this is the business briefing. i'm sally bundock. the uk government warns businesses to prepare for more custom checks and higher food prices if a no—deal brexit occurs. this is the briefing. the head of the us central bank, i'm sally bundock. our top story: jerome powell, warns that global behind bars — george pell, pressures may have the senior catholic cleric a negative impact on us growth. who sexually abused two choirboys, is taken into custody. and on the markets: waving the flag of friendship — you can see the dow ended the day donald trump meets with vietnamese slightly down and it is pretty mixed officials before his summit with kim jong—un. in asia with japan slightly down and it is pretty mixed in asia withjapan up slightly down and it is pretty mixed in asia with japan up nearly 0.5%. four more years — nigeria's leader, muhammadu buhari, is elected for a second term of office. higherfood prices and more customs checks — that's the uk government's no—deal warning to businesses as uncertainty continues.

a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. we have a packed programme today. and you can be part of the conversation — tell us what you think of the stories we're covering today. what you are spotting where you are. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. the australian cardinal george pell has been taken into custody after having his bail revoked. he will return to court to be sentenced in a couple of weeks. he's been told he could face 10 years injail. cardinal pell has been found guilty of abusing two choirboys in melbourne cathedral in 1996. the former vatican treasurer, who is 77, is the highest ranking catholic figure to be convicted of sexual assault.

his lawyers have lodged an appeal. for more on this, i am joined now by hywel griffith who's in melbourne. dramatic scenes as he now goes to be behind bars. yes, i guess you could say his fall from grace is now complete. thejudge say his fall from grace is now complete. the judge indicated say his fall from grace is now complete. thejudge indicated that his bail had been revoked and cardinal pell had to stand up, leaning on his walking stick, bowing to thejudge as leaning on his walking stick, bowing to the judge as he went down from the dock and into custody, and within an hour or so he will be processed and put into a prison for the first time, where he will remain for at least a couple of weeks. he will return to court in two weeks to learn what his sentence will be, but already today we have heard the very minimum is like to be a couple of yea rs minimum is like to be a couple of years and potentially could be as much as ten years for a what is

considered serious sexual offences. give us sense of what the reaction has been in australia, a story that has been in australia, a story that has been in australia, a story that has been suppressed since the end of last year. you could tell from the reception that donald —— cardinal pell had today, people waving placards at him, there is a sense of anger towards him, and a sense of relief from campaigners, someone who embodied the church, represented so much has been brought tojustice for his own crimes against children. however, of course there are others who question the validity of the convictions. some claim that he had been made a scapegoat for the crimes of others so in court today, it was a packed court, they had to open a second court to accommodate all the people who wanted to be there for the moment he lost his liberty. there were plenty of people inside who felt some sort of release or

relief that cardinal pell is now starting his time in prison. despite this verdict, he remains a cardinal, doesn't he, and he says the entire time that he professes his innocence and will be appealing. absolutely, and will be appealing. absolutely, and we do expect his appeal to potentially progress over the next couple of weeks. it defence barrister has indicated they are pushing on several grounds. however, he can only do that now, cardinal pell, from jail. he had the situation where a he remains a cardinal because technically it is up cardinal because technically it is up to the pope to force him to resign his total. no indication of him wanting to do that, and the vatican has said it wanted the full course of justice vatican has said it wanted the full course ofjustice to be run, indicating they were not fully accept the conviction until every single legal process has been followed. that has angered some

campaigners, people thinking that is the wrong message. the message should need to look at victims and thinking about them rather than cardinal pell by the legal rights. it does suggest that this legal battle still have a few rounds to go. thank you so much, live in melbourne. the australian cardinal george pell behind bars, his bail revoked. now, our other top story. president donald trump and the north korean leader kim jong—un are within hours of meeting again, face to face. their second summit another attempt to secure the denuclearisation of north korea, although the two leaders have very different definitions of what that would mean. a short while ago, president trump tweeted. "vietnam is thriving like few places on earth. north korea would be the same, and very quickly, if it would denuclearize. the potential is awesome, a great opportunity, like almost none other in history, for my friend kim jong—un. we will know fairly soon —

very interesting!" that is the president's tweet ahead of their meeting. sharanjit leyl is covering the summit for us. good to see us today. president trump is going to have bilateral talks with officials in vietnam's before he meets kimjong—un. absolutely, sally. infact, he is doing that right now. we saw him meet earlier with the vietnamese president at the colonial presidential palace. he is also the general secretary of the ruling communist party. he talked a lot about the trade relationship between the us and vietnam. he is of course about to have a hunch if he is not already with his vietnamese prime minister you will counterpart. they will be meeting and talking about various things. we know president

