President xijinping on friday. The uss top diplomat said there has been progress in some areas. He praised beijing for its efforts to stop the supply of fentanyl from reaching the us, and the increase in military to military communication. President xi agreed the two sides had made some positive progress since he met his us counterpart, joe biden, in november. Mr xi added that the earth was big enough for both countries to achieve development and prosperity. However, differences between the two countries still remain. Chinas foreign minister, wang yi, remarked that the us has taken endless measures to suppress chinas economy, trade, and technology. He warned that, if such factors continued to grow, it could derail efforts to stabilize us china ties. Translation the negative factors in the translation the negative factors in the relationship i translation the Negativel Factors in the relationship are still increasing and building, and the relationship is facing all kinds of disruptions. Chinas legitimate develop rights have been unreasonably suppressed and are caught facing challenges. Should we move forward with stability or return to a downward spiral . This is a major question before our two countries. For the United States, areas of concern include chinas claims over taiwan and the south china sea, and chinas support for russia in its war on ukraine. Secretary blinken spoke to the bbc, and said washington will act, if beijing does not stop supplying russia with items used in its assault on ukraine. Our china correspondent laura bicker has more from beijing. Hello. Im laura bicker. How are you . Antony blinken� s visit comes as us ties with china are at a turning point. Hows your trip been . Oh, its been. Weve covered a lot of ground. The dialogue and diplomacy for the cameras hides real discord and distrust. This is what chinese viewers are shown. A cinematic soundtrack accompanies president xi, urging the us to be partners, not rivals. Yet, hours earlier, mr blinken was warned the two sides could slip towards conflict. And this could not be happening. But he came to beijing with a warning of his own. 70 of the Machine Tools that russia is getting from abroad coming from china, 90 of the microelectronics. So for china, if it wants to have better relations not only with us but with countries in europe, it cant do that while at the same time helping to fuel the biggest threat to European Security since the end of the cold war. Weve taken action already against chinese entities that are engaged in this, and what i made clear today is that, if china wont act, we will. You say you will act. I just want to be clear on what youre prepared to do. Im not going to get into the details except to say, look at what weve done already. Weve imposed sanctions, export controls, of one kind or another. China views this as hypocrisy, as the us continues to arm israel. Beijing is using the war in gaza to discredit washington and paint itself as a peaceful power. It erodes the credibility of the United States, notjust here in china, but around the world, dont you think . Of course, china will do whatever it will do to distort our policies and to misinform its own people about what were actually doing, what were not doing, what we stand for, what we dont stand for, and i think china can play a constructive role here. It has relationships. It has influence with countries, like iran, that it can use effectively to, in the first instance, try to prevent the conflict from spreading. A record shop was mr blinken� s final stop. Perhaps taylor swift can help forge Cross Cultural ties. This trip has not dealt with the two sides differences. Theyve merely talked about them, and real risks remain in this fragile relationship, which mr blinken described as the most consequential in the world. Laura bicker, bbc news, beijing. For more on the chinese foriegn ministers comments and the us china relationship, i spoke to massachusetts congressman seth moulton. Congressman moulton sits on the House Select Committee on china. Thank you for taking the time. Chinese foreign minister wang yi was frank in his public remarks alongside Secretary Blinken. He said the relationship is risking can a down ward spiral. Do you agree . Ido, because chinas talking about invading a democratic ally of the United States. As long as he says he will take taiwan by force, theres a real chance that our relationship goes down hill. To what extent, though, is the us Testing Boundaries . We heard also from wang yi saying the us needs to be careful not to step on chinas red lines. We saw this massive wave of sanctions, Technology Export bans by the us. We know that there is increased presence by the us and allies militarily in the region. What is that doing to the relationship . Is that increasing tensions . Well, again, this is all chinas aggression. China changes its lines, i mean, they literally change their lines on the map all the time to just take over more territory by map geography. Its ridiculous. They are threatening their neighbours, notjust taiwan, neighbours, not just taiwan, but neighbours, notjust taiwan, but the philippines. Theyve been very aggressive, risking Filipino Sailor lives with their actions in the south china sea, they are regularly risking the lives of the United States sailors and airmen during patrols in the region, so all of this aggression is coming from china. Remember, america is not saying we want to take over any territory, were not trying to take over any countries. That is what china is trying to do. 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Well, i certainly hope so because what xi jinping certainly hope so because what xijinping is doing is supporting a criminal War Of Aggression by a war criminal, vladimir putin, and that is the exact opposite of what the United States does. We defend sovereign territory, we defend freedom and democracy all around the globe. Thats what were doing in ukraine, thats what we said to china we intend to do in the south pacific, and china and russia have this axis of evil of aggression. Evil aggression. Autocracy is trying to take over sovereign countries. The United States is right to stand up with our allies against that kind of aggressive behaviour. We had also from aggressive behaviour. We had also from chinas aggressive behaviour. We had also from chinas president i aggressive behaviour. We had also from chinas president xi| also from chinas president xi jinping speaking, and saying there is enough room essentially in the world for both the us and for china. Do you agree . Can these two countries begin to get