the security services access to users�* encrypted data. hello, i'm carl nasman. welcome to the programme. to dismantle the us agency for international development, in what the judge described as a "very limited" order here in washington, almost all staff at the world's largest aid organization would be put on leave. reports suggested that usaid's staff could be slashed from a force of about 10,000 worldwide tojust a few hundred. headquarters, where crews were seen removing the sign

from usaid's headquarters. the move is part of donald trump's efforts to reshape the us' role in foreign aid assistance, with prior moves already upending humanitarian programs around the world. has more on both these developments. usaid is the world's largest provider of humanitarian aid, set up by president kennedy in 1961. but it's long been criticised, especially by republicans who claim it's mismanaged. of his campaign promise to save public money. when you look at usaid, that's a fraud, the whole| thing is a fraud. very little being put to good use. - every single line that i look at, in terms of events - he hasn't offered any evidence of those claims

from its offices. the total usaid budget makes up less than 1% of all us government spending. however, donald trump considers many of the projects out of line with his policy agenda. 10,000 for a transgender opera in colombia. 32,000 for a transgender comic book in peru. supporters of the agency argue that most of the $40 billion budget goes on food aid and health care, vital it said stop everything you are doing globally right now, stop it, no matter the human consequences. we have stories of kids who were going in for their tb medicine and the first three kids in a long, long line waiting out in the hot sun got the tb medicine, everybody else told to go home. richest man, elon musk. donald trump has put him in charge of cutting federal spending, with musk posting

on his x platform that he is staff have been protesting. on forced leave from tonight. for the global aids response. of treatment services, especially at the community level. for example, in ethiopia we have 5,000 public health worker contracts that are funded by us assistance, and all of these in all regions of ethiopia have been terminated. the trump administration's moves to gut the agency are raising fears lives may be lost and that america could also lose its standing on the world stage, as rival powers rush to fill the void. the international criminal court's prosecutor — karim khan is the first person to be hit with economic and travel sanctions, after donald trump issued

an executive order enacting an executive order enacting penalties on the icc�*s staff. penalties on the icc�*s staff. two anonymous sources have told two anonymous sources have told the reuters news agency that mr khan, who is a british the reuters news agency that citizen, has been named in a document that is not yet public. it comes as nearly 80 countries it comes as nearly 80 countries throw their support behind throw their support behind the global court calling it "a vital pillar of the international justice system". international justice system". the icc says that it the icc says that it will stand by its personnel will stand by its personnel and will "continue providing and will "continue providing justice and hope to millions justice and hope to millions of innocent victims of of innocent victims of atrocities around the world". atrocities around the world". the court was established has praised the us president the court was established in 2002 to hold individuals in 2002 to hold individuals accountable for atrocities such as war crimes and genocide. last year, the tribunal last year, the tribunal issued an arrest warrant issued an arrest warrant for benjamin netanyahu, for benjamin netanyahu, accusing him of war accusing him of war crimes in gaza — claims crimes in gaza — claims that israel denies. that israel denies. the icc also issued the icc also issued warrants for top hamas warrants for top hamas leaders on the same day. leaders on the same day. and now, with trump sanctioning the hague—based court, ongoing investigations ongoing investigations into alleged israeli war crimes could prove difficult. into alleged israeli war crimes could prove difficult. the israeli prime minister, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu — who's wanted by the icc — benjamin netanyahu — who's wanted by the icc —

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from jerusalem. so by the end of the weekend, a total of 21 hostages will have been released in exchange for 500 palestinian prisoners from israeli jails. much more aid is getting into gaza, of course, and this personal reopening of the border between egypt and gaza. so tangible benefits from this ongoing cease—fire deal, even though it's up and coming under a lot of pressure particularly from those who want the war against hamas to restart. the next three hostages to be released are all men. now, they are all men, two of them from a kibbutz, one of them was abducted from the music festival where more than 300 people were killed on october 7th. this is of course very good news for their families, there will be

bittersweet moments because many of those being released will have lost families and friends who were killed on october 7th, when hamas gunmen stormed across the border and more than 1200 people were killed.

