justice department announced two indictments against chinese telecoms company huawei the charges include lying to authorities violating u.s. sanctions against iran and stealing technology from a rival fan acting attorney general matthew whittaker says the charges implicate the company's chief financial officer he's been detained in canada according to the indictment in twenty twelve wall we began a concerted effort to steal information about a robot that t. mobile used to test mobile phones in an effort to build their own robot was always engine years allegedly violated confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements with t. mobile by secretly taking photos of the robot measuring it and even stealing it stealing a piece of it i'm also announcing today 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 a ram and one of its subsidiaries here in the united states. diane estabrook is following the story for us and joins us now from washington and diane if you could explain the significance of the charges tha

is engaging in political manipulation after criminal charges are filed against telecoms giant huawei. alone down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. venezuela's president lashes out at the u.s. for imposing sanctions on the state owned oil company. a quote in pakistan decides whether to uphold the controversial release of a christian woman who was jailed for blasphemy. and retailers one of food shortages as the u.k. parliament passed a vote on to resume is latest plan to leave the e.u. . concerned and disappointed that's china's response to the u.s. justice department announcing criminal charges against telecoms giant huawei and its chief financial officer beijing is calling on washington to stop what it described as an results of unreasonable suppression of chinese firms the charges filed on monday include fraud theft of trade secrets and conspiracy reynolds reports. top level government officials lined up to announce the u.s. will prosecute huawei china's biggest most influential telecommunications company for a broader array of alleged crimes the criminal ac

the man arrested is a chinese national who reportedly works for huawei which is a major technology firm here in china and he's been living in poland for more than ten years not many details so far from poland's intelligence agency but they do say that this is an operation that has been planned for a long time in that which was implemented very carefully now huawei is a technology company that's no stranger to controversy they have very close ties to the government and they work to develop telecommunications mobile foreigns internet technology now they've always denied that they funnel any information back to the chinese government that they work directly with the chinese government but still there are many fears that quality technology is the news as a back door for information or intelligence for the chinese government a so much so that japan for example has blocked while way from being used in the government contracts the u.k. australia new zealand has blocked while away from participating in any five g. network trials and long one joe who is an heiress and executive of quali was arre

intelligence agencies have previously accused huawei of being linked to the chinese government which they say uses its technologies for espionage katrina you has more now from beijing. the man arrested is a chinese national who reportedly works for huawei which is a major technology firm here in china and he's been living in poland for more than ten years not many details so far from poland's intelligence agency but they do say that this is an operation that has been planned for a long time in that which was implemented very carefully now huawei is a technology company that's no stranger to controversy they have very close ties to the government and they work to develop telecommunications mobile foreigns internet technology now they've always denied that they funnel any information back to the chinese government that they work directly with the chinese government but still there are many fears that qual way technology is being used as a back door for information or intelligence for the chinese government a so much so that japan for example has blocked while away from being used in th

stops cracking down on chinese companies after criminal charges are filed against huawei. it in venezuela where it hurts the u.s. goes after its oil sector to pressure the president to step down in sport qatar takes on the united arab emirates in the semifinals of the asian cup it's being called the blockade darby the first sporting clash between the countries since the start of the gulf crisis. now less than two months after un brokered cease fire was reached for yemen's port city of the day that it appears to be on the brink of collapse who the fighters and saudi backed government forces agreed to the truce in december but the fighting has never fully stopped and there's been an upsurge in violence in recent days and monday the man tasked with monitoring that cease fire stepped down retired dutch general patrick come out and only been in the position for a month and humanitarian agencies are warning the countries that breaking point seventy percent of food aid comes through day this port the british red cross says fourteen million the severe risk of famine. for more on t

will prosecute huawei china's biggest most influential telecommunications company for a broader array of alleged crimes the criminal activity alleged in this indictment goes back at least ten years and goes all the way to the top of the company. to grand jury indictment charge while away with theft of corporate secrets they zhen of u.s. sanctions on iran obstruction of justice and other offenses officials singled out joe while ways chief financial officer and daughter of the company's founder who has deep connections with the chinese government the u.s. says mung worked to evade u.s. sanctions on iran by selling while way products to tehran using a front corporation set up by wall way mung is under house arrest in canada the us plans to extradite her for prosecution the defendants are variously charged with conspiracy bank fraud wire fraud violations of the international emergency economic powers act when you on during an obstruction of justice the detention of mung has infuriated the chinese government which is pressuring canada to let her go free beijing arrested two canadian former

