And now on bbc news, thursday in parliament. Hello and welcome to thursday in parliament. Coming up as the conservative leadership candidates contemplate leaving the eu without a deal, mps condemn the idea. Nothing short of that an act of economic vandalism. But the brexit secretary stands firm. I think no brexit is worse than no deal. Also in the Program Peers demand action on knife crime. If we dont do something about this those families, those young people will continue to pay for our inaction. The government has ruled out extending the brexit deadline beyond the 31st october. And the brexit secretary told the commons that leaving the eu without a deal would be better than staying in it. The issue of a no deal brexit has been reignited by comments from the conservative leadership candidates. Jeremy hunt has said that if we get to october without the prospect of a deal, we will leave without a deal. Borisjohnson has also repeated his pledge to get out of the eu on 31st october, but h
Hello, im samantha simmonds. Welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. We start in china. Americas top diplomat, antony blinken, has told the bbc that he is prepared to take steps against china if beijing continues to send key supplies to russia which are used to aid its invasion of ukraine. The Secretary Of State has been holding talks with the chinese leader, xijinping, for talks in beijing where he also raised concerns about taiwan, and industrial espionage. Mr xi in return called for greater mutual co operation, so both countries could succeed. After that meeting, mr blinken sat down with the bbc s laura bicker heres a little of what they said. Thank you forjoining us. What were the biggest points of contention for you and your chinese counterparts . Whats really important is i was last here ten months ago and that really kicked off much greater engagement between our countries, diplomatic engagement with a number of my colleagues coming to