court hears the most important case in a generation. and amid tensions with china over taiwan: the uss carl vinson finishes its biggest ever annual drills in the region. our correspondent s on board. this is the us navy s newest, most advanced and most expensive fighter aircraft. this is its first employment outside the us and their is no surprise it has been sent here. hello. very good to have you with us wherever in the world you are watching. some of the biggest names in tennis have thrown their support behind the women s tennis association after it said it will immediately suspended all tournaments in china. the head of the wta has told the bbc the decision was taken because chinese authorities have failed to address sexual assault allegations made by the doubles star peng shuai against a former vice premier. courtney bembridge has the latest. it s been a month since peng shuai posted on social media accusing a top chinese official of sexual assault. the post was quickly
hears the most important case in a generation. and the winner is. the turner prize goes to a traditional irish pub with a twist. hello. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. some of the biggest names in tennis have thrown their support behind the women s tennis association after it said it will immediately suspended all tournaments in china. the head of the wta has told the bbc the decision was taken because chinese authorities have failed to address sexual assault allegations made by the doubles star peng shuai against a former vice premier. courtney bembridge has the latest. it s been a month since peng shuai posted on social media, accusing a top chinese official of sexual assault. the post was quickly taken down and she disappeared from public view. chinese state media has released a series of videos of her, but there are concerns she was filmed under duress. the women s tennis association says it s still yet to speak to her, and until there is a
and we look back at the past week in business, when us markets had their worst day since november, and the economy was the main focus in the uk election. that s all with our business editor, simonjack. we always want to hear from you. it s easy to get in touch with the programme just use the hashtag #bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. it is friday, we have got that friday feeling. we start in france where the new president, emmanuel macron, says he expects no honeymoon from the public after his first week in power. he now has to try and win a majority in next month s parliamentary elections and implement the economic policy he says can turn the country around. so what is macron economics and can it solve france s problems? macron calls himself ‘neither right nor left‘, he s a centrist, and, sure enough, the team he announced on wednesday is a diverse mix of figures from the left, right and centre. he says his economic policy is based on the nordic mod