this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. my name is mike embley. president trump signs an executive order that he says will hold china accountable for its actions in hong kong. hong kong will now be treated the same as mainland china. no special privileges, no a special economic treatment, and no export of sensitive technologies. the government in london also takes a swipe at beijing, ordering tech from the chinese company huawei to be stripped from the uk's telecoms network. tears from ghislaine maxwell as the former girlfriend ofjeffrey epstein is refused bail. she will go on trial nextjuly, charged with helping him abuse young girls. and there are fewer

than 500 now, in the wild — meet the man trying to save africa's endangered antelopes. hello. president 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. in a news conference, the president said 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, no special economic treatment, and no export of sensitive technologies. in addition to that, as you know, we're placing massive tariffs

and have placed very large tariffs on china. first time that's ever happened to china. live now to los angeles with our correspodent peter bowes. villa simmered more detail. it was announcement about hong kong and china and lasted a few moments but then the news conference, very long, typical of donald trump, went over an hour and it had more of the feel of a hour and it had more of the feel ofa campaign hour and it had more of the feel of a campaign rally the likes of which we will see over the next few weeks and months but over hong kong, it was condemnation of the actions of china against hong kong. we've seen china against hong kong. we've seen the most sweeping changes of the political landscape in hong kong since 1997 when the territory was handed over to the uk and that condemnation was expected from donald trump. it essentially gives his signature of approval to

legislation that was passed in us congress earlier this month and also perhaps most significantly, especially for those people trading between the united states and hong kong, the ending of the special religious status which is made easierfor business to religious status which is made easier for business to take bass, try to take place between hong kong and the united states. from now on, hong kong will be treated in exactly the same way as mainland china and therein lies the big issue, the big picture because there is a war of words going on between china and the united states, specifically donald trump of course, leaving china for not slowing down, not warning the world about the coronavirus and saying beijing was responsible for the rapid spread of the virus and donald trump use this press c0 nfe re nce virus and donald trump use this press conference to express all those grievances as well and in terms of the politics, also attacking his political rival, joe biden and questioning what it's going to be like under a potential president biden in

terms of his relations with china. earlier, the british government announced it's to carry out a major u—turn and exclude the chinese company, huawei, from building britain's 56 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. sg 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 56 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. we think it's bad news if you use a smartphone or you 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, not just 56, but also ag we've already been using with our phones, and even the network carrying data beneath our streets.

the government has chosen a 7—year timeframe for huawei's removal because even though it will slow down sg 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 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, 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 56 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: 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.

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 due to take classes exclusively online. harvard and mit had sued the administration, saying the decision would hurt their access to an education. international students also provide much needed tuition fees for us schools. the us supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is in hospital in baltimore receiving treatment for a suspected infection. she's had a minor procedure and is expected to stay in hospital for a few days. justice ginsberg is the oldest member of the current court and a noted liberal. if she had to be replaced it would give the trump administration the chance to appoint a more conservative judge. 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 day celebration in paris. —— emmanuel. instead of the usual military parade, he joined dignitaries in applauding health workers who played key roles in the pandemic. more than 1,000 were invited alongside relatives of those who died fighting the disease. 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 now ghislaine maxwell's stone—cold reality, denied bail and heavily guarded here at the metropolitan detention center in brooklyn with her trail at least a year away. jeffrey epstein's alleged co—conspirator appeared remotely

in court from a small white room and pleaded not guilty. stripped of her privilege in a brown prison top with her hair tied back, she sat mostly expressionless during the 2—hour hearing. her lawyer said she was not jeffrey epstein and had been unfairly portrayed as a monster by endless media spin. but prosecutors argues she was an extreme flight risk and skilled at living and hiding. they say she bought her property in new hampshire under an alias, janet marshall. when agents raided the estate, she locked herself in another room. annie farmer, one of maxwell's accusers in the indictment, phoned into the remote hearing and implored the judge to hold her detained. she said maxwell was a sexual predator who groome and abused her and never showed remorse for her heinous crimes. i don't think it is something

