hello, i'm karin giannone, this is outside source. china threatens retailiation after the trump administration bans us companies from using foreign telecoms believed to be a security risk. no names were mentioned — but the target is thought to be the chinese tech giant, huawei. we'll be live in washington. britain's theresa may sets out a timetable for her to stand down as prime minister — whichever way the next brexit vote goes. and police across the world say they've smashed a cyber—crime network that stole a hundred—million dollars from thousands of people. that's all coming up on outside source.

we start with another major row between the world's two biggest economies. china has called the united states a ‘bully‘ for putting trade restrictions on its telecommunications giant, huawei, and has threatened retaliation. president trump has declared a national emergency which stops us companies using foreign telecom systems that could put national security at risk. his declaration didn't name huawei, but there's no doubt it was the target. here's china's response. the us‘s actions of bullying and extreme pressure violate multilateral trade rules. china is resolutely against this. if the us continues to cling obstinately to its course, china will have no choice but to make the necessary response. huawei says that "restricting it from doing business in the us won't make the us more secure or stronger; instead it will limit the us to inferior yet more expensive alternatives."

huawei is a massive company. look at its growth over the past decade — billions of dollars in revenue. in china it's seen as the champion of the modern economy, so the government sees any attack on huawei as an attack on china. but the us isn't alone in it's suspicion of huawei. australia and new zealand have both blocked it from being used in 56 networks. here in the uk, the prime minister might allow huawei to supply some parts of the 56 network. the french president today said he has no intention of sparking a trade or tech war with china. the netherlands and germany share that opinion and aren't blocking huawei either. stephen mcdonnel in beijing explains why some countries are suspicious of the company. it has really been struggling with this perception and certain circles that it cannot be trusted. with 56 equipment because potentially in the

intelligence services in some countries that can be used to collect this sensitive information that can be passed on to the communist party. one thing is for certain whichever side say they want to do that you have the party asks for it. whether they're led by the us or cia saying that they cannot be trusted and it does not matter which side you believe, one thing is for certain that this company is going to be at the heart of this unfolding dispute between china and the us for months and may be years to come. 56 is the so—called ‘fifth generation‘ of mobile internet connectivity. the idea is that everything that has an internet or data connection will be faster, more stable — and our devices will be more connected than ever before. and that's why governments are worried about huawei being involved in their 56 networks. cyber security expert emily taylor, says 56 is a game changer. i'll let her explain more. the network itself is going to be

much more intelligent, there will be much more intelligent, there will be much more intelligent, there will be much more software running things, changing its shape and function all the time. it's going to be a much more unpredictable surface and for cybersecurity experts that means that it presents a more potential risk. this is all happening against the backdrop of an escalating trade war. last week, president trump more than doubled tariffs on 200 billion dollars of chinese goods — china retaliated with its own tariff hikes. here's president trump speaking on tuesday. while all this is going on, this woman, meng wa nzhou remains detained in canada. she's huawei's chief financial officer —and the daughter of the compa ny‘s founder. she was arrested at vancouver airport in december, accused of fraud and breaching us sanctions on iran, which she denies.

not long after she was arrested these two men were detained in china. they‘ re canadian citizens, accused of spying and stealing state secrets — which they deny. their arrest by china has been seen as retaliation against canada. zhaoyin feng from the bbc‘s chinese service is live in washington. what might be see in the way of further retaliation by china? as you just mentioned, we saw earlier today that china announcing the formal arrest of the two canadians who have been involved in the dispute and also it's worth noting that in china's foreign investment law it allows the country to reciprocate against discrimination facing chinese investment in overseas markets. it might start to see some us casualties soon. how significant

is it that in another move they put them on the entity list and stops them on the entity list and stops them from acquiring technology from us firms? three years ago another chinese telecom company was put on the list and almost killed the business. for huawei to have more resources in r and d and a higher level of innovation. it probably would not be impacted that much however it's still significant for huawei because one third of their core suppliers are from america and for the american companies closely working with them the harm might be significant as well and last year they spent $70 billion on procurement of components and $11 billion went to american companies. those businesses and their ties are likely to be cut. how does this

dispute play into the wider issue of the trade war raging in the us and china and ramp up the tensions even more? the two cannot be separated. so in washington there has been talks about any huawei for over a year. especially in february right before the world to telecom conference and a lot of people speculated that president trump would sign such an executive order to ban huawei however at the time the two countries were in this 90 day truths so the white house did not take that move. however last week we saw the trade talk and that took the moves against wall way. so the target is not only huawei but to apply pressure on beijing. how much coverage is this getting in china itself? it's getting plenty of coverage as you mentioned huawei is