mccallum was let go after his comments on a case involving a senior executive of chinese tech giant huawei earlier this week mcadam described america's extradition request for men one so as flawed adding that it would be a great it would be great for canada if washington dropped its man was arrested in vancouver last month accused of evading american sanctions on iran. facebook has announced plans to integrate three of the world's biggest messaging applications whatsapp instagram and facebook messenger the social media giant says it's working to get the three applications talking to each other while still running them as separate platforms the plan is in its early stages and could be completed by the end of this year or early next year is said to be a pet project of chief executive mark is a work. now surly in day festivities have once again been overshadowed by a growing debate over whether the venture should be moved to a different date indigenous people and many others see january twenty sixth as nothing to celebrate a social media producer hieratic screens why. thousands of people incl

will prosecute huawei china's biggest most influential telecommunications company for a broader array of alleged crimes the criminal activity alleged in this indictment goes back at least ten years and goes all the way to the top of the company. to grand jury indictment charge while away with theft of corporate secrets they zhen of u.s. sanctions on iran obstruction of justice and other offenses officials singled out joe while ways chief financial officer and daughter of the company's founder who has deep connections with the chinese government the u.s. says mung worked to evade u.s. sanctions on iran by selling while way products to tehran using a front corporation set up by wall way mung is under house arrest in canada the us plans to extradite her for prosecution the defendants are variously charged with conspiracy bank fraud wire fraud violations of the international emergency economic powers act money laundering and obstruction of justice the detention of mung has infuriated the chinese government which is pressuring canada to let her go free beijing arrested two canadian former

on suspicion of spying local media now reporting the chinese man is the director of the tech giant huawei in poland nerve convicted the pack could face up to ten years in prison u.s. intelligence agencies accuse way of being linked to the chinese government and that is technologies could be used for espionage. to katrina you she's live for us in beijing and katrina what more do we know about this arrest in poland. well as you mentioned this chinese national we know that he's a man that he works for chinese tech company while i which is a major tech firm here and that he's been living in poland for more than ten years now we don't have too many details on the arrest itself but according to poland's intelligence agency it's something that they've been planning for a long time and they said that it was implemented very carefully now as you also mentioned huawei is a company that's no stranger to controversy it's a company here that has very close ties to the government it's seen as a flagship chinese company that very successfully creates mobile phones and works to develop internet technolog

well the chinese government says the indictments against huawei are unfair and immoral. just as the foreign ministry said with no evidence they using their state power to discredit and attack designated companies this sort of behavior is unfair and immoral as the department responsible for the sea mystery we consistently encourage chinese companies to act in accordance with international rules and market principles and develop foreign economic cooperation on the basis of abiding by local laws some for a short break here not just europe when we come back as it has to host a regional summit we'll tell you how cyprus is open with an increase in the number of asylum seekers and the first funerals held for victims of the brazilian down collapse the search goes on for hundreds still missing more on that status. hello you know welcome back we're here across parts of japan we are looking at some better conditions today that's not going to stay for too much longer because we're going have another weather system coming into play so right now things not looking too bad here across

intelligence agencies have alleged that huawei technologies could be used by the chinese government for espionage. most is says it's filed a criminal complaint against its former chairman collins go on these prosecutors have also added two new charges of financial crimes including breach of trust he's already accused of underreporting his salary by millions of dollars go on denies the charges and said he says he's been unfairly detained for almost two months and was fired by the boards of miss and it's a big but was kept on iran. if president says no deal breaks it would be a catastrophe that is in constant contact with the u.k. to try to prevent that from happening present days of the beijing prime minister trees amaze dail ahead of a crucial vote next week the government's already indicated it wants to reduce european emigration by eighty percent when it leaves the bloc barnsley reports from london. remember this it was one of the reasons leave one in the back seat referendum take back all the money the u.k. gives to the european union and spend it on the british health service instea

