welcome to newsday on the bbc. i am mariko oi in singapore. the headlines this our call on president trump slaps more tariffs on chinese goods, and he threatens they will go higher depending on how trade talks go. until such time as there is a deal, we'll be taxing them. a year after the outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo, 1800 people have died and neighbouring countries are worried the disease may spread. i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: japan's imposition of trade restrictions against south korea triggers simmering anger in seoul

and a consumer boycott of japanese goods. and the outsider who galloped to victory as the first person in the uk to compete in a horse race while wearing a hijab. good morning. it is 7am here in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where president trump has announced a new 10% tariff ona trump has announced a new 10% tariff on a further $300 billion worth of imports from china. mr trump said the levy would apply from one september. here is how he made the announcement. china eats it, because they have to pay it, because what they do as they

devalue their currency and they push money out. our people haven't paid, as you know, we're also charging 25% on $250 billion, so we are taking in many billions of dollars. there has been absolutely no inflation, and frankly it hasn't cost our consumer anything. it cost china. and what has happened as a lot of companies are moving out of china so they can avoid it, the chinese have had a rough 20— this is their worst year in 27 years, according to yesterday's wall streetjournal. i don't want that, but when my people came home, they said we are talking, we have another meeting in early september. i said that's fine, but in the meantime, until such time as there is a deal, we will be taxing them. let's bring in our north america correspondent chris buckler, who joins me from washington. thank you for joining joins me from washington. thank you forjoining us. president trump emphasising it is china which is hurting, but critics say these new ta riffs hurting, but critics say these new tariffs will really hurt american consumers. so why is he going ahead with this?

yes, he wants to push ahead with this in order to be tough, to try and push a deal. but the reality is, after another we of talks in shanghai, that really split up without any progress, there is a sense that this is now becoming once againa sense that this is now becoming once again a trade battle in which both economies could be hurt. you heard president trump there say that as far as he was concerned china would be paying, but actually it is american companies and therefore american companies and therefore american customers who ultimately pay for these tariffs that are imposed by the us on chinese goods coming in. and when you take a look at the range of goods, it is everything coming from china, and it is such a big manufacturer of things like toys, computers, clothing, shoes, all of these now being taxed, and extra cost for the american consumer. and that's why we have got such concern, consumer. and that's why we have got such concern, even consumer. and that's why we have got such concern, even here from retailers, saying as far as they are concerned, prices will go up and you have seen the stock market reacting as well. as you say, not

surprisingly the market reacting. notjust shares, but oil prices, as well as the us dollar, assuming investors think that beijing might retaliate. yes, and there is of course some history on that. if you ta ke course some history on that. if you take a look at the last year of this trade skirmish that we have had, we have seen tit—for—tat tariffs put in place, and essentially the danger here is that everybody ends up hurting. already, if you talk to consumers here, they will say that they feel that prices are going up. certainly farmers have been hit by this, and there is a degree of frustration from president trump as far as he is concerned, china has not backed up some promises he feels that were made by china in terms of buying products. and of course, it is not just china buying products. and of course, it is notjust china and the united states who could be hurt by this. certainly their economies are in danger, but because of the shared interests, and because of the global economy that sees so much being bought and sold to america and china, there is a danger that

everybody hurts as a result of this, and that's whyjust about every country in the world is watching this trade battle play out. and certainly while you see president trump saying that as far as he is concerned that the talks in shanghai we re concerned that the talks in shanghai were positive, were constructive, it doesn't seem that there was any progress. and certainly if you take a look at what the global times in china is saying, the paper that of course is published by the ruling communist party there, it says that from their point of view a deal between china and the us is now further away. we will have more analysis on how markets reacted on asia business report shortly. for now, thank you. also making headlines around the world, let's start in north korea. the country appears to have test fired two new missiles into the sea near its coast. the projectiles were detected by the south korean military in the middle of the night. they are thought to have been short range missiles similar to the ones north korea fired earlier this week. four people have been shot dead in a

sudanese city as protesters took to the streets across the country on thursday. the latest demonstrations shown here in the capital, khartoum, where in response to the deaths of four secondary students at a rally on monday. the syrian government has agreed to a ceasefire in the northwest it lib region, according to the state news agency. it reportedly wants to see the implementation of a deal agreed a year ago with opposition fighters pulling back and the creation of a buffer zone between the forces. facebook says people linked to the saudi government have been spreading propaganda on the social media platform using a network of fake accounts. the company says the operation mainly targeted the middle east and north africa, and the network has now been suspended. now to the us rapper asap rocky. he

