secretary of state antony blinken and the defense? counterparts in brisbane. they're holding talks on the aukus defence agreement, which will see the us supply nuclear submarine technology to australia. live now to sydney and our correspondent phil mercer. what is the latest on this helicopter crash? the wreckage of the helicopter has been discovered in the whitsundays. this is usually a very popular tourist area. the wreckage was found north of hamilton island north of brisbane. navy divers will tomorrow, sunday, begin to scour the sea bed. there is still no sign of the four people who were on board this australian army helicopter when it ditched into the sea. it was taking part in night—time removers with a second aircraft of the queensland coast, and it is part of talisman sabre, this massive military operation war drill involving australian and united states troops, along with military personnel from almost a dozen other countries. the investigation is now ongoing, and the search for those missing aircrew will also continue over t

capital and she is the second high—level us cabinet member to do so after secretary of state antony blinkent just a couple of weeks ago. her trip also comes after beijing moved to limit the exports of certain rare earths just days ago. monica miller has more. this is the first time a us treasury secretary has visited china since the covid pandemic and this is the environment they find themselves in. for example, trade restrictions. one point of contention is over rare earth metals, essential components to make semiconductor those which are used in everything from smart phones to military equipment. earlier this week beijing said it will require a special license to obtain two metals predominantly mined in china stopping this move has seen a retaliation against export bands put in place by the united states of critical technology needed for artificial intelligence and quantum computing. both sides argue that these bands are neededin argue that these bands are needed in the interest of national security. another issueis national security. another issue is the weakening yuan. china's currency

he hosted the secretary of state antony blinken on june 18, but missed other high-level visits in theollowing weeks. he was absent from a foreign ministers meeting in jakarta due to health reasons, officials said. qin was known as one of xi jinping's most trusted advisors. >> he was handpicked by xi to leapfrog more established candidates to become foreign minister last year. so he is a captains pick. even more so than many other xi allies in terms of the speed of their rise through the communist party ranks. >> at age 57 he was one of the youngest officials to become foreign minister. after serving as ambassador to the u.s. for two years, he was considered one of china's original wolf warriors, garnering attention for his assertive style between 2005-2014. the mystery surrounding his whereabouts highlights the secretive nature of the chinese government. it is not uncommon for businesspeople or celebrities to temporarily disappear from the public eye after falling foul of authorities, but it has happened to a powerful government figure and that is rare. qin and his term as the shortes

secretary of state antony blinken said the the u.s.focused on building such a coalition, and crucially here trying to find a country to lead it. he said he expects to have progress on that front in his words very soon. meantime, with 80% of the capital now controlled by rival gangs and neighborhoods terrorized by crime, the u.s. is urging americans to get out now. the e department advisory reads, given the recent armed clashes between gangs and police and the high tt of violent crime and kidnapping throughout port-au-prince, the department of state says u.s. citizens should make plans to leave as soon as possible. here's more. >> reporter: terrified people flee an area around the u.s. embassy in port-au-prince, haiti after what appears to be tear gas is deployed. for the last several days people have camped out outside the embassy, apparently because they feel it's one of the last few places where they can be safe. local residents say gangs are laying siege to the tobar neighborhood in port-au-prince, the same neighborhood where the u.

to antony blinken have led us stateside so far. ., ,., antony blinken have led us stateside so far. . to both of you, we will hear more from you _ so far. to both of you, we will hear more from you later _ so far. to both of you, we will hear more from you later but _ so far. to both of you, we will hear more from you later but for - so far. to both of you, we will hear more from you later but for now, l more from you later but for now, this is bbc news. time is ticking on the prime minister's pledged to halve inflation by the end of the year, to slow down scoring average prices, when he made that promise inflation had been at over 10% so his target is to get it down to around 5%. richmond in yorkshire is around 5%. richmond in yorkshire is a historic market town and relies on tourism and with household budgets squeezed the people cutting back on things like mini breaks and eating out. , ., , ., things like mini breaks and eating out. , ., , ., out. does not seem to be, our occupancy — out. does not seem to be, our occupancy levels _ out. does not seem to be, our occupancy levels or _

