headlining at the world's largest trade fair for the island a street we take you to the mobile world congress in barcelona. welcome to the w business i'm genoud in milan in berlin thanks for joining us a strong start in the trading week for equity markets across the world stocks surged after u.s. president donald trump said he was postponing a new round of tariffs on china originally scheduled for march first that has investors increasingly confident that a comprise a comprehensive trade deal between the worlds the two biggest economies could now be within reach of addressing a meeting of state governors at the white house u.s. president donald trump said he expected positive results from the u.s. china trade talks. but i told you how. how well we did with our trade talks in china and it looks like they'll be coming back quickly again and we're going to have another summit we're going to have a signing summit which is even better so hopefully we can get that completed but we're getting very very close to that news after trump said he would postpone a march first deadline for terrified on chin

the mobile world congress in barcelona is in full swing bringing together the brightest heads in the telecommunications business and was sound is just one of several startups from africa attending this year's congress the busy trade fair office opportunities for networking and sharing ideas. most sungai translates as faster which perfectly suits the logistics from zambia in my new way quinta is its chief financial officer the company has twelve employees it provides on demand delivery to five hundred customers across and be out like many of the other delegates from startups here at the m w c and barcelona is on the lookout for business partners in an hour he'll give a presentation on his company and his hopes are high so there's a lot i'm expecting from us at all the start is a good intermingle with a lot of investors a lot of people interested in the just experienced who want to partner with us be true funding to be true up to see how we can work together technically and also i think there's a huge opportunity to learn how other people in the same space. to do the business know what

if you look at the 5g market shaping up where mobile world congress has been the leading -- leader ing this technology, it this has been a distraction. you have the china tariff issue, the huawei issue, the 5g slower launching because of the network not being strong enough, so you have all of these issues. unfortunately, this is becoming a distraction. when you look at mobile world congress this year, we may find it is more shiny stuff and less substance. this is one of those distractions. emily: one of the substantive announcements you are expecting? >> i explicitly want to see the shape and potential -- growth potential for carriers in the near term. even just random use cases. this is when we are launching 5g, these are five ideas we could use 5g to make money above what we were doing in 4g. we're not launching it and mass, we are launching it -- in mass, we are launching into these areas and this is how we will make more money. that is going to be interesting. i expect stuff from as a telecom and even verizon -- sk telecom and even verizon. those could be the specialty use cases.

so, the mobile world congress, tracy, our camerawoman, doing a finejob.raph. marks & spencer preparing for online. i am really excited, i used to supply ocado. they are an incredible company. they are an incredible company. they are an incredible tech company. this is great, they can focus on the technology, i was talking about how no businesses to fail. chairman at m&s has said we need to get out of this lull urbanity and shifting and we need to think about online. the issue they have not run it so far is because delivery, on average, costs £11 for a retailer. so you can't, well, if their view don't know what well, if their view don't know what we are talking about, it is this online deliveries, the average marks & spencer shopping basket is £20. you can see that what they need to do is increase the spend. marks & spencer do well with their ready meals in groceries, and they don't provide an online grocery service for that. i am provide an online grocery service for that. iam really provide an online grocery service for that. i am really excited about th

those are the number one game changes in the tech industry after the moment where the world mobile congress in barcelona to find out what really is the next big thing. also coming up meet against the god now of los angeles and his radical ideas about feeding the sprawling city is least lost and left behind. this is the business i'm good how else was in berlin welcome but first we go to asia where markets are up across the board that's after u.s. presidents donald trump said he was postponing a new round of tariffs on china scheduled for march first china's stock markets jumped by over five percent with the shanghai composite index gaining five point six and shares on the shans and com said jumping by five point four percent investors are increasingly confident that a comprehensive trade deal between china and the u.s. could now be within reach. so let's talk about this have to bring in our financial correspondent color of business standing by in frankfurt correct that's quite a significant jump there on the s.s.i. is that all just from story. it's. well you know if the united states and chi