trump is having a very busy day. he was tweeting earlier, and a busy day as busy as the hanoi traffic i should add. not going on, all of this palace before he meets his north korean counterpart, kim jong—un once again. we know that they will be meeting for about 20 minutes for a very quick meeting before they have dinner tonight, and again, this will happen at a historic metropole hoteljust less than a historic metropole hoteljust less thana mile historic metropole hoteljust less than a mile from where i stand here, sally. in the meantime, someone who has been making sense of the relationship, making sense of what they are likely to achieve in this second summit if andrey, our expert. we have been talking earlier about what is on the table this time around for this second summit, especially in singapore last year. many critics say it achieved very little. what are you expecting all

hoping to see? well, i am hoping to see some concrete steps taken white array “— see some concrete steps taken white array —— right away. that could be to permanently shut down the nuclear facility which has actually been shut down twice before in agreement with the united states, but something really permanent this time. the us will have to give some kind of sanctions relief as well. i wa nt kind of sanctions relief as well. i want to see that right away. and the beginning of a process, the amp by both sides to a process that will lead to some of the more difficult roles later on, denuclearisation of the korean side. they talk about the nuclear umbrella. that is an interesting thought. we know what the americans want, they want career to de— nuclear. it is also what the rest of the world want to be a safer place. you have better insight because you have been to pyongyang about 30 times. the nuclear umbrella

refers to a us alliance commitment to defend its allies in this region with its nuclear forces if necessary. the north koreans view that as a threat. but when they say things like we want an end to the nuclear dumbrell, they don't define, they haven't yet really defined what that means. the americans are looking to understand what the north koreans really want as their end state. indeed, that is something we hope to understand as well in the next day or so. thank you so much for being here with us and making sense of it all, andray. 0f for being here with us and making sense of it all, andray. of course, i will be covering it. we are watching president trump's every move, and of course kimjong—un watching president trump's every move, and of course kim jong—un as well. our hours away from meeting as well. thank you so much for now. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. rescuers are searching for more than 60 illegal gold miners in indonesia who could be trapped after a shaft collapsed in northern sulawesi province.

a spokesman for the disaster agency said dozens of people were mining for gold when supporting beams broke, burying the miners. one person has been found dead and 13 have so far been rescued. the us is seeking a draft resolution at the un demanding that humanitarian aid currently blocked by the maduro regime from entering venezuela be allowed in. it's likely to be vetoed by president maduro's allies china and russia. the us has threatened more economic sanctions and called on other member states to do the same. the us house of representatives has passed legislation to block president trump's national emergency declaration, seeking funds for his long—promised border wall. only 13 republicans supported the move in the house. it now goes to the senate. a two—thirds majority of both chambers is needed to override a presidential veto.

in a statement, us secretary of state mike pompeo said he had talked to foreign ministers of both india and pakistan separately and encouraged both countries to "exercise restraint and avoid further military activity." india's air strikes against militants in pakistani territory increased tension between the neighbour countries. within the past hour, the nigerian election commission has declared that president muhammadu buhari has won another term in office. mr buhari defeated the main opposition candidate, atiku abubakar, in the presidential election. mr abubakar‘s party had previously alleged electoral fraud in the vote last saturday. 0ur correspondent mayenijones has this report. muhammadu buhari of the all progressive congress having

satisfied and has scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared winner and is returned elected. the announcement the nation has been waiting for. voters in the northern state where president muhammadu buhari wonder highest number of votes. we are here for this opportunity to win the election. he is an honest person and we trust him completely and we know he will do something for our nation. it was expected to be a close race but turned out to be a convincing win for president muhammadu buhari beating his rival by nearly 4 million votes. even before the result was announced, they said it would challenge results, alleging voterfraud. at would challenge results, alleging voter fraud. at the would challenge results, alleging voterfraud. at the headquarters would challenge results, alleging voter fraud. at the headquarters of the ruling party, the atmosphere.

