gordon corera, bbc news.ll but essential travel‘ to mainland china, because of the outbreak of coronovirus. british nationals currently in the worst—hit hubei province have just a few more hours to register their request to leave — japan and the us have begun evacuating citizens. tonight, officials in hubei confirmed 125 people have died in the province as a result of the virus, with thousands more infected. hong kong is under pressure to close its border with the mainland to prevent the spread of the virus, as our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes reports. (tx if carrie lam was aiming to calm fears in hong kong about the coronavirus, herface mask sent a different message. mrs lam is under huge pressure now to shut the border with china, and, today, she partially capitulated. "intercity services to china will be suspended," she said. "flights will be cut by half. ferries will also be stopped." by thursday morning, the number of people crossing into hong kong from mainland china behind me here should be dra

gordon corera, bbc news. our north america editor, jon sopel, is at the white house. if huawei's role is limited, is not what the white house wanted. and it puts the uk on a collision course with the united states as a result of it. look, it is very, very rare that you get the us administration from the president, secretary of state, treasury security —— treasury secretary, national security advisor saying don't do it and britain goes ahead and does it. yes, limitations, but i am not sure the americans are that interested in the new ones. let me give you a flavour of the rib —— responses. one prominent republican, london has freed itself from brussels to give up sovereignty to beijing. three members of the senate intelligence committee, really hit the raw nerves. we don't want to feed postbag brexit anxieties by threatening a potential us and uk trade —— free trade deal, nor would we wa nt trade —— free trade deal, nor would we want to limit uk and us intelligence sharing. but... 0k, thank you, jon sopel, at the white house. the foreign office has asked britons who wa

here is security correspondent gordon corera. gordon: 5g offers the promise of a connected future. more than just faster speeds than it would allow billions of devices to talk to eh other, from self driving cars to automated factories to smart homes filled with sensors, unlocking economic potential, but perhaps leaving us and today we learned that for the u.k., this future, at least in part, will be made in china. this may prove to be one of the most significa national- security decisions of recent times. but the dense secretary tonight told me to restrictions announced today will limit any risk from huawei. >> i don't think we should get so paranoid that someh t this is goin lead to big brother from china watching us. what it to make sure that the commitments by huawei are met, but also world leading -- we aon the first nao try this -- that this is enforced. gordon: but even among senior conservatives, not all are convinced the measures are enough. >> bear in mind, huawei has as many as 80,000 researcrs. they have more researchers then we have soldiers, let alone analysts. e tos a

our security correspondent gordon corera is here.nson? dilemma, with this huawei decision, boris johnson? absolutely. at the national security council meets tomorrow it is facing a difficult and contentious decision which involves balancing economic costs, national security and relationships with the united states. there are essentially two options for stop one is to listen to those critics who say the company is a national security risk, something the company of course denies, and then excluded from the uk telecoms network. that is what washington wants. but that involves costs, ripping huawei out of existing infrastructure where it is already present and slowing down the adoption of a new five g technology which will increase connectivity, a political priority. the other option is to allow huawei in but with limits. officials believe they can manage the risks by limiting where and how it operates, and that is the more likely outcome and that is the more likely outcome and will be presented tomorrow as a compromise, but we will have

norman, thank you. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera is here we've heard a lot about some people it? it's one of the most consequence of national security decisions, one of the most long—term decisions that any government, notjust this government has had to take in recent times because this determines the security of our data, telecoms networks, which will become increasingly important to our lives for the decades to come. more and more data, more and more personal data will be carried around these networks. more and more of the infrastructure of oui’ and more of the infrastructure of our lives will depend on telecommunications. and so, whether there's the potential for espionage oi’ there's the potential for espionage or sabotage as some fear, is a really significant security risk. 0fficials certainly believe they can manage that risk, not eliminate it, manage that risk, not eliminate it, manage it, in other words, they can reduce the risks, something is happening, deal with it with it if it does happen. but even if you believe that long—term risk can be managed, there are short

our security correspondent gordon corera has more details. 5g offers the promise of a connected futuremore than just faster speeds, it will allow billions of devices to talk to each other, from self—driving cars to automated factories, to smart homes filled with sensors. unlocking economic potential, but perhaps leaving us vulnerable. and today, we learnt that for the uk, this feature, for the uk, this future, at least in part, will be made in china. this may prove to be one of the most significant national security decisions of recent times. but the defence secretary told me tonight that the restrictions announced today will limit any risk from huawei. i don't think we should get so paranoid that somehow this is going to lead to big brother from china watching us. what it really means is that we have to make sure that first of all the commitments made by huawei are met but also that are world—leading, and it is a first, we are the first nation to try this, that this is enforced. but even amongst senior conservatives, not all are convinced the measures are enough. bear in mind, huawei

