Good evening, thank you forjoining us tonight. 41 people have died after their small boat capsized as they were trying to make the crossing from tunisia to italy, the latest in a string of tragic incidents in the mediterranean. Joining me on our panel for the next hour is the political Sketch Writer tom peck and victoria coates, former Senior Energy adviser to the trump administration. Also on the programme, joe biden is expected to issue an Executive Order banning Private Equity and Venture Capital investments in some Chinese Technology companies, escalating washingtons efforts to Prevent Beijing from developing Cutting Edge Technology for its military. Well get reaction from two congressmen that sit on the select committee on china. Its been one year Sincejoe Biden launched his plan to boost the Us Semiconductor industry. We will check in with a member of the chips team to see if the promises have been met. And if you are the type of person struggling to get in your 10,000 steps a da
seeinu economic recovery. we are seeing the economic recovery. we are seeing the stock-market . economic recovery. we are i seeing the stock-market rout seeing the stock market rout that has really gathered steam over the past couple of weeks is really a reflection of the fact that there is this unrelenting bearish sentiment when it comes to china in particular china s economy, so i don t think that curbing shortselling is really addressing the root cause of the problem that households, businesses, particularly in china, not feeling exuberant about the economic recovery, so this latest measure is really a band aid solution rather than finding an actual solution to the problem. es, finding an actual solution to the problem. finding an actual solution to the problem. a bit more about the problem. a bit more about the bigger the problem. a bit more about the bigger problem the problem. a bit more about the bigger problem at - the problem. a bit more about the bigger prob
its outstanding debt. of course, evergrande has more than $300 billion worth of liabilities, reportedly, and it has been trying to come up with this restructuring plan and the judge has been postponing the decision up until now. whether or not this process will be followed remains to be seen because i have been speaking to a pot of expert to say that despite the one country to system slogan there are some thorny jurisdiction system slogan there are some thornyjurisdiction issues. so, even though, if this report is concerned, the liquidator will be appointed by a hong kong court, whether or not beijing would then recognise those liquidators remains to be seen. having said that, the ruling is confirmed is really significant and it will send a shockwave through china s financial markets because for many decades the real estate sector has been a main driver of china s economic growth and also there have been many other developers which have been defaulting just like evergrande, a
Protests across france Over Pension Reform plans which include raising the Retirement Age to 64. Now its time for breaking the county lines. Its every parents nightmare. He was climbing out the windows every night. He was climbing out the windows every night. They had him selling crack and heroin. Young people lured into a world of drugs, gangs and violence. He was beaten badly. To see your childs face twice the size of what it should be, no mother should see. There are calls for a change in the law. To make it a specific offence to deal to children under 16. But are they criminals or victims . If children are being exploited and coerced, the law would not criminalise them in those circumstances. Today we investigate what is being done to break the county lines. It is something you might have read or heard about on the news, county lines is defined as grooming by criminals to force teenagers into drug dealing and other activity. Drugs are often transported away from the big cities to s
officials haven t disclosed details about the object. now on bbc news, it s time for breaking the county lines. it s every parent s nightmare. he was climbing out the windows every night. they had him selling crack and heroin. young people lured into a world of drugs, gangs and violence. he was beaten badly. to see your child s face twice the size of what it should be, no mother should see. there are calls for a change in the law. to make it a specific offence to deal to children under 16. but are they criminals or victims? if children are being exploited and coerced, the law- would not criminalise them in those circumstances. - today we investigate what is being done to break the county lines. it is something you might have read or heard about on the news, county lines is defined as grooming by criminals to force teenagers into drug dealing and other activity. drugs are often transported away from the big cities to smaller towns and rural areas by children and vulnerable peo