this is bbc news. i'm ben bland. our top stories: the family of a us student who died after he was jailed in north korea criticise president trump for praising kim jong—un. canada clears the way for the us to start extradition proceedings against huawei's chief financial officer, prompting an angry response from beijing. celebrations as the indian pilot shot down and captured by pakistan is released. but will his safe return bring both countries back from the brink of war? and nasa's groundbreaking mars mission gets underway, as insight probes the inner secrets of the red planet.

hello, and welcome to bbc news. the family of an american student who died after being jailed in north korea have rebuked president trump for praising kim jong—un. otto warmbier was sentenced to 15 years in 2016 after being accused of stealing a poster. he was in a coma when he was released 17 months later, and died soon after returning to the united states. let's get the latest from washington and our correspondent, chris buckler. you can only imagine how difficult it has been over the last few years for otto warmbier‘s family. at times, watching pictures of them deeply distressed in north korea, watching them —— watching him sentenced to north lake —— hard

labour, and having him returned just days before he died, clearly suffering from brain damage. at times, president trump has been a support to the family. indeed, he was there in accompanied them to be state of the union address last year in washington, and at times he has had extremely warm words for them. but at the same time, some words that he spoke about kim jong—un in hanoi during the summit with the north korean leader have clearly upset them, particularly these comments, in which he seemed to say that kim jong—un bore comments, in which he seemed to say that kimjong—un bore no responsibility for their son's death. he tells me he didn't know about it. and i will take him at his word. we are in a diplomatic process. there probably is a little bit of wanting to believe that kim jong—un didn't know this particular case.

i don't know how he says that he likes the dictator of north korea so much. he is responsible for his entire prison system. and he is a butcher of his own people. the dictatorship sentenced otto to 15 years to hard labour, before returning him to america lastjune, horribly injured and on the verge of death. i don't believe that he would ever allow that to happen. the north koreans would want to keep the americans in a better physical condition in order to avoid these types of incidents. he knew the case very well but he knew it later. there might have been a situation where whateverjurisdiction otto

was under, did not want to report. if kimjong—un had found out in enough time to actually act on it, i think they probably would have returned otto much sooner than what they did. i think you just have to be cognizant of the nature of this regime with north korea. and not be naive about what their actions have been and what their intentions are. those prisons are rough. rough places. and bad things happen. it just wasn't to his advantage to allow that to happen. despite the series of events that led to their son's death, the family of otto warmbier made a decision not to speak out during the process of the summit. they wanted that process to continue without them speaking and getting involved in it. but afterwards, and after president trump returned to washington, they felt they had to speak out, saying that mr kim and his evil regime bore responsibility for what happened to

their son. there has been a response from mrtrump their son. there has been a response from mr trump today. he tweeted "i never liked being misinterpreted, especially when it comes to otto warmbier and his great family. remember, i got otto out along with three others. the previous administration did nothing and he was taken on their watch. of course i hold north korea responsible for otto's mistreatment and death. i did say north korea, not kimjong—un". he also said, most importantly, otto warmbier will not have died in vain. otto and his family have become a tremendous symbol of passion and strength which will last for many yea rs into strength which will last for many years into the future. i love otto and think of him often. however, clearly his family are upset about the comments, and just to emphasise again, what he actually told reporters he was, he, referring to mr kim, tells me he didn't know about it and i will take him at his word. clearly otto warmbier‘s family believe they cannot trust kim jong—un, and so they do not take him

at his word. and to put this in context, politically, it could be the start of something damaging to president trump as the election next year m oves president trump as the election next year moves ever closer, and he is accused by some of cosying up to, rather than standing up to, certain foreign leaders who do not perhaps a spouse american values? -- espouse. yes, and you saw a short time ago that both republicans and democrats are concerned about the way the trump framed his comments, about the suggestion that kim jong—un does not bear some kind of responsibility. certainly going forward into 2020 these are the kinds of comments that democrats will seize on as mr trump i’u ns democrats will seize on as mr trump runs once again for the presidency. certainly there are people even within his own party who are uncomfortable with what he has said that time is about vladimir putin. for example, suggesting that he took him at his word. the russian president, whenever he said that he

was not responsible for interference in the 2016 election. also with saudi arabia, and the killing of kemal khashoggi, and of course with kimjong—un, and he has described as a friend in somebody he regards as very smart, but ultimately summer hill otto warmbier‘s family feels deserves responsibility for their son's death. —— killing of kemal khashoggi. the canadian government has confirmed it will allow a us extradition case to proceed against the chief financial officer of the chinese technology giant huawei. meng wanzhou was detained in canada last year at washington's request. she's accused of bank fraud to help her company break us sanctions against iran. she has denied the allegations. the bbc‘s north america technology correspondent, dave lee, outlined the next steps in the extradition preocess. the next steps will be a hearing on wednesday, that will be a chance for

the dates to be set for the extradition proceedings to begin in full. we are expecting men when chow to appear at that hearing in vancouver on wednesday morning, although it could be a brief appearance, just to hear wonderful proceedings will get under way. —— meng wanzhou. proceedings will get under way. —— meng wa nzhou. after that proceedings will get under way. —— meng wanzhou. after that point, that could take several months, and what happens in that period is that a judge in canada will determine whether what meng wanzhou is alleged to have done would also be illegal in canada, and if that is the case, if thejudge deems in canada, and if that is the case, if the judge deems that to be the case, then she will most likely be extradited to face trial in the united states. now, where that becomes slightly more complicated is that the main defence of meng wanzhou at this point is that her defence team feels the charges would not be illegal in canada because they relate to us imposed sanctions on iran. but that will be the next stage, and if, after that initial proceeding is finished, there could be several appeals, so in reality,

meng wanzhou be several appeals, so in reality, meng wa nzhou could be several appeals, so in reality, meng wanzhou could be fighting the extradition for potentially several yea rs. extradition for potentially several years. but of course, with every day that this saga goes on, it is becoming more and more politically explosive. dave, it is interesting, the timing of this, because huawei is really trying to push back against the criticism it has been facing from the us over various issues. i mean, there was a full—page ad in one of the main papers in the us today, trying to convince us citizens to consider huawei as a credible technology firm, and try to undo some of the negativity they have had from the us government. absolutely, when you speak to huawei were other representatives from china, they will say that this case and a number of other cases involving huawei are all about the us trying to stifle huawei's progress in the global technology industry. huawei are considered to be on the cutting edge of new technologies which are being ata of new technologies which are being at a now, none —— most notably 5g,

the next generation of mobile can indication is. huawei feels this is the restraint to stop them from being at successful as they could be, it is there is potentialfor huawei, the leading technology company in china, to perhaps become bigger than apple if its ambitions are to be realised. for more on huawei, including an analysis of the wide—ranging impact of the case, and for other top stories and analyses, you can head to bbc.com/news, or download our app. let's get some of the day's other news. thousands of people have protested on the streets of the algerian capital, algiers, against president abdul aziz bouteflika's decision to run for a fifth term in office. police used tear gas to stop demonstrators reaching a central square. there were also protests elsewhere in algeria, against the ailing president. ajudge in brazil has agreed to release from prison the former president, luis inacio lula da silva, to attend the funeral of his 7—year—old grandson. the boy died of meningitis and will

be buried in sao paulo on saturday. lula will leave prison for the first time since he was sentenced for corruption in april.