The extradition hearing for a Chinese Telecom executive begins in canada on monday. Meng wanzhou is wanted in the us on fraud charges. Her trial could derail the recent progress the us and china have made towards repairing their relationship. Potential villain or political pawn. That is what a Canadian Court will decide when meng wanzhou arrives for her extradition trial on monday. Authorities allege the 47 year old lied to us banks to help a subsidiary of huawei sell techonology to iran, violating us sanctions. The us has since labelled huawei a Security Risk and banned the sale of its products. Huawei has called that politically motivated and vowed to fight back. But the hearing comes as relations between the us and china are showing signs of improving. Last week, the country signed phase one of a trade deal but the dispute over meng wanzhou has the potential to derail progress. Huaweis founder and ms mengs father told the bbc the arrest of his daughter had been painful. Translation when she was detained, as herfather, my heart broke. How could i watch my child suffer like this . But what happened has happened. What can one do . We can only depend on the law to solve this problem. To mark the 1 Year Anniversary of his arrest, her arrest, she released a letter, praising the kindness of the people here in canada. The case has put canada in the middle of the dispute between the worlds two biggest economies. Prime Ministerjustin Trudeau said canadian politicians would not overrule the courts. But whatever they decide, the trial will have an international impact. Zoe thomas, bbc news, vancouver. The Global Economy is failing to adequately reward those who carry out care work, so says oxfam in a report published today. The charity says its a situation which exacerbates the gap between rich and poor, and that extreme inequality is trapping millions of people in poverty around the world. Oxfam says that although estimates of the wealth of the worlds poorest have been revised upwards this year, half the worlds population continue to live on less than 5. 50 a day and women in particular get a raw deal. It says women and girls are putting in 12. 5 billion hours of unpaid care work globally every day, such as looking after children and the elderly. This amounts to a contribution to the Global Economy of at least 10. 8 trillion a year more than three times the size of the global tech industry. The pressure on carers is set to grow in the coming decade as the global population grows and ages. An estimated 2. 3 billion people will be in need of care by 2030, an increase of 200 million since 2015. Emily holzhausen whos the director of policy at carers uk joins me now. Given that this is such a huge issue, why do you think it goes so under recognised and under rewarded . Goring has been part of womens lives in traditionally its seen as pa rt lives in traditionally its seen as part of womens lives. Thanks caring. They provide three quarters of this care and its seen as something you will ruin your life and its been chronically undervalued. The problem of dividing all of this care is that women are much more likely to be outside the paid workforce, 42 of women dont have paid income rose only 6 of men do and that really limits both time and the value limits their ability to access education, paid work and for some, it means not taking a broader say in society and that has to change. There is an enormous amount of unpaid care put into womens lives and they are really some of the poorest people in the world. If we were to say that it should be rewarded and a financial contribution made to those who carry out the work, where it is that money come from . Well, this is something that the Business Leaders in davos should be looking it. Businesses themselves, the way they organise and reward work, increased flexibility allows women to juggle work and care but also governments. We need to invest in care. Quite often ca re we need to invest in care. Quite often care is seen as a cost rather than investment. If we invest in the right public services, security of water supply and food, those sorts of things, invest in jobs and womens lives. We invest in families in the order economy. A lot of cultures, its built in the people will look after their elderly relatives and they will take time out to raise children. Some might say that things had worked 0k. What do you think is the danger of not adequately rewarding care work . If we dont do this, the inequality between rich and poor willjust grow larger. With our ageing population and those who will suffer most will be women. If we look to invest in care, we can turn the upsidedown economy around the right way and thatis economy around the right way and that is something that cant be more urgently tackled, really. Thank you very much. The World Economic forum starts later today in davos so what can we expect to be discussed . 0ur economics editor faisal islam takes a look. This will be the 50th annual meeting of the World Economic forum. Its caricatured as a kind of champagne fuelled shindig in the snow. There really isnt anything like it. In terms of having both the political leaders, President Trump is coming this year, again, for example. And the worlds Business Leaders in the same place. On this occasion, although they will be talking a lot about the future of drones delivering stuff, Artificial Intelligence and the like, they will want to stop the rot in the way the world cooperates. Bell rings i think you will see Business Leaders try to pressurise World Leaders such as President Trump and they will row back a little bit on economic nationalism, trade wars. To solve issues such as climate change, talking in the short term, at least, being honest about sharing upfront sacrifices to save the planet. That will prove very difficult. The top five risks in the long term horizon in this years report wer all in the environmental sphere, climate, biodiversity laws and so forth. Pressure from stakeholders, customers, employees, regulators, that will, i think force the hand of some companies. The challenge is, can they come up with agreement amongst themselves between the Business Leaders and the political leaders and things that they can sell well beyond the ski slopes of davos . China, one of the worlds biggest users of plastic, has unveiled a major plan to reduce Single Use Plastics across the country. Lets go to our Asia Business hub where rico hizon is following the story. Tell us more about what they are doing. Well, the strategy is to cut production and use of plastic over the next five years. By year s end, non degradable plastic bags will be banned in places like supermarkets and shopping malls as well as in the food delivery services. The restau ra nt food delivery services. The Restaurant Industry in the mainland will also be banned from using single use stores by the end of 2020. Everyone knows china is one of the worlds biggest sources of plastic pollution and has for years been struggling to deal with the rubbish of its 1. 