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whoever that may be, as you say, the front runner is ursula von der leyen. they will need 361 meps in a secret vote to vote in favour of this commissioner, commission president, rather. i think that is certainly top of her mind when she is thinking about who she can get on board and that is in a context where the socialist may not do as well as they currently are and the greens will certainly not really be a stronger force as they really be a stronger force as they really were during that green wave that we saw five years ago across europe. that we saw five years ago across euro e. �* , . that we saw five years ago across euroe. v . . , that we saw five years ago across euroe. �*, ., ., , europe. it's a really good point that ou europe. it's a really good point that you make _ europe. it's a really good point that you make there _ europe. it's a really good point that you make there and - europe. it's a really good point that you make there and bear. europe. it's a really good point. that you make there and bear that europe. it's a really good point - th
whoever that may be, as you say, the front runner is ursula von der leyen. they will need 361 meps in a secret vote to vote in favour of this commissioner, commission president, rather. i think that is certainly top of her mind when she is thinking about who she can get on board and that is in a context where the socialist may not do as well as they currently are and the greens will certainly not really be a stronger force as they really be a stronger force as they really were during that green...
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ursula von der leyen says she'll address the need forfair competition. joining me now is our paris correspondent, hugh schofield. and also martin yip from bbc chinese, whojoins us from hong kong. starting with you, you, tell us about the significance and why present xijinping is in paris after five years of not being in europe —— president xijinping. the five years of not being in europe -- president xi jinping._ president xi jinping. the official reason given — president xi jinping. the official reason given is _ president xi jinping. the official reason given is it _ president xi jinping. the official reason given is it is _ president xi jinping. the official reason given is it is the - president xi jinping. the official reason given is it is the 60th i reason given is it is the 60th anniversary of the establishment of relations between france and the new china back in 1964, a very significant moment back then when charles de gaulle sorta broke the western front and up relations with communist china back then. the significance of that now is that
ursula von der leyen says she'll address the need forfair competition. joining me now is our paris correspondent, hugh schofield. and also martin yip from bbc chinese, whojoins us from hong kong. starting with you, you, tell us about the significance and why present xijinping is in paris after five years of not being in europe —— president xijinping. the five years of not being in europe -- president xi jinping._ president xi jinping. the official reason given — president xi jinping. the...
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macron and ursula von der leyen and president xijinping last macron and ursula von der leyen and president xi jinping last met macron and ursula von der leyen and president xijinping last met in april when they flew to beijing. macron arrived with a 50—strong business delegation and left with 18 cooperation agreements inked between french and chinese companies, caused a storm on that trip when he told reporters that europe should not become "america's followers" on the taiwan issue. the us president, joe biden, has repeatedly said that the us would defend taiwan militarily in the event of an attempted chinese annexation. there we are, we are seeing president xijinping there we are, we are seeing president xi jinping arriving to light rain, it looks like, they're in paris on the first trip he has had to the eu in five years. 0k, had to the eu in five years. ok, let's get more 110w more now on the israeli government decision to close down the al jazeera tv channel in israel. this has been happening throughout the day. sebastian usher is our middle east analyst at the bbc world service. we
macron and ursula von der leyen and president xijinping last macron and ursula von der leyen and president xi jinping last met macron and ursula von der leyen and president xijinping last met in april when they flew to beijing. macron arrived with a 50—strong business delegation and left with 18 cooperation agreements inked between french and chinese companies, caused a storm on that trip when he told reporters that europe should not become "america's followers" on the taiwan issue....
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ursula von der leyen definitely takes more hawkish position. she has initiated a whole series of trade probes, for example, at the request of macron. but i don't think schulz is very happy with them. he doesn't, you know, he's more concerned about preserving the trade that germany does have with china rather than being as assertive as the commission would now like to be over things like subsidies. but the imbalance of trade and the threat to the european economies is such that that von der leyen is now pretty robust on this. xijinping would much rather deal with macron. he'd much rather deal with schulz. he would definitely not prefer not to have to deal with ursula von der leyen. of course, yeah, i was just going to say this comes quite, quite quickly on the back of president macron's speech at the sorbonne the other week, in which he talked about europe needing to be more assertive to defend its own interests. so presumably ursula von der leyen was was brought in with that very much in mind. well, i think that she was there because the, for e
ursula von der leyen definitely takes more hawkish position. she has initiated a whole series of trade probes, for example, at the request of macron. but i don't think schulz is very happy with them. he doesn't, you know, he's more concerned about preserving the trade that germany does have with china rather than being as assertive as the commission would now like to be over things like subsidies. but the imbalance of trade and the threat to the european economies is such that that von der...
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he would definitely not prefer to deal with ursula von der leyen. christian: i was just going to say, this comes quite quickly on the back of president macron's speech the other week in which he talked about europe needing to be more assertive to defend its own interests. so presumably, ursula von der len was brought in with that very much in mind. isabel: i think that she was there because -- for example, the trade probes are very active. and if we are looking to have a constructive conversation with china there are a number of serious structural issues that have to be resolved. macron is popular was xi jinping because of this talk of strategic autonomy for europe and that is a very long-standing french position. general de gaulle s pretty anti-american and he regarded the european union as a force multiplier for french influence and macron is very much in the same old. and that is music to xi jinping's ears. what xi jinping wants to do is divide the eu from the u.s. it does not want to face an alliance of washington and brussels, let alone all the
he would definitely not prefer to deal with ursula von der leyen. christian: i was just going to say, this comes quite quickly on the back of president macron's speech the other week in which he talked about europe needing to be more assertive to defend its own interests. so presumably, ursula von der len was brought in with that very much in mind. isabel: i think that she was there because -- for example, the trade probes are very active. and if we are looking to have a constructive...
