police have indicated they will be ready to clear that encampment at some point. thursday s classes have been cancelled as tensions remain high on the campus there in la. the chancellor of ucla announced an investigation after pro israeli demonstrators appeared to attack a pro palestinian encampment early wednesday. the chancellor says the investigation could lead to arrests and expulsions. live now to helena humphrey on campus at ucla. remind us what happened overnight? it is fairto it is fair to say the situation is becoming increasingly tense on campus, a minute before speaking to you we saw a considerable number of police officers come out here onto the campus and we did here a call from the encampment which you can hear and see over here, the call going out, calling on the protesters once again to disburse or face arrest. what you can also hear in the encampment as the sounds of hammering, we believe that inside the protesters have been trying to reinforce barricades wit
for our right to be able to get married in a church. for us, faith is really important. it s really difficult to actually have a religious ceremony. i think within five years i or so, i think we will have same sex marriage in the church. - so, how did we get here? and is everyone in the country able to benefit from the changes in the law ten years on? i guess it s how equal is equal marriage? it s ten years since the first same sex marriages in the uk and, for many people, it is a bit of a milestone. part of me struggled to come out and i wish i d done it a bit sooner, and i wondered if we had more role models when i was growing up, if that might have been a bit easier. a six week stop to fighting in the middle east. i also speak to lots of people in this job and hear different opinions on issues in the news and, historically, the law hasn t always been on the side of gay people. it took decades of protests and campaigning to eventually see marriage laws change in march 2014.
progress since he met his us counterpart, joe biden, in november. mr xi said the earth was big enough for both countries to achieve development and prosperity. however, differences between the two countries still remain, including china s claims over taiwan and the south china sea, and china s support for russia in its war on ukraine. mr blinken sat down for an interview with the bbc. he said that 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. i m laura bicker. how are you? antony blinken s visit comes as us ties with china are at a turning point. how s your trip been? oh, it s been. i ve 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
surrender. # breaking news from around the world 24 breaking news from around the world 2a hours a day, this is bbc news. mr blinken spoke to the bbc and said that 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. i m laura bicker. how are you? antony blinken s visit comes as us ties with china are at a turning point. how s your trip been? oh, it s been. i ve 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 microelectroni