live from washington, this is bbc news. a usjudge orders a limited on certain steps by the trump administration to dismantle the world's largest aid organisation. dozens of countries, including some of america's closest allies, condemn donald trump's decision to impose sanctions on the international criminal court. the uk government demands the technology giant apple give security services access to users�* encrypted data. hello, i'm helena humphrey.

the us's role in foreign aid assistance, with prior moves already upending humanitarian programs around the world. our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, has more on both these developments.

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. and transactions, is either corrupt or ridiculous. the agency signs are being removed from its offices. of all us government spending. however, donald trump considers many of the projects out of line with his policy agenda. his press secretary listed some of them earlier this week. 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. medicine, everybody else told to go home. the dismantling of usaid is being led by the world's richest man, elon musk. president trump has put him in charge of cutting federal spending, with musk posting on his x platform on forced leave from tonight. some essential programmes will be kept on, like funding for the global aids response.

we are seeing a lot of disruption of delivery 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. 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. for more now we can speak with thomas yazdgerdi, thank you for taking the time be with us. a federaljudge has issued a restraining order that would block 2,200 employees from being put on administrative leave as was scheduled by midnight friday. for people.

professionals 7 it has been a really quite shocking, a great shocking, disturbing, a great uncertainty. what does that mean be put on administrative leave. why the rush to get out to washington or everybody out to washington or maybe your home town, we are not certain. what happens when you get to washington, what happens if you have kids at school, your pets, any property you need to dispose i have you need to dispose of. i have been a foreign service officer for nearly 3a years and it is dramatic to make your dramatic enough to make your move every two or three years from poster but a in a from poster pros but a wet in a matter of days essentially has been a traumatic week, as you put it. been a traumatic week, as you ut it. , , been a traumatic week, as you utit, , , ., been a traumatic week, as you utit. , , ., ., m 1mm to those auestions, answers to those questions, they are simply told to up come back to washington, is and come back to washington, is that correct?—

that, forrest? we have been thattorrect? we have been trying as yeah. we have'been trying as union yeah. we have been trying as union of iyeah. we have been trying as union of the 1800 or so the union of the 1800 or so members serving abroad with usaid, trying to get fewer— — but: —— sea.— ~ ' ' butit “lafii’hés: " f f " ’ bu? itihaslbiee’n answers, but it has been difficult. so we have tried to m essa 9 es m essa g es of messages of what we know —= = -= to be hohest it still but to be honest it is still very little. there are very little; there are apparently but it is exceptions apparently but it is not quite clear how you go getiigg a g getting those; 77 getting thosezexceéptions, about getting those exceptions, how long the would how long the process would take. . ., take. the argument from the trump administration - take. the argument from the trump administration as - take. the argument from the trump administration as you | trump administration as you well know is this is about cost about efficiency, is saving. abaut efficiency, is”.-. ,,, e e a. , among those the understanding among those professionals that perhaps could be some programmes there could be some programmes that simply do need to be there could be some programmes that simpl l do need to be there could be some programmes that simp-d to be - there could be some programmes that simp_ be - there could be some programmes that sim ~ ., ., , trimmed? i think that any administration _ trimmed? i think that any administration and - trimmed? i think that any i administration and president trimmed? i think that any - administration and president - administration and president — by the way we are non—partisan of because of the union and the workforce. any administration has the right to look at and see

