neutral by 2050. this is bbc news. a rare meeting between two superpowers. china and the us secretary of state antony blinken has held talks with his chinese counterpart. it is the highest profile visit to the us by a us visit to china by a us representative. mr blinken said the talks were candid, substantive and constructive and stressed the importance of maintaining open channels of communication. china s foreign minister said replations between both nations were currently at their lowest point since 1979 and agreed to visit washington to continue talks. our correspondent stephen mcdonnell is in beijing and says mr blinken s visit is symbolic. antony blinken touched down with little indictation this would result in a breakthrough. relations have been so toxic that even having the visit has been a step forward. the first meeting was with the secretary of state s chinese counterpart. the potential to drift into war is a concern shared all round. safeguards are needed
thunderstorms expected at edgbaston. talking thunderstorms, some of you had a talking thunderstorms, some of you had a pretty disturbing night last night, had a pretty disturbing night last night, lightning and thunder across parts night, lightning and thunder across parts of night, lightning and thunder across parts of the uk and more severe storms parts of the uk and more severe storms to parts of the uk and more severe storms to come today. i will have your storms to come today. i will have your full forecast here on breakfast. it s sunday the 18th ofjune. our main story: a video has emerged showing some conservative party workers drinking and dancing at a christmas party during covid lockdown. the footage, published by the sunday mirror, was taken at the conservatives headquarters in westminster in december 2020, when london was in tier 2 restrictions. our political correspondent iain watson has more. some conservatives will not want to look in the mirror toda
hello i m vishala sri pathma. the levelling up and housing secretary michael gove has apologised on behalf of the government for the partygate video which has emerged. it shows conservative party staff enjoying drinks and dancing at a christmas gathering at their headquarters in december 2020 a time when social distancing restrictions were in place. london s metropolitan police service has said it is aware of and considering the footage. mr gove said the event was indefensible and apologised unreservedly as helen catt reports. 2020 was the year we saw this, and this, as people accepted strict curbs on their daily lives that the government said were necessary to keep them safe. but in december in a basement in conservative party headquarters, this. a christmas party, note the festive jumper, dancing and booze. socialising indoors with anyone except your own household or support bubble was banned, some at the party seemed worried that their event might be caught on
they leave. borisjohnson has admitted his statements about the parties misled parliament but denied doing so intentionally. he described the report as rubbish and lies. let s go straight westminster and this report cannot be more damning, could it? it this report cannot be more damning, could it? , . , ., could it? it is a blunt damning re ort could it? it is a blunt damning report and could it? it is a blunt damning report and many could it? it is a blunt damning report and many expected - could it? it is a blunt damning report and many expected to l could it? it is a blunt damning i report and many expected to be could it? it is a blunt damning - report and many expected to be if we are not beating around the bush about this, it is essentially saying that he lied, notjust a parliament but also to the committee that were investigating whether he misled mps and that is because his conclusions that he deliberately misled mps on multiple occasions about what he knew of her
nottingham s royal concert hall, which is normally a busy part of nottingham city centre the collagen is on upper parliament street. it is unclear why the court and has been put up but all we know from officials as it is because of what police describe as a serious incident. we can now go to our reporter courtney bambridge who has been monitoring the latest on this story in nottingham. what more do we know? we have been showing pictures of the cordon, all the police have told us is this is a serious incident? told us is this is a serious incident? ., ., ., , ., incident? no extra details about exactly what incident? no extra details about exactly what is incident? no extra details about exactly what is unfolding - incident? no extra details about exactly what is unfolding but. incident? no extra details about. exactly what is unfolding but let s look at the lay of the land. these are some of the pictures that have come out, this is near the city s major shopping centr