donations to the conservative party. the prime minister today defended the vetting process. icy that story today but all i can say— icy that story today but all i can say on that one is that all these — can say on that one is that all these donations are vetted in these donations are vetted in the normal way in accordance with — the normal way in accordance with rolls _ the normal way in accordance with rolls directly set up under— with rolls directly set up under the labour government. 30 under the labour government. so we under the labour government. s: we vet under the labour government. we vet the under the labour government. sr we vet the whole time. the conservative party spokesman said fundraising is a legitimate part of the democratic process and government policy is in no way influenced by donations. still to come of bit later in the programme a rather different story for what we've just been listening to or watching brother. i'll be discussing concerns about children in the philippines now been out of school for the past 18 months because of the covid pandemic. first the first major sign of how the us president biden will tackle trade tensions with china is trade representative has outlined us strategy for working with beijing. the us and china the world to biggest