this is bbc world news. it s newsday. thanks forjoining us. it is 7am in singapore, midnight in london at 7am in beijing, where china s foreign ministry has raised new worries about north korea s weekly programme. the chinese foreign ministry has called for calm and an end to actions that could further raise tension on the korean peninsular. at at the same time a spokesman said beijing had serious concerns about pyongyang s nuclear ambitions. translation: china s position on north korea s nuclear issue is clear and consistent. we have repeatedly stressed that the situation on the korean peninsula is highly complicated and sensitive. all parties concerned should exercise restraint and make joint efforts to ease tension in the region, rather than provoking each other and making things worse. we hope the countries which are really committed to regional peace will not stoke the tension there. we miss guard against anyone who tries to achieve their own political ends by taking adv
in just a few days from now, pope francis will fly to egypt to offer his personal support to egypt s coptic christians. he ll find a community filled with apprehension, targeted byjihadist extremists, and subject to persistent discrimination and sectarian violence. elsewhere in the middle east, in syria and iraq, the plight of christians is even worse. my guest today is the general bishop of the coptic church in the uk, bishop angaelos. do christians have any future at all in the middle east? bishop angaelos, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. do you think there is something substantively different about the nature of the threat faced by coptic christians in egypt today? because they have faced threats for many, many years. yes. we have faced threats for centuries, and particularly over the past decades, but to have suicide bombers in churches is is a shift, and it looks like the mirroring of attacks in other parts of the world. and think that is why it has shocked the egyptia
why anti europe candidates are finding fertile ground in the french countryside. but first, one of your‘s most watched elections in years is in its fine final years. france holds the first round of its presidential election on sunday and the candidates have been staging some of their last major rallies. emmanuel macron, on the centre left, who is just ahead in most polls, told a crowd in nantes he was the only candidate capable of ensuring security. his h is closest his closest challenger is the far right leader marine le pen. she is promising a referendum on france s membership of the european union, and says she will stop all immigration. our correspondent hugh schofield was at her rally in marseille. she has gone back to the rest of the front nationale. she bled immigration for the country s many woes and promised a new heart alone when she is in power. translation: we have to protect the unity of our people. how to protect them if we are in permanent social austeri
newspapers later. now for the latest financial news with sally bundock and world business report. we will. red lines: the head of the european parliament meets theresa may with a list of ‘non negotiables . but will the uk sjune election mean a softer approach to brexit? plus: rural revolution why anti europe candidates are finding fertile ground in the french countryside. welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock. also coming up,japan sees its biggestjump in exports in two years. we will have the numbers soon. it has been moving the markets in asia. but first: we start here in london where in a few hours time the head of the european parliament is due in downing street to meet the british prime minister theresa may. antonio tajani s visit comes as the country prepares for an election which will be dominated by britain s exit from the european union. the european parliament has a vote on the final brexit deal, and has set out a series of red lines it won t c
place in caracas. at least two people have been shot dead in venezuela during protests against the government of president nicolas maduro. also in the ft, brussels is urging businesses to move inside the european union as british companies are warned they will be shut out from multi billion euro contracts. the gulf news says airline emirates is cutting the number of flights to the us after passengers became put off travelling due to the recent imposed ban on electronic devices and visa restrictions. in the gulf news, business section says stocks, bonds, yields and the dollar are all falling while sterling is marching higher. the paper says the reflation trades of 2016 that were supposed to mark a turning point in global markets are fading fast. don t worry, our guest will make sense of all of that. i had no idea what i was talking about! just wait, you will do in five minutes! and finally in the irish times says according to doctors people in ireland are wasting millions of e