this is the business briefing, i'm sally bundock. tesla shares go in reverse after another alleged misleading tweet from the controversial elon musk. and a trade truce between the us this is the briefing, and china moves a step closer i'm sally bundock. our top story: after donald trump claims the australian cardinal george pell is found guilty of child abuse, an agreement is very, very close. the most senior catholic cleric to be convicted. and on the markets: north korea's leader, kimjong—un, arrives in vietnam for his second what will they focus on today? as summit with president trump. you can see, declines in asia right now. of course, we have the concern the brexit pressure mounts on theresa may. brussels calls for a delay. about trade and president kim in the opposition suggests vietnam. a lot on the mind of global a second vote. elon musk is in hot water for investors. another alleged misleading tweet. the news sent tesla shares tumbling. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know

in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. here in the uk, it was the hottest day in february on record. are you basking in the sun without concern about why? is this a sign of a more extreme weather to come? tell us what you think. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. one of the most high—ranking officials in the catholic church, the australian cardinal and former vatican treasurer george pell, has been convicted of sexual abuse. he was found guilty in december on five charges of assaulting two choirboys in melbourne cathedral, but reporting restrictions have only now been lifted.

it is just two days since the pope held an unprecedented conference at the vatican to address a damaging series of allegations against priests worldwide. more from the bbc‘s hywel griffith. he had returned from rome claiming he would clear his name, but cardinal george pell, once one of the pope's closest advisers, now faces going to jail. the 77—year—old was for many years the face of the church in australia, revered for his intellect and uncompromising manner. but pell also used his power to manipulate and abuse. in 1996, in one of his first services as archbishop in melbourne cathedral, pell found two choirboys helping themselves to communion wine. he told them that they were in trouble, and then,

grabbing them by the head, forced both into a series of sexual acts. in his rise through the ranks of the catholic church in australia, george pell became responsible for dealing with the abuse perpetrated by other priests. here in melbourne, he claimed credit for setting up a world—first system to counsel and compensate victims, but for decades, his crimes remained hidden. george pell reached the top level in the vatican, becoming its treasurer. from rome, he gave evidence to an inquiry into abuse in australia. the church has, in many places, certainly in australia, has mucked things up, has made — let people down. i'm not here to defend the indefensible. but some feel pell has further crimes to answer for, accusing him of concealing abuse and protecting other abusers. he had a vested interest in covering it up.

the whole hierarchy of the catholic church aided and abetted paedophile priests and brothers to rape and molest thousands upon thousands of children. pell has always denied covering up abuse. he has already been removed from rome's inner circle, but as a cardinal, he has kept his title. there are calls for the pope to force him to resign with his own credibility at stake. the only way that the pope can get out of this sort of situation is really to demand, in my view, that he step down from his functions as a cardinal. for months, there has been frustration in australia that, until now, the details of his abuse could not be reported. cardinal pell, any message for your supporters today? news of his conviction will send shock waves

across the catholic church, and expose once again its failure to deal with a dark history of clerical abuse. we will be live to melbourne shortly to get more detail on that story. anticipation is building ahead of the second summit between president donald trump and the north korean leader, kim jong—un. the two men will meet on wednesday. the north korean leader arrived here at dong dang station in vietnam within the past hour. it is about 170 km from the centre of hanoi. north korea is desperate for an end to sanctions after years of economic penalties. it is also seeking a declaration officially ending the korean war. the us wants a verifiable commitment to denuclearisation, a promise that north korea has made many times before and not fulfilled. in many ways, the relevant issues are identical to those injune, when the leaders met for the first time in singapore.

sharanjit leyl is covering the summit for us. nice to see you. so once again, the red carpet has been rolled out for kim jong—un. red carpet has been rolled out for kim jong-un. absolutely, sally. as you said, he arrived some hours ago here in vietnam at dong dang station, where there was very much a red carpet, ceremonial guards as well greeting him. he was accompanied by his key negotiator, a former general, as well as his sister, and on the american side, we know that us secretary of state mike pompeo is in hanoi as well. what is interesting, of course, is that it was 170 kilometres from dong dang to hanol was 170 kilometres from dong dang to hanoi. we believe that kim jong—un

