‘whistleblower report'. white house officials are accused of trying to cover up evidence that donald trump used his power to solicit foreign interference in next year's election. in a phone call, mr trump asked ukraine's president to investigate his main political rival, joe biden. borisjohnson says tempers need to come down after furious scenes in the uk parliament on wednesday. but despite strong criticism, the prime minister has refused to apologise for his own controversial language. and this video is trending on bbc.com: prince harry has praised the swedish campaigner, greta thunberg, and said the world will be a "very, very troubling" place if people continue to deny climate change. he was speaking during a visit to botswana on his tour of southern africa.

don't forget, our top stories are on oui’ our website. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. 737 max review considered boeing told it needs to pay more attention told it needs to pay more attention to how pilots react to emergencies. and childfree zones. how a newjapan airlines see map helps passengers avoid screaming babies. —— seat map. hello and welcome to this friday edition of asia business report. we start with boeing because the world ‘s biggest plane maker has been told

by us transport chiefs it should be more responsive to how pilots react to emergencies in its safety assessment of the 737 max jet. comments, is boeing ‘s bestselling aircraft remains grounded after two fatal crashes that killed 346 people. we have more from new york. the message here for boeing is that it needs to pay more attention to how pilots react in emergency situations. the national transportation safety board board said crews in both crashes did not react in the way the company assumed they would. and towing did not look at all potential flight deck alerts that pilots might face in a system failure. all 737 maxxis have been grounded since an ethiopian airlines plane crashed shortly after takeoff. it followed a line and crash of another 737 max that killed 189 people last year. in both accidents,

investigators focused on the role of a software system that was designed to make the plane easier to fly. planes will remain grounded until aviation authorities around the world deemed them safe to fly. in other news making headlines now, the indoor fitness brand palatine other news making headlines now, the indoorfitness brand palatine has ended its first day of trade down 1196 ended its first day of trade down 11% from its market debut price. that slide comes after the company offered shares at $29 each. the very top of its price range. call performance is not dissimilar to that of uber that fell in its first day of trading as investors worried about its history of steep loss. over to europe now where france ‘s government will present the 2020 budget to parliament later including more tax cuts for working people as the government refocuses on boosting household income after the wave of yellow vests protest that swept the country. on thursday, france ‘s

economy minister announced that taxes will be cut by more than 10 billion euros next year to address what he calls a social crisis. this is on top of cuts on a similar scale this year. the of the countries households will be better off as a result. those cuts come 3% next year. france benefits from record low borrowing costs and thatis from record low borrowing costs and that is after the european central bank cut interest rates deeper into negative territory last week. they will save the country about 6 billion euros a year. turning to the trade war now and new figures show us imports of consumer and capital goodsjumped us imports of consumer and capital goods jumped in august, us imports of consumer and capital goodsjumped in august, widening its deficit to the numbers suggest american companies scramble to beat another of tariffs on chinese goods and that comes as washington and beijing prepared for a new round of

talks next month aimed at resolving the conflict. meanwhile, the trump administration is also moving ahead on deals with japan and india. earlier i asked the market analyst whether donald trump —— why if it was instigated to reduce the deficit way that has not happened yet. the us trade deficit has widened by 8% compared to one year of a go so it means that the trade tariffs imposed on china ‘s woods is not helping to reduce or narrow that trade deficit. in fact, it actually makes things worse because even though the us imports from china have reduced by 296, imports from china have reduced by 2%, chinese imports from the us have reduced by a greater amount. so the chinese government is reluctant to purchase soybeans and agricultural products and the cut down the

purchase of us goods. and this is despite the fact that they claim they are actually making amends and are trying to purchase more soybeans. interestingly, we know now the trade talks are set to resume in early october. will the two sides get any closer to resolving their issues, especially in light of these latest figures? although there is some trade ms i think that the ability and the position for donald trump to reach a meaningful deal with china has now been weakened by the impeachment enquiry as well as a wea ker the impeachment enquiry as well as a weaker economic data and the softened global demand. so political and economic pressure on donald trump to close a deal as soon as possible maybe to a lesser extent like an interim deal. fascinating that the impeachment enquiry now is perhaps taking some of the power away from president trump in terms of trying to pursue the trade deal.

what other ramifications might it have? although the likelihood of donald trump in removed from the white house before his term ends is quite small but there's enquiries is damaging his reputation and has become a major distraction from his 2020 presidential election and trade deal. so now he has to worry more about his political career while rather than the deal with china. saudi arabia has said it will drop its strict dress code for foreign women as the ultraconservative kingdom sex for the first time to law holidaymakers and the spending that could help develop its economy away from its reliance on oil. under the new rules, foreign women will not have to wear the flowing cloak that has been mandatory attire for decades. although they will be instructed to wear modest clothing.