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der leyen. ahead -- ursula von der leyen. no ahead —— ursula von der leyen. iii? question. this ahead —— ursula von der leyen. in? question. this would impede georgia public progress to eu membership and thatis public progress to eu membership and that is clearfrom public progress to eu membership and that is clear from statements from eu officials and legal analysis of the text. it is basically a copy paste job with similar legislation in a whole range of authoritarian countries, most controversially russia but also azerbaijan, hungary and other places where there have been crackdowns on civil society freedoms and the eu has been very clear that if georgia passes this then eu membership is off the table while it is on the books.— while it is on the books. thank you very much — while it is on the books. thank you very much for— while it is on the books. thank you very much for your _ while it is on the books. thank you very much for your thoughts - while it is on the books. thank you very much for your thoughts
der leyen. ahead -- ursula von der leyen. no ahead —— ursula von der leyen. iii? question. this ahead —— ursula von der leyen. in? question. this would impede georgia public progress to eu membership and thatis public progress to eu membership and that is clearfrom public progress to eu membership and that is clear from statements from eu officials and legal analysis of the text. it is basically a copy paste job with similar legislation in a whole range of authoritarian countries, most...
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der leyen— started seeing how ursula von der leyen is— started seeing how ursula von der leyen is trying to rule votes for the right, _ leyen is trying to rule votes for the right,, she has been going toqether— the right,, she has been going together with giorgia meloni to tunisia. — together with giorgia meloni to tunisia, to egypt, signing these somewhat dubious deals with some of these north african countries. there are number— these north african countries. there are number of countries, actually this week, — are number of countries, actually this week, denmark, the czech republic, — this week, denmark, the czech republic, who wrote a x pressing interest— republic, who wrote a x pressing interest in— republic, who wrote a x pressing interest in the kind of deal that italy— interest in the kind of deal that italy signed with albania, so you see the — italy signed with albania, so you see the way in which it is already having _ see the way in which it is already having now— see the way in which it is already having now with before the european parliament _ having no
der leyen— started seeing how ursula von der leyen is— started seeing how ursula von der leyen is trying to rule votes for the right, _ leyen is trying to rule votes for the right,, she has been going toqether— the right,, she has been going together with giorgia meloni to tunisia. — together with giorgia meloni to tunisia, to egypt, signing these somewhat dubious deals with some of these north african countries. there are number— these north african countries. there are number of...
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der leyen orfrom the french president, president macron, the hungarian prime minister has been seeking chinese investment with open arms. he has reaped some of
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we have a full-screen quote from ursula von der leyen. essentially, the quote is "-- that's the wrong quote. ok. there was another about overcapacity. essentially she said she wants to see china act on the overcapacity issues sooner. but that is the big problem now, that china has all of this excess capacity and it's clear that across the industries in green, whether it is solar and also, of course, electric vehicles, they have to find a way to export it. that is why we go back, again, to why hungary plays a big role. if they are voting those plans, obviously, in hungary, eventually those will be classified as domestically built products in the eu. they won't necessarily be tariffed under the proposed tariff schema by the ec right now upwards of 20%. this is a strategic move by xi jinping. later we will get export numbers from china, expected to pick up a little bit in april from the dismal numbers of march. it all plays into xi jinping's strategy of underpinning growth through exports if they cannot sell it at home and that is a politica
we have a full-screen quote from ursula von der leyen. essentially, the quote is "-- that's the wrong quote. ok. there was another about overcapacity. essentially she said she wants to see china act on the overcapacity issues sooner. but that is the big problem now, that china has all of this excess capacity and it's clear that across the industries in green, whether it is solar and also, of course, electric vehicles, they have to find a way to export it. that is why we go back, again, to...
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der leyen. the visit comes as some countries in europe are taking action over what they perceive to be anti—competitive practices by china. france backed a european commission anti—subsidy inquiryu into chinese electric vehicle imports. china subsequently launched an anti—dumping investigation into brandy which was seen as targeting france. on economic issues, i think the message by france is on reciprocity and addressing asymmetries. france has a trade deficit of about 50 billion euros with china. i don't think this time you should expect any french concessions on what you call now the economic security agenda, the investigation going on on chinese electric vehicles and the problems of lack of reciprocity in terms of access to public markets. i don't think that france should be expected to move on that. on the contrary, on the anti—dumping investigation on brandy, i think that the line of argument on the french side will be that it does not make sense to dump a luxury product on which o
der leyen. the visit comes as some countries in europe are taking action over what they perceive to be anti—competitive practices by china. france backed a european commission anti—subsidy inquiryu into chinese electric vehicle imports. china subsequently launched an anti—dumping investigation into brandy which was seen as targeting france. on economic issues, i think the message by france is on reciprocity and addressing asymmetries. france has a trade deficit of about 50 billion euros...
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der leyen in paris. in an article for the french newspaper le figaro, president xi said he intended to work with france and the entire international community to uphold "world peace and stability". 0n the war in ukraine, he wrote: that's despite us claims that china is providing vital war material to russia. president macron is expected to warn president xi against backing russia in the conflict. earlier, we were joined by our paris correspondent hugh schofield. he told us why mr xi has chosen france as the first stop on his tour. i think that the chinese aim, the chinese vision is to try to broaden any gap that they can between europe and the united states. they are worried that there is a hardening line in europe against china. for two decades, europe's policy on china has been very simple — trade, trade, trade, make money, make money, make money. that is ending. there is far more of a suspicion now in europe towards china. in other words, a kind of close alignment with the hardline american view of
der leyen in paris. in an article for the french newspaper le figaro, president xi said he intended to work with france and the entire international community to uphold "world peace and stability". 0n the war in ukraine, he wrote: that's despite us claims that china is providing vital war material to russia. president macron is expected to warn president xi against backing russia in the conflict. earlier, we were joined by our paris correspondent hugh schofield. he told us why mr xi...
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der leyen. for more on the fallout from the local elections, it's now time for today's sunday episode of newscast, with laura kuenssberg, paddy o'connell and henry zeffman. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it's paddy in the studio. and laura in the studio. and henry at home. is it mission impossible for the conservatives? that's what we've been discussing this weekend. it depends how you count it. it depends who you are.
