hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom and i m rosemary church. just ahead u.s. secretary of state antony blinken wraps up his high stakes talks with china s top diplomat. we ll go live to hong kong to hear what each side is saying now. another holiday weekend marred by gun violence. we re following shootings all across the united states. and russian opposition figure alexi alexei navalny facing new charges expected to appear in a moscow video link this morning. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. we begin this hour in beijing where top diplomats from the u.s. and china met for talks in efforts to attach down tensions between the world waste two largest economies. hours ago u.s. secretary of state antony blinken held closed-door discussions with china s top diplomat one day after meeting with china s foreign minister. both s
retail ceos say they are getting crushed by rising prices. we re live in london with a look at the impact on global markets. and a stand still on the battlefield as russia s offensive appears to have stalled. could ukraine have the upper hand to regain territory? we are live in lviv with the latest. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, the high profile u.s. republican senate race in the key swing state of pennsylvania remains too close to call, and it will likely be days before a winner is announced. tv dr. mehmet oz holds an extremely narrow lead, some 1200 votes over former hedge fund executive dave mccormick. but former u.s. president donald trump, who endorsed oz, is already urging him to declare victory. last week and having a defibrillator implanted on election day. now, you may have noticed, i am not john fetterman. the next senator of our great state. reporter: the ballot counting here in lancas
Carefully. russian media isn t just some independent journalist going about news gathering. this is the main conduit by which the russian states, the kremlin, communicates information to the russian public. and so in some ways there are sort of they re spokespeople, a platform, official platform for the kremlin. it s interesting that when this crash took place, which is approximately 6:00, i think 6:13 is when it disappeared from radar, this plane, local time it was about 11:00, 11:30, 11:16 in the united states in eastern time. putin was in the city of kersk, elsewhere in russia, talking about loyalty to the motherland. he was commemorating the 80th anniversary since the second world war battle of kersk, tank battle, talking about how loyalty in that battle and loyalty during what he calls the
Both ukraine and russia are reporting fierce fighting along the front lines. ukraine s president says the toughest battles are happening in the south. in the east ukrainian forces are firing on russian positions near the city of bakhmut. president zelenskyy said his troops are repelling troops around that area. officials in moscow are accusing ukrainian forces of shelling inside russia, saying three settlements of the western region of kersk came under fire sunday causing damage to several buildings and fallout from the destroyed dam continues. the united nations is slamming russia for denying humanitarian aid access to occupied areas that have been flooded. jailed russian opposition figure alexei navalny is facing new charges that could keep him behind bars for several decades to come. navalny is due to appear in a
Kersk region. and a former senior russian military officer appears to be reversing course on his public criticisms of the war. listen to what he says now after claiming things could get worse for moscow just days ago. translator: when people talk about ukraine acquiring the ability to counterattack, well, it s a big exaggeration. and as concerns the actions of our supreme command, there is every reason to believe that the implementation of these plans will in the very near future give ukraine an unpleasant surprise. clare sebastian joins me now live from london. good morning to you, clare. and what a stunning reversal coming from this russian colonel. but perhaps more stunning was the fact that he criticized russia s war on ukraine in the first place.