Certainty around. Violent clashes grip hong kong as police and protesters engage at a fierce battle at the University Campus while a High Court Rules a ban on the use of face mask is constitutional. Saudi aram moe highly anticipated falling ipo. And spanish boris becomes the center of a bidding war as its a 2. 8 billion euro offer for the exchange moments after they confirm takeover talks. Tlok the program, happy monday the ministry of commerce in beijing said that telephone talks between chinese and u. S. Officials this weekend were, quote, constructive. They focussed on each sides concerns about a preliminary trade agreement. We all know thats a phase one deal the Ministry Said that u. S. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and Robert Lighthouser requested the conversation with their chinese counterparts and both parties agree to stay in close contact. Reuters reported that the Trump Administration is expected to once more extend the ability of u. S. Companies that do business with Chin
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Business. Well have the latest from wales and hearfrom the first minister of wales mark drakeford. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. A former high courtjudge says Police Officers investigating an alleged vip paedophile ring may themselves have broken the law. This the plummeting pound sterling continues to fall on currency markets as market jitters grow at the prospect of a no deal brexit. Liverpools lord mayor resigns following complaints about a video he shared containing racist material last night. President trump arrives in jamestown, virginia to mark the 400th anniversary of democracy in the United States. Some black groups stay away. People with alcohol problems in england are half as likely to get the right help compared to other areas of britain. It is 5pm, our top story. Boris johnson has spent the afternoon meeting welsh farmers who have expressed their strong opposition to the uk crashing out of the eu without a deal. In the latest stop on his tour of the uk he visite
England are fighting back in the womens world cup third place playoff. At half time, its 2 1 to sweden. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The conservative party says it will expel anyone who casts more than one vote in the contest to choose the next leader and the countrys Prime Minister. A bbc investigation has found that some members have received two ballot papers in the post. Around 160,000 people are eligible to vote in the leadership election, which will see either borisjohnson orjeremy hunt take over from theresa may. Manveen rana reports. As the leadership rivals arrived in nottingham today to face the party faithful, it emerged errors had led to some members being issued with two ballot papers. But for the contenders, it was business as usual. Get it right, and we will deliver brexit, unite our party, unleash the incredible potential of our country. We need to get brexit done, we need to get it over the line by october the 315t. Voting has already begun, and one Party In
A little later on monday and iran iranian officials here and to her on will be looking to that meeting hoping that there is some kind of acknowledgement for the roots of these tensions they of course blame the United States solely for escalating tensions in the region creating an insecure atmosphere for all of the countries in the region and they have said over and over again they will not negotiate with the United States but during the press briefing mr mousavi did say that the iranian officials are open to negotiating with their neighbors. Manns what issue does most like it up weve said for a while that iran is always prepared for dialogue with neighboring countries in the region this is aligned with the interests of all regional states weve recently made a proposal for the signing of a nonaggression pact and an assembly for dialogue these are the solutions that iran has offered so the ball is in their court they should decide what they should do iran has waited with open arms for th