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
A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Its been confirmed a new virus spreading across china can be transmitted between humans. More than 200 people have been infected with the virus so far and a short time ago a fourth death has been confirmed. Cases have also been reported in japan, thailand, and south korea. The World Health Organization will hold an emergency meeting later this week. Rich preston reports. Its now been confirmed, the virus known as 2019 ncov can be passed from person to person. Despite early effo rts from person to person. Despite early efforts to contain the virus, cases have been reported in shanghai, shands in and beijing. Cases have also been reported injapan, south korea, and thailand. This latest Development Comes as millions prepare to celebrate chinese new year, making journeys of hundreds of m
By some big us names. And coming up in buiness briefing, the battle between the us and china continues, as a extradition hearing for huaweis chief Financial Officer meng wanzhou begins in vancouver. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And today, its said to be blue monday the third monday injanuary is apparently the gloomiest day of the year. It may be just a sales and marketing gimmick but id still like to know, what do you do to lift your mood when its cold, dark and grey . Share your tips with me. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Prince harry says it has brought him Great Sadness that he is leaving his royal duties after he agreed a deal with the queen that allowed him and his wife meghan to stop their official roles. Hes been speaking for the First Time Since news emerged of his desire to quit. The duke of sussex said the couple felt they had no other option but to leave the royal family behind. He expressed
Against the ruling elite began in october. Im Lewis Vaughanjones in london. Also in the Programme Authorities in china are scrambling to stop the spread of a new pneumonia like virus as millions of people prepare to travel for the lunar new year. And a crucial test for elon musks spacex crew capsule appears to go to plan. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore and midnight in london where prince harry has given a dramatic response to events culminating with saturdays agreement for him and his wife, meghan, to give up royal duties. He said it brings him Great Sadness it has come to this and went on to explain why he felt there was no other option. Lets hear more from his speech at an event for his charity, sentebale. I wanted to hear the truth from me. As much as i can share. Not as a prince or duke but as harry, the same person that many of you have watched grow up over the last 35 yea rs watched grow up ov
As we speak, key figures from industry, World Leaders and even a few celebs are all descending on the alpine ski resort of davos. At this years World Economic forum, Climate Change is the hot topic of the week. Attending this year will be president trump, teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg and top executives from firms including google, netflix, coca cola but is there the will to tackle the issue . Theres clearly a business impact, a report by the imf and Cambridge University found that if temperature continue to rise by 0. 04 degrees every year, for the next 80 years peoples wealth on average will 7 lower compared to if action is taken. However its not all bad news, the Global Commission on adaptation has calculated that a 1. 8 trillion investment over the next decade in measures to adapt to Climate Change, could produce benefits worth more than 7 trillion. Well to get more on this, the bbcs Sally Bundock is in davos for us this week and sent this report. World leaders chief exec