one hundred so. far goal terms and conditions w. documentary on instagram. this is news live from berlin and freedom for the pakistani christian woman accused of blasphemy the country's supreme court throws out a challenge to its decision to acquit us. for moving the last legal hurdle to her seeking asylum abroad we have reaction from islamabad also coming up the u.s. filing criminal charges against chinese telecom giant qual way it accuses the

company of industrial espionage and violating sanctions against iran but says the u.s. and china are trying to calm the recent trade tensions plus the bread's it is bad that's the message from london restaurant is serving up to its customers as a parliament prepares to vote once more on the government's plan to leave the e.u. and the comeback story of one car one of car racing's top up and coming talents we need eighteen year old sophia floor who could have died when her formula three car went airborne and he brings to months ago she's overcome that fractures and any doubts about the first skills and she's back on track with every intention of winning. i'm sara kelly welcome to the pie. we begin in pakistan where the supreme court has

upheld its verdict in the case of a christian woman charged with blasphemy it means that a sea of bibi will remain a free woman she has been in hiding since october when the court overturned her conviction and declared her not guilty that decision sparked widespread outrage among religious hardliners who were threatened her life today's verdict lifts the last legal hurdle between her and a possible asylum deal there's been speculation that she may seek refuge in canada where her daughters are reportedly now living. that's pretty damning his very own channel chavez who is following this story from our asia desk and joins us now so give us a sense of the significance of this decision. setter of the supreme court's decision is hugely hugely significant i believe we must understand that the judges were under immense pressure from islamists not to free b.b. but they have shown garbage blasphemy is an extremely sensitive issue in pakistan

and although one can debate the possible through the same blasphemy laws it is a still a commendable decision in my opinion it will give him back to stu civil society groups their demands blasphemy law and. so what happens to her now i mean we've heard for example that she's now able at least on paper to apply for asylum could we see her leave the country. i think b.b. is likely to leave focused on some we do not know when but it is obvious that she won't remain in pakistan a number of western countries have offered them and her daughters are reportedly in canada and she could join them she could possibly come to europe but as i said at the moment we've gone to see anything for sure one thing is for sure she is unlikely to stay in pakistan because her life will remain under threat if she stays

in the country it's specially from those religious hardliners that we saw demonstrating out on the street for example in the wake of some of these verdicts so tell us i know you're going to stay with us but we want to basically find out now a little bit more about the case of me just remind our viewers of the background so we're going to have a quick listen and then get your reaction there after. she's one of the most talked about women in pakistan. pictured here shortly after her conviction in twenty ten the christian mother of five was sentenced to death for leisure remarks about islam during a row 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. on 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 b. 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 some and has ia seen here on the right who was assassinated by his bodyguard in twenty eleven after 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 is likely to do little to appease those who settle for nothing less than having

a death sentence reinstated. i mean we just saw there the ferocious response that babies acquittal last october provoked in cities across pakistan if the country now bracing for another backlash. well it is not surprising that we are not seeing a big reaction as yet most of the back islamist party offices are incarcerated i don't think they are in a position to launch a major protests also and it is very important that it seems that the judiciary the government and more importantly the pakistani military are on the same page over this issue so we know that when the generals want something done they get it done it seems they are and they continue to exercise influence or on the slimmest so i think that there won't be we will not see similar reaction of violent protests

as we saw in the vet when the supreme court agreed at all to your baby this time you are not seeing these kind of reactions and not as yet ok. so the gauge of the mood there in pakistan where as we have learned the supreme court upholding its verdict in the case of the christian woman who was charged with blasphemy shall thanks for your reporting thanks for having me on the show now in other news the u.s. justice department has charged chinese telecoms giant huawei with violating sanctions against iran and with industrial espionage the charges are linked to the arrest in canada of ways chief financial officer to who was also the daughter of the company's founder the move coming at a time of heightened tension 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 cuse chinese telecom giant huawei of a bevy of crimes a grand jury in new york has returning indictment alleging thirteen additional crimes committed by walk away it's c.f.o. it's affiliate in iran 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 while these 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. the u.s. is also seeking the extradition 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 denied the accusations.

