inauguration of a new bank on shanghai. the new development bank has been set up by the brix group, that s brazil, russia india and china and south africa and president lula said the new financial institution frees developing countries from established ones our business reporter has more on the significance of this trip. on the significance of this tri -. , ., ., , trip. the goal in his own words is to strengthen trip. the goal in his own words is to strengthen the is to strengthen the relationship. and at least when it comes to business ties our already pretty significant. china is brazil s biggest export market, each year buying tens of thousands of billions of dollars of natural resources and agricultural products, including soybeans, iron ore, oil and be for that while brazil according to chinese state media is the biggest recipient in latin america. president lula da silva needs more of it if these two bruised brazil s stagnant economy. that s why the brazilian gover
tonight he is across the border in the republic of ireland, where he ll spend the next two days retracing his irish roots. also on the programme: prince harry will attend his father s coronation next month, but meghan won t be travelling from california. billionaire twitter boss elon musk sits down with the bbc. he defends sacking thousands of staff, and says his time well, it s not been boring! it has been a roller coaster. find well, it s not been boring! it has been a roller-coaster. and is the world on course for been a roller-coaster. and is the world on course for the first - world on course for the first ever fall in fossil fuels producing electricity? because of renewables? on bbc london: and coming up on the bbc news channel. the uk and the republic of ireland submit theirjoint bid to host euro 2028, but two of the proposed stadiums aren t even built yet. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six, live from stormont on the day that president biden was in nort
against pre trial detention. after six months of bird flu restrictions, poultry will shortly be allowed out again heralding the return of free range eggs. and coming up on bbc news, after protesters disrupted play last night, the world snooker championships resumed today but with heightened security checks at the crucible. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the treasurer of the scottish national party, colin beattie, has been arrested by police investigating the party s funding and finances. it comes two weeks after peter murrell, the snp s former chief executive who s married to nicola sturgeon, was arrested by officers who searched his home in glasgow and the party s headquarters in edinburgh. mr murrell was later released without charge, pending further investigation. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has the latest. colin beattie has been the snp s treasure for almost the entire duration of his party s climb to dominance in scottish politics. its r