that will be over with this year. david boies represents 12 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 clearly somebody who is going to come under even more scrutiny now than he did 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 epstein's crimes. this saga has been filled with twists, turns and disturbing revelations. ghislaine maxwell's impending trial has the potential to be even more explosive. nada tawfik, bbc news, new york. let's get more on this with tara palmeri. she's the host of the podcast broken: jeffrey epstein. good to talk to you. what has been the response to the hearing. there is some particular concern that she has a french passport. that's part of the reason why she was denied bail, is that she has a passport for a country that

does not have an extradition policy with the united states so policy with the united states so if she went to france, it would be difficult for us authorities to get her back and they consider her to be an extreme flight risk because of the fact that she has lots of money at her disposal, anything up money at her disposal, anything up to $20 million in various international bank accounts, she's been living on the lam for a year she's been living on the lam fora yearand hiding she's been living on the lam for a year and hiding very well, on 156 acres of land, she never had to leave the property because she had former british military officers guarding her and doing her chores for her during her arrest when the ai was at her house and saw her through the window, she refused to open the door for them and said, scampered off into another room so it's just this feeling that ghislaine will run. and it's the severity of the crimes is another part of the crimes is another part of the reason why there is so much pressure on the southern

district of new york and frankly, the penal system in new york to make sure that ghislaine maxwell is alive and present for her trial next year. she says of course she shouldn't be in jail because of the risk of catching coronavirus. do the risk of catching coronavirus. do we the risk of catching coronavirus. do we know how serious that risk is in the jail she is? it's a serious risk i think, anywhere. communal living, you are going to be at risk for correct contract —— contracting coronavirus but there are still prisoners in thatjail so why should ghislaine maxwell get special treatment? they are taking special cautions. she is also under a really intense watch, suicide watch. she's been wearing, you know, pay gowns, basically what you would wear when you go to the doctor to have an examination because the material is not sturdy enough to use and to harm yourself, to commit suicide, essentially, so she has been on

a hard bed, no sheets, naked basically with this paper sheet and being watched like an animal ina and being watched like an animal in a cage, basically. tara, i know you've been following the stories of epstein and maxwell's alleged victims. how are they responding generally? they are thrilled. they felt like they were. . . thrilled. they felt like they were... they were worried for about a year thinking there might not be justice for them, they would have to accept that geoffrey epstein was able to evade it through his death. thanks jeffrey epstein. evade it through his death. thanksjeffrey epstein. they we re thanksjeffrey epstein. they were worried his co—conspirators would get off free and the story would be forgotten and it would be like what happened in florida in 2008 when jeffrey what happened in florida in 2008 whenjeffrey epstein got a slap on the wrist, 13 months in prison, 12 hours a day, work release, back on the streets after abusing women and they we re after abusing women and they were worried that this whole story would be swept under the i’ug story would be swept under the rug and forgotten so they are just so elated that ghislaine maxwell has been captured and

that she is going to be in prison while she awaits trial so prison while she awaits trial so there is hope that there will be a trial and through discovery process the victims can finally testify and tell their story, have a hearing, they never had and tell the world about the abuse of jeffrey epstein because they truly hope this story. future predators. thank you. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: unmasking the benefits. we look at the effectiveness of face coverings in the fight against coronavirus. after months of talks and missed deadlines, a deal has been struck to keep greece within the eurozone. the immediate prospect of greece going bust in the worst crisis to hit the eurozone has been averted. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worse floods this century. nearly 100 people

have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the "great white way" by americans, but tonight, it's completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder to all americans of the problems that the energy crisis has brought to them. leaders meet in paris for a summit on pollution, inflation and third world debt. this morning, theyjoined the revolution celebrations for a show of military might on the champs—elysees. wildlife officials in australia have been coping with a penguin problem. fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on a huge shoal of their favourite food, pilchards. some had eaten so much, they could barely stand. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: donald trump signs an executive order to end us trade preferences with hong kong.

