war between the us and china has sent global stock markets sharply down prompting a warning from the international monetary fund of there being an increasing risk to the global economy. on the taiwan news website, following the decision by taiwan to approve a bill legalizing same—sex marriage on may 17, the first ever weddings are due to take place today. the new certicificates however will not contain the words "same sex". there is some controversy over that. and finally on the bbc news website, the tiger who came to tea author judith kerr has died at the age of 95. she published more than 30 books over a 50—year career and originally dreamed up the tiger to amuse her two children. her most popular picture books also included the mog series,

which began with mog the forgetful cat in 1970. with me is dr stephanie hare, who's an independent technology analyst. thank technology analyst. you for coming back. should w start thank you for coming back. should we start with the new york times and julian assange. 17 new counts of violating this espionage act. my understanding of american history is it was rare for a government to treat the leaking of a secret to the news media is a crime yet now we are seeing that this might be a real test case and legal scholars are wanting this might violate the first amendment. there is a precedent in the vietnam war when the pentagon papers were written. they had to

test the linking of national security secrets and the case here, what is a different and what the trump administration will try to press is that julian trump administration will try to press is thatjulian assange named people in warzones they buy them and thatis people in warzones they buy them and that is why it is a violation of the espionage act. the obama administration had decided not to press charges because it thought it would be unconstitutional because of the first amendment and also it could have a chilling effect on investigative journalism. what i think is quite interesting is whether or not you can meaningfully separate julian assange, whether or not you can meaningfully separatejulian assange, who in some ways is acting like a journalist, which is why there are these concerns, and traditional media. can you legally and meaningfully separate the two? the new york times raises exactly the point. he's doing a lot of similar work. the

difference when the new york times was given access to the same paper, they took an editorial decision not to publish because names who were in wa i’zo nes to publish because names who were in warzones could have their lives at risk. this is more of an editorial. theresa may on the front pages of a lot of papers in the uk. you can look at these stories on the website. time potentially running out for the british prime minister. another big story is what is going on in india. it is almost hard to overestimate the scale of what the bharatiya janata party have achieved. tsunami, really of support for narendra modi and he is back in for narendra modi and he is back in for another five years. what is missing is the so what factor. what

will happen next, what does it mean in terms of policy, agenda and outlook for india. since 1984 never has a party across the 300 seat mark. a huge majority. so what will he do with it? he appealed to workers to exhibit humility in what he is described as the greatest electoral win. he doesn't say, to your point, we have to move ahead and take everyone with us, even our opponents and work for the benefit of the country. serious problems still in india despite the fact it is growing quickly, massive disparity. also intercommunal strife. trying to bring everybody online, trying to fight corruption, give people a digital identity. it is such a fascinating country. to

have a five year agenda like this will be so strong and it will be interesting to see what he decides to do on the policy level. watch this space. global economy, and other health warning at this time from the imf. in terms of rhetoric, both the us and china with the us secretary of state mike pompeo effectively telling us that the boss of huawei was lying about the nature of huawei was lying about the nature of his relationship with the chinese government. it is extraordinary. the uk is caught between a rock and a ha rd uk is caught between a rock and a hard place. the usa you cannot have huawei anywhere in your network or we will cut information sharing we have had since the second world war.

they could be substantial loss of investment if huawei will not be involved in the 5g systems in this country. the imf saying everybody is losing from this trade war. the director—general of the world trade 0rganisation says everyone loses, every single country will lose u nless we every single country will lose unless we find a solution to this but no solution seems to be forthcoming. we have been talking forthcoming. we have been talking for such a long time about the trade war, something close to being signed but yet we are going into the opposite direction. president trump saying maybe huawei could be part of a deal. it is part of the deal! while the rest of the world suffers. in taiwan history really being made here and quite interesting the line that the taiwan use has taken about