considered the business champion of china and people have all eyes on the future in america. so we are likely to see more coverage on this in china as well as outside of china. thank you very much. the british prime minister theresa may could have less than a month in office. today she promised to set a timetable for the election of her successor — saying she'll do it after the next brexit vote in the first week ofjune. if the bill is defeated sources have told the bbc she would resign. if mps pass the vote, she will still go by the end ofjuly. theresa may survived a confidence vote by conservative mps at the end of last year and party rules mean she can't formally be challenged again until december. but her brexit plan has already been rejected three times, and if it's rejected for a fourth time, there's likely to be a party leadership contest. the former foreign secretary boris johnson has run for conservative leader before — today he was asked if he would

stand again. you want the job? yes. you want thejob? yes. i'm going to go for it, of course i'm going to go for it. i don't think that's, i don't think that is any particular secret. if you were thinking that things are a bit strange in british politics right now here's the bbc‘s nick robinson suggesting there is some continuity. the curse of europe strikes again claiming the scalp of a 4th tory prime minister — thatcher, major, cameron and now may. what's the betting that it will claim a 5th whoever her successor is? let's speak to our political correspondent nick eardley at westminster. ss dtl x westminster — and what about the future of brexit. i think it's becoming increasingly clearer that we are getting to the end stage of theresa may's time as british prime minister. we always knew that she had planned to stand

down if she got the first bit of exit delivered to. what she said today means thatjust over three weeks' time she has to set out with her backbench committee a timetable for her departure. the week she said she's going to do that is the week that her bill comes back to parliament. her fourth attempt to get a brexit plan through parliament and all of the bedding here is that she will lose that vote and the moment she has not won over labour, she has not won over enough conservative mps to be within touching distance of getting out over the line. if that's the case and on the week beginning the 3rd of june she loses the vote on the withdrawal agreement than i think there is an expectation now that is what she will do. what will be happening with the future of breaks in the meantime? it's absently

correct. the new prime minister and leader of the conservative party does not change the fundamental problem in the uk parliament which is that so far nothing, no single option or various things that mps have considered gets a majority. nothing they can agree on and you have theresa may goes in a few weeks' time and we start the process of getting a new conservative leader that might have different views on brexit might want to clean or break with the european union or close a relationship even if that happens getting it through parliament is still going to be a significant ask and even if theresa may goes i suspect we will still be sitting here on many occasions talking about how on earth her successor gets something through. despite the challenges he or she would face there's no shortage of potential

contenders and boris johnson there's no shortage of potential contenders and borisjohnson is saying of course i'm going to go for it. not the biggest kept secret in westminster i think it is fair to say it's been a few people i spoke to this afternoon that were less than surprised that borisjohnson has finally said yes, he plans to stand. it is a pretty mixed field. on his wing of the party the brexiteers and ones that have criticised the prime minister's strategy, there are others as well. we think that dominic is considering a run. the former brexit secretary of course. esther and otherformer cabinet brexiteer will stand. the international development secretary is one of them. a lot of people looking towards people like matt hancock, the health secretary, jeremy hunt to the foreign secretary, a long list of tories waiting in the wings and i think is going to be probably quite a lengthy debate within the party over who

comes next. which is interesting because even if the prime minister says she's going to go at the start ofjune says she's going to go at the start of june that starts says she's going to go at the start ofjune that starts a process which could take a number of weeks. it could take a number of weeks. it could take a number of months which means he could be getting a new prime minister pretty close to the next deadline for the uk to agree a deal with europe which is the 31st of october. thank you very much. nick in westminster. a crime gang which used computer software to steal $100 million from more than 40,000 victims has been dismantled. the gang infected computers with malware called goznym which captured online banking details to access bank accounts. europol is the european police agency, which says it "worked with eu member states and international partners to dismantle the criminal network". in fact it says one of the things that was unprecedented about this case was the number of countries involved. here are some of the european ones. in the us city of pittsburgh, ten alleged members of the network have been charged with a range of offences.

and the fbi says some suspects are still on the run. another unusual thing about this case is how the gang came together. here's a us attorney speaking at europol‘s headquarters in the netherlands. we found that goznym was a highly structured specialized organized crime network and each defendant represented in the indictment had a specialized role to play and brought a unique skill set to the conspiracy. europol say the goznym network was formed when these individuals were recruited from online forums. the leader who's accused of bringing them all together is being prosecuted in georgia. with more on how the gang targetted people, here's our technology reporter jane wakefield. they had some malware which they put together from two bits of malware that had been around for some time and combined them and then this malware got onto their computers so so would click on something that might think it's an invoice or something else, you would click on

it and malware would be surreptitiously installed on their computer and was able to steal their banking details and gain access to their bank accounts. stay with us on outside source — still to come... saying goodbye to bob hawke australia's charismatic former leader has passed away at the age of 89. the supervision of all offenders in england and wales is being brought back under public control. the government has decided to reverse the part—privatisation of the probation service, introduced five years ago by the thenjustice secretary chris grayling. the chief inspector of probation recently described the system as ‘irredeemably flawed'. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw has been explaining how the new system will be different in future. in terms of supervision obviously there will be one provider for the national relations service responsible for us offenders rep from the beginning till the end of

