urged the chinese leader, xijinping, to make president putin see reason. later, the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, encouraged china to promote what she called a just peace . she warned beijing not to sell weapons to russia. the chinese leader said beijing was seeking a political solution to the war. rebecca choong wilkins is an asia government and politics reporter at bloomberg news. well, we have seen beijing really rolling out the red carpet for macron, scenes of that great fanfare in tiananmen square a and at the great wall wall of the people, and macron s endorsement, he earlier said that he expects china to play a major role in the resolution of the russian war in ukraine. his endorsement is significant for ukraine, because xijinping is seeking to restore ties with europe and portray china as a neutral mediator, a responsible world actor that can actually help to mediate and end the the war in ukraine. and of course, the vague blueprint for peace t
mr murrell has been released without charge by the police, pending further investigation into party finances. a police search resumed on thursday morning at the couple s glasgow home. let us cross live to our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie in glasgow. take us through what has been happening. this is the second day of the search outside the home of peter murrell, and his wife nicola sturgeon, the former first minister of scotland in the former leader of the scottish national party. the second day, the tent is still there, it was there yesterday, there has been a significant police presence here for a couple of days, quite a lot of coming and going, the curtains have been closed over the two days, there has been no sign of peter milo or nicola sturgeon. there is a tent in the garden, a ban inside the tent in the garage door has been opened, there seems to be quite a lot of activity within the