has told a swedish court he had to try and avoid the fight in stockholm which landed him in custody and facing a charge of assault. celebrities including kim kardashian and rod stewart have defended him, while us president donald trump has called on the swedish prime minister to help secure his release. aid workers who are battling an outbreak of ebola in eastern congo have appealed for international borders to remain open after rwanda briefly closed a major crossing point. this happened on a day two further cases were confirmed in the city of goma. it has been a year since the country declared an outbreak of the virus, causing at least 1800 deaths. anne soy reports. it takes a lot to beat ebola. those who seek treatment early

have a better chance of survival, but at the heart of the outbreak, conspiracies and violence drive infection. this treatment centre was much smaller when i was last year, six months ago. the expansion just speaks to how big the outbreak has grown. every time a case is confirmed, this team is sent to decontaminate everything the patient has touched. but as many as a quarter of all cases don't come forward, and that only fans the flames of the deadly disease. some communities have been hostile. we are told someone has died of ebola here, and the funeral is taking place, but strangers are not welcome. translation: there have been attacks against health workers. we know of fellow doctors who were killed. that has a negative impact on the fight against this epidemic.

it is the first outbreak of ebola in a warzone. more than 300,000 people have fled their homes in the north—eastern province of ituri. in this village alone, 49 people were killed, a scorched—earth attack, a clear message to them that they are not welcome back. the un has its biggest peacekeeping force here, trying to pacify a region that has known no peace for decades. but camps like this one keep growing, and farmers who have lost everything are forced to wait for donations. translation: i lost my husband and two children. we ran and hid in the forest until soldiers came to rescue us. many families have been pushed closer to areas where there is ebola. living right outside a big hospital, and next to a centre set aside

for suspected cases of ebola, is nowhere near safe for them. the conditions here are just perfect for an explosion of disease. the outbreak has hit the biggest city in the region. goma is a transport and trade hub on the border with rwanda. now, the challenge is to stop it spreading to neighbouring countries. anne soy, bbc news, beni. next, n ext, to kyo next, tokyo is due to remove south korea from its favoured waitlist, the group of countries that can trade with japan with minimum restrictions. if they do so, companies would need a government license to sell any products that could potentially be used for weapons and military applications. japan has placed restrictions on materials south korean companies need to produce computer chips. well, our sole correspondent laura becker has the details. this is the level of anger some in south korea feel towards japan. ——

laura bicker. in disgust, this man is destroying his japanese made car, an act of defiance just days after tokyo slapped trade restrictions on seoul. he is not alone in his fury. the trades that has prompted thousands of koreans to boycott japanese goods. hundreds of items have been taken off supermarket shelves. translation: japan took action, and as korean citizens, we should act fast as well. so we haven't been using any japanese products. translation: we often use to go on vacation to japan, but now we don't. we have even recently cancelled our trip to japan. this dispute comes after decades of mistrust. when japan dispute comes after decades of mistrust. whenjapan occupied south korea from 1910 to 1945, prison such as this one were used to silence and crush dissent. around 500 inmates

we re crush dissent. around 500 inmates were held here, including women and children. some of them were tortured. it is the time south koreans have never forgotten, tortured. it is the time south koreans have neverforgotten, and more importantly, have never forgiven. tens of thousands of koreans were forced to work in japanese mines and steel mills without pay during the second world war. they say they were treated as slaves. japan maintains these issues we re slaves. japan maintains these issues were resolved by a treaty signed in 1965. but a supreme court ruling in seoul decided last year that workers and their families were owed compensation. this 96—year—old is one of the few survivors from that time. translation: they told us that we would study and learn technologies from japan, but when we went, there was no study, just doing a lot of hard manual labour. i have had to move heavy steel from one cargo to another. i sweated so much.

the company told me to continue to stay in japan the company told me to continue to stay injapan and work for them, but i couldn't stay. it was so hot, and ha rd i couldn't stay. it was so hot, and hard work. seoul believes tokyo's trade restrictions on essential supplies for its biggest industries area supplies for its biggest industries are a form of targeted retaliation for the court orders. japan says thatis for the court orders. japan says that is simply not true. but the pain won'tjust be felt here. it could revel through global tech supply chains. which may force the us to step in to try to solve this viewed before it escalates further. well, we have heard what south korea thinks, but what about japan? well, we have heard what south korea thinks, but what aboutjapan? i asked jeff kingston, the director of asian studies at temple university, if tokyo had a point that all the claims were settled with a treaty in 1965. yes, i think it does have a point, but i think this is a dangerous road to travel down. i think that abe is

sort of pulling a mini trump here, and he is trying to use the cudgel of trade to get his way on other issues. so these two frenemies have been bickering about history for decades, and i don't expect that to end anytime soon, but by invoking trade restrictions, i think that abe is not only undermining his position asa is not only undermining his position as a champion of free trade, but he is also going to cause a lot of pain to regional supply networks, and right now japanese business sentiment is at the lowest it has been since 2009. so i think this is probably a very risky road to go down. but they probably expected some kind of backlash, maybe not this much. why did they still go ahead with it, and possibly remove south korea from that waitlist?

