china officials as the two nations re-open diplomatic talks. we re not looking for a new cold war. can the u.s. counter rising global threats? i ll speak to two republican chairman congressman michael mccall of foreign affairs, plus u.n. ambassador linda thomas greenfield will join us. and desperate for answers. ohio residents on edge after a train derailment unleashes toxins. we need help. how to pro vent the next crash. sherrod brown joins us next. laying the field, former president trump gets his first official challenger for the gop presidential nomination. if you re tired of losing put your trust in a new generation. who is next? hello. i m pamela brown in washington where the state of our union is trying to keep our friends close and you know the rest. tensions between the u.s. and china on high this morning after a blunt meeting between the two nations top diplomats, the first since the u.s. shot down a suspected chinese spy balloon earlier this mo
lethal aid in its war against ukraine. it comes the secretary of state anthony blinken met with china s top diplomat this weekend. exchanging strong words two weeks after the u.s. shut down a chinese spy balloon off the carolina coast. earlier today, and i see spokesperson john kirby stress the importance of repairing the u.s. china relationship. the president said he billing to dock to president xi in the future. and he will. we still have lansing on occasion open with china as you saw yesterday in munich. that s important. particularly when there s times of tension like this. you want to avoid the risks of misunderstanding and miscalculation. secretary blinken issued a warning to china about its spy craft to. key house republicans today amplifying their concerns over the blue and being able to fly across the u.s.. the reality is that the administration admitted that after it had shut down the balloon that it should ve been more proactive. in the three subsequent shutd
if they re in a car that s hit from behind. and although whiplash isn t usually fatal, it can cause serious and permanent disabilities. we stopped at a zebra crossing. sarah s car was hit from behind last month. there was a big bang. a little car had been shunted into the back of me by a transit van. it was a really big shock at the time. and my daughter was absolutely crying her eyes out. her neck was hurting. and she said her back as well. got stiff neck and shoulders. i m having to take medication for that. and both of us are due to see a physio shortly. the anxiety of are you going to be able to do yourjob because of your aches and pains? yeah, it s amazing howjust a bump from behind can, you know, can impact your life. some scientists say more representative crash test dummies are an important step in improving car safety. engineers here in sweden have been busy working on the first crash test dummy that represents the average woman. dr astrid linder is leading the resea
for the candidates to reach millions of brazilians before sunday s election run off vote. in about 10 minutes we ll have this week s edition of newswatch, but first on bbc news, click. as ca rs as cars get ever more powerful and generous, the quest for road safety is an ongoing battle. some cities, like london, have introduced congestion zones, which reduce the amount of traffic and make things safer for pedestrians, but there s also research, of course, going into how to protect the passengers inside the vehicles too. car safety testing is still largely done on the same crash test dummies that we used in the 1980s, and they were based on the male form. but now a team of engineers in sweden are in the final stages of developing the first average female crash test dummy. so what happens to a woman s body during a crash? shona mccallum has been to linkoping in sweden to find out. when you think of car crashes, you probably think of something like this. but rear impacts, being h
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