the boss of tesla, elon musk, is cleared of fraud charges brought against him by the company s shareholders. china has made another attempt to calm the diplomatic crisis caused by the detection of a chinese surveillance balloon over the united states. the top foreign policy official wang yi has discussed the dispute with the us secretary of state anthony blinken, who postponed a trip to beijing this weekend in response to the dispute. china insists the balloon is a weather obervation airship that went off course, but washington says it s being used for spying. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, reports. a surreal but increasingly serious international row. this speck in the sky could be spying on the us the chinese balloon that s been hovering over the country for several days. china insists it s a platform to conduct weather related research that s deviated from its route. beijing has apologised but the us state department says it stands by its assessment that t
Of settle to carlisle rail line. The world famous train is back on its scenic route through the Yorkshire Dales and the eden valley, a year after a major landslip closed the line. And, Recycling Rockets a Californian Company has made history by launching a rocket into space for a second time. Good morning. Its friday, 31st march. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The eu has outlined its strategy for brexit negotiations, suggesting talks on a trade deal could begin once sufficient progress is made on a Separation Settlement with the uk. The Draft Guidelines, issued by the president of the European Council donald tusk, argue for a phased approach in talks. The document will now be sent to the 27 Member States for approval. The Draft Guidelines, seen by the bbc, will outline the tone of the talks ahead and say a non member of the union, that does not live up to the same obligations as a member, cannot have the same rights and enjoy the same benefits as a member. They also r
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Can set down a timetable for the next steps and that might be a step forward to try to resolve this impasse and that is urgently necessary. that is one thing i will be urging on ministers and my colleagues at the bar. this strike action is going to begin on the day that the next prime minister is named. ., ., ., , ., ., named. there are going to be a lot of similar issues named. there are going to be a lot of similar issues on named. there are going to be a lot of similar issues on the named. there are going to be a lot of similar issues on the plate i named. there are going to be a lot of similar issues on the plate of. of similar issues on the plate of that person. the new leader of your party. do you think that what has been going on in terms of the leadership has meant that eyes have been taken off the ball on some of these issues? i been taken off the ball on some of these issues? been taken off the ball on some of these issues? ~ . .,. these issues? i think we had reached