in washington dc. as the investigation begins, questions are being asked about the number of air traffic controllers who were on duty. divided by war, we speak to the ukrainian woman whose and why are scientists counting the calories of polar bears? our science correspondent will have the answer. here's lukwesa. we start with apple, the latest of the us tech as the whole industry recovers from the release of the chinese

to its peers. correspondent, ritika gupta. quarter earnings on thursday. revenue was better than analysts estimated, for more, let's get to new york and north america business correspondent, ritika gupta. fiscal first quarter. competition and a slow rollout of ai features.

in china, one of its biggest markets, with an 11% drop in sales there. local smartphone brands have become popular in the region the company's ai platform, apple intelligence, also when new chips helped persuade customers to upgrade. and the results follow havoc in the us tech sector this week following the emergence of chinese ai sta rt—up deepseek. however, in contrast to other giant us tech firms like nvidia, apple's stock hasn't taken a big in growth.

forrester and began by getting his reaction to the numbers. quarter, it would be a solid b+~ — why not an a? there are two areas of concern. of apple's revenue. there's an expectation that there is an impending upgrade supercycle. and what that means is, give or take, 20% of apple and it hasn't happened that's the first. the second is you just heard is the china factor.

steadily losing ground. throw into that mix the chinese government's antipathy, the impending trade policies. and the bright spot is the strong growth in services revenue. from icloud subscription, the app store, very roughly speaking, apple makes twice as much money on its services than it does on its devices. more sticky experience for customers. more money on apple. so it was positive news, but some areas for concern. to the us now, where the self imposed deadline set

and mexico is closing in. speaking on thursday the president said it was yet number one is the people that have poured into our country so horribly and so much. else — that have come into the country. and i'll be putting the tariff of 25% on canada and separately, 25% on mexico. deficits with those countries. president trump there.

he would go through with his tariff threats. of tariff announcements since trump was elected. to the extent that the commerce secretary, howard lutnick, has requested trade reviews with the us's major trading mechanism is expected to take place. about the specifics of some of them because china and, sorry, ability to retaliate against the us as well.

and specifically fe nta nyl. so in that sense, it's not a traditional trade war more on our top story. in to land in washington dc. these images show the recorders being examined by experts from the us national transportation safety board. our north america correspondent merlyn thomas has more from washington. have been deemed too to in. right dangerous to operate in. right now i am looking over the fl?“ i am looking out over the

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recorder as well as recorder and those flight data recorder and those provide with will provide investigators with some clues as to what happened because this fatal crash. data boxes are being theeie etete heeee ere heihg by national processed by the national transportation safety board and l i'ocqss - recess is that process is ongoing and they will be a preliminary t which " ' "whitcthtwillt " ' "targeting. " "qfiié'htwiu'se " in report which will be issued in about 30 days. pieces of the puzzle are coming together but lots of still lots of questions still swirling around. whether or not that was a factor in this collision or not is a separate matter. reauthorisation bills

because it allowed for even more planes to land in this very limited airspace around airport in the country. when you look at the times planes have to hover times on average at this airport than any other airport in the country. overall, i think we should look at that factor as well, whether or not that ends up being connected to this particular collision. i was absolutely appalled that president trump would take this moment of tragedy and politicise it, start pointing fingers at different people without any basis for doing so.

and yet he recklessly and irresponsibly did that. i think he owes the country an apology because we need they need to hire more people. prevents them from hiring people at the faa, but other in terms of freezing federal funds has had a very harmful invasion of ukraine and as attention turns to what a possible end

to the conflict could look our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford who have disappeared following the occupation from occupied southeastern ukraine, a message of reassurance and love. full of energy and life. but in september 2023, her parents were detained by

she died without ever coming round. my mum was 51. she was such a radiant person. for me, she's still alive. it will kill me. ukrainians there protested. of siding with kyiv.

to her father. ukraine's police force is trying to find her father show me how they work. recognition software to try to find some of the missing. and they have her father's photograph on their database, the pro—russian or the russian authorities might post way of finding him.

three months later, he showed up in hospital — his body evidence of what he'd been through. again for a whole year. he's now facing trial in russia, accused of taking photographs of the military that had occupied his town. he said, "mum, in a word, i was in hell." about heaven and hell. i was in hell." that give ludmila

can find more on that report on the bbc news website and app. let s get some of the day's other news now. capital, kinshasa. the rebels were speaking at their first news conference the m23 — which is backed by rwanda — is reported to form an inclusive and diverse transitional president trump's pick to lead the us intelligence community at her confirmation hearing.

a brazilian film, i'm still here, based on a real story that's touching a raw nerve for brazilians at home and abroad. tom brook reports from new york. the film i'm still here is set in brazil in the 1970s, when the country was living under a military dictatorship. when her husband rubens, a former leftist congressman,

they speak portuguese success and it's brought the country its first ever and for fernanda torres for best actress. translation: we are very proud of our cinema, - one reason why the film is eliciting such passion rights were suspended. the fragility of democracy. so i think this film really captures that. and to sort of debate it.

last year, where top brazilian filmmaker walter salles it was an extraordinary story of a family enduring an act l in the middle of it. i fell in love with that woman. that woman is eunice piva, played by fernanda torres, who is now a strong oscar contender. which he appeared in blackface recently resurfaced. the sketch, the racist history of blackface hadn't yet entered mainstream consciousness in brazil. torres maintains that in i'm still here, she tried to stay truthful to her character, who prevailed in the wake of her husband's

disappearance, to emerge and authoritarianism was through education and justice. audiences and critics outside brazil. for us, it's like the world cup. it's amazing. we're very proud and happy. it's so nice to see that my. country is being recognised for such a critical. situation in brazil. wing dictatorship.

groups have gained ground. when it's happening in so manv! the anguish of the times we live in _ and i think it's important to talk about it. - from fernanda montenegro, her 95—year—old mother. but lost to gwyneth paltrow. tom brooke, bbc news, new york. the calories of polar bears. why? the bears hunt seals across the arctic ice, melts more quickly. of mothers and cubs. victoria gill has that story.

polar bears head for shore. through the summer. the rate of change for polar bears is simply too fast for them to truly adapt. as it warms up here, the frozen seal hunting now, by working out how much energy a bear needs, the huge predators and how an ice—free season that can now

reproduction is impacted, because mothers struggle of the best—studied in the world. previous research has even put collar cameras on the bears and revealed how they forage for berries and vegetation and help efforts to protect these ice—dependent giants in a warming world. two nasa astronauts stranded at the international space station have taken their first spacewalk together since their arrival eight months ago. the pair performed maintenance work including removing a broken antenna. to last eight days.

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hello. compared with some of the rather turbulent weather that's come our way over the last couple of weeks, not completely dry, some rain for friday morning, that clearing, though, to leave some sunny spells, so we've got this frontal system pushing its way eastwards, but it is a very weak affair, particularly as this ridge of high pressure builds in behind it. but there will be some sunny spells. across the southwest of england, wales, northern ireland. lots of sunshine through the afternoon, northeast scotland not doing badly either, temperatures around 6—10 degrees. across central and eastern parts of england. there could be some mist and murk around as well, and another zone of cloud pushing in towards northern

for some on saturday morning. for the weekend. some misty conditions for a time as well. then we will see some sunshine, but all the while out towards the west cloud will be rolling its way in as this area of high pressure. a band of clouds and bits and pieces of rain,