this is the w. news live from berlin the u.k. bans equipment from chinese tech giant one way on its 5 g. mobile networks it's a dramatic u. turn that will delay the rollout of britain's high speed network here and beijing wants london will bear the consequences also coming up france's france celebrates busting day under the shadow of the coronavirus a scaled down ceremony in paris pays tribute to the nation's health care workers

president michael will lay out his plans to overcome the pandemic and the shutdowns in a televised televised address later today. plus california issues a sweeping rollback of its plans to reopen for business bars restaurants and places of worship shut down again over a new surge in the coronavirus. welcome to the program the british government will ban walk away from having any role in providing technology for its 5 g. networks from 2027 on with a company barred from providing any new equipment from the end of this year the u.k. previously gave the chinese company the green lights to operate spot following strong pressure from the trumped up ministration to ban wall way completely the government has made a dramatic u. turn citing serious security. concerns is what the u.k.'s digital secretary of

a doubt about to say the government agrees with the national side security sense advice the best way to secure our networks is for operators to stop using new effect to while away to prevent to build the new case future 5 g. networks so to be clear from the end of this year telecoms operators must not buy any 5 to equipment from her wallet and once the telecoms security bill is passed it will be illegal for them to do so joining me now is emily taylor an associate fellow at chatham house international security program and really how significant is the decision to block walk away from the u.k.'s 5 g. network is very significant not just at a technical level and for the businesses of the mobile operators it's also significant geopolitically both for the impact on the u.k.'s relationship with china and with the us and of cool opening up distance between the u.k.

and the rest of the european union on this issue why has the u.k. taken this decision now and is it justified there are a number of reasons why the u.k. has taken this decision if you recall the u.k. announced its position on wall way back in january and so to sort of cover a middle way if you like that would acknowledge that security concerns voiced by the us and other international allies but also kept 3 the business as usual for the mobile operators the limits of 35 percent set back in january very much reflected the status quo. what we're seeing now is a ramping up of tension there is a fairly respectable technological. excuse if you like for changing position and that is the unknown impact of u.s.

sanctions affecting semiconductor chip supply but there are lots and lots of other more political reasons both internationally and domestically where a fair number of the of the governing parties representatives a very opposed to having while way a you just mentioned international repercussions do you expect this decision from the u.k. to resonate resonate outside of the u.k. . very much so because part of the drivers for reopening the decision are about international tensions china has already had very harsh words for the u.k. in response to hong kong and there are also tensions surrounding the chinese attitude towards the weaker muslims i think also the pandemic has played a part and certainly affected public opinion in the united kingdom and

a recent opinion poll done by the financial times suggests that 83 percent of british people don't trust china at the moment but this is clearly an effort to move closer in line with other 5 eyes partnerships 5 eyes being the intelligence sharing cooperation between the us australia and others but it will also cools problems with china at a point where the u.k. is exit ing the european union see making those ties weaker with european partners and the european european other member states have been doing their own thing with while away a display i call that you know for us for an overall policy and overall coordinated response in fact every country has been ripping out 5 g. in their own way and countries has been to use while they in some way i'm literally

of chatham house thank you very much thank you. to france now which is celebrating its national holiday busty day march this year public celebrations have been cancelled or scaled back in the capital paris for the 1st time since 1945 authorities have counseled the traditional parade along the shores of music instead a much smaller event took place featuring the tributes to health workers representatives from 4 european countries including germany were also present as their governments took in $161.00 french virus victims at the height of the crisis . at home president markov has been facing a lot of criticism only recently he we shuffled his cabinet that is not going down well with everybody either especially when it comes to the appointments of justice minister. under interior minister. that.

these protesters are carrying gender equality symbolically to its growth. they say the 2 recent appointments deal a death blow to the promise president in monaco made when he came to power 3 years ago. is accused of having raped a woman in 2009 disappointment is it insulting to all women who are victims of sexual violence and to perm what he has said many like being whistled at in the street and to what extent can you not listen to victims this is a scandalous call that i. am scared if i were a victim of sexual violence one day i would have to turn to institutions run by 6 us people who are accused of rape to each want to do i look to. the point of star lawyer. as justice minister is also causing a stir amongst magistrates they don't feel he's on this side they didn't declare. quite images disappointment is like a declaration of war by a man and i call as