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they were laterjoined at the table by the european commission president ursula von der leyen. as for what mr xi wants to discuss, there was a bit of a hint in an article published in a french newspaper, le figaro. 0n the war in ukraine, he wrote, "china understands the repercussions of the crisis on the people of europe. china did not start the ukraine crisis, — nor is it a party to — or a participant in it. nonetheless, china has been playing a constructive role in striving for peaceful settlement of the crisis." these are the live pictures right now is that visit continues. this is president xijinping and president emmanuel macron. studio: no band playing their means we can't quite see out the discussions happening between the two men. we do know what they are talking about officially, of course, we just mentioned the war in ukraine there, and tacit support for a rush or otherwise, as well as trade, hugely important for the eu and china. let's bring on our correspond that, hugh schofield, who is live for us. we will stay with the pictures of the two men standing side by
they were laterjoined at the table by the european commission president ursula von der leyen. as for what mr xi wants to discuss, there was a bit of a hint in an article published in a french newspaper, le figaro. 0n the war in ukraine, he wrote, "china understands the repercussions of the crisis on the people of europe. china did not start the ukraine crisis, — nor is it a party to — or a participant in it. nonetheless, china has been playing a constructive role in striving for...
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french president emmanuel macron and the eu commission's chief ursula von der leyen warned that chinese overprroduction was flooding the european union with industrial goods and electic vehicles. earlier during a press conference, chinese president xijinping spoke about the ongoing war in ukraine. translation: we have not stood idly by and i've always played - an active role in achieving peace. the chinese government special representatives for eurasian affairs has begun his diplomacy. at the same time, we are opposed to this crisis being used to shift blame onto a third country, tarnish its image and incite a new cold war. iamjoined by i am joined by frederick clean, a research fellow. thank you for coming to speak with me. we'vejust been for coming to speak with me. we've just been hearing shooting can speak and we had president macron said he has welcomed pledges by president xi not to sell arms to moscow and control exports. how considerate is this and this, will impact on the ground? this is very significant _ will impact on the ground? ti 3 is very significant and possibly the mos
french president emmanuel macron and the eu commission's chief ursula von der leyen warned that chinese overprroduction was flooding the european union with industrial goods and electic vehicles. earlier during a press conference, chinese president xijinping spoke about the ongoing war in ukraine. translation: we have not stood idly by and i've always played - an active role in achieving peace. the chinese government special representatives for eurasian affairs has begun his diplomacy. at the...
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i think that face—to—face exchanges are very good and i think macron and von der leyen, they address all the concerns of the european businesses. now, we see also much more willingness by chinese government officials to accommodate our concerns. now it's the time to walk the talk. billionaire philanthropist melinda french gates has said she will resign as a co—chair of the bill & melinda gates foundation — which she founded with her then husband bill gates. her last day of work will be 7june. "this is not a decision i came to lightly," ms gates wrote the gates foundation is one of the most powerful groups in public health, with an endowment of more than $75 billion as of december. dubai—based airline emirates has posted record profits for the second year in a row. it made more than $5 billion in the last financial year, up 71% from the previous year. emirates says it has made profits of over $8 billion over the last two years, wiping out losses seen during the pandemic. india has crossed the halfway mark of its two—month long election, and in the next phase of polling, the po
i think that face—to—face exchanges are very good and i think macron and von der leyen, they address all the concerns of the european businesses. now, we see also much more willingness by chinese government officials to accommodate our concerns. now it's the time to walk the talk. billionaire philanthropist melinda french gates has said she will resign as a co—chair of the bill & melinda gates foundation — which she founded with her then husband bill gates. her last day of work will...
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later the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, will take part in talks to resolve frictions over this particularly over chinese subsidies. the eu wants to fight the corner of european manufacturers hoping to sell their cars both to european consumers and globally. and, of course, there's irritation about china's perceived toleration of russia since its full—scale invasion of ukraine over two years ago. president macron will voice european concerns about that but those words — they're not likely to upend the current world order. mr xi faces an uphill task in unwinding measures against china. that's according to zsuzsa anna ferenczy, she's an assistant professor at the national dong hwa university in taipei. i don't think the effectiveness will be likely, i don't think that this will slow down the appetite in the commission to push back against chinese assertiveness but i'm very aware that the eu is not united when it comes to china. i think we have reached a level of unity when it comes to how we deal with russia but this is not the case with china. beijing knows that. he
later the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, will take part in talks to resolve frictions over this particularly over chinese subsidies. the eu wants to fight the corner of european manufacturers hoping to sell their cars both to european consumers and globally. and, of course, there's irritation about china's perceived toleration of russia since its full—scale invasion of ukraine over two years ago. president macron will voice european concerns about that but those words...
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giorgia meloni, the italian prime minister, ursula von der leyen talking about her shock, right across the board, all of europe's leaders reacting as you would expect to quite shocking news, the news of the prime minister being shot and wounded there during a public gathering, and you can see a number of people still walking around the area, slightly bemused. i was watching one eyewitness, the footage coming into the building, and shejust described, footage coming into the building, and she just described, she told journalists, we want to shake the hand of the prime minister, i was taking pictures of him, and when he walked out of the building, we are waiting for a long time, we were excited, we wanted to shake his hand, he came next to me and at this moment we heard something like what we thought was a firecracker thrown on the ground, that was my first reaction, thejournalist on the ground, that was my first reaction, the journalist then asked the eye witness how many shots did you hear? i heard three shots, said the witness. it was quick, one by one, as if you had thrown a firecrack
giorgia meloni, the italian prime minister, ursula von der leyen talking about her shock, right across the board, all of europe's leaders reacting as you would expect to quite shocking news, the news of the prime minister being shot and wounded there during a public gathering, and you can see a number of people still walking around the area, slightly bemused. i was watching one eyewitness, the footage coming into the building, and shejust described, footage coming into the building, and she...