gordon corera, bbc news.authorities confirmed overnight that 106 people have now died so far. air accident investigators in the united states have described the site of the helicopter crash which killed basketball legend kobe bryant and eight others as devastating. the investigation is expected to focus on the foggy weather conditions. let's get more information from david willis, our correspondent in los angeles for us. david, while people are still paying tribute to kobe bryant, the investigation continues. but a bit of discussion now as well about how basketball and various other places in america might mark his death. absolutely. and in the absence of any formal place to do that, they are marking it here. it's a bit yonder 11pm at night here and still people are flocking to the staples centre in downtown los angeles where the headquarters of the la lakers is to be found. that's the theme of course that kobe bryant paid for with such a distinction for 20 years —— the team, he won five nba titles in the pro

gordon corera, bbc news. let's talk to our business correspondent dominic o'connell.n with basics, when we talk about the sg with basics, when we talk about the 5g network, what exactly do we mean? on the face of age, itjust sends a better mobile broadband, 5g must be faster than ag. but 5g is the gateway to a new connected economy, connected society, where your fridge, your car, your washing machine are all able to be connected with, talk to, controlled remotely. particularly when it comes to autonomous vehicles. 5g provides an a lwa ys autonomous vehicles. 5g provides an always on, high bandwidth connectivity that will shed this in, so connectivity that will shed this in, so it is much more than a better mobile phone, it is a whole new way of working and connecting, much greater bandwidth and speeds and many, greater bandwidth and speeds and any greater bandwidth and speeds and many, many more devices. why is that the concern about huawei's involvement in 5g in the uk when it is already involved in ag? it is the step to a greater range of devices and being everywher

gordon corera, bbc news.rnment is ploughing ahead with huawei as that considers it the only viable option for taking the country into the 5g era. the reason for huawei's innovation in 5g? money. in 2018 the telecommunications giant spent over $15 billion on research and development, with chinese government backing. in comparison, nokia and ericsson, the firm's main 5g competitors, each just spent one—third of that on their own r&d. the us has also woken up to the importance of providing an alternative to huawei. but in legislation proposed to congress this month, only $ibn was outlined for annual 5g investment. peanuts compared to huawei's annual spend. a short time ago i spoke to huawei's communications director, ed brewster. i asked him if the company was only ahead because of the support it had received from the chinese government. no, absolutely not. huawei is ahead because of the amount of money we have invested into research and development. in 2018, we invested over $15 billion into research and develo

gordon corera, bbc news.nju5t a i will talk with our technology reporter in just a few minutes. we can speak now to the broadcaster gyle5 brandreth, a long—time colleague and friend of nicholas par5on5. thank you forjoining u5. thank you forjoining us. this is very sad news, isn't it, about someone very sad news, isn't it, about someone who was obviously a much loved face and voice known to many over such a long period of time. unfortunately... 0h, giles, we can hear you. i couldn't hear you for a moment i can hear you now. hear you. i couldn't hear you for a moment i can hear you nowlj hear you. i couldn't hear you for a moment i can hear you now. i was ju5t moment i can hear you now. i was just saying that it is of course heartbreakingly sad and it is the end ofan heartbreakingly sad and it is the end of an era in many ways. ifir5t met nicholas more than 50 years ago and what is remarkable about him is that of course we remember him now because ofju5t a minute. but he was so versatile, he was an actor, a pe

joining me now in the studio is our security correspondent, gordon corera.etween usually very close allies, the us and the uk, and a security issue. it is a difficult and complicated issue. it is coming up to decision moment. the us handed over a dossier claiming security reasons why huawei shouldn't be used in the 5g infrastructure. boris johnson said they could be a critic of what is the alternative? he won't damage national security but the mood music from here, ithink damage national security but the mood music from here, i think from others, is, would suggest he will allow huawei to allow a limited role with some careful controls around it in the infrastructure and that may well cause anger in washington. the wa ry well cause anger in washington. the wary is huawei has links but it has to report to the chinese government on what is going on. some of that scene that is produced yesterday by the americans was about the alleged links between the intelligence services and questions whether chinese law requires huawei to do what beijing requires. the have de