is already here in hanoi. in fact, oui’ is already here in hanoi. in fact, our correspondentjonathan head saw his motorcade arrived at a hotel just under a mile from where i stand, nearly in central hanoi, in the old quarter, overlooking the very famous lake of the sword. people very much going about their own business but there is a lot of anticipation for these two leaders meeting. president trump is due to arrive tonight and already we have some indication of the logistics of their day over the next two days. president trump will be meeting with his vietnamese counterpart, the president and the prime minister, tomorrow, and then in the evening wednesday evening the two leaders will meet briefly before they both sit down to have dinner. and on thursday, that is when the real nitty—gritty, you know, will be

occurring. they will be meeting, there is a lot of expectations that there is a lot of expectations that there has got to be a lot more substantive details negotiated this time around. as you say, both sides will be seeking out a nice deal. 0bviously will be seeking out a nice deal. obviously the north koreans want those sanctions to be removed, that are currently in place, and the us, of course, want to see a lot more steps towards denuclearisation, so really a lot of that will be happening on thursday, when they will be having back and forth meetings, we are told. as you say, when they met for the very first time injune in singapore last year, it was about that historic first meeting, the handshake, the international press were very much lapping that up. this time, people wa nt lapping that up. this time, people want results, don't they? they do, sally. but of course, no—one is forgetting that first meeting in singapore, because it was historic.

it was really the first time a sitting us president met with a north korean leader. there was that handshake, president trump went on to say that the two fell in love, but they have got a great relationship, and in fact tweeting ahead of this summit as well he is expecting a lot more to come out of this one, and he says that he expect north korea to do great things, that they have the ability to really achieve, and he is hoping for something to come out of this meeting with kim jong—un this time around, as well, though he says he is not expecting as much as they we re is not expecting as much as they were expect them. you mentioned the certifiable, verifiable, irreversible denuclearisation. well, this time around a lot of analysts are saying they are going to take baby are saying they are going to take ba by ste ps are saying they are going to take baby steps towards trying to achieve that. thank you very much for now, we will see you again soon, i am sure. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news: the trump administration is slapping new sanctions on more venezuelan officials, as the situation there only gets worse.

the new measures target governors who are backing president nicolas maduro. us vice president mike pence announced the move during a visit to colombia, where he met with venezuela's opposition leader, juan guaido. mr guaido has declared himself the country's interim president. the trial in germany of a 95—year—old former guard at a nazi death camp has been stopped because of the defendant's health problems, likely ending one of the last such prosecutions linked to the holocaust. the defendant first appeared in court in muenster in november, accused of assisting in the murder of hundreds of people at a nazi concentration camp during world war ii. he denied the charges. iran's foreign minister, mohammad javad zarif, has announced his resignation on his instagram page. in persian he wrote, "i would like to sincerely apologise for not being able to continue, and for all my shortcomings during my service." there was no immediate reason offered for what prompted his resignation, and it is still not clear whether his offer will accepted by iran's

president, hassan rouhani. the american singer r kelly has pleaded not guilty to ten charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against four women, three of whom were minors at the time. the r&b star spent the weekend in jail after failing to raise a bond of $1 million set by thejudge, although he has now been released. for a long time, elon musk managed to cast a spell over wall street, but it would seem things are changing. the us securities and exchange commission has asked for the founder of tesla, elon musk, to be held in contempt of court for a misleading tweet. last week, musk tweeted that the carmaker would make 500,000 cars this year, before informing the markets or having the tweet approved by the firm's top lawyer. rebecca harding, the ceo

and founder of coriolis tech, joins me now. good to see you. so once again, elon musk seems to be not playing by the rules, which we are kind of getting used his personality, aren't we, too great degree. but he has to do now, doesn't he? i think this is a very interesting case that is now, because the company is actually saying that he didn't break the rules, as such. he wasn't disclosing information that wasn't already out there, so they said there was going to be annualised growth, of 500,000 yea rs to be annualised growth, of 500,000 years your mac cars in production —— 500,000 cars. what the sec is saying is that elon musk was in breach of good faith, so he was meant to have passedit good faith, so he was meant to have passed it by his lawyer before he says it. it is a case of kind of an era irresistible force on one side, and an immovable object on the other and an immovable object on the other and which will win out in the end.

