From all sides. For more on this joining me now is dr yujie, Senior Research fellow on china, at the think tank chatham house. Can you put that 5 target into context for us . For more on this joining me now is dr yujie, is it achievable . Thank you for having me. As many reporters described, the term ambitious because it is a very similar target to china put forward last year but only last year china started youre coming from a very low base of 5 seemed easier but this year 5 is a hard reaching target for beijing. This year 596 is a hard reaching target for beijing. Target for beiing. Weve been talkin target for beijing. Weve been talking already target for beijing. Weve been talking already or target for beijing. Weve been talking already or i target for beijing. Weve been talking already or i mentioned, we saw those clips from the premier. We listed some of the big issues for china, property crisis, youth unemployment. What, ifany, Concrete Steps were announced to address those . Well, i think the mood in beijing really reading from the government report seems to be quite subdued with on the one hand the government acutely aware of the challenges but on the other i think when it comes to actual measures, we are still waiting for more details. Giving you an example on youth unemployment, the target according to the government is around 12 million job creation this year which is exactly the same target as the one vision put forward back in 2019, the time in the chinese economy grew around 8 so its a very ambitious Target Beijing has put forward but really for many, they are looking for more substance and there is very little of it there. Substance and there is very little of it there substance and there is very little of it there. ,. , ~. ,. , of it there. You talk about being an ambitious target, of it there. You talk about being an ambitious target, what of it there. You talk about being an ambitious target, what about of it there. You talk about being an ambitious target, what about the i ambitious target, what about the ambition of the measures, steps being taken to get there . How would you describe the governments approach so far in dealing with its economic problems . Have they been innovative or perhaps more conservative . I innovative or perhaps more conservative . Innovative or perhaps more conservative . ~. ,. , conservative . I think the tone has been clear conservative . I think the tone has been clear and conservative . I think the tone has been clear and consistent conservative . I think the tone has been clear and consistent since i been clear and consistent since 2022. Essentially beijing will not offer a massive number of economic. As we have expected back in 2008 and 2009 but instead what beijing is really interested in doing is adding Economic Resilience within the system and reducing the rights of property and hence you have seen a very much unwavering Support Science and an ovation sector so that is a very science and Innovation Sector so that shows beijing looking at the Economic Growth model. Beijing looking at the Economic Growth model beijing looking at the economic urowth model. ,. ,. ,. , growth model. Thank you for oining us toda. To the uk now where its good news from the car industry with sales for last month the strongest in 20 years. Figures from the society of Motor Manufacturers and traders show new Car Registrations up by 1a , compared to february last year, with battery electric cars accounting for more than 17 market share. But the government has set a target that more than a fifth of cars sold this year should be zero emission vehicles. So there are calls on the government for tax breaks for the ev sector. David bailey is professor of Business Economics at University Of Birmingham and a car Industry Expert. Also big car Industry Expert and joins me now. Lets look first role at the record but might not reckon but 20 year record set for february. What has been driving the surge in sales . , � what has been driving the surge in sales . , � ,. , sales . Youre right, 19 straight months in sales . Youre right, 19 straight months in sales sales . Youre right, 19 straight months in sales and sales . Youre right, 19 straight months in sales and what sales . Youre right, 19 straight months in sales and what is. Sales . Youre right, 19 straight months in sales and what is driving it our fleet and Business Sales which account for all the growth. Private demand from individual households is actually down, wheat and business in particular going for Plug In Hybrids and battery electric hybrids are driven by tax breaks so thatis hybrids are driven by tax breaks so that is great for the going for the dodgers we met with poor mental Going Forward it does look positive. But as you mention in terms of battery electric vehicles, Many Companies are lagging behind and there was cause for some sort of tax break to encourage take up of cars particularly by private buyers. What particularly by private buyers. What would ou particularly by private buyers. What would you like particularly by private buyers. What would you like to particularly by private buyers. What would you like to see particularly by private buyers. What would you like to see that looking like . There were Tax Incentives in place for electric cars before and theyve been unwound so you look for those to come back again . Those to come back again . Ideally. I have an electric those to come back again . Ideally. I have an electric car those to come back again . Ideally. I have an electric car and those to come back again . Ideally. I have an electric car and i those to come back again . Ideally. I have an electric car and i got those to come back again . Ideally. I have an electric car and i got £1500 | have an electric car and i got £1500 towards it which helped offset the higher price but deters many people from going electric make the higher price that deters many people from going electric. The government was far too premature in eliminating those in what the industry is calling for as a temporary measure is a vat cut which could help stimulate sales and they also want fairer taxation on charging so i can charge my car at home on a Domestic Energy tariff and only pay seven pin break pay 7p per. And if i have to rely on a public charger, the much higher so that as a barrier to people taking up electric cars if they do not have their own driver and car charger at home. White make tomorrows budget they in uk, we are hearing the rumour mill by the government could be planning a freeze on fuel duty. Government could be planning a freeze on fuel duty. Which was cut some time freeze on fuel duty. Which was cut some time ago. Freeze on fuel duty. Which was cut some time ago. Do freeze on fuel duty. Which was cut some time ago. Do you freeze on fuel duty. Which was cut some time ago. Do you think freeze on fuel duty. Which was cut some time ago. Do you think that| freeze on fuel duty. Which was cut l some time ago. Do you think that is what motorists or the Industry Needs forwards welcome . That what motorists or the Industry Needs forwards welcome . Forwards welcome . That is largely about looking forwards welcome . That is largely about looking for forwards welcome . That is largely about looking for votes, forwards welcome . That is largely about looking for votes, to forwards welcome . That is largely about looking for votes, to be about looking for votes, to be brutally honest. It is something thatis brutally honest. It is something that is electorally popular and the government looks for popular tax cuts to improve its standing. In terms of what the Industry Needs, i think its a fairer tax system that incentivises people to get into electric cars so what the government has done is mucked about with the tax system, put the target date back of 2030 for the banning of petrol and diesel to 2035 and decided they do not have to go electric now, they can go electric later and i think we need to look at ways to incentivise people to go electric and using the tax system is one way. Going to the us elon musk made headlines last week for suing 0pen ai and its ceo sam altman. This week, though, hes on the other side of a lawsuit. 