our top story: a day after the start of the afghan presidential election campaign, the trump administration has said a us troop withdrawal could begin by the end of next year the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, says washington plans to start withdrawing troops from afghanistan before next year's presidential election. he described his directive from president trump as "unambiguous — end the endless wars". more than fifty prisoners being held at a jail in northern brazil have been killed in fighting between gangs of rival inmates. this is 11—year old brazilian skateboarder rayssa lay—all winning one of her sport's biggest prizes. her mix ofjumps and spins gave her first place in the women's final of the street skateboarding league world tour event in los

angeles. she's the youngest skater ever to win a leg of the competition. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has accused borisjohnson of trying to bring about a "dangerous" no deal brexit now on bbc news live to singapore for asia business report eat yourself rich. make yours of themselves gorging on food had become rich. welcome to asia business report. we begin with the trade talks that restart today. the world's two largest economies are gathering the

first face—to—face meeting since a truce was struck at the 620 summit last month. but there is little hope of significant progress as the two sides struggle to resolve deep differences on how to end the conflict. the expectations are pretty low. if you look have the past trade talks. there was hope that maybe some breakthrough, the lofty goals when all of this started. you may recall there was this push from the trump administration wanting to see progress on enforcement. they claim the chinese would be using not stuck to the rules of the world trade 0rganisation to the rules of the world trade organisation and unfairly taken advantage of the global trading system. they wanted better protections on intellectual property, and end forced transfer technology. all of this, you heal

less and less about. what if anything we see progress on. it's an agreement by the chinese to buy more american agricultural products. in return, the chinese want to see the us back of the further tariffs, perhaps even remove some already in place and also lift some of the restrictions on the chinese telecoms giant. as you just heard michelle mention, the telecoms giant will announce their half—year earnings. we will see just how much of an impact that is having. the i. —— huawei isn't a publicly traded

company. its founder says the company. its founder says the company plans to ship 270 million headsets this year. that's an ambitious goal of a 30% gross margin. it expects to ship more than 100,000 stations to markets around the world by the end of may. however, all of this could be stopped by the trump administration. claims that huawei's equipment could be used for espionage. these are accusations that the company has strongly denied. two weeks ago, the us announced significant relaxation of its restrictions. the trade was starting to lay off people, 600 at its us research firm and this was after the company was added to the list. thanks for filling

after the company was added to the list. thanks forfilling us in. we will be waiting to see what those results are. in other news making business headlines. borisjohnson's government toughened its rhetoric on exit. they said britain is currently working on the assumption of that outcome. japan's industrial out fell ahead of interest—rate decision at the country's central bank later today. how much is this japanese slowdown that we are seeing due to the us china trade war. how much is due to japan's going domestic issues. they are very

interconnected. as you been reporting saha ——so far. the worldwide leaning towards conservatism is having a result. two—thirds of the manufacturers have shown the biggest drop since the crisis. many of the japanese companies. the situation in europe as well, it's getting a lot murkier than ever before. basically, it's both and external factors which are extremely correlated and that is putting a very negative spin to the japanese earnings so far. it's not the us china trade war. what impact is that having. it's not going to

hurt japan as much. is that having. it's not going to hurtjapan as much. they are the preferred country but what we're trying to do is, because of the aggression that we are seeing, putting it back to the normal state. it's not going to hurtjapan putting it back to the normal state. it's not going to hurt japan that much. these kind of trade embargoes for these policies aren't really it's going to get back to your face. it's going to hurt and exacerbate and it shows the conditions, the atmosphere, the ambience. . wide as you say, the international trade, it's not helping the situation, it's making it far worse in japanese companies failing to really invest.

we see changes in monetary policy. there is little the bank of japan can do. the ball is definitely in the court of the corporations. assessing and taking risks, because especially the japanese tend to be excessively conservative on their investments. i think certainly, in the long run, this is a time to start to make the move as you pointed out. all right, thank you so much for your views. have you ever heard of videos involving people eating lots of food on camera and perhaps unsurprisingly, it's really taken off in the united states. in our series on influences, samir

hussein has met one person from binge eating on youtube. what's up, mighty love? this is bethany 6askell, better known as b love. she makes youtube videos of her eating. yes, just eating. and no, this isn't a hobby. youtube has made us millionaires. how much money do you make ina millionaires. how much money do you make in a year? over a million. a little over a million and that's not including brand deals on different things like this. over a million from youtube alone. how? the more views you get, the more adverts it can deliver in the more money blove makes. her most popular video got more than 11 million views. 0h, makes. her most popular video got more than 11 million views. oh, look at that. it was kind of weird to me.