from china is local brands have become better and better their market shares are rising the homegrown huawei dominates the smartphone market in china its chief financial officer was arrested in canada last month accused of violating u.s. sanctions in her business dealings that stirred anger among chinese consumers giving them still more reason to support huawei and boycott apple we still have a possible sixty day window for them to come to some sort of temporary agreement i think if anything the trade war is bringing tensions that we already saw between the u.s. and china economically before trade talks between the u.s. and china are set to resume in beijing this week heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington. sudan's president omar al bashir has promised to push through economic reforms as he defies calls from protesters and the opposition to step down two parties have withdrawn from the governing coalition as anti-government demonstrations continue but president bashir is refusing to budge he morgan reports from the capital khartoum for more than two weeks his opponents have been calling for

intelligence agencies accuse huawei of being linked to the chinese government. those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera we get to back to shannon's monopoly. called the must much hussein has now been held in pretrial detention for two years what is his crime. why hasn't he been tried yet why hasn't justice been applied in this case is he detained because he's a journalist has journalism become a crime have moles become a tool to silence weiss's of truth we will continue our news coverage with professionalism and impartiality our work will remain credible and accurate but journalism is not a crime incarcerating journalists is not acceptable we demand the immediate release of all colleague mahmoud to say and all journalists detained in a gyptian jails free mahmoud's and all his colleagues we stand for press freedom. the commission of experts was founded in new york where the global community recognizes states and the suffering borders as pows idiotic and zachary's as jeezy institute joined bob peeped. for the first time in the history of huma

the thing they own the market leader for small things the market is actually something followed by huawei was a recently of its apple as the number two in terms of number of units shipped so i actually apple's been isn't there a kudos though to i phones that perhaps the other two don't share definitely definitely but there's also kudos to wall way for example they're the guys who pioneered a little h d c and wall way that tech with the cameras where you can bluff the background and keep the foreground shop so everyone kind of borrows from everyone what apple's done is become a very very ubiquitous brand with every man and woman and if they want to hold onto it i think now they need to aggressively and if i can be interesting to see how they play it as a currency journalist from thank you. now speaking of china china has made history by landing a spacecraft on the so-called the dark side of the moon landing highlights china's growing ambitions to rival the u.s. russia and europe not just when it comes to smartphones but in space victoria gave him he tells us what inside the probe could off

the homegrown huawei dominates the smartphone market in china its chief financial officer was arrested in canada last month accused of violating u.s. sanctions in her business dealings that stirred anger among chinese consumers giving them still more reason to support one way and boycott apple we still have a possible sixty day window for them to come to some sort of temporary agreement i think if anything the trade war is bringing tensions that we already saw between the u.s. and china economically to the four trade talks between the u.s. and china are set to resume in beijing this week. still to come on counting the cost a place in the sun one known europeans are snapping up property in greece. but first tech giants in france now have to pay more tax the so-called gaffa tax named after google apple facebook and amazon is to ensure global digital firms pay their fair share the measure is expected to raise around five hundred seventeen million dollars for france and twenty nine t. in the french government have been pushing for an e.u. wide levy but failed to get the required support ea

the dissension of a businessman and poland a polish national and chinese director at the tech giant huawei a big accused of spying president says the chinese arrest is linked to his own behavior not his employers us intelligence agencies have alleged that huawei is technologies could be used by the chinese government for espionage germans officially registered as jews that catholics or protestants for decades been required to pay what's called a church or worship tax the money is then given to the relevant faiths now one leading christian democrat politicians as muslims should be brought into the sick range went to free them from the influence of foreign states government came explains. this is the go to mosque in berlin one of the newest and considered by some to be one of the most liberal in germany from the outset the emphasis here has been on inclusion driven by its founder syrian artist her decision to allow men and women to worship here together polarizes opinion now she says she wants the muslim community to help itself by agreeing to pay to finance itself. the time for a kind of mo