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— at the helm of the key bodies like ursula von der leyen extremely concerned — ursula von der leyen extremely concerned that now we have the spectre — concerned that now we have the spectre of — concerned that now we have the spectre of political violence within the eu _ spectre of political violence within the eu borders. that will worry them ahead _ the eu borders. that will worry them ahead of— the eu borders. that will worry them ahead of the elections. it is the eu borders. that will worry them ahead of the elections.— ahead of the elections. it is worth standin: ahead of the elections. it is worth standing back _ ahead of the elections. it is worth standing back and _ ahead of the elections. it is worth standing back and thinking - ahead of the elections. it is worth standing back and thinking about | ahead of the elections. it is worth i standing back and thinking about the enormous tectonic events that are shaping our world at the moment. had we not been reporting on robert fico tonight we will probably would have lead with their worsening situation in ukraine and th
— at the helm of the key bodies like ursula von der leyen extremely concerned — ursula von der leyen extremely concerned that now we have the spectre — concerned that now we have the spectre of — concerned that now we have the spectre of political violence within the eu _ spectre of political violence within the eu borders. that will worry them ahead _ the eu borders. that will worry them ahead of— the eu borders. that will worry them ahead of the elections. it is the eu borders. that...
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european commission president, ursula von der leyen, is also attending. the discussions come amid growing trade tensions. 0ur paris correspondent is hugh schofield. he has more on the wider tensions between china, france and the us. asi as i was saying, the europeans are increasingly aligned with the united states on china. they have accused europeans for being soft on china not waking up to the reality of the new china and that is exact what the europeans are doing. certainly president macron said last week, quite blatantly concerned about the rise of china and europe's naivety and unwillingness to see china for what it was. there is, in a way, the possibility of an american european alignment here and i think what xi jinping is trying to do is break that, and he is doing it with traditional chinese diplomatic manners, coming here, being very fulsome in his praise for france and its historical importance and its grandiose and there role of charles de gaulle in recognising china in the 60s. this is the way they talk to the french, flattering france with a
european commission president, ursula von der leyen, is also attending. the discussions come amid growing trade tensions. 0ur paris correspondent is hugh schofield. he has more on the wider tensions between china, france and the us. asi as i was saying, the europeans are increasingly aligned with the united states on china. they have accused europeans for being soft on china not waking up to the reality of the new china and that is exact what the europeans are doing. certainly president macron...
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ursula von der leyen also hosts the mac adding her voice, condemning the violent attack on the prime minister... hungry�*s prime minister said he was deeply shocked by the heinous attack against his friend. the uk premise, rishi sunak, said he was shocked to hear the cell phone use and thoughts of the prime minister and his family. the nato secretary general said... plenty of reaction there so far. i will take you through a bit more, because on x, christine gegard said... the president of finland also has condemned the attack, saying any attack against an elected politician is an attack against democracy. the swedish prime minister echoed the same thought, saying it's an attack on our democratic society. the president of the republic of azerbaijan has also condemned the attack in which the premise are a speedy recovery. you can see just right across the board a similar sentiment, huge amounts of shock and well wishes sent to the slovakian prime minister and his family. i want to bring onto the programme now the former slovakian prime minister and vice president of the opposition de
ursula von der leyen also hosts the mac adding her voice, condemning the violent attack on the prime minister... hungry�*s prime minister said he was deeply shocked by the heinous attack against his friend. the uk premise, rishi sunak, said he was shocked to hear the cell phone use and thoughts of the prime minister and his family. the nato secretary general said... plenty of reaction there so far. i will take you through a bit more, because on x, christine gegard said... the president of...
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haidi: the issue of overcapacity, we knew it would be front and center ursula von der leyen made very clear certainly what the european union is expecting. is there a quick fix here? is there a willingness or ability for beijing to do anything at this point, given the structural, fundamental vulnerabilities of its own economy? rebecca: the short answer is there is no quick fix here. partly because a lot of these issues have been underway for if not years, decades. overcapacity or some risk of oversupply has characterized the chinese economy. if you look at property or other forms of manufacturing capacity in one way or another for a long time for we had those comments from ursula von der leyen seeing the eu preparing to deploy all tools available. i think it is worth waiting to see whether or not this trip, whether or not this relationship with hungary and so on are able to slow the momentum of that litany of probes that we saw. it is not just one or two but it is quite a few currently in the works. as you say come and no real quick fix. it is really about beijing first and foremost t
haidi: the issue of overcapacity, we knew it would be front and center ursula von der leyen made very clear certainly what the european union is expecting. is there a quick fix here? is there a willingness or ability for beijing to do anything at this point, given the structural, fundamental vulnerabilities of its own economy? rebecca: the short answer is there is no quick fix here. partly because a lot of these issues have been underway for if not years, decades. overcapacity or some risk of...
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however, he was also meeting ursula von der leyen in paris. but the visit in budapest is definitely part of a success story, especially as it was at the opening of a number of newjoint hungarian chinese projects, basically huge, giant investment from china into hungary which is very necessary for china and also very tricky and interesting, because it's not without reason that xi jinping opted for hungary. viktor 0rban's government was really welcoming of this investment. now chinese companies, especially car manufacturing companies, will be able to provide electric vehicles within the territory of the eu. so if the european union tries to order chinese vehicles sold at a very cheap price in europe, that would not be possible if these cars will be produced in hungary, which is a member state of the eu. so for china that was a major success. indie member state of the eu. so for china that was a major success.— that was a ma'or success. we are out of time but _ that was a major success. we are out of time but thank _ that was a major success. w
however, he was also meeting ursula von der leyen in paris. but the visit in budapest is definitely part of a success story, especially as it was at the opening of a number of newjoint hungarian chinese projects, basically huge, giant investment from china into hungary which is very necessary for china and also very tricky and interesting, because it's not without reason that xi jinping opted for hungary. viktor 0rban's government was really welcoming of this investment. now chinese companies,...
