welcome to the programme. us presidentjoe biden met chinese president xi jinping on saturday — the final meeting between the two leaders before mr biden leaves the white house. they met on the sidelines of the apec summit in lima, peru. mr xi described the relationship between china and the us as having �*ups and downs�*, but that it plays a key role in shaping global stability. he said that china is willing to support a smooth transition when us president—elect donald trump takes office in january. the comments follow mr trump's pledge to introduce significant tariff hikes on chinese goods as well as take a tougher diplomatic stance towards beijing. during the meeting, president biden reflected on his relationship with mr xi while in office. we haven't always agreed but our conversations have always been candid and always been frank. we have never kidded one another, we have been level with one another and i think

thatis with one another and i think that is vital. these conversations prevent miscalculations and ensure the competition between our two countries will not veer into conflict. the competition, not conflict. that's our responsibility to our people and as you indicated, to the people around the world, we're the most important alliance and the most important relationship in the entire world. with me is our north america correspondent david willis. he has been following the summit between the leaders. give us a sense of what xi jinping and joe biden had to say there in biden�*s waning days as president. say there in biden's waning days as president.- say there in biden's waning days as president. these are two leaders _ days as president. these are two leaders who _ days as president. these are two leaders who know - days as president. these are two leaders who know each | days as president. these are - two leaders who know each other well and this was the last meeting before joe well and this was the last meeting beforejoe biden meeting before joe biden disappears meeting beforejoe biden disappears into the sunset in a couple of months time. and both stressed today the importance of the bilateral relationship between the two superpowers. president biden said he was proud of the progress that had

been made between the two under his administration in areas such as military planning and discussions, areas such as counter narcotics and artificial intelligence. president xi said he was, as he put it, ready to work with the united states. he warned against the two nations regarding each other as adversaries going forward or pursuing what he called vicious competition or seeking to hurt each other. the remarks obviously seem very much aimed not at each other but at the man who was not present today, the incoming president donald trump. he, of course, has vowed on the campaign trail to impose tariffs on chinese imports of “p tariffs on chinese imports of up to 60% and that is something that china has said could very much hurt its economy and also hurt the economy of the united states. very interesting that earlier on in this meeting, president xi had told the

leaders in general that he saw china coming out, becoming more engaged with the world and he warned of the dangers of protectionism and isolationism. interesting of course donald trump does cast a big shadow over these meetings even though he is not yet in the white house. marco rubio looks set to become the next secretary of state replacing anthony blinker. he is known as a hawk on china. how do will factor into relations was to mark it will have a significant impact. marco rubio is a china hawk and someone who has expressed in the past a steadfast support for taiwan and for its independence and he is also criticised china's military intentions and economic intentions and economic intentions as well. so there will be a lot of suspicion on the part of the chinese as far as engagement with the man who

is to become america's top diplomat is concerned. they will be looking as well, i think, to see if there is a twin track relationship that "the biden administration where they were tough on things like tariffs they also open diplomatic channels to allow discussions to take place. will the incoming comp administration be less indulgent in that regard? will it be more chaotic? something that the chinese and leaders around the world hoping to find out. . ~ around the world hoping to find out. ., ~ , ., joining me live to discuss is ho—fung hung, a professor of political economy atjohns hopkins university. you are also following the summit as well. we heard president xi telling biden he is ready to work with donald trump to try to improve the relationship between the two countries. how do you see a potential relationship between those two leaders, she and trump, shaping up over the next

four years? trump, shaping up over the next fouryears? in trump, shaping up over the next fouryears?— four years? in the next three ears i four years? in the next three years i guess _ four years? in the next three years i guess xi _ four years? in the next three years i guess xi jinping - four years? in the next three l years i guess xi jinping maybe years i guess xijinping maybe missing joe biden because as a rivalfrom the missing joe biden because as a rival from the perspective of xi jinping the rival from the perspective of xijinping the biden administration is easier to deal with because the biden administration always communicates the bottom line, their intentions and all the considerations very transparently. so xijinping transparently. so xi jinping can transparently. so xijinping can gain an upper hand but for the trump administration besides having china hawks in the policy team, he has a characteristic of being unpredictable and in such cases it will be a tougher time of the negotiation table. speaking of unpredictability _ the negotiation table. speaking of unpredictability you - the negotiation table. speaking of unpredictability you don't - of unpredictability you don't know how this will play out in terms of the donald trump mentioned during the campaigns,