local brands have become better and better their market shares are rising the homegrown huawei dominates the smartphone market in china its chief financial officer was arrested in canada last month accused of violating u.s. sanctions in her business dealings that stirred anger among chinese consumers giving them still more reason to support one way and boycott apple we still have a possible sixty day window for them to come to some sort of temporary agreement i think if anything the trade war is bringing tensions that we already saw between the u.s. and china economically to the fore trade talks between the u.s. and china are set to resume in beijing this week. still to come on counting the cost a place in the sun why no new europeans are snapping up property in greece. but first tech giants in france now have to pay more tax the so-called gaffa tax named after google apple facebook and amazon is to ensure global digital firms pay their fair share the measure is expected to raise around five hundred seventeen million dollars for france and twenty nine t. in the french government have bee

intelligence agencies accuse huawei of being linked to the chinese government and this its technology could be used for espionage and special repertoire for human rights in north korea has described the country as a prison speaking from seoul to. confirms the presence of political prison camps after speaking to north korean defectors hundreds of thousands of inmates are held in these facilities as objected to a continuing past ill treatment and torture there's other headlines we're back with another update after. for millenia the oceans lay outside the dominion of. his state's influence extended only three nautical miles from the coast a little further than a cannonball could travel. but then humans discovered the ocean floor. and the largest land grab in weld history began. naming names. i'm tom apply and i'm in the bedroom of rodeo should the no for line take twice i've sold it twice in small yards and also crossed in a bottle bug in. the rain with him when i lived on rock or in this some people call a survival capsule i call it a wooden box it's a house like this is my house is a o

the detention of a businessman in poland a polish national and a chinese manager of the tech giant huawei being accused of spying walsall says the chinese man's arrest is linked to his own behavior not his employers the germans officially registered as jews catholics or protestants have for decades been required to pay what's called a church or a worship tax the money isn't given to the relevant faith now one leading christian democratic politician says muslims should be brought into this arrangement to free them from the influence of foreign states dominic kane explains. there. this is the a rush to go to a mosque in berlin one of the newest and considered by some to be one of the most liberal in germany from the outset the emphasis here has been on inclusion driven by its founder syrian artist her decision to allow men and women to worship here together polarizes opinion now she says she wants the muslim community to help itself by agreeing to pay to finance itself. its links to baffling the time for a kind of mosque tax is long overdue the most communities in germany and in europe must

is engaging in political manipulation not a criminal charges filed against telecoms giant huawei. alone down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. venezuela's president lashes out at the u.s. from posing sanctions on the state owned oil company. culture in pakistan decides whether to uphold the comp.

justice department announced criminal charges against telecoms giant huawei and its chief financial officer the accusations include fraud and theft of trade secrets and british m.p.'s are currently in the house of parliament due to vote in a few hours on what happens next with brags that this will be their first chance to propose their own solutions to break the deadlock after parliament overwhelmingly rejected prime minister teresa mayes draft agreement with the e.u. earlier this month and the palestinian prime minister. and his uni government have resigned they were had their reconciliation efforts with gaza's hamas leadership of course. those are your headlines inside story is next. pressure is mounting on nicolas maduro the u.s. imposes tough sanctions on venezuela's oil industry and a move aimed at forcing the president to step down but will he in california washington go to change the government in caracas this is inside story. welcome to the program i'm richelle carey venezuela's economy has been in crisis for years hyperinflation is skyrocketing millions of people have left the coun

the homegrown huawei dominates the smartphone market in china its chief financial officer was arrested in canada last month accused of violating u.s. sanctions in her business dealings that stirred anger among chinese consumers giving them still more reason to support one way and boycott apple we still have a possible sixty day window for them to come to some sort of temporary agreement i think if anything the trade war is bringing tensions that we already saw between the u.s. and china economically to the four trade talks between the u.s. and china are set to resume in beijing this week. still to come on counting the cost a place in the sun one known europeans are snapping up property in greece. but first tech giants in france now have to pay more tax the so-called gaffa tax named after google apple facebook and amazon is to ensure global digital firms pay their fair share the measure is expected to raise around five hundred seventeen million dollars for france and twenty nine t. in the french government have been pushing for an e.u. wide levy but failed to get the required support ea

