this is bbc news. the headlines: the chinese telecoms giant huawei is suing the american government because federal agencies have been barred from using its products. the company made the announcement trudeau welcome to bbc news, at a news conference in shenzhen. broadcasting to viewers the lawsuit was filed in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: in the us district court huawei isn't backing down. the chinese technology giant for the eastern district of texas. is expected to announce it's suing the us government. a us senator who was the first woman republican senator martha mcsally to fly in combat for the air force admits she was raped by a senior has said she was raped by a superior officer while serving officer while serving in the military. in the military. martha mcsally said she didn't report the attack at the time i blame myself. i was ashamed and because she lacked faith in the system. the american singer r kelly is back confused. i thought he was strong. in custody after a court hearing in chicago on unpaid child support. but felt powerless. behind bars — officials said he'd be detained the us singer r kelly is back in custody until he paid more than $160,000 after a court hearing that were owed. he's also facing separate over unpaid child support. charges of sexual assault, which he denies. and we talk to the celebrated photographer who's been documenting british society for nearly half a century.

now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. the chinese telecoms giant huawei is expected to announce, formally, in a news conference that it is suing the american government, because federal agencies have been barred from using its products. meanwhile, the compa ny‘s chief financial officer, who's being detained at the request of the united states, has appeared before a court in canada. the us is seeking meng wanzhou extradition on charges of bank and wire fraud relating to sanctions against iran. for more on both side of this story, i'm joined now by stephen mcdonell in beijing and dave lee in vancouver. at present it goes to as if the two strands of the story are unconnected. they are not, of course unconnected. they are not, of course unconnected. there is a game of

political and economic tit—for—tat going on. give us the picture. this showdown that is becoming a big geopolitical affair and we have an embargo copy of the huawei case against the us government which is now just against the us government which is nowjust come out often embargo so it can give you the details. basically, us government departments are banned or using huawei technology and also they are banned from engaging in contracts with other entities, third parties who are using huawei's equipment. to the is going to argue that this is a breach of the principle of separation of powers, that is the government and private is this should not be colluding together in this way. here's a quote from the rotating chairmen from huawei. the us congress has repeatedly failed to produce any evidence to support its

restrictions on huawei products. it goes on to say this ban is not only lawful, but restricts huawei from engaging in fact competition, ultimately harming us consumers. i'd been to interrupt, the press conference is going on now, this has been rather complicated by comments coming from the president of the united states itself. yes, absolutely. when the senior quality executive appeared in court in canada today, she is being held in canada today, she is being held in canada at the request of the united states, accused of being in breach of sanctions. she, in that hearing, her lawyers say that the comments from donald trump say, they might give her up. as a sort of bargaining

chip in the trade negotiations has led her lawyers to argue that this shows how political the case against her ears. —— are used. —— to iraq. we take our responsibilities seriously. specifically, meeting industry standards. all three decades, we have maintained a record in cyber security. huawei has not and we never implant cameras and will never allow anyone to install them in ourequipment. will never allow anyone to install them in our equipment. the us government has long branded huawei

as hacked. it has hacked our service and stolen our e—mails and a source code. despite this, the us government has never provided any evidence supporting that accusation that huawei poses a cyber security threat. still, the us government is sparing no effort to smear the company and mislead the public about huawei. even worse, the us government is trying to block us from the market in the other countries. huawei has invested significant effort to become the global leader of 5g. given the united states has never presented any evidence to substantiate its

said —— security allegation, it doesn't want other countries to choose huawei. it's that other countries may catch up to, and ove rta ke countries may catch up to, and overtake our technologies. maybe, countries may catch up to, and overtake ourtechnologies. maybe, us government collectively believes it would benefit from the suppression of huawei. but restricting huawei's contribution to america and other nations 5g networks will only harm their network interests. fast nations 5g networks will only harm their network interests. east at 56 networks can benefit all countries.

