question is, where are we doing that? in china s doorstep, not the waters of the usa. these are fundamental differences. for decades, we have been talking about the one china concept, which means safety, worrying about the safety of the sailors and the air crew and aircraft and ships. but talking about security, sovereignty of territory. two sides of the same coin, but we need to find a way not to run into conflict, which is a common interest. finally, president common interest. finally, president biden common interest. finally, president biden did - common interest. finally, president biden did say i common interest. finally, | president biden did say he talked to xijinping president biden did say he talked to xi jinping about the current conflict in gaza. that no agreement came from it. but what do you make of china s approach to the conflict there? the us says it has some influence in the region and could help. influence in the region and could help- could help. that
as more than 50 of his mps call for a ceasefire in gaza. you re watching bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in san francisco, where president biden says real progress has been made at a highly anticipated meeting with his chinese counterpart, on the sidelines of an asia pacific summit. xijinping described beijing s relationship with the us as the most important in the world. this isjust their second in person meeting since president biden assumed office. and during that time, relations have deteriorated significantly. we ll be live with our correspondent in san francisco shortly. but first this report from our north america editor sarah smith. with a warm, personal greeting, the leaders of the world s two most powerful countries look like they want to improve their relationship. simply getting together in the same room is a diplomatic statement when tensions between their nations are very high. i value our conversation because, i thi
working meetings between the departments of defence and chinese officials. both sides also agreed to establishing a us china artificial intelligence and anti drug cooperation working group, to address the fentanyl crisis. and the issue of taiwan also came up in the talks. president biden said the us maintains its one china policy, but added that he expects china not to interfere in taiwan s upcoming elections. overall, mr biden hailed the meeting calling the talks some of the most constructive and productive discussions we ve had. in a press conference following the meeting, he spoke of the need for both sides to work together. the united states will continue to compete vigorously with the prc, but we ll manage that competition responsibly so it doesn t veer into conflict, oraccidental conflict, and where it s possible, where our interests are, coincide. we re going to work together like we did on fentanyl. that s what the world expects of us. the rest of all expect, notjus
hello. thursday will bring us a day of contrast across the uk. in the south, we re going to be feeling the impact of storm frederico, which is mainly down across france, bringing strong winds but still producing some wet and windy weather generally towards the south. brightest conditions across the north and north east of the uk. but we re going to see some fog patches clearing to sunny spells later on. so we ve got this area of low pressure moving across france. that s storm frederico and another weather front moving in to the west as well. but really windy conditions for the isles of scilly, the channels isles. gusts could reach in excess of 50 miles per hour. some really heavy rain through the likes of the isle of wight, towards sussex, stretching up towards pembrokeshire for instance, as well through the morning. to the north of that, most places predominantly dry. there ll be some heavy showers just working in around the east coast of england, perhaps eastern scotland an
hello, i m samantha simmonds, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. the director of gaza s biggest hospital says it has now run out of water leaving people there screaming from thirst . he accused israel of blowing up al shifa s main water line. israeli forces are continuing to search the gaza city hospital, which the military says has been a key command centre for hamas. the army took the bbc into a small part of the hospital, and was shown rifles, ammunition and body armour which israel says hamas had hidden there. the idf also said it had found laptops containing photos and videos of hostages held by hamas considered a terror organisation by the uk and many other western governments. israeli military restrictions meant that our correspondent lucy williamson wasn t allowed to speak to doctors or patients but her words aren t censored, and she described what she saw. we are in an israeli military vehicle insi