china's foreign ministry is calling for the immediate release of huawei executive men running the show as a dispute with canada wesson's the move follows the death sentence given to a canadian citizen by a chinese course robert lloyd schellenberg was appealing against his fifteen year prison term for drug smuggling canadian officials say the sentences retaliate for the arrest of mang in vancouver in december it is of extreme concern to us as a government as it should be to all our international friends and allies that china has chosen to begin to arbitrarily apply death penalty increases. in this case. and china's foreign ministry has hit back at the canadian prime minister's criticism of the death sentence general you would issue the remarks not to the most basic awareness of the legal system the canadians are to respect the rule of law respect china's legal sovereignty correct its mistakes and stop making irresponsible remarks. u.s. president donald trump has rejected a call by members of his own party to temporarily reopen the government the partial shutdown is the longest in u.s. h

from china is local brands have become better and better their market shares are rising the homegrown huawei dominates the smartphone market in china its chief financial officer was arrested in canada last month accused of violating u.s. sanctions in her business dealings that stirred anger among chinese consumers giving them still more reason to support while away and boycott apple we still have a possible sixty day window for them to come to some sort of temporary agreement i think if anything the trade war is bringing tensions that we already saw between the u.s. and china economically before trade talks between the u.s. and china are set to resume in beijing this week heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington. egypt is trying to stop the broad cost of an interview president the fact that his c.c. gave to us television network c.b.s. in the interview was kind of says show sixty minutes she says the egyptian army is working alongside israel against isis fighters in north sinai he also denies egypt is holding tens of thousands of political prisoners. so when we don't have the political prisone

filing criminal charges against huawei. fighting has again flared up in cities across yemen putting a six week old u.n. brokered ceasefire in jeopardy nor really dire situations pushed fourteen million the yemenis close to famine now the retired dutch general in charge of the truce has stepped down from his role hopes of keeping the agreement intact fading reports . the ceasefire intraday appears to be on the verge of falling apart fighting has intensified on the outskirts of yemen's main port city further north government troops backed by the sergeant led military coalition are on the move to capture areas near the who think controlled capital sanaa un envoy martin griffiths met who think him and to plead with them to maintain the data ceasefire which began six weeks ago. the hands of the rebels political council told the u.n. envoy that saudi arabia is undermining the truce no economic now and our focus is to consolidate the front lines our success will depend on what we will achieve militarily this is the retired dutch g

other option so how al-jazeera london china's foreign ministry is calling for the immediate release of huawei executive mango as a dispute with canada worsens the move follows prime minister justin trudeau saying he is very concerned about the death sentence given to a canadian citizen by a chinese course canadian officials say the verdicts retaliation for the arrest of mang in vancouver in december robert schellenberg was sentenced to be executed while appealing against his fifteen year prison term for drug smuggling it is of extreme concern to us as a government as it should be to all our international friends and allies that china has chosen to begin to arbitrarily apply death penalty in cases. as in this case facing a canadian katrina you has reaction from beijing. china's foreign ministry has hit back at canadian prime minister justin trudeau his comments the softer noone saying that any implication that china has enforced the death penalty is just wrong now foreign ministry spokesperson quaternion told reporters at a news conference this afternoon that the chinese court found that all e

justice department announced criminal charges against telecoms giant huawei and its chief financial officer the accusations include fraud and theft of trade secrets. and british m.p.'s are currently in the house of parliament due to vote in a few hours on what happens next with briggs it will be their first chance to propose their own solutions to break the deadlock. but overwhelmingly rejected prime minister teresa mayes draft agreement with the e.u. really of this month and the palestinian prime minister. and his uni government have resigned they were. at their reconciliation efforts with gaza's hamas leadership of calls. those are your headlines inside story is next. pressure is mounting on nicolas maduro the u.s. imposes tough sanctions on venezuela's oil industry and moving to forcing the president to step down but will he in california washington go to change the government and this is inside story. welcome to the program i'm richelle carey venezuela's economy has been in crisis for years hyperinflation is skyrocketing millions of people have left the country and the president hasn't