and he is under such restrictions, and the sec is watching him very closely, because of that tweet heeded sometime ago that he implied heeded sometime ago that he implied he might be taking tesla private, that he had funding for that. of course, these are market moving, sensitive tweets, aren't they, that caused the share price to go all over the place. exactly, so you saw the same last night. when he first tweeted there was more than a 5% shift in the value of the share price. it could be technically in breach of sec regulations, because it is saying this is what is happening to the company before the shareholders or the board have been notified, or the lawyers, so it is creating a problem in so far as it is pre—empting the markets, and that is pre—empting the markets, and that is why the sec is so worried about it. rebecca is back four hour news briefing a little bit later, and we will hear from dave briefing a little bit later, and we will hearfrom dave lee briefing a little bit later, and we will hear from dave lee and others about elon musk. in fact, we will hear from elon about elon musk. in fact, we will hearfrom elon musk about elon musk. in fact, we will hear from elon musk himself, that is coming later in business briefing. theresa may will update mps later

on the latest negotiations with the eu over her brexit deal. but pressure is mounting on her to delay the country's departure from the eu, with the president of the european council saying a delay would be a senisible way forward, while the opposition labour party have now backed calls for a second referendum if they can't get their own deal through. here is andy moore. 0n the sidelines of a summit between european and arab states in egypt, theresa may had more talks about brexit with a european colleagues. three of her own ministers have publicly urged her to take no deal brexit off the table, but so far, at least, she is resisting their pressure. i am clear that what i am working for is to ensure that we get a deal negotiated with the european union that addresses the concerns of parliament such that parliament votes for that deal and we are able to leave with a deal. but european leaders are suggesting that the

delay may be the only way out of the deadlock. i believe that the situation we are in, an extension would be a rational solution. prime minister may still believes that she is able to avoid this. back in the uk, the labor party has signalled a dramatic shift in its position. its leader, jeremy corbyn, will now support the so—called people's vote if its own proposed brexit deal is rejected in a vote in parliament on wednesday. while we had respected the results of the referendum, and we have been trying to make sure that we leave in the sensible way, with this prime minister it is really very difficult indeed. you would campaign to remain, if we got to that point, would you? of course i would campaign to remain, because ido i would campaign to remain, because i do think that is what is best for britain. brexit has split opinion in britain's two main political parties. labour lost eight of its members to an independent group last week. this new policy will please

some labour mps and alienate others. stay with us. still to come: the old man and the snow. the colorado hermit who has produced decades of data to help combat climate change. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos's sanctuary, malacanang — the name itself symbolizing one of the cruellest regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly using a cell from another sheep. citizens are trying to come to grips with their new freedom. though there is joy and relief today, the scars are everywhere.

not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. some of the swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time the public will see this pope. very soon, for the sake of the credibility and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will, in his own words, "be hidden from the world for the rest of his life." you are watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: north korean leader kimjong—un has arrived in vietnam for his second summit with president trump. and our top story: australian cardinal george pell has been found guilty of child abuse, the most senior catholic cleric to be convicted. let's stay with that now. 0ur correspondent hywel griffith is in melbourne.

we heard your pert earlier how the story has shocked australia but also the catholic church worldwide. it is tell us about why there was a suppression order on reporting the story. originally george felt they share a range of charges. the sexual assault of 213—year—old choirboys. they faced another trial later this year. the town here in victoria, ballarat. back in the 1970s. it meant there was no further trial. therefore, the public could be told finally about the guilty verdict which returned unanimously back in

december. how long will this process take, do we think? it's already been several years since he was first interviewed. at that stage, they we re interviewed. at that stage, they were interviewed. time after time, saying the victims were impossible. thejury saying the victims were impossible. the jury thought otherwise. it could be up to the court of appeal whether 01’ be up to the court of appeal whether or not they allow him to take his appeal father. there are several grounds appealing. it's not guaranteed he would get an appeal or a dash or another trial. what is guaranteed as the sentencing process will begin its up to the judge to decide what sentence he deserves but it's likely that pell is still a

cardinal. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm chetan pathak with your tuesday sport briefing. we start with the legend that is roger federer, who remains on course for what could be his 100th atp tour title after battling back to win his opening match at the dubai tennis championships. he's aiming to become only the second man — after americanjimmy conors to reach a three figure landmark. paul frostick has more: four victories on the atp tour, only americanjimmy connor ‘s stand in front of roger federer on a 109. philip kohlschreiber was his first opponent in the dubai tennis championships. a break in the opening game meant it was enough to win the first set. after a break in the second, philip kohlschreiber struck again.

