and lockdown in shanghai, china. a city of 25 million people races to test for covid 19, as authorities try to stamp out a worsening covid outbreak. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. russian billionaire roman abramovich reportedly suffered symptoms of poisoning at peace talks on the ukraine belarus border earlier this month. the chelsea football club owner, who has now recovered, suffered sore eyes and peeling skin, according to the reports. two ukrainian peace negotiators were also said to have been affected.
our headlines: the russian billionaire roman abramovich is reported to have suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning during russian ukrainian peace talks earlier this month. russia continues to hit targets in all parts of the country. the next round of face to face negotiations take place on tuesday in turkey. millions of people in eastern shanghai have spent monday as the authorities try to stamp out a worsening covid outbreak. in the western half of the city, people cleared shops and markets of supplies ahead of a lockdown there. shanghai is a key financial and manufacturing hub and lockdown is being imposed in two halves as authorities carry out covid 19 testing. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell reports. panic buying led to fights, as shanghai s 25 million residents prepared to go into lockdown. from today, the east
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as authorities tried to stamp out the worst outbreak of covid 19 in over two years. shanghai is an esstential financial hub in china and is being locked down in two stages over nine days while authorities carry out testing. today, authorities reported over 4 thousand 300 hundred new asymptomatic cases. janet mui is investment director at brewin dolphin. piece numbers are going up and “p piece numbers are going up and up in china is seemingly sticking to deceive a covid policy but for how long can it do that? ,., ., ., ., ,, do that? good morning. thank ou for do that? good morning. thank you for having do that? good morning. thank you for having me. do that? good morning. thank you for having me. i do that? good morning. thank you for having me. i think- do that? good morning. thank you for having me. i think as l you for having me. i think as long as it is needed. i think china has not changed its stance on being zero tolerance and covid. it is because china is such a huge cou
and a city of 25 million people shanghai in china goes into lockdown, after a dramatic rise in covid infections. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. it s been reported that the russian billionaire roman abramovich and two ukrainians have suffered a suspected chemical poisoning, after peace talks over the war in ukraine. it s alleged to have happened earlier this month, on the border with belarus. it s understood the chelsea football club owner, who s thought to be acting as a go between in the negotiations, suffered sore eyes and peeling skin. two ukrainians are also said to have been affected, with all three