their sentence and that will make things perhaps more simple and streamlined. the fact that you have got private providers of voluntary groups actually in the ground, the drug misuse schemes means that there will be a conflict about who is responsible if things go wrong. if you don't turn up for an appointment will be the responsibility of the private voluntary group or the service? then you could get some problems. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is. china threatens retaliation after the us blocks products from the tech giant huawei being used in its networks. the former australian prime minister bob hawke has died at the age of 89. he was prime minister for labor from 1983 to 1991 and is credited with modernising australia's economy. he was renowned for his love

of cricket and beer. while at oxford university he even set a world record for drinking a yard of beer in 11 seconds. and this was him just a few years ago proving he was still a beer lover — and popular. bob hawke was the labor party's longest serving prime minister and achieved australia's highest approval ratings of any leader at 75%. he was what australian's like to call a larrikin — which various dictionaries define as boisterous but good hearted — a maverick. here is he after australia's 1983 america's cup victory. i will tell you what. anyone not standing up today is a bomb. bob hawke started his political career caro in the trade unions before entering parliament in his 50s. within a month of taking over the leadership of the labor party in 1983, he won the first of four general elections here he is being sworn in.

on the world stage he secured trade deals in asia and also helped end apartheid in south africa by encouraging commonwealth heads to impose sanctions. his passing has lead to tributes from all sides of politics. here's current prime minister scott morrison. his ability connects with everyday australians. with a word, with that with, with that connection and an understanding of everyday australian life that we will most remember bob hawke. leader bill shorten. we have lost a favourite son. bob hawke loved australia and australia loved bob hawke. but his legacy will

endure forever. many others have paid tribute on twitter including russell crowe who said "bob hawke was a great man who made this country confident... thanks for everything". and hugh jackman who said bob hawke "served and bill clinton. "even though i never had the chance to serve with him, i always liked and admired bob hawke for his progressive record and great sense of humour." bob hawke's death comes just two days before australia heads to the polls in a federal election. we'll have full coverage over the the coming days — for now here are some first time voters on who they might support. i'm thinking greens at the moment. just because climate change is so concerning and if you like no one is really taking any serious action or making any serious moves. some innovative policies and in regards to equality. i will vote for someone to equality. i will vote for someone to have more leniency for coming in on boats and more stuff around.

us supermarket giant walmart says prices for shoppers will have to rise... why? you guessed it, higher tariffs on goods imported from china. of course the us has just hiked tariffs on 200 billion dollars of chinese imports from 10% to 25%. michelle fleury in new york. that warning of higher prices should not be a surprise. it always seems the customer pays. that is right. there has been a lot of speculation about who pays these tariffs, the us importer and did about who pays these tariffs, the us importerand did a about who pays these tariffs, the us importer and did a pass it on? we are starting to hear from the big american retailers so we heard on wednesday from macy's department store said that the tariffs would end up having a knock on effect on higher prices for consumers and that's a message that has been echoed by walmart to the company that they basically came out with profit figures today and warned that there was a range of products they expected to go up in price. after

donald trump increased tariffs on $200 billion with of chinese imports to 25% from 10%. what was interesting was when you dig through how walmart makes their money about half of that comes from groceries and those are not affected by the tariffs. fresh produce seems to come from markets closer to home and have of the goods will end up or a chunk of the goods will end up or a chunk of it will end up costing more and that means american consumers will end up paying the price. and the worlds largest retailers reported their best sales for nine years. how did it achieve this? they've been very successful, i just touched on what they've been doing in the grocery side of things and so they are grocery side of things and so they a re less grocery side of things and so they are less dependent on settling on things like bicycles or back—to—school products or clothing and they have increased the share of where americans go when they want to buy grocery items. that has really

helped them. the other place is they are starting to take amazon head—on. had an announcement from them that they were going to start trying to do it one day delivery, that something amazon prime customers get to joy something amazon prime customers get tojoy in the us. walmart said it would not cost them too much more because they have all of these warehouses and actually products will not have to travel from that far, that's how they will be able to do this and try and compete alongside amazon. thank you. five banks have been fined just over one billion euros by the european commission after traders clubbed together to rig the foreign exchange market. the commission's investigation, which began in september 2013, revealed that some individual foreign exchange traders, using online chatrooms, exchanged trading plans and occasionally co—ordinated their trading strategies. chris justham, an investment manager explains exactly what these traders were doing.