will just as the foreign minister said with no evidence 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 banner in the works washington and beijing are set to reopen talks over their simmering trade conflict later this week. and. on this story he joins us now so i mean this u.s. indictment against weiwei it really has multiple parts aaron just break it down for us one of the main allegations well i mean the u.s. just department has leveled twenty three specific charges against huawei and i'm not going to go into all of them specifically but basically the crux of the matter is they accuse while way of using a shell company that is supposedly sold in two thousand and seven to smuggle illicit telecommunications technology to iran basically what we said they sold the

company two thousand and seven they don't have a controlling interest so they can do what they want to u.s. justice department says they actually kept control of that company and were directing it specifically which would then be in violations of the iranian sanctions so that's on the one hand on the other hand they've accused them of industrial espionage specifically to an attempt to misappropriate technology from team mobile and use it in the production of their or no cell phone technology in fact supposedly while we even put out a bounty within its own companies and people will get additional bonuses if they can steal technology from too noble for very serious charges and china's reaction well of course unsurprisingly china has denied it and huawei is also denied the accusations as well as we heard there in the report at least one member of the chinese government said this was an illegal and immoral attempt to actually influence and put them at a disadvantage and also recently the. way said that he doesn't have any connections to the chinese government and wouldn't be passing on. and technology information them which has been a long standing accusation and what does it mean for huawei in business terms well

i mean you're really going to have to put this in context of what's going on globally yes it's difficult this is a very very tricky matter but while he's under a lot of pressure from the u.s. government now huawei is trying to be the leader in five g. technology which is basically the one helpless established a new backbone of internet technology which will kind define how we do business and communicate moving forward while the u.s. government says while way has a lot of connections to the chinese intelligence services and they're not comfortable with the fact that allowing huawei into this internet backbone would potentially give china a great military technological and business advantage moving forward that's why we're seeing the american government a lot of pressure on international partners and in this in the bud at an interesting time we have to mention because they're about to sit down for trade talks the u.s. and china yes they are and it's really kind of an open question in terms of how they actually hangs together now we know the initial a rest of the chinese executive in canada came at a time when trump wasn't actually aware of it he's supposed to have reacted quite angrily when he found out that in the midst of these trade talks the justice

department was actively going against while way now we've also seen a hallway and honestly why i mean china actually react by arresting several canadian citizens kind of in a tit for tat exchange so it really comes at a disadvantage disadvantaged just advantageous time for these talks between beijing and china. business thank you thank you. let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world the u.s. has imposed sanctions on venezuela's state oil firm curbing the country's crude exports it is the trump administration's latest move in its effort to oust president nicolas maduro embattled leader called the sanctions illegal accusing the u.s. of wanting to steal venezuela's riches and its territory. the death toll from a collapsed dam in southwestern brazil has risen to sixty five hundreds more are still missing relatives of some of the victims have been protesting at the headquarters of the mining company bali in sao paulo it's the second collapse to

occur at a mine owned by a valet in recent years. pro-democracy activists in hong kong have rallied in support of imprisoned chinese human rights lawyer juan kwan sung he was jailed on monday after a chinese court handed him a four and a half year sentence for states a version crackdown continue today with a human rights website founder jailed on similar charges. police in the french capital paris have removed around three hundred migrants from an illegal makeshift camp in the north of the city authorities said that the my parents had been sent to local shelters on a voluntary basis france has cleared migrant camps in paris before only for new ones just right now. all to london now where later today the u.k. parliament is set to vote once again on the government's 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 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 at a london restaurant run by immigrants. who. gets lunch time for in his restaurant westminster kitchen he arrived in london from the kurdish region of turkey twenty five years ago the recent break the debates in parliament made him decide to do something. or did. system. to say brics it is but immigration makes britain great. for today. but even him small act of protest in his restaurant didn't come without consequences overnight nasty messages started appearing on social media. truth is written. in which basically it's given your message to gargle dealing with it is. telling

you what they might do to you there's posted threatening to burn the place down. to demonstrate in front of the restaurant most of her hands employees are from all over the world some arrived as refugees others to work like chef taric personally i'm not really feeling very good at the moment just you know things get in charge we can hit on the news all the time talking about the people being the. positive things about thoughts and according to tara ex boss abraham there is one clear reason for this change. since the brics it was the divisions in our country have grown up so there's more division than before the brics that will took place so the fruits we're receiving you know 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 the british think breaks it has made people angrier and the same amount believe their country isn't

on a good path as the date of britain's exit from the e.u. draws ever closer are. all they meant well but they failed miserably the united arab emirates has become a laughing stock on social media after announcing the winners of its annual gender balance index the emirates bills the award as a celebration of the role of women in quote shaping the future of the country medals were awarded in the categories best government entities supporting gender balance best federal authorities supporting general gender balance and best gender balance initiative but you may notice something missing something oh little off yeah so to twitter. writing the following i'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you but you forgot to invite women commented just journalist another twitter user joked wow really nailed the diversity there one of those dudes was wearing gray now the emirates they did post a picture including women just

