don't fancy riding a bike? well, how about trying one of these? electric, or e—scooters, are all the rage these days. nippy little things that can weave in and out of traffic, or pedestrians for that matter. they're being sold as a flexible welcome to bbc news — and environmentally—friendly broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: alternative. president trump says he wants a radical overhaul of the immigration system to favour so we're spending 10—15% skilled workers who speak english. of our time a car, and for me, this is no goal. it establishes a new legal we need to find ways immigration system that protects to find ways to reduce co2, to reduce pollution, american wages, promotes american to reduce the contamination and also values, and attracts the best and brightest from to enjoy our cities. but they do have their critics. this is paris, where some complain e—scooters have been left abandoned all around the world. in the street. history in asia — taiwan is to become the first country in the region to formally others point out that inexperienced legalise same—sex marriage. riders have helped cause accidents. but the companies that us—china relations reach a new low make them say they're as washington blocks offering potential solutions. so the first thing is this the tech giant huawei from american markets. brings order to the chaos. the sanctions come if you see a lot of deployments with scooters, you'll notice they get scattered scattered around into effect immediately. and they can oftentimes be a negative view to the community. what this does is it gives it yemen—saudi coalition a place to actually park,

airstrikes target but then it charges. these things all have to charge. rebel positions in the capital sana'a, killing six people. it's expected that germany's bundesrat will give e—scooters the green light. another country where increasingly it's a case of four wheels bad, two wheels good. tim allman, bbc news. president trump has unveiled more for you anytime on all the news sweeping new proposals to change the bbc website. and you can get in touch with me the american immigration system, a hugely divisive issue which has and most of the team resisted reform for three decades. on twitter, i'm @bbcmikeembley. he says he wants to make the system more merit—based, more favourable to well—educated english—speaking applicants who already have a job in the us, and to toughen border security. our plan achieves two critical goals. first it stops illegal immigration and fully secures the border hello. and second it establishes after what has been a largely dry a new legal migration system that and pretty warm week for many of us, protect american wages, promotes american values and attract things are about to change the best and brightest as we head through friday and into the weekend, turning a little bit more unsettled. but this is how we ended the day on thursday, a beautiful, serene sunset from all around the world. there in topsham in devon. during the day on friday,

there's going to be more cloud across the country, and that cloud but the current political divisions will bring with it a few spots of showery rain. mean mrtrump‘s plan is unlikely to make it through congress. two of his opponents described we've still got some spells the plan as already "dead in the water." of sunshine on offer, but as we head in his speech, mr trump acknowledged through the day on friday, that the house of representatives, what we're going to see is this week which is controlled frontal system moving its way by the democrats, might well block it. in on this easterly breeze, our north america correspondent, so that will bring some cloud david willis, has more and outbreaks of rain too. on the democrats‘ reaction. now, during friday morning, the areas most likely to see the rain are across central and southern england, through wales as well. further north, perhaps the odd i think you are absolutely right shower across parts of scotland but there will be plenty of sunshine the democrats making quite plain that they see this as patronising once again in the bulk of scotland. and out of touch and not least more cloud working in across eastern of course because there is no parts of england during the day provision in this plan by president trump to look on that easterly breeze with one after the so—called dreamers, or two spots of rain. i think northern ireland the young people who were brought should stay mostly dry, with a bit of sunshine. temperatures still 17 to 19 to the united states as children across northern ireland and scotland, but england and wales, you're more typically 13 to 16, through no fault of their own. so cooler than it has been. without protection for them, so as we move through friday evening democrats will not be signing and overnight into saturday, off on anything. we'll see more persistent, but you are right, president trump heavier rain working is also being criticised in from the east, particularly from the right wing for this affecting scotland because these plans contain no and northern england too. proposals to actually limit the amount of immigration into the united states. so quite a murky start to saturday that is something that those here with that drizzly rain and low cloud too.

on the right want to see further south, we're going to see because they believe that immigrants some brightness to start from other countries are taking away off your weekend. but in general, the weekend the jobs of ordinary americans. is looking slightly cloudier and cooler than we've seen through this week. there will be some showers so the president effectively getting but it won't be a washout, a bit of sunshine on offer it from both sides for this. through the weekend too. although the democrats are making so let's look at some detail then for saturday. what have we got? we've got low pressure sitting the point that businesses across central parts of europe, the winds rotating around that area of low pressure bringing us quite a bit of cloud off the north sea at the middle and low end and some outbreaks of rain. as they call it are calling the rain much of northern england and scotland for immigrant workers. through saturday morning. they want more workers. a few of those showers will push absolutely. and that raises the question, into northern ireland of course, who is going to help out through the day. i think the southern half of england doing all those sorts ofjobs that really ordinary americans tend to... and much of wales should see some tend to be shy of, if you like. sunny spells through the morning, but a chance of showers breaking out almost anywhere during the afternoon. but president trump says this will bring the american immigration system into the 21st century. he proposes a build america visa programme that recognises what he calls extraordinary talent. currently about two—thirds now, temperatures around of the roughly1 million about 14 to 18 degrees — or so people who are allowed cooler than it has been — into the united states every year but there should be some brighter are admitted here based spells in the south. on their connections to people it will still feel quite pleasant. who are already in the united states. moving on into the second family members, if you like, half of the weekend,