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ursula von der leyen is the president of the european commission. that's going to be a very interesting opening of an envelope. >> yes, it really is. and, you know, this is great news for rishi sunak. unfortunately for him, the plan seems to be more popular in europe than it does in the uk because so many people believe these flights are not going to take off. but he has said from july regular flights. so we will not have long to wait. and he said to us today, i won't stop until we have stopped the boats. the problem is, of course, there's going to be a general election. things can always change, but if , general election. things can always change, but if, as currently looks likely labour come in, then it will be out of his hands. and another thing he did say, and having a dig at laboun did say, and having a dig at labour, basically he was saying anyone who says that you can stop the boats without some sort of deterrent measure, like sending people to a third country, is not being straight with you. >> catherine. this is a chess move. perhaps nobody
ursula von der leyen is the president of the european commission. that's going to be a very interesting opening of an envelope. >> yes, it really is. and, you know, this is great news for rishi sunak. unfortunately for him, the plan seems to be more popular in europe than it does in the uk because so many people believe these flights are not going to take off. but he has said from july regular flights. so we will not have long to wait. and he said to us today, i won't stop until we have...
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der leyen or the french president president macron, the hungarian prime minister has been seeking chinese investment with open arms. he has reaped some of the benefits of that. two chinese car factories are planned hungary, several chinese electric vehicles battery and battery component factories already built or planned. some of astonishing 36 factories, many of them chinese, associated with this green energy with battery production already planned orfunctioning here in hungary. so none of the criticism from elsewhere, a very warm welcome here and hungary's chance, viktor 0rban, the prime minister's chance to show the world and the rest of europe the fruits of cultivating a close friendship with china. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at another story making news. another conservative member of parliament has switched sides to labour. in a defection no—one saw coming, natalie elphicke, who represents dover, crossed the aisle. she says the conservatives under rishi sunak "have become a byword for incompetence and division." in a statement, she said the ke
der leyen or the french president president macron, the hungarian prime minister has been seeking chinese investment with open arms. he has reaped some of the benefits of that. two chinese car factories are planned hungary, several chinese electric vehicles battery and battery component factories already built or planned. some of astonishing 36 factories, many of them chinese, associated with this green energy with battery production already planned orfunctioning here in hungary. so none of the...
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der leyen, later on monday. france is expected to urge china to pressure russia to end its war against ukraine. now to the music world as two of hip—hop�*s biggest names have been getting personal on simultaneously released diss tracks. the feud between kendrick lamar and drake goes back years and it continued on friday with new songs that include allegations of domestic violence and secret children. in drake's track family matters, he suggests that one of lamar�*s children was fathered by another man. lamar responded less than 30 minutes later with meet the grahams — a track referencing dra ke's last name. in that song, lamar alleges that drake has been hiding an unidentified 11—year—old daughter. take a listen. # baby girl. # i'm sorry that your father is not active inside your world. # he doesn't commit to much but his music, yeah, that's for sure. # he a narcissist, misogynist, livin�* inside his songs. the feud between drake and kendrick is the latest in a long line of disputes in rap music. a
der leyen, later on monday. france is expected to urge china to pressure russia to end its war against ukraine. now to the music world as two of hip—hop�*s biggest names have been getting personal on simultaneously released diss tracks. the feud between kendrick lamar and drake goes back years and it continued on friday with new songs that include allegations of domestic violence and secret children. in drake's track family matters, he suggests that one of lamar�*s children was fathered...
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der leyen, on monday. france is expected to urge china to pressure russia to end its war against ukraine. the visit also comes amid mounting trade disputes between china and the eu. as the anticipation starts to build, this year's eurovision song contest hopefuls have gathered to show off their style on the turquoise — not red — carpet. olly alexander will be representing the uk in the final next saturday. and sunday kicked off a huge week for host city malmo, as artists and superfans head to sweden. and i want to credit our producer sam for writing this final story. we usually bring you breaking news here at the bbc, but here's some baking news now. france has restored national pride, reclaiming the record for the world's longest baguette. and get a loaf of this, the creation measures more than 140 metres long — almost half the length of the eiffel tower. a group of bakers managed the feat in a competition in paris. the previous record was held by italians — despite the baguette being a classic fr
der leyen, on monday. france is expected to urge china to pressure russia to end its war against ukraine. the visit also comes amid mounting trade disputes between china and the eu. as the anticipation starts to build, this year's eurovision song contest hopefuls have gathered to show off their style on the turquoise — not red — carpet. olly alexander will be representing the uk in the final next saturday. and sunday kicked off a huge week for host city malmo, as artists and superfans head...
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der leyen be able to convince him to restrain putin's aggression? investigative actions of chekists from lubyanka. the kremlin added a number of current and former officials to the list of wanted presidents of ukraine. why putin? burning bridges to the negotiations he supposedly dreamed of? glory to ukraine, this is the verdict program, my name is serhiy rudenko, i congratulate everyone and wish everyone good health. for the next hour, we talk about ukraine, the world, the war, and our victory. zelensky is wanted, xi has flown to france, and putin is threatening great britain and france. we will talk about this and other things with the guests of today's studio, today we will have people's deputy of ukraine dmytro razumkov and people's deputy maria ionova as guests. however, the first rather than start our big conversation, i suggest you watch a video of how a unit of the main directorate of intelligence of the ministry of defense of ukraine destroyed a speedboat of the russian invaders with a magura v5 attack marine drone, according to the experts
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now, the people like von der leyen say that's not the case. we're simply sending people back to where they meant to come, where they where they've come from, where they've been registered through. this is all in the context of the fact that eu asylum applications have gone up to 1.14 million people last yean up to 1.14 million people last year, the highest rate since what was called the migration crisis of 2015 2016. so people like the commission president know she needs to act. how as i say, how this actually works out, whether we start to see safe countries implemented that will then allow eu countries to send people back to them in in a rwanda style deal . that will all rwanda style deal. that will all be done in the implementation. and at the moment it's hard to see how that's going to work. >> and we know how hard these things are to implement from britain's experience. anyway, thank you very much indeed , thank you very much indeed, jacques perec, great to speak to you. you're an eu journalist. good stuff . yes, very good stuff. yes, ver
now, the people like von der leyen say that's not the case. we're simply sending people back to where they meant to come, where they where they've come from, where they've been registered through. this is all in the context of the fact that eu asylum applications have gone up to 1.14 million people last yean up to 1.14 million people last year, the highest rate since what was called the migration crisis of 2015 2016. so people like the commission president know she needs to act. how as i say,...
