elsewhere in the us presidentjoe biden has vowed in other news china has passed its first foreign relations law aimed at providing a legal basis to hit back against sanctions and what chinese media called western hegemony. the law on foreign relations gives beijing the right to take quote countermeasures and restrictive measures against acts that endanger china s security and development interests. the move comes as the us and china becoming increasingly locked in a dispute spanning politics and trade. china has seen parts of its country gripped by a historic heatwave this month. but it s not the only country in asia affected india too, is sweating under a prolonged heatwave. the weather is putting stress notjust on people s health the climate was a topic discussed at the world economic forum gathering in the chinese city of tianjin this week. dr melissa lott an energy researcher with new york s columbia university talked to us earlier. she explained what needs to be do
it is difficult for us to exclude today up of the wagner group in belarus could pose a potential threat to poland which shares a border with belarus. herthreat which shares a border with belarus. her threat to lithuania which also has the longest border with belarus among other countries and also to latvia, a neighbour of belarus. 0ne one of the eu leaders meeting for a two day meeting in brussels. central to the summit will be the role china will play. it is said to call on china to help bring an end to the war and to engage in the global challenges. let s go to my guest at the studio was a senior fellow my guest at the studio was a seniorfellow for asia my guest at the studio was a senior fellow for asia pacific security for the institute for strategic studies. thank you forjoining us on the programme. how closely is china watching what s going on with the wagner group in russia? i think there is no doubt that china think there is no doubt that china is think there is no
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of england left interest rates at a record low, despite signalling for weeks that they would have to rise because of soaring inflation. central banks are having to balance concerns about inflation with a need to support the economic recovery. on wednesday, us federal reserve chairjerome powell said he was in no hurry to raise borrowing costs. and european central bank chief christine lagarde told investors this week, euro rates were very unlikely to rise next year. here s what bank of england govenor andrew bailey had to say. this was a very close call, we have got much higher inflation than we would want to see. the causes of it, quite a few of them, are global, quite a few are to do with bottlenecks and the world economy affecting us.