and london. this is bbc world news. it is newsday. good morning. it s 9am in singapore, 1 am in london and 9 am in shenzen, where the founder of chinese telecoms giant huawei has told the bbc that washington s attempts to ban its participation in the wests sg networks won t crush the company. he added that the arrest of his daughter, the company s cfo meng wanzhou on the request of the united states is a politically motivated act . our asia business correspondent karishma vaswani has been speaking exclusively to huawei s founder ren zhengfei. you know, he has been described as reclusive and secretive, this is the city where his company has grown up and he started it around 30 years ago, and you can hear the busyness and chaos of the streets getting started here, early rush hour engines then. at the man i met was anything but secretive or reclusive and he portrayed a great deal of confidence especially in the face of all of this pressure from the united states. i would go so f
honda is expected to confirm this morning that it s on a clothing purchase, to close its factory in swindon, in what s been described to help improve its recycling? as a shattering body blow to the uk car industry. those are the plans to create a £35 million a year recycling scheme. 3,500 jobs will go when the plant closes in three years‘ time. colin campbell reports. for 30 years, honda has been making cars in swindon, employing 3,500 workers. many left stunned after hearing the factory could close. doom and gloom. lots of families, lots of people with children, like ourselves. so, yes, gutted, really. this is my life, my lifeline. without this, now, technically, i mjobless. the employees, the workers here, everyone works really hard here. it is a big, sad shame to see this happen. last month, honda announced it would shut the swindon operation for six days in april to deal with any brexit disruption. some of the workers here now blame brexit for a more permanent closure.
around the world 70 years ago. meet the actual couple between the legendary photo that kissed world war ii good-bye. first, we begin this morning with a look at today s eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. i it s not about e-mails o servers, either. it s about politics. fired up in iowa. hillary clinton goes on the offensive. it was guns blazing for a republican presidential front-runner donald trump taking aim at fellow republican nominees in new hampshire. karcarly fiorina, i can t sa anything because she s a woman. can i do that? women, am i allowed to fight back? secretary of state john kerry in havana for the flag raising of the u.s. i m embassy after 54 years. a dangerous day in eastern washington and north aidaho. crews in california are trying to get control of the wildfire that exploded 1800 acres. several explosions in a chemical plant in texas. no reports, no injuries. death toll rising sharply in china s town of tianjin. 85 people are dead.
meet the actual couple between the legendary photo that kissed world war ii good-bye. first, we begin this morning with a look at today s eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. it s not about e-mails or servers, either. it s about politics. fired up in iowa. hillary clinton goes on the offensive. it was guns blazing for a republican presidential front-runner donald trump taking aim at fellow republican nominees in new hampshire. karcarly fiorina, i can t sa anything because she s a woman. can i do that? women, am i allowed to fight back? secretary of state john kerry in havana for the flag raising of the u.s. i m embassy after 54 years. a dangerous day in eastern washington and north aidaho. crews in california are trying to get control of the wildfire that exploded 1800 acres. several explosions in a chemical plant in texas. no reports, no injuries. death toll rising sharply in china s town of tianjin. 85 people are dead. injuring more than 700 people.
meet the actual couple between the legendary photo that kissed world war ii good-bye. first, we begin this morning with a look at today s eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. i it s not about e-mails o servers, either. itut abo politics. fired up in iowa. hillary clinton goes on the offensive. it was guns blazing for a republican presidential front-runner donald trump taking aim at fellow republican nominees in new hampshire. karcarly fiorina, i can t sa anything because she s a woman. can i do that? women, am i allowed to fight ? > secretary of state john kerry in havana for the flag raising of the u.s. i m embassy after 54 years. a dangerous day in eastern washington and north aidaho. crews in california are trying to get control of the wildfire that exploded 1800 acres. several explosionsn i a chemical plant in texas. no reports, no injuries. death toll rising sharply in china s town of tianjin. 85 people are dead. injuring more than 700 people. at