well, i think that the abe cabinet, they are exasperated. they feel that this issue has been settled by the 65 treaty. they also feel burnt that in 2015 they came up with a final solution for the comfort woman settlement. and seoul has not stuck to the terms of those treaties. but the legalistic position of japan on history issues i don't think is the way forward. i think that we could look, perhaps, towards japanese construction companies that also engaged in forced labour of chinese workers, reached out and made individual compensation to them. i think that is probably going to be more of a way out of this than imposing further restrictions. and i think secretary of state pompeo is basically urging both sides to pause, ceasefire, and try to let diplomacy have some time to work. you know, both sides have edged towards the abyss, now is the time towards the abyss, now is the time to pull back.

holdings you are watching you stay on the bbc. the british government says it is setting aside more than $2 billion as part of preparations for no deal brexit from the eu. also on the programme, the outsider who galloped to victory as the first person in the uk to compete in a horse race while wearing a hijab. cheering the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh.

once an everyday part of the soldiers' lot, drudgery and danger, now no more after almost four decades. if one is on one's own, in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't really see why people should wander in and say, "you're doing something wrong." six rare white lion cubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park and, already, they have been met with a roar of approval from visitors. they're lovely, yeah. really sweet. yeah, they were cute. welcome back, you are watching newsday on the bbc. i am mariko 0i in singapore. and i am lewis vaughan—jones in london. donald trump is imposing new trade tariffs on chinese imports after this week's trade talks fail to reach agreement. aid workers battling a year—long out

make of ebola in eastern congo appealfor an make of ebola in eastern congo appeal for an international borders to remain open. let's now take a look at some front pages from around the world. the japan times has this picture of two recently elected politicians. they are the country's first lawmakers with severe disabilities, both of whom had been pushing for changes to welfare services that aid people with special needs. meanwhile, the south china morning post reports that the hong kong justice secretary pushed police to charge protesters with writing offences this week. the newspaper describes the move as a eagerness by the authorities to send the message to demonstrators. and finally, the philippine star which leads with a multibillion—dollar corruption scandal that hit the country's gambling agency. the paper asked that president duterte will be naming 11 officials that are allegedly involved.

the bank of england has cut its forecast for growth in the uk for the next two years and also predicted a one in three chance of the uk economy shrinking at the start of next year. the announcement came shortly after the british government revealed it will spend around $2 billion preparing for no deal brexit. speaking in bangkok today after meeting with ministers from as young nations, the uk foreign secretary dominic raab said negotiations proposed brexit trade we re negotiations proposed brexit trade were well under way. politicians normally get criticised for thinking too short—term, yes, with exit, but we got to stop covering such a narrow focus. we got to raise our sights and one of the best pieces to do that with opportunity for the future is the asia—pacific and that is why i am here at the invitation of the thais who are chairing the asean meeting and i'm talking to 15 foreign ministers and foreign leaders right across the region and while there

may be doom and gloom back home, water struck me as the enthusiasm that they have shown for this concept of global britain and what it means for them as well as the advantages for the uk. meanwhile, boris johnson's government is facing a test of the by—election and if it loses a seat in wales, it will reduce the majority in the uk parliament to just one. joining the from the count isa uk just one. joining the from the count is a uk political correspondent jonathan blake. so the counting there is under way. the lid dams going into this were tipped to win. yes, the ballot papers are being counted behind me and your right, in the weeks leading up to the election it has been the liberal democrats we re it has been the liberal democrats were being seen as the favourites to ta ke were being seen as the favourites to take the seat from the governing conservative party here in the uk. it is the tories, the conservatives who hold this seat but their mp was recalled effectively, stripped of

his seat earlier this year when he was convicted of expenses fraud. he was convicted of expenses fraud. he was then reselected by the party to stand again and as a local man, he does have a solid body of supportive but this is a key electoral test for borisjohnston as the new prime minister. —— borisjohnson. the feeling tonight is depending on who you speak to and it's very early days that it is going to be a close run thing. the board democrats did very well recently in european parliamentary elections were of course brexit was the dominating issue. that to some extent has been the case during this by—election although local issues have played a part. it has been fought along leave and remain lines as part of that debate and interestingly, this part of mid wales, very rule constituency, voted pretty much as you k as a whole did, 52% leave, 48%

in favour of remain. it's something ofa in favour of remain. it's something of a bellwether. we have a long night ahead. we are expecting a resulted about three o'clock in the morning here in the tories, as it stands, hoping they can just cling on. the liberal democrats having to snatch the seat away and keep up their momentum of recent times but at the moment, the only thing people can agree on is that it's going to be close. the result coming from wales and a couple of hours. now to yemen when more than 30 people have been killed in an attack by the rebel h movement. —— houthi movement. the yemen government and its allies have accused them of being behind the attack. 0ur correspondent send this report. a morning, it contains some distressing images.

