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the boss of one of japan s biggest pop talent agencies has resigned after revealing details of sexual abuse committed by its late founder. we ll hear from the bbc reporter who originally broke the story. and a review of veterinary services in the uk is launched , amid concerns pet owners are often facing eye watering bills. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s mimi fawaz. and to some developments in women s football in spain. players in the top tier of the women s game will strike over pay and conditions. the new liga f season is due to start on friday but instead players will walk out for the first two games. the spanish players association said the strike was called because a fair deal could not be reached. negotiations began a year ago but the league said the players demands would lead to economic failure . and to some football transfer news. everton s demarai gray has become the latest player to move to saudi arabia. he has joined ....
welcome to world news america in the uk, on pbs and around the globe. we start tonight with the vexed issue of us china relations, and a key meeting between top american and chinese diplomats in alaska. the us secretary of state is meeting his chinese counterpart for the first time since president biden took office. tensions are high after four years of a trade war between president trump and bejing, and now there s mounting us disapproval of the chinese effort to supress democracy in hong kong. joining us now from anchorage is the bbc s state department correspondent barbara plett usher. barbara, it is a pretty snowy background there. is the us secretary of state hoping for any kind of a thought in us china relations? kind of a thought in us- china relations? kind of a thought in us- china relations? . . , ., ., relations? actually, laura, we were told not to relations? actually, laura, we were told not to make relations? actually, laura, we were told not to ma ....
Intelligence he suggestions. Thats the big argument. This has been such a contentious issue we saw the whole drama play out with the House Intelligence Committee and their Top Republican leader devin nunes came, saw the material. Out of the protocol of that committee and them adam schiff, came and looked at the same material. Theres answers about this coming from the white house first from the Deputy Press Secretary who says there was no attempt to keep adam schiff responsible. Not that im aware of at all. I think the bigger point is theres something there. Wed love to come see it which is exactly what we said. It turns out if theres something of substance for him to know about, we want him to
see it. Frarjly i think if there wasnt something of sub stns, he would have walked out that moment from the ....
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Lamier. Thank you for making the trip. Caroline, i want to start with you though. How legal csignificant is this . This is a 10. The reason people are scratching their heads because it is so blatant. I dont think you can over state the importance of this mission because thats what it is. His son took a meeting to get dirt on hillary clinton. Why it is important is because there is a specific criminal statue that makes it illegal to accept something of value from a Foreign National as it pertain to the federal election. Hes taking all those boxes in terms of a statutory case. The president says it is totally legal and it is done all the time. Getting information from a foreign enties ties is not all
affiliated people with that conspiracy. These people now this meeting could be unindicted Koch Conspirator< ....