as he meets president xijinping for the first time since the invasion. and one of the all time tennis greats, roger federer, announces his retirement. welcome to the programme. with shaun ley in westminster and me, ros atkins, in the bbc news room. tens of thousands of people are waiting for their turn to pay their respects to queen elizabeth ii at westminster hall where she is lying in state. these are live pictures from westminster, where the queue is currently stretching over some five km. some people have waited for more than eight hours to get here, inside westminster hall, where the closed coffin is being guarded by soldiers from units that serve the royal household. that process will continue, 2a hours a day, until monday morning at 6.30am. for the latest, we can nowjoin shaun ley in westminster. hello and thank you very much. hello to all of you watching, whether you re in the uk or around the world. here in westminster is the opportunity for members of the public, as
but a huge breakthrough on the president s agenda with news that democrat senatorjoe manchin will finally support a bill that injects billion into key climate policy. and in ukraine the counter offensive is on with progress to report around the city of kherson but will the supply of weapons from the west come quickly enough to sustain the momentum? tonight with the context, the republican strategist rina shah and chief political commentator for the i paul waugh. hello, welcome to the programme. it has been a while. four months in fact, sincejoe biden and xi xinping spoke, on the phone. today the two leaders talked for two hours 17 minutes. a long time. but let s be honest, there s plenty to talk about. the war in ukraine, china s behaviour in the south china sea, trade embargoes, nuclear proliferation, taiwan. and specifically the planned visit of the house speaker nancy pelosi, who is heading there next month. that has infuriated beijing. ms pelosi would be the highest
Must adopt a new approach to force north korea to abandon its nuclear and Ballistic Missile programmes or face what he called catastrophic consequences. Mr tillerson was chairing a special meeting of the Un Security Council. He told the council there was no reason to think north korea would change course under the current sanctions regime. With each successful detonation and missile tests north korea pushes the world closer to instability and broader conflict. The threat of the north Korean Nuclear attack console or tokyo is real and it is likely only a matter of time before north korea develops the capability to strike the us mainland. Indeed, they have repeatedly claimed it plans to conduct such a strike. Given that rhetoric, the United States cannot idly stand by north and other members of this council who are within striking distance of north korean missiles. Washington has repeatedly called for tougher un sanctions, but is looking to china to take a diplomatic lead. But the Chines
Us president s. 100 days in office. And as donald trump reaches that Milestone Tens Of Thousands of protesters are rallying in washington and other us cities to express concern over Climate Change. Mr trump has previously called it a hoax mr trump has previ. Usly called it a hoax mr trump has previously called it a hoax. This is washington where crowds have been making their way to the white house to express their concern about Climate Change and the adminstrations plans to roll back measures to curb global to curb global warming. If we dont take care of earth, we dont have anything. We want our next generation to have this planet that has not been reported by corporations. In defence of our environment, for the climate, because we need to do it and we believe that. The president will not be marking his hundred days in washington. He has been downplaying the importance of the marker. This is how donald trump assessed how he has been doing. Actually believe the first 100 days of my admi
This is bbc news. The headlines theresa may has promised the conservatives wont increase vat if they win the election, but wouldnt rule out changes to income tax or national insurance. The parents of madeleine mccann, who disappeared in portugal ten years ago, say they havent given up hope that she is alive. A woman who was shot and seriously wounded when Counter Terrorism police raided a house in london on thursday has been arrested. President trump says he hopes china will be able to pressure north korea into abandoning its nuclear ambitions. A woman who was shot and seriously wounded when Counter Terrorism now on bbc news, in a change to the schedule, fiona bruce has been speaking to kate and gerry mccann about the disappearance of their daughter madeleine in portugal ten years ago. This is a very difficult time of year and it is the 10 year anniversary. Obviously an anniversary you hoped you would never see. Yes. I mean, i neverthought we would still be in this situation, so far al