But in not all restrictions have been restricted. Some remain on items like lobster and wine. I spoke to clive russell, who explains whats changed between beijing and the changed between beiing and the centreleft changed between beijing and lie centreleft Labour Government was replacing the right wing government. That allowed a reset of relations between beijing and camera, which had been rocky. There had not been benefit for other party from the action china took. It cost china a lot of money, so it wasnt really a win for them and it didnt hurt australia as far as australias miners were able to find alternate markets and didnt suffer that much at all. ~. ,. ,. , all. Whether or not any businesses all. Whether or not any businesses that all. Whether or not any businesses that have i all. Whether or not any. Businesses that have been affected because of this tariff as beijing had hoped . It affected because of this tariff as beijing had hoped . As beiing had hoped . If you look as beiji
Now on bbc news. This cultural life whoopi goldberg. Whoopi goldberg is one of the very few people to have won all four of americas big entertainment awards. Whoopi goldberg . Emmy, grammy, oscarand tony, for her work in film, theatre and television. Lovely to meet you. Thank you. Please take a seat. Brought up by a single mother in a new york housing project, she first made her name with a solo comedy show onstage before turning to dramatic acting roles, starting with her movie debut in The Color Purple. Until you do right by me, everything you think about is going to crumble. Since then, shes made around 100 films, including ghost and sister act. Shes hosted the Academy Awards several times and has forged a career as an outspoken and Controversial Television personality. The craziness of whats going on in this country at the moment. Lets mic you up. In this episode of this cultural life, the radio 4 programme, she reveals herformative influences and experiences. Just come on under th
Of the Biggest Companies in the world, owned by asias richest man, Mukesh Ambani mix it mixing that with the huge presence that disney has, there, means it is a huge disrupter for that sector, and itll probably be subject to Regulatory Approval because of that. Lets turn to the us, where its economy grew at an annual pace of 3. 2 from october through december. That figure is less than the commerce departments initial estimate. But Consumer Spending grew by 3 in the same period. Also, strong exports also contributed to Fourth Quarter growth. From the worlds biggest economy to the worlds Fastest Growing economy indias latest gdp figures are due out later today. The south asian country experienced an impressive first half of 2023. But then, its growth is expected to have slowed down in the last three months. The bbc S Archana Shukla explains. After an impressive first half of the year, Economic Growth is expected to slow down in the october to december quarter. What is taking it down is a
Peter bowes has moran if this came as a surprise. Has more. I think it was inevitable that this would end up in the Supreme Court. Donald trumps claims averted been rejected by a lower court and he claims he is immune to this kind of criminal prosecution because he was president at the time. This relates to the allegations that he tried to overturn the result of the 2020 election and mr trump faces multiple charges including one that he conspired to defraud the come of this was a trial does do to start very soon next month and it is been delayed and it is now on hold reading from the Supreme Court that they intend to hear arguments in april, the third week of april and a decision expected at some point injune and we know now that this trial, if indeed it goes ahead, it will not be happening until at leastjuly and were getting into Political Convention season in the election is looming in november and one of donald trump tactics has always been to try to delay these Legal Proceedings ag
One of lifes most underappreciated talents is to know when its time to move on to lives next chapter. So i stand before you today, was a president , and my colleagues, to say this will be my last term as republican leader of the senate. For more on both mcconnell s stepping down and the spending deal, heres our north america correspondent, gary odonoghue. After repeated attempts to get a spending agreement, it does look like leadership in congress from both sides of at least reached a partial agreement on some other Spending Bills that they have been arguing about. It looks now in the next couple of days that resolutions were put through senate and the House Of Representatives to extend one of the deadlines until next friday by which time they will pass Spending Bills on six separate departments. They havent reached an agreement on the other six departments but they are going to push the deadline for that back until march 22 so in some ways, this is progress being made and in some ways