essentially what they were doing, you mentioned a chat room, they were sharing information that is private, this is inside trading. sharing information that you are going to trade on that the whole of the market should know because if you are privy to things that could well move a share price or a currency you are privy to information you can benefit from. it's not fair and against the rules and hence the finds overi billion euros, this is following a fine they got from the us and ultimately giving you example. if you know the score to be a big transaction that might move a currency a big transaction that might move a currency one of your friends or other individuals that you might share this information with could well benefit from that hence the fine. let's go to china now — where more than a million pigs have now been culled following an outbreak of incurable african swine fever. the epidemic has pushed up the price of pork — a staple food in china — by around 25%— sending ripples through global food markets. now the bbc has been told the number of cases of the disease ‘might be

larger than reported‘. robin brant reports from a rural area in china‘s south where they are trying to make sure it doesn‘t spread. protecting pigs is a very serious business here. should you county has had one official outbreak of african swine fever, nearly 100 pigs died. officials will not say how many more nearby were killed to stop the spread. translation: the number of actual cases may translation: the number of actual cases may be greater than the more than 100 reported by officials. but the cases that have not yet been confirmed should be reported as fa cts . confirmed should be reported as facts. african swine fever is incurable, there‘s no vaccination. it cannot hurt people, but it kills almost every pig it infects. which isa almost every pig it infects. which is a major problem in a country that relies on pork as their main meat to feed around 1.4 billion people.

china may now need to kill and destroy at least 20% of the pigs it planned to eat this year. 20% of around 700 million gone. which is driving up the price of pork and abroad as china looks to fill the 93p- abroad as china looks to fill the gap. the strict quarantined is about to be lifted here but china now has african swine fever in every province and the government ministry of agriculture has admitted the pork market is a concern for everyone. stay with us an outside source. in the next half—hour more news from the next half—hour more news from the us. president trump has unveiled plans to make the us immigration system more merit—based and to toughen up border security. the president says he wants to favour english speaking applicants who are well educated and have job offers in the united states. he said those people should make up more than half of all legal immigrants — up from twelve percent currently.

hello there, good evening. i was a weather story to be found somewhere around the world. these are fairly quiet at the moment except in north america where there is a lot of energy in the air and is more rain in the forecast. described as been bringing reina to california, snow over the sierra nevada mountains and into the rockies will be pretty wet on friday and across the northern states and into eastern canada as well. this area of cloud here and looking rather ominous by the end of the day. probably because we have a lot of heat and you can see those high temperatures in the southeast. this is where it‘s really hot we have the jet stream on here and we also, as you can see, thejet have the jet stream on here and we also, as you can see, the jet stream is pushing south across western parts of the us. that will lead to that cloud to developing into some

serious rain again across the southern and central plains. and likely to be more flooding as well. a lot of rain here across were northern parts of south america and down towards rio. elsewhere there‘s a lot of dry weather and sunshine at the moment but wet and windy weather across the southern half of chile. into africa and the seasonal rains, this is where we would expect rain this is where we would expect rain this time of year but not widespread at the moment. getting the rainy season comes along at the moment. getting the rainy season comes along rains as they are called edging northwards into kenya you would expected to be dry. as it is really across the middle east are very few showers around at all and it‘s going to feel hotter i think going to the skull states because the winds are lighter now. we‘ve had gusty winds with more fierce showers across the northern plains of india and the trend of the next few days

or fewer showers, and the trend of the next few days orfewer showers, more and the trend of the next few days or fewer showers, more sunshine and more heat head of southeast monsoon. it may get hotter than that in the next few days. it has been pretty hot in beijing but it‘s cooling down just a touch and rain moving away from shanghai on saturday over the east china sea heading towards japan. much of indochina will be dry with plenty of sunshine. moving south of the equator into australia things are winding them things up. alice springs. sunshine and the southeast but windy again in new zealand. gales or severe gales here. finally across europe the high pressure bringing us all of the warmth and sunshine heading up towards scandinavia and allowing just east wind to come in and pushing all of these rain or showers all the way from warsaw towards the uk and it‘s turning weather for the south as well. the heat is going

away and there will be rain or heavy showers. goodbye.

hello, i‘m karin giannone. this is outside source. the trump administration bans us companies from using foreign telecoms — believed to be a security risk. no names were mentioned, but the target is thought to be the chinese tech giant huawei. britain‘s theresa may sets out a timetable for her to stand down as prime minister — whichever way the next brexit vote goes. and president trump proposes radical changes to the us immigration system, tightening border security, and favouring english—speaking skilled workers. we‘ll be live in washington.

as we were saying, president trump has unveiled plans to make the us immigration system more merit—based and to toughen up border security. he wants to favour english—speaking applicants who are well educated and have job offers in the united states. he said those people should make up more than half of all legal immigrants — up from 12% currently. the president has again called for funds to improve border security. the proposals must be approved by congress. here‘s the president a short time ago. if adopted, our plan will transform america‘s immigration system into the pride of our nation and the envy of the modern world. here‘s one democrat‘s response. barbara lee is the house of representatives —— in the house of representatives. she says... we will expand that in a minute.

