to discuss the war in ukraine. live now tojimena blanco, chief analyst and head of americas for the global risk intelligence company verisk maplecroft. she s in andalucia, spain. thank you so much forjoining us. take us through the agenda of this trip, what does lula want and from the chinese perspective? there are two areas of the chinese perspective? there are two areas of main the chinese perspective? there are two areas of main interest. - the chinese perspective? there are two areas of main interest. the - two areas of main interest. the first one is a commercial one. china is brazil s main trading partner. it is brazil s main trading partner. it is in competition neck and neck with the united states for market share and in numerous industries in the country. of course, agricultural commodities from brazil are crucial for china to feed its population, but china plays a major role in infrastructural development in brazil and also in key industries, like metals and min
Few days, bringing plenty of showers and it will be quite windy. Elsewhere, clear spells and scattered showers towards the south and west, but with lighter winds through the midlands into eastern england, here we are likely to see mist and fog tomorrow morning. That should burn off quickly, the winds a bit lighter here. Then its a Repeat Performance. Outbreaks of rain, persist at the time is raised in scotland. But for most, it is sunshine and scattered showers, mostly in the south and west. It will also be quite windy, some huge waves crashing up on shore, and some of their showers will be heavy and thundery. On saturday, similar weather again. We keep on with the rain. For Eastern Scotland, the Rainfall Totals are mounting up. Elsewhere, scattered showers. Towards the end of the day, we could be looking at heavy rain and stronger winds approaching the south of the country. For the next few days, temperatures range from ten to 15 degrees. That band of heavy rain with strong winds spre
Welcome to The World Today an hour of International News from the bbc. The former lawyer and fixer for donald trump who once said hed take a bullet for the fomer president , today took the stand as a Star Witness For The Prosecution in mr trumps hush money trial. Michael cohen is testifying about his role in what prosecutors say was a cover up of payments to hide an affair with the adult film star stormy daniels. Mr trump denies falsifying Business Records to reimburse his then lawyer for the payment on the eve of the 2016 president ial election, when the story could have been politically damaging. Mr cohen a former close ally turned foe of mr trump pleaded guilty in 2018 to tax offences, fraud and Campaign Finance violations. The latter charge stemmed from the same payment at the heart of the current case. Earlier i spoke to our correspondent nada tawfik who has been in new york and staying across the trial for us. I asked her about the latest on what Michael Cohen has been saying at
Uk actionline. This is bbc news, the headlines. A crucial day in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial in new york. His former lawyer Michael Cohen admits he lied to getjobs done for his former boss and intimidated reporters on the former president s behalf. The uk government says it will appeal against a ruling by a Belfast Court that parts of the rwanda policy should not apply in Northern Ireland. The bbc sees new evidence that the British Government was warned by its embassy in washington as long ago as the 1980s about the risks from contaminated american blood products. Turning now to a potential setback in the uk governments plan, to detain and remove Asylum Seekers to rwanda. Ajudge sitting in the high court in belfast has ruled it should not apply to Northern Ireland. Mrjustice humphreys ruled in favour of a challenge to the act saying that the law breaches Human Rights Protections guaranteed under post brexit arrangements. Rishi sunak has said the decision will not change the rwanda p
Being considered a brighter day than today, where as for of the of the eastern coasts we will see cloud and rain, Rain Lingeren on the north coast. Northern scotland will see sunshine, that may be where we have a the highest temperatures, but generally speaking 16 20 still not bad going for this time of year, now that slow moving Weather Front still just about in place on wednesday, cloud and some rain in northern england, the Odd Sharp Shower in the south west of scotland. 23 in the highlands, as we head through wednesday, low pressure in charge of things this week but tending to slip southwards as we head towards the end of the week, so across the northern half of the uk, there will still be a decent amount of dry weather, temperatures, parts of scotland, particularly still getting up scotland, particularly still getting up into the low 20, further south i think there be more in the way of shower, some of those on the heavy side but still bright spells in between and not feeling too