now our colleague is at the mobile world congress event in barcelona where she's been tracking all theest news and product launches in the telecom sector good morning, karen. >> good morning. there have been a ton of product launches and the most exciting take away message is these foldable phones but they're very expensive. we thought the apple iphone at $1,000 was expensive, samsung close to 2,000 huawei 2,600 who is going to buy these cell phones what do you make of the fact that we've now got these phones that are getting more expensive? >> a ton of announcements over the last day or so here, and the foldable phone has got a lot of attention but it's also all about 5g and the big range there as well. so we've got a bunch of 5g phones from north of $500 up to $2,600 as you say and that gives a range for all types of consumers. >> the price tag is eye watering expensive for a consumer at this point when you have economies starting to slow down a little bit, do you see much volume at the high end when you're selling these devices whether on contract or out right to customers? >> well,

we have mobile world congress on the way, 5g, many other technologies in focus. you most excited about? >> i used to track a lot of stuff going on in the mobile world and cell phones. every day i wanted to see what is new and cell phones-- in cell phones. i've lost that interest. i'm more interested in things like the new television sets , the 8k televisions. i don't know if i would benefit from 5g or i really feel the need for an increase in bandwidth on cellular bandwidth right now. interested in, i'm interested in electric cars, where they are going, what the benefits are, what their problems are, and the infrastructure for them. at a low, i'm sort of point. i'm waiting for apple to come back into the game too with something. >> new and out striking is that what needs to be done from apple's side given what we have seen from the samsung? there's a sense that apple is falling behind. >> apple has been the leader in areas like facial id, touch id, and payment with a phone. everyone else had to follow, but they are not the leader in things like the folding phone

is the future so that's a message that's coming out of the mobile world congress in barcelona the fifth generation of mobile connectivity is set to usher in a new era of super fast internet speeds and that will open up a range of new gadgets from driverless cars to remote surgery and even humanoid robots charlie angela reports from barcelona. at this tech trade fair there's one thing everyone is pitching it's five thirty. five. life is about their wi-fi to the network a hundred times faster than forty wireless internet will be rolled out in twenty twenty but in some places it's already operating here patients under the knife at a hospital in barcelona is linked by five g. cameras to the mobile world congress where a senior surgeon is guiding his genius through a gastro intestinal operation the world's first live five g. assisted surgery one of the main problems you are not in the right plane piece you can't make an injury into the year it it's estimated that every year one hundred forty three million surgeries can't be performed due to lack of surgical knowledge doctor and to new delays

explained will featsn the current 4g networks and that was just one of the topics at the mobile world congress, an annual conference that attracts heavy hitters from e wireless industry. john ford is covering the eve for us from barcelona, spain. >> reporter: 5g, geopolitics and foldable phones, all grabbing atteion at mobile world congress in barcelona. some of tech's power pyers are positioning themselves for a surge in spending on faster, more power efficnt networks, hoping for a once in a decade opportunity to pull ahead ofri ls. with u.s. carriers lighting up the first citywide mobile 5g networks this year, the business opportunity for tech heavy weights like vmware is finally real. >> i really see to 20 as where it's going to happen. right now, the national anthem is playing. next year, ghe games started. >> reporter: vmware is offering technology to help serviceov ers transition to 5e, meanwhilevice makers like huawei and samsung are already rolling out 5g phones. geopolitics looming in the background of this year's show. intel's s bn said the sooner those clouds clear, the better. >> i

jon fortt live at the mobile world congress in barcelona.e from jon in a couple minutes, including his interviews with the vmware ceo >>> we begin with warren buffett. talking the state of the economy, his stake in apple, and his thoughts on jerome powell ahead of his testimony tomorrow. >> overall, the rate of improvement is tapered, but certainly hasn't flattened now, that can change next month and home construction has been disappointing. right now things are fine. there are stocks i would buy that we own nine and a fraction percent, and i may be selling a bit, they're repurchasing shares and i don't want to drift over 10%. but apple, i don't see myself selling. the lower it goes, the better i like it obviously. i don't second guess it. he is a terrific choice for fed chairman he was at the treasury in 1991 when solomon was in trouble. i saw him make a lot of good decisions for the united states government, he's a smart man, very level headed. he understands both business and economics and i don't think you could have a better chairman >>

