welcome to bbc news — i'm david eades. our top stories... a matter of national security — new chinese surveillance equipment is banned in the us over concerns it could be used for spying. 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 thousands of retailers offer cut price deals for black friday. 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. hello and welcome to bbc news. in the last few hours, 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. our correspondent david willis in los angeles took us through the details of the announcement.

for 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 shenzen in china, and 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 here 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. 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 last week in indonesia and this particular topic did not apparently come up but it is a sign of the impact that this tightening of the noose is having on companies such as huawei, that 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. david willis there. 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. let's move on to the latest in qatar. 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 and watched the match for us. 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 nomia iqbal was at a beer garden in washington. she said most of the fans there were proud of the us.

we really fought for this pile. the fact— we really fought for this pile. the fact that against england we could hold our in this entire _ we could hold our in this entire game, i thought we looked _ entire game, i thought we looked impressive towards the end and — looked impressive towards the end and really one that tie. if we got — end and really one that tie. if we got a _ end and really one that tie. if we got a victory this whole bar would — we got a victory this whole bar would have exploded. the energy the entire — would have exploded. the energy the entire game was great. the usa, usa. — the entire game was great. the usa, usa, usa — the entire game was great. tie: usa, usa, usa cheers were drowning out the england ones. i led a few of those. 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. what do you think went wrong for england? because they were the team to win it?

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 disappeared after the netherlands and ecuador drew i—i. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, has told an inquiry that he "absolutely made the right choice" when he invoked emergency powers to end last winter's truck protests. appearing before a public order commission, he said he didn't feel that police had a proper plan in place to end the anti—vaccine mandate demonstrations, which gridlocked ottawa and blocked key border crossings for weeks. stephanie prentice reports.

a rare appearance for a sitting prime minister in canada as justin trudeau takes the stand to defend removing civil liberties.— to defend removing civil liberties. ~ . ., ., liberties. what we had to determine _ liberties. what we had to determine was, - liberties. what we had to determine was, is, - liberties. what we had to determine was, is, does| liberties. what we had to i determine was, is, does the situation going on across the country constitute a threat to the security of canada? yes or no? , , the security of canada? yes or no? �* , . ., the security of canada? yes or no? , . ., no? just in credo invoked emergency _ no? just in credo invoked emergency powers - no? just in credo invoked l emergency powers against protesters who took over parts of ottawa in february. the so—called freedom convoy began as a protest against vaccine mandates and restrictions, or trackers entering the us, but quickly became a movement against covid measures in general. hundreds of vehicles formed blockades in the canadian capital, overwhelming local law enforcement, with 0ntario, what's province, declaring a state of emergency.

mr trudeau told the panel he was serene and confident in his decision—making when he escalated police powers. decision-making when he escalated police powers. resort trucks used _ escalated police powers. resort trucks used as _ escalated police powers. resort trucks used as potential - trucks used as potential weapons, certainly in ottawa, with the presence and unknown interiors. there was the use of children as human shields, deliberately.— deliberately. civil rights advocates _ deliberately. civil rights advocates don't - deliberately. civil rights advocates don't agree, | deliberately. civil rights - advocates don't agree, arguing that police could have cleared the blockades using existing powers. they also say it sets a dangerous precedent. that, as well as the definition of a national emergency, will be debated in the coming weeks, butjust in credo's but just in credo's decision—making butjust in credo's decision—making as well as canadian civil rights in the future, are all on the table. stephanie prentice, bbc news. you're watching bbc news, a reminder of our headlines:

new chinese surveillance equipment is banned in the us over concerns 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 reduce the trade in shark fins considerably. 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 half a billion dollars annually. we can now speak to globally recognised shark expert and wildlife presenter austin gallagher. thank you forjoining us. how big a deal is this in your mind? ., big a deal is this in your mind? . ., ., mind? thanks for having me. this is huge. _ mind? thanks for having me. this is huge. this _ mind? thanks for having me. this is huge. this is - mind? thanks for having me. this is huge. this is a - mind? thanks for having me. this is huge. this is a big - mind? thanks for having me. this is huge. this is a big winj this is huge. this is a big win for sharks in the international level, the international community has spoken and this is going to ensure a much

better future is going to ensure a much betterfuture for dozens is going to ensure a much better future for dozens of shark species. to better future for dozens of shark species.— better future for dozens of shark species. to what extent, because it _ shark species. to what extent, because it is — shark species. to what extent, because it is not _ shark species. to what extent, because it is not a _ shark species. to what extent, because it is not a total- shark species. to what extent, because it is not a total ban. i because it is not a total ban. no correct, it is not a total ban, but what cites does, it is a multilateral treaty of 180 member nations around the world coming together to say that we are going to put these species that we think are threatened with extinction on this list. essentially we will better regulate their trade so it holds countries accountable and basically helps us to understand whether or not things are sustainable or not so we can either relax or tighten restrictions, so it should in theory help many species recover down the line. interesting the way that you framed that. policing these things would be nigh on impossible, i guess, things would be nigh on impossible, iguess, if things would be nigh on impossible, i guess, if they were to be done on a case—by—case basis, but there is this understanding across the piece that, if there is a deal at the table, that it will

be honoured.— deal at the table, that it will be honoured. exactly, and that is what we need. when there is trade invaluable series, sharks are very valuable, shark fins highly prized, it is a half billion dollars a year industry and that incentivises bad behaviour and black markets and things like that and that is why so many shark species are plummeting and population around the world, so, a step in the right direction and i applaud all the other countries that support these proposals. shark fin soup injapan as a delicacy, and that country is not happy about these arrangements, but give us the context of that, it is essentiallyjust context of that, it is essentially just the shark fin that they are after and they take the whole animal as a result. , , ., ,, result. sometimes they take the shark fin and _ result. sometimes they take the shark fin and dump _ result. sometimes they take the shark fin and dump the - result. sometimes they take the shark fin and dump the animal i shark fin and dump the animal at sea, that is what shark finning is, and those shark fins are highly prized in asia

but they don't have much nutritional content. it is an historical tradition and a sign of status, and more and more people have becoming enamoured with the shark fin soup because it looks cool, but that is honestly not good for the sharks, so every year that goes by, something gets a little bit better for these species, you have to remember we are trying to advocate for the conservation of species that are sometimes dangerous and sometimes people are scared so when you have so many countries like this coming together around species, it is just epic to see this happen. it to see this happen. it certainly looks like a very big step forward. thank you very much indeed, austin gallagher. let's get some of the day's other news. china has reported its highest ever daily number of coronavirus infections, despite stringent measures designed to eliminate the virus. nearly 33,000 cases were recorded on thursday. that compares with just over 31,000 cases on wednesday. almost three years into the pandemic, china's zero—covid

policy is still in place. snap lockdowns, mass testing and travel restrictions are continuing to cause disruption to daily life and the economy. president pedro castillo of peru has appointed a new prime minister amid a dispute with congress. it's dominated by right—wing parties which oppose the president. betssy chavez becomes peru's fifth prime minister since july last year. 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. records broken on black friday. cyber monday will be the biggest online shopping day with $11 billion expected to be spent in the us, up 5%, year on year. 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. 0ur entertainment correspondent david sillito reports. 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. it is likely to be quite a long wait. a reminder of our main story, the us government banning the sale of new telecommunications equipment from five chinese companies, as they have expressed concern about national security, this coming after earlier restrictions which prevented one of the five companies in

particular, huawei, from supplying equipment to federal agencies, amid concerns it could be used for spying. that is bbc news. goodbye for now. 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

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. 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 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 to wales in their next match.