he took the set 6—3 to set up a decider. the contest faded as federer broke the german twice to win 6—1 in the third. he is going for a record eighth title in dubai. leicester city are starting life without manager claude puel. the frenchman was dismissed on sunday after overseeing a 4—1 home defeat to crystal palace. (tx 00v) the former premier league champions are back in action the —— the former premier league champions are back in action on tuesday as they face brighton at home — and after five defeats

in their last six league games, they know things need to improve fast instead of giving forgiving what is happening if we did, we would have done at seven, eight days ago. the performances have been so good, this isa performances have been so good, this is a good, good team, a good, young bright good players. the former england cricket captain alastair cook will officially receive his knighthood from the queen on tuesday. cook led england in 59 test matches and is the fifth—highest run scorer of all time in test cricket. he retired from the international scene last year but will play for his county side essex this year. and before we go here's one of the best things we've seen posted by a football club on social media for a while. this is mobolaji dawodu, who plays for english club canterbury city... though who knows a recording contract could be on the horizon. as a forfeit for being the last player to arrive for his side's match. he was forced to sing in front of his team—mates and loved every single second of it. this is my favourite bit. that is how you sell a performance.

you just know he's going to be late everyday now so he can get up and do that. right we're all off to practice our version of la bamba. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me chetan pathak and the rest of the team, that is your tuesday sport briefing. bye for now. we wa nt we want to see that, don't we? climate change is widely considered the greatest challenge no of our age. the consequences of a warming planet could be drastic for generations to come. if scientists are to understand what's happening they need good data — and one man in colorado has made it his mission to supply as much as possible. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. every winter, every year,

for nearly 50 years now, billy barr has measured the snow. he lives alone in the rocky mountains, as far away from civilisation as he can get, and he has seen some erratic changes in the climate that surrounds him. february used to be a very cold month and now it has become mild. what i've learned long—term, is just simplified a bit, there is an obvious change in temperature. billy knows this because, to combat boredom, he started writing a weather diary. the 18th, 0k. there were 61 inches of snow on the ground at sunset that day. so the low was actually —15. and now these diaries, decades of them, are proving to be a goldmine to climate scientists. as the temperatures have been getting warmer, the lower elevations

are melting out earlier. so if we want to understand how the world is changing in ways that matter to people all around the world, it's the best data we have. a life alone, but for billy barr, a life not wasted. growing up i wanted to have a wife and kids, and i wasjust so bad at it, so now i have something else that i really like. we are talking about climate and weather, here in the uk we've seen historically high temperatures of the month of february. in wales in particular, some parts are breast with, also seen temperatures of 20 degrees or more. sammy says it's a bit worrying. we are on the beach, we are in the garden in our t—shirts. 0thers we are in the garden in our t—shirts. others have been in touch saying they are loving this beautiful weather but they are a bit

concerned as to why. more than a few minutes. hello there. monday was a record—breaking day and temperatures on tuesday will be similar. it's been unusually warm for quite some time, however pattern has not changed much in fact this blocking pattern, there is the position of the jet stream in the undulations, there will always be winners and losers. the warm side of the jet around the winners and losers. the warm side of thejet around the uk, 20 degrees in london and on the colder side of the jet, in athens, only seven. while it's warm in the sunshine, by day, it's warm in the sunshine, by day, it's cold and the clear skies at night are the temperatures we started on tuesday. it could be down to —3 in rural parts. mist and fog patches in the valleys to lift. 0therwise patches in the valleys to lift. otherwise the many places, lots of sunshine again on tuesday and awake in the final of scotland, a band of

cloud that elsewhere, sunny, blue skies, temperatures rise to a high of 19 or skies, temperatures rise to a high of19 or20, skies, temperatures rise to a high of 19 or 20, western parts of wales and around the london area as well. we still have this blocking area of high—pressure drawing in warm air the south. ducking down in cold air, eastern europe into the easton met. we start to see changes on wednesday, mist and fog all around in southern parts of and wales. a lot more low cloud coming to the southwest approaches. a bit grey here. temperatures well above average for the time of year but not as warm as it has been. more significant changes on thursday. the high pressure is getting squeezed away towards the south. how far north and east they get, still open to doubt. we could see some rain getting towards northern ireland, moving to southwest england and wales, into north—west england, perhaps even later into the

south—east. what more cloud around on thursday, a bit misty and places. surviving in the south—west. temperatures back down to 11 or even 12 degrees on thursday. we saw the position of the jet stream early which is changing towards the end of the week. the strongerjetstream coming in and that means that land together rather than their coming in from the south. it's getting cooler. temperatures back down to 11 or 12 degrees. more on the way of cloud and some rain eventually coming in from the west.