it was meant to be a celebration... in the midst of a brutal war. hundreds of soldiers on their graduation day, in their freshly pressed uniforms, with senior officers watching on. then this. these are united arab emirates forces supporting the yemeni government. dozens were killed. one of them, a senior military official. translation: we launched a new type of missile for the first time, it let us hit the right target, achieving our political, military and intelligence goals. in aden, the united arab emirates has played a major role. recently they announced they are pulling some forces out of yemen so today's attack raises questions about whether their retreat has created a security vacuum in the south of the country. in another neighbourhood today, more violence. this suicide bombing targeted a busy police station. it's unclear if the two

attacks are linked. today's attack was a bold show of strength by the houthis and a message that even they can attack for the air. but for the people here, in areas under their control, there is a fierce debate about how the coalition is going to retaliate. the government here is blaming the houthi's backers, iran, for this missile strike. once again, foreign powers are accused of causing misery in one of the world's most beleaguered countries. finally an update on a story we brought you on wednesday on bbc world news. the uk first‘s hijab wearing race jockey. she world news. the uk first‘s hijab wearing racejockey. she only world news. the uk first‘s hijab wearing race jockey. she only took up wearing race jockey. she only took up horseriding three months ago. before that, she never even sat on a

horse but on tuesday she took part ina horse but on tuesday she took part in a race. this is the magnolia cup at the prestigious glorious goodwood festival here in the uk and despite being mounted on a rank outsider, she came first. i remember the tree in front of me at the beginning of the kickback sort of smacking my face and then slowly creeping up behind them and hearing their hooves clip and stuff and i was like, oh, my god, and i was aiming to find a gap andi my god, and i was aiming to find a gap and i pulled out a little bit and hejust gap and i pulled out a little bit and he just went and just amazing, he's an amazing horse. and he just went and just amazing, he's an amazing horselj and he just went and just amazing, he's an amazing horse. i hear that you are only writing fast work last week. i did two gallops and they we re week. i did two gallops and they were in the last two weeks. wow, that's amazing. the fastest i've ever been. what an incredible achievement. you've been watching newsday. i'm lewis vaughan—jones in london. and i am mariko 0i in singapore. i would be back with business news and

president trump's tweets shocked the market with the us dollar and oil falling. stay with us, you are watching newsday. hello. well, the weather is looking mostly good across the uk on friday. the outside chance of a shower and there was a possibility of the odd shower in the vicinity of the reservoir there in derbyshire where the environment agency still has a severe flood warning that the good news is that showers really will be very scattered across the country in the north so the chances of one actually affected the area is pretty low. so for most of us, the weather on friday looks pretty good, with sunny spells and just a few scattered showers across northern and western areas in the uk. there is the latest satellite. you can see whether to the east and west of us.

this class this —— this cloud will approach us to the weekend with cloud in the south so we are between the systems and this quiet spell of weather. the forecast then through the early hours. not much happening on the weather front. a lot of clear weather in central and western areas. by early on friday, we could see increasing amounts of cloud across eastern parts of the uk so that means overcast conditions at least for a time. in the west and the south, the son should be shining right from the word go. friday itself is looking fine. across most of the uk, a couple of showers there may be building across northern areas. you can see if you squint, a few blobs of blue and lime green in may be cumbria, wanted to in the midlands, maybe wales in the south—west but very well scattered in the vast majority of the country. a dry day on friday. as far as the ashes go, it looks dry. certainly the weather icons suggest a lot of

dry weather but just the outside chance of a light bleeding shower, nothing more than that. he was the forecast for the weekend. we have a weather front approaching western parts of the uk. that does mean a lot of cloud across parts of the uk including western areas and it sta rts including western areas and it starts off cloudy in the east to senator particularly sunny day for many of us on saturday but some bright weather around and the prospect of some showers there in the north—west. 25 in london on saturday. temperatures in the south will be rising as we head into sunday. temperatures possibly reaching the high 20s but notice that weather fronts just about grazing western parts of the uk and heavy showers in the forecast, possibly thundery across scotland and also parts of northern england. that's the latest from me.

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the headlines this hour: president trump slaps more tariffs on chinese goods, and he threatens they will go higher depending on how trade talks go. a year after the outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo, 1,800 people have died and neighbouring countries are worried the disease may spread. and this video is trending on bbc .com. this 18—year—old has become the first jockey wearing a hijab .com. this 18—year—old has become the firstjockey wearing a hijab to wina the firstjockey wearing a hijab to win a competitive horse race in britain. and that's all. stay with bbc world news.