We start with smartphones. Most of us have one, billions have been sold since they emerged a decade ago, and they still all look roughly the same. But could today be the start of a new era . Samsungs folding phone is finally on sale, after months of delay. And tech watchers say it could change the face of the industry. The galaxy fold is available from today in south korea and you will see it hitting shops across europe, asia and the us in the coming weeks. The price tag for early adopters . Almost 2,000. So what do you get for that . The phones flexible screen opens out like a book to a huge 7. 3 inch display and it has six cameras samsung revealed the gadget back in april but its release was shelved as early reviewers reported broken screens after as little as 48 hours of use. Samsung says those problems are now sorted. But the delay means rivals are lining up with their own versions. Chinas xiaomi has already unveiled a prototype and huawei says it will release its own next month. Samsung needs the new device to be a success, as smartphone sales begin to flag. Profits in the three months tojune were down 56 on the same period last year. Lets get more on this story from ben wood, chief of research at ccs insight. Hes in berlin. What do you get for 2000 . Is it worth it . It is gadget blink. Whether it is worth that it is on the eye of the beholder. Blink. I spent quite a lot of time with the new device and i have to say that samsung have clearly done an awful lot of work to narrow some of the gaps where they had issues, with bits damaging the screen, changing some of the designs, and it is almost unthinkable that samsung would put such a strategic product into the market if they were not confident they had resolve the problems. If not it would be catastrophic. Did you break the first one . No, i didnt. The people who had issues with did not understand how it had been made. They actually ripped off part of the screen thinking it was a screen protection but it was actually an integral part of the telephone. Not the greatest idea. The company, galaxy fold. The us is at the front of 5g technology, have they cancelled it . They are just delaying ita cancelled it . They are just delaying it a bit longer. It could be about timing. The new iphone are being released shortly and some of the operators may want to market the iphone or sampson took the decision they built a did not want to get in they built a did not want to get in the way of the iphone if that was going to be the big story of the lodge but lets not forget there are other markets. In the uk, 5g, we are one of the most exciting and competitive markets. Switzerland, germany, lots of places that have 5g so germany, lots of places that have 5g so samsung is starting in a fair market in south korea and rolling out in various markets in europe on the 18th of september. Is it the future . I think were kind of in the stone age and these folding phones but it is a super exciting. The devices we have today you could almost argue they are solution looking for a problem but we are looking for a problem but we are looking at a very exciting journey of technology which will change how people use fine. When you have this phonein people use fine. When you have this phone in your hand, it is a beautiful thing and being able to open it up and have a nice screen, looking at content, browsing, but how about the concept of taking the existing phone and being able to fold that in half, like a wallet, thatis fold that in half, like a wallet, that is quite interesting and we saw a prototype yesterday at the show here. Thank you very much. Nice to talk to you. Lets stay in asia because germanys chancellor Angela Merkel is in china for a two day visit. Shes holding talks with chinas head of state premier li keqiang and trade is high on the agenda. The visits hugely important for Germany China has been its biggest trading partner for the last few years and a vital market for its car makers and other manufacturers trade between the two hit more than 225 billion last year but german firms have been caught in the crossfire of president trumps trade war against china. Rico hizon is following the story for us. Good to see you how significant is this visit and couldnt be derailed by the hong kong protest . Very significant for the german chancellor because there is a lot at sta ke for chancellor because there is a lot at stake for germany on this trip. The us stake for germany on this trip. The us china trade while drags on and it is starting to impact the european economy. In herfirst remarks upon arrival in beijing, the german chancellor said that trade problems of both countries affect the whole world and Angela Merkel hopes they would be able to resolve that difference is a very soon. Germans economy contracted in the Second Quarter and leading economists saying it is facing a recession as a german firms have been caught in the crossfire of the us been caught in the crossfire of the us china dispute. Us Companies Looking at ways to Close Companies in china and Angela Merkel looks to start a new phase with mainland china, ringing with a large delegation wanting china to open up its markets. Despite this, she is also under pressure to confront china over the controversy surrounding chinese involvement in hong kong. Lets see how this will play out. Also their involvement in xinjiang. Lets talk about facebook now it has been feeling pretty unloved as it faces a barrage of criticism for everything from privacy breaches to extremist content to political manipulation. So it is hoping to win over the hearts of its users, by entering the matchmaking game. A free dating app already available in