a little later it just so happens that none of them were actually holding an award or even named in. the photo credits but even the updated picture is unlikely to silence critics last year at the u.n. slams the emirates human rights record sounding the alarm on the discrimination of women in the gulf state and among the u.s. concerns that men are still allowed to profit or prohibit excuse me their wives from working but of course gender inequality is not limited to the gulf states check this out because in twenty seventeen u.s. vice president mike pence felt the heat online after tweeting out this photo of a republican lawmaker discussing health care reform including to maternity care again the picture did not include a single woman and right here in germany the interior minister horst hoffer did not please any women when he's ministry proudly announced its new all male leadership lineup. it's. work to be done well now it has been

two months since a horrifying crash that could have taken the life of an up and coming german racecar driver the eighteen year old sofia flush 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 track and gary hart is only caught up with flush in her hometown unic. 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 since ok now and also i think talking about it helps us to watch because because the crash was just looks horrible but you crush of course you're angry and you're upset then 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 manage 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 skied to not be able to continue 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'm going to quite get 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'm relieved i'm here to have you 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 the

highway it was so it's pouring concrete she wanted to unite 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 risks but i also already knew the risks before the crash so did we need to hike through up the sports. but i started i was four years old and i always left the speed 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 here if i have the same facilities as him i would for sure beach of his

terror accidents 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 tension because for crush i wanted it because of success so everyone is now like move all you all you know you but i think once i step into the car and then perform well there i hope everyone will see me again as the girl racing and to go racing fost between other drivers and not to go with the crush sophia flourishes ready to put her crash in the past she's setting her sights on the formula three european championships in may. and we're joined now by gary hart sunlight or from sports he's here in the studio he's the reporter in the producer of that story that we just saw and you've really been covering racing for years we have to mention so when we look at the case of sophia flush i mean how does a driver like that mentally come back from

a crash that severe. think she actually never felt that it was really such a bad accident when she she crashed into the back of her rival when he was predicting and because of the curves she flew into suspend photographs and the first thing she realized was the whole. thing that has trickled in so that you tried it was burning and she tried to put it out of most of the face. but she felt stricken. and she tried to to talk on the radio and tell everybody is that she's fun but the radio for a while. so when she arrived at the hospital the first thing was she posted on social media to everybody i'm fine and what she did not know that she had a broken bone that was pushing the spinal cord. parents and

adults to try to keep this information from her and only told her one week later when everything was fine and eleven o l. surgery to repair this was that much and so this was a big luck for her but she personally never. had any fear about the incredible that she's healthy again she's walking again given the extent of those injuries let's talk about her talent because me she's a talented driver but if she is good as people say she asked you know i think she is the most foul and the female driver. of international music she's as good a shoe marker if she were to be given the same opportunity as she was driving against me for ten years nothing started to move to all those classes before ministry and there were several times that she overtook him she was better in the race and i think that means that she has some good potential but

difference is she's a woman love for example she's in very close relationship with barfs it was the last woman driving in formula one but she never managed to do a race and sophia now is per so even convinced that times have changed and she's think now is really the right moment for a woman to go into motorsport and she wants to be. quite fast because she still wants to compete against champion. so even going to see her in formula one i think it's possible it depends not only on her skill set the bends on money the bends on sponsors and song but. i think she's she's convinced that you can do it. and get every sports thank you think we want. well now to the world's top golfer a briton justin rose is preparing for his first appearance at the saudi

international tournament which is part of the european golf tour the big money event in saudi arabia will include all of the top three coffers in the world but the european tour has come under scrutiny for scheduling the event especially in light of the death of the journalist jamal khashoggi here's what rose had to say about that scrutiny. politics i'm not politician will provoke for you has all the reasons to go and play it so. it's a good field it should be a lot of world ranking points to play for one account it's a good goal of course and it will be you know to be an experience to experience saudi arabia. this sunday the new england patriots face the los angeles rams in the super bowl but if you like your sporting event with a bit more bite then it's to the puppy bowl now it's the greatest show on earth check this out the game this weekend seems team roughened team fluff facing off with both teams hoping to get their paws on what is known as the parts trophy park

. be invented aims to find homes for the dogs all of whom are up for adoption in shelters and they have a pretty good track record because the organizers said that they have a one hundred percent adoption record in the previous fourteen events so it's good cos they're. a quick reminder now of the top stories that we're following for you here in pakistan supreme court has rejected a challenge to its acquittal of. the christian woman who spent eight years on death row for blasphemy she was freed in october but the decision sparked outrage among religious hardliners. in the united states has announced criminal charges against while way the chinese telecom giant is accused of espionage and violating sanctions against iran huawei denies the charges and calls the indictment unfair and immoral . and with that now you're up to date on news but don't forget there is a whole lot more coming up here. to keep it here in the meantime i'm sara kelley in

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