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 chance f
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 course is
Well look back on the end of black and White Television 50 years ago. And louise has the weather. Good morning. Its a chilly start in the far north of the country but not a bad weekend in prospect. Mostly dry with decent sunny spells. More throughout the morning. Good morning. First, our main story. Kensington and Chelsea Council is facing more criticism over its handling of the Grenfell Tower fire. The mayor of london, sadiq khan, is calling for commissioners to be brought in to take over the running of the authority, which he says is not fit for purpose. The Council Leader, Nicholas Paget brown, and his deputy, both resigned yesterday. Simonjones reports. After angry protests at the Council Offices and after a meeting of the council was cut short following an attempt to ban the public and press. Reporter were you pressured by number 10 to resign . The pressure for the leader got too great. This is a huge Human Tragedy for so many families. The task for my successor is to ensure that
Well look back on the end of black and White Television 50 years ago. And louise has the weather. Good morning. Its a chilly start in the far north of the country but not a bad weekend in prospect. Mostly dry with decent sunny spells. More throughout the morning. Good morning. First, our main story. Kensington and Chelsea Council is facing more criticism over its handling of the Grenfell Tower fire. The mayor of london, sadiq khan, is calling for commissioners to be brought in to take over the running of the authority, which he says is not fit for purpose. The Council Leader, Nicholas Paget brown, and his deputy, both resigned yesterday. Simonjones reports. After angry protests at the Council Offices and after a meeting of the council was cut short following an attempt to ban the public and press. Reporter were you pressured by number 10 to resign . The pressure for the leader got too great. This is a huge Human Tragedy for so many families. The task for my successor is to ensure that