you re very welcome along to the programme. so, after six weeks of action, we now know who will be in the final of the cricket world cup. australia will meet the hosts, india. but it wasn t a straightforward semifinal. they were up against south africa, who initially struggled, losing four early wickets before recovering to push australia right to the end. however, the five time champions used all their experience to battle through and take a nervy three wicket win, asjoe wilson now reports. what s in those south african expressions? pride of course, but nerves? well, first over of the match, their captain temba bavuma out. south africa chose to bat first they like to bat first. quinton de kock that s only going for pat cummins. australia caught everything. the kolkata conditions suited their bowlers. south africa for a while could barely score. when rassie van der dussen fell, it was 2a 4. heinrich klaasen resisted until this dismissed by the part time spin of travis h
however, the leaders are still at odds over taiwan. beijing considers it part of its territory while the us maintains unofficial relations with the democratically self governed island. biden updated apec leaders on the us s relationship with china on thursday. let me be clear. we re de risking and diversifying our economic relationship with the prc. not decoupling, not decoupling. we ll be firm standing up for our values and our interest. and i was very straightforward, as he was with me yesterday. at the same time, when critical global issues such as climate, ai, counter narcotics where it makes sense to work together, we ve committed to work together. we re going to continue our commitment to diplomacy to avoid surprises and prevent misunderstandings. the bbc s sumi somaskanda joins us now live from san francisco. you have been there covering this apec summit this week. what is the latest? this apec summit this week. what is the latest? there was another flurry what is t
would provide stability for the region and the whole world. the us and china agreed on resuming high level military communication and slowing the production of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid responsible for tens of thousands of drug overdose deaths in the us. however, the leaders are still at odds over taiwan with president xi calling it the biggest and most dangerous issue in bilateral ties. beijing considers it part of its territory, while the us maintains unofficial relations with taiwan as a democratically self governed island. for more on the apec summit, i spoke to chief presenter sumi somaskanda in san francisco. this really has been an all government approach, several members of the biden administration cabinet here working with chinese counterparts, the commerce secretary, the secretary of state, and also the us special climate envoy, john kerry, an important part of negotiations as well. president biden said, we want to make sure there is a level economic playing fi
minister says hamas leaders fled the hospital before the israeli troops arrived. speaking to the us network cbs benjamin netanyahu says that there was no firefight inside the al shifa hospital because the hamas fighters had already fled. israel says there is a hamas command centre at the site but hasn t provided conclusive evidence. mr netanyahu said hostages could have been moved from the hospital. the israeli army says its troops killed five gunmen during a raid in the west bank city ofjenin. newsagency video shows people running as stun grenades and shots ring out. several palestinian news sources said israeli forces entered the city s ibn sina hospital. the israeli army says it has recovered the body of a female idf soldier noa marciano whose death was announced last week. the idf says her body was recovered from a structure adjacent to al shifa hospital. let s pick up on what is happening on the ground. with me is former british israeli soldier alex moeller. he has exper
in the final of the cricket world cup. australia will meet the hosts, india. but it wasn t a straightforward semifinal. they were up against south africa, who initially struggled, losing four early wickets before recovering to push australia right to the end. however, the five time champions used all their experience to battle through and take a nervy three wicket win, asjoe wilson now reports. what s in those south african expressions? pride of course, but nerves? well, first over of the match, their captain temba bavuma out. south africa chose to bat first they like to bat first. quinton de kock that s only going for pat cummins. australia caught everything. the kolkata conditions suited their bowlers. south africa for a while could barely score. when rassie van der dussen fell, it was 2a 4. heinrich klaasen resisted until this dismissed by the part time spin of travis head. through it all, david miller kept strong, kept swinging. his 101 gave his team something a t