kevin mccarthy in california. and an early morning statement the spokesperson for the chinese ministry accused washington of colluding with taiwan especially over the issue of arms sales. earlier mr mccarthy said they must strengthen economic cooperation with the island that china has claimed as its own. claimed as its own. whether it s out deep claimed as its own. whether it s out deep commercial - claimed as its own. whether. it s out deep commercial ties, strong people to people relationships or shared values, our cooperation with the people of taiwan continue to expand through dialogue and exchange. mr mccarthy is the most senior us figure to meet with a taiwanese leader on american soil since 1979, taiwanese leader on american soilsince 1979, despite taiwanese leader on american soil since 1979, despite the rhetoric, though, taiwanese firms do big business with both china and the united states in fact china is taiwan s largest trading partner. earlieri spoke with the
the former us president donald trump after he pleaded not guilty to sa criminal charges and a new york court. mr trump is accused of falsifying records and paying hush money to hide damaging information during the 2016 election. lots more of course on the bbc website is always and continued coverage right here on bbc news but away from that story and what could be one of the us largest product liability settlements. johnson &johnson has proposed paying almost $9 billion to settle lawsuits alleging the company s talcum powder is because cancer. the new move seeks to resolve all current and future claims. samaria hussein has more. johnson &johnson has been dogged for years by claims that it talcum powder causes cancer. in 2021 it in newjersey brought by 22 women who blame the company s product for their ovarian cancer and that same year it set aside another $2 billion to try to settle all future claims in what could add up future claims in what could add up to thousands of law
insisted that she was the victim in a skiing accident that s the subject of a lawsuit in the us state of utah. giving evidence, the oscar winning actress said she d been hit from behind by terry sanderson, who claims he was the victim. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, from prague, i m stephen sackur. how solid is put in s home front? welcome to our talk. it means nothing for russia. it means nothing for the russian president and it will not change the way putin made his decisions. first of all, you know, you are going to close all ways to legislate russia by this decision. it is the final step to close any possibility to negotiate with russia. the second topic is the reason for this decision. you know, the arrest warrant for putin for saving children, donbas children, thousands of children who were in danger during the war, during the last nine years. and of course russia has to save their lives. and of course russia should and must g
earlier, emmanuel macron s government narrowly survived a vote of no confidence over the plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. china s president xijinping is in moscow for a state visit with a man now wanted for war crimes. such is the geopolitical fallout from vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine. the fact that the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for the russian president won t deter him for his continued assault on ukraine, but it does raise new questions about the long term consequences for russia. my guest is russian mp and state tv talk show host evgeny popov. how solid is putin s home front? evgeny popov in moscow, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. it s good to have you on the show, mr popov. your president, vladimir putin, is a wanted man. the international criminal court has filed war crimes charges against him. do you recognise the symbolic importance