u.s. secretary of state is not a ceo, but what can we expect? our top diplomate, says he s not a politician, but the first visit by a u.s. secretary of state to beijing in five years, neil, and he spoke yesterday before taking that flight. sustained competition, with diplomacy and that s what the world expects of both the united states and china. now, neil, as you mentioned it s sort of like a take two of sorts, this trip. as blinken canceled his trip before that u.s. air force fighter jet shot down the massive 4,000 pound chinese spy balloon that flew across the united states and also, what other people call provocations. a chinese fighter jet across the nose of a u.s. air force surveillance plane in the south china sea used to spy on china. the fighter jet caused massive turbulence inside that air force rc-135. and also on the high seas, a china warship recently cut in front of an american guided missile destroyer in international waters, yes, not far from mainland ch
to call for national lung cancer screening. england fight back to reach the semi finals of the euros. an extra time time winner from georgia stanway sees them come from behind to beat spain. it s thought half of all kennels across the uk have closed during lockdown, but with many more of us now owning dogs, getting a space at a boarding house like this is now a very hard thing. good morning. today will be cooler than yesterday. for england, fairly cloudy with the odd shower. bright and sunnier in the west. i ll have all the details and more later in the programme. good morning. it s thursday zistjuly. our top story two candidates are left in the race to replace borisjohnson, as rishi sunak and liz truss go head to head to become the next prime minister. a key battleground is likely to be taxation, with ms truss promising immediate tax cuts, while mr sunak says he would wait until inflation was under control. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. he s the forme
not one shows them at a ponderosa buffet, but our graphics department is very, very busy. we ve got scott martin, a great human being and i wanted him to stick around for the segment. a ponderosa fan. neil: and my kids are a little older than yours, they could be your kids father. and the record amount 22.9 billion. two billion more than last year, but unfortunately the money spent on mom is 13 billion more. are you bitter? always. but the other funny thing about the numbers, if you think about the inflation that s out there for greeting cards, candy, food, shelter, of course, apparel, what i put on my list
this is bbc news with the latest headlines. the final two candidates in the conservative leadership race, liz truss and rishi sunak, begin to set out their pitches to win over party members. i think every day and when i get up in the morning, what can i do to change things? i m impelled to do that. the office for national statistics says surging inflation means uk government borrowing was £22.9 billion injune up up by £4.1billion from a year earlier. the government has launched its help for households campaign with deals it says will help people cope with rising prices this summer. a new report suggests doctors have effectively cured the rare bleeding disorder haemophilia b.