let‘s speak to chris buckler in washington. chris, first of alljust expended thinking behind what we have just been hearing. donald trump wants to make immigration a key issue going into 2020 elections, and there is no doubt that he feels there are problems of the immigration system at the moment. he did talk about border security, about toughening that up, about tackling legal immigration from but the key issue is giving permanent residency the people he feels offer something to america and the american economy for study america and the american economy for stu dy wa nts america and the american economy for study wants to priorities people who have english language skills, who have english language skills, who havejob have english language skills, who have job qualifications, who have english language skills, who havejob qualifications, who really are going to create employment inside the united states. it is significant increase on the percentage of those coming into the us. he wants indicative from, as you mentioned there, just 12% to 57%. but of course, that can have an

impact on the other categories were excepted for immigration into the united states. including those who have families here in the country. and those who are seeking asylum. just explain that term dreamers. the dreamers are a category of people, hundreds of thousands of people, who came to the us as children. and essentially they been allowed to stay here but they have no long—term right to remain in america, and democrats are very concerned about that. because they say they started their real lives tearful sedated chance to come and live in america, and live that dream, and potentially have a future here. but they haven‘t been given that permanent citizenship. and democrats are pushing president trump time and time again to offer that‘s in any immigration deal, and he seems very relu cta nt to immigration deal, and he seems very reluctant to give that stopple you heard this objection in the tweet from —— give that.

heard this objection in the tweet from -- give that. how much power do democrats have to stop donald trump with his plans this time? the have the house of herbs and it gives. and that‘s a big difference in this seconds to years of —— they have the house of representatives and that is a big difference for the second two yea rs a big difference for the second two years for donald trump. the democrats will be able to stop and seems clear they. it. there was a key moment in that speech by president trump today. he said he recognises the democrats could well cause that problem, but he was looking beyond the presidential election in 2020 when he opened to reta ke election in 2020 when he opened to retake the house and hold onto the senate and again when the presidency. it gives you that idea that he is going to use immigration asa that he is going to use immigration as a big topic. i wasjust going to ask you... how much of the key issue is immigration going into 2020? only next year, incredible to think! there is no doubt the president

believes it really resonates with his base. you have seen those rallies are president trump comes out and he encourages supporters to chance "build that wall, " but actually the tone of this speech was pretty interesting. it was pretty measured. her president trump, he stuck to the auto queue. he stuck to the message that this was about a different immigration system, a system that could benefit america, an idea that perhaps he is also looking at voters who were in the middle, voters who make republican, who make your democrat as well as those hard—core who make your democrat as well as those ha rd—core supporters. who make your democrat as well as those hard-core supporters. chris, thanks very much. chris buckler in washington. speaking of 2020. the mayor of new york, bill de blasio, has announced he‘s running for us president in 2020. he won a landslide victory in 2013 to become new york‘s first democratic mayor since 1993, and won with another landslide in 2017.

in his campaign launch, he called president trump a bully, and highlighted his welfare policies, like the $15 minimum wage. but that might not be enough for him to stand out among democrats who want to be president. he joins 23 others who‘ve thrown their hats in the ring. our correspondent nada tawfik is in manhattan. he really had a 2—pronged approach here to try to convince voters that he was the best man for thejob. first, he said that as a new yorker, he knew donald trump better than most. he called him "con don" and said that bill de blasio would be able to take him on — so, aiming forthe president directly. and then he said that besides being one among many candidates who has progressive ideas for this country, that — as the mayor of the nation‘s largest city — he actually has a record of implementing progressive ideas successfully here. so, whether it be universal pre—k, which expanded the number of kids getting preschool education from 20,000 to 70,000 in the city, or having a $15 minimum

wage or paid sick leave, he said all of this showed that he was committed to doing, having these issues in new york faced up front and centre, and that he could expand it to the rest of the nation. just because he‘s the mayor of new york, it doesn‘t mean he‘s got universal support in the city. james fanelli is the bureau chief for the wall streetjournal newspaper in new york. he says... here‘s nada again to explain why. as much attention as he‘s getting for announcing, it‘s the same amount of attention he‘s getting for people shaking their heads and screaming, "why? why are you doing this here in new york?" and it‘s a tough sell for bill de blasio to tell the nation that he is the right man for the job when new yorkers aren‘t really convinced that that‘s the case. they have had protesters here in new york greet him at his gym in park slope, when he‘s gone to work out, telling him not to run. when he announced in an interview today that he would run, again, he was met by protesters. many want him to focus

on many of the unsolved issues here in the city, the subways — which he doesn‘t necessarily control, the governor does. but still, he has a part in that. homelessness has gone up in the city. and there‘s so many other issues that they think will fall by the wayside if he‘s going around the country, campaigning. and so this has angered a lot of new yorkers who may like him still but don‘t want him to run, and then of course his harshest critics who think he is just not up for the job. not quite the reaction bill de blasio might have been hoping for when he made that announcement. $100 million has been pledged to boost treatments for snakebites. the money‘s coming from a uk—based medical research foundation called the wellcome trust. now, if you live in a country where there aren‘t venomous snakes, it might surprise you to hear the world health organisation call snakebites "arguably the world‘s biggest hidden health crisis". but according to the who, one person dies from a bite every four minutes. that amounts to more than 130,000 people every year —

