latest sports news. thanks forjoining us on the programme. lots to get through but we start with football on a busy night of action around europe. in the premier league there s been two huge matches with implications at both ends of the table. manchester united moved back into the top four, after a 1 0 win over brentford at old trafford. marcus rashford with the goal in the first half. it s a victory that lifts united back above tottenham in the race for champions league places. i think we played very good foot tall, especially the first half, it s not easy against this very good team. we took great chances, the first half especially. the second half it was better but we saw what i missed on the sunday, and we do it over the line. and manchester united are level on points with newcastle who stay third but improved their goal difference even further with a 5 1 demolition of west ham at the london stadium. callum wilson and joelinton had them two up, before kurt zouma
deliveries of weapon systems and other things that we are working to provide. our goal here is peace and we are sitting at the reagan library, we understand that you achieve peace through strength. we want to make it clear that invading taiwan is a bad idea and there is going to be a united alliance that will oppose that. the west has stood together to oppose vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine. so that was the president of taiwan in the us. at the same time, another high level summit is set to take place, this time in china, between chinese and european leaders. french president emmanuel macron and eu commission president ursula von der leyen will meet thursday with china s president xijinping. they ll press beijing to play a bigger role in ending the war in ukraine. the french president says china could use its close ties with russia to help stop the conflict. translation: china has proposed
live from washington. this is bbc news, welcome to viewers on pbs in america. an historic meeting, taiwanese president tsai ing wen meets with house speaker kevin mccarthy amid rising tensions with china. meanwhile, emmanuel macron and the eu chief ursula von der leyen are in beijing, and will meet the chinese president on thursday. we rejoined by susan thornton, former us acting assistant secretary of state, to look at the big picture on a very busy day of diplomacy. hello, i m sumi somaskanda. we begin tonight in california where speaker kevin mccarthy
live from washington. this is bbc news, welcome to viewers on pbs in america. an historic meeting, taiwanese president tsai ing wen meets with house speaker kevin mccarthy amid rising tensions with china. meanwhile, emmanuel macron and the eu chief ursula von der leyen are in beijing, and will meet the chinese president on thursday. we rejoined by susan thornton, former us acting assistant secretary of state, to look at the big picture on a very busy day of diplomacy. hello, i m sumi somaskanda. we begin tonight in california where speaker kevin mccarthy