and hot on the heels of antony blinken s visit to china. beijing will seek to improve its ties with europe. however, europe has also started to pull away from china to ensure it is not too reliant on their exports. still, there are strong economic ties between germany and china for the last seven years germany has been china s biggest trading partner in europe. so, what is at stake? i m joined by gregor sebastian economics analyst at the mercator institute for china studies based out of berlin. 0ne welcome to the programme. first of all, for the two leaders what do they want to achieve in the next few days? good morning. i mean, the first thing isjust that good morning. i mean, the first thing is just that the meeting is taking place, right? we have a radically different relationship between the two leaders now than we had in devious years. under angela merkel s meant the cabinets on the chinese and german sides had really constant and close relations and this is the firs
Fighters , militants or political fighters, militants or political resistance. Resistance. And in other news here, the labour leader keir starmer will deliver his keynote speech today at the Labour Party Conference. He says hell get britain building thats their slogan. If labour win the next general election. His speech is at election. His speech is at 2 pm. Will bring you the latest. P. M. Will bring you the latest. So that is a very packed show. Lots to get through this morning. What do you want to hear from keir starmer in his speech this afternoon . What would persuade you to give him your vote . Email us gbviews gbnews. Com. But first, here is the very latest news with. Aaron with. Aaron very good morning to you. Its 932 Aaron Armstrong here in the gb news room. More than 187,000 people in gaza are fleeing their homes this morning after israel continued its deadly attacks on hamas terrorists. Israel struck terrorists. Israel struck hundreds of targets across gaza overnight as the
the programme. hamas, regarded as a terrorist organisation by the uk, says more than 30 people have been killed in an israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in gaza. israel says it s investigating whether its forces were operating in the area at the time. heavy fighting is continuing in the north of the territory, with the united nations warning nearly 1.5 million gazans have now been displaced. our middle east correspondent mark lowen reports. night brings no peace to the purgatory of gaza. inferno is light the skies as israel pounds from the air. a listing that an israeli strike hit a refugee camp in central gaza late on saturday, killing at least 30. israel says it is looking into the reports. but night brings out anguish on the other side as well. in tel aviv, loved ones of the more than 240 hostages seized by hamas on the seventh of october demand there return. 0ne missing chairfor demand there return. 0ne missing chair for each demand there return. 0ne missing chairfor eac
this is bbc news. the headlines: the us secretary of state, antony blinken, holds talks with the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas in the occupied west bank city of ramallah. his visit comes as fighting continues in gaza. the hamas run health authorities have accused israel of killing more than 30 people in a deadly airstrike on a refugee camp. they are still looking under the rubble of about three or four buildings which were destroyed overnight. this is al maghazi refugee camp. it s in the safe area where israel advised 1.2 million people in gaza city and the north to flee south. the hamas run health minsitry in gaza says 9,770 people have been killed so far. german police say they re dealing with a hostage situation at hamburg airport after a man drove onto the airport tarmac with a four year old girl in his vehicle. the uk conservative party has rejected suggestions it covered up allegations of rape againstan mp. prince william is in singapore to announce the