other option so how al-jazeera london china's foreign ministry is calling for the immediate release of huawei executive meng's or as a dispute with canada gets worse the move follows prime minister justin trudeau saying he's very concerned about the death sentence given to a canadian citizen by a court in china canadian officials say the verdicts retaliation for the arrest of mang in vancouver in december robert lloyd schellenberg was sentenced to be executed while appealing against his fifteen year prison term for drug smuggling it is of extreme concern to us as a government as it should be to all our international friends and allies that china has chosen to begin to arbitrarily apply death penalty in cases. as in this case facing the canadian choice of chang is a political analyst he joins us now live from hong kong joseph as we've just heard china is reiterating its calls for mangoes release does that mean there's room for negotiation around schellenberg sentance. well we don't know enough about the details of the court case but we understand quite clearly that the judiciary in china is no

prosecutors announced a slew of criminal charges against chinese telecoms giant huawei including fraud and conspiracy al-jazeera as adrian brown has the story now from beijing. well away is a company that has come a long way very quickly not just china's largest telecommunications company but also now the world's second largest maker of smartphones bigger even than apple sales worldwide are doing well in spite of allegations its products contain technology that can be used for spying china's government says the trumpet ministration is envious of weiwei success and is trying to halt its progress by tarnishing its reputation you know me for some time the u.s. has smitten suppressed the chinese enterprises and tempted to suppress the enterprise is normal operation is there is strong political motivation maneuvering behind they still need. fun chews day while ways executives also rejected the wide ranging criminal charges filed against the company by u.s. prosecutors including bank fraud obstruction of justice and theft of technology. they also dismissed criminal claims against its chief f

citizen by a court in china canadian officials feel the verdict is in retaliation for the arrest of huawei executive know in vancouver robert lloyd schellenberg was sentenced to be executed while appealing his fifteen year prison term for drug smuggling the ruling could aggravate already tense diplomatic relations since canada's arrest of a top chinese executive it is of extreme concern to us as a government as it should be to all our international friends and allies that china has chosen to begin to arbitrarily apply death penalty in cases facing me as in this case facing canadian katrina you has reaction from beijing. chinese state media the global times has responded to just introduce comments saying that it shows contempt for chinese law they said that what he said is unfair because china has made it no secret that they have very harsh penalties for anyone found guilty of drug crimes but if you look at the timeline it's easy to see why those comments might have being made now i was arrested in twenty fourteen and he was actually tried by a chinese court last november and that trial fou

the homegrown huawei dominates the smartphone market in china its chief financial officer was arrested in canada last month accused of violating u.s. sanctions in her business dealings that stirred anger among chinese consumers giving them still more reason to support one way and boycott apple we still have a possible sixty day window for them to come to some sort of temporary agreement i think if anything the trade war is bringing the tensions that we already saw between the u.s. and china economically to the four trade talks between the u.s. and china are set to resume in beijing this week. still to come on counting the cost a place in the sun why no new europeans are snapping up property in greece. but first tech giants in france now have to pay more tax the so-called gaffa tax named after google apple facebook and amazon is to ensure global digital firms pay their fair share the measure is expected to raise around five hundred seventy eight million dollars for france and twenty nine t. in the french government have been pushing for an e.u. wide levy but failed to get the required s

the detention of a businessman in poland a polish national and a chinese manager of the tech giant huawei being accused of spying walsall says the chinese man's arrest is linked to his own behavior not his employer. the germans officially registered as jews catholics or protestants have for decades been required to pay what's called a church or a worship tax the money is and given to the relevant faith now one leading christian democrat politicians says muslims should be brought into this arrangement to free them from the influence of foreign states dominic cain explains. there. this is the rush to go to a mosque in berlin one of the newest and considered by some to be one of the most liberal in germany from the outset the emphasis here has been on inclusion driven by its founder syrian artist her decision to allow men and women to worship here together polarizes opinion now she says she wants the muslim community to help itself by agreeing to pay to finance itself. the time for a kind of mosque tax is long overdue the most communities in germany and in europe must become independent from

cameras and bosler to china has been fired after his comments about the chinese technology giant huawei john mccallum said it would be great for canada if the u.s. dropped its extradition requests for while executive main ones or she was arrested in vancouver last month accused of evading american sanctions on iran canada's prime minister justin trudeau didn't give a reason for why he sucks the ambassador. a funeral has been held in the united states for an eight year old boy from guatemala who died after being detained by border agents philippe gomez alone so fell ill on christmas day while in custody with his father they had walked from guatemala with a caravan of thousands of migrants an asylum seekers he was a second young migrant to die last month while in detention. russian tanks and troops have commemorated the seventy fifth anniversary of the ending of the leningrad siege eight hundred thousand lives were lost during the second world war battle with hitler's troops the kremlin says the occasion is important for all russians to remember. nearly two million south koreans have gone