and about 12% are allowed in based and there's not much change in the pressure set—up on their skills. so not much change in the weather. sunday, another fairly cloudy day, particularly in the north. there could be some sunshine in southern and eastern england in particular, but again, there'll be some showers. they'll be heaviest and most frequent in scotland, where we could have the odd rumble of thunder. the trump plan would effectively a few showers further south too, reverse those totals and will put but warming up a touch compared the emphasis firmly on people to saturday, so highs who are young, people of around 13 to 19 degrees. who are skilled and, of course crucially, bye for now. people who can speak english and, indeed, applicants who do not speak english will be required to learn the language before applying and, if necessary, pass a civics test. china is threatening retaliation against the latest american sanctions, which effectively block companies in the us from using products made by the chinese tech giant huawei. the white house says the order is to protect national security. this is bbc news. in a moment, the perspective the headlines: president trump has outlined plans to toughen border security from beijing with our correspondent and refocus the us john sudworth and the uk immigration system. perspective from frank gardner, he said younger, well educated, but first nick bryant english—speaking workers who already from washington. have job offers should make up more than half of all legal immigrants. a global battle is underway over 56, the next—generation wireless his plans look unlikely

technology, superfast networks to make it through congress connecting our phones, with the current political balance. workplaces, cars — every aspect of our lives. china is threatening retaliation and it is pitting against each other against the latest american sanctions, which effectively block the two countries that will likely companies in the united states from using products made shape the rest of this by the chinese tech giant huawei. century, america and china. here in washington, the fight has produced that rare thing, the white house says the order bipartisan agreement, is to protect national security. on the threat posed to us national taiwan is expected to become security if the chinese technology the first place in asia giant huawei is ever allowed to run to legalise same—sex marriage. american networks. the declaration was actually made in may 2017. parliament was given two years to enact the changes. legislators are voting on three draft bills, huawei is definitely a bad actor. each with quite a different view i think it certainly sends a strong message, and helps shore up the integrity of our infrastructure, by not including them in our networks. from the trump administration has of what equality looks like. come a double—barreled assault. not only is it stopping the company from establishing a foothold in the united states, it is threatening to block american companies from supplying essential components to huawei, now on bbc news, panorama. such as semiconductors his story was broadcast and optical cables. that will make it hard for the company to operate anywhere. around the world. coming in the midst of an angry

trade war with china, the trump administration's attempts to cripple huawei make this look the little boy almost fatally burned increasingly like a commercial cold war. by saddam hussein's forces. so what is the view in beijing? like a beam of light flash, blinded by it. he's now a complete orphan, he's lost everything. his mother, his home, his family. china is rattled. there is nothing more important technology is at the heart of what once looked than feeling you belong to someone and are loved by someone. like an unstoppable economic rise, alone but watched by millions, he was brought to the uk and it is all suddenly under threat. for life—saving surgery. cutting one of its prize companies now, 30 years on, mysterious messages from iraq that off from the us supply chain could change everything. would be a massive blow. translation: we are against other countries‘ unilateral sanctions that abuse export control measures. we urge the us to stop this practice. huawei, which had yet another new product launch in beijing this week, has repeatedly said it would never allow its equipment to be used for spying. it is the us that is

undermining trust, it claims. the problem for huawei is that it is much easier to say it is not a pawn of the chinese government than it is to actually prove it. and this latest escalation from america is clearly meant as a signal, notjust to china but to the rest of the world, to take its warnings seriously. let's get some of the day's other news. the legislature in missouri has taken the first steps towards restricting access to abortion. the republican—led senate has passed a bill which would ban nearly all terminations after eight weeks of pregnancy — even in cases of rape or incest. there've been similar votes recently in alabama and georgia. the former us army intelligence analyst, chelsea manning, has been ordered back to prison for again refusing to give evidence before a grand jury. it's thought the jury is investigating the wikileaks co—founder, julian assange. a spokesman for her legal team said

