Mission control room to the public. Hello and welcome. Theres anticipation building as President Trump and chinas xijinping are due to meet in just over an hours time at the 620 summit injapan. The two countries are, of course, currently locked in a bitter trade war which is threatening to escalate. All eyes are on whether this meeting can break the deadlock. Ourjapan correspondent, Rupert Wingfield hayes is at the summit in osaka. He is watching all of the happenings for us. Rupert, can you give us an idea of how crucial this meeting will be . Yes, it is the meeting that has overshadowed the whole of this 620 has overshadowed the whole of this g20 summit, yesterday and today. This meeting will happen in about one and a half hours time. The reason everybody is watching this meeting so closely is because it is the first time President Trump and president xijinping been the first time President Trump and president xi jinping been able to sit down face to face since the trade war between
Hello and welcome. Theres anticipation building as President Trump and chinas xijinping are meeting at the 620 summit injapan. The two countries are of course currently locked in a bitter trade war which is threatening to escalate. All eyes are on whether this meeting can break the deadlock or at least offer Global Markets some relief. Ourjapan correspondent, Rupert Wingfield hayes is at the summit in osaka. Are we expecting any sort of resolution to come out of this meeting . I dont think we will see a complete resolution to the trade dispute, this is too short a meeting with too many issues at stake for a short face to face between the two leaders to make that sort of breakthrough. However the mood music going into this meeting is positive, we saw the two lea d e rs this meeting is positive, we saw the two leaders shake hands quarterly, President Trump as he met with President Trump as he met with president xi said that he had a close relationship, that had slipped recently but was g
Hello and welcome. President trump and chinas xi jinping are in a highly anticipated meeting at the 620 summit injapan to discuss the bitter trade war between the two countries. The chinese president has appealed to the us president for dialogue rather than confrontation. All eyes are on whether this meeting can break the deadlock or make some progress towards a truce. Ourjapan correspondent, Rupert Wingfield hayes is at the summit in osaka. What can we expect to come out of this meeting . Here in osaka the meeting between xi jinping and china and donald trump, president of the United States is still going on, it is the meeting eve ryo ne still going on, it is the meeting everyone is watching to see whether the trade or between these two economic giants can at least be put on hold and some sort of truth be called so they can get back to negotiations. Going into that meeting just before lunchtime, both leaders well, i would say, upbeat, the mood was positive. Resident trump saying it wo
Brazils new president . Gdp figures out shortly could confirm a drift back towards recession and on the markets. Us shares fall to their lowest in 3 months as the bond market signals a growing risk of recession adding to those trade war concerns. Asian shares following wall street lower. We start with boeing and the crisis surrounding the 737 max because the boss has been giving his first interview since the two fatal crashes that have led to the plane being grounded around the world. Speaking to cbs news Denis Muilenberg apologized to the families of the 346 People Killed in the lion air and Ethiopian Airways crashes. And he admitted the accidents have damaged public trust and confidence in flying. On wednesday, the International Air transport association said a global ban on the planes by regulators is unlikely to be lifted before august. Boeing has already scrapped its financial forecasts for this year and said the crisis has so far cost it a billion dollars. But that could just be
ever april day. hello, a very warm welcome. i m samantha simmonds. efforts are being stepped up in sudan to try and extend a fragile ceasefire between troops loyal to rival generals. the outbreak of violence in the country has left more than 500 people dead and forced thousands to flee. the current truce brokered by the us is due to expire later on thursday. both the un and south sudan are rapidly trying to organise a three day extension to it. the sudanese army says it s approved the idea of discussing the proposal but its rival, the rapid support forces, has not yet responded. here s our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, with the latest. there is an invitation from salva kiir, south sudan s president, to both the warring generals to try and get them to go to the south sudanese capital to sit down and talk about another three day ceasefire, to carry on when the current one expires later today. and also to talk about humanitarian corridors within khartoum and perhaps to t