charges against chinese electronics from huawei have also added some of these complications now at least seven people have died in the united states as a polar vortex brings a once in a generation deep freeze to a large swathe of the country it's been colder in some parts of the midwest and northeast than in antarctica john hendren has more now from willis michigan. in arctic freeze envelops the american midwest bringing dangerous cold in record low temperatures this is an event unlike any we've seen in a generation and i think it's really important that we protect people the arctic air of the polar vortex is sweeping the region driving temperatures down to thirty below zero celsius it should goggles o'hare airport with wind chills in the suburbs making it feel like minus forty eight the predicted low of minus thirty three at o'hare on thursday would be chicago's lowest temperature in recorded history the weather system stretches across a huge swath from the dakotas in the north that minus thirty degrees celsius to maine in the east and as far south as alabama to prevent freezing chicago

from china is local brands have become better and better their market shares are rising the homegrown huawei dominates the smartphone market in china its chief financial officer was arrested in canada last month accused of violating u.s. sanctions in her business dealings that stirred anger among chinese consumers giving them still more reason to support while away and boycott apple we still have a possible sixty day window for them to come to some sort of temporary agreement i think if anything the trade war is bringing tensions that we already saw between the u.s. and china economically for trade talks between the u.s. and china are set to resume in beijing this week heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington. a southern thailand is bracing for the arrival of tropical storm power book hundreds of people have been taken to government shelters ferry service is being cancelled of bangkok airways has stopped all flights to and from assam only airport for cost is up victim to rancho rain strong winds and waves up to four meters high when the storm makes landfall late. a new device that could revolu

in greater distrust of china there arrests are believed to be retaliation for canada's detention of huawei vice president mainland joe at the request of the us. to russia now where public trust in the president vladimir putin has fallen to its lowest level in thirteen years public opinion research centers polls suggest trust in putin dropped to thirty three point four percent he won a landslide election victory and the new sixty a mandate in march his overall approval rating is just over sixty percent. now the california senator comes to harris is the latest to enter an increasingly crowded and diverse race to be the democratic challenger in the twenty twenty u.s. presidential election about a dozen politicians have already announced their intentions jabber tanzi takes a look at how some of the leading contenders are positioning themselves. of tamil and jamaican descent senator camilla harris claims to be in tune with the progressive left wing of the party i'm running for president me i'd say but that's precisely where she's facing skepticism she's recently adopted leftwing positions like

polish media say the chinese suspect is a director at the polish offices of tech giant huawei the world's second largest maker of cell phones if convicted the package faced ten years in prison u.s. intelligence agencies have previously accused of being linked to the chinese government which they say uses its technologies for espionage. u.s. president donald trump says he will not declare a national emergency right now to secure funds for a war on the mexican border trumps republicans and the democrats are deadlocked over his demand for more than five billion dollars for the wall government departments have been closed down for twenty one days now but the president says a state of emergency is the last resort carver should do this is too simple it's too batiuk and congress should do this if they cared to do it if at some point they just can't do it this is a fifteen minute if they cared to do it i will declare a national emergency i have the absolute right to do well the democratic controlled house of representatives has voted to restore funding for several federal agencies that have been

canadian media is reporting the united states will formally seek the extradition of huawei as vice president's men one zero that's according to the globe and mail joe was arrested in canada in december at the request of washington on allegations of violating u.s. sanctions against iran canada's ambassador to the u.s. said canadian citizens are being punished because of the u.s. china dispute. meanwhile nearly one hundred fifty former diplomats and academics have signed an open letter to china's president calling for the immediate release of two canadians michael coverage and michael spar or were arrested in beijing last month on allegations of espionage the signatories from nineteen countries warned president xi jinping that the detentions will result in greater distrust of china. u.s. senator kamler harris is the latest to enter an increasingly crowded and diverse race to be the democratic candidate in the two thousand and twenty twenty presidential election about a dozen politicians have already announced or are considered extremely likely to announce she had tansey takes a look at some of h

