at the start of a three day summit. the leaders are delivering opening remarks at the great hall of the people during the first event of a packed schedule today. the french president said it would focus on economic ties and stability. macron is expected to press chinese officials, including li qiang and president xi to do more for peace in ukraine. we will bring you more on the talks as they take place later. this summit comes as tensions between china and the west are running high. and as taiwanese president tsai ing wen is in california meeting with us speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. here she is meeting lawmakers despite objections by china. mccarthy stressed the need to speed up arms deliveries to taiwan. china, which has long considered taiwan as part of its country, denounced the meeting, accusing the us of seeking taiwanese independence. it comes on the heels of other high profile summits, including then speaker of the house nancy pelosi s trip to taiwan last year.
and on bbc london. and coming up on the bbc news channel. after three premier league games without a win can manchester united beat brentford at old trafford and strengthen their chances of qualifying for the champions league? good evening. the husband of the former first minister of scotland nicola sturgeon has been arrested. police say that peter murrell is being questioned as part of an investigation into the snp s finances. officers are searching a number of properties, including the couple s home in glasgow. here s our scotland editorjames cook. police have been investigating the scottish national party s funding and finances for nearly two years. this morning, their inquiries led here, to the suburban door of peter murrell and nicola sturgeon. mr murrell was arrested as a suspect and questioned by detectives while officers searched the couple s glasgow home. well, this is usually a pretty quiet residential street, but this morning, there s a fairly extraordinary sight
by west midlands police, 21 people have been convicted for their crimes. opposition in dorset as the government plans to house 500 migrants all adult men in a barge off the coast of portland. and some of the world s finest golfers make their way to georgia, as the masters gets under way at augusta tomorrow. on bbc london, easter staffing and a doctors strike within days. and coming up on the bbc news channel: a lot at stake at the top, and bottom of the premier league. west ham entertain newcastle at the london stadium. good evening. a week after nicola sturgeon stepped down as first minister of scotland, her husband, peter murrell, has been arrested as part of an investigation into the finances of the scottish national party. mr murrell was the party s chief executive until he resigned last month, after 2a years in the job. police scotland launched a formal investigation into the snp s finances in july 2021 after receiving complaints about how political donations were b
they proved to be not fit to address the specific context of the russian aggression against ukraine. nevertheless, i would like to remind all of us that lastjuly the secretary general activated the mechanism, which is called caac, the mechanism of children in armed conflicts, and the united nations started collecting information and monitoring the situation. the united nations and the special representative of the united nations on the children in conflict will report to the security council thisjune orjuly, and then the decision will be taken whether the russian federation will be listed as a violator of the rights of the child in the conflict. right. but even if they come to that conclusion so what? that does not get the kids back to ukraine. yes, you re right. but i think the pressure is mounting and the fact that on march 17th, the icc issued the arrest warrant for putin and lvova belova really pushed the russian federation to the wall. and the fact that they had this m
one of the world s biggest online, crime websites online crime websites is shut down by police in seventeen countries. is shut down by police in 17 countries. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7 in the morning in singapore and 4 o clock in the afternoon in simi valley in california, where us house speaker kevin mccarthy greeted taiwan president tsai ing wen at the start of a meeting that has already infuriated china. in the last hour, beijing has promised a resolute response. mr mccarthy is the most senior american politician to meet a taiwanese leader on us soil since 1979. the meeting took place at the ronald reagan presidential library during a stopover on president tsai sjourney home from latin america. china claims taiwan is part of its own territory and discourages the island s leaders from meeting foreign officials. the two leaders held a press conference earlier. here s what they said. the friendship between the people of taiwan