live from mouth to in singapore, this is bbc news. it is live from mouth to in singapore, this is bbc news. live from mouth to in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. live from our this is bbc news. it is newsday. live from our studio this is bbc news. it is newsday. live from our studio in this is bbc news. it is newsday. live from our studio in singapore. i hello and welcome to the programme. president xi of china is on a state visit to russia, where he s been warmly greeted by president putin. the summit has been the focus of a good deal of speculation following the publication of china s plan to settle the acute crisis in ukraine. mr putin said that moscow was always open to negotiation. but the americans have already warned that the chinese peace plan could be a just a delaying tactic. the visit comes just days after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for president putin, in relation to alleged war crimes. from moscow, our rus
Now on bbc news, its time for a special programme. Global questions the taiwan, china conflict. Hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from Liberty Square in taipei, the capital city of taiwan. The main island of taiwan lies about 160 kilometres across the waters from china. In the past few months, china has stepped up its military exercises, and fired missiles over taiwan, in growing tensions with the government here. The chinese president , xijinping, has reiterated the claim that taiwan belongs to china, and he says he does not rule out the use of force to take it over. Meanwhile, the United States, which supports taiwan, has hardened its position with President Biden saying he would send american troops to defend it. So, if china did invade taiwan, it would be a conflict with huge global dimensions, one that involves the two superpowers, the United States and china. That is global questions, taiwan, a flashpoint with china and the world . Applause welcome to the
we are headed for a catastrophe. this is a serious. it is really going to get worse if nothing more something other than what is already there. and a bbc investigation finds that sexual harassment and bullying went unchecked at international broadcaster al jazeera. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc new, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the uk where the new finance minister jeremy hunt has been insisting the prime minister liz truss is in charge. 48 hours into thejob, he has the herculean task of restoring market confidence in her economic plans. he s made clear he will be looking at government spending as well as the planned tax cuts. the prime minister s position does not appear secure. three conservative members of parliament have publicly called for her to resign. here s our political correspondent ben wright. behind the gates of the prime minister s country retreat, liz truss met her chance
Engines, Nuclear Power plants for submarines, defence and civil aerospace, and the problem they have identified is that it is underperforming relative to its peers, so when he came into thejob he promised to shake things up, and what he wants to do is take the three big divisions that make up rolls royce, civil, aerospace, defence and a Company Called Power Systems in germany that makes large engines, and bring them close together, rationalise them, meaning there will be a lot of duplication in back Office Functions that can be got rid of, so that is where we expect the job cuts to happen, other parts of the business, its Nuclear Submarines business, we dont expect cuts there, and in civil aerospace, people who make engines, a lot of those job cuts will trend back during the pandemic, in fact rolls royce is now recruiting in those areas so that is unlikely to feel a big impact, those areas so that is unlikely to feela big impact, one of those areas so that is unlikely to feel a big imp
And well be looking ahead to the Eurovision Song Contest with a Special Report from the host city malmo. Live from london this is Business Today im lukwesa burak. Later this morning the uks First Quarter growth figures will be published. The uk economy grew slightly in february increasing hopes it is on its way out of recession, just. The economy grew by 0. 1 boosted by production and manufacturing in areas such as the car industry. On thursday, the Bank Of England boss said the Monetary Policy committee needs to see more evidence that price rises have slowed before cutting Interest Rates. Governor Andrew Bailey said, he was optimistic that things are moving in the right direction as rates were held at 5. 25 . I think it is. I am encouraged by all of this. Very encouraged that again we have to achieve an Inflation Target that is sustainable. That is ourjob and what we do. The news is encouraging. And what we do. The news is encouraging and what we do. The news is encouraging. Clearly y