some of the controversy around this. these marriage certificates will not contain the words same sex. scrutiny of officials and how they are behaving when they issue these marriage certificates because it was only a year ago, in a referendum, they had a poll about the public feel about same—sex marriage and overwhelmingly people voted in favour so still this is a very hot topic. this is telling the civil service officiating just to park the personal beliefs because this is state policy and we will be changing how we educate children into this country about this issue and setting a different tone so they are not distinguishing between same—sex and heterosexual marriage. marriage is marriage, love is love. some comments to that point from the

president saying that no matter your gender or sexuality, we are all one people, we live on the same land and the same sky and only by accepting oui’ the same sky and only by accepting our differences can we allow taiwan to become a respectful and welcoming nation. this is the first country in asia to do so. will we see other countries in asia following suit? we might. we see sometimes that there could be an opening and then rolling back. it is difficult to say. could be an opening and then rolling back. it is difficult to saylj could be an opening and then rolling back. it is difficult to say. i do not know whether or not you are familiar with this story. i certainly am. the author and illustrator of the tiger who came to tea, judith kerr has died at the age of 95, this according to her publisher. she has effect that the life of so many parents. the daily

routine of so many parents and children across the world. so many people loving her books. she has become a set text in german schools but her story as a refugee. she was a illustrator and her brother was a judge in the uk. really a story of what happens when somebody has stiffly, which is something that resonates today, and what happens when they are welcomed into a country and make a life for themselves and how she shaped generations of british children. welcomed with open arms. sadly died at the age of 95. we will be back a little bit later. see you soon. hello there.

we saw a top temperature of 25 degrees at heathrow, in london, on thursday. there was a lot of sunshine around. it felt warm for many places and that's led to a fairly mild night across some southern areas. temperatures no lower 11 or 12 degrees in the london area to start friday. but a bit cooler in some of the rural spots. now, the pressure chart for friday shows this feature which will bring thicker cloud, maybe a few showers to more western parts of the country through the day, but we're starting off with plenty of sunshine. more cloud across parts of scotland and that cloud will tend to extend a little bit further southwards. like i mentioned, that feature bringing in a few showers to parts of western england and wales. hit—and—miss showers really. many places staying dry. the best of the sunshine and the warmth again across the south—east quadrant — 22 or 23 degrees. around the mid—teens celsius further north. this is the area of low pressure which is going to be the game—changer through the bank holiday weekend. introducing cloud, the breeze and the lower temperatures. so we will start off with a bit of sunshine around for the bank holiday weekend. then it goes downhill really through saturday night into sunday. and it will be cooler

for all for bank holiday monday, with a scattering of showers. the picture for saturday though isn't too bad for much of the country, particularly in england and wales. best of the sunshine here. maybe just one or two showers around. but it's scotland, northern ireland, the far north of england, which starts to cloud up later in the day, and we'll start to see the rain pushing in and it will becoming breezy too. temperatures here 10—15 degrees. high teens, low 20s celsius across england and wales. then this area of low pressure moves in during saturday night and it turns wetter across many northern and western areas. and gradually that weather front will be sinking slowly southwards and eastwards throughout sunday. some of the rain could be quite heavy, persistent across northern areas, and then the showery rain starts to push in into parts of wales and into england. eventually reaching the south—east later on in the day. maybe something a little bit brighter to end the day across northern ireland, northern england. but a cooler feel to the day across the north. could just make 20 or 21 degrees across the south—east. that cold front sweeps south—eastwards, introduces cooler air. and then for bank holiday monday, this second area of low pressure will be hanging around,

bringing quite a breezy day, much cooler—feeling day. more cloud across the northern half of the country, perhaps more persistent rain here. whereas for england and wales, i think it's slightly to be a breezy with a mixture of sunshine and showers, most of these across western areas. and those temperatures nine to around 17 or 18 degrees. so it will be noticeably cooler. it looks like it remains pretty unsettled throughout next week as well, on the coolest side with plenty of showers, particularly across northern areas. a little bit of sunshine especially in the south.

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