up mentioned during the campaigns, up to 60%, most economists say that would have a catastrophic impact on economic relations between the countries. are we at risk of an escalating trade war here between china and donald trump in the united states? it donald trump in the united states? , , ., states? it depends on if the tariffs are — states? it depends on if the tariffs are selectively - states? it depends on if the | tariffs are selectively applied to china or if they are also applied to many other countries from french cheese to bridge cars and many other products. so it depends. and from a chinese enterprise perspective, they observed carefully to see how the tariff will be applied to different parts of the world because many chinese enterprises since the first trump administration and under the biden administration have been moving to mexico to avoid tariffs so if tariffs are escalated against china i think

foreign investors in chinese investors in china will look to other places to move to and that would not be good for the chinese economic growth but for chinese economic growth but for chinese enterprise they already find a way to compete. you mention — find a way to compete. you mention mexico _ find a way to compete. you mention mexico and - find a way to compete. you mention mexico and we - find a way to compete. you mention mexico and we don't talk much about latin america and china but it has become one of the biggest focuses trade with china there in the region. we saw xijinping with china there in the region. we saw xi jinping opening a massive deepwater port in peru ahead of the summit. do you think have we seen china moving into the us backyard here? definitely. china have been doing it for a while and even though there is some setback, in brazil, for example, brazil recently declared they would not sign up yet to the belt and road. jinping will be visiting was ill, the biggest country in latin america china has been

active in brazil and other latin american countries providing an opportunity, particularly but also the american campus also worried aboutjobs in employment about jobs in employment situation aboutjobs in employment situation so they will welcome chinese investment but in terms of trade many latin american countries are less worried about china exports as the us and many other countries in the world. it and many other countries in the world. , ., ,. ., world. it will be fascinating to see how _ world. it will be fascinating to see how the _ world. it will be fascinating to see how the next - world. it will be fascinating to see how the next few i world. it will be fascinating - to see how the next few months play out for sure. thank you. as mr biden wraps up his presidency, we're getting a clearer picture here in washington of what donald trump's second term in the white house might look like. on saturday the president—elect picked oil executive chris wright to head the department of energy and to serve on the newly—created council of national energy. as secretary of energy, chris wright will shape policy towards nuclear security, scientific research, and renewable energy. the fracking boss is a staunch defender of fossil fuels and has denied the existence of a climate crisis. he willjoin interior secretary

nominee doug burgum on the energy council — which is tasked with, quote, �*cutting red tape.�* mr wrightjoins a growing list of trump cabinet nominees, several of whom are facing intense scrutiny. i've been speaking with puck news political reporter abby livingston. i asked her what more we know about donald trump's pick for energy secretary chris wright. on the spectrum of appointments that have come out at this point he is relatively normal. while that claim could be extremely objectionable to many of these viewers it pales in comparison to a handful of other nominees that are raising much larger questions and many more alarms. i think you have a question of how much the senate is willing to challenge donald trump. i think in that context he is a relatively normal nominee who will probably get through the senate pretty easily. there are other names that are less normal,

maybe we will see a bit more controversy, for matt gaetz for attorney general, pete hegseth for secretary of defense to name a couple. what is the sense that you are hearing among republicans about some of these names are the chances that they might be approved by the senate? the key thing to understand is what's going on in the senate right now is we have a change of guard on the republican side which will control the senate next year. we're in very unsteady times. the new senate majority leader elect isjohn thune and we don't have a sense of how he's going to approach things compared to mitch mcconnell. there's going to be a majority. republicans will have a four or five seat majority in the senate. there are possibly a handful of senators can make up that margin and stop a nomination. i think itjust depends on how much pressure they feel, whether or not they will run for re—election and how much incoming they're willing

to take from donald trump and his allies. when you look at some of these names that may not be exactly the way others would nominate, maybe not establishment choices, what does that show especially what we see some of the baggage coming along with some of these candidates, an ethics investigation for matt gaetz, we know there are allegations in the past for pete hegseth as well. what does this show about donald trump and his team when it comes to some of these nominees? it appears either there is not much vetting going on or vetting was disregarded. under any other president of a political environment these would be immediately questionable whether or not they will last a day let alone into january. the other thing about this is, some of these allegations and concerns are so serious and the nominations are sometimes made later to inauguration day. they drop them so early that i think we will have two months of drip, drip, drip of allegations and relitigating of these records.