that accused of failing to meet the promises in the first term. widespread issues and security across the country, nigerians are at expecting a more effective leadership this time around. but here, it is time to celebrate. that is our coverage of the elections in nigeria. now, news closerto is our coverage of the elections in nigeria. now, news closer to home for those of us watching on bbc one. the uk government has published its assessment of the impact of a no—deal brexit on business and trade. the report warns that food prices are likely to rise and there could be a substantial increase in customs checks. there's also a warning that the economy may see lower growth over the next 15 years if no agreement is reached with the eu. joining me is priya lakhani, founder and ceo of century tech, a uk—based education technology platform. great to see you. we are talking brexit. many would argue looking at

this government report which looks at what could happen if we leave on the 29th of march without the deal, it might say is project fear, trying to worry everybody about what would happen in the next few years. the time is convenient because the prime minister has days to convince mps in the house to vote for the deal she has negotiated. what i find really shocking as a leader in business is the requests to get a report like this published. the timing is curious, because this is what is going to happen if we crash out without a deal and therefore you start to think about the chaos in the house right now and mp starting to think, actually, we don't want 9% of the economy to be weakened over the next 15 years. therefore to win oui’ the next 15 years. therefore to win our vote for the deal? when i read about some of the details of what is in this report, nothing surprised me. the thing i have not heard

before, this prediction on what might happen to the uk. again, it is a prediction, it is what people think might happen. we have heard that from the imf, many other places. there was nothing that was new for me. it is nothing new, but it is deal and alarming and it is getting closer to home. we are days away from the end of march. the uncertainty, it is starting to crush business. i have a group of founders and it is unbelievable how me people have said that deal cycles were taking longer, buying cycles are taking longer, buying cycles are taking longer, buying cycles are taking longer within the eu and people are stalling in terms of decision. i can see the impact of rate that happening in business. custom jacks cost business 30 billion per year and we are not even talking about the tariffs. that is just the extra logistics. what is surprising is we are not really ready for this. it seems people

prepare for these tariffs and jacks, we are to wait and see what happens. for me personally i think no deal would be of absolutely terrible situation. thank you for now. that is the situation in regards to today's brexit news. stay with us on the programme. so much more to come, including off with his head. it 800—year—old remains stolen from a church in ireland. 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 symbolising 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're watching the briefing. our main headlines.: george pell, the senior catholic cleric convicted of sexually abusing two choirboys, has had his bail revoked at a court in melbourne.

donald trump has been meeting with his vietnamese counterpart in hanoi, ahead of his summit with north korean leader kim jong—un. let's stay with that. president donald trump and the north korean leader kim jong—un are within hours of holding talks again. let's rejoin sharanjit in hanoi. that's right, in fact, you are looking at the view i have, pretty much, over the very famous hanoi lake. it is called the lake of the sword, a beautiful spot that many tourist visit. and in fact, southeast asia correspondent jonathan head, i believe he is coming to us from there as well.

jonathan, we know that hanoi has put ona jonathan, we know that hanoi has put on a great show for these two leaders, north korea's kimjong—un as well as president trump. what else are we expecting today? we did just see president trump meeting with his vietnamese counterpart, the president as well as the prime minister, he is having lunch with him right now. tell us about the rest of today, especially the hours leading up to his meeting with kim jong—un. leading up to his meeting with kim jong-un. well, at the moment we do not know what the north korean leader's plans are. he arrived yesterday on that epic train journey, eventually arriving by motorcade here. one of the things that the us side out there wants the north koreans to see is how well be at arm has done while remaining under the control of the communist party. —— vietnam. its economic growth is one of the fastest in the region. it is possible they may be some of that included in the north korean leader's programme, while

some of his officials are looking at businesses that have done very well here. don't dismiss this bilateral relationship between the us and vietnam, it is very important, a key strategic partner, a very close relationship which many people would think is remarkable when you consider how bitter their history has been, which is another lesson the americans are hoping the north korean state weight. i have no doubt that in president trump's conversations with his the enemy ‘s counterparts, he will be hoping they pass on in their own meetings with the north korean leader what the path could look like away from his current nuclear isolation. —— vietnamese counterparts. at this stage we have a dinner in the evening, an informal get—together between kim jong—un and president trump, where they will again showcased this very easy personal relationship they demonstrated in singapore last year, but the substantive talks of the samata tomorrow, and we just don't know what kind of concessions the north korean leader is willing to make. us officials have been trying hard in the meetings leading up to the

summit to see if we can get something concrete to show, which they simply didn't get at the singapore summit last year. indeed, thatis singapore summit last year. indeed, that is what i believe we are all watching for. jonathon head has been following the story for us here in hanol following the story for us here in hanoi. and of course as he mentioned, the key thing we will be watching for its later today, when the two leaders meet for that dinner, that quick 20 minutes chat they will have a header that dinner, we will be watching that. i will be in hanoi with the latest. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is your wednesday sport briefing where we start with the news that brendan rodgers has been appointed leicester city's new manager after leaving his job at scottish champions celtic. rodgers has signed a contract untiljune 2022 and succeeds claude puel, who was sacked on sunday after 16 months in charge. it marks a premier league return for rodgers, who previously managed liverpool and swansea city and he watched from the stands