mainly in rural africa, asia and south america. and not only is it a big killer, treatments are lagging behind too. the who‘s chief scientist says... our health reporter rhoda odhiambo has been covering the story from nairobi. this is actually a very big problem in africa because so many of the cases go in africa because so many of the cases go unreported, and this is why it‘s becoming a very big problem. most of the people who are bitten by snakes live very far from hospitals where they are able to access the anti—venomous, and even if they can access them, someone to be able to afford the costs of the treatments. what usually happens is also these people would seek treatments in traditional medicine, men or women, where they would be told that they need to squeeze out the venom and use certain herbs to apply where

they have been bitten, and this will of course lead to an allergic reaction. how difficult is the process of producing antivenom? tell us process of producing antivenom? tell usa process of producing antivenom? tell us a little bit about how it is done. it is quite a tedious process, is explain why different scientists, because for one, to be able to produce antivenom, they need to collect the venom from the snake first and then use the venom and injected into a hose and use the blood from the host to be able to treat people and that is what you call being able to get the antivenom. by the time a snake specialists will be able to get the required antivenom, it will take quite a long time and the funding that comes into it also plays a big role. what does the world health organisation think that it can do about this problem? the world health organisation believes that a lot of awareness needs to be created that snake bites is actually academic

—— and epidemic crisis. because not a lot of people will come out and say they have been bit by snakes because they live in areas far from hospitals. the hope from the wto is implement and partners will come on board and help them create more entire venomous. —— antivenom. this process has been used since the 18th and 19th century. and other you‘re in the 22nd century, you need to... not only in the continent which is greatly affected by snakebites, but across the world as well. hoping that if we get more funding, a lot of research will go into this project and more antivenom will be able to be developed, the wheel able to distributed and people will be able to reduce these debts by half —— they will be able to be distributed. rhoda odhiambo in

nairobi. stay with us on outside source. still to come... more than a million plastic shoes are found washed up on some islands in the indian ocean. this time next week, voters will be heading to the polls across the uk for the european parliament elections, which could prove to be the most significant test of the conservative government‘s popularity since the 2016 eu referendum. our correspondent alex forsyth reports now from the campaign trail. the newly formed brexit party has been targeting labour heartlands and leave areas, tapping into anger at how brexit has been handled. nigel farage knows how to draw a crowd, but he has been competing against the brand he helped create, ukip, which is campaigning and canvassing in these elections saying it is the authentic party of leave. with its own battlebus, ukip has been out on the road trying

to maintain eurosceptic support. but pro—eu voices are pushing to be heard. in norwich earlier this week, the green party was promoting its anti brexit stance. let me explain... the tories and labour know they are under threat from the smaller parties, which have a clear brexit message. but there is a battle for those trying to capture the remain vote. at bristol university yesterday, the lib dem leader was rallying student supporters. for 50 years, actually, the lib dems have been the party of europe... trying to build on their success in local elections, they seem comfortable with a quieter campaign. change uk is seeking its breakthrough moment. in bath today, trying to reason

with remainers to win support. this campaign is clearly driven by brexit. whatever the tactics on the trail... i will do my best, i promise! the outcome will depend on whose message can cut through. alex forsyth, bbc news. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our main stories... china threatens retaliation after the us blocks products from the tech giant huawei being used in its networks. other stories from around the bbc news room right now. the venezuelan government and the opposition have confirmed that they have sent delegations to talks being held in norway to resolve the country‘s economic and political crisis. the opposition leader, juan guaido, said norway was attempting to mediate but denied that discussions had already begun. protest leaders in sudan have announced another round of marches to converge outside the army headquarters in khartoum. they want to keep pressure on the ruling military council, which has suspended talks on the composition of

a transitional government. more on that story on bbc arabic. and a court in brussels has ruled that the former belgian king, albert ii, is to be fined 5,000 euros a day if he refuses to undergo a paternity test. in february, he refused to submit a dna sample in a case aimed at proving he had fathered a love child in the ‘60s. that story is proving very popular on bbc.com. close to a million plastic shoes have been found among debris washed up on what was an "unspoilt paradise" in the indian ocean. scientists surveyed beaches in the remote cocos islands, some 2,000 kilometres north—west of australia. they found beaches strewn with an estimated 400 million pieces of plastic pollution. they say more than 90% of it lies buried under the sand, and that the scale of concealed debris is being underestimated worldwide. here‘s our environment

