his music is bound to give you. good. video music starts february twenty fifth on t.w. . this is news coming to you live from a highly charged blasphemy hearing in pakistan the country's top court revues decision to free. the christian woman who was acquitted of blasphemy charges her case has sparked unrest with religious hardliners threatening to kill her will her acquittal now be overturned. also on the program the u.s.

files criminal charges against chinese. way the company is accused of violating sanctions against iran and of industrial espionage. as the u.s. and china are trying to call for recent trade tensions. is bad that's the message one london restaurant is serving up to its customers as parliament prepares to vote on the government's plan to leave the european union. and the comeback story. up and coming talents we meet eighteen year old sophia who could have died when her formula three car went airborne. hello and welcome i'm terry martin good to have you with us pakistan's supreme court will today begin a review of its acquittal. ozzy of b.b.

the christian woman was charged with blasphemy in the islamic republic and spent eight years on death row but in october she was found not guilty a ruling that sparked days of protests across the country from religious hardliners the supreme court usually dismisses reviews of its verdicts but given the nature of babies case today's outcome is far from certain. she's one of the most talked about women in pakistan. pictured hand shortly after her conviction in twenty ten the christian mother of five was sentenced to death for leisure marks but islam general brown with fellow farm workers that refused to share their glass of water with a non muslim now free she lives in hiding no longer on death row but still in constant fear for her life. and this is why hard line islamists calling for had to be hanged. her acquittal in october last year triggered days of nationwide

demonstrations. who are who in every corner of the country the sons of islam have voiced opposition to the supreme court verdict by going on to the streets. what kind of a verdict is this from the supreme court of an islamic republic which is troubling muslims but satisfying infidels. demonstrations were any cooled off when the government agreed to bobby v. from leaving the country pending today's verdict but this is a case already linked to the killings of at least two people. the governor of punjab province summoned his ia seen here on the right has the sustenance of by his bodyguard in twenty eleven i'm speaking in b.p.'s defense later the same year the federal minister for minorities shahbaz bhatti was killed off to calling for her release. today's verdict likely to do little to appease those who threaten if

another thing less than having a death sentence reinstated. is following the story from our asia desk and he joins us now shut me up b.b. has already been acquitted what are the chances that the court will now allow the acquittal to be challenged on appeal well i think it is highly likely that bug stone stop will dismiss that beat against all the a b.b.c. quit and. the appeal by hardline islamism was accepted by the court to make sure that all legal requirements awfully fitted and i think prime minister non-fans the government also wanted to buy some time to make some political adjustments so i believe that pakistan's top court the supreme court will dismiss that view bibi's acquittal last october sparked by law and protests what's the mood in anticipation

of today's hearing. well the islamist and he can look back body this lama spotty has warned the judges not to give board the goal judicial relief to be. hundreds of islamist supposed took to the streets to protest bibi's acquittal in october last year but at the moment most of the and that is in the gulf and. that is why i do not think they will be able to create many problems on the government system. what does this case tell us about the way pakistan interprets the country's blasphemy laws. tragic ordeal reminds us that the issue of blasphemy to me in this extremely extremely sensitive in pakistan. rights groups criticize the blasphemy laws that the cia used to mistreat religious minorities in the country. but i do not

think that any government in pakistan can repeal or amend the blasphemy law as any such. violent protests from islamists and i also think that the people would not accept that so it is a sensitive issue. as i said earlier it is very likely the supreme court will dismiss that if you petition the of the bay for a b.b.c. departure from books then she could be out of the country. like eat today show me a thank you very much for your analysis. there from our asia desk thanks very much for having me on the ship. the u.s. justice department has charged chinese telecoms giant huawei with violating sanctions against iran and with industrial espionage the charges are linked with the arrest in canada of ways chief financial officer of man one shoe who is also

the daughter of the company's founder now the move comes at a time of heightened tensions between washington and beijing due to a simmering trade conflict. the announcement was a long time coming if you believe the rumor mill the u.s. has officially accused chinese telecom giant huawei of a bevy of crimes a grand jury in new york has returned an indictment alleging thirteen additional crimes committed by wall way its c.f.o. its affiliate in a ram and one of its subsidiaries here in the united states the criminal activity alleged in this indictment goes back at least ten years and goes all the way to the top of the company the u.s. justice department accuses wall weighs top brass of using a hong kong based shell company to funnel telecommunications equipment to iran in violation of international sanctions investigators also accuse wall ways engineers of stealing trade secrets from cell phone provider t. mobile including robotics plans using t.