the mobile world congress the world's largest mobile communications trade fairs kicked off in barcelona last week some say the world's largest smartphone manufacturer presented a sensation a phone that unfolds to form a template well now china still way says it's gone one step further. away says the mate x. is the fastest foldable five g. phone in the world. it appears to be a well thought out designed to buy you from the screen folds back to become a six point six inch display bigger than the screen on the foldable phone samsung unveiled last week but the while away device won't be out till at least june those who can wait will be deep pockets and not just affect the phone it will cost twenty three hundred euros in europe and in barcelona its look don't touch the five point four millimeter thin phone is only on display behind much thicker plexiglas. feeling things may actually it's quite amazing amazing me because i say. that it's nice to hold on the side i think it's a very useful and i think in my pressure on these too expensive for these device it's not ready yet has a lot of for ye

we are at the mobile world congress in barcelona next weekend.d twitter @bbcclick. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon. hello there. we have a dry day coming up, and for most of us there will be lengthy spells of sunshine, but we have seen dense patches of fog around this morning, causing perhaps one or two problems out and about on the roads. that fog is due to clear away, and the weather will become sunny and very mild for the time of year once again. the fog has been thick this morning with visibility down to 100 metres in places, so some slow going on the roads, and the fog is forecast to lift away. in many cases, clear blue sky as we go through this afternoon, it will become very mild, northern ireland missing out, it will be cloudy and breezy, but not cold. in belfast reaching a high of 11, but these temperatures way above normal for the time of year, reaching 16 or 17 across parts of england and wales, and if we compare that with what we should be seeing this time of year, eight or nine, you can see it is very mild. most of the temp

in barcelona the mobile world congress the world's largest mobile communications trade fair is in full swing but falling global demand for new mobile phones as handset makers trying to find that next big innovation that will make it into the mainstream. from foldable phones to five g. ready prototypes manufacturers' bold their shiny used and newest products to. certainly has built technology used in professional film cameras like these into its latest smartphone. the images look practically cinematic use it certainly has also made big improvements to its screens the new flagship should hit the market in june and cost around nine hundred fifty euros it certainly has been steadily losing market share. we remain being completely dedicated to address this smartphone industry was all devices and looking to five g. in the future this is going to be a cutting edge technology where it's a very important to remain in this industry for sony and we are completely dedicated to stay to stay within this industry. but certainly only has a prototype five g. phone on display samsung on the other hand i

we are at the mobile world congress in barcelona next weekend.itter @bbcclick. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon. hello there. the setting sun on wednesday marked the end of this balmy, warm spell for february, which has brought record—breaking temperatures. and we are returning to something back to near normal, with some wet and windy this weekend. the big area of high pressure ebbs away, the high pressure which brought the southerly winds and we see the influence coming back in the atlantic, areas of low pressure developing with weather fronts, and as they hurtle towards our shores and also drag in some cooler air from the north atlantic, right across the country, as you can see here. so we start to see the change early this morning taking place across the south—west corner of england into wales, increasing breeze, more cloud with showery bursts of rain but elsewhere largely dry start to thursday, low cloud, mist, and fog and quite a chilly start. so we could start off with a little bit of early brightness this morning, some low cloud,

we are at the mobile world congress in barcelona next weekend.@bbcclick. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon. hello. it has been quite a mixed picture to start the day today. many of us had a bright start. earlier, we saw beautiful sunrise in argyll and bute, the rising sun illuminating the cloud. to the west, a weak weather front has been working its way across northern ireland, into western scotland. in the south, dense patches of fog causing a few problems on the road. some cancellations for flights at london city airport. the milky weather is taking the time to clear and lift across south—eastern england. the sun comes up for most of us. the weather clearing in northern ireland, but a bit of rain for scotland. for most of us, dry and bright day, with sunshine, and one for the time of year. temperatures could reach 18 celsius in the south. to put it in context, that is around nine or 10 degrees above normal for the time of year. it is the kind of temperatures we would normally expect in late may, not late february. the six nations rugby