she had been remanded in custody for contempt of court. she was only released from jail last week after a two—month sentence for her earlier refusal to testify. britain's prime minister has agreed to discuss a timetable for her replacement after the next vote on her brexit plan — which has already been rejected three times. theresa may's deal is expected to go before parliament again early next month. her main rival for the conservative leadership, borisjohnson, has now formally announced he'll be seeking to succeed her. airstrikes from the saudi—led coalition in yemen, have targetted the capital sana'a, killing 6 people. the strikes are said to be in retaliation for drone attacks by houthi rebels, on a key oil pipeline inside saudi arabia. for four years yemeni government forces backed by riyadh and other countries including the uk and america, have been battling houthi rebels linked to iran. the un says the fighting has caused a humanitarian disaster for millions of civilians. bbc arabic‘s special correspondent,

nawal al—maghafi reports. another tragedy hits the heart of the capital sana'a. neighbours in a desperate search for survivors. ii airstrikes in a single morning. one of the most populated residential areas was hit. this little girl, the only survivor in a family of seven. translation: we were sleeping peacefully. a family with their children. it is always the civilians that pay the price. the coalition said these airstrikes were aimed at munition stores. retaliation for strikes on a key oil pipeline in saudi arabia. independent monitors say despite a decrease in coalition air raids over the month, the civilian death toll keeps mounting.

weeks before, a series of explosions right beside a public school. children's daily routine punctured with the horrors of this conflict. the engine rushed to hospital. in yemen, it is the children who suffer the most. even going to school as dangerous. mothers desperately searching forfamily dangerous. mothers desperately searching for family among the dead. their worst fears realised. 15 children were killed and over 48 injured. the blast came from a rebel controlled warehouse beside the school. but it is still unclear what caused the explosion. this man lost his son in the blast. they fled to the capital to violence in their village. but in yemen there is no

refuge. translation: village. but in yemen there is no refuge. translationzlj village. but in yemen there is no refuge. translation: i lost the most important thing in my life. he was not just my important thing in my life. he was notjust my only son, he was my friend and a brother. he was everything to me. i cannot put in words what i have lost. he walked to school that day with his cousin. translation: it was fifth.. we heard an explosion and ran from the windows. i went to look for my cousin but then there was a second attack. his classroom now lies empty. another blow to yemen's hope for the future. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: the story of liberty — a museum devoted to one of new york's most famous landmarks opens its doors. 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: president trump says he wants a radical overhaul of the immigration system to favour skilled workers who speak english. however, it looks unlikely to get through congress. us—china relations reach a new low, as washington blocks the tech giant huawei from american markets. the sanctions come into effect immediately. the political leader of the basque separatist group eta has been arrested in the french alps after 17 years on the run. eta waged a violent campaign for basque independence for more than 40 years and killed more than 800 people. it declared a ceasfire in 2011 and disbanded in 2018. ramzan karmali reports. josu ternera, one of the most wanted men in europe, was finally captured in this hospital car park in the french alps. the political leader of eta, the basque separatist movement, had been on the run for 17 years. translation: all i can say is he was arrested in the hospital

parking lot because he needed to go to the hospital for treatment. he's seriously sick and i think he'd been followed for a long time by the police intelligence agency, and the french—spanish cooperation has gained ground over time. the 69—year—old was arrested on a warrant from a paris court sentenced him in absentia in 2017 to eight years in prison for being a member of a terrorist group. but, he's also wanted in spain, an international warrant for his arrest was issued over the 1987 bombing of a civil guard barracks in the city of zaragoza that killed 11 people, including five children. translation: the european orders of arrest will be solved so that they can hand josu ternera over to bejudged for the facts that were the object for the international claim, without any damage to the penal responsibilities that he faces also in france. eta's long, violent history may be over, but it claimed over 800 lives across half a century.

so it will come as no surprise that spain will be seeking to charge ternera for crimes against humanity. ramzan karmali, bbc news. four people have been killed in a plane crash three miles south of dubai international airport. three britons and a south african were aboard the uk—registered aircraft. the general civil aviation authority of the united arab emirates, has begun an investigation. scientists say they hope that within the next ten years, drugs will be available that will stop cancer cells becoming resistant to treatment. now that could mean tens of thousands of people will live much longer, with cancer becoming more of a chronic, than a fatal disease. our medical correspondent fergus walsh has the story. it has been called the survival of the nastiest. it takes just a few rogue cancer cells to adapt and develop resistance to drugs for a tumour to survive and reappear perhaps years later with greater force.

but scientists are beginning to learn how they may be able to stay one step ahead of the hundreds of cancers which affect us. cancers evolve because their mutated dna is unstable. every time they divide, more genetic errors occur and the disease changes, so when drugs are sent to destroy them this natural selection can mean some cancer cells are able to evolve and survive. scientist here at the institute of cancer research hope to exploit this process of darwinian evolution to herd mutating cancer cells into a state that makes them more vulnerable to particular drugs and perhaps a combination of different treatments. they predict that new treatments could be available in around ten years, which helps further extend the life expectancy of patients. we think we can predict what the cancer is going to do next

and so we know how to treat you next, therefore we are turning it into something you can live with longer instead of something you die from. christine was diagnosed with breast cancer seven years ago and found out last year it had spread to her brain. she knows she cannot be cured but is doing well on a new treatment which targets her tumour‘s ability to spread. at some point my cancer will develop resistance and re—occur and i have to be on a new form of treatment. with new research coming out, hopefully it means by the time i need that next new treatment, there will be something even more innovative and new available to patients. one in two of us will get cancer so advances matter to every family. new drugs will cost billions to develop but should ensure more patients survive cancer for longer. fergus walsh, bbc news.

