that the manchester suicide bomber, salman abedi, was a potential threat. this week we get a health check on china s engine of economic growth, its manufacturing sector. an sri lanka s government is facing criticism for the sale of valuable infrastructure projects to china. welcome to asia business report. from high tech gadgets do economic data to defence. they are all on the agenda for investors in asia this week. tomorrow asia s biggest technology fair opens in taiwan. and the state of the chinese economy has beenin the state of the chinese economy has been in the news recently with moody ‘s downgrading the debt rating, and on wednesday we get another peek into the key manufacturing sector with release of the official purchases index. and on friday, top defence chiefs from the region will c0 nve l’g e defence chiefs from the region will converge in singapore at a major annual defence caught. early i spoke and asked what we could expect from the computex conference? and
a revolutionary new treatment for stroke patients in england, that could help save thousands from lifelong disablity. i took a break. now i think this is where i m supposed to be. and, did you hear that clearly? we investigate tv sound, after all those complaints about mumbling in dramas. and coming up in sport on bbc news, a former arsenal player says it s time for arsene wenger to go another says he s lost the dressing room after their biggest league defeat of the season. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. g7 foreign ministers have failed to reach agreement on sanctions on russia, but have said russia cannot be part of syria s future. foreign secretary borisjohnson have been pushing for sanctions on senior russian and syrian figures following syria s suspected chemical weapons attack which killed more than 70 people. ministers were trying to agree a common position on the syrian conflict before the us secretary of state flies to russia to try to persuade i
ta ke guard will hear whether they can take their eight month old son to america for experimental treatment against the wishes of british doctors. a revolutionary new treatment for stroke patients in england, that could help save thousands from lifelong disability. the queen and the duke of edinburgh try their hand at zoo keeping as they feed banana thats to an elephant at whip snaid zoo. whipsnade. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. welcome to bbc news. g7 foreign ministers have failed to reach agreement on targeted sanctions against russia and syria, at a meeting in italy. the foreign secretary, boris johnson had pushed for sanctions on senior russian and syrian figures following syria s suspected chemical weapons attack which killed more than 70 people. ministers were trying to agree a common position on the syrian conflict before the us secretary of state flies to russia to try to persuade it to abandon its allegiance to bashar al assad. our diplomatic coreesponden
the uk care association says the system is close to collapse. in the next hour, a revolutionary new treatment for stroke patients in england. plans to roll out a procedure that could help save thousands from lifelong disability were approved by nhs bosses. the queen and the duke of edinburgh offer bananas to donna the elephant while touring a new home for nine asian elephants at whipsnade zoo. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. doctors can withdraw life support from a sick baby with a rare genetic condition against his parents wishes, a high court judge has ruled. specialists at great ormond street hospital said eight month old charlie gard has irreversible brain damage and should be moved to palliative care. his parents connie yates and chris gard have responded saying they are devastated by the decision. they had wanted to take their son to the us for a treatment trial. let s go straight to the high court and our correspondent helena lee. a very distressing case and
welcome to bbc news. first to our top story this afternoon. the parents of a sick baby with a rare genetic condition have said they are devastated after a judge ruled doctors can withdraw life support. the child charlie gard was born on in august 2016 with a rare genetic disorder causing progressive muscle weakness. specialists at great ormond street hospital said his brain damage was irreversible. charlie s parents wanted to take their son to the us for a treatment trial. more than 80,000 people raised £1.26 million in a crowd funding campaign to fund the treatment abroad but in today s ruling, thejudge said that it was in charlie s best interest to remove life support and concentrate on palliative care. let s go straight to the high court and our correspondent helena lee. thejunl said he the junl said he made thejunl said he made this decision with the heaviest of hearts. the pa rents say with the heaviest of hearts. the parents say they want to appeal. just talk us thro