Welcome back. The relationship between the United States and china has been severely tested during president biden s term in office. But since may last year, the Us National Security adviser Jake Sullivan has developed something of a connection with wang yi, the senior Foreign Policy official in beijing who answers directly to xi jinping. They met four times in the last year, a channel of communication that has served as something of a Shock Absorber when tensions arise over taiwan, ukraine, the south china sea. Today, sullivan arrived in beijing to continue that conversation, with some suggestion that the two president s might be laying the ground for another meeting Beforejoe Biden Leaves office. Its really interesting, this, annabel, because it seems Jake Sullivan is the back channel between washington and beijing right now, and to what and . Because theres been some Sabre Rattling in respect of ukraine and the special materials ageing is applying to russia will do you think it coul
As Fallon Sherrock becomes the first woman to beat a man at the pdc World Championship at ally pally. Why dennis the Shetland Pony is in the front line in the battle against loneliness this christmas. Good morning. We have some dense fog and icy patches to watch out for this morning. Generally speaking, eastern areas will be drier and brighter in the west, it will be wet and increasingly windy stop i will have more details in 15 minutes. Its wednesday 18 december. Hundreds of thousands of people are facing a wait of months to have their faulty and potentially dangerous washing machines replaced. Whirlpool recalled 500,000 appliances yesterday because of a fire risk, but customers are struggling to get information because of problems with its website. The company was already dealing with problems with its dryers as dan johnson reports. More than half a million of these washers are at risk of sparking a fire if a part in the door lock overheats. It has happened to 79 machines already. Th
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Quarter final against colombia, keira walsh speaks to us about her injury and quick recovery at the womens world cup. Good evening. We go to Great Lengths to hide what we do, even from our children. The words of a Serving Officer in the Police Service of Northern Ireland, where there is shock and anger about the safety of staff after details such as the name, role and work location of every individual were accidentally published online. More than 300 Police Officers were murdered in Northern Ireland during the 30 years of violence known as the troubles, and officers fear that republican paramilitaries might use the details to plot new attacks against them. The psni has apologised and blamed human error for the leak. And tonight a second data breach involving the theft of a laptop and documents has emerged. Our ireland correspondent chris page reports. Police everywhere deal with danger. In this part of the uk, the risks are especially stark. Members of the Police Service of Northern Ir