The two are meeting at talks hosted by china. And worldver trade war ii compensnsationn have damd ties in recent months. The three countries also seeking to deal with a belligerent north korea. China says it is in the three interest toommon prevent more aggression from pyongyang. Charles joins us from beijing. What is china hoping to get from this meeting and from japan and south korea . Charles well, china, just like the united states, just like japan, just like south korea, did not want to see a nuclear north korea. It has often expressed frustration and anger whenever pyongyang conducted missile tests. Because china is north koreas is tryingng to reach the goal of denuclearization b by way of dialogue. That is why last week at the u. S. Security council, along with russia, china proposed to lift some of the sanctions ,gainst the north korean regime in a way to break the deadlock between pyonongyang and washingtonon. And were hoping that seoul tokyo would support that resolution and
America. Reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. Britains Prime Minister is gambling on general election. He will give mps more time to debate his brexideal if they will let the people vote. Prime min. Johnson it itime the opposition summed up the nerve to submit themselves to the judgment of our collective boss, the people of u. K. Laura rubcans fight the impeachment inquiry by attacking the process, as the president calls for lawmakers to defend him more aggressively. We size up the strategy. Plus, what ever happened to Union Boss Jimmy Hoffa in 1975 . We speak to an author with a personal connection to this unsolved mystery. Laura for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news america. For britains Prime Minister, there is no getting away from brexit. Now he has allowed asked parliament to hold a general election on december 12. If mps agree, it will give them even more time to debate his brexit deal,l,n early christmas present. Mr. Johnson does not h
Laura this is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. Britains Prime Minister is gambling on general election. He will give mps more time to debate his brexit deal if they will let the people vote. Prime min. Johnson it itime the opposition summed up the nerve to submit themselves to the judgment of our collective boss, the people of u. K. Laura republicans fight the impeachment inquiry by attacking the process, as the president calls for lawmakers to defend him more aggressively. We size up the strategy. Plus, what ever happened to Union Boss Jimmy Hoffa in 1975 . We speak to an author with a personal connection to this unsolved mystery. Laura for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news america. For britains Prime Minister, there is no getting away from brexit. Now he has allowed asked parliament to hold a general election on december 12. If mps agree, it will give them even more time to debate his brexit deal, an early christ
Into a new Year National lockdown. Most people will find themselves in tier two, where hospitality venues will be closed unless they serve a substa ntial meal. Right now, for hospitality, all the tiers are a version of waterboarding for our industry. Were allowed out for a brief gasp of fiscal oxygen, and were slammed back down. And people are warned by the chief medical officer not to hug or kiss their grandparents at christmas, to protect the most vulnerable. Also tonight. Regular testing in scotlands care homes should have happened much earlier an admission from the first minister on her handling of the pandemic. The death of a premature baby in hampshire in 2001 led to a 20 year cover up by Health Workers and authorities, according to an official inquiry. And in argentina, many thousands of fans turn out to pay their respects to the great maradona. And coming up in sport on bbc news napoli players all wear maradonas number ten shirt ahead of their Europa League clash, in a tribute
The uk and the European Union are on the brink of an historic post brexit trade and security deal, ending nearly a year of bitter wrangling. An announcement that the two sides have secured an agreement on their future relationship, which will avoid import taxes on each others goods, is expected in the coming hours. But yet again, fishing is the issue theyre stuck on, and a news conference, which was initially expected first thing this morning, is being delayed. Negotiators from both sides talked through the night in brussels and are continuing to hammer out the details. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson is in downing street. We iain watson is in downing street. Are very much on that. We are very much on the brink of that. That deal looks like it will go ahead. I guess it would not be brexit if everything ran to time. To missed deadlines, lots of informal deadlines have gone on these talks. This time next week, we are likely to be leaving the eus rules and regulations behind at t