welcome to world news america in the uk, on pbs and around the globe. we start tonight with the vexed issue of us china relations, and a key meeting between top american and chinese diplomats in alaska. the us secretary of state is meeting his chinese counterpart for the first time since president biden took office. tensions are high after four years of a trade war between president trump and bejing, and now there s mounting us disapproval of the chinese effort to supress democracy in hong kong. joining us now from anchorage is the bbc s state department correspondent barbara plett usher. barbara, it is a pretty snowy background there. is the us secretary of state hoping for any kind of a thought in us china relations? kind of a thought in us- china relations? kind of a thought in us- china relations? . . , ., ., relations? actually, laura, we were told not to relations? actually, laura, we were told not to make relations? actually, laura, we were told not to make too
also on the programme tonight. pressure grows on the first minister nicola sturgeon. it s understood the holyrood committee investigating the handling of harassment claims against alex salmond believes she misled their inquiry. the duke and duchess of sussex condemn the predatory practices of the british tabloids, after the sun paid a us private investigator to gather information about meghan markle. he says he then acted illegally. a decade after the war in syria began, the misery inflicted on a nation we look at the role of president assad during this brutal conflict. and coming up in sport on bbc news trouble at tottenham, as spurs are knocked out of the europa league late in extra time by dynamo zagreb. good evening. most of the european countries that suspended the use of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine have said they will start using it again, after the eu s medical regulator declared it safe and effective . italy, germany, france and spain are among those resumin
having looked at the body of evidence and some of the really worrying cases involving sports coaches and faith leaders, where you ve got a position of power, if you like, and authority that can be and is sometimes, sadly abused, i thought the time for action was now. a freedom of information request by the bbc last year found that there had been more than 160 reported cases of sports coaches engaging in sexual activity with a 16 or 17 year old in their care in 2016. for some of those who ve been pushing for change, the government s plan is overdue but nonetheless welcome. i think we all would have liked it sooner, but actually i think we are relieved it s going to be put forward now, because the danger always ways that it could be kicked off into the long grass again. to those people who say it is not needed, it is to fundamentally misunderstand the relationship a coach has with an athlete. they spend a huge amount of time together, depending on sport, that coach is the o
And im not talking hairstyles. Donald trump will present his tax plan today. Big cuts are expected. Will it make multinationals bring their huge foreign cash piles back to the us . And ahead of south koreas election, we hear from Whistle Blowers On The Culture Of Corruption which brought down that countrys president. Welcome to World Business report. Im aaron heslehurst. If you have about eight minutes, i promised to give you a fascinating snapshot of the world of business and money. Lets start in the us. Shaking up the tax system has been a major theme of the trump administration. Today hes promising what he describes as A Big Announcement on his planned reforms. In fact mr trump has already said hes planning what hes called maybe the biggest tax cut weve ever had. Take a look at this. During the campaign he talked about cutting the top individual tax rate from 36. 9 to 25 . In terms of business, he wants to cut the Corporate Tax rate from 35 to 15 . Mr trump has also proposed chargin