hello, everyone. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: caught in the middle of a global trade dispute. huawei seeks to reassures its customers and insists there's no security issue with their devices. they're citing this as being a security issue and it absolutely is not a security issue. this is all tied to the china—us trade negotiations. the rhetoric between president trump and iran becomes heated. both sides warn they won't be threatened. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: all government ministers representing the far—right freedom party in austria resign in the continued fallout from a corruption scandal.

and george, charlotte, and louis enjoy a woodland wilderness at the chelsea flower show — designed by their mum. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. glad you could join us. it's 1:00am in london, 8:00am in singapore and also in beijing, where huawei is weighing up the impact of google‘s decision to restrict access to its android operating system. huawei says it is caught in the middle of a global business dispute and the us stock market closed down on fears of trade tensions. the us government has confirmed in the last few hours that service and support will continue for existing phones. the bbc‘s business editor simonjack reports.

a global trade war is coming to a phone near you. google has barred the chinese smartphone maker huawei from some updates to the android operating system. the ban means that future huawei phones won't be able to access popular apps such as youtube and google maps. existing phones will have access but won't be able to update to new versions of android, which could leave users more vulnerable to future security threats. so, what do potential customers make of that? so, if you were looking at phones and one of them came without youtube, you couldn't get youtube, you would rule that out? straightaway. straightaway i'm ruling that out. everything's at the tip of our fingertips so if something like maps wasn't available, it would make... it would seem more difficult and less accessible. today, a huawei spokesman admitted future access to some popular apps couldn't be guaranteed. it's just a question of what's going to happen in the future with updates and we're at this

stage not quite sure how that is going to pan out. but in the fullness of time, we'll be more sure. is this a security issue, or is this a trade war? it absolutely is not a security issue, this is all tied to the china—us trade negotiations, and i've every hope and every expectation that this will come to a rapid conclusion. not everyone agrees. huawei is the world's biggest manufacturer of the network equipment that promises to connect hospitals, power stations, driverless cars, and having a chinese company at the centre of that is a concern for some. security concerns first raised in the us and echoed by spy chiefs at mi6 have arguably made huawei the most important company in the world, thrust onto the front—line of a new technological and economic cold war, a cold war that's coming out of the security shadows and into our everyday lives. is this another move in a game of chess between china and the us? huawei think so and hope that the tit—for—tat trade war will ultimately be resolved.

but the red flag of national defence is a hard one to lower. once you start to raise concerns about security, it's much easier to sow doubt than it is to rebuild trust. these are very complex devices, complex software, and it's almost impossible to know what they're doing in every possible scenario. the us, along with australia and new zealand, have already shut huawei out of their future network plans. the uk hasn't made up its mind yet. when the world's two biggest economies are at each other‘s throats, other governments and now consumers can get caught in the middle. simon jack, bbc news. later on we will hear from a technology corresponded at wide magazine. —— wired. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. iran's foreign minister has warned president trump not

to threaten the country. on sunday mr trump tweeted: "if iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of iran." now mohammad javad zarif has responded, also by twitter, saying the us president should look to history. he suggested that donald trump hopes to achieve what alexander, genghis, other aggressors failed to do. iranians have stood tall for millennia while aggressors all gone. #never threaten an iranian. try respect, it works! and within the past hour mr trump again took aim at the iranian government. so with iran we'll see what happens. but they've been very hostile. they've truly been the number one provocator of terror in this country and representing their country but certainly our country has been very much involved because we're trying to help a lot of people out. and i don't that at all. we have no indication that anything's happened or will happen, but if it does it will be met, obviously, with great force.

we'll have no choice. that was president trump speaking within the last hour. also making news today: venezuelan president nicolas maduro has proposed early elections for the opposition held national assembly. they won a majority in the legislative body in 2015 and it's headed by opposition leaderjuan guaido. the reports come as maduro's supporters gathered to commemorate the one—year anniversary of his re—election for a second term. a 35—year—old french national has been sentenced to death in indonesia for drug trafficking despite prosecutors asking for a 20—year prison sentence. felix dorfin was convicted of carrying large amounts of ecstasy, crystal meth and marijuana in a suitcase to the island of lombok. his lawyer says he'll appeal. the singer rod stewart says he's donated £10,000 to a british model railway club whose exhibition was destroyed by vandals. the club, in the north of england, said some of its members had been reduced to tears after the break in on saturday. sir rod, who's spent 20 years building his own model railway, is urging fellow musicians and train