as his new club beat brighton 2—1 on tuesday. he has just spoke to the lads. the lads were in awe, were listening to them. and he said i've only come here — i've only left to come here for one reason, and that is to work with this group of players. because that's what he sees in these players, and i think that speaks volumes for the young players we've got here. all the top teams play in the premier league later on wednesday, with leaders liverpool having won just once in their last four matches — and they'll want to change that statistic against watford. everything is fine, but if you a lwa ys everything is fine, but if you always look at this breaks, would be dropped points or concede cole's will do this or that, the next game, we have to win that, but not like we can win that, it makes life a little bit more uncomfortable. that is the truth. wednesday also sees the first of two

el clasicos in the space of four days with both games being played in the spanish capital. in the copa del rey real madrid hold the advantage after holding the barcelona to a 1—1 draw the first leg at camp nou and with the catalans looking for a fifth successive title in this tournament — but they'll have their work cut out playing away from home thanks to a lucas vasquez goal in the first leg. translation: we like to play these matches against barcelona because you need to give your best. also, both games we played at the own about, where we have our supporters behind us, making it easier. above all, we are eager to play these two games because we want to win them. officials in ireland have pleaded for the return of a human head that was stolen from a crypt in a church in dublin. the bodily remains, known as the crusader, had lain there for eight centuries. the local archdeacon has urged anyone with any information to come forward. the bbc‘s tim allman has more.

st michan‘s church has stood in this spot for more than 900 years. a place of quiet devotion and peaceful contemplation. so you can imagine the shock when a tour guide came to open up and discovered this. the heavy steel door to one of the vaults are ripped off, the bodies inside desecrated. i can understand people who break into a church and steal silver. that's commonplace. but to break into a sacred area, a crypt where people have been dead for many years, and bodies are buried, itjust beggars belief. ijust can't get my head around the mind of somebody who would do that. these, some of the mummified remains pictured before the break—in. one of them, a nun, who had been here for 400 years. her coffin ransacked. the head of this man was severed and taken away. he is known only as the crusader,

and he has lain here for 800 years. if they have any conscience whatsoever, they would make contact with me or the church authorities or even the guards, to say where the head of the crusader is, because we would like that fact, just simply to put his head back with his body and let him rest in peace. time may not be on their side. it is feared the human remains will quickly decompose. this has been described as a great loss to the parish, the city and the country. i will be back with the business briefing in a few moments, where we will look in more detail at that report from the government on what the impact would be on the uk economy and businesses if we left the eu without a deal. we will have all the other business stories as well, so do stay with us. i will see

you very, very soon. tuesday was another record—breaking day, 21.2 degrees celsius at kew gardens. today is going to be another unusually warm day, lots of sunshine around but probably the last of the warm and sunny days for quite some time. 0ur weather is changing. for a long time now, we've been on the warm side of this jetstream. you can see how the position of the jet stream is going to change over the next few days. a stronger westerlyjet coming out from the atlantic bringing cooler, more unsettled weather. at the moment, though, it's still drier and a little chilly out there. temperatures not far away from freezing in one or two places. the midlands, the vale of york and the moray firth. sunshine far and wide. sunshine coming to northern ireland, western and northern fringes of scotland and through the irish sea with the many inland areas dry and sunny and really warm, the highest temperatures around the london area of 19 or 20 degrees.

the persistent area of high pressure is changing position. it's retreating, getting squeezed back down towards iberia and the azores which is where it should be. thursday will be a much cloudier day. it could be a little dull, a little misty and we will find some showery bursts of rain across southern england, wales, the midlands, perhaps into the north—west of england, a few heady bursts quite likely. rain in the north—east of scotland where temperatures are back down to 9 degrees. a significant drop on what was seen recently and on top of that, sunshine as well. there may not be an awful lot of sunshine to start with either. the next weather front arriving in from the atlantic should hold towards the west through most of the day on friday. cloudy start, misty and murky again. some western areas may see some sunshine coming through, those temperatures down at around 11 or 12 degrees, fairly typically. still a little above average for the time of year, quite a change from what we've seen. and it gets windy as we head into the weekend. stron —to gale—force wind, bands of rain followed by showers, 00:27:50,687 --> 2147483051:50:40,058 a little sunshine and highs 2147483051:50:40,058 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 of around 12 or 13 celsius.