bring russia to its senses . that s the message the french president emmanuel macron has delivered on thursday to the man who can, maybe, influence vladimir putin, the chinese leader xi jinping. applying pressure on ukraine isn t an an easy sell after years of worsening relations between the west and china, and president xi s recent visit to moscow. here s some of what president macron had to say. decades of peace in europe. i know i can count on you to bring russia to its senses and everyone to the negotiating table. but we need to find a lasting peace. that is to say, a peace that respects internationally recognised borders and avoids any form of escalation. what i meant to say was applying russia, not on ukraine. the president of the european commission is also in bejing with emmanuel macron in what s being framed by some as a good cop bad cop scenario. with ursula von der leyen taking the tough stance. we also count on china not to provide any military equipment dir
to the negotiation table over ukraine. the economy it was also high on his agenda and during his three day visit deals have been struck including on green and nuclear energy. i spoke with a professor earlier from the business school we explained the balancing act that france needs to strike with beijing. what is happening is that president or an invited ursula von der leyen to come with him and they are looking at the different speeches that have been given in beijing. micron is playing the soft parts while ursula bandar lyon is playing the hard part because has warned china several times because of the alleged meddling of china and russia or in ukraine. so president micron is playing this card in order to say we can corporate with china. we are the biggest chinese partner in the economy field so there are ways we can corporate no while the european commissioner was given warnings. commissioner was given warninqs- commissioner was given warninus. . ., , ., warnings. that was
over the black sea. britain becomes the latest country to ban the chinese owned video sharing app tiktok from government mobile phones. the uk government has reached an agreement with health unions over a new pay dealfor nhs staff in england. the deal aims to bring to an end a winter of industrial action which has seen nurses, ambulance staff and physiotherapists all go on strike. the offer includes a rise of 5% for the next financial year starting in april and covers all nhs staff except doctors, who are on a different contract. for this year staff have been also offered a one off payment. members will now be consulted over the coming weeks and strike action paused. the uk health secretary steve barclay has been speaking in the last few minutes, here s what he had to say. the government has made a formal offer, just come at a meeting, i m pleased they ve agreed to recommend to their members, it will be for a 5% pay rise next year, 2023 24, but also an additional lump sum
you are watching bbc news and now it is time for today s sport. good afternoon and let s start with manchester united boss erik ten hag who says it is too early to assess the severity of the injury to martinez which was picked up during their europa league quarterfinal draw with sevilla on thursday. they were reduced to ten men, leading to one at that stage. the argentine defender looked visibly upset and was helped off the pitch by international team mates. sevilla scored deep into injury time to take the drawback to spain for the second leg next week? i the drawback to spain for the second leg next week? leg next week? i can t say at this moment but leg next week? i can t say at this moment but when leg next week? i can t say at this moment but when we leg next week? i can t say at this moment but when we have - leg next week? i can t say at this moment but when we have news| leg next week? i can t say at this i moment but when we have news we leg next week? i can t
into the box. i think that is pretty clear. i don t think we can go much further than what we do with that. the last bit is sometimes confidence. the world snooker championship gets underway this weekend and ronnie o sullivan will begin the defence of his title against chinese debutant pang junxu. the world number one is aiming to lift that trophy for a record eight time at the crucible in sheffield and faces one of the rising stars of snooker in pang, who reached his maiden ranking final last month. elsewhere last year s beaten finallistjudd trump takes on former semifinallist anthony mcgill, mark williams will play jimmy robertson, and 2005 champion shaun murphy opens up againat sijiahui. four time championjohn higgins takes on david grace, who last week was battling just to save his tour card. and another four time winner, mark selby, faces another englishman in matthew selt. history made for great britain s gymnasts their first ever women s team gold at the european cha