against taiwan in recent years, increasing military drills in the seas around the island, and working to cut off its official ties with countries around the world. discussions between washington and taipei began in august of last year. this current agreement covers issues like customs with regard to trade, anti corruption measures, and investment opportunities for small and medium sized enterprises. let s stay on the topic of tensions between the us and china asia s biggest annual security summit gets under way later in singapore. defence leaders from more than a0 countries will meet at the shangri la hotel. as tensions continue to grow between the two countries, their defence spending is following a similar trend. monica miller reports. the escalating tension between the two countries is turning out to be costly for the us and china. beijing has increased its military spending by more than 7% this year as they try to modernise their military. however, the americans have ro
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
A tale of tariffs strong and twitter washington issues fresh terrifying ads towards beijing at a time where talks were supposedly going well capturing markets offguard. Also on the show the city where more startups are born per capita than any other we take you to tel aviv and israel the site of an ongoing tax profits. And the sharing economy comes to beekeeping well look at a german outback than x. P. Farmers to call programmers in search of pollinators. Welcome to d. W. Business im joined on in berlin thank you very much for joining us Now Trade Talks between the u. S. And china appear to be going smoothly for weeks that is until a Surprise Threat by u. S. President donald trump to ratchet up tariffs on chinese goods this friday and to
impose a fresh round of duties effectively covering all chinese exports markets all over the world were caught off guard. To try conflict between the u. S. And china has lurched from crisis to crisis but even on friday there seem to be grounds for opti
opens on friday in the united states. of course investors have been quite nervous about it so that would make sense to calm investor nerves. but they are about the vote starting shortly. and that s it for this edition of asia business report. thanks for watching. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. in newcastle s city stadium park, the lawns have been liberated, the wild flowers left free. so beneficial to our pollinating insects, bees and butterflies that we all love to see in our garden, when we put those grasses and flowers down, we are reducing the food source for our pollinating insects. so we leave them there and let them grow. as no mow may comes to an end, the team here hope the feast provided for pollinators will benefit the park s neighbours too. the changes made are part of an all year plan to boost biodiversity. i personally love this walk.