hello and welcome. the french president emmanuel macron and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, are in beijing, where they re holding talks with the chinese leadership. the trip is the latest push by europe to engage with china, and they re expected to urge china to use its influence on russia to halt the war in ukraine. after meeting with china s premier li qiang preident macron has met president xi xingping in the last half hour. in his first comments, mr macron said the visit would focus on economic ties as well as international stability. joining me from the newsroom is our asia pacific editor, michael bristow. thank you for being with us. tell us how significant this meeting is. it is very significant, you have seen the pomp and ceremony of the welcome xijinping has given emmanuel macron and it starts on a note of something like optimism. president macron said his meetings with the chinese premier, president macron said this was a chance f
of more than $200,000. just a reminder that you can get all the latest on the bbc news website. you can of course also download the bbc news app. that is all online, you can get that 2a hours a day. just a reminder before we go, the top story the summer, president emmanuel macron of france and i von der leyen from the european commission are embellishing meeting president xijinping and pushing commission are embellishing meeting president xi jinping and pushing for closer economic ties between europe and china but they are also pushing for china to do more when it comes to pressure on russia regarding the war in ukraine. stay with us on bbc news, we will keep you posted on that story during the day. thank you
taiwanese independence. following the meeting, taiwan s defence minister said a chinese aircraft carrier and three chinese warships had been detected 200 nautical miles off taiwan s east coast. here s kevin mccarthy responding to warnings from china of escalating tensions. well, my first message, there s no need for retaliation. but the one thing i would say to china too, at no time, i am the speaker of the house. there is no place that china is going to tell me where i can go or who i can speak to, whether you be foe or whether you be friend. researchers studying how ice sheets melt say new findings suggest antarctica s glaciers could retreat 20 times faster than previously thought. the study looked at how ice melted in norway thousands of years ago and found it reduced by 600 metres a day. doctor christine batchelor from newcastle university in the uk led the study and she joins me
we re looking here at putting some tougher standards in where, unless you ve got the most minor historic conviction, you re not you re not going to be joining the police. i think over the next two or three years, we re going to be removing hundreds of people from this organisation who shouldn t be here. last month, a major review branded the met institutionally sexist, racist and homophobic. the review, by baroness casey, highlighted a boys club culture across the organisation. the met commissioner says over the next two or three years the force will remove hundreds of people from the organisation who shouldn t be working for it. there is still much work to be done. restoring public confidence will also take time. helena wilkinson, bbc news. china has condemned a meeting between taiwan s president tsai ing wen and the speaker of the us house of representatives kevin mccarthy in california. beijing said the us was breaching its commitments on taiwan. mr mccarthy stressed the need to spe
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