but the weird is also wildly popular. the videos she makes are pa rt popular. the videos she makes are part of a genre called meokbang. it isa part of a genre called meokbang. it is a mash up of two korean words and it translates as "eat cast". the host consumes a lot of food on line and interacts with the audience. host consumes a lot of food on line and interacts with the audiencelj think and interacts with the audience.” think it's a fun thing and it helps a lot of people. well, it heaps —— helps people with anxiety. it helps people that are lonely. it helps people that are lonely. it helps people that are lonely. it helps people that have eating disorders. we can get tons and tons of mail from people that are cancer patients, how we've helped them in ways of regaining their appetite. making youtube videos has become a family business. the husband is a full—time manager. her eldest son has his own youtube channel and the youngest doubles on line, although he is off to college in the autumn.

it's a matter of not working for somebody else and making my own money is crazy. eating food? right. butter smells good. in no way is blove the highest paid but you've got to admit, this is a really good recipe for success. samir hussein, bbc news, cincinnati, ohio. let's ta ke bbc news, cincinnati, ohio. let's take a quick look at the markets. japan is higher due to the weaker japanese yen. this is bbc news the top stories this hour.

the trump administration has said it intends to withdraw troops from afghanistan by next year. prisoners have been killed in fighting between rival gang factions in a jail in northern brazil. an investigation into the conservative mp mark field has been dropped. he grabbed a 6reenpeace protester at last month's mansion house dinner. downing street said borisjohnson viewed the matter for the previous prime minister. he wasn't included in the new government. a man had to be rescued from a beach in norfolk last night after after his leg became wedged between rocks while the tide was in. he was stuck for nearly three hours — at one point submerged up to his neck. 0ur correspondent robbie west reports. the moment the emergency services rescued a man who was trapped between the rocks on the north norfolk coast. the tide was in and they worked quickly to keep his head above the water. sheringham's lifeguard was the first on the scene. the patient had his foot wedged down in between the rock and the structure here.

when i arrived on the scene, he was getting hammered by pretty severe tidal waves and so i basically came in with a rescue tube to wedge it between him and the rock and then sheltered him with my body when the waves were impacting. the man and his family were on the steps here when a wave came over. he stepped in front of his children to protect them and he was knocked onto the boulders that are right here below us where he got his foot caught. after more than three hours in the water, fire crews had to use brute force to free him. so when we pulled up, the tide was probably at its highest. you couldn't break nothing. there's been reports but you couldn't break nothing because it's granite, it's too hard. we did consider it, but the best way was, we got lucky, the tide went out, we got lucky. the man was treated for minor

injuries in hospital. some of his family, who i spoke to earlier, said they wanted to thank everybody that was involved in the rescue. robbie west, bbc news, sheringham. the media regulator has announced new rules to ensure participants on tv and radio shows are properly look after. it follows the death of two former contestants on love island and the man who took part in the jeremy kyle show. don't forget, you can get in touch with me on twitter. now in bbc news, sport today. hello, i'm mark edwards and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: there's an injury scare for australia as david warner limps out of training with the ashes starting on thursday looking for the exit.

lukaku left out of manchester united's preseason trip to norway. from nba superstar to hitting rock bottom, jeremy lin breaks down at an event in taiwan. welcome to sport today. with the ashes kicking off on thursday the australian cricket squad suffered an injury scare when batsman david warner limped out of training in birmingham on monday with a badly bruised thigh after being hit by a ball. the injury's not thought to be serious, and warner's expected to be fit for the 1st test against england at edgbaston. warner, plus former captain steve smith and cameron bancroft, will all be reunited as they play a test match for the first time following lengthy suspensions for their involvement

in the ball—tampering scandal that engulfed australian cricket