correspondent matt mcgrath. the story of plasticjust seems to get worse and worse and worse the more scientist look at it. because as you say, it‘s notjust the stuff on the surface, its deceptive content centimetres above the surface. also, they say if they had time and resources, they could have dug further and the fact that they are estimated to have found a million flip—flops about 400,000 —— a million flip—flops, about 400,000 plastic toothbrushes, caps, all sorts of items from the human fingerprints, on such a small place in sucha fingerprints, on such a small place in such a remote area. so many items they are finding are single use plastic. they are broken down and in the sand, as you say, and that is possibly a consequence of the fact that the location and the heat in the temperature around her, and it possibly points to a bit of a resolution of one of the mysteries around plastic which is that we do sampling around oceans and we find

plastics in the waters. it does not tally up with the plastic produced in the world, and the scientists are speculating that what is hidden could make up the shortfall and we arejust could make up the shortfall and we are just scratching the surface of the amount of plastic out there. matt mcgrath with the depressing news of a million flip—flops washed up news of a million flip—flops washed up on the speeches. the mayor of the russian city of yekaterinburg says he‘s suspending the building of a church until a public survey has been carried out. it follows three days of protests. activists say the church‘s construction would destroy one of the city‘s few green spaces. they formed a human chain around the construction site and brought down a fence, clashing with security guards and this mma fighter who was there to defend the church. the protests started on monday. but earlier today, russian president vladimir putin got involved. he said... it‘s the latest example of public

protests in russia sparked not by kremlin politics, but by outrage over local municipal initiatives. the church says... here‘s one of the protesters. translation: in my opinion, there should not be a poll. there should be a referendum in which local residents will be informed, first of all, about the pros and cons of both options — the option of this construction and the option of keeping the park. this park is a place for the entire city. it‘s a place where festivals and concerts take place. young people from all over the city come here to hang out, so it‘s important to ask everyone in the city. bbc russian‘s nataliya zotova is there. yekaterinburg is famous in russia for having a tough character. it is a city where for the last five

yea rs, a city where for the last five years, there has been in opposition mayor who. .. years, there has been in opposition mayor who... it is quite rare for russia. and in fact, mayor who... it is quite rare for russia. and infact, in mayor who... it is quite rare for russia. and in fact, in 2010, the same church was... people protested so persistently that the government said not to build its or seek for another spot. i now they saw that they finally found it, but the people have different opinion on that stop there is very few parts in central yekaterinburg, and over the last few years, the city administrations made the situation worse. they have given parts of the parks to developers. they were allowed to build buildings there. people, year by year, got angrier. a luxury french fashion company has pledged to stop hiring models under the age of 18. kering owns gucci, alexander mcqueen, saint laurent

and bottega veneta, among others, and says the policy will take effect from 2020. the company‘s chairman francois—henri pinault says... here is the reaction of one former model and campaigner. kering‘s pledge is a positive step towards eliminating the pressures that models currently face to, again, maintain that adolescent physique and go to extremes to lose weight. however, what‘s sorely missing from kering‘s pledge is a mechanism and a commitment to actual enforcement of this purported new standard. it was the death of a young russian model in 2017 that prompted the fashion sector to act. the 14—year—old collapsed at shanghai fashion week and later died in hospital. for more on this story, i‘ve been speaking to

the bbc‘s ellie costello. the rules are there to protect a child and teenage models. they are usually naturally a lot skinnier, they are childlike, they are bills to being on a chip —— on a catwalk. those branch you mentioned, they are all looking at the way their models are treated. they say that over the age of 18, you‘re much more mature both physically and mentally to be able to deal with the demands the industry. it‘s not the person we have seen this happen. back in 2017, gucci and dior, they both agreed they are not good use models under they are not good use models under the age of 16 and they also put a ban on ultra skinny models. improvements are being made towards models well—being all the time. and they‘re hoping this new rule should be out by the start of 2020.|j they‘re hoping this new rule should be out by the start of 2020. i know some of the most famous models over

the years have started way younger than 18, but what has fronted the move now? there are two factors. the first is the death you mentioned of a 14—year—old russian girl in china in 2017. she was modelling and she died from exhaustion. she was working 13 hour days. she was earning about $6 a day after expenses will subject no health insurance. you can imagine the absolute outcry on social media after her death and there were calls firm humourgroups, after her death and there were calls firm humour groups, it‘s time to implant regulation to stop child models working in adult fashion shows —— there were calls from human rights groups. the second thing we are seeing is a very small part of a much wider commitment to improvement by the fashion industry. they‘re really looking at themselves in the mirror at moment and that‘s because ofa mirror at moment and that‘s because of a much broader consumer awareness. consumers want brands that are ethical, sustainable, that treat their staff properly. for the fashion industry to have some sort

of longevity, they have to look after their models and have to look out for the environment. over the yea rs, out for the environment. over the yea rs , we out for the environment. over the yea rs, we have out for the environment. over the years, we have seen the elimination of underweight models, to a certain extent, now under age. of underweight models, to a certain extent, now underage. it of underweight models, to a certain extent, now under age. it sounds great but will it really help future exploitation? i think this is a good first step towards safeguarding child models and i also think it‘s evidence of the fashion industry trying to do better. will it change? ayden i‘m not sure. it‘s been a problem since the don of time, since the height of the supermodel era with naomi campbell and kate moss. i think the difference is, there was no social media back then and we have social media to think really for lifting the lid on these stories and for exposing the truths that we see now. the fashion industry is not perfect. it still got a long way to go. it fashion is part of the problem and so it has to be part of the solution. le castella -- ellie

