welcome to bbc news — i'm david eades. our top stories... a matter of national security. new chinese telecomms equipment is banned in the us over national security concerns. kherson under attack — hospital patients are evacuated from the recently—liberated ukrainian city after constant russian shelling. world cup frustration for england fans — a 0—0 draw with the usa — but both teams can still progress to the knockout stages in qatar. it's that time of the year — in the us and the uk. tens of thousands of retailers offer cut price deals for black friday, but are the shoppers buying it?

and can the world's longest running whodunnit do it again? agatha christie's the mousetrap prepares to take on broadway as it celebrates 70 years in london's west end. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in the last few hours, the us government has banned the sale of new telecommunications equipment from five chinese companie, citing national security worries. it follows earlier restrictions which prevented one of the companies in question — huawei — from supplying equipment to federal agencies amid concerns it could be used for spying. let's get more on this now with our correspondent

david willis who is in los angeles. just run us through the details as to what is being banned. for several years — as to what is being banned. igrr' several years now the american government has been concerned that these chinese telecoms companies could be using their equipment and the data they pick up to spy on american citizens, so they have been gradually tightening the noose if you like around these particular companies. you mentioned huawei, there is another very big telecommunications software company called zte based in shen centre, in china, and they have limited the influence they have limited the influence they have or attempted to do so anyway, and now that policy was started under the obama administration and accelerated under the premiership of donald trump, and has now been adopted byjoe biden, and basically this latest move, cutting any import or sale of new equipment

made by these five companies, huawei being one of them, here in the united states. this is not a retroactive ban, so some of this equipment will be still available in the us, but there have been calls for the ban to be made retroactive, which of course would be extremely bad news for huawei and its partners. news for huawei and its partners-_ news for huawei and its artners. , ., partners. bad news for those companies — partners. bad news for those companies clearly, _ partners. bad news for those companies clearly, but - partners. bad news for those companies clearly, but in - partners. bad news for those | companies clearly, but in any case, it is going to ratchet up tensions yet again between beijing and washington. absolutely, and a government official was asked today if this was mentioned in the bilateral meeting between presidents biden and xi in indonesia and this particular topic did not apparently come up topic did not apparently come up but it is a sign of the impact that this tightening of the noose is having such —— on

companies such as huawei, a report on the politico website earlier this week mentioned that in its words, huawei is retrenching its european operations and putting its ambitions for global leadership on ice, and that report also claimed huawei had effectively given up markets in the uk, in europe and australia, new zealand and canada because of these tightening regulations inspired by the us that have now been adopted by a lot of other countries around the world. a cap that is quite a statement and there will be through the uk and europe. thank you very much, david willis in la. let's turn to ukraine now. the regional governor of kherson — which has recently come back under ukrainian control , says that due to relentless russian bombing the city's hospital is being evacuated. 15 people were killed in strikes on friday. after their withdrawal from kherson, russian forces appear to be concentrating their efforts towards the east

of the country. in particular, they are trying to capture more territory near the city of donetsk — which pro—russian forces have controlled since 2014 — and which russia now claims has joined its federation. it's meant heavy damage to the ukrainian—held town of avdiyivka — now effectively on the front line of the military battle. our correspondent abdujalil abdurasulov has been there and sent this report. this is what the front line looks like. months of intensive fighting turned avdiyivka into a ghost town. those people who are still staying in the town are too afraid to go out because of constant shelling. and it's really quiet here. the only sound we can hear is the sound of artillery fire — both outgoing and incoming. people come out from their shelters when humanitarian aid is delivered.

