biala gassed trends city managed by from part. of. this is g.w. news live from berlin and big u.s. files criminal charges against chinese telecom giant the way it accuses the company of industrial espionage and violating sanctions against iran says the u.s. and china are trying to calm the recent trade tensions. also coming up pakistan's supreme court upholds its acquittal e.b.

the christian woman at the center of a high profile blasphemy case the decision attention paving the way for her to leave pakistan where she still faces threats to her life and gregg's that is bad that's the message for london restaurant is serving up to its customers as parliament prepares to vote once more on the government's plan to leave european union plus the comeback story of one of the motor racing is up and coming up and coming talents will need eighteen year old sophia flora she could have died when her formula three car went airborne in the race two months ago but she's overcome neck fractures and any doubts about her skills she's back on track with every intention of quitting. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the u.s. justice to. that mint has charged chinese telecom giant with violating sanctions

against iran and industrial espionage the charges are linked to the arrest in canada while waist chief financial officer mangan su the move comes at a time of heightened tension between washington and beijing due to the 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 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 used in t. mobile cell phone testing. the u.s. is also seeking the extradition of for wasting a full men one job for her role in the alleged sanction violations she was arrested in canada late last year in connection with the u.s. investigation. 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. will just as the foreign ministry 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 wall way of using a shell company that this supposedly sold in two thousand and seven to smuggle in illicit telecommunications technology to iran basically who always 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 timor and use it in the production of their own cell phone technology in fact supposedly while we even put out a bounty within its own companies and people would get additional bonuses if they

could steal current 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 the matter disadvantage and also recently the. way said that he doesn't have any connections to the chinese government and wouldn't be passing on to. acknowledging information them which has been a longstanding accusation and what does it mean for huawei in business terms well you're really going to have to put this in context of what's going on globally yes disagree this is a very very tricky matter but while he's under a lot of pressure from the u.s. government now who always trying to be the leader in five g. technology which is basically they want help was established a new backbone of internet technology which will kind define how we do business and communicate moving forward well the u.s. government says huawei 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 and 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 they can swallow way now we've also seen a hallway and honestly why i mean china actually react by arresting several comedian citizens kind of in a tit for tat exchange so it really comes at a decision that disadvantaged just advantageous time for these talks between beijing and china. from business thank you thank you. to pakistan now where the supreme court has rejected a challenge to its acquittal of a christian woman charged with blasphemy it means that i see a baby will remain

a free woman but she has been in hiding since october when the court overturned her death sentence and declared her not guilty that decision sparking widespread outrage and bibi has received death threats today's verdict lifts the last legal hurdle preventing possible asylum broad there's been speculation that bibi may seek refuge in canada and her daughters are said to be living. a friend of you asia correspondent tyrone johns was at the supreme court in islamabad where that decision has just been reached so what has the reaction been so far. today of any court announced and to dismiss the review petition in favor of offering a baby a large number of people including bill ayers and activists who are present in the courtroom sure their joy and happiness. is a very little turn she's treated as a now and can go anywhere issue on the international issue that statement calling for her to be on the road to the supreme court you have what you need to protect

against her lies and religious monarchies i believe that we did these are government officials ok so it seems that at least officially legally speaking that she now has the right to seek asylum how likely is that to happen i mean what is likely to happen to her now. she will hopefully see abroad in the coming days under these sites the guilty as she's still under attack and she is in the protective custody of these guilty forces that we have no time frame when she will flee the country. and we have more on this story including an interview with pakistani lawyer and human rights activist he met jilani in about twenty minutes on news asia but first a quick check of some other stories making news around the world palestinian prime minister has officially submitted his government's resignation it paves the way for a new cabinet that will include the palestinian liberation organization the rival is a mist groups hamas have condemned the move and accused the president mahmoud abbas

of trying to establish a separatist government. the u.s. has imposed sanctions on venezuela state oil firm curbing the country's crude exports if the trumpet ministrations latest move in its effort to oust honest well us presidents from president nicolas maduro the embattled leader hauled the tensions over legal accusing the u.s. of wanting to steal venezuela's riches and its territory. no more pro-democracy activists in hong kong have rallied in support of president china's human rights lawyer wang sung wang was jailed on monday after chinese court handed him a four and a half year sentence for state's aversion asians crackdown continued today but the 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 say that the migrants had been sent to