regrettably, nda the was inactive to restrict huawei without giving us —— us restrict huawei without giving us —— us the opportunity to defend ourselves. in the 2019 nba a, it prevents us from serving our us customers, damages our reputation and deprives us from opportunities to serve customers outside the united states. it is abuse of the us lawmaking process. this action strips huawei of its process. the separation of power of principle breaks us legal traditions and it goes against the very nature of the constitution. the section infringes

upon our rights and us consumers in acting in the nda a, congress constitutionally as judge, jury and executioner. other countries are rightly resisting the us government's campaign against huawei. and even the us president himself, has a reason to use artificial security reasons to block huawei. if this law is set aside, as it should be, huawei can bring more advanced technologies to the united states and help it build the best 56 network. huawei is willing to address the us government security concern. address the us government security concern. lift the nda a ban will

give us government the flexibility it needs to work with huawei and solve their security issues. huawei are prepared to take legal actions asa are prepared to take legal actions as a proper and last resort. we look forward to the codes, verdict and the trust that it will be a benefit to both huawei and the american people. thank you. there it is, the announcement from the texture and, huawei that is suing the american government because it says that federal agencies have been barred from using the products. the company ‘s chief financial officer has been detained at the request of the united states, has appeared before a

court in canada. the us is seeking her extradition, on charges of bank and wire fraud relating to sanctions against a wrong. the security concerns being investigated by many governments around the world, partly because huawei has obliged under chinese law to give up confidential data if the chinese government requested because some intelligence agencies feel the software is to hacking. there is bound to be more on this, we will begin to you when be have more. let's get some of the day's other news. a second seniorfigure in the police service has criticised the british prime minister for her response to the upsurge in knife crime in the uk. lord stevens, former head of london's metropolitan police, told the bbc theresa may "hasn't listened" to police concerns. at an emergency meeting, home secretary sajid javid has asked police to outline the extra investment they need, and said he'll do all he can to provide it.

venezuela's government is expelling the german ambassador for what it says is interference in its internal affairs. martin kriener has been given 48 hours to leave. he was one of the foreign diplomats who went to the airport in caracas to greet opposition leader juan guaido as he returned to the country. president trump has said he will be "very disappointed" if north korea is rebuilding missile test facilities it promised to dismantle. satellite images taken two days after his talks with kim jong—un broke down in vietnam, appear to show the rapid rebuilding of structures at the sohae rocket launch pad. the singer r kelly is back behind bars after a court hearing in chicago on unpaid child support. cook county sheriff's office says he will be detained until he pays more than $160,000 he owes. it's just hours since a tv interview in which he angrily denied allegations of sexual abuse. this report from our north america correspondent nick bryant. # i believe i can fly... r kelly is one of the bestselling

musicians of all time. # i believe i can touch the sky... but last month in chicago he was charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse against four alleged victims, three of whom were underage girls. you can start a rumourjust like that. today he went on american television to claim the allegations against him were baseless. is this camera on me? yes, it's on. that's stupid! use your common sense. don't. .. forget the blogs, forget about how you feel about me. hate me if you want to, love me if you want to. just use your common sense. how stupid would it be for me to, with my crazy past and what i've been through... "oh, right now i think ijust need to be a monster and hold girls against theirwill, chain them up in my basement." have you ever had sex... no. ..with anyone under the age of 17? no. never? no. this was the first time he's spoken out, and he struggled to contain his emotions. i didn't do this stuff! this is not me!

i'm fighting for my bleep life. y'all killing me with this bleep! i gave you 30 years of my bleep career. robert... 30 years of my career! and y'all trying to kill me. you're killing me, man! r kelly has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him, but will a jury believed his protestations of innocence? nick bryant, bbc news, new york. president trump's former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen, has again been giving evidence to congress in a closed hearing with the house intelligence committee. the panel's chairman, adam schiff, who's a democrat, said the latest 8—hour hearing was "very productive." several news outlets suggest mr cohen provided documents showing edits in his previous false testimony to congress, edits allegedly made by trump administration lawyers.

senators have an looking into sexual assault across the military. evidence has been given including testimony from one of their own colleagues. she was the first us one fighter pilots to two flying combat. but she made the stunning revelation to her colleagues in washington. imo military sexual assault survivor but unlike so many brave survivors, i didn't report being sexually assaulted. this evidence to a senate hearing was the first time in public but not the first time she had told authorities what had happened. but not the first time she had told authorities what had happenedlj but not the first time she had told authorities what had happened. i was preyed upon and raped by superior officer. stayed silent for many yea rs officer. stayed silent for many years but later in my career as a

