hello and welcome. the french president emmanuel macron and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, are in beijing, where they re holding talks with the chinese leadership. the trip is the latest push by europe to engage with china, and they re expected to urge china to use its influence on russia to halt the war in ukraine. after meeting with china s premier li qiang preident macron has met president xi xingping in the last half hour. in his first comments, mr macron said the visit would focus on economic ties as well as international stability. joining me from the newsroom is our asia pacific editor, michael bristow. thank you for being with us. tell us how significant this meeting is. it is very significant, you have seen the pomp and ceremony of the welcome xijinping has given emmanuel macron and it starts on a note of something like optimism. president macron said his meetings with the chinese premier, president macron said this was a chance f
hello and welcome. the former chief executive of scottish national party peter murrell has been released without charge by the police, pending further investigation into party finances. mr murrell, the husband of former first minister nicola sturgeon, was arrested on wednesday morning. a police search resumed on thursday morning at the couple s glasgow home. our scotland correspondent james shaw has more details on the investigations that is being conducted at the glasgow house of peter murrell. as you can see, the scene behind me is a big police evidence tent obscuring the front of peter murrell and nicola sturgeon s house. inside the tent is a police van, and over the course of yesterday and it appears also this morning, police officers have been coming and going, bringing material out of the house and putting it into the van. so clearly, this is a live investigation at the moment. it is continuing, even though peter murrell himself was released by the police without charge
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remain in the force. the french president emmanuel macron and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, are in beijing, where they re holding talks with the chinese leadership. the trip is the latest push by europe to engage with china, and they re expected to urge china to use its influence on russia to halt the war in ukraine. after meeting with china s premier, li qiang, preident macron has met president xi xingping. in his first comments, mr macron said the visit would focus on economic ties as well as international stability. live now to berlin to speak to professor daniela schwarzer at the open society foundation. thank you forjoining us. what is the significance of this trip? the tri is the significance of this trip? the trip is very the significance of this trip? tue: trip is very significant the significance of this trip? tte: trip is very significant because the significance of this trip? he trip is very significant because it is not only the french pr