in myanmar, thousands of people have lined the streets for the funeral of a young woman shot during protests against the recent military coup. mya thwe thwe khaing died on friday. here s our south east asia correspondentjonathan head. this was the funeral of an ordinary young woman transformed into a show of political defiance for these extraordinary times. mya thwe thwe khaing was one of countless thousands in myanamar who came out to challenge the military s seizure of power. and she was the first to lose her life in its heavy handed response to the protests. scenes of grief which must inflame public fury against the militaryjunta, but remind them, too, of the cost of resisting it. they had two more martyrs to mourn today. one, a teenage boy. both were struck by live rounds fired by the police in the city of mandalay. we started this because we don t want a military dictatorship, said this woman, and we ll fight to the end to make sure these lives weren t wasted. the pl
hello and welcome to business live. chinese president xijinping is in russia for talks with his counterpart vladimir putin today. trade is set to be top of the agenda ahead of the 620 meeting of global leaders later this month. the visit will be xi s sixth tour to russia since taking office in 2012. and their meetings seem to be bearing fruit according to china, trade between the two increased by over 26% in the first four months of the year, reaching nearly $25 billion. cooperation is increasing too. russia will be a key component of china s ‘belt and road initiative an ambitious multi trillion dollar project that will link europe and asia via the historic silk road. as part of the project and as a symbol of this close relationship beijing has even agreed to help finance a high speed rail link within russia itself: linking moscow to the city of kazan. joining me now is dr yujie, head of china foresight, at lse ideas. thank you for coming in to doctor us. thank you
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Calendar filling up. but funny you should talk about books, because we are having the author this new book, called devil s bargain, the most in-depth look yet at steve bann bannon. this somewhat mystery man who has so much influence on president trump. there lots of juicy details in here about their relationship. and about things that happened in the campaign. for instance, how the idea for the border wall began and whatever happened to chris christie. apparently there was an incident that is outlined in here of why chris christie is not in the cabinet. the cellphone incident is very intriguing. very interesting. so we will talk about that as well as what was behind the president s previously undisclosed second meeting with vladimir putin. all right. see you in a bit. iran now promising sanctions of its own against american interests after the u.s. imposed new sanctions on tehran. iran condemning the new sanctionsillegal.
Because iran has shown to be completely distrustful. it has been personally difficult for me to hear ex expressions that somehow the united states has not looked out for israel s interests. reporter: a big portion of the framework agreement touted in the rose garden last week is hardly settled. the white house conceded that the white house and iran have yet to agree on when sanctions on tehran will be lifted. it s a four-page document. it s a key pillar in the framework agreement. jim, i think we ve been very clear that there are important details that need to be locked down. reporter: and a confrontation between the white house and congress is becoming even more of a possibility as republicans say they are busy gathering up democratic support for a plan to have congress vote on the final