former president biden said in 2021 that he did not believe donald trump should have access to intelligence briefings because of his "erratic behaviour" and concerns that he might share information. donald trump says he wants to slash the us�*s trade deficit fully off the table. he made those remarks as he welcomed japanese prime minister, shigeru ishiba, to the white house for their first face—to—face meeting. mr trump also announced that mr trump also announced that japan's nippon steel japan's nippon steel is dropping its $14.1 billion is dropping its $14.1 billion acquistion of us steel, acquistion of us steel, instead making an investment instead making an investment in the american company. in the american company. a sale was blocked by a sale was blocked by presidentjoe biden over presidentjoe biden over national security concerns. national security concerns. mr trump reiterated on friday mr trump reiterated on friday that he also opposes a sale. that he also opposes a sale. meanwhile, the us president meanwhile, the us president postponed a call with his from china's belt and road postponed a call with his panamanian counterpart, panamanian counterpart, jose raul mulino, a day jose raul mulino, a day after mr mulino accused after mr mulino accused the us of spreading "lies the us of spreading "lies and falsehoods" about and falsehoods" about the panama canal. the panama canal. mr mulino made those comments mr mulino made those comments in response to claims in response to claims from the us state department that panama had agreed to waive fees for us government vessels fees for us government vessels crossing the canal — crossing the canal — something he said something he said wasn't possible under wasn't possible under pa nama's constitution. pa nama's constitution.

panama did agree to withdraw panama did agree to withdraw from china's belt and road infrastructure programme — a move criticised by china's foreign ministry as "sabatoge." three women who used to work at the british department store harrods have accused mohamed al fayed's only surviving brother, ali fayed, of sexually assaulting them when they were employees of the department store. their claims date back to the 1990s, when ali fayed jointly owned harrods with his brothers mohamed and salah. a spokesperson for ali fayed, who now lives in the us, said he unequivocally denied all allegations of wrongdoing. 0ur investigations correspondent daniel di simone has the story — you may find some of the details in his report distressing. initially, ali felt calmer than mohamed, so i kind of thought, "maybe he will be kinder to me," but he wasn't.

frances was an interior designer at harrods when she says ali fayed, co—owner of the department store and younger brother of mohamed al fayed, began to molest her. during a work trip to ali fayed's house in the usa, she says the abuse escalated. i was in the bathroom, i'd got undressed, i wasjust in my bra and my pants. and as i came out, he was in the room, just there.

also say they were sexually abused first by mohamed al fayed. ali to help with paperwork. once we got to the chalet, it was myself and ali. no efforts were made to even create something for me to do. she says ali fayed suggested they go for a swim at a local sports centre, but the pool was deserted. he pulled me in and groped, fondled, and trapped. very much trapped. i was terrified to think, "how am i going to get out of this?" another woman told us mohamed al fayed ordered her

she says she felt shared between the brothers. today, in the us state of connecticut, all appeared quiet at the luxury mansion where ali fayed lives. all allegations of wrongdoing, and that the alleged incidents simply never occurred." both mohamed al fayed and his other brother salah, who have both died, have been accused of multiple sexual offences. neither faced charges while they were alive. i think for ali fayed, justice should be a criminal investigation. knowing that ali fayed is still alive initially

but i also realised that this is my chance to finally stand up for myself. i'm not going to be that scared 24—year—old girl who doesn't know what to do. daniel de simone, bbc news. the uk government is demanding that data from phones and laptops which ends up being stored in what's known as the cloud — the virtual internet — should be made accessible to the security services in order to tackle crime including terrorism and child exploitation. which at the moment only the account holder can access. apple has declined to comment. our technology editor zoe kleinman reports. raging on for years, has boiled over once again today. legally cannot comment on, would mean authorities could access someone's encrypted data. the home office says it cannot

confirm or deny the notice, but apple has previously warned it would pull security services from the uk market rather than comply with any government demands to weaken them by creating so—called back doors. photos, messages, documents — from your devices. if you do use that cloud, the data isn't always encrypted, unless you've opted in to use apple's advanced data protection tool. if you have, it means nobody, not even apple, can view your content apart from you, but the government wants to be able to access it if there's a national security the only way apple can do that is by putting in a back door, and there are concerns that, once it does, it's only a matter of time before criminals also find their way in. measures won't stop criminals. terrorists or criminal groups would pivot to something else,

which means that essentially this could just impact the average law—abiding citizen's privacy. and privacy campaigners have condemned the move security concerns. in a lot of the debates, is that once you create a master key for the government, that becomes a target for foreign adversaries, for criminals, and puts all of our privacy and security at risi

