Hello, im samantha simmonds. Welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. We start in china. Americas top diplomat, antony blinken, has told the bbc that he is prepared to take steps against china if beijing continues to send key supplies to russia which are used to aid its invasion of ukraine. The Secretary Of State has been holding talks with the chinese leader, xijinping, for talks in beijing where he also raised concerns about taiwan, and industrial espionage. Mr xi in return called for greater mutual co operation, so both countries could succeed. After that meeting, mr blinken sat down with the bbc s laura bicker heres a little of what they said. Thank you forjoining us. What were the biggest points of contention for you and your chinese counterparts . Whats really important is i was last here ten months ago and that really kicked off much greater engagement between our countries, diplomatic engagement with a number of my colleagues coming to
Salvaged from the Titanic Which Go under the hammer this weekend hello, im geeta guru murthy, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. The us top diplomat, antony blinken, has told the bbc that he is prepared to take steps against china if beijing continues to send key supplies to russia which are used to aid its invasion of ukraine. The Secretary Of State has been holding talks with the chinese leader, xijinping, during a trip to beijing. In an interview with the bbc, mr blinken said that hed made it clear to his chinese counterparts that they had to stop sending key components to russia or there would be consequences. sot thank you forjoining us. What were the biggest points of contention for you and your chinese counterparts . Whats really important is i was last here ten months ago and that really kicked off much greater engagement between our countries, diplomatic engagement with a number of my colleagues coming to china af
And israel signed a joint declaration saying they will not allow iran to develop a nuclear bomb. joe biden has been meeting the israeli prime minister, yair lapid, on his first middle east trip since becoming president. speaking at a press conference president biden stressed that the diplomacy is the best cause of action to keep nuclear weapons out of tehrans hands. i continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve this outcome, and will continue to work with israel to counter other threats from iran throughout the region including support for terrorism and missile programme that continues and the prolieration of weapons to terrorists and proxies like hezbollah. let s talk to our ambassador who is in washington, thank you forjoining us on a context. let me ask you for what you have seen so far would you call this trip a success, or not? well if you think their trip is a successful from a standpoint of the