military grapple with scandals, i felt the need to that some people know, i, too was a survivor. i was horrified at how my attempt to share generally my experiences were handled. 26 years in uniform taking the fight to the enemy. she entered politics after leaving the f or some 2010. she campaigned hard in arizona in 2018. she is the real deal, she is tough. i'm tired of pc politicians. the military veteran relied heavily on her stand—up career as a fighter pilot to gain support. an air force spokesperson apologised to senator mcsally and said the criminal actions violate every pa rt said the criminal actions violate every part of what it needs to being a man. they listed fast in the commitment to eliminate this reprehensible behaviour. a member of

the committee was also a combat vetera n, the committee was also a combat veteran, said the military had failed at handling sexual assault. she and her committee want to know what more can be done to bring perpetrators to justice. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: legendary quiz show host, alex trebek, in defiant mood after confirming he's suffering from stage four pancreatic cancer. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly, the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards, and it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima.

i had heard the news earlier, and so my heart went bang, bang, bang! the constitutional rights of these marchers are their rights as citizens of the united states, and they should be protected even in the right to test them out, so that they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy — i know you don't want to say too much about it — but does it worry you that it's going to boil up when you get to the states? well, it worries me, yes, but i hope everything will be all right in the end, as they say. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the chinese telecoms giant huawei is expected to formally announce it's suing the american government — because federal agencies have been barred from using its products.

republican senator — martha mcsally — has said that she was raped by a superior officer while serving in the military. in canada, where a corruption scandal is rocking justin trudeau's government, one of his former aides has testified that no attempt was made to pressurise the formerjustice minister despite claims to the contrary. two senior cabinet ministers have already resigned. nada tawfik is in ottawa with the story. it stems from allegations where he faced political pressure for months on by mr‘s office. i experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many people in the government. she

accused the government of being more worried about votes than principle. she told mps that nothing happened beyond normal operations of government. i know from long personal experience. something improper had been happening in that impropriety have the main note to him, the prime minister would put a stop to it. even if the impropriety we re stop to it. even if the impropriety were his own. justin trudeau thought he could contain this crisis but he misjudged how badly the scandal would undermine the very brandy crafted for himself. the question now is if he can rehabilitate his image ahead of upcoming elections. now is if he can rehabilitate his image ahead of upcoming electionslj image ahead of upcoming elections.” think certain things are coming to roost, justin trudeau is a bit shallow and it's proving itself through all of this. i think he's an idiot. he may be made mistakes but with the option we have a table for next election, it is still the best

option. experts believe there is still time tojoe option. experts believe there is still time to joe ——to option. experts believe there is still time tojoe ——to turn things around before voters at the polls. someone has to step in and say, you are not perfect, you have crossed the line and maybe canadians will forgive you and move on. he promised to bring transparent government. this will make it hard for people not to think that is notjust another politician. it's a week since movement on the border between uganda and rwanda ran into serious difficulties. trade has slowed down and rwandans are not able to cross, legally, into uganda. the government in kigali has restricted movement and accuses its neighbour of supporting rwandan rebels and harassing its citizens. uganda strongly denies that. the bbc‘s catherine byaruhanga is on the border. these rwandans tell as they are

taking a risk coming to uganda. over the past week, the government has strongly advised them not to make the crossings. server use these illegal routes to avoid the authorities. we are told those caught could face detention back home but they rely on trade with uganda. translation: i say we are very hungry, we all hungry because we used to come to uganda to get food. people in the area tell us there are more rwandan forces at the border. though the government in kigali has denied any extra deployments. we've already spotted three rwandan soldiers in the bushes just behind us. the presence of these forces is contributing to the growing anxiety amongst the community is on both sides of the border. nobody knows how long these tensions will last and what could happen next. this primary school

usually has about 80 students commuting from rwanda every day but for the past week, none of them have made it to class. as the border disruptions continue, families can become more effective. there are some businessmen around here who are pa rents of some businessmen around here who are parents of children who go here so we now have that problem, where shall they get, they want pay school fees. the border restrictions are an escalation of the simmering tensions between the neighbours. leaders from both countries have repeatedly called for calm and the people here hope this happens soon. catherine byaruhanga, hope this happens soon. catherine byaru hanga, bbc hope this happens soon. catherine byaruhanga, bbc news. cyanika, on the board of a wonder. the television presenter of long running quiz, jeopardy, has confirmed he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. alex trebek announced

the diagnosis in a video message. trebek has been at the helm of "jeopardy!" since 1984, setting a guinness world record injune 2014 for the most episodes — 6,829 — of a game show hosted with brexit only days away, a new exhibition called only human hasjust opened in london, featuring the work of a photographer who has been capturing the lives of britons at work and play for more than two decades. martin parr describes himself as a "social documentary" photographer. but one critic says he is more like a psychologist, with the uk as his difficult patient. he's been speaking to our arts editor will gompertz. whether it's ladies dancing in margate, men preparing lobster in cornwall or someone supping a cuppa of alice in wonderland themed tea, martin parr has been photographing the british at work, rest and play for nearly half a century.