is the future that's the message coming out of the my about world congress in barcelona the fifth generation of mobile connectivity is set to usher in a new era of super fast internet speeds and that will open up a range of new gadgets from driverless cars to remote surgery and even humanoid robots charlie angela reports from barcelona. at this tech trade fair there's one thing everyone is pitching it's five thirty. five's. life is about there if i just look at the network a hundred times faster than forty wireless internet will be rolled out in twenty twenty but in some places it's already operating here patients under the knife at a hospital in barcelona is linked by five g. cameras to the mobile world congress where a senior surgeon is guiding his genius through a gastro intestinal operation the world's first live five g. assisted surgery one of them main problem is you are not in the right plane piece you can't make an injury into the year it is estimated that every year one hundred forty three million surgeries can't be performed due to lack of surgical knowledge doctor and to new delay

welcome back now tech experts at the world at the mobile world congress in barcelona are predicting a revolution in connectivity with the rollout of five g. the new network will usher in an era of super fast internet speeds and that will open up a range of new services and products driverless cars to remote surgery charlie and general ports now from boston. at this tech trade fair there's one thing everyone is pitching it's five thirty. five. life is about there if i just look at the network a hundred times faster than forty wireless internet will be rolled out in twenty twenty but in some places it's already operating here patients under the knife at a hospital in barcelona is linked by five g. cameras to the mobile world congress where a senior surgeon is guiding his genius through a gastro intestinal operation the world's first live five g. assisted surgery one of the main problems you are not in the right plane piece you can't make an injury into the year it is estimated that every year one hundred forty three million surgeries can't be performed due to lack of surgical knowledge

we are at the mobile world congress in barcelona next weekend.itter — @bbcclick. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon. hello, it looks like next weekend, oui’ hello, it looks like next weekend, our weather will be cooler and u nsettled. our weather will be cooler and unsettled. until then, it our weather will be cooler and unsettled. untilthen, it is our weather will be cooler and unsettled. until then, it is pretty much as you were. the mornings may start like this, just as they did this morning, but for many of us as we come out of that and see some blue sky and temperatures well above normalfor blue sky and temperatures well above normal for this blue sky and temperatures well above normalfor this time of blue sky and temperatures well above normal for this time of year. satellite pictures from earlier shows we did see some cloud in northern ireland and western scotland. this produced some patchy rain earlier. that has edged further east, but any rain or through this zone will die away into tonight, but we are left with an area of cloud,

here at the mobile world congress over two thousand exhibitors on veiling their latest products robots are being robbed by a number of our partners if you take the computing power and put it in the network and open the closet and then you can lower costs robots. that are on the shelf and you can instantly program those robots so they might be making them a star of products in one moment. few minutes later they are solving a revision. making capital is faster than humans these robotic baristas are already operational in south korea pumping out hundreds of bespoke coffees to commuters but it's in areas of health safety and security that tech innovations will really reap benefits. take this sky ship with he senses a three sixty degree camera and drones that can be deployed in seconds it could be used for surveillance or in inaccessible disaster zones where food and medicine can only get in from above big launches here came from microsoft with its hollow lens two and mixed reality headset that overlays computer images on the real world imagine repair instructions floating over a machine as

also on the show african startups gain funding at the mobile world congress in barcelona we show you what's on display. welcome to do business africa want to get jones in berlin glad you could join us and we start in nigeria where investors reacted with mixed feelings to the election victory of president. hadi the nigeria stuff. exchange dipped following the news wow raised won a second term at the helm of africa's largest economy and top although producer he defeated his more business friendly rival. in a moment we'll go live to lagos but first this report. after an election marred by violence and allegations of fraud president biharis victory has had the stamp of approval from nigeria's electoral commission. you need.

companies signed a memorandum of understanding with telecom egypt on the sidelines of the mobile world congress currently taking place in bass and or nash spain way is a major sell off concerts in egypt and wants to expand in africa including surveillance technology the continent's personal data protection laws are less stringent than in general. and that is business africa here on d w thanks for keeping us company. three points on the confidence boost don't be. regained the stream. three three points and the big surprise of. we'll. continue in. just. the way the most almost at the get take a look i can't. prove those. but again i'm just i mean. this is deja vu news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes dissent is on trial in cabinet opposition leader maurice comptroller is one of hundreds facing charges that carry the death penalty what osp rights groups if the international community is ignoring the crisis. and results are trickling in off to nigeria's election but some say there was no time.