costello. before we go, an update on our top story. in the last few minutes, we‘ve had this come in from the reuters news agency. the us commerce secretary, wilbur ross, has said restrictions on the chinese telecoms company, huawei‘s access to american markets will come into force on friday. on wednesday, the us banned huawei from acquiring components and technology from us firms without government approval. the order did not name any company, but was believed to target huawei. huawei denies its products pose any security threat and says it is ready to engage with the us. but the chinese government has threatened to retaliate. of course all of this comes at a time of real tension between the us and china over trade relations. the us imposing tariffs on $200 billion

of goods, chinese goods, only last week. thanks very much for watching outside source. we are back at the same time next week. hello there. it‘s been a good—looking week so far up and down the country. plenty of sunshine. it has been quite warm, too, away from north sea coasts. but it‘s scotland which has fared best with sunshine and the temperatures. in fact, on wednesday we saw a high of 26 degrees in the highlands, making it the warmest day of the year so far for scotland. so it‘s going to feel very different this weekend, when temperatures will be struggling to get much above 14 or 15 degrees because we‘ll have more cloud around, outbreaks of rain and more of a breeze too. and the reason for it is our big area of high—pressure, which has brought all this fine and sunny weather this week, is drifting northwards, allowing low—pressure over the near continent to allow its cloud and weather fronts to move in towards our shores. so, for friday, it‘s a very different feeling day

for england and wales, a lot more cloud around, some outbreaks of rain too. and a stronger breeze across north sea coasts. so it‘s going to feel quite cool and grey here. across the northwest, again, for scotland, we could see the best of the sunshine and best of the temperatures — in the high teens celsius. but further south, it will be cooler, on the mid teens celsius at best. on into the weekend, then. this pretty slack area of low pressure will be influencing the weather. we could even see longer spells of rain across parts of scotland, northern england and northern ireland through saturday. but further south, although there will be quite a bit of cloud around, we should see the sunshine breaking through. winds a little bit lighter in the south than it will be in the north and some of the showers that develop could be quite slow—moving, but on the plus side, it may feel a touch warmer — 18 degrees in the south or east — but much cooler in the north. on sunday, those winds are even lighter. so we‘ll have variable clouds, some showers which will develop which will be very slow moving. but in the sunshine further south, we could make 19 or 20 degrees in the southeast

and we could see 17 degrees. but it‘s still feeling cooler than what we‘ve been used to. let‘s have a look at the jet stream into next week. it‘s a pretty weak affair, undulating across the north atlantic. but a weak jet stream means we are going to see a very weak pressure pattern across our shores and indeed across the near continent. there‘s quite a bit of uncertainty of what‘s going on through next week. it does look like pressure will always be low across the near continent. high—pressure trying to build in from the north west. but it‘s not good to be a strong enough high which will kill showers. so although we should see some sunshine around, it will feel fairly warm at times into next week. we are likely to see showers, and some of them could be heavy. maybe the odd thunderstorm mixed in. there could be a higher ground feature. this is the picture for monday. variable cloud, some sunshine around. very light winds indeed. we could see slow—moving showers develop across central areas, particularly over the higher ground. we could make 20 degrees, maybe 21 degrees in the warmest spots of the southeast. similar story into tuesday. a very slack airflow pattern, very light winds, variable cloud,

some sunshine, but also the risk of some heavy, maybe thundery, showers. not feeling too bad in the sunshine. 19, 20, maybe 21 degrees, and a bit warmer as well for scotland. if i run this pressure pattern on through next week, you can see the pressure pattern stays very weak. always a chance of high—pressure trying to build in from the northwest. but perhaps we could see an area of low pressure moving up from the southwest. but the air mass shows that we are always in slightly warmer air than colder air, so i think for the week ahead, towards the end of the week, it should stay fairly warm where you get that sunshine. and there‘s always the chance we will see some showers develop, some of which could be heavy, maybe thundery. and with very light winds, these showers will be slow—moving.

tonight at ten, theresa may agrees to set a timetable for her departure from downing street, after the next vote on her brexit plans. sources say if she loses in early june, she‘ll resign. it follows talks today with senior conservatives. she and i will meet to agree a timetable for the election of a new leader of the conservative party. the former foreign secretary boris johnson says he‘ll be running. also tonight... the french waiter stabbed to death by the london bridge attackers. a nurse tells how she was trying to help him when she was attacked. as the probation service goes back into public ownership, the man who pushed part privatisation defends his decision. it‘s disappointing that this has not worked.