7 andiseeiwhich and see which ones programmes and—see which enes are programmes and—see whiehaenes are more programmes and—see whiehaones are more in line with that are more in line with their view of the world, and thatis their view of the world, and that is to be expected, but this is sort of unprecedented, this is sort of unprecedented, this is sort of unprecedented, this is a wholesale stoppage of what usaid is doing and essentially dismantling the agency which is been around essentially dismantling the agent 1961. :h is been around essentially dismantling the agenw1961. i] is been around essentially dismantling the agenw1961. i think en around essentially dismantling the agenw1961. i think that round essentially dismantling the agenw1961. i think that is jnd essentially dismantling the agenw1961. i think that is an since 1961. i think that is an absolutely unprecedented, i have never seen before, absolutely unprecedented, i have neverseen before, i have never seen it before, i don't think any of my colleagues have either. when ou colleagues have either. when you speak _ colleagues have either. when you speak to _ colleagues have either. when you speak to your _ colleagues have either. when you speak to your colleagues | you speak to your colleagues and the people you represent have been describing this if 757 stoppage, stoppage, what kind wholesale stoppage, what kind of are they saying they of impact are they saying they already see on the and already see on the ground and some of the hardest—hit humanitarian crisis owns? kind of what your— humanitarian crisis owns? kind of what your reporter - humanitarian crisis owns? lf; “yr. of what your reporterjust of what your reporter just talked about, all the things that are done, usaid is the premier development association that does so many good things. assistance, humanitarian assistance, life—saving medicine, the

bipartisan effort that has been wildly successful that usaid been intimately involved has been intimately involved in, there are so many in, so there are so many implications. i think we implications. i don't think we ever know all of them yet. if you all of a sudden take all these professionals out over these professionals out over the arena so to speak and bring to washington, you lose a them to washington, you lose a huge amount of you huge amount of expertise, you lose the ability to host governments with the continuation of these vital services, it isjust continuation of these vital services, it is just really unprecedented. you still do not all the implications but generally it is pretty bad. it generally itispretty bad. it is. thomas yazdgerdi, president of the american foreign service association. really good to get your thoughts. meanwhile, 19 democratic attorneys general sued the trump administration on friday to stop musk�*s from accessing sensitive data in the us treasury department.

and financial data and sends out trillions of dollars in payments. trump has granted doge a sweeping mandate to review however, musk�*s team has sparked concern among critics who perceive the tech boss's actions as an overreach here's a bit of what new york's attorney general letitia james said in a video statement posted on x. she's filed the case against the administration. president trump does not have the power to give our private information to whomever he information away to whomever he wants. and he does not the wants. and he does not have the power to cut federal spending congress approved, 6 congress approved, much that congress approved, much less to do so by giving the richest man in the world the to all americans most information. as sensitive information. as democratic attorneys general,

demc'rat' attcrne' gees—elf ,, , ~~— ——~f — — w are suing denc'rat' attcrne' sees—elf ,, , am, a". , f ,- are suing to stop femc'st' s“*"e' ce"ea' ,, ' w" o... ' s w are suing to stop this we are suing to stop this unprecedented and unauthorised and to protect your the international criminal court's prosecutor — karim khan — is the first person to be hit with economic two anonymous sources have told the reuters news agency that mr khan, who is a british citizen, has been named in a document that is not yet public. it comes as nearly 80 countries throw their support behind "the international justice system". the icc says that it will stand by its personnel and will "continue providing justice and hope "to millions of innocent victims of atrocities "around the world". the court was established in 2002 to hold individuals last year, the tribunal issued an arrest warrant for benjamin netanyahu, accusing him of war crimes

the icc also issued warrants for top hamas leaders ongoing investigations into alleged israeli war crimes could prove difficult. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who's wanted by the icc, has praised the us president for ordering sanctions against the tribunal. on friday, hamas released the names of three male israeli hostages it's due to release from captivity on saturday. the group says israel is expected to release 100 wyre davies has more from jerusalem. we now finally have the list of the next three hostages to be under phase one the released under phase one of the ceasefire between ceasefire agreement between israel and asked, so by end israel and asked, so by the end of the week and a total of 21 hostages have been in

hostages have been released in exchange for than 500 exchange for more than 500 palestinian prisoners from 'ails, much more b israeli jails, much more aid is getting into gaza of course. there has been a partial reopening of the border between egypt and gaza through the rafah crossing so there is tangible benefits from this ongoing ceasefire deal even though it has been coming under a lot of pressure particularly for those who the war 77— 7 hamas to restart. the against hamas to restart. the next three hostages to be released are men, and they are men, to make from a all men, to make from a kibbutz, one abducted from the music festival where more than 300 people were killed on october 7. is of course october 7. this is of course good news for theirfamilies, good news for their families, they be good news for theirfamilies, they be bittersweet they will be bittersweet moments because many of those release have also lost families and friends. they were killed on october 7 when hamas gunmen stormed across the border and more than 1200 people were killed. then than