it does seem like the trump team is moving quickly, definitely quicker than in 2016 in terms of naming people to the cabinet. some may think it was moving too fast. you put a name out there and you have a long time we're where certain things could come up in the media. it moves so fast for that some of these, the matt gaetz one in particular went off like a bomb at the capitol. it wasn't held until the holiday or weekend to get senators a chance to get that composure and think about things, with them having to answer questions live as they found out about in front of reporters. generally these are moot. you can't name them earlier but that doesn't change inauguration day. things cannot get moving untiljanuary 20. that's the proper kick—off. what picks are you watching for next? donald trump is been busy, we know he took off for mar—a—lago to attend a ufc ultimate fighting match in madison square garden. expecting picks over the weekend, what are you watching for? i think we've had the major ones already.

i think the most outstanding situation now is the fbi. donald trump may claim he is not a fan of the current director chris ray. how that plays out and if there is a successor. that is one of the most sensitive, volatile posing posts in all of american government. in on the spectrum of a matt gaetz or someone more acceptable is the biggest question left right now. young appointees — we saw for the white house press secretary. this does take some some experience with up it's not an easyjob for that is one of the hardestjobs in politics for any staffer. that said, i don't anticipate she's going to approach it the way a lot over past press secretaries which they study ahead of time and have the answers prepared. i think she's going to be as much offense with

the reporters as we have ever seen. palestinian health officials say at least ten people have been killed in an israeli attack on a un run school that was sheltering displaced families in gaza. rescuers have been searching for survivors in the abu assi school in the al shati refugee camp. it's thought some people remain trapped beneath the rubble. joe inwood reports from jerusalem. siren wails. in the chaotic aftermath of the strike, they searched for anyone who might have survived. this was once a un—run school, abu assi, but had been providing shelterfor displaced families. israel has told everyone to leave the north of gaza. it is clear tens of thousands have not. that was not the only attack in gaza today. local health officials say 30 people were killed across the strip. this man witnessed another airstrike, reportedly on a barber shop in gaza city. translation: i saw people flying. - i brought my horse and carried them here. three people, they were torn to pieces. the missile suddenly fell on a barber shop. that's where we've been living

since the start of the war. the israeli defence forces have confirmed they carried out the strike on the school, but said it was being used by hamas as a command and control centre, and that they tried to avoid civilian casualties by using what they call "precise munitions." tonight in tel aviv, there were renewed calls from the families of the israeli hostages for a deal to be done. i call on you, leaders of the world, president biden and president—elect trump, don't give up on the hostages. two children, their parents and 97 other hostages are waiting to be saved. it's more than 400 days since the friends and families of many of these people were taken. 400 days that have brought nothing but death and misery to the people of gaza. joe inwood, bbc news, jerusalem. further north, israeli forces have continued to exchange fire with hezbollah in lebanon. lebanon's health ministry says an israeli attack killed at least six

people, while israel says a rocket attack damaged a synagogue in the city of haifa. also in israel, protesters again took to the streets of tel aviv, as part of a string of weekly anti—government protests demanding a hostage release deal in gaza. police say two flares landed in the grounds of benjamin netanyahu's home about 50 kilometers — or 30 miles — away. no damage was caused and the prime minister was not in the building at the time. but security officials described the incident as "serious". it isn't clear who fired the flares. let's turn to some other important news around the world. eight people have been killed and seventeen others injured in a mass stabbing at a college campus in eastern china. police said a 21—year—old man who'd studied at the wuxi technical college was arrested. they said he admitted the attack because the institute had refused to issue his diploma. health officials in the united states have reported their first case

of a new form of mpox — previously known as monkeypox. the patient, who was treated in northern california, had travelled to east africa. 19 african nations have now reported cases of mpox. in the uk, four cases of the disease have been confirmed — all from the same household. officials here warn it is very infectious — but that the overall risk to the public remains low. georgia's election commission has confirmed that the governing party won last month's parliamentary poll — an announcement that has sparked angry scenes. as the election commission chief prepared to rubber stamp the results, an opposition member of parliament threw black paint over him. official election results gave a 54% majority to the governing georgian dream party. in the philippines thousands of people have been urged to evacuate as super typhoon man—yi makes landfall. man—yi hit with maximum wind speeds of almost 200km/h. authorities have warned that man—yi has the potential to cause severe damage with "life—threatening" floods and leave millions at risk from storm surges. this is the sixth typhoon in the philippines this month.