justice department is set to make an announcement with regards to china chinese telecommunications giant huawei let's listen then houseman's i want to remind everyone that the defendants in these cases as in every case are innocent until proven guilty and they deserve the due process of law first i am announcing that a grand jury in seattle has returned an indictment that alleges ten federal crimes by two affiliates of telecommunications corporation weiwei technologies according to the indictment in two thousand and twelve while we began a concerted effort to steal information about a robot that t. mobile used to test mobile phones. in an effort to build their own robot wall ways engineers allegedly violated confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements with t. mobile by secretly taking photos of the robot measuring it and even stealing it stealing a piece of it i'm also announcing today a grand jury in new york has returning indictment alleging thirteen additional crimes committed by wall way its c.f.o. its affiliate in iran and one of its subsidiaries here in the united states the criminal act

the homegrown huawei dominates the smartphone market in china its chief financial officer was arrested in canada last month accused of violating u.s. sanctions in her business dealings that stirred anger among chinese consumers giving them still more reason to support one way and boycott apple we still have a possible sixty day window for them to come to some sort of temporary agreement i think if anything the trade war is bringing tensions that we already saw between the u.s. and china economically to the four trade talks between the u.s. and china are set to resume in beijing this week. still to come on counting the cost a place in the sun why no new europeans are snapping up property in greece. but first tech giants in france now have to pay more tax the so-called gaffa tax named after google apple facebook and amazon is to ensure global digital firms pay their fair share the measure is expected to raise around five hundred seventeen million dollars for france and twenty nine t. in the french government have been pushing for an e.u. wide levy but failed to get the required support e

charges against chinese electronics from huawei have added to the complications well in all the developments u.s. president all troubles lashed out on twitter country's intelligence services calling them naive and wrong over the threat posed by iran this after trump's own intelligence officials contradicted some of his claims on key national security issues well they included syria north korea and presidents the president's assertion that the horizon is actively seeking to develop nuclear weapons will trump has often ridiculed his political rivals as well calling them radical and crooked it's a technique he used to great effect before he moved into the oval office but critics fear his language is changing the political debate and provoking violence especially in the age of social media out of fisher explains from washington. and the radical democrats president donald trump thinks nothing of attacking opponents using claims and nicknames to win political advantage is angry as presidents get to congress and the bureaucracy and reporters and their news organizations other presidents have not tr

first to make a decision on whether to extradite the chief financial officer of chinese tech giant huawei mang one jew has appeared in court in vancouver she's been under house arrest there since last month the united states is seeking her extradition for allegedly violating sanctions on iran monday the u.s. filed a host of criminal charges against weiwei through doing theft fraud and conspiracy . an hour to us politics and the twenty twenty presidential race howard schultz the man who is responsible for turning starbucks into a global brand it says he is seriously considering a bid for the white house former starbucks c.e.o. said he would run as a third party candidate despite being a lifelong democrat his potential candidacy has already alarmed some democrats who believe he would take votes away from the twenty twenty nominee and a book signing event in new york on monday a protest to heckle schultz accusing him of helping to elect donald trump to a second term even trump has told his supporters that are run by the former c.e.o. would help put him back in the oval office schultz disagre

that stops cracking down on chinese companies after criminal charges are filed against telecom giant huawei. and in small campaigners demand urgent action after bahrain issues an extradition order for refugee footballer. now five people have been arrested in southern brazil in connection with friday's dam collapse more than three hundred people were killed in the torrents of muddy waste from an iron ore mine three of the detained work for the mine mine companies owners the other two are engineers who worked on the dams safety. has the latest from belo horizonte the capital of. where the disaster happened. the search continues around the town the broome with genial but now they're looking for bodies rather than survivors in the meantime the legal case against the company valley which owns the mine is great is gaining pace arrests have been made further investigations are taking place with the vice president of brazil hamilton saying that a full investigation will be carried out into the structure of the company the company executives said they're sorry for the disaster but have so far accept