killed. since then more than 47,000 killed. since then more than 117,000 people are reported to have been killed in gaza as well. there is a lot of support on both sides of the fence, in israel palestinian circles, israel and palestinian circles, for the ceasefire to continue into a second phase but that is by no means certainty. in the last couple of hours there's been an update the aircraft carrying 10 people was flying from unalakleet near the bering strait. the coast guard went on to say: to find the plane, which disappeared about 10 minutes after take—off.

president trump says he wants to slash the us�*s trade deficit aren't fully off the table. he made those remarks as he welcomed japanese prime first face—to—face meeting. mr trump also announced that japan's nippon steel is dropping its $14.1 billion acquisition of us steel, instead making an investment in the american company. a sale was blocked by presidentjoe biden over national security concerns. mr trump reiterated friday that he also opposes a sale. the united nations says there's been a staggering rise as their recruitment by criminal gangs surges. the un's children's organisation — unicef — released a report saying sexual violence against children

is under the control of gangs. to half their members. were killed in gang violence in haiti. live now to geeta narayan, unicef representative in haiti. welcome, thank you very much for being with us. really shocking statistic from the un. violence, sexual t 1 against 7 w tagainzst children violence against children searching by 1000% since 2023, us usa us a sense us a sense of what you are give us a sense of what you are seeing in that regard on the ground? seeing in that regard on the round? , w seeing in that regard on the ground? — seeing in that regard on the round? ,, ., ., ground? thank you for having me toda . ground? thank you for having me today- we — ground? thank you for having me today- we see — ground? thank you for having me today. we see a _ ground? thank you for having me today. we see a worrying - today. we see a worrying trend, as you describe, in terms of the increase not only in sexual which is violence which is terrific enough also an increase in other violations of the rights

children in haiti, for of children in haiti, for example we noted a 70% increase in the recruitment of children into the armed as well into the armed groups as well over the last year. the trend is extremely worrying, in terms sexual violence and in terms of sexual violence and in terms of sexual violence and in terms of the recruitment and use of children by armed groups. children by the armed groups. this trend affects both boys and girls. in this trend affects both boys and girls-— and girls. in your report it has been _ and girls. in your report it has been noted _ and girls. in your report it has been noted that - and girls. in your report it - has been noted that children's bodies are being used as a horrendous battlefields, a horrendous statement. just coming back to the sexual violence, is the sexual violence, it is difficult to talk about, but what is being perpetrated children? we understand against children? we understand in some cases is it also with regards to extortion? there are various absolutely, there are various means the groups use to g _—e* children. one is attack children. one is abduction of children, another way they entice the child to way is they entice the child to join the gang, supposedly voluntarily, in a country

have 60% 7 have 60% of 7 have 60% of the 7 "mega; ofithepopulation below "booth; ww' below the poverty line, living below the poverty line, the armed groups can offer a meal a day, they can offer some sense of stability and security. in other we security. in other cases we know the armed groups threaten security. in other cases we knc families ned groups threaten security. in other cases we knc families ofd groups threaten security. in other cases we knc families of children threaten the families'efreht’tdrenarr , , and so the the families'efreht’tdren" , w , , and so the child themselves and so the child feels they have no option, if they want to protect their ww they are 71a; a}; gauges 7 wthey are obliged to join the gang. we see are used in different ehitdren are used in different sometimes aspires, ways, sometimes aspires, messages, the girls for example may start out with cooking and doing more domestic chores for the armed groups and then as they get older the girls they get older then the girls are used much more for sexual gender—based violence, gender—based violence, gender—based violence, and it can be extremely relentless. hear extremely relentless..we hear the extremely relentless..lale hear the trauma from girls and about the trauma from girls and women who sometimes able to women who are sometimes able to leave the gang to escape, it is extremely difficult what they have gone through both medically, physically, psychologically, the trauma is incredible. l psychologically, the trauma is