company signed a memorandum of understanding with telecom egypt on the sidelines of the mobile world congress. currently taking place in spain way is a may just sell off concerts in egypt and wants to expand in africa including surveillance technology the continent's personal data protection laws are less stringent than in general. and that is business africa here on d w thanks for keeping us company. in our glorious party it's a real party because there is no rubbish on you about everyone writes that only him on their own car and the republic. and you know what the great thing is here is an early. they are digital warriors. for women for internet activists one mission. the battle for freedom and dignity. courageous and determined they campaign for women's rights and for peace. they mobilize against femicide. or compulsory they are. their messages are spreading like wildfire. social media is quite critical. and thousands of others are. among. the streets. women were changing the. digital. stores march. on g.w. . frank food. international gateway to the best connection self in road and rail. l

don't forget, next week we are at the mobile world congress in barcelona.ebook, youtube, instagram and twitter at @bbcclick. thanks for watching and we will see you soon. good evening, this time last year, we we re good evening, this time last year, we were starting to feel the effects of the so—called beast from the east. but not this year, there is still some cold air across siberia, but it is not coming to our direction. instead, ourair is coming from the south—west, a mild air, which are pushed temperatures up air, which are pushed temperatures up above 19 degrees today. 19.1 in parts of west wales, a new february record for wales. more of this weather to come, through the first pa rt weather to come, through the first part of the week. but some frosty nights and foggy mornings. by the end of the week, things will turn a little bit more unsettled. not from the east, from the west. as we go through tonight, temperatures after such a warm day will dip away. one or two spot in the south could get down to minus six degrees. not as cold further north and wes

yousef: we've got the mobile world congress underway. 5g and other technologies in focus.t are you most excited about? steve: i used to track a lot of what was going on in the mobile world and cell phones. every day, i wanted to look, what is coming out and cell phones? i would buy the latest products. many of them i had and i have lost that interest. i am more interested in things like the new television sets that are coming out, the 5g television, hk televisions. i don't know that i will benefit from 5g or i really feel the need for an increase in cellular bandwidth right now so that will not impact me much. electricrested in cars, were they are going, what the benefits are, what their problems are. the infrastructure for them. right now -- i am sort of at a low point, but i am waiting for apple to come back in the game, too with something new and striking. yousef: is that what needs to be done from apple given what we have seen from samsung? there is a sense that apple is falling behind in the innovation game. steve: apple has been the leader for a long time in areas li

world economy. lauren: fed chair powell testifies before congress this week.im to say and if he'll address maybe altering, if you will, altering is a good word here, the inflation targets of 2%. >> i don't know that they're going to alter it too much. i think they'll talk about -- that inflation's been h below 2% for so many years now, that if it did tend to pop above 2%, as long as it didn't get above 2.5% for a sustained period of time, i don't think that really causes major problems for the fed. that doesn't seem to be a threat right now. if anything, global inflationary pressures have been lessening. so i'm not really that worried about that. i think he's going to get peppered with a lot of questions, probably more from the democratic side, as to whether he caved to political pressure to switch the fed's stance. and i really don't think it was political pressure. i think it was the slowing in the global economy and i think the fed looked at where the economy was headed and said wow, we've already done a lot, let's just take a step back. lauren: right. and

the biggest annual event of what many see as the world's most important industry, and is mobile world congresstermined to make a big statement. huawei, barely known outside china eight years ago, is now number two in smartphone sales at the world's is maker of telecoms equipment. and with this folding phone which will work on the new five g networks when they arrive, it is telling the world that is now the leading smartphone innovator. —— 5g. huawei, we bring you the future of design, the future of technology. days after samsung launched a folding phone, huawei said its version was bigger, better and even more expensive. huawei's incredibly proud of its state—of—the—art 5g foldable incredibly expensive phone, and wants to talk about that. it said it wouldn't talk to us about the security row that could shut it out of europe's can in future. huawei's 5g equivalent is widely regarded as cutting—edge. us government officials are here in barcelona to repeat their message that europe should shut out the chinese firm as unsafe. basically, the united states is putting a lot of pressure on to european

