they edged closer, it seems concerns are reaching a crescendo. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. lepers make it more on reaction from china. let s get more. talking to our correspondence in china robin brant. what is china saying in response to this? ~ , china saying in response to this? , ., china saying in response to this? , . ., this? as we had in that report the are this? as we had in that report they are trying this? as we had in that report they are trying to this? as we had in that report they are trying to act - they are trying to act reactively and this decision was not a surprise was robert has been telegraphed over previous weeks and frankly months. chinese officials were dismissing this diplomatic boycott is something that was irrelevant, something they said would have no impact on their ability to host a successful games and they said because of covid restrictions the co host, the beijing authorities and the international olympic committee were not going to invite the
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potential russian invasion of ukraine. vladimir putin. a second woman who says ukraine. vladimir putin. a second woman who sasteffrey epstein sexually abused her has been testifying or the ghislaine maxwell trail in new york. ms maxwell who was a close confidant of epstein has pleaded not guilty to eight counts of sex trafficking and other charges but the evidence of the women known only as kate was the subject of lengthy deliberations because of the age of her at the time. she was 17, above the age of consent in the uk. thejudge instructed the uk. thejudge instructed thejury the uk. thejudge instructed the jury that the uk. thejudge instructed thejury that any the uk. thejudge instructed the jury that any of the act she testified about were not to be considered illegal acts. instead they used her to lay out the argument about how ghislaine maxwell was really central to epstein s world and this effort of grooming young