"to go to a shop or to take garbage out is an act of bravery now," this man tells me. "you never know whether you would come back," he says. there are about 2,000 people remaining in avdiyivka. they try to survive without gas, electricity, heating and running water. 14 people stay in this basement. they've got christmas decorations to light the shelter and use an old stove for heating. "our main invention is a bucket, which we use as a toilet," he tells me. local authorities, however, call people to leave the town. they warn that many will not survive the coming winter. translation: we will not be able to provide food, - we will not be able to evacuate people — even if someone

decides to leave, because the roads will be blocked with snow. this winter, we won't be able to do that at all. we tell people, do you understand that even if you don't starve to death, you may simply freeze to death? elena may follow his advice and get evacuated. she's making a pea soup outside of her apartment block. the building is severely damaged and cannot be used as a shelter in freezing weather. translation: maybe i will leave. if they shell this place again, they can blow up the whole building. all those flats below mine are destroyed. the floor in my apartment still holds up, though. explosion as elena waits for her soup to be cooked, an artillery shell flies over and lands a few hundred metres from us. we have to go

inside to take cover. the sounds of explosion and gunfire remind everyone that the winter here is going to be deadly. abdujalil abdurasulov, bbc news, avdiyivka. honours even between the usa and england in the world cup — in a match both sides might have won. as it is, a 0—0 draw may have been disappointing as a spectacle, but it does leave the two teams with a clear sight of the knockout stages. england remain top of their group so it would take a resounding defeat by wales in their last group match to stop them progressing. for the usa, only a win against iran will do if they are to make the last 16. the bbc�*s nestor mcgregor is in doha. after such an impressive opening game, this looked like a different england squad, and i think that will be quite concerning because

gareth southgate and the team would have known that a win tonight would have all but guaranteed their place in the last 16. i think the usa surprised a few people, and what this does do, it sets up a tasty game against wales in group b where, technically, all four teams could still qualify. listen, wales were disappointing today, but you imagine gareth bale... he looked a passenger, but what redemption would it be to upset england and dump them out of a world cup in what could be one of his final games in a wales shirt? so, listen, england will know that they need a performance, especially going into the knockout stages. they looked lacklustre. they looked like they needed inspiration which, as i mentioned, was so different from the first game. they might go away, reflect on this, and don't be surprised if we do see some changes from that starting xi in the next game against wales on tuesday. we've seen some shocks in the world cup so far, but if wales were to beat england 4—0 and the usa were to beat iran and those two teams went through, i think it would be the biggest

shock in world cup history. i think what it sets up nicely, though, is we're here in doha, and certainly the english and the welsh fans have been the most vocal, and you could imagine the atmosphere in a british clash, ora united kingdom clash, should i say, between those two sets of fans on the way to the game, all the banter that we are used to seeing in domestic football, which we might be missing from some of the stadiums here. it's going to be a crescendo of noise and i think, yeah, the players will have no choice but to respond to an atmosphere like that. so, wales, can they win 4—0? never say no, but if i was a betting man, my money would be staying in my pocket. 0ur correspondent tim muffett has been at a fan zone in central london. this what he said about the atmosphere there. surprised, a bit disappointed, but not everyone, because, hey, cole, who is from america — along with lynette, who isn't from america — you're very happy, aren't you,

i would have liked it to be like a 1—1 draw. a draw is very un—american, but we're happy with it, yeah. just as the music kicks in as well! how big is this playing in america at the moment, do you think? no, i mean, my friends have been texting me, saying they're happy with a tie. it's been all right so far, yeah. pretty happy. lynette, what did you make of that? 0k, not the result| that we hoped for, but do you know what? i'm happy with a 0—0 draw. itjust means that next match, we've got it all to play for. - i still believe in our team. i think we can do this. it'sjust going to be. that little bit harder, but, you know, - come on, england! we've got this! do you think the problem was after the first game against iran, everyone's expectations went up...? there is a bit of that. i think we also _ probably underestimated the usa, ithink. i think we were a little bit slow to get started. -

and england still have yet to beat the usa at a world cup. still have not beaten the usa. there you go. there's some reaction. certainly a lot of people very, very surprised, and also it football match on a friday night in late november. all eyes now on the england match against wales on tuesday. 0ur correspondent nomia iqbal was at a beer garden in washington. she said most of the fans there were proud of the us�*s performance. actually, most of them are pretty happy that they held

