many of its partners in the west to shut your equipment out? translation: if the lights go out in the west, the east will still shine. and if the north goes dark, then there is still the south. america doesn't represent the world. how important is the future of huawei in the uk with regards to your investment plans and jobs? are you

able to guarantee that you will not be pulling out of the uk were taking jobs out of the uk? translation: we will continue to invest in the uk. we still trust in the uk, and we hope that the uk will trust us even more. we will invest even more in the uk because if the us doesn't trust us, then we will shift our investment from the us to the uk on an even bigger scale. shift our investment from the us to the uk on an even bigger scalelj would the uk on an even bigger scale.” would like to raise the issue of your daughter. this is a personally very challenging time for you. she is in canada, having been arrested by the us's request and she faces extradition. how do you feel about this and what would you do if she is sent to jail? translation: i objected with the us has done. this type of politically motivated act is not acceptable. the

us likes to sanction others whenever there is an issue. they will use such methods, but we object to this. there is no impact on huawei's business due to her loss of freedom. in fact, we are growing even faster. so they caught her, maybe they got the wrong person, they may have thought that if they arrested her, huawei would fall. but we didn't fall. we are still moving forward. 0ur fall. we are still moving forward. our company has established processes and procedures, and would no longer rely on any one person. evenif no longer rely on any one person. even if i myself go missing one day, this company would not change its trajectory forward. the founder of huawei there, sounding very confident and defiant in the face of that us pressure. in fact, consistently he repeated to me that this is a company that could continue no matter what kind of pressure washington continues to put

on huawei. when is him about the intellectual property theft, the charges that the doj intellectual property theft, the charges that the do] have leveled against him, he laughed and asked why he would need to still technology from america when his own technology from america when his own technology is so much better? so a very confident man there, not somebody who seems phased by this at all. our exclusive interview —— interview. let's turn our attention after the uk, because honda is expected to announce later today the closure of its factory in swindon. the company has made cars at the plant for over three decades, but last month it announced plans for a six—day shutdown in april to prepare for any disruption after brexit. 0ur business reporter has been following the story, do we know much about why this closure is happening? one could imagine that brexit could easily be blamed, and those campaigning

against britain leaving the eu may well plan brexit. i should emphasise that honda has not yet confirmed, we called the company and they say is not an official statement or announcement. sources of the bbc say that it will close its swindon plant in 2022, and they are expecting the announcement later today. if confirmed, that would affect 3500 jobs there. last year the company manufactured some 160,000 cars there. the key to this is that 90% of them were exported to the eu. remember the huge free—trade deal with the eu thatjust came into effect at the beginning this month? that will see tariffs on cars exported from japan to europe reduced to 0% eventually. from honda's point of view, it would make sense to produce them back home in japan. 0f sense to produce them back home in japan. of course honda is the latest japanese —— japanese firm to change

his strategy in the uk. we reported about nissan saying it has now decided against producing its newest suvs there, sony and panasonic are moving their european headquarters from london to the eu as well, and hitachi holding its nuclear project there, as well. again, brexit is not there, as well. again, brexit is not the only reason for these decisions, but when is japanese the only reason for these decisions, but when isjapanese brake dust businesses before the referendum, they were vocally against brexit, and now they are releasing major announcements five and half weeks ago. thank you. the crown prince of saudi arabia continues his visit to asia today. but he is taking something of a roundabout route. 0ur india business reporterjoins us now from delhi. why is the crown prince not travelling directly to india? according to reports, the saudi

prince who was in pakistan for the last two days, india conveyed its displeasure of him visiting the country immediately after that. now the neighbours haven't been at the best of terms lately, especially after india blamed pakistan for a terror attack last week where 46 of its security personnel were killed. after that, according to reports, the saudi prince has gone home later today. but there is a probable excitement about his visit. now here's the newspaper, today's morning paper by a private group, welcoming him because saudi arabia is india's fourth largest trade partner. both the countries do trade at work about $20 million —— $20 billion, and major announcements in defence and the tech sector aren't expected. india's initiative to

maintain good relations with the country, and we will be expecting the crown prince did do his much talked about image makeover trip after the murder ofjohn in other news making business headlines now, a coalition of 16 us states led by california is suing donald trump's administration over his decision to declare an emergency to build a wall on the mexican border. that comes just day after trump invoked emergency powers to bypass congress and secure funding for the project. the uk clothing brand and retailer should pay a penny on every garment they sell the fund a £35 million annual recycling scheme. that is the view of britain ball mps with a fast fashion is a major contributor to greenhouse

gases, water pollution, air pollution and overuse of water. india markets now, let's take a look at where they are here in asia. you can see the —— they are fairly flat at the moment. we know he has closed at the moment. we know he has closed ata high at the moment. we know he has closed at a high on monday. new leads from wall street because it is closed for presidents' day, but the other markets are doing just as you can see here, there are flat. that is it 43, thanks for watching. —— asia business report. this is bbc news, the top stories this hour. runjung fay, the founder of chinese telecoms giant huawei, has told the bbc that the arrest of his daughter, the company's, on the request of the united states, is a "politically motivated act". japanese car maker honda is expected to announce the closure of its plant in the uk. 3,500 jobs could be lost. ministers want to introduce a new tax on plastic packaging,

alongside a "deposit return" scheme for cans and bottles. but large retailers have been accused of trying to water down the proposals, as our environment analyst, roger harrabin reports. plastic litter harms marine life so the government is introducing a deposit return scheme for bottles and also cans. small, on—the—go bottles are the most likely to appear in the sea, so retailers want the deposit restricted to those small containers, but environmentalists say many family—sized bottles end up in the ocean, too. they are fighting for all bottles, big and small, to face the deposit. there's another reason for a catch—all deposit. it would improve the quality of materials for recycling. environmentalists say tough policies are needed. for nearly a0 years, industry has been trying to fight proposals to institute a deposit return scheme and we are seeing that continue now with them opposing a wide—ranging,

all—in deposit return scheme, which would actually have the best impact on the environment. but here's another view, people buying family—sized bottles are likely to drink them at home then put them in their own recycling bin. why make them pay a deposit? well, we share the ambition to reduce bottles overall, but we just want to build on an existing, successful scheme, which is kerb—side recycling. we know that consumers already recycle lots of their bottles through that and therefore what we are saying is, build on that and have a food—on—the—go system, which picks up the bottles we buy when we are out and about. this sort of norway—style recycling machine is likely to arrive in the towns of england whatever decision the government makes on bottle sizes. there are other questions over what goes into your bin. the government says in today's consultation, it will standardise rules to end confusion over what you can recycle and what you can't. and there are radical thoughts on dumping, too.

ministers have raised the possibility, just a possibility so far, that the makers of furniture, mattresses, carpets, tyres and fishing gear might also be obliged to pay for the ultimate cost of getting rid of them. roger harrabin, bbc news. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of my team on twitter. i'm @bbckasiamadera. now on bbc news sport today with mark edwards. hello, i'm mark edwards, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme. manchester united march into

the quarter finals of the fa cup. they put chelsea to the sword at stamford bridge we find out the latest from lausanne as 0lympic 800m champion caster semenya's appeal against an iaaf rule begins. caroline wozniacki struck down by the dreaded lurgy. it's a viral infection that forces her to pull out of the dubai 0pen. hello, thanks for joining hello, thanks forjoining us. we start with football, and manchester united are through to the quarterfinals of the fa cup in england. ander herrera and paul pogba scored the goals as they beat the holders chelsea 2—0 in their fifth round tie at stamford bridge. 0ur sports gorrespondent katie gornall reports.