4 billion citizens in the countrys largest rubbish dump, the size of 100 foot ballfields, is full 25 years ahead of schedule but china is not the only country in asia cracking down only country in asia cracking down on Single Use Plastics. Thailand this year saying single use plastic bags would be banned in major stores with complete and across the entire country in 2021. Injakarta, indonesia banning single use plastic bags in department stores, supermarkets and traditional markets byjune supermarkets and traditional markets by june 2020 supermarkets and traditional markets byjune 2020 and the indonesian island of bali has also banned Single Use Plastics. So its becoming a trend across the region. Now lets brief you on some other business stories. A bbc investigation has seen documents that show how africas Richest Woman isabel dosh sa ntosh isabel dos santos, made her fortune through exploiting her own country and corruption. The documents show she got access to lucrative deals involving land, diamonds, oil and telecoms while herfather was in power. Isobel dos santos has denied any wrongdoing. Australias government has boosted its emergency grants and loans for Small Businesses affected by bushfires that have ravaged much of the country. The government said it would increase grants for Small Businesses affected by the fires to 32,000 and offer intrest free loans of up to 650,000. And in the uk, the construction of the high speed rail link hs2 which would connect london to the north of england could cost up to £106bn according to an unpublished report seen by the Financial Times. The report also recommends pausing the second phase of the project while experts look at whether conventional lines could help link birmingham to manchester and leeds instead. Up next newsbriefing well take you through ther stories making headlines in the global news media today. Dont go away. Later this week the uk government is expected to reveal its post brexit immigration policy. One particular challenge that emerged during the past year was the growing number of people attempting to cross the English Channel on small rubber boats. The National Crime agency says such illegal migration is likely to remain a problem as Colin Campbell reports. A dinky full of migrants arrives on a kent beach. Its summer. Theyve just across the English Channel. Last year the small boats made their way here every month. 0n last year the small boats made their way here every month. On occasion, ten launched simultaneously. There is some evidence of a search to it and its a possibility they think if they make a large number of departures on a particular day, at least some of them are more likely to get through, some of them are more likely to evade Law Enforcement, french Law Enforcement on the french coast. The National Crime agency say there is no evidence of a mr big controlling the smuggling operations but sometimes migrants organise it themselves. Unable to afford to play smugglers, massoud did just that. The former iranian canoeing champion bought an inflata ble iranian canoeing champion bought an inflatable kayak in calais and paddled across the channel. The biggest storm was coming on the ships and the waves together, waives more than three metres, a spike in arrivals in the summer prompted tough talk from the prime minister. We will send you back. But with only 125 returned to france in europe, some say its empty rhetoric. 125 returned to france in europe, some say its empty rhetoricm 125 returned to france in europe, some say its empty rhetoric. It is not possible to send them back and i think we need to be taking a deep breath and coming up with reasonable, sensible ways of dealing with this issue. The National Crime agency admits stopping the boats remains a big challenge but they are confident numbers will reduce and it wont get easier to cross after brexit. Colin campbell, bbc news, dover. Therell be more on that story coming up at 6 oclock on breakfast with Louise Minchin and dan walker. This is the briefing from bbc news. The latest headlines prince harry says his decision to step back from royal duties and move his family to canada hasnt been ta ken lightly. Hundreds of lebanese protesters have clashed with Security Forces in the centre of beirut after three months of anti establishment demonstrations. The documents which accuse africas Richest Woman now its time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. We begin with one here in the uk. The tabloid daily mirror is among many covering prince harry breaking his silence on giving up his royal role. Its headline quotes him saying he and wife meghan are, so sad it has come to this. The Financial Times looks at libya after World Leaders including boris johnson, Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel met with the countrys warring sides. The foreign powers vowed not to interfer after helping broker a ceasefire. One of the top stories on the bbc news app is the rise in the number of people confirmed to have the new mystery virus out of chinaand the concern among experts as millions of chinese prepare to travel for a national holiday. Another big story from china, covered in the countrys global times. Its announced a major effort to tackle plastic waste, with plans to ban items including single use bags and straws. And finally, here in the uk, hull is looking to become the first city to offer a universal basic income. The guardian reports it could mean every adult living there would receive between £50 and £100 a week. Interesting, an experiment that has been done elsewhere
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