can you explain what the encrypted information is and why the uk wants access? sure, this information is part of a service that apple started offering to its users back in offeringsteits users back. in called offeringstsits users bask. in called advanced offeringsteits users bask. in called advanced data 2022. it's called advanced data users opt into it, protection. users opt into it, they actually have to go through a number of steps to get onto their devices. it is considered secure for considered highly secure for things like photos and notes, and the like and it is and the like — and it is so secure that only the user can access that material. it's encrypted, even can 77—27 z _22 7 _—27 to it, as you heard so we get to it, as you heard so we outline their — and that is very much by design. so now you have the uk they want have the uk saying they want access to this material for national security purposes, law enforcement will be able to investigate all manner of

criminal activity, terrorism. ’ "alql’rfiéyw’ ' ' ' ' rrralsoimraymfiheard ' ' ' ' 7 77also7m7ay77777heardchild7 7 7 you also may have heard child sexual abuse — often time criminals use to criminals use encryption to hide what they are doing — so that's the argument, but this blanket order would notjust affect apple users in the uk who have opted into the service, but users all service, but apple users all around the world. so privacy act democrat advocates are outraged by this. so act democrat advocates are outraged by this.— act democrat advocates are outraged by this. so what do we think here? _ is apple likely to comply? it says — at least publicly — that it takes data privacy very seriously. you're absolutely right about that. i don't think compliance is more — i think apple is more likely — i think apple will pull this particular service from the uk market. as mentioned, does very you mentienedgapptsdees very marketed itself you mentionedgapptsdoes very marketed itself as a heavily marketed itself as a company that is committed to — �* you open company that is committed to — �*you open the apple privacy — if you open the apple home page, if navigate to �* section �*section on privacy, their section on privacy, you'll see them refer to privacy as a fundamental human right, calling it a core value

of their company. and consumers have really made that association as well. i think back to 2015 when there was this mass shooting — a tragic story which took place in san california of brezrnardino, california —1 of suspects bregnardino, california —1 of suspects in that begnardino, california —1 of suspects in that shooting the suspects in that shooting had a issued iphone, and had a work issued iphone, and the fbi at the time asked apple to help them jailbreak it. refused77 to do that — apple refused to do that — that story when all around consumers read it, and i world, consumers read it, and i think that really help to seal think'tha�*t'reatty'hetp to seat association that so many that association that so many people make with apple as a that really values brand that really values . their privacy. i privacy and their privacy. i think apple will take any that seriousirg. threat to that seriously. so again, ithink threat to that seriously. so again, i think it's more likely that they'll take this service out of the uk so that it can elsewhere. out of the uk so that it can - elsewhere.- out of the uk so that it can elsewhere. :: , _, , it was left, it was interesting to hear there were a couple different concerns. 0ne hear there were a couple different concerns. one was if you build a back door, the 77 could go way criminals could go way back through it — but the other one was saying, how do we tackle these very serious concerns,

one of them child exploitation? so you're right, this is the perennial issue. we've been about this for years talking about this for years now, this tension between trying to investigate criminal activity, giving law enforcement the enforcement officials the resources they need to do that — but a back door for the good guys, so to speak, will often become the back door for diet —— bad -uys tomorrow. back diet —— bad guys tomorrow. and that's the argument you hear from and that's the argument you hearfrom privacy and that's the argument you hear from privacy advocates, that this is a slippery slope. this whole thing was supposed to be kept in by the to be kept in secret, by the way, that's how the order under the auspices of the investigatory powers act works — but now it's out in the open, and that's why we will have a very public to about what 7doesn't next. e— uk doesn't next. very interesting _ uk doesn't next. very interesting that you . interesting that you mentioned this could affect apple users notjust in the uk, but all over the thank you. over the world. thank you. thank you. in less than 48 hours' time, the super bowl kicks

donald trump will be in attendance — at the biggest us sporting event of the year. the matchup is between the philadelphia eagles by winning their third super bowl in a row. drove his car into crowds on the city's world—famous now, authorities are ramping up security even tighter than in years past. our us news partner cbs reports that the superdome — bomb sniffing dogs. and federal law enforcement agencies will deploy rooftop snipers. i've been speaking to the bbcs nesta mcgregor, who is new orleans, and told me more about those increased security measures. the police sirens approaching. we're outside a fan experience where fans can try their hands