enthusiasts roger daltry and jools holland to also pledge money. let's get more on our top story — huawei's reaction to the news that google is restricting access to its android operating system. lily hay newman is a staff writer for the tech magazine wired. i began by asking her why the us has now granted huawei a temporary license, less than a week after signing that executive order. right. yeah, i think the commerce department is kind of indicating here that it's unclear how the white house's executive order about banning huawei should be implemented in practice. because google pulling android really raised the question as to the degree to which this would impact huawei in terms of their network infrastructure technology versus the degree to which it will impact consumers

and the products they use every day. what did you think, lily, will happen over the next three months? could this ban be just totally lifted ? yeah, it's unclear. huawei, i mean, of course, is concerned about this, have said they feel it may be anti—competitive, that these initiatives may be illegal, and they're trying to push back with every means they have available. but it's unclear how the us government is going to reconcile the different interests that are pressing on this issue. but if, indeed, this ban materialises after the three month temporary licence, this decision could have considerable effects on both businesses and consumers.

yes, certainly for huawei it could have a major impact. there's also a lot of concern about the trickle—down effect to other businesses that work with huawei, distributors, there just could be a lot of impact, you know, economic impact, and consumers could really be feeling the squeeze on how well their devices work in practice. and what are the alternatives for huawei going forward and huawei phone owners in terms of operating systems? yeah, so in terms of current phones, at least google has said that these changes wouldn't affect existing phones and for the future huawei has talked about the idea that they've been developing an operating system, a mobile operating system as an alternative in case something like this ever happened. so, potentially, they could roll that out. they could partner with other companies that have android infrastructure like samsung. another company to refill some

of those slots that would be empty, in terms of features, because of the lack of ability to work with google directly. but it's really unclear how this will all play out. and the news from the commerce department makes it even more complicated and more unclear what will happen. that was lily hay newman from wired magazine speaking to rico hizon. austria's far right freedom party has seen all its ministers resign, as the fallout grows from a corruption scandal involving its disgraced leader. freedom party leader heinz—christian strache was caught on hidden camera offering an alleged russian investor government contracts in return for party funds. a snap election has now been called by the chancellor sebastian kurz who represents the freedom party's coalition partner. bethany bell reports from vienna.

austrian politics are in turmoil. ever since this video appeared on friday. the man in the grey t—shirt is the former legal of the far right freedom party, heinz—christian strache. in this footage from 2017 he is seen talking to a woman who was posing as the niece of a russian oligarch. he seems to suggest she could be awarded public construction contracts in return for clinical and financial support. heinz—christian strache resigned on saturday. but that wasn't enough for his coalition partner, austria's chancellor sebastian kurz. he said the far right interior minister herbert kickl should be sacked as well, as he was unfit to oversee the investigation into heinz—christian strache. translation: all of this has, in my

opinion, led to a conflict situation. it would have been better if, along with heinz—christian strache, the interior minister resigned as well. that would have brought a watertight resolution to this. but he didn't take this step. but the freedom party said that if herbert kickl was fired all its other ministers would quit in solidarity. heinz—christian —— chancellor kurz has suggested otherwise. translation: had a very good in—depth conversation with the president. i'd told him that in my opinion and in the opinion of social democrats only an interim government made up from experts from all of the government positions, including that of chancellor, could resolve the very tense situation in russia. —— with russia. and his own future could be at stake. he faces a possible vote of no confidence in

parliaments. a step which could lead to even more chaos. bethany bell, bbc news. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the threat of lasting environmental damage in the solomon islands after a ship is refloated after three months stuck on a reef. also on the programme: how climate change is forcing farmers in south korea to adapt and switch to growing new crops. this morning an indian air force plane carrying mr gandhi's body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane to solemnly witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of gay marriage. in doing so it has become the first country in the world to approve the change in a national referendum. it was a remarkable climax to what was surely

the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it has been a peaceful funeral demonstration so far but suddenly the police are tear gassing the crowd. we don't yet know why. the pre—launch ritual is well established here. helen was said to be in good spirits butjust a little apprehensive. in the last hour, east timor has become the world's newest nation. it was a bloody birth for a poor country and the challenges ahead are daunting. but for now, at least, it is time to celebrate. will you you this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: huawei looks to developing alternative operating systems

after google suspends co—operation with the chinese tech firm. iran announces it has quadrupled production of its low—enriched uranium as president trump sends a threat to tehran on twitter. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. we start with the straits times, which reports that police are preparing for protests in indonesia's capitaljakarta. the country's electoral commission earlier announced that the incumbent president, joko widodo, won 55.5% of the vote. 32,000 security personnel will be deployed to guard the demonstrations. the japan times front page is leading on positive economic growth figures, which show the country's economy grew by a surprising 2.1% in the first quarter of this year. however the newspaper is warning that the introduction of a consumer tax later this year may offset some of this growth. and finally, a disappointing story for game of thrones fans however the newspaper is warning that the introduction of a consumer tax later this year may offset

