the presidents of brazil and china are due to hold talks in beijing shortly. luiz inacio lula da silva and xijinping are expected to sign trade deals. they will also discuss the war in ukraine. our correspondentjoao da silva has the latest from singapore. well, we don t know the exact contents of the agenda, but, as you mentioned there, there is at least a couple of issues that are likely to make it into the talks. first, of course, it is trade and investment. the brazilian side has said they expect to sign more than 20 bilateral agreements. it signals their desire to strengthen economic relations with china. president lula who was returned to power only a few months ago knows he needs brazil s largest trading partner if he is to deliver on his promises to fight poverty and to really boost brazil s stagnant economy. and china, it is also interested in consolidating trade ties with brazil. beijing is facing growing tensions with the us which is its largest trading partner, and
in march. the local police chief has said that more than half had been shot. finland and sweden have formally announced their intention tojoin nato, in response to russia s invasion of ukraine. the alliance s secretary general, jens stoltenberg, has described the move, which amounts to abandoning their military non alignment, as historic while president putin described the plan as a mista ke . one person is dead and four others critically wounded when a gunman opened fire at a church in california. he s later overpowered. it comes just a day after a gunman killed ten people in a suspected racially motivated terror attack at a supermarket in the city of buffalo. now on bbc news, stephen sackur is in washington with hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from capitol hill, washington with me, stephen sackur. the united states is supporting ukraine in its war against vladimir putin with weapons, with money and with sweeping sanctions on moscow. in that, president biden has the support
Phase thats according to the un. The humanitarian relief co ordinator told the bbc that militants were directly targeting families who remain trapped. Iraqi forces supported by kurds, Shia Militias and us forces are pushing into western mosul, which is still largely held by the last remaining militants. Eastern mosul is back in the hands of the government. Alan johnston reports. In the ruins of the streets, the battle grinds on. One more shot fired and in the heat and the attack continues on the fringes of mosul old city. In the distance, the mosque held by the militants and they may well fight to the death to try to keep it. As the army Presses Forward , try to keep it. As the army Presses Forward, fears grow for the thousands of civilians trapped in the old city. They are in danger of being hit accidentally by the attacking Government Forces and the un said the militants are using civilians as human shields, targeting those who try to escape. Some families to gather their children an
In cambridgeshire. She died on monday after a tiger entered the enclosure she was in. Ben ando reports. We do a lot of work for conservation, a lot of breeding to try and save. Rosa king had always loved animals. According to those who knew her was passionate about welfare and protection. Yesterday while doing thejob she protection. Yesterday while doing the job she loved at hamilton zoo park, one of the tigers in her care attacked and killed her. Today the family and friends of her pay tribute to the woman who had a special affinity for cheaters but loved all the big cats. Now an investigation is under way, police say there is no suspicious circumstances but they will want to know how a tiger got into an enclosure where she was working and turned a fun bank holiday into a tragedy. Expert said tigers are wild and are potentially dangerous weather in captivity or not. Under normal circumstances there is no reason for a predator like a tiger and a keeper should be in the same enclosure a
the senior fellow with international relations is travelling with the brazilian delegation on the state visit in beijing with president lula. thank you very much indeed. thank you. junior doctors in england are striking for a fourth day over pay. around 117,000 nhsjunior doctors are on their last day of a four day strike as they claim there has been a 26% real terms pay cut since 2009. the government said the demands of the british medical association union would amount to a 35% pay rise. the uk s finance minister the chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, says giving in to big pay demands would be a terrible mista ke . mr hunt is in washington for the world bank and imf spring meetings. the one thing we won t do because it would be a terrible mistake is to