there is a us secretary of state antony blinken just emerging.have a secretary of state at downing street today as well? yes it is at downing street today as well? yes it is significant. all at downing street today as well? 123 it is significant. all of at downing street today as well? i2; it is significant. all of these visits are significant because trying to find its place in a post—brexit world all of these readerships are important. both sides will say this is one of the most important relationships. but the mute music at downing street todayis the mute music at downing street today is that the us is treating the uk like any other european country. so it is significant that the secretary of state this year as well, he will be having meetings with his counterparts, i'm sure. we will bring you the latest when president biden emerges from the doorstep behind me. we understand that he is still in talks with prime minister rishi sunak. an update on that braking is coming to us from the south—west of england. we were telling you earlier about a lo

earlier in the year, we saw secretary of state antony blinken pay a visit to china. a couple weeks ago we saw secretary of the treasury janet yellen make a visit to china. and now this discussion on the sidelines in indonesia. fraps perhaps it is setting the stage for an even bigger conversation between president biden and xi jinping. we'll have to see. but these incremental steps are seen as very significant. >> mark stewart, thank you as always. >>> u.s. state department says blinken also raised concerns about hacking with china. warning that the u.s. government will respond to any action that targets its interests. that is after microsoft announced china based hackers breached email accounts of two dozen organizations including some u.s. government agencies. kylie atwood explains what china might have gained from that attack. >> reporter: the biden administration believes that china's hack of u.s. government agencies provided the chinese government awith insights into the biden administration thinking ahead of the planned visit to china by the secretary of state a

secretary of state antony blinken and the defense?in are meeting their australian counterparts in brisbane. they're holding talks on the aukus defence agreement, which will see the us supply nuclear submarine technology to australia. here in the uk, up to 20,000 rail workers in the rmt union are taking part in their latest strike today, in the long—running dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. it's the second consecutive weekend of industrial action on the railways. just over half of the usual services are expected to run across the network. for the second saturday in a row, some of the ia affected train operators are running very limited services. after more than a year of industrial action, many people have got used to changing their plans or found other ways of travelling on strike days. but hospitality businesses say they're still feeling the impact. every time there is a strike day, we do see trade fall off a cliff in certain parts of the country, certainly towns and city centres. you know, the last week we've had sort o

secretary of state antony blinken and the defense? meeting their australian counterparts in brisbane. they're holding talks on the aukus defence agreement, which will see the us supply nuclear submarine technology to australia. to west africa, where niger is grappling with the aftermath of a military coup. niger's democratically elected president, mohamed bazoum, was overthrown and detained as part of the coup this week. he was first elected to office in april 2021 in niger's first peaceful democratic transfer of power. us secretary of state antony blinken has called for mr bazoum's immediate release and the restoration of democratic order in the country. meanwhile, the man who led the coup, general abdourahmane tchiani, made this address on state tv. translation: the action of the (nsf is motivated by the sole desire - to preserve our beloved homeland in the face of the continuous deterioration of the security situation of our country. the fallen authorities have failed to give a real solution to the crisis and have provided poor eco

us secretary of state antony blinken is now in australia in his latest tour of the pacific.sues were prominent. his visit is viewed in part as an effort to counter china's influence in the region. live now to matt brazil, senior fellow at the jamestown foundation in washington and is the co—author of the book: chinese communist espionage, an intelligence primer. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. it seems like the us is trying to show its commitment to the south pacific after china targeted the region with its built—in root initiative. the region with its built-in root initiative.— root initiative. yes, that is true, root initiative. yes, that is true. the _ root initiative. yes, that is true, the initiative - root initiative. yes, that is true, the initiative of - root initiative. yes, that is i true, the initiative of course is wide—ranging and it involves quite a bit of money and one of the places that the secretary visited on this trip, tonga, finds itself in debt. to china to a significant degree so i think the americans are looking at the lessons, i have

