this is bbc news these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. pressure grows on the uk government to help businesses facing soaring energy bills as some of its own mps join industry bosses in asking for support. chinese president, xijinping, vows to unify china and taiwan as heightened tensions over the island continue. translation: if china can be unified, all translation: if china can be unified, all chinese translation: if china can be unified, all chinese will- translation: if china can be unified, all chinese will enjoy | translation: if china can be | unified, all chinese will enjoy a happy life. if china can t unify, everyone will suffer. the united states and the taliban will hold face to face talks in their first meeting since the group seized control of afghanistan in august. women in the uk who are travelling home alone, could soon
this is bbc news these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. pressure grows on the uk government to help businesses facing soaring energy bills as some of its own mps join industry bosses in asking for support. chinese president, xijinping, vows to unify china and taiwan as heightened tensions over the island continue. translation: if china can be unified, all translation: if china can be unified, all chinese translation: if china can be unified, all chinese will- translation: if china can be unified, all chinese will enjoy | translation: if china can be | unified, all chinese will enjoy a happy life. if china can t unify, everyone will suffer. the united states and the taliban will hold face to face talks in their first meeting since the group seized control of afghanistan in august. women in the uk who are travelling home alone, could soon be offered protection
be achieved peacefully but he didn t rule out the potential use of force to achieve that goal. in response, taiwan has said its future rests in the hands of its own people. here is a little of what president xi had to say: translation: unification is the hope of all chinese people. if china can be unified, all chinese will enjoy a happy life. if china can t unify, everyone will suffer. 0ur correspondentjohn sudworth has more from taipei. this was a very confident chinese president saying not only must unification with taiwan be achieved, but that it will be achieved. you know, underlining this idea of this inevitability behind this process. of course it is important to say this is the kind of thing we have heard from the chinese leadership many, many times before. i think it is coming under more scrutiny at the moment
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. pressure grows on the uk government to help businesses facing soaring energy bills, as some of its own mps join industry bosses in asking for support. the chinese president, xijinping, vows to unify china and taiwan as heightened tensions over the island continue. translation: if china can be unified, all chinese will enjoy a happy life. if china can t unify, everyone will suffer. the united states and the taliban will hold face to face talks in their first meeting since the group seized control of afghanistan in august. women in the uk who are travelling home alone could soon be offered protection from a free mobile phone app. pope francis launches what catholics
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