to the well let me say this in a couple respects of last year the chief technology officer of british telecom one of the major telecom operators he said there is really only one provider in the world of telecom equipment talking about why and what i would say is rather than me saying we're better one of these we ought to encourage in the united states and around the world is let's have open competitions let's have opportunities to demonstrate the different aspects of the technology so people can see for themselves and similarly we ought to have some of the equipment like right now in mobile devices you know we open up our telecom mobile equipment to the white house hackers to see whether their vulnerabilities the telecom equipment vendors ought to do the same thing in a recognized alive networks but get the equipment and let white how to hack or is to look for the vulnerabilities let's encourage this kind of transparency this kind of competition to help drive everybody to do better and give them. more of an objective basis for knowing where folks stand in the competition do you consider while

>> it is the name of the existing british telecom office that is out there. they have been reasonable. britain has been reasonable on a lot of these issues. we will see where they go. their approach has been, we can't innovate so we will regulate. they've been unable to innovate. it has been one of the challenges they recognize. they are trying to change and somebody different ways. we will see what happens. i think that they pulled out of the eu because of the regulations they were imposing that britain didn't like. i would be surprised, given british sensibility, if that is the direction they are going in. i think the brits will be looking to innovate, free up some of the strictures they felt because of the eu. i'm not losing sleep over that. maybe i don't know enough. >> >> speaking of europe, they passed the ub are, one of the largest privacy regulations in the world right now. we are looking at doing something similar in our congress. see are the prospects you for a settled privacy bill moving this year? what principles would you like to see if such a bi

we are still the biggest investor in british telecom.ith telefonica and orange and they have a purchasing agreement with orange so they do everything with their network. it is a decision that has to be taken at the european level, will there be change in the antitrust law to allow this? the huawei situation, carriers need to keep their costs down to cope with this lower -- if they see that effect happening on these countries, they might allow that. francine: despite president andp telling boris johnson they.k. not to use huawei, cannot build without it. why are we so rubbish at having 5g networks built by european countries? alex: huawei has had tend of billions -- tens of billions of dollars put in it. they have been leaning on the scales and making it easier for a while why, and subsidized -- huawei, and subsidize the costs. the u.k., 35% of the components will be supplied by huawei. that is a sensible solution. the u.k. has 10 years experience managing this risk and other countries do not. in germany, huawei has between 50% and 70% sh

by the telecom of mobile operators that is triggered by lawful action by governments such as the us government of china government we don't have that access we don't control that data. the british environmental activist group extinction rebellion has stuck up the law in one of the world's most prestigious universities in cambridge claiming the uni invests in fossil fuels a number of arrests were made by police who had been criticised in the past for being too lenient. trinity college has invested no 1100000000 pounds in oil and gas companies most of any of the 45 oxbridge colleges they are complicit in the climate ecological crisis . the college respects the rights of free speech and nonviolent protest but draws the line of criminal damage and there's liaison with the. french you can. see what they want to do very different they should recover growth. that's over. with somewhat so are they doing as a nation or they're not getting anybody on their side of this they just going. listen. you're watching i think national just come up to hop os 9 and meet me here in moscow that's how things are looking now from us in about 35. in the troubled 19 seventies a group of killers rampage t

the telecom the mobile operators that is triggered by lawful action by governments such as the u.s. government or china government we don't have that access we don't control that data . the british environmental activist group extinction rebellion has dug up the little one of one of the world's most prestigious universities in cambridge it targeted trinity college saying that they want to highlight invest in fossil fuels a number of activists were arrested by police who had been criticised in the past the being too lenient. the. trinity college has invested 9100000000 pounds in oil and gas companies the most of any of the 45 oxbridge colleges they are complicit in the climate ecological crisis . the college respects the rights of free speech and nonviolent protest but draws the line of criminal damage and there's liaison with the police. in france you go. through the inconvenience. of see what they want to do very different bishopric up and go. but it's over. it's just fine of the absolute best with someone so all they're doing is a nation people they're not getting anybody on their side about this they just annoy people. because some work the brief now and security forces in ir

british economy. in terms of size, we are similar to powers and telecom. a big contribution to the coffers.ow their luxury wares. they are known for their big brands like burberry, but also the incredible emerging talent we have in this country, which creates aspiration and the trend that happens around the world. pa rt trend that happens around the world. part of the growth of the fashion industry is the growth of fast fashion. 0ne industry is the growth of fast fashion. one of the nastiest elements of that is low wages in countries that supply is the we wear and the growth in throwaway fashion. what will be talked about on that front? we are putting sustainability and impactand front? we are putting sustainability and impact and environment front and centre. we had a showcase of young businesses only hoping to build from a sustainable point of view. new business models, rental, looking at the circular economy and working with some of the bigger brands to work out how we can help them change their impact on the planet. later we will launch the institute of positive fashion to help engage a

british government could have an alternative in time to huawei. why does it matter? because the government is going to have to introduce legislation to set up a new ofcom regime to police the new telecomslm for the next couple of days and then, for the weekend, a significant change. through the rest of this afternoon, largely dry weather, some spells of sunshine, the best across england and wales but also in eastern scotla nd and wales but also in eastern scotland doing quite nicely. further west, more cloud in some spots of rain and drizzle. temperatures generally 7—9dc. this evening, dry for most but keeping the feet of cloud into northern ireland and scotland. patchy drizzle in the far north—west. the old south patch in the south on what will be another fairly chilly night. through thursday and friday, the weather staying calm. fog to contained within southern parts. more sunshine on friday as the breeze picks up. a quick word about the weekend. if you are travelling or have outdoor plants, it is worth staying tuned to the forecast. the met office has named storm keira. the threat of damaging winds for just about all parts of the uk. hello this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines: p