comes after a meeting between the taiwanese president and the us house speaker kevin mccarthy in california last week. tensions, as international monetary formed fund has warned of severe weakness in the global economy in the next half decade. the says it outlook for global economic growth the next five years is the weakest. i spoke to our correspondent earlier, the chief executive at xm australia and he told me situations like this are where they look to rebalance portfolios.- this are where they look to rebalance portfolios. look at the escalation rebalance portfolios. look at the escalation they - rebalance portfolios. look at the escalation they look - rebalance portfolios. look at the escalation they look at i the escalation they look at rhetoric they look at market interpretation as far as news and they sit there and they say, are there opportunities? are there sectors of the market to be removed from or other markets that need to be looking stronger out. the gold
hello and welcome to the programme. it has been a day of worship and a day of grief in israel and the occupied territories. tens of thousands ofjews gathered atjerusalem s western wall for passover prayers. not far away, hundreds ofjewish worshippers walked close to the al aqsa mosque. and in a settlement in the west bank, the funeral took place for two british israeli sisters shot dead on friday. from jerusalem, my colleague lucy williamson reports. as maia and rina were brought in, the wailing of rina s teenage school friends filled the prayer hall. theirfather, a rabbi, bent low over their bodies. the pain on his face hidden for a moment, in a last embrace with his daughters. today, thejewish people have proven that we are one. we are united. this simple, quiet family is devastated. the whole country hurts. maia was 20 years old when she died, rina was 15. their mother, still unconscious in hospital, doesn t even know yet they are dead. they were travelling from their west
jinping to bring russia back to the negotiating table over ukraine and as part of his three day visit deals have been struck including on green and nuclear energy. earlier i spoke with a professor from the sx business school to get his thoughts on mr macron s economic agenda. thoughts on mr macron s economic agenda.- thoughts on mr macron s economic agenda. there were some results. economic agenda. there were some results. and economic agenda. there were some results. and especiallyl some results. and especially another, the second empath assembly line in china and what is also interesting is that today, there will be one private dinner, if they have selection, it is of course to foster the economic relationship between china and france. , . relationship between china and france. 3 . relationship between china and france. , . ., france. it s a tricky one, isn t it? france. it s a tricky one, isn t it? because - france. it s a tricky one, isn t it? because china l fra
intent rocket bombardment from across the lebanese border. london s metropolitan police diverts dozens of its serious crime officers to investigate their own colleagues as it tries to expel hundreds of corrupt officers. live from our studios in singapore. this is bbc news. newsday. at eight o clock in the morning here in singapore and 8pm in washington where the white house has released a report which says little more could have been done to prevent the taliban takeover of afghanistan. the review commissioned by president biden does admit the us should have started evacuating kabul earlier be a spokesman blamed the chaotic withdrawal on a deal that donald trump did with the taliban. the taliban. transitions matter- the taliban. transitions matter. that the taliban. transitions matter. that is - the taliban. transitions matter. that is the - the taliban. transitionsi matter. that is the first lesson learned here and the incoming administration wasn t afforded much of one.
kevin mccarthy in california. and an early morning statement the spokesperson for the chinese ministry accused washington of colluding with taiwan especially over the issue of arms sales. earlier mr mccarthy said they must strengthen economic cooperation with the island that china has claimed as its own. claimed as its own. whether it s out deep claimed as its own. whether it s out deep commercial - claimed as its own. whether. it s out deep commercial ties, strong people to people relationships or shared values, our cooperation with the people of taiwan continue to expand through dialogue and exchange. mr mccarthy is the most senior us figure to meet with a taiwanese leader on american soil since 1979, taiwanese leader on american soilsince 1979, despite taiwanese leader on american soil since 1979, despite the rhetoric, though, taiwanese firms do big business with both china and the united states in fact china is taiwan s largest trading partner. earlieri spoke with the