well we begin this hour in china and the lavish welcome for donald trump as he continues his twelve day tour of asia but despite warm words. between the u. s. president and his counterparts xi jinping tough talks on trade and north korea lie head to do all night to caesar has this report. a rare honor for donald trump. the u. s. president and first lady tour china's former imperial palace known as the forbidden city. along with the chinese president sieging paying and his wife. before his arrival trump flattered his host with a tweet sizing a great political victory at the communist party conference way see. solider power with the closed door appointment to his second a five year term. but trump's praise is likely calculated to soften the tone of what promises to be

difficult talks. on the agenda beijing economic support for north korea which the u. s. has been trying to weaken with only limited. job on the beaches at changi china has been completely strictly and earnestly implementing the relevant un security council resolution. and the filling do international obligations solution as for the normal state to state exchange outside the framework of the security council. i believe it should be continued smugly since how left. tensions between the world's two largest economies remain high over trade with washington accusing beijing off reneging on pledges to open its markets. and trump courting the nearly three hundred and fifty billion dollar u. s. trade deficit with china embarrassing. donald trumps asian tour comes at a difficult time for him politically and some chinese analysts are concerned this could affect his foreign policy decision. because of the city a domestic political struggle

okay was. it we are. causing resulting american. morrissey tour that. to be something more i mean and you're right you know or radical. donald trump will be looking to continue on the positive rapport he developed with sieging pain during the chinese president's visit to the united states in april. however it remains to be seen if sensitive subjects risk having a positive or negative affect. contact relationship. and. today marks one year is since one of the biggest upts in american political history. when a certain reality tv star won the white house and from health care. to the rights of migrants from the nuclear deal with iran to the paris climate accords candidate donald trump. vouchers to undo. nearly every policy all of his predecessor barack obama to discuss that i'm joined by john disease a veteran white house. reporter and chief political

correspondent at news max thanks to being with us on france24 tonight could see again. now and then policy aside for the moment what is it been like for you covering this white house how do you keep up with the tweets for one thing. get up pretty early in the morning laura i can tell you that it is. critic call that one go into the daily press briefing ges reporters. and. that's been the chief change in that watch what the president does. and at least we sarah strong showing for democrats and in elections last night local and regional elections and do you see this is a sign that trump. it's going to end up being a one time president. no not at all james baker are former secretary of state once said. overnight is an eternity in politics and i've covered a lot of

mid term elections. a lot of races after presidents been in office a first year. in nine of the last ten elections for governor of virginia. the party outside the white house as emerge triumphant it means nothing at this point. yeah it's a bit embarrassing there isn't it the republicans control the white house sad the senate set and the house yet they haven't been able to pass a single major piece of legislation. well our this certainly has not help the president. and it's just made a lot of his supporters. i will tell you. backers of president trump point to the fact that he has signed numerous executive orders. unleashing the marketplace and lifting regulations on private business. which many say has helped with the stock market to the point it's at. in addition his appointment of supreme court justice neil court such something very critical to his supporters. has help

keep the conservative balance on the supreme court no i agree with you. that between that not getting tax reform not. getting a new healthcare plan and not having on overall blueprint for dealing with illegal immigration. is a disappointment but time will tell remember his party controls both houses of congress and asia also been described as one of the most divisive the presidency in u. s. history at from from calling. mexican immigrants rapists to his comments about women. i was a bit irresponsible. no i i have to say something laura. that. littermate nivison has been applied to presidents of both parties. it was said about franklin roosevelt that he was the devil incarnate republicans said that. more recently richard nixon and george w. bush were under fire and they were

both called divisive. and criticize at this very president this is what i saw he said there were some good people into a rally by the i. nazis ducks. a fest. well i have to say that what you know it i'm not going to get into each and everyone of his remarks and i'm certainly not going to defend. everything this president has said laura. but i will tell you that. you find that these are things that are said about presidents and about phrases that they have sad. and it's going to be a lot harder these days because we have. twitter we have microphones that pickup people. every twenty four hours. i have not. managed to eat but he didn't have personal specs who people twitter today. it enough lightly double plays and stuff like that. no he didn't on the other hand. if you look back president harry truman made remarks.

about minority groups that were very unfortunate in private these are told in memoirs john kennedy. use very bad language in private according to former associates if we had twitter at that point. heaven knows what thoseresidents would be called a lot worse than decisive for divisive. john thank you very much in date always a pleasure joined easy that and use backs thanks for having me laura. now add friend independence groups have been protesting today in catalonia over the jailing of ousted catalan officials several thousand people rallied to in central barcelona vertical to strike was largely ignored with spain's two biggest unions. not taking part eight members of the dismissed catalan cabinet have been jailed announced it catalan president carles puigdemont remains in brussels he. could face thirty years in jail if he is extradited to spain other aspect to sarah morris in madrid. bbc does try can in october

