Good afternoon. The United States and china have agreed to resume talks to ease the trade war between the worlds two largest economies. Us President Donald Trump and chinas president xijinping reached the agreement at the 620 summit injapan. Mr trump also said American Companies can once again sell products to the chinese tech giant huawei, after an effective ban on such sales was introduced in may. From osaka, nick bryant sent this report. This was the day when the 620 summit of the worlds wealthiest nations essentially became a g2. These talks between donald trump and xijinping, by far the most consequential meeting of this global gathering. It ended with a ceasefire in the trade war, an agreement to restart talks that fell apart last month. But the us president made a major concession, lifting some restrictions on huawei, the chinese tech giant at the centre of whats felt like a commercial cold war. We had a very good meeting with president xi of china. Excellent, i would say excell
The case of the gentleman we heard from in the Report Isjust the case of the gentleman we heard from in the report is just how much he was willing to share with us, that level of detail is rare to come across because most people in this situation dont want to talk to journalists about their experience. They find it very difficult to actually communicate with their families, how do they do it . That is an interesting point, why cant a uyghur in the uk picked up a phone and call his family . That is because uyghurs in china are under intense surveillance. They assume their calls and Text Messages will be monitored by the state. One expert told us if a call comes in from a Family Member overseas, they wont pick up because they fear communicating free like that will put them at risk in some way. They feel at risk and hugely isolated as well. Sir geofrey nice kc is chair of the Uyghur Tribunal and we can talk to him now. Iam sure i am sure you heard that response to the bbc from the Chinese
thriving in one of the world s toughest environments, we meet the greenland communities on the frontline of climate change. a lot of places in greenland have a record and rain. nowadays, we never know how the weather is going to be. bother! i do hate shoddy work. and dame angela lansbury, one of the stars of hollywood s golden age, has died at the age of 96. welcome to the programme. we will begin welcome to the programme. we will begin with what is going on on will begin with what is going on on financial markets. the pound has fallen sharply after the head of the bank of england announced an end to its emergency interventions in to the pension industry. the bed was made to support the pension the bed was made to support the pension industry. the bank had been buying government bonds to help stabilise the market, but andrew bailey says the support will stop on friday, despite calls to extend it. our economics editor faisal islam reports. the problems in uk financial mark
we ll be live with our deputy political editor and our business editor and asking how the government can pay for its committments without cuts in public spending. also this lunchtime: manchester crown court hears how a nurse accused of murdering babies on a neonatal ward tried to kill a premature baby girl on two consecutive night shifts. after the latest russian attacks on ukraine, nato says sending air defence systems there is a top priority. and a bbc investigation shows how displaced families in syria are begging for money on tiktok, which then keeps a big slice of the proceeds. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england s preparations for the t20 world cup continue in canberra, testing their credentials against the hosts australia in the second of their three match series. good afternoon. in the last hour, the prime minister has said she ll absolutely stick to her promise not to cut public spending. she was speaking at the first prime minister s questions since last
it has arrested eight people in connection with saturday s bombing of the kerch bridge that links russia with occupied crimea. a bbc investigation finds that up to 70% of donations being sent to displaced families in syria via tiktok are being taken by the social media platform. and tributes pour in for the british born actress, angela lansbury, best known for her role in murder she wrote, who has died in los angeles aged 96. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. there are more concerns for the uk economy as official data shows it shrank in august. meanwhile the governor of the bank of england said he won t extend a financial support package beyond this friday. the emergency measures were launched nearly two weeks ago because of the turmoil prompted by the chancellor s mini budget. official figures released show the uk economy fell by 0.3% in the three months to august. if it falls again in the next three months we ll be in a recession. there s