hearing, has held what the us calls candid and constructive talks with china s foreign minister in beijing. this at the start of two days of meetings with chinese officials. mr blinken emphasised the need for diplomacy and keeping open channels of communication us officials added. the trip to china is the first by a top us diplomat in almost five years and comes months after an earlier visit by the secretary of state was postponed when a suspected chinese spy balloon flew in us airspace. can this trip reboot relations? to discuss this and what s at stake for the world s two biggest economies, i m joined by alicia garcia herrero chief economist at natixis. good to have you on the programme. from your perspective, when we are looking at trade, the two biggest economies in the world, how important is this trip? extremely important. and the main reason for this trip is not even trade, it s about assurance to really avoid a military conflict in taiwan and i think that s th
issues that you have with the eu. i know you publicly know this question is coming, there s a frenzy of reports that you do have a deal. does it reflect you wish to have a normal relationship with your allies? fix, normal relationship with your allies? ., normal relationship with your allies? ., ., , ., allies? a lot of things in there to un ack. allies? a lot of things in there to unpack- when allies? a lot of things in there to unpack. when it allies? a lot of things in there to unpack. when it comes - allies? a lot of things in there to unpack. when it comes to - allies? a lot of things in there to unpack. when it comes to the i unpack. when it comes to the northern ireland protocol, there are real issues that need resolving. the way that the protocol has been implemented, it causes real challenges for families, implemented, it causes real challenges forfamilies, for challenges for families, for businesses challenges forfamilies, for businesses on the ground, very p
if gas prices keep rising. fuelling controversy. opec slashes production to boost oil prices, sparking an angry reaction from president biden. plus too broke for beauty? women around the world say they are cutting back on cosmetics so how is the industry responding? we ll hear from a top entrepreneur. we start here in the uk, where as you ve been hearing, prime minister liz truss has been presenting her plans to boost the economy in her keynote speech to the conservative party conference in birmingham. she re stated her commitment to lowering taxes just two days after being forced to abandon a pledge to cut income tax for the highest earners. markets remain nervous about the outlook for the uk s finances under ms truss s government after the mini budget statement on september 23rd that sent the pound to a record low and borrowing costs soaring. but she argues the disruption will be worth it. whenever there is change, there is disruption. and not everybody will be in f
Crisis, i think, where we can no longerjustify letting them get away with that. While vulnerable families are pushed to the brink. Theyre raising their prices and theyjust dont understand that for us electricity is the difference between life and death. It is an Essential Need for ourfamily and our child. One, two, three, four, five. Lauren lives in birmingham with her partner sam and their two year old son arlo. Shes a Primary School teacher, and hes an illustrator. They take home just above the average Household Income of £31,000. But thats no longer enough. Petrol has gone up a lot. We are spending a lot more to get and from work now. Nursery fees have gone up. 0ur rent has gone up. And our gas and electric has gone up probably the most, hasnt it . Yes. So, a year ago we were paying about £100 a month, and now it is £250 a month for our gas and electric. So, its really hiked up. It has a really long neck that goes down. Its at the point now where we feel like we are kind of scrap
with her majesty, she will become the 56th uk prime minister the third woman in number ten. labour s deputy leader, angela rayner, says mrjohnson has missed opportunities to fix problems after the last few months. we ve seen borisjohnson going around having his holidays, and enjoying himself, when the rest of the country have been absolutely petrified. i have got businesses locally who have been there since prewar, who are saying that they will not be able to survive. hello and welcome from downing street where later today, liz truss will enter the famous door at number ten as the uk s new prime minister, after being announced yesterday as leader of the conservative party. the man she ll take over from, borisjohnson, has arrived in aberdeenshire to meet the queen in balmoral and formally resign from office. earlier this morning, here in downing street, he delivered a farewell speech extolling his own record as prime minister and calling on the conservative party to get