incredible.— incredible. i know that unicef has set up — incredible. i know that unicef has set up shelters _ incredible. i know that unicef has set up shelters for- has set up shelters for survivors but i wonder how much protection can they survivors but i wonder how much protection (offer, y survivors but i wonder how much protection (offer, how realistically offer, how is it for unicef in counti’y w country where counti'y where gangs right now a country where gangs right now are still operating with impunity? it are still operating with impunity?— impunity? it is a very difficult _ impunity? it is a very difficult operating - difficult operating environment, i have to say. i work becomes challenging a context acontext like w w w a context like this. w w a context like this. the w w in a context like this. the capital port—au—prince, 85% we estimate has been more or less taken over by the games. 0ther taken over by the games. other parts of the country as well, where i was last week as a i could go to the border visit, i could go to the border region, where children are deported back from the republic, and these dominican republic, and these children are also particularly ww to being recruited vulnerable to being recruited and in some cases abducted by the armed groups. all over the country there is a growing insecurity and it is incredibly important that unicef and our partners continue the work we in terms of reintegrating

do in terms of reintegrating the children who are released also them in the but also preventing them in the first place and ensuring they have like have opportunities, like education, family environments, safety in their communities, etc. geeta narayan, unicef representative in haiti, the british government is demanding access to encrypted data stored by apple users worldwide in its cloud service. as it stands now, only the apple account holder can access data in the cloud — and other criminal activity. raging on for years, has boiled over once again today. 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 demands to weaken them by creating so—called back doors. you can use apple's icloud to store all sorts of data — 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. can view your content apart from you, but the government wants to be able to access it if there's a national security risk. the only way apple can do that is by putting in a back find their way in. cybersecurity experts have raised concerns that such measures won't stop criminals. the issue i think we have is that, by and large, terrorists or criminal groups would pivot to something else, which means that essentially this could just impact

the average law—abiding citizen's privacy. as unprecedented, arguing it's not the answer to national security concerns. this is something that oftentimes i think gets missed a master key for the government, that becomes and puts all of our privacy and security at risk. but children's safety campaigners have been warning that encryption helps enable abuse. in a statement, the charity nspcc said... there would still need to be a legal process to request access to a person's account. but all eyes will be on apple to see if it pulls this encryption service in the uk. zoe kleinman, bbc news.

chief information security officer of the cybersecurity firm sentinel0ne, and a lecturer in computer science at stanford university. thank you for being with us on the programme. as wejust heard in report, alex, the argument from the uk government, is that security is that a fair request? . i understand the but . i understand the [m the roblem here . i understand the but the problem here is a . i understand the - but the problem here is a couple - the problem here is a couple faults, firstly according to w -w w report in the washington the report in the washington post, apple is asking for the ability notjust post, apple is asking for the ability not just to post, apple is asking for the ability notjust to request post, apple is asking for the ability not just to request the data of uk citizens but to request from apple the data of citizens of all countries, including americans. that has played .. .:e.:—e%s .-., xi... ., played well here in uk should not have america, the uk should not have the ability to request the data from anyone but their own and that is here, if apple builds a

problem here, if apple builds a back door one back door back'doo�*r'one'the back: door has access backdooronethe back door has access to it is exists who has access to it is no longer a technological it is a political question, it is a political question. the unfortunate fact guestionsthe unfortunate fact that people's republic is that the people's republic of china is actually one of the most important countries for apple, it is not the united kingdom, china is one of the largest market in the world and where apple makes all of their devices. so far has given in to the prc on a couple of things are citizens but they are chinese citizens but they have not given into the prc on request for backdoors people request for backdoors to people the world and one 1596 00:23:36,624 --> 00:2