antony blinken at start of the press conference. let's go to that now for a little bit. >> to defend u.s. national security, to sustain the strength of our alliances and partnerships around the world, to ensure that their foreign policies advancing the interests of the american people, we did our best possible team on the field. by failing to confirm these nominees, a handful of senators are keeping our best players on the sidelines. i worked in the senate for ye years. so of course at president biden. i respect and value it's critical role. it's crucial to ensuring that we have highly qualified individuals were present in the united states around the world. but that is not what is happening here. no one is questioning. it is irresponsible and it is doing harm to national security. confirming these nominees matters. spew and we will jump from this to something else appeared sandra. >> sandra: heading to capitol hill where kevin mccarthy is taking questions. let's listen here. >> this administration has not solved it. we are drafting

you mentioned yellen and antony blinken meeting but there are no direct between the u.s.na on the security side while tensions around taiwan and south china sea surveillance cyber, all continue to grow. these are the two most powerful countries in the world so all of us should be concerned about that. having said that, i believe biden and xi jinping will be on the sidelines in san francisco in the fall and i think both of those leaders want full on the relationship, there's economic interdependence and want to ensure it doesn't break and that's why talk about de- risking in the u.s. and not decoupling so the direction of travel and relationship is poor but so far the relationship continues to hold up relatively well. >> is there one thing you would recommend to the u.s. government to do right now, make sure we are safe and any challenges but also keep the relationship as an bad, as good as possible? >> it should be focused on competing effectively without unnecessarily containing chi chinese. i love the chips act, the fact that the united states is finally spending a lot

we don't know, for example, if it accessed secretary of state antony blinken's e-mails.ieve they were able to get insights around the thinking of the trip to china. it's not likely the chinese gained a lot of new intel from this hack. they were not able to breech classified systems. it shouldn't come as a surprise that there were these hacking attempts. these two super powers regularly try to spy on each other. the timing is significant. the trip had been put off for months and very little communication between the two sides. now secretary of state antony blinken just the other day met with a top chinese official in indonesia on the sidelines of a summit there. we're told by a senior state department official that he did, in fact, raise that hack in this meeting. this is what he said about the message on this hack. >> as a general matter, we have consistently made clear to china as well as to other countries that any action that targets the u.s. government or u.s. companies or american citizens is of deep concern to us and we will take appropriate action in response. >>

it came just days before secretary of state antony blinken's visit to beijing to try to reset relations after months of tension. kylie atwood has more. >> reporter: the biden administration believes that china's hack of u.s. government agencies provided the chinese government with insights into the biden administration's thinking ahead of the planned visit to china by the secretary of state antony blinken. that is according to two u.s. officials familiar with the matter. and we should note that microsoft said that they learned about this hack on june 16th from their customers and that is when they began investigating it. that is the same day that the secretary of state left washington and headed to beijing for those meetings. we should also note that this hack only was able to gain access to the unclassified side of u.s. systems. and so therefore when you talk to u.s. officials, the amount that the chinese officials were able to glean was quite limited. but it did provide them with some insights leading into the secretary of state's visit which could have contributed to how chinese offi

us secretary of state antony blinken spoke to niger's president bazoum in a phone call, saying the usl restoration of constitutional order, and offering him, "unflagging" us support. earlier, white house national security spokesmanjohn kirby had this to say on friday. we have watched this with deep concern, peter. we certainly condemn any effort to detain or to subvert the functioning of niger's democratically elected government. we would advise all americans in niger to be careful about where they are and what they are doing. 0ur bbc correspondent chris ewokor has been following the developments from niger's neighbouring country of nigeria. the coup has been condemned by both the regional and international community, although it's gotten the support and backing of the wider military hierarchy in niger, as well as some of the citizens who had come out to demonstrate and show their support for the action of the soldiers. niger, a landlocked country rich in uranium, but one of the poorest in the world, has joined three other countries that have been under military rule to become the fou