a u—turn from the uk. the government here bans china's huawei from its 5g network. in many western countries, the debate over wearing a face mask has become mixed up with freedom and politics. in japan, however, wearing a mask is simply what you do to stop viruses. people have been doing for years, long before covid. medical experts believe it is a habit that has helped them now. from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes has more. at shinagawa station in tokyo, it's the morning rush hour. tens of thousands are pouring from the station, heading for nearby office towers. not a single person here is without a face mask. no—one has been ordered to wear one, but everyone does. translation: i don't think it's acceptable not to wear a mask. i think everyone in

the world should do so. coronavirus is something we should take very seriously. i thinkjapanese are obedient, and listen to what other people say. that's why we wear masks. it's very japanese. the effectiveness of masks like these at protecting you from covid—19 is still hotly debated. but there is a striking difference in death rate between countries like japan, where masks are universally worn, and place where they aren't. in the united states, the current mortality rate from covid—19 is 400 per million. in the united kingdom, it is over 600 per million. here injapan, it is just seven per million. scenes like these of americans protesting against mask—wearing have left one of the world's leading public health experts shaking his head in despair. you know, it's striking if you look at the united states, where there is almost a wilful,

flagrant desire to show that "i'm not going to do what other people are telling me to do. i'm not going to wear a mask." and it's been transformed from the idea, "how "how do we protect each other?", to "i'm going to show that i'm not going to be pushed around." in japan, university experiments like these have shown clearly how wearing a mask can cut the volume of droplets ejected by a cough or a sneeze. for long—time tokyo resident james whitlow delano, there is no question where he would rather be during this pandemic. i'd rather be here. i think the japanese, generally speaking, are more civic—minded, community—minded. they care, frankly, more about their neighbours. individualism is great. it's baked into who i am. but this is a time to set that aside for other people, and to me, mask—wearing is

so important in that process. until there is a vaccine for covid—19, this is the new reality. but, if wearing masks can help protect yourself and others, it is a discomfort most japanese people appear willing to bear. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. residents of the far eastern russian city of khabarovsk have come out for the fourth day to protest against the arrest of the local governor on murder charges. the city is seven time zones and more than 6,000 km from moscow, and people there chanted anti—putin slogans and called for freedom. 0ur correspondent steve rosenberg joined the crowds. iam in i am in the centre of khabarovsk. what i am in the centre of kha barovsk. what has i am in the centre of khabarovsk. what has been happening here over the last four days is very unusual. it is also very worrying for the kremlin, because people have been taking to the streets, risking arrest, to express their anger at what has been

happening here, too expressed their support of the regional governor. he has been arrested, flown to moscow, and has been accused of involvement in multiple murders stretching back1.5 multiple murders stretching back 1.5 decades. it has sparked a lot of anger here in the crowd. you can hear the ca rs the crowd. you can hear the cars beeping their horns in support of the protesters. many people in kha barovsk support of the protesters. many people in khabarovsk believe that the move against their governor is politically motivated. 0n governor is politically motivated. on saturday there was a big crowd, 30,000 people turned out. it is much smaller tonight, a few hundred, but there seems to be momentum. the protests are continuing, and there's certainly a lot resentment here, felt towards the kremlin.

well, the protesters have ended up well, the protesters have ended up here on lennon square, outside the regional administration building, and for now, the police are not making any attempt to clear them off the square —— lenin square. as i said before, not a huge number of protesters, but it is quite interesting that this is happening just a few days after a controversial constitutional vote in russia that gives vladimir putin the right to run for office two more times. now, the kremlin maintains that boat show how popular president putin is, but judging by these events, you can see that there is a lot of resentment towards moscow, towards the kremlin, in the russian far east. the hirola antelope is one of the world's most endangered species, with fewer than 500 left in the wild. it lives in the border region between kenya and somalia, and urgent conservation work is under way. the bbc went to meet a man

determined to save the hirola. hirola antelope is a unique antelope found on the kenya somalia border. they have a population of less than 500 individuals, so they are so special in the sense that nothing like them in the rest of kenya, and for that matter the rest of the world. i am a kenyan conservation biologist, working to study the hirola antelope. this species have declined from about 16,000 in the 1970s. the reason for the decline is unusual. it's basically lack of food. 0ver time, there has been sort of a landscape change. we used to have about 5000 elephants in these areas. by the 1980s, all

