in china begins today a canadian embassy official claims he has been barred from entering the courtroom. italy, germany and france will re start the rollout of the astrazeneca vaccine after europe s medicines regulator says the jab is safe and effective. in france a new month long lockdown for paris and surrounding areas the prime minister warning the country is suffering a third wave of coronavirus welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe we start with those first top level meetings between the us and china sincejoe biden became us president. it s a chance to reset relations between the world s two biggest economies. but there s no indication so far that things are improving from the turbulence of the trump years. america s top diplomat antony blinken is meeting his opposite number yangjiechi against the snowy backdrop of alaska. and in their opening remarks, not too many warm words. today we will have an opportunity to discuss key priorities, bo
than two years, and the first phase is wrapping up now. that is basically to determine if there would be enough evidence against her for her to stand trial in canada. and then the judge has to look at the merits of the extradition request itself and decide whether she should be extradited, and that is expected to be determined by the early autumn. now, why is it so diplomatically sensitive? well, it s really roiled relations between china and the us and china and canada. so, with the us, this case against the top huawei executive coincided with american action against huawei the company, reducing its contracts and its influence in western countries because the americans believe it s a national security threat. and that has really angered china. and then with regards to canada, beijing arrested two canadians in china shortly after meng wanzhou was arrested. that was widely seen as retaliation, and they are now trying those two canadians for espionage behind closed doors. so, whatever th