some of this growth. and finally, a disappointing story for game of thrones fans in the south china morning post — no spoilers of course. they didn't get to see the final episode of the series, because it didn't air on the chinese mainland. the distribution company for the show in china, tencent video blamed a ‘media transfer issue'. iam going i am going to have to see it because you are going to tell me the ending. no spoilers, please. a ship stuck on a reef in the solomon islands for three months has finally been refloated but the oil it leaked could result in lasting environmental damage. the hong kong—flagged carrier, solomon trader, was stuck at kangava bay, on rennell island. the area is a unesco world heritage site. it's the world's second largest raised coral atoll and is home

to several species not found anywhere else on the planet. at least 75 tons of oil was spilt before the leak was plugged. locals say the oil has poisoned their water and fishing areas. the clean—up bill could be as much as $50 million. jamie tahana has been following the story closely for rnz pacific radio. the solomon islands government has been saying that now the ship is finally, after three months, off the reef, that they can finally conduct a full environmental damage assessment of the reef and what impact it's had. we know so far that the slick extended about six kilometres, that there's been heavy oil washing up on the beaches. thousands of dead, poisoned fish have washed up and the locals are very frustrated so we know it's had a devastating impact on the environment but now we can finally find outjust how bad it has been. one glimmer of good fortune, and this is unesco saying, that it hasn't actually reached the world heritage area at rennell but it's got very close to its boundary and of course outside of the world heritage area is still quite a pristine ecosystem area there. what about the local people,

how have they been affected? drinking water, things like that. initially, it took a month before people even got to the ship so it was sitting there on top of the reef, unleashing oil into the sea. we know drinking supplies have been contaminated. the locals rely on this for their food as well as livelihood so the dead fish means they've been relying on food rations. and we've heard complaints from locals they have been breathing in the fumes of illnesses from that so it's had quite a devastating effect on the locals and again, the response took so long, there was a lot of to—ing and fro—ing between the ship's owners, the mining company and the solomons government over whose responsibility the cleanup

actually is, that it took a while before anything actually happened. the locals felt frustrated and forgotten and they are quite angry about how slow this response has been and it really wasn't until, you know, it got an international impetus from the australian government mostly that anything happened, and now three months later, the ship has finally gone. but they are still dealing with the impacts, the locals. just briefly if you would. the ship was chartered by an indonesian mining company. climate change is having a serious impact on one of south korea's most beautiful islands. rising temperatures mean that the island ofjeju(tx map)is losing many of its flora and fauna and some species are becoming endangered. as a result farmers there are having to adapt what they grow. translation: global warming's changing everything. we need to grow new plants and use

it as an opportunity. translation: it's very good that we can eat new plants injeju. that wasn't possible before. there is more bacteria and plant sickness in tropical weather so without pesticides, we cannot harvest the plants. but since we are in the north, there is fewer bacteria and that's good because we don't need pesticides.

translation: there is a story of a hummingbird who filled her beak with water to shutdown a burning forest. if everyone works like that, there is still hope. it's one of english springtime's

most famous events, the chelsea flower show, where gardeners get to show off their latest designs. the british royalfamily always attend and this year the duchess of cambridge has herself made a contribution. prince george, princess charlotte and prince louie popped in to inspect their mother's work, as our royal correspondent, daniela relph reports. who better tojudge mum's handiwork than her three young children? george, charlotte and louis testing out the garden the duchess helped to create. louise seemed a little distracted. but from george there was high praise. what would you give it out of ten, george? how many marks out of ten would you give it? ten being the highest. 20. 20 out of ten? that's pretty good. i think mummy‘s done well. how amazing is that? have you been on here? give me a push. in recent months, the cambridge children have collected twigs, leaves and moss that were included in the design. it's been a very personal

project for the duchess. rarely interviewed — on this, she wanted to speak out. you know, there's so much that kiddies particularly can learn from environments like this. they can learn life skills. anything from sort of lending empathy, from watching plants grow. to, sort of, physical activities and, sort of, climbing on trees, or onto boulders and things. sort of helps with balance and co—ordination. it's really a sort of open playground for them. it's a natural space. a really exciting space for kiddies and adults alike to share and explore. and, hopefully, that's what this garden brings. this is a garden filled with personal touches. the duke of cambridge chose a pine because he remembered the smell is a young boy. and there are also forget—me—nots, a favourite flower of his mother, diana, princess of wales.

