Welcome back. The relationship between the United States and china has been severely tested during president biden s term in office. But since may last year, the Us National Security adviser Jake Sullivan has developed something of a connection with wang yi, the senior Foreign Policy official in beijing who answers directly to xi jinping. They met four times in the last year, a channel of communication that has served as something of a Shock Absorber when tensions arise over taiwan, ukraine, the south china sea. Today, sullivan arrived in beijing to continue that conversation, with some suggestion that the two president s might be laying the ground for another meeting Beforejoe Biden Leaves office. Its really interesting, this, annabel, because it seems Jake Sullivan is the back channel between washington and beijing right now, and to what and . Because theres been some Sabre Rattling in respect of ukraine and the special materials ageing is applying to russia will do you think it coul
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for a surviving suspect following a mass stabbing, which claimed 11 lives. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sam lister, political editor of the daily express, and rachel shabi, journalist and author. the appointment of the prime minister dominates the front pages. the metro quotes liz truss, saying britain can ride out the storm. the ft focus is on her plan to guide britain out of what it calls the energy storm. the express says that plan is likely to involve freezing bills at two and a half thousand pounds. the i warns the plan will have to be paid for by the energy consumers or by pack tears taxpayers. the garden uses the image of a storm and says the reshuffle has been brutal the guardian. in the telegraph says the new cabinet, including therese coffey as deputy pm, as most diverse in history. and the sun pictures the meeting between liz truss and the queen, with both saying, hello, liz. and hello to y
To face his former club. The rearranged Scottish Premiership game between rangers and dundee was called off earlier at dens park, due to a waterlogged pitch with second placed rangers accusing the home side of negligence and unprofessionalism. The surface was deemed 0k earlier, but heavy rainfall later in dundee meant the pitch was unplayable after a second inspection. The games been rearranged again for a week today, with rangersjust a point behind celtic, following sundays thrilling 3 3 derby draw at ibrox. And this is philippe clements sides game in hand over their city rivals. Liverpool Managerjurgen Klopp has urged fans protesting about Ticket Prices to support their team against the italian Side Atalanta in their Europa League quarter final first leg on thursday a Supporters Group has announced that therell be no flags in the kop end at anfield for the game, in protest against the clubs decision to increase the price of tickets. Klopp says he understands why the fans are upset. I
in the third. he was 5 2 up and served for the match, but was taken to a tie break where he edged through to make the final four at roland garros for the first time. djokovic had no real issues in his victory over karen khachenov. he lost the first set but came back to win the next three as he continues his quest for a record 23rd grand slam. these kind of wins, you know, i think serve as a great confidence booster, you know, mentally, so also physically and emotionally for me. you know, it is important, to win a match where you were losing or you were being down and then you came back and won a match, so especially at the latter stages of a grand slam against the top players. and aryna sabalenka sealed her semi final place in the women s draw. the belarussian, who won in straight sets was accused by her ukrainian opponent elena svitolina of encouraging fans to boo her by waiting at the net for a handshake