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secretary of state antony blinken and his recent visits to beijing.t's noticeable his meetings with qin gang ere -- were warmer. wang yi is a more prominent entity but a more challenging interlocutor for the u.s. nicole: it has been a challenging time for diplomacy in china recently. how will this change, impact relations now, do you think? ali: i don't think this is going to have a significant impact on u.s. china relations. i think the relationship broadly has been competitive and will remain competitive in a range of domains. i think what we might see is perhaps a little more of the return to china's assertive diplomacy. wong he is known sometimes as wolf warrior diplomacy, more abrasive. we have seen that on display with his interactions with u.s. counterparts and we might see a return to that kind of style of diplomacy not only with the u.s. but the west more broadly. nicole: so you don't think the communication between the two superpowers is going to improve with this change at the top? ali: i don't think that it will improve. i think it will re

and antony blinken was the first u.s. secretary of state back in march to visit niger and highlight the progress the country was making. and then wednesday night, this on state tv -- >> translator: brought together by national council for the safe guarding of the country, we have decided to put an end to the regime that you know. this follows the continuing deterioration of the security situation and poor economic and social governance. >> reporter: this back sliding further complicates the security situation. niger has been a key part of the west security strategy in that region when it is surrounded by mali and faso. so what happens now is a big headache and a problem for the african union and the economic community of the west african states. >> larry in nairobi, we'll be back with you as you get more. thank you. >>> and now big economic numbers due out today when the commerce department releases its estimate of u.s. gdp in the second quarter. many expect it to be at about 2%, but that could be stronger than the federa

secretary of state antony blinken says the u.s. supports ousted president mohamed bazoum. >>> and the u.s. women's national team drew 1-1 at the against the netherlands in their second match at the women's world cup. they play next on tuesday against portugal. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new >>> it's thursday, july 27th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." plea deal falls apart. hunter biden pleads not guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges after a judge raises concerns about the agreement between the president's son and the justice department. >>> aliens on earth? a former intelligence officer testified on capitol hill about the country's ufo program. the evidence he says points to extraterrestrials on this planet. >>> and disappointing draw. the u.s. women's soccer team need a win after ending its latest match against the netherlands in a draw. we'll have a full recap. >>> good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the plea agreement betwe

he got a phone call from antony blinken who was a senior advisor in the campaign, now secretary of stateified he never would have thought of getting that signed by all those officials unless antony blinken had triggered him to do so and sent him a ridiculous article from usa today saying that the laptop in our stories were russian disinformation. and now we also know that there was a serving cia employee who was soliciting signatures or at least one signature there so rotten to the core, these institutions, and there really has to be a big clean-out. remember, a lot of this coverup was happening while donald trump was president. he was being hoodwinked and tricked by his own even appointees, perhaps, and certainly by the deep state, by the bureaucrats there, they were actively working against the sitting democratically elected president. maria: we see a similar situation right now, in the face of all of this coming out, the 1023 released yesterday so that the american people can see it, donald trump is about to get indicted for third time. i'm glad you mentioned the 51 spies who lied, mi

this week and let's get started. ♪ ♪ >>> my first guest today is america's diplomat in cheap, antony blinkene biggest crisis during his tenure as secretary of state has been russia's invasion of ukraine. blinken has been deeply involved in holding allies together and maintaining close contact with the ukrainians. we met on the sidelines of the aspen security forum on saturday. >> mr. secretary, good to have you on. >> good to be with you, fareed. >> give us a sense of what is going on in the counteroffensive that ukraine is attempting with russia. so far, the reports seem to be it is very slow and very tough going. >> first, fareed, put this in perspective, in terms of what russia sought to achieve, they've already failed and they've already lost and the objective was to erase ukraine from the map and that failed a long time ago. now ukraine is in a battle to get back more of the land that russia seized from it. it's already tan back about 50% than what was seized and now they're in a hard fight to take back more. these are still relatively early days of the counter ox fencive and it is toug

antony blinken raises issues.omberg. ♪ fabulous surroundings... but everyone's looking at their phones for financial insights from merrill. is he hailing a ride to the concert hall? no. he's making sure his portfolio and retirement plans work in harmony. they want to adopt a child and build a new home. so they're talking numbers with their merrill adviser. she's not researching her next role. she's learning how to handle market ups and downs without the drama. personalized advice so impressive your money never stops working for you with merrill. a bank of america company. >> janet yellen will travel to india and vietnam next week, sticking stronger ties with two increasingly important u.s. partners. she will head to india for a g20 meeting where she will push for reform and global lending institutions. her first visit to india and nine months amid a push to strengthen trade and economic ties with china's giant neighbor. with her recent trip to china, let's discuss the u.s.-china relationship with our next guest, j