mobile cell phone testing. huawei has long been suspected of having close ties to the chinese government a cause for concern for some international observers. however both the company and the chinese government deny the accusations. they will just as the foreign ministry said it with no evidence and they're using their state power to discredit and attack designated companies this sort of behavior is unfair and immoral really . the chargers are likely to throw a fresh spanner in the works washington and beijing are set to reopen talks over their simmering trade conflict later this week. well stephen bear's later from d.w. business has been following the story all along and joins us now good morning stephen now the u.s. justice department has finally unsealed its indictment against huawei and its chief financial officer this is been long anticipated we heard a little bit in our report about what's in the indictment what more can you tell us

i mean what the reports hold you was for the basis of it thirteen new accounts from i believe in the new yorker seattle than ten from the other district so these. some of the allegations are already made in the first attention of long one joe the chief financial officer they include trying to go around the iran sanctions by using the shell company in hong kong and then misleading banks in the effort to do so what it includes also is new allegations of destroying evidence as investigators try to look into these numbers and that's potentially very explosive and can really make a difference as they try and make their case in the canadian court for extradition or against the tradition i should say and of course the stealing trade secrets as was mentioned in the report is actually about a robot named tapi which was using t. mobile it was at the center of a civil dispute and now it's at the middle of this criminal charges to understand that actually at one point there the huawei people are accused of taking the robots arm and trying to put it in a bag or something a laboratory very strange none of us very serious charges what's the response from

china was although the response the first response was i believe that they're the words these were it was unreasonable suppression of chinese companies what the u.s. was doing here and it accused the u.s. of a long term plan of doing this of trying to fight chinese companies and of course while it's important to note has denied the charges china has said that this is part of a longer term plan is important to note here that china's reaction is to watch the reaction the coming days because at the rest of joe following that arrest they arrested two canadian citizens in china and then they said it's the third who had already been convicted of drug smuggling to the death penalty so it's important to see what their reaction will be politically charged and involving not just one or two countries but many the timing here though is very interesting too because this these charges come just as the u.s. and china are about to sit down for trade talks right it's quite a coincidence a mega coincidence if it is one at all obviously this is something has happened as well with mung one joe with her arrest that came right after they declared this sort of truce in the trade disputes that they could have this ninety day period to

work out an agreement now right as the chinese delegates are in the air of just landed suddenly this news comes out it's also very important to note here this comes as the u.s. . trying to convince its allies in europe and asia against using while wafer f.g. for five g. build out that's actually one of the bigger battles here is they're trying to say do not use these components because we believe they have a back into the chinese government to them hopefully what will start seeing with these cases that are coming out is actual evidence they could be put into the public record instead of just this talk coming from the u.s. and from china the denials of these allegations very briefly what does this mean for a while way in business terms it's not good they're fighting for their business across these western nations and across these asian nations more and more of them are saying we're not going to use you for a core five g. components huge business in the coming years so you know beardsley from business thank you so much. trying to latest developments in venezuela's tense political standoff oil sanctions are the trumpet ministrations latest move in its effort to oust venezuela's president nicolas maduro at the white house senior trouble

officials told reporters the u.s. will block the state owned oil company say collecting billions of dollars in sales of crude exports to the u.s. more duro called sanctions illegal accusing the u.s. of wanting to steal this way those riches and its territory meanwhile the self claire interim president has called for new protests on wednesday his supporters are hoping to flip venezuela's military to support. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today u.s. attorney general says it says special prosecutor robert mueller has almost finished his report on russia's involvement in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. elections he's investigating possible collusion between the travelex and campaign and the kremlin. has already indicted senior campaign officials in trump a social. police in cameroon have arrested the country's opposition leader maurice

conto has been leading anti-government protests since losing what he says was a fraud you know election in october claims to have one vote his arrest comes after police put down demonstrations against longtime president. over the weekend. now the death toll from a collapsed down in southwestern brazil has risen to sixty five hundreds more still missing relatives of some victims have been protesting at the headquarters of the money company in some it's the second collapse to occur at a mine owned by valley in recent years. the london later today the u.k. parliament is set to vote once again on the government's bragg's of plan in a vote just two weeks ago lawmakers rejected the deal today they're supposed to decide what changes they want the prime minister to seek to win parliamentary

