Midnight in london and 9 oclock in the evening in argentina, where relatives of the 44 crew members of the missing submarine say theyve lost any hope of seeing them alive again. Earlier, the Argentine Navy said it believed the vessel had exploded hours after it went missing last wednesday off the coast of patagonia. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has the latest. Its known as the silent service. But theres been no communication from the sanjuan and her 44 crew for more than a week. The search had already reached a critical phase, with fears this submarine would soon be running out of air. Now, more worrying news scientists confirm theyve detected an abnormal sound underwater near her last known location. An Argentine Navy spokesman said it was a short, single, violent event, consistent with an explosion. Its a bitter blow for relatives. Just a few days ago theyd been wrongly told there may have been attempts by the submarine to make contact. Now they feel betrayed. Translation
1am in the morning in london and 10pm in the evening in argentina, where relatives of the 44 crew members of the missing submarine say theyve lost any hope of seeing them alive again. Earlier, the Argentine Navy said it believed the vessel had exploded hours after it went missing last wednesday off the coast of patagonia. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has the latest. Its known as the silent service. But theres been no communication from the sanjuan and her 44 crew for more than a week. The search had already reached a critical phase, with fears this submarine would soon be running out of air. Now, more worrying news scientists confirm theyve detected an abnormal sound underwater near her last known location. An Argentine Navy spokesman said it was a short, single, violent event consistent with an explosion. Its a bitter blow for relatives. Just a few days ago theyd been wrongly told there may have been attempts by the submarine to make contact. Now they feel betrayed. Transl
Its 7am in singapore, pm in london, and 3pm its 8am in singapore, midnight in london, and 4pm in california, where bosses at apple, the worlds most profitable company, are watching a new tax controversy unravel. Leaked documents show the tech giant actively sought out tax havens after an irish low tax loophole it used was closed. The company then moved massive amounts of cash offshore to the island ofjersey in a move that wouldve saved it billions of dollars. Although the company has done nothing illegal, it is again under fire from the eu and us over its tax arrangements. It came to light after millions of financial documents, the Paradise Papers, were obtained by the german newspaper, suddeutsche zeitung, and shared with journalists around the world, including a team at the bbc. Simonjack reports. A rapturous reception for the latest iphone. Its the most popular and profitable Consumer Product of all time. Its generated hundreds of billions in profits for apple since it was introduce
Said china was raping the United States, and accused it of stealing american jobs. Today there were gasps when mr trump said it was all down to previous us president s and wasnt chinas fault. Our china editor Carrie Gracie was there. The real estate billionaire and the career communist. Making an odd couple. But both see themselves as men of destiny, with a mission to make their nation great again. President trump once raged that china was a jobs thief. But in beijing he was all smiles and gratitude. President xi, now a very special man who makes his people proud. I just want to thank you for the very warm welcome. My feeling toward you is an incredibly warm one. They did eventually talk about the hard things. The north Korean Nuclear crisis, and a massive us trade deficit in chinas favour. But donald trump blamed that on previous american president s. Not on his host. I dont blame china. Laughter who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for the benef
To advance trading relations. Mrtrump is now mr trump is now expected to lay out a different approach to trade. Are spot dashmac when president obama came to the asia pacific are spot dashmac when president obama came to the Asia Pacific Region and various summits as well, the big message from the Previous Administration was that there is a pivot to asia. He was engaged in the region. He had spent some time growing up in indonesia and asian leaders felt there was a rapport and chemistry with him. Donald trump is a direct contrast to that. The tra ns Pacific Partnership agreement that was the cornerstone of president obamas trade policy in the Asia Pacific Region is the thing that donald trump basically tore up when he came into office saying it was unfair to American Workers and unfair to the us economy. When he gets into that room a little later on today to sit down and address the leaders of the 21 economies, it will be a tough crowd. They want to know whether or not the us is still