antony blinken spoke with the minister before the summit. he said now it's time for them to join nato and extend their long-standing cooperation. specifically turkey's opposing sweden for its refusal to extradite individuals it considers terrorists. joining us now, laura seligman. thanks for waking up with us. tell us what president biden's goals are entering into this summit at nato. what's at stake now? >> right. this is leading up to be a very consequential nato summit. the question on everyone's mind is whether to let ukraine join. it ee something that president zelenskyy has been pushing even before the invasion last year and it's something that seemed like allies and partnerships opened up a path a few weeks ago. but as you say, president biden and other leaders show more discomfort because of the nato five commitment and how this would put west officially at war with russia while the conflict is going on. the other thing that's going to be the a test of allied unity is president biden's decision to provide ukraine with a controversial

while visiting beijing last month, secretary of state antony blinken said he raised the issue of threeotiations are in progress to bring them home. the travel advisory comes during a period of strained ties between the us and china, and as us treasury secretary janet yellen gets ready to visit beijing. our asia business reporter monica miller has a preview. the two sides have a lot to discuss including us concerns about a new chinese counter—espionage law that went into effect onjuly i. the us has american and other foreign companies in the country, could those penalties apply for regular business activities? ms yellen is also expected to meet with china�*s new economic team and expected to press upon them that washington is still committed to defending human rights and its own national security interest but she has to straddle an interesting balance here because she is also expected to try and find common ground with beijing on things like climate change and that the stress facing many emerging economies. a ban on the sale of us—based micron technology memory chips would probably be o

antony blinken raised this but pushed back on what he called us interference in china's affairs.di has arrived in france for two day visit as new delhi said it will approve plans to buy french jets and submarines. he landed in paris on thursday at the invitation of president emanuel mccrone who made the indian leader a guest of honour at the bastille day celebrations in the capital. the taliban ordered teacher training centres to be closed in afghanistan. it is a missed call them unnecessary and ineffective. the nearly 4000 staff are to be moved to a new department, all employed as teachers in schools. in the uk, a parliamentary committee has published a damning report on what it says is the government's failure to develop an effective strategy for dealing with national security threats from china. a report by the intelligence and security committee says china is seeking to penetrate and influence every part of the uk economy and government's response has been completely inadequate. our correspondent has more. find what we call a whole estate approach for tools of government and

now my colleague, andrea mitchell, just spoke with antony blinken, the u.s.l those failed efforts. here's what he told andrea mitchell. >> unfortunately, i don't have any further information to share. we are very concerned of course about his well-being, we'd like to know his whereabouts. we have communicated to north korea seeking that information. >> reporter: so the fact is, jose, all these u.s. government agencies can do all they can to try to find travis king, but if no one's picking up the phone on the north korean side, it's not going to go very far. and now we're going into day four and everybody in washington and throughout the world are wondering where is private travis king. jose? >> thank you so much. >>> coming up, former congressman beto o'rourke says what the governor of texas doing at the boarder is criminal. we'll ask beto next. trelegy for copd. ♪birds flyin' high, you know how i feel.♪ ♪breeze driftin' on by...♪ ♪...you know how i feel.♪ you don't have to take... [coughing] ...copd sitting down. ♪it's a new dawn,...♪ ♪...it's a new day,♪ it

i secretary of state antony blinken visited china? mportant visit, - blinken visited china? i think it is an important visit, it - blinken visited china? i think it is an important visit, it is l it is an important visit, it is a process of starting to re—establish channels of communication between the us and china. in the run—up to what could a meeting between our two presidents, joe biden and xijinping at the our two presidents, joe biden and xi jinping at the apec leaders meeting in november. this is a very fragile relationship, there have been a lot of problems and friction, there has been suspension of some of the channels of communication for many months, and so this is a tenuous re— engagement. and so this is a tenuous re- engagement-— and so this is a tenuous re- engagement. presumably janet yellen will be _ engagement. presumably janet yellen will be looking _ engagement. presumably janet yellen will be looking to - engagement. presumably janet yellen will be looking to open l yellen will be looking to open up yellen will be l