confident that the us could win it, but you held your own. yeah, i think we really fought for this tie. i know it was a win to get into the round of 16, but the fact that against england, we would hold our own obviously. this whole bar would have exploded. i would've loved the energy. but the energy the entire game was great. i think the "usa, usa, usa" cheers really drowned out the england ones, right? yeah, no, i led a few of those a few times. good to talk to you. and we'll probably see you at the iran game, right? obviously! i'm going to come over to tom. tom, how are you doing, tom? i'm fine, actually. i'm ok with that, to be honest. a draw's fine. we'll go, we'll play against wales on tuesday and we should win that. we'll top the group. should win that. should, yeah, yeah. yeah, yeah, exactly. and, you know, the dynamic changed when henderson and grealish came on, and i thought maybe we might sneak one, but a 0—0...

and fair play to usa. they did a greatjob. they were strong. they held it together. do you think gareth southgate could have made changes a bit earlier on, better changes? yeah... yeah, maybe. i mean, you go into a game like that where you're stronger, usa's the underdog, you kind of expect us to perform. maybe he was resting the stronger players, grealish and henderson. perhaps he could have, but i don't know. you've got to trust the manager at the end of the day, don't you? and how's family feeling? jordan is tom's girlfriend, who supports america. eleanor, eleanor, you said that england was going to win! who are you cheering for? erm... was it england or usa? england! and how are you feeling, jordan? i feel great. i think that it was a good draw and we will live to see another day. next tuesday.

and we lost our england supporters, but there is more americans here, obviously, but obviously for the usa now, it's facing iran next tuesday. and they have to beat iran if they want to avoid being eliminated. the hosts qatar, are the first team to be eliminated from the tournament. they lost their second group match to senegal. qatar gave the home fans some cheer, scoring their first ever world cup goal — but went down 3—1 to senegal — and their last hope of progressing was in ruins after the netherlands and ecuador drew 1—1. stay with us on bbc news, still to come... us and uk shoppers rushed to buy cut—price toys on black friday. is it a good day for retailers? president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn

kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world, the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number ten to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world." angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hot air - balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed i to mind very much. as one local comic put it, it's not hot air- we need, it's hard cash. cuba has declared nine days of mourning following the death of fidel castro at the age of 90. castro developed close ties with the soviet union in the 1960s. it was an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis.

this is bbc news, the latest headlines. new the latest headlines. chinese surveillance equipment new chinese surveillance equipment is banned in the us, over concerns that it could be used for spying. hospital patients are evacuated from the recently—liberated ukrainian city of kherson after constant russian shelling. an agreement has been reached at a global conservation summit to substantially reduce the trade in shark fins. it comes on the final day of the convention on international trade in endangered species summit in panama. environmental groups say tens of millions of sharks are killed every year for theirfins. the market is estimated to be worth $500 million a year. we can now speak david shiffman who's a marine conservation biologist at arizona state university. thank state university. you forjoining us. how big thank you forjoining us. how big a deal is this? this

thank you forjoining us. how big a deal is this?— big a deal is this? this has been called _ big a deal is this? this has been called by _ big a deal is this? this has been called by some - big a deal is this? this has been called by some as i big a deal is this? this has been called by some as a l big a deal is this? this has - been called by some as a game changer but what happened here is that two entire families of sharks would collectively represent about 90% of the trade in shark fins have now been listed under what is called appendix two of cites, the convention on the national trade in endangered species which means that after a 12 month period of... everything implemented, it means these fisheries that supply the shark fins either need to be satisfied as sustainable or will need to be shut down and either of those are good outcomes for sharks. japan traditionally _ outcomes for sharks. japan traditionally is _ outcomes for sharks. japan traditionally is the - outcomes for sharks. japan traditionally is the big - traditionally is the big customer here. not that happy about the result, but was it a part japan pretty overwhelming? there was a lot of support for this proposal including from the host nation, panama, hosting this latest conference