butwith thesuner bowl usually yesterday who says it's up there with the presidential inauguration. and look, as you've mentioned, the new year's day attack is still fresh in the memory of people in new orleans. bourbon street, where it happened, is still closed off to traffic, and all around the city, you can definitely see extra security measures. there are roadblocks, sniffer dogs, the national guard are on patrol. so it's a city on high alert, but trying to look forward. kind of difficult balancing act, too, because this is such a big event, a lot of fun — but at the same time, there are probably still people in new orleans morning the people who were killed in this attack. what's the sense you get from being there, is there any

excitement we see around the super bowl? on new year's day still stands surrounded by flowers, but new orleans is a resilient city. hurricane katrina in 2005 proved that it's a city that will bounce back. but the super bowl does bring with it excitement, people in new orleans know how to have a good but the week leading up to it is full of parties and excitement. as i mentioned, the fan experience behind me is one of the most popular things that go goes on, more than 100,000 people expected in the city, we've got press conferences, i was at the nfl honours. so again, it's definitely not forgotten what happened on new year's day, but people are using this as a chance

to celebrate and perhaps forget about some of the downtimes in life. because sport is to be an escapism from things that get us down. you can see live shots of the superdome where it all kicks �*on superdome where it all kicks �* on sunday. a superdome where it all kicks �*on sunday. a big spectacle, off on sunday. a big spectacle, donald trump will be attending. and for you non—football fans, taylor swift will be there as well — her boyfriend plays for the kansas city chiefs who are going third going for their third straight super bowl victory. onto a bus in the brazilian city of sao paulo. at least two people have reportedly died. fallen from the sky. the bus burst into flames, sending a column of thick smoke rising high above the city. let's turn to some other important news around the world. a new united nations report released on friday shows sexual

violence against children in haiti has increased by 1,000% since 2023. un officials attribute the growth to gang rule. they estimate 85% of those living in the country's capital they add more than one million haitian children the swedish government announced plans to tighten gun laws after the country suffered the worst mass shooting in its history. 11 people died in the attack, including the suspect who killed himself. police say the suspect had four legally owned rifles. vetting around gun purchases and ban certain types of weapons. in the us slowed last month, unemployment remained low. the us labour department says employers added 143,000 jobs in january. the unemployment rate slipped to 4% from 4.1%. the figures come in the same

month a new donald trump mass migrant deportations, and higher tariffs on several us imports. a reminder you can get all the latest on our website. you can see there, been a dizzying in washington. 77 77 inwashington. if 77 in washington. if you 77 in washington. if you want week in washington. if you want to catch up on all the happened 7 happened in 77 happened in washington that happened in washington with donald in his new with donald trump in'his new and, i with donald trump in'hie new and, i recognise administers and, i recognise the mecca recommend this the mecca recommendnthie' . f w " " ”n " . .. —— | the mecca recommendethier r e er rr rr rre rr r re —— i recommend this article —— i recommend this i'm carl nasman, stay article. i'm carl nasman, stay us on bbc news. hello there. we've got a wintry mix of weather spreading this evening and overnight. settling snow will be mainly confined to the hills, lower levels seeing the rain, and, in fact, it will be

north out of iberia, squeezing the isobars together, bringing the windy weather. across the country for this weekend, so a little less cold before more cold weather returns around this area of high pressure for next week on an easterly wind. of england and wales. mainly rain, central and southern areas, but we'll see accumulating snow across the hills of wales — 1—5cm here — and some snow, perhaps, for the pennines, certainly the south pennines across the peak district. some of this snow getting in a little bit further north as well, perhaps southern scotland at times. but the rest of scotland and northern ireland a little less cold further south and east, where we have the cloud, the breeze and the rain. so for saturday, it's a rather grey picture. and wales, a bit of wintriness on the pennines, maybe some wintry showers for eastern scotland. corner, and perhaps some brightness developing one or two rain showers here. and the winds lighter across the board on saturday

temperatures range from around 6—9 degrees. so that's how saturday is looking. through saturday night, it looks like that cloud starts to thin and break, allowing more clear spells to develop. there'll still be a few spots of rain and hill snow across northern england and into southern scotland. where skies are clear, then we're likely to see will be lighter. where we hold on to the cloud, then generally above freezing. so for sunday, high pressure starts to build back in. we're drawing an easterly wind again across the country. that will be noticeable across north sea coasts. of the weekend, perhaps drier and a bit brighter. should be more sunny spells around, but some areas could stay cloudy all day. above the seasonal norm. but into next week, temperatures drop below the seasonal norm. it turns colder, easterly winds. snow across central,

northern and eastern areas.

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