the trip comes at a time when two weeks after secretary of state antony blinken went to beijing they but then shortly after that meeting president biden was overheard at a fundraiser calling him a dictator to tarnish what goodwill was done. but a lot of people looking at the economic side of the relationship to get it back on the right track between these two countries. monica malina reporting there. —— monica miller. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. voiceover: bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. it's time for head ranger matt's daily rounds, checking on fallow and red deer so adored visitors to bradgate park. but despite pleas for people to keep their distance from wild animals, matt says that's being ignored. we have had a couple of groups of people who have got too close, they have let dogs lick it, they have been touching it, subsequently they have put their own scent on it and the mother has rejected it. we've got signage on every gate, multiple signs. no, but people just chose to get too involved with it and that's the result. this

and antony blinken denies it but it is online.ure of him, year goes by, gets away with it and the rumor is the wife of the former foreign minister goes to the wife of xi jinping, says you got to do something about it. he's put under detention for a month, won't answer any questions, appears to be one of the biggest scandals in 50 years in chinese politics because if the foreign minister is close to xi jinping, traveled with him for several years on trips overseas, he's a spokesman, a chief politico so this is not a career bureaucrat that has disappeared. it is quite a salacious story. the chinese are embarrassed by it and the appointment of a former foreign minister to do the same job is one way of carving up the smoke of the scandal. we have to decide if we believe it or not. stuart: don't know if i believe it or not but it sounds like it is a personal dispute between the wives of the foreign minister and xi jinping. in other words, it is not a complete division of the chinese communist party at the highest level. is that accurat

secretary of state antony blinken says the u.s.ousted president mohamed bazoum. >>> and the u.s. women's national team drew 1-1 at the women's world cup. they play next on tuesday against portugal. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm james brown in for norah. we begin tonight with the stunning collapse of the proposed plea agreement between hunter biden and the department of justice. the federal judge overseeing the case put the deal on hold after raising concerns about the scope of the agreement. forcing the president's son to plead not guilty to two misdemeanor tax crimes. prosecutors and defense attorneys must now get together and provide the judge with additional information prior to her deciding whether to approve. today's court hearing follows a five-year federal investigation led by a donald trump-appointed u.s. attorney. republicans blasted the original plea as a slap on the wrist and accuse th

speaking before kenya's announcement, the us secretary of state, antony blinken voiced concerns abouthe situation. we have very deep concerns of the situation there, particularly with regard to violence and the activities of the gangs. we are, as i think you know, the largest humanitarian donor to haiti but we are also very focused on working together with partners to try to help the haitians restore security, restore stability. that is really the necessary foundation. live now to harold isaac, a journalist based in petion—ville, a suburb of port—au—prince. kenya says that it is prepared to send a multinational force to haiti — what more do we know about that and how it might work? very little at this stage. i mean, for many people here, it came as a bit of a surprise, especially after over nine months of waiting for a word or an actual commitment with regards to foreign police or military personnel here in haiti. �* , military personnel here in haiti. �*, ., , military personnel here in haiti. �*, . , , haiti. it's really interesting ou sa haiti. it's really interesting you say that

state department says top diplomat secretary of state antony blinken for ousted president when the twohe emphasized the importance of the continuing leadership and a democratic government. the eu denounced the coup as an attack on stability and democracy and threatened to dus susqu suspend all aid. they call it dangerous and back ed the possible use of sanctions. >>. >> translator: france absolutely condemns in the strongest terms the military coup against a democratically elected leader who is making the reforms and inves investments that his country needs. >> the coup plotters announced the so-called national counsel for the preservation of the homeland with the council's president to serve as the new head of state. a spokesperson appeared on state television to give this warning to the world. >> translator: despite the measures taken by the cnsp for rapid return to normalcy, certain dignitaries held up in collaboration are pursuing a logic with the view to extract the authorities. this dangerous attitude will only result in a massacre of the population and chaos. therefore, they cal

