Welcome back. The relationship between the United States and china has been severely tested during president biden s term in office. But since may last year, the Us National Security adviser Jake Sullivan has developed something of a connection with wang yi, the senior Foreign Policy official in beijing who answers directly to xi jinping. They met four times in the last year, a channel of communication that has served as something of a Shock Absorber when tensions arise over taiwan, ukraine, the south china sea. Today, sullivan arrived in beijing to continue that conversation, with some suggestion that the two president s might be laying the ground for another meeting Beforejoe Biden Leaves office. Its really interesting, this, annabel, because it seems Jake Sullivan is the back channel between washington and beijing right now, and to what and . Because theres been some Sabre Rattling in respect of ukraine and the special materials ageing is applying to russia will do you think it coul
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The governments promised all students who achieved the required a level grades will be offered a place at their First Choice University. A prominent critic of the russian government is in intensive care his supporters say hes been poisoned. A man is found guilty of lacing baby food with shards of metal in a plot to blackmail the Supermarket Chain tesco. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Hashem abedi the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber has been sentenced to at least 55 years injail, for the murder of 22 people. Abedi refused to attend his two day sentencing hearing and face the families of those who died, who gave emotional statements about the impact of the attack in 2017. Number 10 have issued a statment from boris johnson, the Prime Minister, on the sentencing of hashem abedi. Mrjohnson says, the Manchester Arena attack was a horrifying and cowardly act of violence which targeted children and families. Those who were taken from us will never be forgotten, nor will the sp
This is a really hard time of year to be homeless which is why one high street bank says its stepping in to help. Hello and welcome. Im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. There is an evergreen quality to the title of this programme. Particularly when leaders keep promising to get things done within 100 days. And so it was this morning. The british Prime Minister at his first Cabinet Meeting since re election promised to work flat out to deliver on the promises he has had made to the british people. Among a number of commitments the tories have made is a new one that will prevent parliament from extending the brexit transition period beyond dec 31st next year. The Prime Minister says the deadline will focus minds in westminster as well as in brussels. The eu has dismissed it as sabre rattling and said it was expected as part of the Prime Ministers political positioning. The withdrawal bill itself will be brought back to the house on friday. Today was about, swear
Hello to you. The volcanic eruption in new zealand may have killed as many as 13 people. Five are confirmed dead but eight more are missing and aerial studies of the active volcano on white island suggest no one is left alive. The Prime Minister has said she shares the unfathomable grief of those whove been bereaved. This report from shaimaa khalil. The extraordinary few moments after the volcano on white island erupted. It hit briefly and fiercely, filling the air with huge plumes of smoke and smouldering ash. The people on this boat had left just moments before the eruption. The boat operators were not taking any chances. Go inside go inside, go inside go inside translation we were on the volcano for about an hour. Ten minutes after we left and got on the boat, the volcano started erupting. The boat turned around and went back to the island to try to help the people who were still there. Im not sure if everyone got out alive. White island is one of new zealands most active volcanoes,