of cites. it passed fairly easily. of cites. it passed fairly easil . . . of cites. it passed fairly easil . ., ., ., easily. can i ask you a question _ easily. can i ask you a question about - easily. can i ask you a l question about policing easily. can i ask you a - question about policing the sort of arrangement? it is one thing to have an agreement on paper. making it stick is still going to be, i presume, challenging.— going to be, i presume, challenauin. ., ., , challenging. one of the reasons why environmentalists - challenging. one of the reasons why environmentalists put - challenging. one of the reasons why environmentalists put so i why environmentalists put so much effort into getting species listed on cites is because as a un administered treaty it has a lot more enforcement than a lot of international agreements. illegal trade still happens, but this is still a very powerful agreement that has been through a lot for some of the most endangered animals in the most endangered animals in the ocean. the most endangered animals in the ocean-— the ocean. you made the point that 9096 of — the ocean. you made the point that 9094. of the _ the ocean. you made the point that 9096 of the sharks - the ocean. you made the point that 9094. of the sharks that - the ocean. you made the point| that 9096 of the sharks that are that 90% of the sharks that are vulnerable are now protected, but what proportion of the current trade will still operate in these sustainable waters? it operate in these sustainable waters? . , operate in these sustainable waters? ., , ., operate in these sustainable

waters? ., , , waters? it remains to be seen. countries _ waters? it remains to be seen. countries will _ waters? it remains to be seen. countries will now _ waters? it remains to be seen. countries will now have - waters? it remains to be seen. countries will now have 12 - countries will now have 12 months to implement what are called non—detriment findings and in orderfor a country to export shark fins from one of these listed species they will have to provide non—detriment findings from its government that says this shark was caught in a way that does not decline the overall population of this species so, a lot of countries have overwhelmingly unsustainable shark fisheries and they never choice to make them more sustainable, or to stop participating in the international shark market. thank you for bringing us up—to—date, cites. thank you for bringing us up-to-date, cites. thank you for having _ up-to-date, cites. thank you for having me. _ black friday sales are said to have rebounded this year, despite predictions that the higher cost of living would put off shoppers. black friday is the name given to a day which was originally celebrated after thanksgiving in the united states, marking the start of the christmas shopping season. 0ver recent years, many other countries have been bitten

by the bug of cut price deals. here in the uk, shoppers have been driving a hard bargain. our business correspondent, emma simpson reports. it's argos's biggest warehouse. and today is their busiest day of the year. many retailers didn't have enough stock last black friday, with all the supply chain problems. no shortage this time round. will argos be able to shift it? although it looks like a lot of stock, we will get through a lot of parcels today. 3 million over the course of this week. so we are trading strongly, and i think there is a lot of demand. so i think christmas is going to be good. i think customers want to celebrate. but they are shopping early? yes, and being more thoughtful about buying things that are really thoughtful gifts, that people want and need. perhaps rather than something more extravagant. black friday started even earlier this year. and there are more deals, too. of course, some aren't all that they're cracked up to be. retailers are under pressure to stimulate demand and get us

spending, because they have to turn all this stock into cash. down the road at this retail park, the shoppers were out in force. some spending more than others. you've got a few bags there. yes. 20% off, 50% off. so, yeah... are you finished? no. we have actually all agreed as a family that we are going to cut down this year. just buy what we need rather than buy to make ourselves feel better for giving. things are very. tight, aren't they? i think with everybody. so, a bargain is always good. you want a deal? everyone wants a deal. and retailers know it. it's their most crucial time of the year, but it's also christmas in a cost of living crisis. i think it's value, value, value. i think those who really think about how do we make presents that people want to give, but do that at a price that is not going to break the bank are going to win. i think those that

don't, won't. make or break time for some businesses. black friday at least seems to have been fairly steady. people still spending, but not splashing out, spreading the cost of christmas on tighter budgets than ever before. emma simpson, bbc news, kettering. this is one of the sights of london now. the mousetrap — agatha christie's murder—mystery play — has been celebrating 70 years in london's west end. it has now been performed almost 29,000 times. and next year it will cross the atlantic and open on broadway for the first time. as our entertainment correspondent, david sillito, reports, despite its age — the mousetrap has not lost its original charm. good afternoon. welcome to today's performance of the mousetrap. agatha christie's the mousetrap. and today's performance,