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mr xi has been attending talks in paris with the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, and the french leader. president macron welcomed renewed assurances from his chinese counterpart that beijing would not sell arms to moscow, and would strictly control the export to russia of dual—use goods that can be turned to military purposes. we will be live in beijing with david rennie from the economist shortly but first let's firstly speak to our paris correspondent hugh schofield. welcome. tell us what has been happening so far on this visit in your assessment of it so far. yesterday was day one, the day of substantive talks in paris, and the ceremonial aspects, then two rounds of talks between xi and micron. the first round with the european commission president there as well. during the talks, which seem to be pretty frank, both sides will set out their cases. whenever a chinese president travels, there is a huge amount of protocol, and it's very difficult to really read between the lines, to discover what exactly has been agreed, or if there has been any movement on the
mr xi has been attending talks in paris with the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, and the french leader. president macron welcomed renewed assurances from his chinese counterpart that beijing would not sell arms to moscow, and would strictly control the export to russia of dual—use goods that can be turned to military purposes. we will be live in beijing with david rennie from the economist shortly but first let's firstly speak to our paris correspondent hugh schofield....
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french president emmanuel macron and the eu commission's chief ursula von der leyen warned that chinese overprroduction was �*flooding' the european union with industrial goods and electic vehicles. earlier during a press conference, chinese president xijinping spoke about the ongoing war in ukraine. we have not stood idly by and i've always played an active role — i've always played an active role in _ i've always played an active role in achieving peace. the chinese _ role in achieving peace. the chinese government special representatives for eurasian affairs — representatives for eurasian affairs has begun his diplomacy. at the same time, we are opposed to this crisis being _ are opposed to this crisis being used to shift blame onto a third — being used to shift blame onto a third country, tarnished its image — a third country, tarnished its image and incite a new cold wan — cindy yu is the assistant editor at the spectator. she gave me her reaction to mr xi's comments. it is very much what china has always— it is very much what china has always said when it comes to th
french president emmanuel macron and the eu commission's chief ursula von der leyen warned that chinese overprroduction was �*flooding' the european union with industrial goods and electic vehicles. earlier during a press conference, chinese president xijinping spoke about the ongoing war in ukraine. we have not stood idly by and i've always played an active role — i've always played an active role in _ i've always played an active role in achieving peace. the chinese _ role in achieving...
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they were laterjoined at the table by the european commission president ursula von der leyen. she said that the european union council in china to lean on russia to end its war on ukraine. she gave a statement following talks there with the president. she said she was confident china will de—escalate russia nuclear threats. 0ur correspondent hugh schofield was at the elysee palace as mr xi arrived. the europeans are, in a way, increasingly aligned with the united states on china. i mean, the united states has accused the europeans for a long time now of being too soft on china and not waking up to the reality of the new china. and arguably, that's exactly what the europeans are doing. certainly, macron last week in his speech and in this economists interview was, you know, quite blatantly concerned about the rise of china and about europe's naivety and unwillingness to see china, the new china, for what it was. so there is, in a way, the possibility of an american—european alignment here. i think what president xi is trying to do is break that. he's doing it with tradition
they were laterjoined at the table by the european commission president ursula von der leyen. she said that the european union council in china to lean on russia to end its war on ukraine. she gave a statement following talks there with the president. she said she was confident china will de—escalate russia nuclear threats. 0ur correspondent hugh schofield was at the elysee palace as mr xi arrived. the europeans are, in a way, increasingly aligned with the united states on china. i mean, the...
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der leyen in paris on monday. in an article for the french newspaper le figaro, xi said he intended to work with france and the entire international community to uphold "world peace "and stability". 0n the war in ukraine, he wrote:
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mr xi has been attending talks in paris with the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, and the french leader. president macron welcomed renewed assurances from his chinese counterpart that beijing would not sell arms to moscow, and would strictly control the export to russia of dual—use goods that can be turned to military purposes. president xi, for his part, urged mr macron to show independence and help prevent what he called a new cold war between blocs. vladimir putin will be sworn in as russia's president for the fifth time later. the ceremony — in the throne hall of the grand kremlin palace — promises to be a glittering ceremony designed to cement mr putin's image as a modern—day russian tsar. the united states and most european union nations will boycott the ceremony, but france and some other eu states were expected to send an envoy despite a plea by kyiv. britain and canada said they would not send anyone to attend the ceremony, which comes a day after russia announced tactical nuclear weapons drills that it hoped would cool down "hotheads" in the west
mr xi has been attending talks in paris with the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, and the french leader. president macron welcomed renewed assurances from his chinese counterpart that beijing would not sell arms to moscow, and would strictly control the export to russia of dual—use goods that can be turned to military purposes. president xi, for his part, urged mr macron to show independence and help prevent what he called a new cold war between blocs. vladimir putin...