how do you feel about flying while sitting next to a screaming kid that is not your own? well, some passengers hated so much that japan airlines has come up with a solution. what is this incredible solution? i don't know howl solution. what is this incredible solution? i don't know how i feel about this. i have been that parent feeling horrible about my own screaming children but i have also been the recipient of it so here is their solution. look at this japan airlines has introduced a feature on its seed looking system that shows where young children are seated. this icon you see on the top of the screen appears when a passenger is travelling with children under the age of two. one traveller thanked the carrierfor age of two. one traveller thanked the carrier for letting him age of two. one traveller thanked the carrierfor letting him know where babies planned to scream during a 13 hour trip. but others urged people to be more tolerant of their babies because we were all one

wa nts. their babies because we were all one wants. other users also said noise cancelling headphones should be the answer. parents can now say hey, you had an option to set a far away from but do not complain. i do not want to imagine an argument when seats are changed at last in it. thank you for that. lets have a look now at another story, and this is all around things like french champagne and parma ham, products famous for having geographical indications meaning they come from a specific region and cannot use that name if they are used elsewhere. many european products have long enjoyed that status and our south american producers are hoping to get their own geographical indications as part ofa own geographical indications as part of a trade deal agreed between the eu and several countries in latin america. brazil produces are already celebrating.

good for them. they look like they are having fun. before you go, let's have a look at the markets because this is where the japanese market has opened. it is down by 0.5%. australia is as down as well but they are taking their cues from the us where wall street did not see a great day of trade due to the fact that there are many concerns around these new impeachment in hiring into these new impeachment in hiring into the president that spoke some investors there. that is it for the programme, thank you for watching. the top stories this hour: white house officials have been accused of trying to cover up evidence that president trump used his power to solicit foreign interference in next

year's election. and after acrimonious scenes in britain's parliament — borisjohnson has tried to cool tempers — but he refused to apologise for his own controversial language. the health secretary, matt hancock, says he won't "rule out" bold action to protect children, after new figures show a fall in the take up of all routine vaccinations, for the under—fives in england, in the last year. coverage of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccination, or mmr, are also down, for the fifth year in a row. our health editor hugh pym has more details. vaccines work best when 95% of children have them, which stops the disease spreading. but that isn't the case just now in england with mmr. there wasn't a care in the world for these youngsters at a play centre this afternoon, but for their parents, plenty to think about, including whether to get their children vaccinated. some are having second thoughts.

but mothers i spoke to were clear it was the right thing to do. i, honestly, am 100% for vaccinations. i believe that putting a child's health and happiness is always more important. what you think is behind the fall in vaccination rate? i think probably social media has a lot to do with it. a lot of people post on social media and a lot of people believe what other mums to say. so if you've got a mum that has a big following group, on instagram or something, and she says that she is against it, unfortunately i think a lot of people will then go and follow that. there was a fall in uptake of the first mmr dose last year in all but one of the english regions. the only area where the vaccination rate remained unchanged was the north—east, which had the highest level of coverage, at 94.5%. london was the worst, with onlyjust over eight out of ten children receiving the inoculation. our message is very clear, particularly for parents taking their children back to school this autumn.

make sure they've had all the vaccines they're due, because these diseases can be very unpleasant and can even lead to death. so it's important that everyone gets all the vaccines they're eligible for. measles is a serious illness which can lead to infection in the brain. cases are on the increase across europe. health officials say they're very concerned. these boys have had their vaccinations. the question now is whether parents of those who haven't had the jabs should be told its compulsory if their children are to be allowed into school. health authorities say that would be a step too far at this stage. but ministers haven't ruled it out. hugh pym, bbc news. all of our top stories are on our website but right now on bbc news, sport today.

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: england hammer the usa as the americans see red at the rugby world cup. an andrea belloti double downs a disappointing ac milan in serie a. the riske taker! wimbledon and us open semi—finalist elina svitolina is knocked out of the wuhan open by alison riske. hello and thanks forjoining us. we start at the rugby world cup injapan, where england thrashed the united states to make it two wins out of two. they won by 45 points to 7 — running in seven tries in the process, to claim a second bonus point in pool c. the us though finishing the match with 14 players after being handed the first red card at the world cup. from kobe, andy swiss reports. well, england had made it two wins out of two of this rugby world cup

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