0ur north America Business correspondent erin delmore has more. Elon musk is being accused of unfairly depriving four top twitter executives out of their severance. The former execs say mr musk owes them more than 128 million collectively, and theyre suing. Heres the discrepancy. Mr musk said at the time that he fired them for cause and therefore he didnt need to pay them severance. But the former executives say thats not true. Theyve been on the forefront of efforts to make mr musk follow through on his acquisition of twitter after he offered and then backed away. The Group Includes twitter� s former chief executive, the companys former chief financial officer, the former chief legal officer and the former general counsel. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in california on monday. Health care now. There are more than 25 safe and effective vaccines to prevent disease. But millions still die every year because the doses dont get to the people that need them. 0ne company has been looking at ways to streamline the process, and in doing so, save lives. My colleague lara lewington, from the bbc click show, has been to meet them. Chikungunya is one of the infections thats spread by mosquitoes. Its usually confined to sub saharan africa, but has started to spread. 0ne vaccine has just been approved by the food and Drug Administration in the us, but others are working on it too. One of them is the bristol based start up in motion. Its developed a new synthetic protein called adoma. The protein is adorned with parts of the target virus, but its not infectious itself. Its a different approach to how other vaccines, like the covid 19 ones, were made. But theres one big advantage. The adoma can be produced, stored, transported and brought to the people at ambient temperatures, which can go up to 50 degrees. This is a big advantage to other vaccines, which depend on a functioning cold chain. Millions of doses of vaccines are lost every year because of inadequate refrigeration, especially when being sent to developing countries. Part of the issue is transporting the vaccine from the distribution depot, where it is kept in Cold Chain Conditions to the site where its going to be administered. It could be hundreds of miles. And then when they get to the facilities where theyre going to deploy the vaccine, more often than not, theres not any refrigeration. Now, over the years, people have tried different ways of dealing with this. They, for example, would dig holes and put the vaccine on the ground to try and keep it at a sort of temperature. But it is very, very hard. Another big advantage of the technique being used here is that it could be synthesized to target more than one disease in one shot. So when we put it into the cryo electron microscope, the Electron Beam can go through it and we will see of vaccine particles. Can i take a look at what its actually seeing now . So we can only have one of those grids loaded. Those are the three Millimeter Discs that we apply the sample onto. This is a magnified image of that. So this is a square image. And now were going to zoom into these foil holes. The microscope can zoom into Point One Nanometer detail. Thats1 10000000th of a millimeter. These raw images may not look like much to you or me, but they are a vital part of the process. Whats coming off the actual microscope is like just shadows. Youre kind of like looking at the shape of it from lots of different angles. And then what you need to do is take all of these different views from all these different angles and then work out whats the 3d shape that can produce all of those shadows. Cloud computing let us get to the answer now. And its that kind of like the researcher getting the structure as theyre developing it. Thats like the big change that cloud enabled. But if they do succeed, the possibilities in other areas could be huge too, such as Cancer Vaccines that train the bodys Immune System to make antibodies against a tumor. This is a small company, though, up against a big challenge. And big pharma. And these vaccines arent in humans yet. So theres a way to go. You can keep in touch with the bbc Business Team and me on social media. Dont forget you can get in touch with me online, im tadthnright well be back in a hours. Goodbye. Bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk by day. Kirsty is a hairdresser at her home salon in somerset, but in her spare time she is a Champion Runner and steeplechaser. I had some Health Problems later on in my 30s and i decided then in a kind of use it or lose it approach that i needed to get on with it and see what i could do. So steeplechasing is an Athletics Event on a 400 metre track held outdoors. The distances of 2000 metres or 3000 metres. Youve got fourfixed barriers and one waterjump. Its not a typical sport to start in yourforties, but i felt id got into quite a good place with my running and my strength for running that i was able to give it a go. And as you can see, its not for the faint hearted. So im just going to do that one again because i was a little bit closer and id like a little bit more drive in. Shes broken british records and even world records. To take it up in your early forties, having never done it before is is incredible really. And you know, in many ways shes kind of redefining whats possible, you know. You know, with age, you know, as a runner and, you know, achieving amazing, amazing things. For more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. Hello from the bbc sport centre. The chelsea and australia striker sam kerr is set to face trial after being charged with a racially aggravated offence involving a police officer. It follows an alleged incident in january last year after Police Officers responded to a complaint involving a taxi fare in twickenham. The 30 year old matildas captain, her countrys all time top scorer, pleaded not guilty to the offence at a Court Hearing yesterday and is scheduled to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates Court in february next year. Kerr is curently sidelined with an anterior cruciate ligament injury. I woke iwoke up i woke up this morning like everyone else did to the news on that is when Football Australia found out about this unsettling event. But, look, we are trying to get to the bottom of it at the moment. Weve got our own questions you would like to know and we have to find out what actually happened but we also want to say there is a process that is under way in the United Kingdom and that process needs to run its course. Arsenal are two points behind leaders liverpool after their seventh Premier League win in a row. They thrashed bottom side Sheffield United 6 0 at bramall lane. That set a top division record, the gunners becoming the first side to win three away games in a row by five goals or more. It was also an unwanted record for the blades, they are the first top flight side to lose three home games in a row by five goals or more. It sets up the weekend nicely for arsenal. They will move top for the first time this year if they beat brentford on saturday,
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