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at this hour, a mysterious explosion behind russian lines in annexed crimea, what we re hearing on the ground about who is responsible. and president biden announces major conservation action just moments ago. is it enough to get him back in the good graces of environmental groups? we ll have a live report. and in los angeles, that teacher strike is under way today which means for 420,000 students, no teachers, no bus drivers, no lunch, and no options for countless parents scrambling to find child care. and a small group of trump fans making a show of support on the bridge at mar-a-lago as the manhattan grand jury gets ready to reconvene tomorrow. our reporters are following all the latest developments. and we begin with vaughn hillyard near mar-a-lago. what is the scene like there today? obviously even though trump said that he was going to get arrested today, that hasn t happened. but is there any sense of when i something might happen? reporter: and donald tr ....
hello and welcome. the french president emmanuel macron and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, are in beijing, where they re holding talks with the chinese leadership. the trip is the latest push by europe to engage with china, and they re expected to urge china to use its influence on russia to halt the war in ukraine. after meeting with china s premier li qiang preident macron has met president xi xingping in the last half hour. in his first comments, mr macron said the visit would focus on economic ties as well as international stability. joining me from the newsroom is our asia pacific editor, michael bristow. thank you for being with us. tell us how significant this meeting is. it is very significant, you have seen the pomp and ceremony of the welcome xijinping has given emmanuel macron and it starts on a note of something like optimism. president macron said his meetings with the chinese premier, president macron said this was a ch ....
hello and welcome. president emmanuel macron of france has told xi jinping that he s counting on the chinese leader to bring russia to its senses over the war in ukraine. mr macron made the comments at the start of a meeting with mr xi in beijing. the french president is in china on a state visit. in his opening remarks, the chinese leader told his guest that the two countries could overcome their differences. but on the issue of the war, that will be difficult. france has aligned itself firmly behind ukraine. china has given support to moscow. earlier, the bbc s mariko oi explained what a good outcome might look like from the meetings. well, i think it s fair to say that there is a lot to discuss, as president macron has been facing those rather embarrassing pension protests back home so he wants to score some economic victories and he wants to push for closer trade and investment ties, basically an accord which if ratified could boost investment ties there. and of cou ....
between bitter rivals saudi arabia and iran. buckingham palace is cooperating with an independent study into links between the british monarchy and the slave trade. cleaning up the uk s biggest police force. officers are diverted from investigating terrorism and serious crimes in london to tackling wrongdoing within the ranks. the uk s first residential gambling treatment centre for women has opened its doors to cameras for the very first time. the gordon moody facility opened in 2021, after the number of women receiving support for addiction more than doubled in five years. rachel stonehouse has met three women who ve been through treatment at the centre. everything was revolving around the gambling and i was just anxious all the time. i would get to the point where i wasjust gambling. it was boring, but i had to do it because that side of my brain was going, gamble, gamble, gamble. it has been the lowest point of my life and the saddest point because everything around ....
welcome to bbc news. we start with president biden who s just arrived in the irish capital dublin. earlier he made an impassioned defence of the good friday agreement in belfast 25 years after it was signed. he was greeted on the tarmac at dublin airport by the irish taoieseach leo varadkar. the pair then left in a motorcade, heading for co louth after the bad weather halted plans for the president to travel by helicopter. it s been a busy, busy day for the us president. it started with a meeting with rishi sunak both expressing their hope that power sharing can be restored. joe biden also met the leaders of the five main parties off camera he said he was in listening mode. the president will not be visiting stormont is currently not functioning since the democratic unit is party withdrew support in post brexit trading arrangements. the president acknowledged differences but said he hoped to power sharing would resume. i differences but said he hoped to power-sharing wo ....