local shelters on a voluntary basis france has cleared migrant camps in paris before only for new ones spring up. or heading to london now where later today the u.k. parliament is due to vote once again on the government's present plan and a vote just two weeks ago lawmakers rejected the deal today they're supposed to decide what changes they want prime minister to resign made to seek from the european union to win parliamentary support for braggs that now he has been addressing the house of commons let's listen to what she has to say and today we have the chance to show the european union what it will take to get a deal through this house of commons wash it will take to move beyond the confusion and uncertainty that now hands over us and on to the bright new clothes open relationship that we want to build and can build with our european friends in the years ahead. let's get more now from london with our correspondent there get mass

so another are important day for bribes if bereket at the british parliament what's at stake today. well it's reason may has basically been telling the m.p.'s that now it's up to them to tallahassee what have position shelby and she's hoping that she can gets some clear mandate here from the house of commons where we are where tempers are running high with protesters from from. a european but also from leaves sides to reason may can be told by m.p.'s what it is that had negotiation position should be she's hoping that there will be some compromise deal within her own party that allows her to go back to brussels and basically reopen the withdrawal agreement and ask for alternative arrangements when it comes to the northern ireland backs of that's about the future of northern ireland and of course the e.u. is very very skeptical and we've already had that it's going to be. very very

difficult to actually reopen this agreement because it had in the end been agreed by the u.k. government and also by the e.u. so but nevertheless she hopes that there will be a clear position from the house of parliament that then she can take forward and as she tries to find out what that is from her parliamentarians the u.k. meantime is scheduled to leave the e.u. in just two months and still we really have no clear deal here to manage that transition how are the british people reacting to back here get. well i don't know if you can hear behind me there is a lot of shouting going on i've witnessed scuffles between those who want to leave without a deal they say we don't need any deal from the european union don't make it more complicated we can just go and that's the best just cut off completely and as soon as possible there are others that are hoping still to get a second referendum a so-called people's vote and it really doesn't look like these two frictions in

the country can be brought together and in the house of fire lament we have seen similar divisions. so what are the next steps after the vote this evening. well one important amendment and this is going to be interesting to see where that gets a majority is about actually. looking for an extension it's excluding and no deal breaks it this comes from a labor m.p. and this is going to be crucial as to whether to reason may will then have to at the end of february if no deal is reached then if she has to ask for an extension of the whole process because in the house of parliament there is and that goes through the parties there is really fear that by the fall the u.k. will crush out the european union if no agreement can be reached and that has really devastating consequences for business not a lot of parliamentarians are willing to risk it so the reason may doesn't want it

either the question is just how can it be achieved and at the end of today we'll just know a little better what the process is going to be likely to be or at least that's the hope that we will know a little bit better here to mass with the very latest from london where there is much at play today thanks for your morning. and a bit earlier today we got the european viewpoint is chief political editor or caught up with men from veba he's the man hoping to become the next e.u. commission president she asked him about the likelihood of seeing a clear signal coming out of london today. because nobody can predict that for the moment of the big outcome of the of the votes but i welcome the votes that we have a chance to get clarity about the ideas of the parliament again i think it's a historic moment for the for the country to get the coming understanding among the party political families to get

a common understanding about the long term relationship towards european friends we are still friends we want to work together but we need a clear idea of what's to achieve now there are also mixed signals out of brussels and leaders say this you go to says that this backs a deal can't be reopened others are saying let's talk so how much room for maneuver is this still to make any kind of concessions towards london there is no room of maneuver for the legally binding treaty it is on the table so the commission will bunny has the full support of the european parliament on this if somebody has an idea to reopen this treaty then everything is again reopened then we talk again about the protests we talk again about the fisheries polities we talk again about how much great britain must pay when they are leaving the european union so it is a balanced agreement the need is a tariff occasion on the long term relationship you have in london the big problem of the backstop on the table that is a domestic discussion the biggest problem for for their education and everybody

knows we can't avoid a backstop because it's only a fallback position we can avoid a backstop if we have a clear idea on the long term relationship if we know what we want to achieve we can make it in the next two or four years in citrus transitional period that's let's clarify the long term relationship and then we have a good perspective for the future now you're the conservative candidate in these upcoming e.u. elections of course it will have an impact there either way particular also on those populist parties you've reached already across the aisle calling on all parties to basically join forces against the vi. populists from the right how do you want to avoid these elections becoming a de facto referendum for or against europe or for against migration we're discussing the european elections not brax it or not the yes or no to europe we discuss the direction of this continent and in democratic elections people show up

