this is 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. in the us and the uk tens of 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 and around the globe. 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 north america correspondent

david willis is in los angeles. 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 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 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 of the noose is having 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. 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 eastern 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. a change of theme now. 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 earlier i spoke to ralph ferrigno, who is an england fan living in the united states. i wanted to know if he was happy or disappointed. kind of neutral about it because i have been in this coaching and have seen the game grow tremendously in that time. what did you make of the match? good game, ifelt it was a moral victory for the usa.

it certainly surprised a lot of british people, i believe. i was in a pub on the north shore of boston and it was crammed full of soccer fans, both british and american and it was a fantastic atmosphere, and as i say, i think the usa really showed that they can play. a sensible thing to be amongst hordes of americans. do you think they can go? i think that's where a lot of people get frustrated is, they have so much talent in attack, and the question is do they really use it? a little bit, as i felt the usa took the initiative more than england. you can have a 6—2 thrashing of iran at the start

of the week and by the end of it you are struggling to get a shot on goal. right, there were a lot of unusual ingredients went into the iran game, they were a completely different side today against the welsh, very different. i imagine the americans, the fans you are surrounded by earlier in the day are all pretty confident that they can get through. they showed that tonight. the concern, the basic one of soccer, is who's going to put it in the net? and i know that iran have a couple of strikers up front that certainly know where the goal is. canada'sjustin trudeau has been interrogated by a special commission— after he used the emergencies act for the first time in sa years to stop

the freedom convoy protests in ottawa. it meant potential bans on public gatherings, as well as an option to freeze protestors' bank accounts. stephanie prentice reports. a rare appearance for a sitting prime minister in canada asjustin trudeau takes the stand to defend removing civil liberties. what we had to determine was, is, does the situation going on across the country constitute a threat to the security of canada? yes or no? mr trudeau invoked emergency powers against protesters who'd taken over parts of ottawa in february. the so—called freedom convoy began as a protest against vaccine mandates and restrictions for truckers capital, overwhelming local law enforcement and leading to ontario, ottawa's province,

declaring a state of emergency. mr trudeau told the panel he was "serene and confident" in his decision making when using the act to escalate police powers. we saw trucks used as as potential weapons, certainly in in ottawa, with their presence and unknown interiors. there was the use of children as human shields, 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. a national emergency, will be debated in the coming weeks. withjustin trudeau's decision making as well as the exact shape of canadian civil rights in future, all on the table. stephanie prentice, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news,

still to come: as thousands of retailers offer cut price deals for black friday — are the shoppers buying it? president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. he caught the imagination of the world, the first 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. after a few minutes,

we need, it's hard cash. cuba has declared nine days of mourning following castro developed close ties with the soviet union in the 1960s. it was an alliance that brought the world this is bbc world news, the latest 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. 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. well, earlier i spoke to shark expert and wildlife presenter austin gallagher and asked him how big a deal this conservation deal was for sharks. this is huge. this is a big win for sharks on the international level, the international community has spoken and this is going to ensure a much better future for dozens of shark species. to what extent, because it is not a total ban. 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, if they were to be done on a case—by—case basis, but you are saying there is this understanding across the piece that, if there is a deal at the table, that it will be honoured. exactly, and that is what we need. when there is trade in valuable 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 in population around the world, so, a step in the right direction and i applaud all the countries that support these proposals.

shark fin soup injapan is a delicacy, and that country is not happy about these arrangements, but give us the context of that, it is essentiallyjust the fin that they are after and they take the whole animal as a result. sometimes they take the fin and dump the animal at sea, that is what shark finning is, and those 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 the species,

it is just epic to see this happen. shark expert, austin gallagher. 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 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. in the united states, black friday online sales are expected to climb above $9 billion, a new record. there were fears that inflation would hold people back from opening their wallets, but that may not be the case this year. earlier i spoke to trae bodge, who is a shopping expert with her own website, truetrae.com. i asked her about these latest sales figures. these are interesting early numbers coming through that we are seeing, very active shopping online on black friday, and we did see a number

of reports throughout the day that there was a fair amount of foot traffic in stores as well, not the crush at the door is that we typically see at 5am at walmart, so it will be interesting to see how it balances out but my expectation would be that online would be very strong this year, according to brett financial, 86% of people shop regularly online, 60% shop online half the time, so these scales may be tipping in terms of how much shopping we do both in—store and online. the online figures go up year on year, just the nature the nature of the technology and the access to it and our cultural readiness to go online, so that perhaps isn't the perfect indicator necessarily of whether this is a boom year or not. i think you are absolutely correct. it is too early to say. according to deloitte, we are going to have a very soft holiday shopping season, predicting a 4—6% increase year—on—year.

last year, we had a 15.1% increase. of course in america we had stimulus cheques and now we have inflation so i do think that people are going to be spending very carefully, very conservatively, and looking for those bargains as they shop. that is the point, isn't it? we are told this is a great opportunity with deals left, right and centre, but are we looking at real deals? of course, not everything is a great deal so it is important for shoppers before they check out, to do some digging and compare prices across multiple retailers to make sure that they are getting the very best deal, then use deal sites, for example, to look for additional coupons and cashback opportunities. a couple of extra minutes can make a difference in terms of what you spend. against my better judgment

i was forced into a shopping mall earlier in the day. it was heaving. people are out there spending. one wonders how and why given the economic climate we are in. the pandemic is receding somewhat so we are all trying to get back to what we remember our lives to have been, before the pandemic, so i was not surprised to see so much foot traffic in the stores and malls because people want to get out there and enjoy the black friday traditions as they did before the pandemic. trae bodge. 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. 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 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 goal—less draw with the united states.