this is st mark's road, which is in easton in bristol, and i came here last summer for iftar, which is a festival they have organised by the muslim community where they break the fast at the end of the evening for ramadan. he's spent the last two years observing and documenting the divided communities that make up brexit britain. a lot of the people i photographed, i didn't speak to. mmm. i'm not even assuming that they were in one direction or another. in a sense, i'm leaving it open for people to interpret how they like. often the iconography of what they believe in is often very similar to those on both sides of the argument. so some of the cliches, if you like, of british life that i've tried to capture, like postboxes and hats and fetes, would actually be, you know, both sides to the argument would be very fond of.

you've got to have the contradictions of british modern life, you know? we are a modern country and yet we are so... if you look at the establishment here, they are almost feudal. i love this guy here, you know, at harrow school. and here he is, he'sjust come out of one of these quirky sort of quasi—rugby football completely covered in mud, and literally half an hour later, here he is, i wanted to do a portrait of him as the head of the house. you take thousands... i assume thousands of photographs a year. thousands of them. and most of which are not very good. i mean, the great thing about photography, it looks so easy, you just put your camera up and take the picture, yet it's one of the hardest artforms to get on top of and actually show your own personal vision through images and through your work. and what's the hit rate? if you take thousands a year, how many good ones are there? if i got half a dozen to ten pictures that are good in a year, i'd be very happy. i think, you know, to get a good photograph, you've got to have... you know, you've got to have a little twist, a little story that, you know, once you look at it and you realise there's something else going on as well. that's what you're aiming to sort

of find those moments where everything can reveal itself. when you see martin parr‘s satirical, colourful pictures of britain as a group, it's notjust individuals revealing themselves, but the personality of an entire country. thanks for watching. a vigorous jet stream pushing areas of low pressure right across the uk is the weather pattern we're in. and we are staying in all the way through the weekend into next week as well. here is a recent satellite picture. this is swirl of cloud is an area of low pressure, edging its way eastwards. but as it does that it is dragging in behind it some colder air as well. and what will be a strong and gusty wind as we go on through thursday. we've still got some wet weather to clear away as well. most noticeable, for thursday's weather, will be that strong wind. and for many of us how much colder it feels compared with wednesday.

this is how we are starting the day. nothing particularly cold first thing, there is too much wind and cloud for the temperatures to have dropped too far overnight, and this is where we are starting the day with wet weather through northern ireland, scotland, some hill snow. it is pushing slowly southwards during the day, but not much reaching the far south of wales or southern england until quite late on. and, again, that's moving south with strong, gusty winds. let us take a wind speeds and temperatures during the afternoon at three o'clock and where the wet weather will be. very gusty winds. much of scotland will be brightening up. a few showers following on. brightening up for northern ireland through the afternoon. a lot of cloud through northern england, into the midlands, east anglia, with the outbreaks of rain pushing south. bright spells in south wales into southern england, maybe the odd passing show during the day. also very gusty winds. in the evening we will pick up showers in the far south and south—east. that is clearing away on thursday

night and into friday morning. as that happens and the winds eventually ease, temperatures will drop away. plenty of widespread frost as friday begins. temperatures will be lower, away from towns and city centres. highland scotland could be —5 or —6 as friday begins. the odd mist and fog match. a lot of sunshine to start the day, not going to last. quite quickly cloud increasing from the west. quite a cold feeling day. you can see more hill snow to come in scotland out of that. that's friday covered. i want to show you the big picture for the weekend. it will be wet at times over the weekend. looks to be pretty windy throughout the weekend as well. but still something to play for in the detail aboutjust how wet and when it will be wet. so keep up—to—date with the latest forecast, but these are the main thing is for the weekend. bear in mind it's not going to be wet all the time, there'll be some sunshine at times, too.