a lawyer diplomat i t. has time and again been contentious towards magistrates judges and prosecutors. and there is a high risk of conflict of interest is law firm is involved in many high profile cases for example the now former justice minister just launched another inquiry into his latest case the form of it he will receive the results of that inquiry although he's also the lawyer pressing charges. the government is trying to calm the waves after all do pull my appointment was supposed to give my core new shine after 3 years of controversial reforms unlike in other countries the coronavirus crisis has hardly improved the sluggish approval ratings. and i am much more with no one i would keep the best parts of our system and change its worst parts. be i'm entitled to the presumption of innocence but i'm obviously at the disposal of all magistrates and if you know. that such words only fuel the end

of the humans rights protest says more than $50000.00 people have already signed an online petition asking for the minister's resignation is a bit of a country should take a stand against these appointments this concerns only and not just the one that's in front of us and there are these protesters will continue their fight more gatherings and demonstrations are planned for the coming days. and are some of the other stories making news around the world german chancellor angela merkel is attending a cabinet meeting of the bavarian government for the 1st time was invited by state primary mark was. favorites to succeed her according to a recent survey more than half of germans would like to see him run for chancellor . the us government has carried out its 1st execution in 17 years hours after the supreme court gave the go ahead authorities put to death a man who was convicted of murdering a family in the 1990s but ministration says the return to executions is in the

interest of victims but the victim's relatives. oppose the move. in sun go hundreds of firefighters have been battling a blaze on a u.s. naval vessel for a 2nd day the fire started in the lower congo book hold of the u.s.s. bonhomme richard which was docked as a naval base for routine maintenance. the trial of a multi g. hardest of war crimes and crimes against humanity has begun at the international criminal court in the. head of the islamic police in the mallee and city of timbuktu in west africa prosecutors allege he was responsible for torture rape and sexual slavery it's claimed was a key member of. islamist group with links to al qaeda which rule to book to between april 2012th and generate 2030. almost africa

correspondent for the for us this is off the pace. rape sexual slavery some of the most brutal acts of war crimes and crimes against humanity these are just some of the charges brought forward against being tried today at the i.c.c. in the hague now the man himself an alleged member on 13 an extremist group the true apostle for the mahdi from trying to tell you all until early twenty's 13 this man that the charges are serious enough to be even dealt with at a global poor witnesses hava say that the man wasn't only a member of. but i defy the chief of the police that enforce a system of under very strict sharia law now he is not the 1st suspect to be tried at the school a former rebel and a former member. has been sentenced to 9 years in prison and 2016 but this trial may take

a bit longer for very pragmatic reasons due to the global pandemic through which is this call trouble from mali to the hague. and the entire case may only be a short note here in west africa let alone in mali a country which is currently in the midst of its warm oil and violence against the government there mass protests now for weeks demanding the resignation of president the man who's been in office since 2013 but so far wasn't able to effectively contain the violence in the country and bring terrorism and interethnic violence to a halt. the governor of california has ordered thousands of businesses to shut down after briefly reopening includes restaurants bars and places of worship across america's most populous states the decision comes after news reports of covert $900.00 cases across a number of u.s. states last metropolitan areas in california including los angeles and san francisco are among those affected. back to square one california

shuts down most of its public life for the 2nd time back in march it was the 1st u.s. state to impose a strict stay at home order even closing down its beaches parks and campsites but now that more is known about how the virus is transmitted the state has shifted its policy allowing outdoor activities to continue while closing most indoor facilities today we are announcing additional statewide actions as a relates to our stay at home order here in the state of california we are now effectively rather fact of today requiring all counties to close their indoor act to teach their indoor operations the governor's acting on the fact that nuke over 1000 cases in the state have surpassed 8000 a day more than twice as many as a month ago this could soon overburden hospitals in rural parts of california

beyond bars and restaurants the governor has also called for the closing of gyms hair salons churches and non-essential workplaces in most counties but even those lucky enough to work in an area where businesses like these remain open don't know for how long. if we don't make no no money to pay the rent the little shop for $2.00 so everybody has a problem yeah and also we don't have any income and then the family of families the problem. with more than $7500000.00 californians already filing for unemployment benefits since the pandemic hit the latest shutdown could mean the final blow for countless livelihoods. it was you do w. news here's a reminder of our top story at this hour the u.k. government has banned chinese take john huawei technology from its 5 g. network telecom companies and must remove one way prevent by 2027 the u.s.

is threatened to sever intelligence sharing deal with britain over concerns the way quitman would pursue the saved chinese spy. this is the the.