In beijing would like to see winning the race for the white house. 0ur china correspondent Steve Mcdonell went to the Great Hall Of The People to try to find out. Later this year, the us announces their new president. What were the chinese comic party believe the of this equipment communist party. Its like pulling teeth. All clamouring there is a sense from the delegates that they dont want to speak out of turn when it comes to expressing an opinion on us politics. But they are worried about china us relations and they want them to improve. Good effort from Steven Mcdonald there. Lets get more on chinas Economic Vision for the future now, and its leaders have set out what theyre calling an ambitious Economic Growth target of around 5 this year. China is facing a property crisis, falling prices and high youth unemployment. Heres chinas premier li qiang on their strategy going forward. Translation these expected targets i are proposed taking into account. Both domestic and international
Bitcoin hitting record highs, the continuation of a rally that has been building for a couple of months. There are a couple of factors the mainstreaming of bitcoin. You may recall earlier this year regulators in the us open and investing opportunities attached to crypto currencies to more investors, and since then funds have been pouring into that. There was a report that huge figures have been raised. That has definitely increased things on the demand side. On the supply side, there is a 0n the supply side, there is a process called halving, part of the bitcoin protocol, only a certain number are issued, and once every four years, a reward for bitcoin miners, that number decreases. That may also have an impact on what investors think the supply will be. All of this i think you can safely say is leading to that craze for laser eyes, the meme that bitcoin fund is used when they are feeling optimistic about it. ~. , they are feeling optimistic about it. We will come back to it. Michelle.
It took 19 years to bring iain packer tojustice, leaving him free to attack other women. Emma caldwell s family lawyer says she was failed by a toxic culture within the police of misogyny and corruption. Our correspondent steve godden is at the First Ministers residence, bute house. Like bring us the latest. The Caldwell Family arrived here around ten minutes ago and have gone into the building behind me. We expect the building behind me. We expect the meeting to last around an hour. It is an opportunity for Margaret Caldwell, Emma Caldwell s mum, to ask First Minister humza yousaf and the justice ask First Minister humza yousaf and thejustice minister, to hold a Public Inquiry, that she has been calling for since iain packer was convicted of murdering Emma Caldwell and sexually and physically assaulting 21 other women. After that verdict Police Scotland apologised for failings in the original inquiry and one of the questions the Caldwell Family want the Public Inquiry to answer is why
Leeds at Stamford Bridge, to reach the quarterfinals. Well have all the results. And on newsnight at 10 30. Well go deeper behind todays headlines and speak live to key players in todays big stories. Plus, a first look at tomorrows front pages. Good evening. Police scotland have apologised forfailings in a long Running Investigation that left a killer on the loose for almost 20 years. The hunt for the murderer of emma caldwell, who was 27 when she was strangled in South Lanarkshire in 2005, was one of the longest in scottish history. Today, iain packer, whos 51, was found guilty of her murder and jailed for life with a minimum of 36 years. He was also convicted of 11 charges of rape and multiple sexual assaults, against 21 other women, making him one of scotlands most prolific sex offenders. Lorna gordon has our top story. Emma caldwell, a vulnerable young woman who was murdered in terrifying circumstances. Her killer was this man, iain packer, who for a quarter of a century carried ou