and historic declaration was made in 2017. the parliament took two years to enact the changes. let's go to the bbc‘s in the zoo in taipei. what is the latest? -- cindy sue. thousands have gathered. it is pouring rain. people have taken by matt from theirjobs to come here and not all are from the lgbt ——

timeout. one woman i spoke to said she had a friend from high school who has been very afraid of coming out to his friends and family for yea rs out to his friends and family for years and is living in fear. she wa nts years and is living in fear. she wants this bill to give people equal rights and to educate the public that it's ok to be gay, it is not an illness, it is not a crime, that they are not weird. i know parliament has been told by the top court it must pass a. two of these laws may respect the letter of the laws may respect the letter of the law but they are very restrictive. only one of the laws proposed by the government would actually give the 93v government would actually give the gay community, same—sex couples, the same rights as heterosexual couples and that's the one that the lgbt community wants the parliament to pass. the other two laws restrict their rights, they don't allow for adoption, they don't allow for

inheritance, they don't even allow their partners to make medical decisions on each other‘s behalf. one of the laws even allows family members to annul the same—sex union is if they consider them a sham. there's a lot at stake here and people out here want to lobby the parliament to vote for the bill they want, the one proposed by the government stopping at the same time there are people opposed to same—sex unions who are gathering nearby and they are pressuring the parliament to not treat same—sex marriage is the same as heterosexual marriages. they think this would encourage young people in thailand to experiment with being gay and they believe this would harm the traditional values of family and marriage. cindy, we will be back to you as marriage. cindy, we will be back to you as soon as marriage. cindy, we will be back to you as soon as there is a result there thank you very much. the architect behind some of the world's most famous buildings, including the glass pyramid outside the louvre in paris, has died aged 102. tributes are pouring in for chinese—born i m pei, who is being remembered for his forward—thinking and unique designs. he carried on working well

into old age, creating one of his most famous masterpieces, the museum of islamic art in doha, in his 80s. for more than 130 years the statue of liberty in new york harbor has welcomed immigrants to america's shores. her torch became a symbol of hope and a new life for millions. now, a new museum has opened in lady liberty's shadow, telling her story. the bbc‘s nada tawfik paid a visit. towering over new york's harbour, lady liberty is an iconic symbol of freedom, with her torch of enlightenment and her tablet of justice. tour guide: this view is similar to the one seen by many thousands of immigrants... millions travel every year to liberty island to visit the national monument, and now they can experience it like never before, with the opening of the new statue of liberty museum. politicians and dignitaries celebrated its grand unveiling, a moment they've waited three years for.

this museum, like the statue of liberty itself, is a beacon of hope, of unity and of understanding. video narrator: every ship coming and going well past the statue in the harbour... guests will start their tour by watching three videos on the statue of liberty's history and significance. she was a gift from france to celebrate the centennial of the american revolution, and designed by the french artist frederic auguste bartholdi. one of the galleries depicts bartholdi's famous paris studio. the museum explores the painstaking steps that were used to construct the statue of liberty. at the time it was an engineering marvel. here you can get right up close and touch an exact replica of one of the statue's feet. the copper sheets used are the thickness ofjust two pennies. but it was america's responsibility to fund and build the statue's pedestal. architect richard morris hunt worked with bartholdi to come up with the perfect fit.

bartholdi, the designer of the statue, actually had more of a pyramid design, where it would... there'd be steps that lead up to, like, a pyramid, and that obviously didn't work out in the end due to the location that was chosen on fort wood, which is the star—shaped fort at the bottom of the statue, so he collaborated with hunt to come up with the final iconic design of the pedestal. the museum doesn't overlook that for many the statue of liberty is also a reminder that america hasn't always lived up to its noble ideas. whenever people are protesting something associated with freedom and liberty, the statue of liberty is frequently used as an icon. so we hope that when people come here, they will think personally about what freedom and liberty means to them. visitors are asked to contemplate that in the inspiration gallery, here at the statue of liberty's original torch, that was replaced in 1986, is displayed with the american flag and lady liberty as its backdrop. the story of the statue is not simply about a monument, it's about america itself — its aspirations and, at times, its imperfect pursuit of freedom for all. 00:23:58,035 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 nada tawfik, bbc news, new york.