sluggish exports and waning domestic demand are both weighing on the economy. those economic concerns are part of why chinese premier wang li is in germany. that s part of the reason he is in germany. frank laban explained the balancing act berlin has to tread. i think germany is trying to do what it can to enhance the economic relationship with china while still respecting the important political bond with the united states, and the crux of this is ukraine, where both germany and the us support ukraine pushing back russia, and china s on the other side of that, with a warm embrace of putin. ~ . ~ . , putin. what challenges will both countries putin. what challenges will both countries face - putin. what challenges will both countries face moving j both countries face moving forward economically? well, there is a forward economically? well, there is a question forward economically? well, there is a question for - forward economically? well, i there is a question for ger
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. rescue operations are under way across much of southern turkey and northern syria, following a huge earthquake that has killed at least 2,500 people. rescuers are racing to save those trapped beneath the rubble and people have spent the day digging with their bare hands. the first earthquake struck in the early hours of monday morning while people were asleep. the epicentre was near the turkish city of gaziantep, which is near the border with syria, and measured a magnitude of 7.8. the second earthquake measured 7.5 magnitude and hit 130 kilometres to the north of the first. millions of people across turkey, syria, lebanon, cyprus and israel felt the earthquake. the united nations has called for an international response to the earthquakes. world leaders have pledged to send aid. but freezing temperatures are already hampering the aid effort. 0ur middle east correspondent an
than one hundred breaches of its financial rules. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. rescue operations are under way across much of southern turkey and northern syria, following two huge earthquakes that have killed at least 3500 people. 3,800 people. rescuers are racing to save those trapped beneath the rubble and people have spent the day digging with their bare hands. the first earthquake struck in the early hours of monday morning while people were asleep. the epicentre was near the turkish city of gaziantep, which is near the border with syria, and measured a magnitude of 7.8. the second earthquake measured 7.5 magnitude and hit 130 kilometres to the north of the first. millions of people across turkey, syria, lebanon, cyprus and israel felt the earthquake. the united nations has called for an international response to the earthquakes. world leaders have pledged to send aid. but freezing temperatures
hello and welcome. the french president emmanuel macron and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, are in beijing, where they re holding talks with the chinese leadership. the trip is the latest push by europe to engage with china, and they re expected to urge china to use its influence on russia to halt the war in ukraine. after meeting with china s premier li qiang preident macron has met president xi xingping in the last half hour. in his first comments, mr macron said the visit would focus on economic ties as well as international stability. joining me from the newsroom is our asia pacific editor, michael bristow. thank you for being with us. tell us how significant this meeting is. it is very significant, you have seen the pomp and ceremony of the welcome xijinping has given emmanuel macron and it starts on a note of something like optimism. president macron said his meetings with the chinese premier, president macron said this was a chance f
hello and welcome. president emmanuel macron of france has told xi jinping that he s counting on the chinese leader to bring russia to its senses over the war in ukraine. mr macron made the comments at the start of a meeting with mr xi in beijing. the french president is in china on a state visit. in his opening remarks, the chinese leader told his guest that the two countries could overcome their differences. but on the issue of the war, that will be difficult. france has aligned itself firmly behind ukraine. china has given support to moscow. earlier, the bbc s mariko oi explained what a good outcome might look like from the meetings. well, i think it s fair to say that there is a lot to discuss, as president macron has been facing those rather embarrassing pension protests back home so he wants to score some economic victories and he wants to push for closer trade and investment ties, basically an accord which if ratified could boost investment ties there. and of course is