to help female entrepreneurs in developing countries. she says the money is to enable women take advantage of the vast opportunities of global trade. but easier said than done that trade is currently facing a great deal of pressure against a backdrop of war and growing economic divisions, not least between the us and china, who are already in something of a war of words. the us accusing china of closed trade practices. china countering calling out hegemonic us behaviour. our middle east business correspondent sameer hashmi is in abu dhabi at the wto meeting for us. it s kicking off, tell us more. that s right, in a few minutes, the opening session is going to kick start behind me in this hall, ministers from all over the world assembled to discuss the world assembled to discuss the key trade issues over the next few days. you mention tension between the us and china, that s going to be one of the issues inside that room that going to play out over the next four days. this c
its highest in m years. the parents of archie battersbee have lodged another appeal with the supreme court against the decision to end the 12 year old s life support treatment. a bit ofa a bit of a waiting game now, but we are hopeful that they will hopefully hear the case and we will get to put our points across. british airways halts sales of tickets on short haul flights from heathrow for a week as disruption for travellers continues. mps are calling for non surgical cosmetic procedures like botox and fillers to be better regulated. hello, welcome to the programme. the leader of al-qaeda has been killed by an american drone strike, in the afghan capital kabul. ayman al zawahiri was one of the masterminds of the attacks of september 11th. us president biden, in a live televised address, said his death would help give closure to the families of the thousands of people killed on 9/11. our correspondent, secunder kermani, reports from kabul. this is the family home where it s