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cehic.i'm nejra at the mobile world congress in barcelona.of ireland has -- they haverlying boosted their dividends to $.16 per share. towards a payout ratio of around 50%. join us on the phone from dublin , the bankca mcdonagh of ireland ceo. when you think they will hit that 50% pay out? >> we are reporting are 2018 fully resolved lending's we have creased our profitability and dividends. we said before it continues to be our policy kahlil dukes to 50% out in the more median turn. nejra: to have any marks pacific's and the median turn. ? no yvonne he said median turn -- medium-term. you are confident about the strategy that we are delivering. median turn strategy and today demonstrates we are delivering against that strategy and going and transforming the bank of ireland. you said you are considering all options. you wanted to reduce the level of bad loans. where are your possible loan sales? we're looking at all options. we managed to improve our book by 24% in 2018. it's now down to about 6.3% of our total book. are the best bank in irela

is the future that's the message coming out of the mobile world congress in barcelona the fifth generation of mobile connectivity is set to usher in a new era of super fast internet speeds and that will open up a range of new gadgets from driverless cars to remote surgery and even humanoid robots charlie and to reports from barcelona. at this tech trade fair there's one thing everyone is pitching it's five thirty. five. life is about there if i just look at the network a hundred times faster than four g. wireless internet will be rolled out in twenty twenty but in some places it's already operating here patients under the knife at a hospital in barcelona is linked by five g. cameras to the mobile world congress for a senior surgeon is guiding his genius through a gastro intestinal operation the world's first live five g. assisted surgery one of them main problem is you are not in the right plane piece you can't make an injury into the year it it's estimated that every year one hundred forty three million surgeries can't be performed due to lack of surgical knowledge doctor and to new delay

trump plans to release an executive order before the world congress that very 25. the u.s.ns allies anybody using huawei or chinese technology could face u.s. countermeasures. a secret break at working group has a project called project after. the group is putting together a strategy to revive the u.k. economy in the case of no deal. theresa may leaves brussels without a deal and goes to dublin to get changes before time runs out. amazon boss jeff bezos is accusing the national enquirer of extortion and blackmail. the publication published an expose on him and his relationship with tv personality . he says the inquirer has threatened to publish revealing photos if he does not stop the probe. special counsel robert mueller is looking into paul manafort meetings in 2016. until yesterday, metaphor met --h constantineh \ he was charged last year with witness tampering, but has not answered the indictment. supporta's embassies nicolas maduro. argentina and brazil temporarily switch sides. they now say the websites were hacked. global news, 24 hours a day on air and at tic-toc on

congress calling the u.s. president a con man and a racist. and president is half a world away in vietnam will his second summit with north korea's leader more concrete results than his facts. hello i'm a star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up accusations from both sides as india and pakistan continue their clashes over the disputed kashmir region . and we speak with the families of venezuelan soldiers imprisoned for their opposition to the regime. while the lawyer who once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump has fired his own salvo at the u.s. president michael cohen who spent hours testifying before a congressional committee and the hearing wrapped up just a short time ago it was a day marked by heated pauses and ship even by washington standards we'll be live there in a moment but she has begins our coverage. as expected michael curran explicitly links donald trump to his conviction for campaign finance violations the president of the united states thus wrote a personal check for the payment of hush money as part of the criminal scheme to file a

. >>> mobile world congress, that is the massive conference for electronics and telecom companies that gets under way next week in barcelona, and the focus this year will be on 5gtech no5 5g chlogy. yesterday president trump weighed in on the topic and said i want 5g and even 6gtech nolg in the united states as soon as possible. it is far more powerful and faster than the current standard. american companies must step up their efforts or get left behindd, he contin there is no reason that we should be lagging behind on something that is soy obviouhe future. i want the united states to win through mpetition, not blocking out currently advanced technologies. we must always bhe leader in everything that we do, especially when it comes to the very exciting world of technology. and in fact today fcc commissioner brendan carr said the u.s. is actually not that far behind. >> we're actuallyn ally good shape right now in the u.s. and that's because of regulatory reforms we've been engaged i the last two years and the white house has been helping to lead the way b prioritizing 5g. a report out

