this is bbc news, i'm ben bland. our top stories: the us and china promise to carry on talking, but president trump begins the process of raising tariffs on all remaining imports from china. the italian navy says it has rescued 36 migrants off the coast of libya, but off tunisia a migrant boat has capsized, killing at least 65 people. the first rabies death in the phillippines in 200 years as a norwegian girl is bitten by a puppy she took in. and what happened when vladimir putin tried to wow the crowds at the ice hockey?

hello and welcome to bbc news. china's vice premier has denied trade talks with the united states have disintegrated — despite the failure of discussions in washington. liu he said that setbacks were inevitable and the two sides have agreed to meet again in beijing. the united states has now imposed higher tariffs on some chinese imports. president trump has said china will bear the cost — but the burden is likely to fall on us consumers. jon sopel reports. bell tolls. a bell can signify celebration, but it also can ring out a warning and today it felt like the latter after donald trump imposed much higher tariffs on chinese goods coming into the us, and fired out a warning to the world's second biggest economy that he is digging in for the long haul. he tweeted:

the chinese are in washington in the hope of concluding a deal. their lead negotiator said increasing tariffs hurts everyone. translation: i came here with sincerity in these special circumstances, to engage in rational and candid exchanges with the us side. of course china believes raising tariffs in the current situation is not a solution to the problem. it will be harmful to china, the united states, and the entire world. donald trump has often been accused of being too trigger—happy when it comes to tariffs, too keen to start a trade war. but on this, significantly, the democrats are behind him — they are urging him to remain tough. when it comes to trade and china, there is a feeling here that they have been allowed to get away with too much for too long.

the talks have broken up for the time being without agreement, the treasury secretary sounding decidedly guarded about how they had gone. they were constructive discussions between both parties, that is all we're going to say. thank you. this factory in the south of china makes wi—fi routers, millions of them, many earmarked for the us market. but now, with new tariffs, those sales are in doubt. tp—link, like everyone else around the world, thought a deal was imminent, that the two sides would bridge their differences. but last weekend, the us president accused beijing of ratting on a deal to open up the chinese economy to us goods. in the middle of this are us farmers, whose products have been hit by retaliatory tariffs and they are desperate for a trade deal as soon as possible. we have almost waited almost too long, so the only thing that is really going to help us is if he makes a deal and china comes in and they guarantee to buy x amount of bushels. and us consumers, who are now

going to find a range of imports costing way more in the shops. and if this carries on, it will be the global economy that will suffer. ana swanson writes about trade and international economics for the new york times. here's her take on how these talks are going. it has really been quite a dramatic reversal, momentum has really been building towards what felt like would be a trade deal between the us and china. observers said it would certainly not address all of the points the trump administration and the business community have raised about china's economic concerns, but it would at least reassure markets and some businesses that are more stable relationship would continue. but over the last week and a half, the chinese apparently had made some dramatic revisions to the text, according to the american

negotiators, and the trump administration felt that just wasn't a good way to proceed. and it seems like for now the agreement is on hold, more tariffs are in effect, and there is really no sign of an agreement coming anytime soon. obviously this will be of huge interest to businesses and consumers in both the us and china, but looking beyond that, the international monetary fund has warned that it is a real threat, a trade war between the two biggest economies in the world is a real threat to global trade and the global economy. is there any evidence of that yet? it is always a little bit difficult to interpret because there are so many different things going on in the economy, and the effect of tariffs is quite small. however at this point all of the tariff actions that president trump has taken over the past year and a half have really

started to add up. now with the tariffs going into effect, the higher tariffs going into effect on $200 billion of chinese products coming into the us, the average weighted mean tariff for the united states overall is now more than double that of many other developed countries like the uk, germany and japan. and so the united states really is not necessarily a free trading country anymore, when you compare it with some other countries around the world. it really is just a remarkable shift. and all of that does add up to an effect on the economy in the overall, you have wall street firms, businesses, trying to prepare for tariffs here, thinking about other options. and of course just briefly, donald trump has to keep in mind the election coming up, something that will not really be of concern

to the beijing negotiators. that's a great point. donald trump does have a domestic constituency to worry about here, and i think that explains a lot of the underlying dynamics that are going on here. it is true that there were certain changes made to the documents that the trump administration found unacceptable, but the president also has a political calculus here about remaining tough on china. staying in the united states, and congress is stepping up its efforts to force president trump to hand over his tax returns. the chairman of the powerful house ways and means committee has issued subpoenas for six years worth of the president's tax returns. he announced the measure after the trump administration refused a formal request to hand over the records earlier this week. donald trump is the first us

president since the 1970s not to make his tax returns public. the un says at least 65 migrants have drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of tunisia. tunisian state media is reporting that 16 people were rescued by fishermen offshore around 70 kilometres from the city of sfax. officials say the boat's passengers were from countries in sub—saharan africa. 0ur middle east analyst alan johnston has more details. another really major disaster in mediterranean waters, as you say, dozens of migrants dying as they attempted to reach europe. this is unfolding in waters around a0 miles off the tunisian coastal city

of sfax, and localfishermen it seems are mounting some sort of rescue effort, managed to pull some 16 survivors out of the water, but many more missing. the un workers tell us that they believe at least 50 drowned, but tunisian officials are talking in terms of at least 70. we know that this boat was carrying people from sub—saharan africa, we are not sure exactly which countries, but we know that they left from the area around the city of zouara, down on the libyan coast, zouara an area where we hear of migrants boarding boats and setting off to europe. alanjohnston alan johnston there, alanjohnston there, plenty more about that on our website. let's get some of the day's other news: two frenchmen who were abducted last week by islamists while on safari in benin have been rescued. it was in a covert operation in neighbouring burkina faso. two women hostages — one american, one south korean —

were also rescued. two french commandos were killed. the venezuelan government says it's reopened the borders with brazil and the dutch island of aruba. they were closed in february to prevent the opposition leader, juan guaido, from taking foreign aid into venezuela. ministers said the border with colombia would remain closed while the threat of hostilities persisted. the united nations says the rebel group in yemen is preparing to withdraw its forces from three keyboards over the coming days. the un general overseeing the deal says the houthis planned to redeploy their forces starting on saturday. he said it was the first practical step since the conclusion of a peace agreement involving hodeida five months ago. french regulators who spent six months monitoring facebook from within the company have recommended more public intervention. their interim report was released

as president macron met the facebook founder mark zuckerberg. it concluded that self—regulation lacked credibility. a 24—year—old norwegian woman has died after catching rabies from a stray dog in the philippines. birgitte kallestad was travelling in the south asian country when the puppy she took in bit her. shortly after returning to norway, she fell ill and was put in the intensive care unit at the hospital where she worked; she died on monday. it's the first rabies—related death in the country in more than 200 years. a spokesperson for the family said they were deeply saddened. (sot) translation: the family are deeply saddened, and that is of course fully understandable. to lose someone close suddenly like this, and with this kind of disease progression, weighs heavily on them. we didn't think of rabies when it came to this infection. dr sandy douglas is a vaccine researcher

from thejenner institute in oxford. he explains how dangerous rabies can be. rabies is caused by a bite from an infected animal, almost always a dog, and people may be bitten and then there could be quite a prolonged period, a number of weeks, often several months even, in which they have no symptoms. and after that, symptoms may develop, and initially with a sort of mild, non—specific illness, a fever, and then progressing onto more typical symptoms, with agitation and changes in people's behaviour. by the time symptoms develop, it is essentially uncurable. there are a tiny number of people who have survived rabies worldwide, but usually with very serious disabilities. so it is essentially 100% fatal. it is caused by a virus, and the virus spreads from the site of a bite through the nerves into the brain, and it is a viral infection

of the brain that causes the symptoms and ultimately death. it was actually one of the first diseases for which an effective vaccine was developed. so we had an effective vaccine for more than 130 years, it has got better over that time, so it is completely preventable, which is one of the saddest things about this case. it has been eradicated from most of western europe, but outside western europe, virtually all areas of the world do still have rabies. so africa, asia, south america all still have rabies. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: faster internet and a fascination with football — how some childen in africa are being drawn into online betting.

the pope was shot, the pope will live. that was the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon, that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism has come to the vatican. the man they called the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentenced to six years injail. the judge told mrs mandela there was no indication she felt even the slightest remorse. the chinese government has called for an all—out effort to help the victims of a powerful earthquake, the worst to hit the country for 30 years. the computer deep blue has tonight triumphed over the world chess champion, garry kasparov. it is the first time a machine has defeated a reigning world champion in a classical chess match. america's first legal same—sex marriages have been taking place in massachusetts. god bless america!

this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the us and china agree to more talks over trade but president trump president trump begins the process of raising tariffs on all remaining imports from china un says at least 65 migrants died off the coast of libya. local people rescued 36. 0nline sports betting in africa is worth billions of dollars every year. the boom is being encouraged by faster internet, cheaper phones and an obsession with the english premier league. but there are fears that children are being sucked into a cycle of gambling, debt and poverty. in kenya, one government minister has called it "a curse on youth". angus crawford reports.

it's match day in the kenyan premier league and look, there's harry kane, advertising a sports betting company. local team afc leopards is sponsored by a betting company, too. in fact, the whole league is. it's big business here. especially betting on the english premier league. and it's notjust adults, but, increasingly, children too. meet francis. he's only 15 and he bets every day. when you start betting, you don't feel like you can stop it. he and his friends dream of getting rich. some have even used their school fees. when they lose, they don't have school fees, you see. so they can't go to school? yes. and adverts for betting are everywhere. whether you're playing or watching there's something for everyone at betin. nothing wrong with that, but it seems age restrictions just aren't working here.

this is today's newspaper. it's quite clear the government here thinks that the entire industry is actually a curse on kenyan youth. english football and the big betting firms fuelling a gambling boom in africa. they are profit—making, they are making money and probably 30% is from children. jennifer kaberi's a child psychologist who sees vulnerable children pushed deeper into poverty. they have been swallowed by this animal that came here and people didn't realise it was an animal. it is notjust kenyan companies using the english premier league to promote their brands. we have also found british betting companies trying to grab a slice of the african market, and children are gambling with them, too. 0n the other side of africa, almost 3000 miles away, abidjan, capital of the ivory coast. here, we meet eric. 15 when he started betting, using adults to place his bet

on the british site bet365. even the internet cafe is named after the company and there are plenty of children here, too. it's a picture repeated across the city — children openly betting. and when we travelled to the ivory coast, we found the most popular site was bet365. ad: you've just got to take the money and run. it's one of the biggest betting companies in the world — chief executive denise coates reported to be worth at least £5 billion. bet365 says all accounts have to pass full age verification and must not be used to benefit a third party.

a betting boom but with children too often the losers — an uglier side to the beautiful game. angus crawford, bbc news, nairobi. vets in new zealand have performed life—saving brain surgery on an endangered kakapo parrot. it's the first operation of its kind ever to be done. there are only 144 adult birds of the native species left alive. the chick — known as espy one b — was in the care of the department of conservation when rangers noticed an unusual lump on its skull. brett gartrell is director of the wildbase research centre at massey university with more on how the operation went. we had a really good response to the surgery and the chick has not had any complications at all.

the mesh implant in the skull seems to have taken very well and we have good scar tissue forming across, and the chick is growing and taking on food as we would expect. really spectacular from our point of view. these birds are absolutely beautiful. ijust wondered, it is such a tragedy that they are so close to extinction. what has led to that? the extinction of many species in new zealand, including the kakapo, has been because of the introduced mammals humans brought in. particularly rats, stoats, ferrets, cats. we have a whole range of introduced mammals and the birds here are just not able to avoid them. so kakapo, for instance, they exist down in fiordland and stewart island, but were totally taken out by predators in that area. they now only exist on offshore islands where those predators have been removed. what does this surgery mean in terms

of efforts to preserve the species for the future, or is thisjust a one—off success story? well, this is the story that's getting all the news, but there's been a really good breeding yearfor the kakapo, and the department of conservation team have done phenomenally well. there is a whole group of vets from different institutions in new zealand providing veterinary support to those conservation efforts. so while this is an unusual story and is sort of the icing on the cake, there is a whole lot of us who are working for the conservation of the species. and just briefly, espy 1b — please tell me you have a cuter name being thought up? espy 1b is like a holding name at the moment. this chick‘s mother's name is esperance. 1b refers to the number of the clutch and the order of the egg in the clutch that espy 1b came out of.

the kakapo team will give the chick an official name in the future and every single kakapo has its own name, but we are not allowed to make the name up. cookery books can often be a window into the past. that was certainly the case for arthur abt, who fled germany in 1938, settling eventually into a jewish community in kansas city. as arthur built a new life in america, he preserved his german identity by baking. now his 80—year—old recipe book lives on, through his son's cooking. my my father was born in 1920 in germany and on the advice of family, decided to become an apprentice in baking. i was in school with other

classmates, and they were anti—semitic tangents and it was uncomfortable for my dad because he was jewish and uncomfortable for my dad because he wasjewish and he could see clearly the direction it was going and that life was becoming increasingly intolerable forjurors. life was becoming increasingly intolerable for jurors. he life was becoming increasingly intolerable forjurors. he moved to new york in 1938. sugar, shortenings, salt, eggs, milk. it was used for fruit tarts. look at that sweet little face. he was not a deprived child. i was overfed. mum and dad moved to kansas city and they were living in this apartment complex with a lot of german jurors. i remembered the new year's party.

in germany, it was something they grew up with. making recipes. it was a lwa ys grew up with. making recipes. it was always the same time of year and in connection with holidays. in my mind, ithink connection with holidays. in my mind, i think of it as being a specialjewish thing but, it was just something people enjoyed in the fall. this recipe is a really good example of how foods and identity and religion get stirred together. we all want it. although that generation had emigrated from germany to the united states, they had never stopped being a german in terms of how they identified.

russia's president vladimir putin has once again been showing off his manly credentials — this time on the ice — the ice hockey rink. playing centreforward, the 66—year—old was provided with plenty of scoring opportunities by his team—mates and was met with little resistance by the opposing team's defence. in fact it was all going well until, taking a lap of honour, this happened. all very embarrassing. mr putin was quickly back on his skates. a reminder of our top story: china's vice premier has denied trade talks with the united states have disintegrated, despite the failure of discussions in washington. liu he said that setbacks were inevitable and the two sides have agreed to meet again in beijing. the united states has now imposed higher tariffs on some chinese imports. president trump has said china will bear the cost but the burden is likely to fall on us consumers.

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ benmbland. thank you for watching. hello there. gradually it's an improving picture this week. we've got high pressure moving in which will kill the showers. we'll see more sunshine around and it will turn a little bit warmer for most of us as well. but there's no heatwave on the horizon. it'll feel a lot better than we've experienced over the past week or so. low pressure, which brought wet weather to southern parts of the uk during friday night, will clear away. we could start off with early showers, particularly across the south—east. these will tend to fizzle out. many places starting off this morning on a chilly note, but bright and with plenty of sunshine. then we'll get the showers going again. in the afternoon they're likely to develop in the northern isles, one or two across scotland, otherwise plenty of sunshine here. quite a chilly breeze across northern coasts.

most of the showers will be across central and eastern england. the odd heavy one, maybe the odd rumble of thunder too. the best of the temperatures here in that north—westerly wind. i think we'll see highs around 15—17 degrees. the showers fizzle out tonight, but it will turn chilly. largely clear, a bit of mist and fog. likely a touch of frost across parts of scotland, but less cold in the south and south—east. sunday, high pressure right on top of us, keeping all these weather systems far away from us. so it looks like it's going to be a fine and largely dry day. it will start off chilly, mind you, especially in the north, with light winds and plenty of sunshine. those temperatures will begin to rise in the afternoon. could see some fair weather cloud developing here and there, and just the outside chance of an isolated shower. but most places will stay dry. temperatures reaching into the upper teens. next week we still have high pressure with us but what it will be

doing, certainly as the week wears on, is tapping into cooler air of the north sea, whereas further west it will be tapping into warmer air from the bay of biscay. so it looks like next week, though it will be largely dry with sunny spells because of high pressure, it's more likely to be cooler in the east and a little bit breezy as well, especially along north sea coasts. this is the picture on monday. largely dry. a fairly cool feeling. through the afternoon temperatures will be rising nicely. we should see highs of around 18, maybe 19 celsius in the warmer spots across western areas. generally speaking, the further south and east you are over the next few days, it will be cooler, especially on the coast. inland it is always a few degrees warmer, with temperatures further west doing much better. in fact, the north—west of scotland could fare best.

this is bbc news, the headlines: crucial trade talks between the united states and china in washington have ended after a two hour meeting. earlier, the us more than doubled tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods. beijing says it will retaliate. the italian navy says it has rescued 36 migrants off the libyan coast. but the united nations says 65 african migrants drowned when their boat capsized off the tunisian coast after setting off from libya to try and reach europe. a 24—year—old norwegian woman has died after contracting rabies from a stray dog in the philippines. its the first rabies—related death in the country in more than 200 years. bi rg itte kallestad was travelling when the puppy she took in bit her.