Cornell university, and a former head of the imf s china division. Speaking to me earlier, he said the belt and Road Initiative had achieved mixed results for china. The belt and Road Initiative was chinas gamble to again achieve political and democrat influence, as well as extend dock expand its reach, and Build Transport and other infrastructure that would link china with many of these other countries. Now some of these investments have not paid off very well, in terms of geo political terms because china is getting pushback from some countries that feel they have been indebted to china. So this is an attempt by the Xi Jinping Administration to put the belt and Road Initiative back on track. ,. , and Road Initiative back on track. ,. ,. ,. , track. To have any tangible expectations track. To have any tangible expectations from track. To have any tangible expectations from this track. To have any tangible i expectations from this forum . I think we might see some new Investment Opport
For several weeks while Congress Worked on long term spending plans. The republicans, who hold a slim majority in the house of representatives, are at a deadlock, with members on the right of the party demanding wide ranging spending cuts. One of that groups main objections has been the white houses request for an additional 24 billion in aid to ukraine. Tonight, mr mccarthy urged the senate to drop that measure from its resolution. I think if we had a clean one without ukraine on it, we could probably be able to move that through. I think if the senate puts ukraine on there and focuses ukraine over america, i think that could cause real problems. Megan scully is Bloomberg Congress editor and shejoined me earlier. What is your initial reaction to this news there from Speaker Mccarthy that if ukraine was removed, a deal might be on the table . ,. ,. ,. , table . This is one of many ideas that table . This is one of many ideas that are table . This is one of many ideas that are percolati
Bill, Kevin Mccarthy said it is not over yet. Earlier, i sopke to republican congressman ken buck, who voted against republican Speaker Of The House Kevin Mccarthys temporary Spending Bill this afternoon. House republicans just held a conference. What came out of that . Well, theres a few different possibilities. The one that is most likely to happen is we will start working tomorrow passing Appropriations Bills with regular order, and then make sure the next pay paycheque that is due is made. But in the meantime, we will be in work, we will pass bills, we will send those to the senate, and we will keep the government open funded bill by bill by bill. What will keep the government open funded bill by bill by bill. Bill by bill by bill. What does that mean, bill by bill by bill. What does that mean. That bill by bill by bill. What does that mean. That a bill by bill by bill. What does that mean, that a shutdown bill by bill by bill. What does that mean, that a shutdown would bill by bil
The fatal stabbing of Elianne Andam on wednesday. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A 14 Year Old Girl and a bus driver have been killed after a coach overturned on the m53 this morning. It was taking pupils to two schools on merseyside when it crashed with dozens of children on board. Eight children were taken to hospital. Two of them have serious injuries. Our Correspondentjudith Moritz is at the scene. Yes, and the two schools involved taking children from a very wide catchment area, hence them being on this motorway so early this morning, they come from as far away as chester, 20 miles or so from here. Its a schooljourney they chester, 20 miles or so from here. Its a School Journey they were chester, 20 miles or so from here. Its a schooljourney they were used to making day after day, but today they never got as far as school, and tonight two families are coming to terms with terrible loss. Its the school run which ended in tragedy. The children on this bus should ha
Rishi sunak says hes Slamming The Brakes on 20 mph speed limits and low Traffic Neighbourhoods. Police arrest a man in his 60s over the felling of the Sycamore Gap Tree in northumberland. And european elation at the ryder cup in rome after they stun the states. And on newsnight at 10 30, well go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on todays big stories, plus a first look at tomorrows front pages. We begin tonight with news of a significant advance in the treatment of Prostate Cancer. An International Trial has found that thousands of men every year could be successfully treated with a more intense form of radiotherapy which would significantly shorten the time it takes to treat them. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men with 52,000 cases diagnosed every year. One in eight men, and one in four black men, will be affected. And 12,000 die from it every year. The study was led by the Royal Marsden hospital in london, which said the treatment could help 8,0