From all sides. For more on this joining me now is dr yujie, Senior Research fellow on china, at the think tank chatham house. Can you put that 5 target into context for us . For more on this joining me now is dr yujie, is it achievable . Thank you for having me. As many reporters described, the term ambitious because it is a very similar target to china put forward last year but only last year china started youre coming from a very low base of 5 seemed easier but this year 5 is a hard reaching target for beijing. This year 596 is a hard reaching target for beijing. Target for beiing. Weve been talkin target for beijing. Weve been talking already target for beijing. Weve been talking already or target for beijing. Weve been talking already or i target for beijing. Weve been talking already or i mentioned, we saw those clips from the premier. We listed some of the big issues for china, property crisis, youth unemployment. What, ifany, Concrete Steps were announced to address those . Wel
In beijing would like to see winning the race for the white house. 0ur china correspondent Steve Mcdonell went to the Great Hall Of The People to try to find out. Later this year, the us announces their new president. What were the chinese comic party believe the of this equipment communist party. Its like pulling teeth. All clamouring there is a sense from the delegates that they dont want to speak out of turn when it comes to expressing an opinion on us politics. But they are worried about china us relations and they want them to improve. Good effort from Steven Mcdonald there. Lets get more on chinas Economic Vision for the future now, and its leaders have set out what theyre calling an ambitious Economic Growth target of around 5 this year. China is facing a property crisis, falling prices and high youth unemployment. Heres chinas premier li qiang on their strategy going forward. Translation these expected targets i are proposed taking into account. Both domestic and international
by about twice the global average. it s already increased by 2 degrees celsius. 20 years since the us led coalition invaded iraq to topple dictator saddam hussein, we look at the legacy. hello and welcome to bbc news. the world s financial markets have reacted with unease following last night s emergency takeover of the troubled swiss bank credit suisse. shares in credit suisse fell by more than 60% this morning after european markets opened and the value of banking shares across europe have dropped sharply. credit suisse was bought by fellow swiss bank ubs after a deal brokered by the swiss government. here s the chief executive of ubs explaining the rationale behind the deal. translation: it means we bring back stability and security for credit suisse clients, but also that we keep the reputation of the swiss financial centre high. and finally it means we are stemming the turmoil in the international financial markets. these three goals are very, very important to us. we
the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky is making his first official visit to poland since russia invaded ukraine. warsaw has been one of the most outspoken and generous supporters of kyiv since the war started. it s taken in millions of refugees and sent more than 300 tanks. it was also the first country to send fighterjets to ukraine. in a moment, we ll be speaking to our correspondent hugo bachega who is in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. but first, let s go live to warsaw where we can speak to the bbc s adam easton. welcome. the first official visit by president zelensky since the outbreak of the war. what can we expect? outbreak of the war. what can we exect? , , , , expect? this building behind me is warsaw s expect? this building behind me is warsaw s royal expect? this building behind me is warsaw s royal castle expect? this building behind me is warsaw s royal castle where - warsaw s royal castle where president zelensky will be coming later to meet some of those
Closer ties between the eu and china thats the aim. The leaders are meeting at at summit in brussels later hoping to counter president trumps stance on trade and Climate Change. Brazil is expected to announce that its economy is growing for the First Time Since 2014 but could that be overshadowed by the latest political crisis . Well look at whether that could threaten the return to growth. Welcome to World Business report. Im ben bland. In a minute well find out why today is a big day for pakaistans stock market. But first, the eu and china will attempt to deepen ties at a summit later. There is concern among some about the direction taken by us President Donald Trump on trade and Climate Change. Chinese premier li keqiang will meet European Council president donald tusk and European Commission head jean claude juncker. They are hoping to come up with an answer to Donald Trumps America First challenge. Trade in goods between the eu and china is worth well over 1. 5 billion euros a day