Issues of mutual concern. And, well take you behind the scenes of an opera production at one of kyotos most prestigious venues. Japans foreign minister and his chinese counterpart spoke on the sidelines of the u. N. General assembly. Couple yo kishida and wang yi moat has relations are strained between the two countries. The tension is strained over japans nationalization over a group of islands in the East China Sea and perception of history. Details of the talks have not been released. The ministers are believed to have discussed japans proposal to hold a summit in november. The leaders of both countries will attend an apec meeting in beijing. The Foreign Ministers are also expected to have discussed a plan to set up security hotline for emergencies at sea and in the air. Translator we were able to take enough time to exchange our views in a sincere and frank atmosphere. Kishida said nothing has been decided regarding the proposed summit. Chinas Foreign Ministry said wang had an info
Share. More than 30 people have been killed aafter a blast rips through a market in china gin jiang region. When you look at what has happened in russia, if you dont have the guts to invest here, you better stay at home. Youre watching Worldwide Exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. A warm welcome today, this is Worldwide Exchange. Well be in ukraine and st. Petersburg fairly shortly. The health of the ecb. The flash composite pmi coming in at 53. 9, exactly as expected according to the reuters poll. It was 54 in april. The composite output price index, 58. 7. Flash pmi 52. 5. Thats a dip down from april. It was 53. 2 in the poll. The services pmi 53. 5. Its a tick higher from the 53 in the reuters poll. Its weaker than we might have expected. But that all means that the composite number has come out on the same. Its worth pointing out this morning that the french composite pmi flash was estimated at 49 3. In the First Quarter we saw france was flat gdp growth. Th
The next six months, the us will step up. Bill gates talks. That was bill gates, talking to the bbc. We will be hearing about what he has to say a little later in this programme. A signing ceremony takes place at the white house today at which israel will agree to normalise relations with the uae and bahrain. The move, brokered by President Trump, marks a historic shift in relations between israel and the two gulf arab countries. But it comes amid a crisis at home for the israeli leader, as our middle east correspondent tom bateman reports from jerusalem. This deal is delivering its rewards under the desert sun. And adds being filmed near dubai for is really pyjamas. Until now, it would have been impossible. In the uae, boycotting formal tiles with israel. Its very exciting and iam first israel. Its very exciting and i am first to be and i am excited to be the first israeli model to shoot here. We can come here with israeli passports and it is very exciting. But these israelis have oth
Close to the local elections in kosovo the first in which serbia urge minority serbs to bow. Surfers education and cousin us political life is a key element of the European Union brokered deal to end the dispute there and unlocks eu funds. But today is noting was marred by reports of masked men storming the main Polling Center in each of the except throwing tear gas and smashing ballot boxes the worldly local elections but for kosovos leaders they were approved moniker of relations between Ethnic Albanians and serbs. Is it a lot of videos. These are the first free elections for all of kosovo. And that makes them historic our young nation sees his successor though. It was the first boat in the north since kosovo broke away from serbia yet these selections in a test of the political maturity a test of democracy in our country and the best proof that everyone has a voice in the news came in just two years. Attention has been focused on the serb minority in kosovo scam snore. One polling s
Hello to you. Republicans, who are in the majority in the us senate, have now rejected three attempts by democrats to obtain documents in President Trumps impeachment trial. Its an early sign of the partisan divide that seems very likely to see mr trump acquitted. Democrats see the refusal to allow new evidence as a cover up. The latest live in a moment, but first heres our north america editor, jon sopel. Hearye, hearye, hearye, all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment. 1868, 1999 and now 2020, for only the third time in american history, the serjeant at arms tells senators on pain of imprisonment that they must maintain silence and decorum in the trial of a sitting president , the 45th donald] trump. The senate will convene as a court of impeachment. Presiding over it the chiefjustice of the supreme court, john roberts. But for all the veneer of this being a judicial process, it is really raw politics. The first person to be called was pat cipollone, the senio