taiwan and the drug fentanyl. joining me now is george magnus, research associate at the china centre, oxford university. so many things on the agenda, but what will be the priority? weill. so many things on the agenda, but what will be the priority? what will be the priority? well, i think it would what will be the priority? well, i think it would be what will be the priority? well, i think it would be a what will be the priority? well, i think it would be a delusion - what will be the priority? well, i think it would be a delusion to i think it would be a delusion to think it would be a delusion to think that there s going to be a sort of loving and the problem is that the countries had in trade and technology will make any headway but having said that, both leaders have a vested interest in trying to stabilise what is their most important external relationship. and there has been tittle tattle about there has been tittle tattle about the kind of things that might be
they are said to be going to talk about how to proceed and protect civilians. the israel defence forces say that close quarter combat has seen fighting with gunmen as they target military outposts, headquarters and other hamas infrastructure. with the fighting intensifying, there has been strongly worded criticism of the humanitarian situation emerging from the united nations. seven human rights experts have said that they believe the palestinian people in gaza are at risk of genocide, and that time is running out to prevent that. israelaccuse that time is running out to prevent that. israel accuse them of repeating hamas propaganda. people across the region are waiting to hear as well a little later from the leader of the lebanese islamist group hezbollah. hassan nasrallah s speech will be closely watched and could have huge consequences for where this conflict goes next. we will keep you across all of those different aspects of this fast moving story throughout the day here
we start in myanmar where activists say security forces have killed at least 39 people in one of the deadliest days of demonstrations against the military coup last month. 21 died in the biggest city yangon after two china owned factories were attacked. beijing has asked the authorities to protect its businesses. a police officer also died in clashes. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. they have built themselves barricades, they have fashioned makeshift shields. but when the security forces opened fire, there was nothing to do but run. this was the scene in myanmar s biggest city, yangon, where more than 20 people are reported to have died. some here see china as supporting myanmar s military rulers, and several chinese owned factories were set on fire. so, troops were sent in and martial law for two districts was declared on state tv. there were fatal clashes elsewhere in myanmar. the now familiar round of tear gas, rubber bullets and gunfire and the ever ri