just stuff today. and move october referendum when people came out to protest the police violence that had a much knowledge of takeout but today. i the electricity power for instance was running normally and that's it find that those for traci. i like the call make his in catalonia say at. i was able running normally we still major disruption on the train and talk to the trains particularly in general now and later this evening. apple also known the sound says train station links are the high speed train between barcelona amid trade. and students basically job tom to the tracks to stop trains from running that school was about eight thousand passengers to be disrupted. since being majorly arab disruption to robinson

trains are but that should be about eighty five percent in the shops in barcelona. row were running normally and that that the public works minister in you gordon a sanders said that base wa. a major rally sarah in catalonia outside the government palace school designed to send a message to the spanish government. are that they shouldn't be intervening in the region the ousted government should not be remanded in stody. for the charges of rebellion and semi well we've got new regional elections in catalonia next month that so far they the independence parties already struggling to unite on my. they certainly are mainly because carles puigdemont send to write indepennce

party is plueting in the polls it's now a fourth or fifth place depending on the opinion poll that you look at. and that makes it very difficult for him to turn to the other two independence parties and say that he should top the list. are good to get of the us coalition presented at the twenty fifteen and action and they turned out election into a pseudo referendum. and now the opinion polls is saying that the independence parties couldn't poll even as well as they did in twenty fifteen. they might risk losing that majority in the parliament and crucially are like asking twenty fifteen they will go about fifty percent which will make it ray officials inclug prime minister binyamin. netanyahu eight during a

recent holidayell set her actions had fallen short of the standards expected of her office. she has been the subject of a fetus media storm in recent days she says she was trying to organize funding to help israeli medics treat syrian refugees. in the israeli held golan heights it opens for the pressure on may be recently lost had defense minister mike followed you step down i relegations of sexual harassment will for more on all of this we can go. to london and our correspondent benedict have yeah and benedict tennis bit more about what exactly. pretty patel did wrong. well of. what's basically has caused her resignation and has caused the furious many mps and indeed of. how boss trees in may and the u. k. prime minister is that that mister patel went on holiday allegedly to israel? and for goods a to te her bosses at the foreign offic. of her colleagues at the foreign office up that she

had twelve meetings this was uncovered by cutting in lin. at the bbc james lndale. who queried this and then miss patel was? holdin up on monday to have a face to face addressing dome from the prime ministe. and was severely reprimanded. i should point out that of the twelve meetings laura one of those meetings whoops was with the prime minister of israel binyamin netanyah. who as it turns out on the centenary of the ball for declaration last thursday was in ldon f a five day visit and allegedly? treason mate did not know that this meeting had taken place so that looked really bad but

what i got even worse civiln those meetings on the wir. what was she doing that what was she promising are in exchange of what i said this has scored some real seriou? head scratching. within the conservative party within government and tonight finally an exchange of letters on and resignation. very much clearly also by the prime minister. and be of miss patel who falls on a saud recognizes he fell short. are and. interesting word she says. that i'm sorry that these have served as the destruction from of the work of the department for international development. and important she adds i'm of the government as a whole all this as negotiations of brings it our continue are some works are problematic. a and of course you got that big crucial drayton summit in december coming up with the expectation on the head here. that. britain will gets a

positive green light to go through to the next stage are in negotiations. and a boss trees in may. being tonight saying well you've done a lot of walk i recognize that i accept your resignation and of course you should take pride in the fact that you are the first. richest engine become an administer but it isn't it is in go on something as an mp it is a big headache for theresa maisonette benedict because she's just lost her defense leaders i said in. the introduction that cabinet is divided on brexit i mean this is just a. i don't know a lot doesn't it. it's a huge blow it makes a week prime minister who court in election she didn't out. that pretty battle was one of the the big personalities and leaders off that brings it campaign in the in the referendum so that delicate. balance

within the government of this weend. prime minister is not as simple as you news the defense secretary last week for completely entirely different reasons. sexual impropriety. allegations made against him. to lose one cabinet minister. lose to. could be by someto considered as very problematic if not callous of course this is an anti different reasons. so who will share point instead wilcox nomination not please how very divided party over brexit a could this further weaken ha a lot of question. will find out what the onus is on to those questions in the coming days and weeks benetton's man carries a main yes indeed benedict thank you very much indeed benedict have yeah that

reporting. from london. now eight agencies are urgently seeking access to yemen when millions of people are in desperate need of humanitarian as this rep. the had data ports closed off aid agencies are appealing for urgent permissions and to yemen which humanitarian supplies after the saudi led coalition closed access routes into the country. loss that we first receive notifications from the ships around the whole data and saf por that they receive calls from battleshipsffiliateto the saudi led coalition to leave the port for their own safety. colts but also airports and roads have been blockaded many people have the parole the living conditions of sanitation is deteriorating rapidly. i'm cholera epidemic is starting to spread. this is a humanitarian. they're exterminating the yemeni people i know muslim should be doing that this is unfair. the latest crisis is a result of escalating tensions between iran and saudi arabia last week pro iranian hutu rebels fight a missile which was intercepted over the