here at the mobile world congress in barcelona chinese tetelecoms giant while way occupies the biggest booth in the exposition hall. like industry rivals its flagship offering for twenty nineteen is the hunt said that folds out. and comes ready to connect to five g. network technology. it boasts impressive speed. you know the five g. with download the one giga byte. maury's. each of the three seconds. it also comes with an impressive price tag the meat axe will retail for about two thousand three hundred euros. and it's not unknown some songs latest offering also boasts a folding display and fivive g. connectivitytyt two thousand euros. the global cell phoho industry is pushing to boost cononsumer excitement amid slumpinin sales as customers wait longerr to replace their handsets in the saturated market. but that's not the only headwind facing hallway us o officials ae at t the confererence urging eueuropean netetrk and internet providers to shun the chinese giant. who they consider a security risk that could enable state espionage by beijing? hallway denies those accusations and has i

live you know to our own that they're mad at me that i mean here i would like to mention the world congress held in russia for on the theme of child dignity in the chilled era . as well as the first forum of the interfaith alliance or say are communities held on the same theme in abu dhabi last november. another schedule is sexual tourism. according to twenty seventeen data provided by the world tourism organization yoni on the met and every year three million a total throughout the world travel in order to have sexual relations with a minor. significantly the perpetrators of these crimes in most cases do not even realize they are committing a criminal offense. you know. that so it's hardly going to others facing a universal problem tragically present in almost everywhere. and affecting everyone . yet we have to be clear. that that while greatly affecting our societies as a whole. i listen to evil is in no way less monstrous when it takes place in the phenomenal. brutality of this worldwide phenomenon becomes more grave and scandalous in the church. for it is utterly incompatible with a mor

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we are at the mobile world congress in barcelona next weekend.hanks for watching. we will see you soon. ——we are on instagram. hello there. we saw a top temperature on friday of 18 celsius across west wales with lots of sunshine for much of the country. however where we held on to low cloud mist and fog it was quite chilly, temperatures reaching eight degrees in the south coast. for this weekend much of the same. mostly sunny days, mild as well, but mornings will start quite chilly at times with a bit of frost and some mist and fog around. we see a return to mist and fog and low cloud across central, southern and eastern parts of england early on saturday. the weather front slowly encroaching into western parts of northern ireland, bringing outbreaks of rain. but elsewhere largely dry. let's zoom into central southern eastern england for this morning, as we will have some fog patches around, maybe not so much around southern counties like we saw on friday morning, but most will be further north, east anglia as far north as east yorkshire. it will

we expect to see more foldable phones at the mobile world congress. >> the evecht kicks ont kicks ofona. apple will unveil the phone. france is recognizing lightsaber dueling as a competitive support. >> that gives it the led sabres the same status as other blades. fencing organization is organizing three-minute matches. they say they are fighting the dark side of not getting enough physical activity. >> that sure is an interesting physical activity. those are your tech bytes. >> have a great day. >> still ahead on abc 7 mornings, behind the scenes at the oscars. the people that have some of the most important jobs. >>> plus a twist on the typical jeopardy competition. the special shows that start tomorrow. for the thousands of wounded warriors returning from battle, wounded warrior project has developed the warriors to work program, a unique program that helps wounded warriors translate their military experience to the civilian workplace. the warriors to work program also works with employers to find the right job for the right warrior. contact wounded warrior project at findwwp.org

well waste time to shine the world's largest provider of telecoms equipment is sponsoring mobile world congress they launch their groundbreaking foldable phone here but clouds a gathering around the chinese company with the united states sending a delegation to pressure european countries to ban while weighs five g. infrastructure united states is asking other governments and the private sector to consider the threat posed by wall way and other chinese information technology companies chinese law requires these firms to support and assist beijing's vast security apparatus the u.s. has accused way without evident of building back doors into its equipment which would allow china to spoil countries that it dumped its technology australia new zealand have already banned while ways infrastructure but u.k. security services have found nothing to back up the u.s. accusations let me say these ask early as possible taking to the stage to defend his company was well as rotating chairman coopting far away has not and the we are never back those and the way one never anyone to do so in fact european networ

