it s been five years since a secretary of state has met with chinese counterparts, and us officials say expectations for the meeting are low. tensions have been steadily growing between the countries. live now to the bbc s china correspondent, stephen mcdonnell, in beijing. we just saw antony blinken touching down a little earlier. what will be on his agenda? the first thing he what will be on his agenda? tue: first thing he will what will be on his agenda? tte: first thing he will be doing, the first serious thing is meeting his chinese counterpart, chinese foreign minister qin gang. tomorrow he will meet huang yi and he is actually above qin gang, the communist party is official and he may even meet president xi jinping and if he met the leader, that would be very symbolic and sent a message out in china for sure that beijing is taking it seriously and the idea of reaching out to washington and washington is also taking it seriously to reach to china. nobody is expecting
from over the border the east of the drc has been the site of nearly continuous conflict for two decades. our correspondent, barbara plett usher, sent this report from nairobi and a warning it does contain distressing details. he survived but has to live with the horror. the community stunned by this brutal attack against children. targetted in their dormitories, the militants set fire to the boys residence. the girls were hacked or shot to death as they fled, some abducted. translation: then | they started shooting at the windows and the door. we went to hide under our beds on the floor. as they continued to shoot out the windows, one of us was hit by a bullet and started shouting, help! come and help me! those who escaped still in shock. schools are an easy target, but this was the worst attack in years. there are angry questions. if they are telling us the borders are secured, security is tight, i want security to tell us where they were when these killers came to
the ugandan government has told the bbc that 37 pupils were killed in an attack on a school in the west of the country. security forces are hunting rebels from the allied democratic forces or adf which is linked to the islamic state group and allegedly carried out the attack. the pupils were attacked with machetes and killed inside school buildings that were set alight. eight people were injured and six students were abducted. it happened at a secondary school in mpondwe. police say the fighters had crossed the border from the democratic republic of the congo. the adf has been operating from inside the drc for the past two decades. will ross, the africa editor for bbc world service radio, told me more about what happened. the survivors are speaking about exactly what happened. apparently, there was a power cut in the area. so this all happened in complete darkness. the rebels from the adf attacked the school, firstly going into a room and killing the students using machetes
so, we have seen the helicopters. the merlin patchy two nukes, and out one of the most poignant sites of any fly past. the chinooks. and now, flanked by spitfires and hurricanes. the members of the royal family watching this historic moment and this unmistakable sound. let s listen. so, there were two hurricanes, one spitfire and one lancaster. that site being enjoyed by the royal family. and now, the modern fixed wing aircraft. these, i think, the hercules making one of their last appearances. an aircraft which has served the rural air force for decades, and which will be going out of service very shortly, making a final appearance at this fly past for the king s birthday parade. the unmistakable shape of the sea 17, one of the heavy lift aircraft of the royal air force. coming through now, and it was that aircraft which we remember brought the coffin of the late queen elizabeth down from scotland in september of last year. applause and prince george and prince louis enjo
hello, i m samantha simmonds. 41 people, mostly students, have been killed in one of the deadilest attacks in uganda. the massacre happened at a secondary school in mpondwe in the west of the country. survivors say the teenage students were killed with machetes before a bomb was thrown into a dormitory. as well as the dead, six students were also abducted and eight are critically injured. security forces are tracking down rebels from the allied democratic forces, or adf, which is linked to the islamic state group and allegedly carried out the attack. police say the fighters had crossed the border from the democratic republic of the congo. the adf has been operating from inside the drc for the past two decades. the mayor of mpondwe provided an update on the death toll of the attack. the secondary school, where the suspected rebels could be adf. i talked to the school and they murdered on the spot by killing 22 students from this school and then threw a bomb in hostel that also