along. Well, thats really up to china because again, we have a peaceful agenda, they have an agenda of conquest, but of course they should be room for both of us, but there is room for the United States and china as they exist today. What china is trying to do is take over other countries. Thats not acceptable to the us, and frankly it shouldnt be acceptable to any sovereign nation in the world. Secretary bacon said nation in the world. Secretary bacon said there nation in the world. Secretary bacon said there was nation in the world. Secretary bacon said there was some i bacon said there was some progress. I want to see if there is room for progress here. He noted some areas, like stopping supplies of fentanyl to the us, which has also been a big part of his agenda. What do you think, whats the outlook here, is there room for cooperation between the two countries . Specifically, where would you point to . Countries . Specifically, where would you point to . There has or has been would you point to . There has or has been room would you point to . There has or has been room for or has been room for cooperation, and fentanyl is a good example. There has been some minor progress in the past where china and us officials have worked together to limit the importation of fentanyl and the importation of fentanyl and the chemicals used to make fentanyl the chemicals used to make fenta nyl from the chemicals used to make fentanyl from china into the United States. I sit on the China Committee in congress and we released a report recently that said 96 of fentanyl precursors, the you used to used to construct, to manufacture this deadly drug, come from china, and china actually has a proactive programme to deliberately ship them into the United States, because its killing americans. So, yes, we want this to stop, but again, its an example of aggressive chinese behaviour against america. Against america. 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One of the men is accused of planning to target a business, and of trying to recruit other people to assist a foreign intelligence service. He is also accused of fraudulent activity and aggravated arson. The other man is also accused of arson, and of accepting money, in the knowledge that it was from a foreign intelligence service. Prosecutors claim the Russian Private military group, wagner, is involved. Our Home Affairs CorrespondentDaniel Sandford has the latest. This all began with a fire in march at some industrial units in leighton in east london linked to a ukrainian owned business. I went up there this afternoon and its still quite badly damaged. One of the units has got a beam still exposed to the sky with no roof, scorched beams. Theres a ukrainian truck parked outside. Well, on saturday, a british 20 year old man called dylan earle appeared in court, charged with aggravated arson, but also with two charges under the new National Security act, including assisting a foreign intelligence service, a charge which the prosecution say is linked to russia, and we couldnt report that until today, when two more men appeared in court. And one of those, jake reeves, on the right, is also charged under the new act, which was brought in to tackle new threats from states like russia. Donald trumps Hush Money Trial has wrapped up for the week, with testimony detailing a tabloid Catch And Kill with testimony detailing a tabloid Catch And Kill scheme that allegedly buried damaging stories about mr trump during his campaign for the white house in 2016. The trial could be the only one of mr trumps four criminal cases with a chance of wrapping up before the president ial election this november. Also on friday, President Biden said hed be happy to face donald trump in a debate something he had not previously committed to. Mr trump skipped all the previous republican debates, and no further debates have been scheduled. Our correspondent nada tawfik has been following the trial closely from new york. Trump insiders are testifying as prosecution witnesses, but from what i observed in court, not all of them are facing the former president s wrasse. Wrath. Broner graph is fiercely loyal to donald trump and his former assistant of 30 years did not even want to appear here. A time on the stand was limited. She said she entered the contacts into the database for trump. The contacts into the database fortrump. She the contacts into the database for trump. She also vaguely remembered seeing Stormy Daniels at trump tower ahead of the 2016 president ial election, but she spoke positively of her former boss, who stood up to give her a brief hello as she left the courtroom. The first witness, david pecker, the defence chose not to be as aggressive with him as they are likely to do with the former fixer Michael Cohen. The soft spoken former publisher of the National Enquirer came off as a reliable witness and he and trump seemed to show a mutual respect, so instead the defence tried to prod him saying it was a typical tabloid business decision, the Catch And Kill scheme, but david pacher said he was being truthful when he said it was donein truthful when he said it was done in defensive donald trump is my campaign. Week one is donein is my campaign. Week one is done in the History Books but donald trump will have to face many more familiar faces. Joining me live is former federal prosecutorfor the Southern District of new york, sarah krissoff. Great to see you, sarah. Ijust want to start off by talking about this Hush Money Trial in new york. Im sure youve been following it closely. What has been your biggest take away so farfrom really been your biggest take away so far from really this first week of testimony . I far from really this first week of testimony . Far from really this first week of testimony . I think the state here did what of testimony . I think the state here did what they of testimony . I think the state here did what they needed i of testimony . I think the state here did what they needed to l here did what they needed to deal with these first few witnesses, in particular with mr packer. They needed to set the stage and explain why this scheme was a legal mister pecker. Mr pecker explained that with the jury, explained how he had been in cahoots with mr trump for many years, frankly, for the system of catching these stories, stopping news stories, paying for news stories and doing all of that in furtherance of getting donald trump elected president. Getting donald trump elected resident. � ,. , president. Because it is not the hush president. 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