look at what it is like to take over a long running family business. time now to get down to business. we begin with energy. it will be clean and safe and power 1.8 million homes in the north of england and the midlands. that is the plan presented by the uk government and the netherlands who have announced the world s largest multiuse electricity powerline built under the north sea. the will connect the uk in the netherlands with offshore wind farms providing energy to britain aiming to reduce household bills. this announcement comes at the start of the second north sea summit which kicks off today in belgium, the founding countries are belgium, denmark and the netherlands will be joined by france, uk ireland norway and luxembourg and the largest ever coalition around energy in the northeast off let s talk to jess ralston head of energy at the energy and climate intelligence unit. first of all, uk government is saying it s the s largest of its kind, powerline is delivering c
two. let s round up the sport, first. let head to the bbc sport centre and over to govan. yes, thanks indeed. china s sijiahui is through to the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship in sheffield. the 20 year old from china is the lowest ranked player left in the tournament, ranked 80th in the world. he started the day 11 5 frames up against robert milkins. the englishman tried to claw his way back, but has lost in the last few minutes, with the chinese player clinching the game. mark selby s he clinched the match by a 13 7. mark selby s match with gary wilson will also resume this evening. he saidi he said i am sabrosso surprised to get into the quarterfinals and even surprised by myself making it into the crucible stage. ten chinese snooker players face match fixing charges, as an independent panel considers the evidence against them at a hearing that begins on monday. the allegations include manipulating games, approaching players to cheat, betting on snooker and
Hundred. Ukraine has given russia forty eight hour words to explain itself. He wants to know whats behind the new military drills was today near russias border with ukraine ukraines president lashing out accusing moscow of fomenting unrest in Eastern Ukraine in supporting what it calls terrorists kill these tensions began escalating on thursday when clashes between Ukrainian Forces and pro russian insurgents left five dead the ukrainian only moving on pro russian insurgents in the east. Troops dont check points they had set up on the road to slow down. Smoke rose from near the center of the city as the army moved closer. But then ukraine pulled back leaving separatists in charge of snow yet. Its just not possible to live with this government has passed these kinds of lies. I dont know people say you dont love the ukraine my dear everyone who was born here and grew up your gloves ukraine. But that doesnt mean he loves to chat not get tenure and their policies body. The ons has become th
Are working conditions any safer. And on trial for bribery. Formula 1s billionaire boss appears in a german court. Chinas government insists it owns a group of disputed islands in the east china sea, not japan. Beijing made the statement after president obama backed tokyo in the dispute, and he is currently on a state visit to japan as part of a regional tour. Mike viqueira reports from tokyo. Reporter in tokyo president obama said what the japanese waited to here, that america would fight on their side if a dispute over islands escalates. Let me reiterate, article 5 covers all territories under japans administration. Including the senkakku islands. China has a different name, diaoyu island, and claimed them as their own, leading to confrontation. President obama knocked down a perception that he want to contain the riding power. A secondlargest economy and trading partner. We want to encourage a peaceful china. Wednesday night the Prime Minister shinzo abe treated mr obama to dinner a
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