parts of asia and latin america rolled out across the us on thursday with plans for a european launch in europe next year. In many ways, this is facebook getting back. The most effective way to find out people at your college was single or had partners is our facebook started out. Around 25 Million People use dating apps, the most popular of which is tender. Face was that around 200 Million People list themselves as single although they would need to opt into the dating service. They hope it secret crush feature will be used. It allows you to assign up to nine friends as a secret crush. If both match, you would be notified. Investors might be worried that facebook could dominate the dating on late sector. Now lets brief you on some other business stories. Magistrates in france have dropped manslaughter charges against air france and airbus over a mid atlantic plane crash in 2009 that killed all 228 people on board. The airbus 330 aircraft flying from rio dejaneiro to paris stalled in a storm and plunged into the ocean. Representatives of the victims families called the decision an insult and said they will appeal British Airways has rejected a last ditch proposal from Pilots Union Balpa to re start negotiations aimed at averting strike action. Ba pilots are due to strike on monday and tuesday over a pay offer of ii. 5 over three years, that they say is too low. Unions representing cabin crew and engineers have accepted the offer. Britains competition watchdog has suspended plans for legal action against viagogo, saying the ticketing website has improved the way it deals with customers. Viagogo and rivals such as stubhub allow customers to resell unwanted tickets for concerts, theatre and sporting events. But they were blamed for hugely inflating costs for fans, with ticket touts buying up large numbers of tickets before i go, i want to show you this headline. Goldman is a culling of the ranks of its riches employees. The ceo wants to cut the number of partners, about a50 people making a minimum of 1 million per year. My it has lots of discussion on facebook dating apps. Wired has. And bangkok beats paris and london as the worlds most visited city. You can get in touch with us. Plenty more, including the papers, injust a moment. See you soon. Britains leading Childrens Hospital has been strongly criticised, over the death of a teenage girl. Ia year old amy allan, was transferred to great 0rmond street hospital last year, for spinal surgery but died from complications following an operation. An inquest has found the hospital failed to properly plan for her care. Michael buchanan reports. Amy allan was born with noonan syndrome, a genetic condition that left her with lifelong heart problems. As she got older, she developed a curve in her spine that left her in constant pain. The ia year old from ayrshire was sent to great 0rmond street hospital, as it was the only centre that could do the spinal surgery and had a specialist life support system if amy needed it. But while the operation was a success, the teenagers condition deteriorated shortly afterwards when a doctor removed her ventilation tube. We watched it all. We were sat there at the bedside from the when they took the tube out, all through the night, watching them pretty much panicking in front of our eyes. I have been doing first aiding for about a year. While amy herself had learned first aid, when she needed urgent care, it wasnt there. The Life Support Team hadnt been told that amy was in the hospital and took hours to assemble. She struggled on for 2a more days before dying of multiple organ failure. While the coroner found the problems had not caused her death, he concluded the hospital had failed to properly plan for amys post operative care and that they should have had the life support system at hand. We know that they never went out their way and deliberately tried to kill amy at all, but they tried to hide it, what they done and omit all the information. Thats what makes us sick. In a statement tonight, great 0rmond street say they were sorry that amys care had fallen short of the high standards they should be meeting. Michael buchanan, bbc news. Coming up at six oclock bbc breakfast with all the days news, business and sport. This is the briefing from bbc news. The latest headlines negotiators from the European Union and britain will hold another round of brexit talks in brussels on friday as london seeks to rewrite the terms on which it leaves the bloc. There is little sign of progress. The Health Minister of the bahamas has said the devastation from Hurricane Dorian has been unimaginable, and the final death toll from will be staggering. The worst hit island, great abaco, is described as virtually uninhabitable. Serena williams, has reached the final of the us open tennis. If she wins, against the nineteen year old canadian bianca andreescu, she will equal the record for the most grand slam singles titles. Now its time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. We begin with the daily express, in common with many of the uk press lead with Boris Johnsons quote that hed rather be dead in a ditch than delay brexit as the arguments continue about how britain leaves the European Union. Germanys frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung is leading with threats from turkish president erdogan that he will open up the route for migrants in to europe if he does not get support for his plans to resettle refugees in northern syria. Le figaro is focusing on tension between iran and the us. They say that despite president macrons attempts to ease the escalation tehran is pushing ahead with downgrading its Nuclear Accord commitments