at least ten newborn babies died after a fire broke out in the children's ward of a government hospital in northern india. 16 other babies are being treated for their injuries, and some are in a critical condition. officials say the blaze in the neonatal intensive care unit of the hospital injhansi was possibly caused by an electrical fault in an oxygen concentrator. doctors and medical staff broke the windows of the smoke—filled ward to rescue the children, before fire crews arrived. distressed parents have spoken to local media saying they have been asked to identify their children from photographs. translation: the authorities| showed us bodies of the babies with burns and asked us to identify our children, but how are we supposed to do it? can someone make me understand? how can i identify my child out of burnt bodies? there is no way. i want my child back, that's all. when the fire broke out last night i saved many

children but i wasn't able to look for mine. i have still not been able to identify my child and i don't know what to do. i'm not able to find my child. about a0 of the world's top professional sailors are competing in the vendee globe — one of ocean sailing's toughest tests. the solo race around the world is so extreme it's been dubbed "the everest of the seas." of the 200 sailors who have embarked on the race route, only 114 have completed it. the race covers 16,000 kilometres — about 2a,300 nautical miles — and starts and finishes on the coast of france. but many sailors are not just racing — their vessels are also gathering information in remote stretches of the world's oceans for scientists studying climate change. in just the last few hours i spoke with one of the sailors competing in the vendee, boris hermann — who came in 5th place last year. hejoined me from the cabin of his boat and told me about the data he is collecting — and the conditions he's

facing along the way. thank you for taking the time to talk to us. i know you are actually sailing as you speak in this race around the world. give us a sense of where you are right now. good evening. we're south—west of the canary islands. about a week at sea now and we have another five days until we reach the equator, which is unusually slow. we are a bit slowed down by inexistent trade winds at the moment. tell us a bit more about the race itself. i know some people call it the everest of this sea. how difficult is this

racing around the globe? it resonates very well, it's our pinnacle challenge and the sport of ultra sailing. the longest possible route around the world nonstop and alone nonstop means if you were to stop at anywhere of the remote islands or anything to repair or resupply then you will get disqualified. it's a very challenging race. i know that this race also has a bit of a climate angle you and some of the other boats are taking important environmental measurements. walk us through that. what are you measuring and what is the purpose? we have a machine on this boat which sucks sea water in and analyzes it with a pump and separates the co2 gas from the sea, it's pretty high—tech tech stuff that is fully automated. also auto calibrates itself once a day so we can deliver

scientific measurements about the state of the ocean related to climate change. at a level of quality that you could get on a big research vessel. thanks to this technology we can bring back very important data to better understand climate change. you're sailing in pretty remote oceans. is this water really somewhere where scientists aren't normally able to get to? that's exactly the point. the water researched more than half of our passage is around the antarctic ocean. there is no merchant routes, there are no ferries not normal traffic. we're almost the only vessels ever going there. to get this precise data you need a vessel on the ground you can get a lot of environmental data from satellites or buoys. but to get this specific co2

concentration the ocean precisely measured, that is something we can add to science. i know some of that data has been used in the global budget carbon budget 2024 report as well. how did you become interested in climate change? i know you're also a friend of young swedish activist greta thunberg. exactly. i have spent the best part of my life on the ocean. that made me naturally want to learn about the connection between ocean and climate change, climate change being the big topic everywhere and of concern to myself. i also studied environmental science. so then at sea i could learn about the connection. we met more scientists along our different races, science collaborations

between institutes and our campaign in these races. over time i understood that the oceans are very essential part of the puzzle of climate change. basically the air—conditioning system of our planet. i got really excited over the years to be able to contribute to better understand this. boris, how many more days will you be in this boat and what is the biggest thing you looking forward to doing when you back on land? approximately 70 more days alone in this small boat. the thing you miss is being around people. it's saturday night and i'm alone out here. my family, that will be the biggest.

you can track is progress in here on this map. it seems like a closer race but of course they are not knowing and moving so fast, a 70 dayjourney around the world is pretty impressive. we have more coming up impressive. we have more coming up on our top stories including the meeting betweenjoe biden and the chinese president at the top of the hour. hello there. after what has been a pretty mild start it looks at the second half of november is going to turn very much colder with our first real taste of wintry weather expected as we head into next week with the chance of snow and ice which could cause some disruption. for sunday it looks like that cold air is already across northern scotland bringing further wintry showers certainly to the hills here. brighter skies across northern and eastern england as well but thicker cloud from northern ireland putting across the irish sea into wales and the midlands will bring outbreaks of rain here. again, quite a contrast in temperatures from north to south across the

country. that mild air stays in place across the south cold air to the north, and with that the seen area of low pressure sliding and 1553 00:26:08,897 -