as more than 50 of his mps call for a ceasefire in gaza. you re watching bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in san francisco, where president biden says real progress has been made at a highly anticipated meeting with his chinese counterpart, on the sidelines of an asia pacific summit. xijinping described beijing s relationship with the us as the most important in the world. this isjust their second in person meeting since president biden assumed office. and during that time, relations have deteriorated significantly. we ll be live with our correspondent in san francisco shortly. but first this report from our north america editor sarah smith. with a warm, personal greeting, the leaders of the world s two most powerful countries look like they want to improve their relationship. simply getting together in the same room is a diplomatic statement when tensions between their nations are very high. i value our conversation because, i thi
of horror every day, including hospitals underfire and an entire population deprived of the basic means of survival. as soon as the news conference starts, we will return to it. time for a look at the business news now with ben thompson. we begin in the us, where world leaders have been arriving in san francisco for the ongoing summit of the asia pacific economic co operation, orapec. but all eyes will be on the high stakes meeting between us presidentjoe biden and his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the leaders of the world s two biggest economies have a lot to discuss including their ongoing disputes over trade, technology, taiwan and the drug fentanyl. for more on this joining me now is drjie yu, senior research fellow on china at the think tank chatham house. thanks for being with us on the programme, and i m looking up the agenda and there are just four hours set aside for the meeting of the two world leaders. the white house already playing down expectations of what t