these areas. by the 1980s, all these elephants were gone, and those elephants used to maintain open grasslands for the hirola. the hirola relies on grassland. they subsist entirely on grasslands. we found out that food was the problem. we are doing a variety of activities, primarily habitat restoration. so now we are working with the local communities to open up these areas. regenerate the grasslands, and now we are acting as the elephants, and is the change agents here, where we are thinning down trees and also receiving these areas. —— reseeding these areas. one of our goals is to empower the next generation of conservationists. insecurity remains the biggest threat in our area. remains the biggest threat in ourarea. 0f remains the biggest threat in our area. of course, we work in areas along the kenya somalia border, and it is a volatile area. this presents a unique challenge to us, that has also

been with us for a number of decades, and we hope the situation will improve in the near future, where we situation will improve in the nearfuture, where we have situation will improve in the near future, where we have a suitable environment where we can do all this conservation work peacefully. the elusive street artist banksy has spray—painted a coronavirus message for london commuters on the underground. in a video posted online under the caption, "if you don't mask, you don't get", the graffiti artist is seen on the central line tube dressed as a professional cleaner. he can be seen stencilling his famous rats holding a blue mask as a parachute and wearing a mask while holding a bottle of sanitiser. not your average commute, but then, these are hardly normal times. he also adored his name across the driver's door of a train, and the words i get locked down, but i get up again. you

may remember a chumbawamba song from i think 1997. london underground says it has now remove the graffiti in line with its strict anti— graffiti policy. thanks for watching. hello there. if anything, tuesday is looking a little grayer than wednesday. we did manage some sunshine on tuesday, across the midlands, across parts of scotland. but this was a general picture for most of the country, that of a lot of cloud. now, we've got thicker cloud courtesy of this weather front toppling in. it's been bringing rain and drizzle through the night across northern and western areas. it continues to progress further southwards and eastwards. so, under the clear skies further south and east, it's not going to be particularly chilly. we could start with a little bit of sunshine here, but we'll have thicker cloud and rain for many areas. and as a result, it'll be a mild night but a misty one. a lot of this low cloud will sit on the hills and around the coasts as well,

hence the fact it'll be grey and damp to start for many. that drizzly rain makes its way towards east anglia and the south—east for the afternoon, whilst tending to ease further west. we may see some brightness for northern ireland and for wales and the south—west later. and for shetland, we may hold onto some sunshine until quite late in the day. but for most, there's more cloud, still some patchy drizzle, and it'll feel a little bit cooler. there's a gentle north—westerly breeze, the exception perhaps being northern ireland — seeing temperatures just a little higher here. now, as we go through the evening and overnight, that cloud continues to thin out a little bit. so it's going to be another mild night, misty and murky again, but without those weather fronts. as they move away on thursday, it promises a better chance of seeing some brighter weather, even a little sunshine, and so that'll help to lift the temperatures. it's just the far north—west where we'll see some rain coming in on this weather front late in the day. so, better chance of some brightness on thursday, high pressure still with us then, building through those weather fronts, weakening them all the time. but i think for scotland and potentially northern ireland,

friday will bring some more rain. and it's cooler air that follows behind. there's a good chance that we'll see some decent spells of sunshine for many other areas on friday, and that will really elevate the temperatures — 23 to 26 celsius. now, as we go into the weekend, that weather front will progress further southwards. so it will introduce potentially more cloud, some patchy rain for northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england. brighter but cooler weather follows on behind. but we've still got that warming air further south, so the potential for something much warmer still to form across southern and eastern areas. but, during the day on wednesday, it does look potentially very cloudy for many of us. as ever, there's more on the website.

this is bbc news, the headlines president trump signs an executive order stripping hong kong of its right to preferential economic treatment with the us. he said the territory would now betreated the same as mainland china. it comes as his administration takes a toughening stance on china over its crackdown in hong kong. the british government decides to stop using equipment from the chinese tech giant, huawei, for its 5g telecoms networks. it said the decision was prompted by a new cyber security assessment. the us has welcomed the move, but there are fears china will retaliate. a judge in new york refuses to grant bail to ghislaine maxwell, the former girlfriend of the late convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. she wept as she appeared via video link she's been charged with trafficking young girls for him

and goes on trial nextjuly. can you cut crime by being kinder to criminals? cheers for coming. it's really good to see you, pal, all right? see you soon. take care. can you prevent violence by giving more help to troubled children? are you all right? as the rest of the uk has struggled with rising levels of knife and gun crime, scotland says its public health approach has dramatically reduced violence.