and tell us as politicians in which direction we should go with the majority decision what we have to put on the table as democratic parties is to give people an idea about the direction for example i'm a candidate who tells people very clearly if i become commission president stops enlargement talks towards turkey i don't think that turkey can become a member of the european union and it's a vote for one of the p.p. parties in europe they will get a commission president who who says is very clearly and will do this after the votes so we have to be concrete we have to be clear what are we offering to the citizens and to have a lively debate in the election campaign and would be about thank you very much. and with just two months to go until brags that signs of the country's division are really everywhere. visited a london restaurant run by immigrants where the owner stance on bribes that has led to threats against him and his staff where. it's lunch time for either him dos in his restaurant westminster kitchen he arrived in london from the kurdish

region of turkey twenty five years ago the recent break that debates in parliament made him 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 and so therefore today. not even him small act of protest in his restaurant didn't come without consequences overnight nasty messages started appearing on social media. traitors within gallows in which basically it's given your message to gargle dealing with this so. telling you what they might do to you there's posted threatening to burn the place down or to demonstrate in front of the restaurant most of abraham's 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 getting judge we can hear on the news all the time talking about the people been called in aussie

and i'm saying nasty things about also here and according to tar ex boss abraham there is one clear reason for this change. since the brits it was the divisions in our country have grown up so is more division than before the brits it will took place so the fruits were receiving an unacceptable that unpleasant and it's becoming to the environment that the government would say created has been a bit hostile for 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. to brazil now where the death toll after last week's dam collapse has risen to sixty five but that number is expected to rise further as authorities estimate that hundreds more people are still missing under the debris as rescuers continue their search anger is mounting for the mining company

responsible for the down. the search for a sign of life in devastated burma. here rest cure is located a bus that was filled with passengers when the flood of mud and mining waste hit no one could be saved but they had to try. this year. in this type of event any loss of life that we have is in the past days have been a nightmare. really. my son my brother in law the husband of my niece my friends they were all there and we have no news of any of them. by authorities give interviews and talk of numbers but nothing else we. think of and it's not just the families who are demanding answers in sao paolo environmentalist's staged protests outside the headquarters of the

mines owner the company is already facing legal action over another similar collapse in twenty fifteen. the beauty of it we're seeing more and more such disasters and every time the environmental impact is worse and so is the economic impact because post disaster the municipality becomes poor it destroys agriculture destroys fishing it affects commerce and resource this. is simply said . it's not clear yet what caused the damming brandy new to burst it had passed safety inspections just last year meanwhile hopes to find any most of my business birds under the mud are fading. and. i have to mention that it's now being reported that brazilian authorities have issued arrest warrants for five people in connection with the dam collapse two of those five are engineers who work for the german safety inspection company that carried out the last safety inspection on the

collapsed mine we'll keep you updated on that story as it develops but in the meantime it has been two months since a horrifying crash that could have taken the life of an up and coming german racecar driver eighteen year old sofia flourish crashed in a formula three race in macao suffering fractures in her neck but now she's on the mend with every intention of getting back on track w. caught up with her in her hometown you nick. life goes on for sophia flourish the images of the crash that changed her life follow her wherever she goes but reliving that moment had a will to watch because because the crash was just told well looks horrible but you crash 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 managed to repair two broken bones in flushes 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 never was relief skied should not be able to continue when i started doing some training again and i really had to start from the beginning so this is kind of depressing at some stage but i think i mentioned quite good and i'm back kind of pick 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 on a highway it 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 they're 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 different. i grew up with the sports. but i started i was four years old and i've 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 our toughest opponents over the past few years mick the son of michael schumacher. i know makes things a long time but always like fighting with each other we were fighting for many years here if i have the same possibilities as him i would be to. this terror 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 attention because for crush i was it was because of success so everyone has knowledge of how all you all you know you but i think once i step into the car and perform there i hope that everyone will see me again as the girl racing and to go racing fost featuring 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 now a quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you here the united states has announced criminal charges against fall way the chinese telecom giant is accused of espionage and violating sanctions against iran denies the charges and calls the indictment unfair and. you're watching news coming up in asia more on that acquittal of the christian pakistani woman at the center of

a high profile blasphemy case is leading the country the price that she will have to pay for freedom and china's daring delivery man who braved the i scene rose on the highest mountain passes of ted that will find out what it takes to drive the crowds this. and with that you're watching. news asia is coming. up next and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's at e.w. dot com you can also follow us on social media i'm sarah kelly in for when thank you so much for joining us have a great. odds .

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stays in pakistan that's the choice facing us your baby after being a quarter of blasphemy where does that leave the rule of law in pakistan but freedom would still mean death plus. he's one of the few intrepid souls on this highway to meet a chinese delivery man who braved these icy year olds and although i did invent those. and the victims of the fathers through from critic you join the ranks of the .