Through the challenges facing the worlds second biggest economy. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think of the stories we are covering. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Britain will commit to taking more migrants from calais, especially unaccompanied children, at an anglo french summit today. The uk is to boost its contribution towards border controls in france by 50 million euros. Theresa may will conclude a series of agreements with frances president Emmanuel Macron. Todays summit of the two leaders is being seen as the most important for several years, as our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins, reports. This summit is very deliberately being held at sandhurst, britains military academy of officer cadets. The venue underlined the fact that britain and france are the key military powers in europe, used to working together and today committing to
Health trusts, says at least £200 million of extra funding is needed. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Asian market reactions. Pyongyangs latest nuclear test and donald trump threats. And from a vibrant tourist town to a ghost town. Why did authorities shut down a resort destination in china . Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Welcome to another edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. Thank you for joining report. Im rico hizon. Thank you forjoining us. Its a monday. A few things we are keeping an eye on from the business calendar. We start with china playing host to leaders from the bricks grouping, which includes brazil, south africa, and other countries, on tuesday. The central bank will look at whether it needs to change the cost of borrowing from a record low of i. 5 . It has been at that rate since august last year. We will begin with developments over the weekend. Just hours after pyongyang said it tested a hydrogen bomb, donald trump t
Research suggests a simple eye test could lead to much earlier detection of glaucoma, a condition which causes irreversible sight loss. Also. Do you prefer to feel the pages of a book between your finger . 2016 was a record year for the Publishing Industry, as printed book sales went up by 8 compared to the previous year. Good morning. Its thursday 27th april. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Borisjohnson has used his first intervention in the election borisjohnson has said it would be difficult for the uk to refuse the us if it asks for help on a strike on syria. Borisjohnson has used his first intervention in the Election Campaign to mount the conservatives most personal attack yet onJeremy Corbyn. In an article published in the sun newspaper, the foreign secretary accused the Labour Leader of being a Security Threat to the uk. He accused mr corbyn of being reluctant to use lethal force, opposing Nuclear Weapons and campaigning against nato. He went on to describe the
He is long gone, as is much of his collection. But not his appetite for art, which is shared by the current owner although his taste is a little different. Contemporary minimalism meets georgian magnificence, with an exhibition of richard longs geometric sculptures which are installed in the house and dotted about the grounds. Its an amazing opportunity to make all these grand works, in this grand, very, very english landscape. Richard long is a landscape artist, but probably not in the way that sir Robert Walpole would have understood. He doesnt paint or sculpt, in the traditional sense. My preference is to use the natural Raw Materials of the world. I suppose ijust ordered these materials into. Thats what humans do, they make order out of natural chaos. His art isnt so much about taming nature, but accentuating its beauty, with circles of Overlapping Flint and long lines of hand picked stone. Ive always used stones, because thats what the world is made of. I can find stones anywhere
He is long gone, as is much of his collection. But not his appetite for art, which is shared by the current owner although his taste is a little different. Contemporary minimalism meets georgian magnificence, with an exhibition of richard longs geometric sculptures which are installed in the house and dotted about the grounds. Its an amazing opportunity to make all these grand works, in this grand, very, very english landscape. Richard long is a landscape artist, but probably not in the way that sir Robert Walpole would have understood. He doesnt paint or sculpt, in the traditional sense. My preference is to use the natural Raw Materials of the world. I suppose ijust ordered these materials into. Thats what humans do, they make order out of natural chaos. His art isnt so much about taming nature, but accentuating its beauty, with circles of Overlapping Flint and long lines of hand picked stone. Ive always used stones, because thats what the world is made of. I can find stones anywhere