this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president trump signs an executive order that he says will hold china accountable for its actions in hong kong. the british government does a u turn and bans huawei from its 56 networks. the move will make the us happy — but could prompt a backlash from china. tears from ghislaine maxwell — as the former girlfriend of jeffrey epstein — is refused bail — she will go on trial nextjuly, charged with trafficking minors stark warnings on the british economy, unemployment could reach four million and government will be forced to either tax more or spend less. and a royal gin and tonic — buckingham palace launches its own spirtit line —

with all the ingredients picked from its gardens. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. i'm tim willcox. in the last half hour, donald trump has outlined a litany of complaints against china as he announced the signing of an executive order stripping hong kong of its right to preferential economic treatment. president trump announced his moves saying the people of hong kong have had their freedoms taken away. today, i also signed an executive order ending us preferential treatment for hong kong.

hong kong will now be treated the same as mainland china, no special privileges and no special economic treatment and no export of sensitive technologies. in addition to that, as you know, we are placing massive tariffs and have placed very large tariffs on china. that's the first time that's ever happened to china. i'm joined now from los angeles by our correspodent peter bowes. a by our correspodent peter bowes. real escalation i and a real escalation in the language and now actions from the white house, peter. yes. twofold announcement, holding china responsible. the president has for its actions against hong kong and the people of hong kong which he described as being oppressive and also the announcement ending the special preferential treatment that hong kong has received and saying that hong kong would not be treated the same as mainland china. that is an announcement that politically affects trade between hong kong and the united states. but it really was

quite a litany of complaints against china. i have to say not particularly unexpected given the current climate of the president repeatedly blaming china for the coronavirus pandemic in the way that it is spread around the world. that is something in this press conference in the rose garden at the white house that the president has focused on a lot as well as also attacking joe biden, his rivalfor the presidency later on this year and after the initial announcements about hong kong, and china, this news c0 nfe re nce about hong kong, and china, this news conference had very much the feel of a presidential rally with the president hitting a number of issues but repeatedly coming back to his complaints against china and also his view ofjoe biden. and how he believes perhaps also his view ofjoe biden. and how he believes perhaszoe biden presidency might go in relation to china. a very extensive attack on joe biden. critics would say he was turning it into a campaign tactic.

he also accused repeated asked regulations that beijing concealed the coronavirus operate and repeatedly referred to covid—i9 as the plague. make no mistake what that would hold china for the responsible for concealing the virus. and unleashing it upon the world. he couldn't stop there. they should've stopped it. it would've beena very should've stopped it. it would've been a very easy to do at the source. been a very easy to do at the source. when it happened. —— they could have stopped it. he didn't call conclude, kung fu, which he has donein call conclude, kung fu, which he has done in the past. do you have any more information, it is a few months ago that he did have intelligence suggesting that china knew much more about it. —— he did not call it the conch flew like he did in the past. no, we don't have any hard facts in relation to that, to back up the claims we've heard from the president in the past. but this line of rhetoric as something repeatedly we have been hearing from the president for a number of weeks now. it is very clear. it does have the

feel of a rally by president trump many of which we will see no doubt in the coming weeks and months. this will be a thing that will hear from president trump and is perhaps no surprise that he is even holding this news conference today at a time when the coronavirus is spreading rapidly again around the united states and the headlines otherwise in this country about how the virus is seemingly out of control in states like florida, texas, here in california, perhaps florida being the worst affective state and some significance there because florida is going to be one of those battle grounds come the election in november a state that president trump nearly one four years ago but the polling and opinion polling suggesting thatjoe biden is in the lead at the moment. we will leave it there. president trump is continuing with the press conference. he will be taking questions later on. if anything else crops up we will return to the rose garden there.

