president xijinping on friday. the us s top diplomat said there has been progress in some areas. he praised beijing for its efforts to stop the supply of fentanyl from reaching the us, and the increase in military to military communication. president xi agreed the two sides had made some positive progress since he met his us counterpart, joe biden, in november. mr xi added that the earth was big enough for both countries to achieve development and prosperity. however, differences between the two countries still remain. china s foreign minister, wang yi, remarked that the us has taken endless measures to suppress china s economy, trade, and technology. he warned that, if such factors continued to grow, it could derail efforts to stabilize us china ties. translation: the negative factors in the translation: the negative factors in the relationship i translation: the negativel factors in the relationship are still increasing and building, and the relationship is facing
we start with a meeting between two global superpowers. us secretary of state antony blinken was in china for talks with the chinese president xijinping on friday. the us s top diplomat said there has been progress in some areas. he praised beijing for its efforts to stop the supply of fentanyl from reaching the us and the increase in military to military communication. president xi agreed the two sides had made some positive progress since he met his us counterpart, joe biden, in november. mr xi added that the earth was big enough for both countries to achieve development and prosperity. he warned that if such factors continued to grow, it could derail efforts to stabilise us china ties. the negative factors are increasing. the relationship is facing all kinds of disruptions. china s development rights have been unreasonably suppressed. should china and united states move forward with stability or return to a down ward spiral? this is a major question. for the united sta
president xi agreed the two sides had made some positive progress since he met his us counterpart, joe biden, in november. mr xi added that the earth was big enough for both countries to achieve development and prosperity. however, differences between the two countries still remain. china s foreign minister wang yi remarked that the us has taken endless measures to suppress china s economy, trade, and technology. he warned that if such factors continued to grow, it could derail efforts to stabilize us china ties. translation: the negative factors in the relationship i are still increasing and building, and the relationship is facing all kinds of disruptions. china s legitimate development rights have been unreasonably suppressed and are core interests are facing challenges. should china and the us move forward with stability or return to a downward spiral? this is a major question before our two countries. for the united states, areas of concern include china s claims
progress since he met his us counterpart, joe biden, in november. mr xi said the earth was big enough for both countries to achieve development and prosperity. however, differences between the two countries still remain, including china s claims over taiwan and the south china sea, and china s support for russia in its war on ukraine. mr blinken sat down for an interview with the bbc. he said that washington will act if beijing does not stop supplying russia with items used in its assault on ukraine. our china correspondent laura bicker has more from beijing. hello. i m laura bicker. how are you? antony blinken s visit comes as us ties with china are at a turning point. how s your trip been? oh, it s been. i ve covered a lot of ground. the dialogue and diplomacy for the cameras hides real discord and distrust. this is what chinese viewers are shown. a cinematic soundtrack accompanies president xi, urging the us to be partners, not rivals. yet, hours earlier, mr blinken was
good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a ground breaking vaccine for melanoma skin cancer is being trialled in the uk. the jab, which is personalised, uses the same technology as that in some covid vaccines. early studies show that when used with another cancer drug it almost halved the risk of recurrence or death after three years. melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer and can spread to other areas of the body. the main cause of melanoma is ultraviolet light which comes from the sun and is used in sunbeds. around 17,500 people are diagnosed with melanoma each year in the uk. it s the uk s fifth most common cancer, but experts say 86% of these cases could be prevented by taking the right precautions. here s our health correspondentjim reed. could a jab like this change the way cancer is treated? last month, steve young became the first person in the uk to be given this personalised vaccine, not to prevent the disease, but to try to stop a skin cancer