reactance national apple to. the united nations have expressed that concern. boy deeply concerned by a series of attacks in yemen over the past week that killed dozens of civilians including several children. and we appeal to all parties to respect international law covering. armed conflict. yemen is being torn apart by war opposing the xi i to t. rebels loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh to government troops supporting president abd rabbo mansour hadi. a conflict which escalated off the military intervention of a saudi led coalition and twenty fifteen. a recent un report said almost nine thousand people had been killed many of them civilians. outlining that children with those affected most by the war. let's get some business news when i came eighties with us in the studio and i can't say i go back to china and took a bit more about said donald trump's visit. a lot of trade deals on the table this week absolutely because of course the leaders of the to work of the world's two biggest economies have quite

a lot to talk about. especially since president trump has long focused on the trade imbalance between them. sing the beijing should buy more american made products rather than vice versa. he's traveling with the heads of some of america's biggest companies including boeing goldman sachs and chip makers qualcomm. all of them hoping the american president will carry out his campaign promises to be tough on america's largest trading partner. and what maxwell has more. she beijing off to a good start. with a series of business deals work around nine trillion dollars. but a lot is still writing on donald trump and changing things up. talks in line with his america fuss mantra trump's biggest gripe is that join exports have far more to the u. s. than imports from it. the lawsuit a trade deficit was three hundred forty seven billion dollars. but american companies have a feel for caution from the president. in twenty sixteen china both american good swept over a hundred and fifteen billion dollars. this along with chinese investment in the u. s. supports in two point six

million american jobs. with so much at stake the u. s. businesses it's crucial to get rights. i'm expecting that we will have a number of contracts signed. i'm hoping that structural issues. will be addressed. so that we can have a more level playing field. china creates obstacles that make it difficult for us companies to operate and selva. but the chinese president has agreed to discuss expanding market access. when asian could eat china's completely able to make a bigger concessions to the u. s. on the economy site without having to hurt china's economy and finance. to be specific others large scope for china to increase us exports and the fame time to wid the excess of american investment in the chinese market significantly lee. hsien food. businesses are hoping diplomatic tensions over north korea were threatened progress on trade. and trump and she begin discussions on thursday. the european union has

outlined tougher limits on car emissions the tries to pressure manufacturers to step up production of electric and hybrid vehicle. the proposals would call for cars to admit thirty percent less co two by the year twenty twenty five. various levels four years earlier. to target the european commission described as ambitious but realistic. there would be a credit system to compensate manufacturers for the higher production costs and encourage them to keep up with rivals in the u. s. japan and china. environmental activists welcomes the proposals but said the eu could have gone even further. it's a missed opportunity from the european commission because in the past few years since two thousand and thirteen. we've seen an increase in greenhouse gas. and this was actually the moment for the european commission to table proposa. that gives us clean air that saves lives but also provides an alternative to the individual. passenger car. the sticking on today's trading action now fairly muted close for the major european indices cat counts in paris in madrid ibex

thirty five falling slightly below the flatline there. at financials and banking stocks underperformed the french bank twenty as we go on losing three percent on lower profits. wall street's also in check but turning slightly upwards this hour they are renewed questions though about whether the trump administration will be able to push through its ambitious tax overhaul. that's been holding back trade a little bit. moving on sundays other prisons headlines now. the chief executive of deutsche bank is suggestive the lender will cut tens of thousands of jobs as it turns more to technology. in an interview with the fight. and said that most back. council deutsche bank's ninety seven thousand strong workforce. he hinted at plans to move to a similar number. invests in artificial intelligence. marks and spencer will speed up its plans to close to close down clothing stores and slow down the opening of new food branches. british high street chain set that it was facing headwinds in the food business. is our for five percent jinping net profits.

it's months for september. not shares have plunged nearly nineteen percent after it reported week user growth in sales for the third quarter. parent company a photo and messaging service snapchat also reveals that chinese internet giant ten sent to bought up nearly ten percent stake in its business. and that not plans to redesign the app to make it easier to use. europe's largest economy is at risk of overheating that's the warning from the german government's panel of independent advisers. group judge the production capacities are in overload and high property prices are threatening to form a bubbl. presenting its annual report the council upgraded its gdp growth forecast to percent for twenty seventeen. and is like pick up to two point two percent next year. but it warned angela merkel that she should former government soon. pursue economic reforms. what trump affinity and i will post all germany is in a robust upswing and production capacities are an overload of which gives germany's next government

will pay you the chance to find a balance because of mental continuity and readjusted? the lawyers table. i like what is it that makes a perfect beer will danish for carlsberg thinks that it has the answer or at least it knows how to find it. it's been teaming up with microsoft developing a mechanism run by algorithms an artificial intelligence. test possible combinations of ingredients and see which produces the best results. particularly as it develops alcohol free or craft beers. at cook carlsberg says that this reduces time and cost and prevents testers from having to try out hundreds or indeed thousands. of beverage samples a prototype center that they're developing laura can already taste the difference. for different types of beer there we see a very big plans for this going had. computers are just involved in everything we say some everything from deutsche bank simply hackers a crazy crazy times kay thank you very much indicate we do with the business. we're taking a short break to stay with us much more still to come

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