earlier the british government announced it's to carry out a major u—turn and exclude the chinese company, huawei, from building britain's 5g data networks. the change in policy comes just six months after ministers originally agreed to give the company a limited role. the reversal of the policy will please washington — but anger beijing. here's our security correspondent, gordon corera. 5g promises to be the technology of the future, powering innovation and connecting everything around us together. but today we learned that huawei will be locked out of that future in the uk, as the government announced a major u—turn on the role of the chinese company. as facts have changed, so has our approach. that is why we have taken this decision that there can be no new huawei equipment from the end of this year, and set out a clear timetable to exclude huawei completely by 2027,

with an irreversible path implemented by the time of the next election. critics claim allowing a chinese company to build these 5g phone masts is a security threat, risking data being stolen or services switched off. that's something the company denies, but pressure from washington has forced the uk to shift from its january decision to let the company play a limited role. this is a decision based on us trade priorities, and trade requirements, as opposed to a decision about security. you know, we're very disappointed by the decision from the government. we think it's bad news for the people of the uk. if you use a smartphone or use the internet. there are thousands of mobile phone masts all across the country, and the challenge is that huawei is already embedded in many of them, notjust 5g, but also 4g we've already been using with our phones, and even the network carrying data beneath our streets. the government has chosen

a seven—year timeframe for huawei's removal because, even though it will slow down 5g roll—out, they are hoping it will limit the disruption to the technology on which we all rely. there's been intense lobbying from the telecoms companies who use huawei. they'd warned even of coverage blackouts. but today the chief executive of britain's biggest, bt, seemed confident they could make this timetable work. are you actually going to be going round places and physically taking out huawei kit, or is itjust more a question of replacing it when it comes for upgrade? it's mainly going to be replacing it when it comes for upgrade. there is a little bit of re—engineering and moving huawei kit into different places, but, again, you know, what's so important for us is to have the time to deploy the right kit in the right place, and make sure not only are we delivering the service for our 2a million mobile customers today, but also building the new network, the new 5g network for the future. conservative backbenchers had pushed for a tougher line.

one cautiously welcomed the new plan, but said he wanted to see it followed through. i'm hoping this is going to be a slow goodbye to huawei, a high—risk vendor, but it could be that they double down, they try to sell as much kit in the next few months as possible, and people are still putting, legally, high—risk vendor kit into our 56 network in three, four and five years' time in the hope that policy or government changes. this evening came the first response from china. its ambassador to the uk tweeting, "disappointing and wrong decision by the uk on huawei. "it's become questionable whether the uk can provide an open, fair and non—discriminatory business environment for companies from other countries." today may not be the end of the road. just as washington piled on the pressure, now it may be beijing's turn. gordon corera, bbc news. ajudge in new york has denied bail

for ghislaine maxwell, the former girlfriend of the late american financier and convicted paedophile, jeffrey epstien. at a hearing today, maxwell pleaded not guilty to charges that she helped him to abuse underage girls. nada tawfik was inside the courtroom, and sent this report. after a life of luxury, this is ghislaine maxwell's reality, denied bail and heavily guarded here at the metropolitan detention center in brooklyn with her trail atleast a year away. jeffrey epstein's alleged conspirator appeared remotely in court and pleaded not guilty. stripped of her privilege in a prison top and her hair tied back, she sat expressionless during the hearing. her lawyer said she was not jeffrey epstein and had been unfairly portrayed as a monster by the media. but the prosecution said she was a flight risk and skilled at living and hiding.

they say she bought her property in new hampshire under an alias. when agents raided the estate, she locked herself in another room. annie farmer, one of her accusers in the indictment phoned annie farmer, one of her accusers in the indictment phoned into the hearing and implored the judge to detain her. she said maxwell was a sexual predator. i don't think it is something that will be over with this year. david boies represents i2 epstein accusers, including annie farmer. he says he has handed over evidence to prosecutors which could implicate others if introduced during the trial. prince andrew is somebody who is going to come under even more scrutiny now than before. there is... too much evidence of their connection.

both independent of epstein and with epstein. prince andrew has denied having sex with under age girls or being aware of jeffrey epstein's crimes. this saga has been filled with twists, turns and disturbing revelations. ghislaine maxwell's trial has the potential to be even more explosive. let's get some of the day's other news. the trump administration has reversed course on a plan to bar international students from american universities who were set to take classes exclusively online. harvard and mit had sued the administration over the proposal, saying it would hurt their access to an education. international students also provide much—needed tuition fees for us schools. the us government has carried out the first federal execution in almost two decades, putting to death a man who killed an arkansas family in the 1990s. daniel lewis lee died by lethal injection at a federal prison in indiana.

relatives of those killed by lee had campaigned against his execution. french president emanuel macron led a scaled—down bastille