fully connected intelligent world that's according to the tech companies at this year's move world congress by then forty billion devices will be sensing our every need from smartphones to smart homes and very buses will be an integra part of that vision more than two thousand exhibitors a come together at this year's conference to unveil their latest products big launches came from microsoft with a mixed reality headset and mobile companies samsung who are way galaxy launched foldable phones let's go live now to barcelona and our correspondent attending that tech fest is charlie angela and charlie two questions rolled into one really first of all what is a foldable phone and is the controversy that linger around while away detracting from its veiling of whatever a foldable phone is. absolutely well the foldable phone is larger than our phone folds out and it looks a bit like an i pad once it has been folded out there's a lot of painting technology involved and while way seems to have the edge on its hinges on the back of the full phone you can get quite geeky into that but yes talking abou

rory art technology correspondent is at the mobile world congress in barcelona, one of the big conversations this new tech. that's right. we have seen in the uk a lot of discussion about whether the government should allow the chinese company to permit the 56 infrastructure because there are concerns over cyber security. the us taking a different tack and the european union is one of the very large economic blocs, has a role to play and a decision to make and it looks like the decision they are making is to restrict it actually, which is an interesting one because then you have two of the worlds largest economic areas both restricting, that's quite a strong statement about whether this technology is to be used or not. statement about whether this technology is to be used or notm europe they haven't been worried about that in the past, gdp are introduced last year, also other europe—wide decisions made on things like mobile roaming charges, that kind of thing, this is where europe stands out. i think europe is trying to come up with things like that data protection you mentioned, trying to ta

that's in mediately going to change the game we've got other manufacturers probably at mobile world congress which is coming up in in barcelona which is where all the mobile phone companies meet announced new products so we've got other companies like war way expect going to announce similar phones it'll be a little while before most of us can afford one but i think this is the future of mobile phones who doesn't want a phone that can also be a tablet it's terrific and actually is for the first time in a long time and actually a feature to get excited about something that differentiates one phone from last year's phone it's lovely but we had we heard from christians report there about this you know the cell phone mobile phone for tikkun how saturated the market is right now are is is this a phone that's going to going to address that is going to is going to make any difference for people. i don't think this is going to at this price point it's not going to make a difference it's going to be a few years before this technology can be produced in sufficient quantity with a sufficient yield is p

deserves to die the title of saffir morris photographic portrait series on display here at the world congress against the death penalty in brussels. this. this is a campaigning for him petitioning for clemency that vacating judicial reform with a remarkable cross-section of speakers and delegates my name is and. i spent twenty years in prison twenty of those years was on death row for granted i didn't commit demain was wrongly convicted of murder in tennessee since his release he uses his office to educate him campaign is wrong as you have to do innocent people and i cain't think a nobody did support it there were say their support is so much you know innocent people know me. you know willing to sacrifice or maybe. to maintain a system nine hundred ninety three prisoners were known to have been executed in twenty seventeen although no figures are available from china which is believed to have executed several thousand people every year my name is jerry givens for seventeen years i was a cheat executioner for the state of virginia he executed sixty two prisoners the inevitability that one day

underway in barcelona showcasing the latest innovations and cutting edge technology the mobile world congress is the launching pad for new smartphones but this year is also the stage for a battle between the u.s. and china as countries decide whether to follow the u.s. in their mistrust for chinese telecoms provider while way charlie angela sent us this favor of what's on show. this year's work by world press is dominated by five g. the super fast network that replaced three g. and forty's so speedy it will allow us to download a feature length film on our phones so. it's this great a connectivity that is driving innovation from robotics to the intensive things or i or t. and smartphone. chinese telecoms giant huawei used this event to do its foldable smartphone with five hundred people but its consumers are excited but it comes with a hefty two thousand dollars price tag while away is a pool so under the spotlight as they keep provider of five key infrastructure even some countries like this is they could be vulnerable to spying by the chinese state the u.k. has found no evidence of that for