surprised by this? us on bbc news. should we be at all surprised by this? i us on bbc news. should we be at all surprised by this? i don t us on bbc news. should we be at all surprised by this? i don t think - us on bbc news. should we be at all surprised by this? i don t think so. i surprised by this? i don t think so. this was a reaction to the press conference that the doctor from the who issued last week. the chinese have not been in a mood to find compromise. they seem to be deeply offended by this suggestion of the second investigation. they are shocked, they see it as arrogant. and so they are taking pretty harsh measures right now and i don t think we should be surprised nor should we be surprised that the rhetoric and toxicity has escalated on the us side pretty rapidly as well as you have seen in press secretaryjen psasz have seen in press secretaryjen psaki s statement today. this is a pretty part or toxic meltdown between the united states and china and china and the
into the origins of covid 19. a senior chinese health official said the proposal, to consider whether the virus could have escaped from a chinese laboratory, did not respect science and disregarded common sense. well, the white house press secretaryjen psaki was asked about china s stance and gave this frank response. we are deeply disappointed. the position is irresponsible and, frankly, dangerous. alongside other member states around the world, we continue to call for china to provide the needed access to data and samples. for more on this we can talk to our north america correspondent david willis. we ve just heard from the white house it feels like a stalemate at this point, with china refusing to budge, and the us insisting that they do. where do we go from here? president biden, of corus.
zhengzhou in eastern china. staying with china, beijing has rejected a world health organization plan for a further investigation into the origins of covid 19. earlier this year a team from the who visited wuhan, the city where the virus was first detected, and found the suggestion that covid 19 leaked from a lab was highly unlikely . the who chief has since said there had been a premature push to rule out the theory. here s white house press secretaryjen psaki. we re deeply disappointed. their position is irresponsible and frankly dangerous. alongside other member states around the world, we continue to call for china to provide the needed access to data and samples. i m joined now by] stephen morrison, director of the global health policy center at the center for strategic and international studies in washington. mr morrison thank you for being with us on bbc news. should we be at all surprised by us on bbc news. should we be at all
in singapore, our headlines. the final countdown to tokyo s delayed olympics. anticipation rises but so do the covid cases and controversies. the opening ceremony is just hours away. china deals with the devastating aftermath of catastrophic flooding. thousands are evacuated from the huh nan region thousands are evacuated from the henan region at least 33 people are confirmed dead. china has rejected a plan by the world health organization for a second phase of an investigation into the origins of covid 19. a senior chinese health official said the proposal, to consider whether the virus could have escaped from a chinese laboratory, did not respect science and disregarded common sense. well, the white house press secretaryjen psaki was asked about china s stance and gave this frank response. we re deeply disappointed. their position is irresponsible
soldier from senegal who fought for france in the first world war. first an oil pipeline now a meat supplier. critical american infrastructure is under attack. the world s largest meat supplier jbs was hit and had to shut down operations in australia, canada and the us. its beef processing plants are now back up and running but us authorities are looking for answers. speaking today, the white house press secretaryjen psaki said there was reason to believe the ransomware attack originated from a group based in russia. harbouring criminal entities that are intending to do harm, that are doing harm to the infrastructure in the united states is not acceptable for supper not going to stand by that, acceptable we re not going to stand by that, we are not going to take options off the table. president biden thinks that vladimir putin in the russian government has a role to play in stopping and preventing these attacks, hence it will be a topic