others, like china s unfair trade policies and preventing access to advanced us technology. and on the chinese side, president xi reportedly called us support for any taiwanese independence effort a red line and accused the us of trying to suppress china s development of advanced technology. over four days of meetings, treasury secretary janet yellen is expected to meet with some china s top political and economic officials, as well as american business leaders and chinese professors and students. she is expected to warn china against flooding the market with cheap clean energy exports, things like electric vehicles and lithium ion batteries. the white house is trying to bolster that industry domestically by offering its own tax breaks and subsidies. let s get you up to speed quickly with an earthquake this morning in taiwan, because the well s largest contract chip maker has told the bbc it has evacuated some of its facilities there. the company says it is estimating th
Edge up with highs of 16 or 17 degrees in the south. On tuesday, and weather front loitering across southern england bringing cloudy skies and bricks of rain. The best of any brighter weather across used in counties of england, particularly north east england and northern scotland. Perhaps Northern Ireland not doing badly as well. Temperatures around 1a to 80 celsius. Towards the end of the week, was going to happen as we will start to dredge up some warmer air from the south. Thats going to boost temperatures on thursday. We could see highs reaching the low 20s. Could see highs reaching the low 205. 22 could see highs reaching the low 20s. 22 degrees is a possibility. But not far off what you would expect to see in the middle ofjuly. Let alone this late stage of 0ctober. More warmth bridging up from the south on the way later in the week. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines tens of thousands of people have gathered in barcelona, to protest against a decision by the Spanish Governme
After huddersfield shock Manchester United, while city go five clear at the top of the premier league. And nick miller has the weather. Good morning, it is still a bit windy out there, but the weather on the mend this sunday. Have your full forecast in the next half an hour. Good morning. First, our main story the government say it is considering ways of making buying and selling houses faster, cheaper and less stressful in england and wales. It is launching a consultation which will look at whether it is possible to reduce moving costs and end practices like gazumping. Our Business Correspondent joe lynam reports. Moving home is often compared to getting divorced in terms of stress and worry. Picking your new home is the easy part of the process, before ve nters, the easy part of the process, before venters, surveyors, solicitors, banks, agents, and removal vans get involved. Currently, it can take three months on average to move home. Getting the mortgage offer from your bank alone t
Contributor, robert gibbs, senior Political Editor and White House Correspondent for the Huffington Post, sam stein. And Senior National correspondent for Bloomberg Business week, josh green. Well get right to the news. Does anyone want to crystallize whats been going down on the past 24 hours . Not exactly crystallizable. Its confusing. I think its now republicans selfdestruct. I dont know what the word chaos is the industry here. Thats what weve been seeing all the time. This is different. Special chaos. Seasonal chaos. For breakfast every morning. Its not special word, its chaos part 7. Well let the story speak for itself. There are just three days before the threat of the federal government shutting down becomes a reality. Later today, the senate will begin voting on a bill to fund the government. Majority leader, harry reid will then look to amend the bill, stripping of it any language to defund obama care. After todays vote, the bill goes back to the house, where lawmakers will h
With us senior political analyst Mark Halperin. I was going to do a three thumb fight but willie wasnt up for it. Ill beat you that on any day. Msnbc analyst and visiting professor harold ford junior. Good morning. It was funny stuff last night. It was funny except its not fun funny. I guess he had to address all of David Lettermans jokes. I interviewed Chris Christie for my book coming up in may very seriously about his weight and about how much those jokes hurt him. I guess he felt he had to do that to sort of, you know, break the ice with letterman. What do you mean those jokes hurt him . They hurt his feelings. I want to see another clip and see how hurt he is . He handles it very well. Do you have family members who are also heavy . No. Im the guy. You are the guy. Im the guy. How is your health sxwlmpt if you went to a doctor today, what would the doctor say . Startlingly good. How is your cholesterol . My cholesterol is normal, believe it or not. Thats pretty good. What about yo