support but the date for the brit for britain's exit from the e.u. is just two months away and signs of the country's division over the issue are everywhere including a london restaurant run by immigrants. it's lunch time for. restaurant westminster kitchen he arrived in london from the kurdish region of tookie twenty five years ago more recently the breaks it debate in parliament made a brit hume decide to do something but i did end up writing on my till system a message for the receipts to say bricks it is but immigration makes britain great and they've also cooked in search of food today but small act of protest in his restaurant didn't come without consequences of a nice nasty messages started appearing on social media. truth is within gallows in which basically it's given your message to gargle dealing with it is so they are telling you what they might do to you the post threatened to burn the place down or

demonstrate outside the restaurant most of the brain's employees are from all over the world some arrived as refugees and others to work like shift tarik personally i'm not really feeling very good at the moment just you know things get in charge we can hear on the news all the time talking about it and the people have been calling aussie it and saying things about us and according to tirades both you bring him there is one clear reason should these changes. since the brits it was the divisions in our country have grown up so there's more division than before the brits that will took place so the frets were receiving an unacceptable unpleasant and it's becoming to the environment that the government would see created has been a bit hostile. recent surveys show that around two thirds of degree breaks it has made people angry and the same amount believe the country isn't on a good path as the date of britain's exit from the e.u.

draws into closer. a correspondent barbara baseball has been following all the twists and turns in the breaks of debate and joins us now from london. tell us barbara important stations about regs that are being made in the british parliament today what are they voting on what are in peace voting. another decision day looming in london that's what they say here terry but we're not quite so sure don't get your hopes up what's on the table in parliament today are several proposal which one from the side of the labor opposition which would try the hands of government this it is about mainly is about to prevent no grex it to set up more of this prohibit government to sort of let written clash out of the e.u. and at the same time it gives a bit more time if trees may would not be able to find a compromise to the end of february then she will be forced to go to brussels and

says sorry we can't manage this we need a program geishas so that's one and then of course there's nothing on the table supported by two reason may herself coming from her own conservative backbenchers and they say they promise what they don't have they say what you please parliamentarians vote for rex a deal that does not have the irish backstop in it that means the insurance policy against a hard border in ireland and could you imagine probably voting for this now both of these are not sure to get to the majority so it's not quite clear yet the past to the future so quite a model still there in the house of commons at this point barbara the u.k. is due to leave the e.u. in just sixty days and there's no deal in place to manage that transition can the boats in parliament today really do anything to change that. yeah you wonder there is no greatest sense of urgency here but you walk the streets of

london and you sort of stand in front of parliament and nothing happens life just goes on even though just yesterday a big supermarkets in britain warned and said shelves might be empty in case of a no deal that there might not be enough fresh food the army has been put on standby for that case and so on there's a long list of dramatic happenings back to the politicians are still sort of trying to gain technical advantage over the other side the government side and the opposition there is no sense of now we finally need to work together and yes if the one amendment that would try to reason to reason may's hands against letting britain crash out against having you know brakes if that comes through then there might be a problem it might gain a certain traction there might be movement very briefly barbara what is at stake in this today for prime minister theresa may politically. the future the shape of pricks it is that it's take trees

a maze job again is at stake and really look at this and the point of the parliament is now you think of the beatles and the long and winding road this is now obviously ending with a crash that will be ending with a whimper or thank you so much need obvious bar of a result in london. here in berlin german chancellor angela merkel has stressed the need for greater international cooperation in standing up to the rise of populism she made the remarks while being awarded the fulbright prize for international understanding joins a prestigious list of recipients including nelson mandela bill clinton and doctors without borders. it was the first time the food writer say ca awarded its prize for international understanding outside the u.s. and they chose the german capital and the german chancellor. they selected angle

a makeover what the association called her remarkable compassionate leadership during the ceremony she was praised for her controversial decision during the twenty fifteen refugee crisis to keep borders open angela merkel set the standard for how we in the rich world can and should treat almost desperate citizens if other european nations are to share the burden perhaps the backlash wouldn't have been so fierce. in accepting the prize germany's first female chancellor spoke of the importance of the u.s. german partnership macko said the fall of the berlin wall in one thousand nine hundred ninety maine's a symbol for german freedom and a united europe nearly thirty years later. but after these the reason all this was possible was because our american friends worked tirelessly for a free europe and a strong europe. and we germans will never forget. it origin and us