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there will be no criticism we've had for example from the european commission president ursula von der leyen for the french president president macron, the hungarian prime minister has been seeking chinese investment with open arms. he has read some of the benefits of that. two chinese car factories are planted hungary several chinese electric vehicles battery and battery component factories already built or planned. some of the finishing at 36 factories, many of them chinese, associated with this green energy with battery production already planned orfunctioning here in hungary. so none of the criticism from elsewhere, a very warm welcome here and hungary's chance, viktor 0rban, the prime minister's chance to show the world and the rest of europe the fruits of cultivating a close friendship with china. rescuers say they've made contact with 11 people trapped under the rubble of a building that collapsed in the western cape of south africa. seven people were killed when the five—storey apartment block fell down in the coastal city of george. dozens of people remain unaccounted for. 0
there will be no criticism we've had for example from the european commission president ursula von der leyen for the french president president macron, the hungarian prime minister has been seeking chinese investment with open arms. he has read some of the benefits of that. two chinese car factories are planted hungary several chinese electric vehicles battery and battery component factories already built or planned. some of the finishing at 36 factories, many of them chinese, associated with...
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der leyen, on monday. france is expected to urge china to pressure russia to end its war against ukraine. police in germany say a 17—year—old has turned himself in to police in germany following an attack on a european parliament member. the teenager said he knocked down matthias ecke, a member of the main governing social democratic party, as he hung posters. police said mr ecke was seriously injured and required an operation. a huge free concert by madonna has taken place in rio dejaneiro, with a crowd of over 1.5 million believed to have attended. i should warn you there are some flashing images in the pictures we are about to show you. the brazilian show had been billed as a thank you to her fans for decades of support, and marks the end of her celebration world tour, which began in london in october last year. earlier, we spoke to vincent paterson, who has madonna's dance choreographer in the 1980s. well, i think it's fantastic. i mean, i saw the show in los angeles and it's an incredible, incredi
der leyen, on monday. france is expected to urge china to pressure russia to end its war against ukraine. police in germany say a 17—year—old has turned himself in to police in germany following an attack on a european parliament member. the teenager said he knocked down matthias ecke, a member of the main governing social democratic party, as he hung posters. police said mr ecke was seriously injured and required an operation. a huge free concert by madonna has taken place in rio...
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der leyen. hello, i'm kylie pentelow. welcome to bbc news. more now on the fallout from the local elections in england. the conservative party suffered significant losses in what was one of the party's worst ever performances in england's local elections — culminating with defeat in the west midlands, losing the mayoral election to labour. senior politicians have been reacting to those results. the former home secretary, suella braverman, has warned that her party could suffer a political wipeout if the prime minister doesn't change course. she added she regretted backing rishi sunak when he took part in a leadership contest. the plan's not working and i despair at these terrible results. there is no spinning these results, there is no disguising the fact that these have been terrible election results for the conservatives, and they suggest that we are heading to a labour to a labour government. and that fills me with horror. i love my country, i care about my party and i want us to win. and i
der leyen. hello, i'm kylie pentelow. welcome to bbc news. more now on the fallout from the local elections in england. the conservative party suffered significant losses in what was one of the party's worst ever performances in england's local elections — culminating with defeat in the west midlands, losing the mayoral election to labour. senior politicians have been reacting to those results. the former home secretary, suella braverman, has warned that her party could suffer a political...
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der leyen in paris on monday. in an article for the french newspaper le figaro, xi said he intended to work with france and the entire international community to uphold "world peace "and stability". on the war in ukraine, he wrote: that's despite us claims that china is providing vital war material to russia. president macron is expected to warn president xi against backing russia in the conflict. let's speak to jonathan cheng, the china bureau chief for the wall streetjournal. thank you forjoining us today, jonathan. let's talk about the wider diplomacy first. president xi has been on somewhat of a diplomatic blitz recently, although usually receiving visitors rather than going abroad. how significant do you think this troop is? i how significant do you think this troop is?— this troop is? i think it's re this troop is? i think it's pretty important - this troop is? i think it's l pretty important because, this troop is? i think it's - pretty important because, as you point out, he rarely leaves china these day
der leyen in paris on monday. in an article for the french newspaper le figaro, xi said he intended to work with france and the entire international community to uphold "world peace "and stability". on the war in ukraine, he wrote: that's despite us claims that china is providing vital war material to russia. president macron is expected to warn president xi against backing russia in the conflict. let's speak to jonathan cheng, the china bureau chief for the wall streetjournal....
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der leyen. for more on the fallout from the local elections, it's now time for today's sunday episode of newscast, with laura kuenssberg, paddy o'connell and henry zeffman. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it's paddy in the studio. and laura in the studio. and henry at home. is it mission impossible for the conservatives? that's what we've been discussing this weekend. it depends how you count it. it depends who you are. if you're mark harper, who is a loyal ally of rishi sunak, you say, "it's all to play for". or if you are suella braverman, former home secretary, you say on the telly, "we might not have any "mps left if rishi sunak doesn't change course." and if you're paul scully, who's another former minister who was also on our programme, you say, "it's all looking pretty "terrible and the party needs to take a breath, "show some humility and stick to the centre". so it's not a very pretty set of realities, but there are differing realities, but not a very pretty set of realities for
der leyen. for more on the fallout from the local elections, it's now time for today's sunday episode of newscast, with laura kuenssberg, paddy o'connell and henry zeffman. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it's paddy in the studio. and laura in the studio. and henry at home. is it mission impossible for the conservatives? that's what we've been discussing this weekend. it depends how you count it. it depends who you are. if you're mark harper, who is a loyal ally of rishi sunak, you say,...
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mr xi has been attending talks in paris with the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, and the french leader. president macron welcomed renewed assurances from his chinese counterpart that beijing would not sell arms to moscow, and would strictly control the export to russia of dual—use goods that can be turned to military purposes. we will be live in beijing with david rennie from the economist shortly but first let's firstly speak to our paris correspondent hugh schofield. welcome. tell us what has been happening so far on this visit in your assessment of it so far.
mr xi has been attending talks in paris with the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, and the french leader. president macron welcomed renewed assurances from his chinese counterpart that beijing would not sell arms to moscow, and would strictly control the export to russia of dual—use goods that can be turned to military purposes. we will be live in beijing with david rennie from the economist shortly but first let's firstly speak to our paris correspondent hugh schofield....
