emergency workers are hopeful of reaching a five year old boy who has been trapped for four daysin who has been trapped for four days in a deep well. queen elizabeth marks her platinum jubilee, viewing some cards and gifts celebrating her 70 years as monarch. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. china and russia have announced a new partnership hailed by president putin as an unprecedented pact of cooperation. china says it will back russia s foreign policy aims and says it supports russia s demands that nato halted its expansion. the president of china and vladimir putin held talks hours before the official opening of the winter olympics in beijing with a low key ceremony held amid concerns about the covid and a diplomatic boycott over human rights abuses. china s capital city, an olympic host for the second time. the bird s nest stadium built for 2008 was still glorious. china! but there s a different man in charge now and it feels very different i
supports russian demand that nato halt its expansion. xijinping and vladimir putin held talks hours before the official opening of the winter olympics in beijing, with the low key ceremony held amid concerns about covid and a diplomatic boycott over human rights abuses. from beijing, robin brant reports. china s capital city, an olympic host for the second time. the birds nest stadium built for 2008 is still glorious. but there is a different man in charge now and it feels very different in 2022. xijinping promised a safe, efficient games. for 2022. xijinping promised a safe, efficient games. for most eole in safe, efficient games. for most peeple in beijing safe, efficient games. for most people in beijing tonight - safe, efficient games. for most people in beijing tonight this i people in beijing tonight this is as close as they will get to the opening ceremony of the olympic games. the opening ceremony of the olympic games. watching it on a roadside near olympic game
support for mental health issues hits a record high. and the queen marks her platinium jubilee, viewing some quirky cards and gifts celebrating her 70 years as monarch. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: the old rivals meet again but who ll come out on top this time as scotland face england on the opening weekend of rugby union s six nations? good evening. the conservative backbench mp aaron bell has become the latest to confirm that he has submitted a letter of no confidence in the prime minister. it comes as an embattled borisjohnson saw a fifth adviser resign today from downing street, after the departure of four others yesterday. downing street said the resignations were not a sign the prime minister was losing control. as well as being under pressure over lockdown parties in downing street, mrjohnson has come in for particular criticism over a false claim made in the commons that the labour leader sir keir starmer had failed to prosecute the child sex of
where huge crowds have gathered hoping for a positive outcome. china s president xijinping has declared the winter olympics open at an unusually low key ceremony, due to the pandemic and a diplomatic boycott over human rights abuses. the main venue is the birds nest stadium, already familiar to sports fans after it was the main focus for the 2008 summer olympics. the opening ceremony was overseen by film director jang imo who was also behind the ceremony in 2008. but spectators were thin on the ground because of strict covid restrictions. and few world leaders made the trip to beijing. our correspondent steve mcdonell is in beijing and following the action. it s a real party atmosphere. typical beijing pubs full of families and little kids and couples and older people who come here to watch the opening ceremony on the big screen. part of the reason this pub and how many others in the city are fullest because this is how you get a community feeling of the games. the general