two local primary schools were first into the garden this morning, under the watchful eye of the duchess. my goodness, there's so many people up here! she climbed into the tree house to chat. and even had to explain to curious minds she'd normally wear gardening gloves to protect her hands and her engagement ring. what if you been doing? lots of planting? this evening, the duchess of cambridge showed the queen around the garden, and it may have looked familiar to her as much of it was inspired by her own sandringham estate in norfolk. daniela relph, bbc news, at the chelsea flower show. the series finale of game of thrones has drawn record viewing figures, according to hbo. around 19.3 million viewers in the us tuned in to the final episode on sunday. hbo said sunday's live television audience and viewers on its apps exceeded the previous series high of 18 point four million exceeded the previous series high of 18.1; million for the penultimate

episode a week ago. the series, which began in 2011, is set among warring families in the fictional kingdom of westeros, and is hbo's biggest hit. you've got to see it because winter has ended and my watch has also ended. i have to say i am a big fan but i haven't seen any of this final series and i know you've seen the final episode so please, don't say anything, do not tell me where the winter has arrived. something about various characters. stop it, no, no. this is a spoiler free zone of game of thrones. i am in london and i haven't seen the final episode. i'm kasia madera in london. i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. coming up: ford is cutting 7,000 jobs

globally by the end of august. the us car giant says it's a cost cutting effort that will reduce ford's salaried workforce by 10%. hello there. we've had some interesting clouds sent in to us here at the bbc weather centre over recent days. this was monday's effort from cardiff. it's a funnel cloud, a tornado that doesn't reach its way all the way down to the ground. and what about this beauty from sunday, from the north yorkshire area. but what if the atmosphere had 25 times more energy built up in it, ready to be released in one violent outbreak? well, that's what we've got going on across parts of the united states. at the moment, through texas and oklahoma, these storm clouds have already produced some tornadoes and there is the potential for some of these tornadoes to become violent, wide and have a long track along the ground. so some extreme weather across the united states. here in the uk, over the next few hours, expect some more rain to come in. scotland, some damp weather here.

otherwise, it's a largely dry picture but again, it's quite murky around some of our eastern coasts with mist and fog patches particularly again for eastern eastern areas of scotland. for tuesday morning, for many of us, a decent start to the day. the winds should be light and there should be plenty of sunshine around across northern ireland, for most of england and wales. increasingly, we will see the skies brighten up in scotland as well but as that process happens, the rain eases, we will start to see some showers breaking out and they could turn heavy and thundery. maybe a few showers going across eastern england. otherwise it's dry and in any sunshine, it should feel pleasantly warm, given the light winds. it's a similar day for many of us on wednesday. again, a lot of dry weather around with some sunshine but there will be thicker cloud working into northern scotland, particularly the northern isles, with some rain and cool weather. we might see some of that rain getting into aberdeenshire as well. but elsewhere, a similar kind of weather prospect.

a few isolated showers but mainly dry with some sunshine. so, the next few days feeling warm in any sunshine. a few slow—moving showers are possible and the winds will stay light but subtle signs of something of a change as we head towards thursday. the weather system lurking in the atlantic and there is a chance we could see some of the rain brushing into western areas. a bit of uncertainty about that but for many of us, i think there will be a little bit more in the way of high cloud in the sky, making any sunshine hazy. quite warm again. temperatures high—teens to low 20s fairly widely. on into friday and the weekend, it looks like the jetstream will start moving straight across the uk and that will tend to encourage outbreaks of rain, particularly across northern areas. we could see some rain at times, some uncertainty in the details of the rain. it will probably turn cloudier and breezier through the weekend. that's your weather.

i'm kasia madera with bbc news.

hello. i'm kasia madera with bbc news. our top story: huawei says it's been caught in the middle of a global trade dispute. the chinese tech firm looks to reassure its customers that there's no security issue with their devices. it's after being added to a list that american companies cannot trade with, without a specific licence. iran increases uranium enrichment while stepping up its war of words with the us president. the iranian foreign minister says donald trump should learn from iran's history and stop with the "genocidal taunts". and no surprise that the series finale of game off thrones is trending on bbc.com. it was watched by a record audience in the us. figures released by broadcaster hbo show that 19.3 million viewers tuned — breaking the previous record of 18.1; million, who watched the penultimate episode a week ago. just not me. thanks for watching. bye. and the top story in the uk: