this is the business briefing. i'm sally bundock. flexible thinking — samsung unfolds its secret weapon in the battle to revive the smartphone market. this is the briefing. plus, eight days and counting — i'm sally bundock. the us and china return to the table our top stories: to try to head off an escalation president macron of france of their trade war with steep promises new measures to tackle new tariffs planned for march 1. anti—semitism, warning attacks onjewish targets are at the highest level since the second world war. and on the markets, wall street gets a boost from minutes of the last almost 70 people have died in a fire in the bangladeshi capital, dhaka. federal reserve meeting that several other injured people confirmed the us central bank have been taken to hospital. will be patient on further interest rate hikes. rock band the 1975 are the big winners as you can see, asia is following on british pop‘s biggest night, suit. taking home brit awards for best uk group and album of the year. coming up in the business briefing, flexible thinking — samsung unfolds its secret weapon in the battle to revive the smartphone market.

a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. we would like to hear from you as well. so, with a price tag of almost $2,000, will you be upgrading to a foldable phone? is this latest tech the future orjust a gimmick? tell us what you think. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. we begin today in france. president emmanuel macron has described the recent rise in anti—semitism in france and other western countries as the worst since the second world war.

a day after thousands took to the streets in protest at the latest attacks onjewish sites in france, he promised new laws to deal with hate speech. lucy williamson reports. just a warning — there is some flash photography. president macron arrived at the annual dinner forjewish leaders amid a spate of anti—semitic attacks in france. he said the country would vote on a new law to tackle hatred on the internet, dissolve three extreme right groups, and set up specialist teams to deal with anti—semitism complaints, and he made a key announcement that many had been waiting for. translation: for several years, and the situation has further worsened in the last few weeks, our country and the rest of europe — and nearly all western democracies, in fact — have been confronted with a resurgence of anti—semitism, probably unprecedented since the second world war. "anti—zionism was a modern

form of anti—semitism," he said, "and france would apply the definition adopted by the international holocaust remembrance alliance. " applause in the past few months, graves and memorials have been vandalised and shops daubed with graffiti, including the german word ‘juden‘. 0fficialfigures suggest there was a 74% increase in attacks last year, from just over 300 reported incidents, to 541. last saturday, a well—known social commentator, alain finkielkraut, faced a barrage of anti—semitic abuse from several members of the gilet jaunes protest in paris. few here see the movement as anti—semitic at heart. but it is not the first time there have been questions over its tolerance of anti—semitic views. earlier this week, thousands took part in a national protest against anti—semitism. the perpetrators of anti—jewish

violence here are thought to be shifting from the extreme right to radical islamists and far left groups. some fear that new social movements like the giletjaunes could bring them together. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. at least 69 people have died in a huge fire that's torn through buildings in the bangladeshi capital, dhaka. the area is one of the oldest in the city. firefighters are still battling the blaze as gail maclellan reports. dozens of people were trapped in the buildings, unable to escape onto narrow streets filled with traffic. the multi—storey buildings in an old town district of dakar contained chemical warehouses and many homes. the area is densely populated, and the buildings are only metres apart. firefighters from 30 stations attempted to control the blaze,

a job made more difficult by the presence of highly combustible chemicals, including plastic granules and body sprays. crowds have gathered at the dhaka medical college to search for missing relatives. it is not yet clear what caused the fire and it is possible the number of victims will increase as searches continue. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. the three conservative mps who resigned from their party yesterday say a significant number of their former colleagues are also considering walking out. anna soubry, sarah wollaston and heidi allen havejoined the eight mps who resigned from labour to form the independent group in the uk parliament. the actorjussie smollett has been charged with filing a false police report. there's been much publicity around his claim that he'd been the victim of a racist and homophobic attack. police in chicago say the star of the tv show, empire, will also face

disorderly conduct charges. shamima begum, the 19—year—old who left britain to join the so—called islamic state group four years ago has told the bbc she expected more sympathy from britain. the uk has stripped her of her british citizenship and the authorities in bangladesh said yesterday that she is not a citizen there her case is entirely a matterfor the british government. let's turn to our top business story now, and samsung's attempt to revive the flagging market for smartphones. it's called the galaxy fold, and it's basically smartphone that opens up into a tablet with a 7—inch screen. it's the first radically new phone design that we've seen since the iphone first came

out over 10 years ago. the launch in san francisco late wednesday was well received, but there's a big question mark about the price — at almost $2,000, it's double the price of the most expensive phone from apple. alpesh patel, the ceo of praefinium partnersjoins me now. good morning. are you going to rush to samsung stores to get hold of that galaxy phone? i had to wipe my mouth as i saw that, i am getting excited. it is excited. -- expensive. it is not. if you look at the number of hours you are on the phone versus your private jet at —— ican hear phone versus your private jet at —— i can hear people would put eating about you when your private jet. it is something warren buffett said. when he looks at the hours you spend on an iphone competitor ming incredibly expensive... 88 iphone or

smart phone? he is plugging his own investment. i am a shareholder, i will disclose that. i went off samsun. think i might go back because i spent, like so many people out there, hours and hours on my phone. and i would like a slightly bigger screen. it is a bigger screen but it is foldable, so it is smaller, goes in your pocket. but it is foldable, so it is smaller, goes in your pocketm but it is foldable, so it is smaller, goes in your pocket. it is magic! you can have three things going on at the same time. you can have maps, a tv programme. what technologists are saying if they managed to keep the price billowed $2000. —— below $2000. it is at the same price level it was two years ago. apple has gone up 50%, with their major competitor. i will have a look at their share price today andi a look at their share price today and i might actually be a buyer of their shares. as well as the new

phone. there you go. their shares. as well as the new phone. there you golj their shares. as well as the new phone. there you go. i get my money back that way if it goes up. you are back that way if it goes up. you are back later for the news briefing. back that way if it goes up. you are back laterfor the news briefing. we also have a tech guru on business briefing to talk some more about that foldable phone. now let's move on to other stories. for the first time in the history of the catholic church, bishops from around the globe are coming together at the vatican to confront the sexual abuse of children by the clergy. the 4—day summit, convened by pope francis, will address the recent scandals, as well as accusations that the crimes have been covered up. this report by martin bashir, our religion editor, starts with the voices of some of the abused. i was then about seven or eight yea rs i was then about seven or eight years old. a became a little friend of the chaplain. on every continent, priests have been preparing —— betraying trust and abusing children. every time he abused me, he sent me to another priest to

confess myself. chrissie foster's family was torn apart when both her daughters were sexually assaulted by the same priest. it is very debilitating, the impact on the, but on the families, yeah, it is such a betrayal. and they had the knowledge of these crimes, they hit it, they moved perpetrators on, they kept it a secret. a royal commission accused 7% of australia's priest of abusing children. in germany, a study found 3600 children had been abused i nearly 1700 clergy. in the state of pennsylvania alone, 300 priests abused more than 1000 children. the leader of roman catholics in england and wales at knowledge is the bread of the challenge now facing the

church. the sleek, it is not confined to the catholic church. it is in every culture, it is in every part of society, but it has found a home in the church, and that is terrible. the vatican says the summit will help develop policies and practices to address the crisis, but is that possible in a global church? in some cultures, if a priest is accused rightly or wrongly, of having sex with another man with a boy, he can be taken out and killed. in other cultures, if he is accused of having sex with somebody, it could be vindicated. there have been priests and bishops in asia, for example, who have been accused of having sex with a nun and they have been cheered when they come back to the parish. chrissie foster welcomes the summit, but there is any changes to church practice are too late.

i have absolutely no faith in them, i don't even know that they believe in god. how can they when this awful, hideous crime means nothing to them? the burden now rests with pope francis. the outcome could be the defining moment of his people see. —— pa palcy. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: excitement in the irish village where a mystery family has won just under $200 million on the euromillions lotto. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order, but the army defeated

in the task it had been sent to perform. malcolm has been murdered. that has a terrible effect on the morale of the people, i'm terrified of the repercussions in the streets. one wonders who is next. as the airlift got under way, there was no let—up in the eruption itself. lava streams from a vent low in the crater flow down to the sea on the east of the island, away from the town for the time being, but it could start flowing again at any time. the russians heralded their new generation space station with a spectacular night launch. they've called it mir, russian for peace. you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: almost 70 people have died

in a fire in the bangladeshi capital, dhaka. several other injured people have been taken to hospital. president macron of france promises new measures to tackle anti—semitism, warning attacks onjewish targets are at the highest level since the second world war. with brexit fast approaching, my colleague philippa thomas has been listening to both leavers and remainers about why they feel so strongly as they do. she's gone home to the industrial city of wakefield in the north of england, where she grew up, then to the university city of oxford in the south. both places saw a big turnout in the 2016 referendum. in wakefield, almost 70% voted in favour of leaving the european union. while in oxford, 70% decided to back remain. in a 2—part series, we hearfirst from people in wakefield to better understand why they voted so heavily to leave the eu.

wa nts wants the mines close down, they have never recovered in this area at all. they've had every industry, manualjobs, they all. they've had every industry, manual jobs, they have all. they've had every industry, manualjobs, they have gone and they have gone for good. coalminers turned tour guides. coal pits once providing hundreds of thousands of jobs, that will close down during my time at high school. will literally left behind. the americans call it the rustbelt, this has got to be the boss brought great britain. this ground would be bouncing. you stand here, the place would be shaking, yeah. they feel the industrial north lost out during the uk's decades of eu membership. they see brexit as an opportunity. 0nce eu membership. they see brexit as an opportunity. once we are out, what do you hope will be better, or what you feel could be betterfor

do you hope will be better, or what you feel could be better for place like wakefield ? you feel could be better for place like wakefield? well, i can't see it being any worse. coming back to the streets where i grew up, i saw more shops closed, more signs of stress. wakefield today are struggling industrial city, it needs hope. some of which i found on the outskirts in a very different power plant. at 0e electrics, staff designed plugs, cables, charges, modern essentials as part of the global supply chain. are local people, they will come into the industry because there is not a lot outside manufacturing to support that sort of workforce, so it is an opportunity to invest in wakefield by growing manufacturing business. —— they all local people. european money helped to grow this factory, 20% of their businesses in europe and they would like to be more, but still i heard from some of

the staff why they believe in brexit. economic independence, less bureaucracy, and taking back control of our borders to a degree. bureaucracy, and taking back control of our borders to a degreelj bureaucracy, and taking back control of our borders to a degree. i think a lot of people are proud at the moment. at the end of the day, a lot of people voted for change which is going to be something that was completely unknown, they did not know they want voted for that they wa nt know they want voted for that they want to change. that night at the socialist cloud, i heard more about the sense of losing out while paying billions of pounds to europe. the traditional labour supporting areas voted very, very heavily brexit. in some cases, 80, 90%, very high. people use phrases like we have got to do something about all that money going. i think people were angry with the government and with the political leadership of this country, and i think to a certain extent, there was an element of kicking off against establishment. rather like donald trump in america. the wakefield majority wanted britain to be great again. brexit

has a lot to deliver. philippa thomas, bbc news, wakefield. and tomorrow, we'll hear the different story from philippa in oxford, where 70% voted to stay in the eu. that is here tomorrow on the briefing. here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later today. we begin in brussels, where greta thunberg, this is a swedish teenager who's inspiring climate strikes, she will take her message to members of the european parliament and commission president, jean—claude junker. later in seoul, india's prime minister narendra modi attends a number of events there as part of his two—day visit to boost trade between the two countries. and finally, a japanese spacecraft hopes to land on an asteroid tonight, this in an ambitious plan to collect rock samples from the surface. now it's time to get

all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello there, i'm tulsen tollett and this is your thursday sport briefing, where we start with the news that var dominated both champions league matches played on wednesday. in spain, atletico madrid were 2—0 winners in theirfirst leg over juventus with their two uruguayan defenders, jose gimenez and diego godin, scoring, although var denied them a penalty and ruled out a goal to chelsea's on loan striker, alvaro morata. while in germany, manchester city saw raheem sterling score the winner in a 3—2 win over schalke, that saw var utilised for both the home side penalties they scored. i'm a big fan, so it is a penalty is a penalty. the second one is a penalty too and off side too, and a red card can be a red card. so the result is incredibly good, three goals away is called, but... we gave the first goal, we gave the second one, and we gave the red card, so

that level, we have chances too. we are not ready to fight for the champions league. he says he's planning for the long—term, butjust how safe is maurizio sarri'sjob at stamford bridge? chelsea face swedish side malmo in the last 32 of the europa league later. anything but a convincing win will pile more pressure on their manager. they're 2—1 up after the first leg, but the blues have suffered six defeats in their last 1a league games and were knocked out of the fa cup by manchester united on monday. formula 1's pre—season testing continues on thursday at barcelona's circuit de catalunya. on wednesday, toro rosso's daniil kvyat pipped alfa romeo's kimi raikkonen, while williams finally made it onto the track, with a day and a half left of the four—day test. and 21—year—old debutant george russell was 13th fastest and eight seconds off the pace. deputy team principal claire williams had this to say. you know, it did not get the mystery days of testing without more than

one issue, which we have had, but we are not going to be discussing those issues in public. we need to concentrate our energies on getting this test done on getting as many la ps this test done on getting as many laps on the board as possible, and then we will do our review after testing. in the coming hours, second seed petra kvitova will play slovakia's viktoria kuzmova for a place in the dubai tennis championships semi—finals. the czech kvitova beat jennifer brady to make it through to the last eight, but she was blown away in the second set as the american qualifier won it 6—1. the decider was far from straightforward as well. kvitova came through it, but the 2013 champion was made to work for it. steve stricker was announced usa ryder cup captain on wednesday ahead of next year's tournament in wisconsin, and during the press conference, two—time major winner john daly interrupted it, sending a text message to 51—year—old stricker. let's have a listen to what happened.

i got igota i got a nice text from... well, john daly, there you go. ijust saw his workout video on the golf channel this morning. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your thursday sport briefing. the alternative rock band, the 1975, and the dj calvin harris were the main winners at the 39th annual brit awards in london. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba was there. hugh jackman kick the huthackman kick the night off, performance and the greatest showman, the movie soundtrack 2018's it is selling album. —— kicked. the night's big winners were poprock

band, the 1975, taking home best album and best british group. they use their speech to speak out against the prejudice facing women in the industry, quoting a journalist. in music, a male misogynist acts are examined for nuance and defended as traits of difficult artist, while women and those who call the amount are treated as hysterics who don't understand at. best british female went to... jorja smith. best british male was george ezra. girl group little mix were the winners of best video with woman like me, which also features nick manoj. the winners of international best group were the ca rte rs, international best group were the carters, also known as beyonce and jay-z, carters, also known as beyonce and jay—z, he accepted the award in

front of a portrait of the duchess of sussex. # what about us, what about all the broken... and senior pink's closed the show with the bevy of hits. —— singer. lizo mzimba, bbc news. now, a family syndicate in ireland has come forward to claim this week's euromillions jackpot, worth more than a 175 million euros — just under $200 million. it's the biggest win ever claimed by an irish ticket holder, but their neighbours and friends are doing their best to keep their identities a secret, as ramzan karmali reports. cheering you'd think they've won the big one, but this is only the shop where the winning lottery ticket was bought. the ticket, worth a life changing 175 million euros, has caused quite a stir

in the village of naul in county dublin. shop owner les was delighted to have sold the winning ticket and even had a small win of his own to celebrate. i had a win with the shop syndicate, we do a local syndicate, there was 112 people in it last night. so we got 3a cents each, and then about 10am, 10:30 a.m., we got a phone call from the national lotto saying sold the biggest jackpot ever in ireland. some details of the real winners have begun to emerge, but the 500 or so villagers are remaining fairly tightlipped. i think they might be keeping it quiet now, i think they're inside maybe. i know the people that have won it outright. they're a lovely family, they're brothers and sisters, 0k? so, i'm not saying anymore. a spokesman for the winner said that was a dream come true and they plan to share their winnings with children, grandchildren, and extended family. not secret for long. ramzan karmali, bbc news.

will go on to talk about that samsung foldable phone coming up in the b business briefing. so far none of you have got in touch with me to say you're going to buy it. we'll talk about that ina in a moment. hello. temperatures on the up again and there are sunny days ahead but we have to wait a little bit longer for that to arrive. there will be a good deal of cloud around on thursday, just for the afternoon some sunny spells developing that despite the cloud, temperatures are heading higher. there is a caribbean feel to some of the aircoming ourway there is a caribbean feel to some of the air coming our way on through thursday and late into the weekend, the source of the air is more like africa and the canary islands, but you can see as we look at things for the start of thursday how much cloud areas. it is a bit damp and drizzly in places as well, probably parts of western scotland in north—west england that are last to lose any damp weather going into this part the afternoon. as well as a few of

us the afternoon. as well as a few of us will stay cloudy, a trend towards a brighter, sunny spell developing to the afternoon and there could well be a sunshiny north—east scotland. this breeze is clearly from one direction, it is breezy and the further west you are because you are the further west you are because you a re close the further west you are because you are close to lower pressure in the atlantic, but in that mild feedback, 16,17, atlantic, but in that mild feedback, 16, 17, 8080 degrees somewhere in north—east scotland widely, temperatures in the mid— teens. the wind in the west is going to strengthen on to thursday night, the northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland it could well turn gusty at weather front gets closer to cloud and maybe a few spots of rain out about and the other issue is going be fobbed developing the parts of the midlands, east anglia, southern, especially south—east england. it could well be slow to clear and dancing places on friday morning, but after that we should get a seasoned sunshine. this weather front still close to parts of northern ireland and western scotland, still a chance of seeing a few showers in the strongest breeze. remember, some of this log into the south—east. if you spots it may

linger even into the afternoon but from all of us on the friday, the sunshine will appear at the appear and of course it is going to feel very mild especially where you have got and this guy and sunshine to enjoy. —— a few. looking at the weekend picture, snow into parts of western europe. the feed of air coming our way from west africa and the canaries coming into the uk, again there could be sent bob around parts of england, slow to clear. maybe a weather front close to parts of northern ireland and western scotland, but many of us will stay fine and dry.