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der leyen. more now on the fall out from thursday's elections. the conservatives suffered significant losses in what was one of the party's worst ever performances in england's local elections — culminating with defeat in the west midlands, losing the mayoral election to labour. our political correspondent nick eardley has been crunching the numbers. let's start off with that result that came in late last night, the west midlands mayor race. here it is. a fascinatingly close result. richard parkerfor labour, 225,000, andy street for the conservatives, 224,000. the majority, despite there being more than half a million votes, wasjust 1508, that's reflected in the percentages. 37.8 for labour, 37.5 for the conservatives. one interesting thing to point out is independents — that was critical of labour's policy on gaza. still didn't stop them winning, just. have a look at how the rates have changed. the conservative vote went right down. labour's vote went down as well but the fact the conservat
der leyen. more now on the fall out from thursday's elections. the conservatives suffered significant losses in what was one of the party's worst ever performances in england's local elections — culminating with defeat in the west midlands, losing the mayoral election to labour. our political correspondent nick eardley has been crunching the numbers. let's start off with that result that came in late last night, the west midlands mayor race. here it is. a fascinatingly close result. richard...
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and this is also why he's asking, like he did before, ursula von der leyen to be here with him to receive xijinping to demonstrate to china that receive xi jinping to demonstrate to china that there is a kind of united front facing the huge chinese economy and its capability to put pressure on european industries, especially the automobile industry. we must remember that scholz, the german chancellor, was in china a few week ago, and he focused very much on germany's interest in terms of economies. not on the same page as macron on taxes, for instance, on electric vehicles. so definitely, that issue is very important for france. it's extremely important for xi also. china's economy is not in also. china's economy is not in a very good shape. they absolutely need to export — export more hi—tech to europe, mostly. especially in the perspective of going back to the us at the end of this year. so xi will try to pursue it. maybe macron to lift its posture on more taxes, on electric vehicles from china. i'm not sure that it will work. and, of course, the issue of ukraine is extremely import
and this is also why he's asking, like he did before, ursula von der leyen to be here with him to receive xijinping to demonstrate to china that receive xi jinping to demonstrate to china that there is a kind of united front facing the huge chinese economy and its capability to put pressure on european industries, especially the automobile industry. we must remember that scholz, the german chancellor, was in china a few week ago, and he focused very much on germany's interest in terms of...
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can you just talk us through a little bit more about what ursula von der leyen and president macron are trying to get out of these talks? t are trying to get out of these talks? ., �* ~' are trying to get out of these talks? ., �* ~ , ., , talks? i don't think there is any doubt that _ talks? i don't think there is any doubt that the _ talks? i don't think there is any doubt that the key _ talks? i don't think there is any doubt that the key issue - talks? i don't think there is any doubt that the key issue for - talks? i don't think there is any i doubt that the key issue for them talks? i don't think there is any - doubt that the key issue for them is ukraine. they want xi jinping to stop the sale of dual use items from china to russia. in general, have xi jinping used his influence on russia try to convince russia to give up his ukraine two invasion of ukraine. 0r his ukraine two invasion of ukraine. or at least not utilise his arsenal, or the threat of did nuclear arsenal. given that he just ordered tactical nuclear so i think those are the key political, if you like, our object
can you just talk us through a little bit more about what ursula von der leyen and president macron are trying to get out of these talks? t are trying to get out of these talks? ., �* ~' are trying to get out of these talks? ., �* ~ , ., , talks? i don't think there is any doubt that _ talks? i don't think there is any doubt that the _ talks? i don't think there is any doubt that the key _ talks? i don't think there is any doubt that the key issue - talks? i don't think there is any doubt...
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der leyen and polish prime minister donald tusk. for a closer look at the main issues at play, i am joined now by mohit kumar, chief european economist atjefferies. how significant is this conference? what do you think is on their agenda? it what do you think is on their aaenda? . ., , agenda? it is a very significant - agenda? it is a very significant event, . agenda? it is a very - significant event, clearly given the international situation right now, and in my view the two main things on the agenda would be geopolitics, of course middle east as well as the russia — ukraine and the impact it would have on the european economy. the second i heard you talking about itjust now, is about energy in the transition towards green energy. these two will likely dominate the discussions at the forum today. dominate the discussions at the forum today-— forum today. from a macroeconomic - forum today. from a macroeconomic level forum today. from a - macroeconomic level the forum today. from a _ macroeconomic level the people in the room,
der leyen and polish prime minister donald tusk. for a closer look at the main issues at play, i am joined now by mohit kumar, chief european economist atjefferies. how significant is this conference? what do you think is on their agenda? it what do you think is on their aaenda? . ., , agenda? it is a very significant - agenda? it is a very significant event, . agenda? it is a very - significant event, clearly given the international situation right now, and in my view the two main things on...
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der leyen orfrom the french president, president macron, the hungarian prime minister has been seeking chinese investment with open arms. he has reaped some of the benefits of that. in hungary, —— two chinese car factories were already planned in hungary, and several chinese electric vehicles battery and battery component factories already built or planned. some of the astonishing 36 factories, many of them chinese, associated with this green energy with battery production already planned orfunctioning here in hungary. so, none of the criticism from elsewhere, a very warm welcome here and hungary's chance, viktor 0rban, the prime minister's chance to show the world and the rest of europe the fruits of cultivating a close friendship with china. let's get some of the day's other news now. three men in greater manchester have been arrested on suspicion of planning terrorism offences. 0fficers carried out raids across bolton and wigan. the men, aged 35, 36 and 51, are in custody and are being questioned by detectives. the arrests were part of an ongoing investigation. the labour leader
der leyen orfrom the french president, president macron, the hungarian prime minister has been seeking chinese investment with open arms. he has reaped some of the benefits of that. in hungary, —— two chinese car factories were already planned in hungary, and several chinese electric vehicles battery and battery component factories already built or planned. some of the astonishing 36 factories, many of them chinese, associated with this green energy with battery production already planned...