number 28,915 — a special anniversary reunion forformer cast members. this is more than a play, it's a must—see on the london tourist trail. they got out their map and everything, and they were saying, "what shall we do? we must see buckingham palace, we must see the tower of london, we must see the mousetrap." and you just thought, "there you are." backstage, little has changed. this, the wind machine. this is the original from 1952? the originalfrom 1952, the original production. and to make it really wintry, actors step into the snow room. but what makes it remarkable is the history. it was setting records even in the �*50s. do you think it's the best play you've written? i don't know. other people seem to, anyway! and since then, it's been a fixture on the west end, with one veteran involved from day one — agatha christie's grandson. it's a very important moment, but one thing i will tell you about this anniversary,

it will not be the last. and to mark the landmark, there is going to be a second mousetrap — on broadway. each summer, we have thousands of american tourists coming to the show during the summer season, and i think it's time we got on the front foot and took it there. and part of the mystique of this is, there's never been a film of it. there are film rights, but they came with a clause — they had to wait until the london production closed. 70 years on, they're still waiting. david sillito, bbc news, in london's west end. a reminder of our top story. the us government has banned the sale of new telecommunications equipment from five chinese companies, expressing concerns about national security. it follows earlier restrictions which prevented one of the companies in question — huawei — from supplying equipment to federal agencies amid concerns it could be used for spying.

none of those bands will be retroactive, only on new kit. that is bbc world news. hello. after a turbulent week of weather, many of us had a much drier friday. and there's some dry weather at the end of this forecast, too — but before we get there, more rain to come through the weekend, particularly on saturday, some of it'll be heavy, most of us having a drier day on sunday. and that rain is all tied in with this atlantic system, gradually pushing its way eastwards through saturday, some of that rain is going to be heavy. also, notice the isobars are close together, so we'll see some gusty winds, especially for western areas. so this is how saturday shapes up — this band of rain gradually pushing north and eastwards, through southwest england, wales, northwest england, western scotland, northern ireland — though drier here through the afternoon, although still likely to see a few heavy showers. further east, less sunshine through the morning — in fact, east anglia, southeast england could stay dry for much of the day. northeast england, perhaps,

too, but some gusty winds, especially for irish sea coasts and the western isles, those gusts perhaps reaching 45—50mph. but they're south or south—westerly winds, so mild airflooding across the uk, with highs of 11—14 celsius. now through saturday night, we see that band of rain continuing to push its way eastwards — again, some of that will be heavy, the strongest winds extending to eastern coasts. behind it, something clearer across many western areas, though a few showers starting to push in from the west. it will be a very mild night, with temperatures for some holding up to 10—11 celsius, and not much lower than 6—7 at their lowest. so, as we head into sunday, here's our frontal system — but notice how it's lingering very close to the southeast of england. so we'll keep a hang—back of cloud, and also potentially some outbreaks of rain across parts of southeast england, maybe east anglia, too, through the morning. behind it, for many, some good spells of sunshine, but further showers will be pushing into western areas, and those are likely become quite blustery again with some strong winds for irish sea coasts.

the winds should start to ease through the day across eastern areas. not quite as mild as it would have been on saturday, but temperatures still quite widely in double figures for most. and actually, for many, sunday looks to be the drier day of the weekend. and as we head into next week, we actually see this area of high pressure starting to take charge, and just keeping these frontal systems at bay for most of us. so as we move into next week, things are looking mostly dry — although there will be a lot of cloud around, could also see some problems with overnight mist and fog. that's all from me, goodbye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the us government has banned the sale of new telecommunications equipment from five chinese companies, expressing concerns about national security. it follows earlier restrictions which prevented one of the companies in question, huawei, from supplying equipment to federal agencies amid concerns it could be used for spying. the governor of the recently—liberated city of kherson in southern ukraine says hospital patients are being evacuated because of constant russian shelling. a residential building and a school playground had been targeted in recent missile strikes. he said some children had been taken to other towns and cities. in world cup football, england have been held to a goalless draw with the united states.

they'll go through to the last 16 if they can avoid a defeat