focus. although she never named us president donald trump directly the strains he's put on the transatlantic relationship are palpable during the ceremony machall indirectly criticized america first approach to foreign policy. but you are too small for me patriotism means thinking about your own interests in combination with others interests. that's why one stop working towards strengthening multilateralism and promoting a rules based global order so that it was not an evening for macas many to track to spent an evening of praise for her legacy especially had uncompromising stance against reception nationalists and. sports now and in the semifinals of football's asian cup japan came away with a shocking three nil victory over iran forward you can you you you. me who also plays for braman in the bundesliga scored twice for japan before this

game iran had not conceded a single goal in the tournament final now face either qatar or the united arab emirates in the final it's been two months since a horrifying crash that could have taken the life of an up and coming german racecar driver eighteen year old sophia flourish crashed in a formula three race in macau suffering fractures in her neck but now she's on the mend with every intention of getting back on the track. caught up with flourish in her hometown of munich. life goes on for sophia flourish the images of the crash that changed her life follow her wherever she goes but reliving that moment has helped her move on. i watched as so many times it's ok now and also i think talking about it helps it's hopeful to watch because because the crash was just told well looks horrible but you crash of course you're

angry and you're upset and you you wait for the wall to come it's quite strange but it happened so fast moving it. before it saw the video i didn't know that i was flying for me it didn't feel that bad and then the pain started kicking in doctors managed to repair two broken bones and flesh his neck without damaging her spinal cord the operation lasted eleven hours the treatment was so successful that just a month after the accident she was already in physio therapy and never was really skeet to not be able to continue my sport when i started doing some training and i really had to start from the beginning so this is kind of depressing at some stage but i think i managed to quite get it and i'm back kind of back where i was before four five weeks later i can be back in the car so i've never been not trying for such a long time so i've read the i've heard one of your back. is back in a driver's seat of sorts having recently turned eighteen and passed her driving

test but for a born racer it's just not the same as being out on the track. driving a highway was so it's boring compared to what i did you and i race cars so here i'm just driving as every other person a small there no rival so once you do your sport you just go you know your mind just shuts down and you try to be there when of course i know the risk but i also already knew the risk before the crash so it didn't really change i threw up with the sports. when i started i was four years old always. even in a go cart flourish was always faster than the boys for success helped her to move up the rankings very quickly all the way to formula three one of her toughest opponents over the past few years mc the son of michael schumacher. i know makes since a long time but always like fighting with each other we were fighting for many

years to if i have the same bus system i would be to. this accident has brought her a lot of attention recently more than most drivers but she'd much rather people focused on her driving skills even at her favorite restaurant the spotlight is always on her health. i never really wanted to be christopher crush i want to just because of success so everyone has knowledge. but i think once i step into the car and then. i hope that everyone will see me again. to go racing and to go racing fost between other drivers and not to go with the crush sophia flair says ready to put her crash in the past she's setting her sights on the formula three european championships in may. this sunday the new england patriots face the los angeles rams in the super bowl but if you like your sporting

events with a bit more bite then the puppy bowl is the greatest show on earth the game this weekend sees team ruff and team fly face off with both teams hoping to get their paul's. marquee trophy event aims to find homes for the dogs all of whom are up for adoption from shelters organizers say they have a one hundred percent adoption record in the previous fourteen of them this. is the tournaments reclaim. before we go just a reminder of the top story we're following for you here on q. to be a news pakistan's supreme court is reviewing its acquittal of. the christian woman who spent eight years on death row for the last with me she was freed and tobar but the decision sparked outrage among religious hardliners. still to come transparency international calls a global failure to control corruption the main reason for

a crisis of democracy across the world we're talking to the chair of the organization. of business with stephen beardsley. that and much more still to come here on.

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among the. lamas. starts feb eighteenth d.w. . the us files criminal charges against chinese telecoms giant huawei the company's accused of violating sanctions against iran and industrial espionage this as the u.s. and china are trying to call recent trade sentients. also is global corruption helping fuel the crisis in democracy worldwide look at a new ranking for global crookedness and talk to the head of the organization behind it. and today's a crucial day in britain with several votes on the government's.