us secretary of state antony blinken has told china's top diplomat in a meeting at jakarta that washingtonction to hold hackers accountable. it comes after microsoft said china—based hackers gained access to the e—mail accounts of around 25 organisations. the software giant has not provided details of where those government agencies are based but the us department of commerce has confirmed to the bbc that microsoft notified it about the attack. now to thailand where businesses are watching and waiting for a new government to be in place. it has been two months after that national calls which signals strongly for change. the progessive alliance that won general election has been blocked from forming a government after the military appointed senate rejected its candidate for prime minister. earlier i spoke with a fellow at the kennedy school of government at harvard and told me this situation is creating a great deal of uncertainty for businesses. i think businesses, like many people, are disappointed the government has not been formed yet. it has been two months since the election. many yea

capital and she is the second high—level us cabinet member to do so after secretary of state antony blinkenvisit a couple of weeks ago. her trip also comes after beijing moved to limit the exports of certain rare earths just days ago. i think she really wants as she said to get communications open. we are trading a lot with china, china depends on the us, us depends on china but at the same time, security and geopolitical interests are coming into conflict. i would say it is a little bit like good cop bad cop, blinken being the bad cop and now yellen going in as the good cop trying to say, "look, we have a lot in common, let's see what we can do together," but boy, back home in the united states, both the democrats and the republicans are bashing on china, trump put in tariffs on hundreds of billions of chinese goods and president biden, who has reversed every trump policy he can, has kept that one. but despite those cooling tensions, the trade between the two have actually been growing but of course just ahead of her visit, beijing announcing those export controls on rare metals, also intr

the us secretary of state, antony blinken, was deeply critical of russia's decision not to renew thel. the bottom line is it's unconscionable. it should not happen. this should be restored as quickly as possible and i hope that every country is watching this very closely. they will see that russia is responsible for denying food to people who desperately need it around the world, and to contribute to rising prices at a time when many countries continue to experience very difficult inflation. let's speak to nikolay gorbachov, president of the ukrainian grain association, who is in kyiv. what's the situation now from your perspective? will you try to continue exporting? hello. thank you for this opportunity. i would like to say to all of the western world thanks from all of the western world thanks from all ukrainians. yes, we can continue to export but unfortunately the price of logistics is three times higher than before when we used our port before the war. even with the green deal that worked over the past year, it was very expensive and logistically. during one year we sent about

things were looking positive when secretary of state antony blinken met president xi jinping last monthnearly five years. but then just a day later, presidentjoe biden referred to the chinese leader as a dictator at a fundraising event in california. well, there's another big us trip planned this week, us treasury secretary janet yellen is to visit beijing. the treasury said it would be a visit to discuss the importance for both sides to "responsibly manage the relationship and work together to address global challenges". 0ur asia business reporter monica miller explains. the two sides have a lot to discuss, including us concerns about a new chinese counterespionage law that went into effect on the 1st ofjuly. now the us says american and other foreign companies in the country could face penalties from chinese authorities for regular business activities. now, janet yellen is also expected to meet with china's new economic team, and she is expected to press upon them that washington is still committed to defending human rights and its own national security interests. but she has to strad

us secretary of state antony blinken also denounced these actions.e are very closely monitoring the situation and developments in niger. i spoke with president bazoum this morning and made clear that the united states resolutely supports him as the democratically elected president of niger. we call for his immediate release. we condemn any effort to seize power by force. our reporter camilla mills is following the latest. tell us more about what happened on wednesday? we started happened on wednesday? - started to hear rumours early on wednesday there was this potential coup happening. this is because the parliamentary guards had blockaded the presidential palace and also a few key ministries. later on, this prompted crouch to come out in the capital onto the streets. that is significant because president bazoum, he was democratically elected in 2021. then there were shots fired by the presidential guards to try and break up these crowds. the former president and former leaders try to hold talks to negotiate and to try and de—escalate the situation,

she is the second high—level us cabinet member to do so — after secretary of state antony blinken�*s weeks ago. but her trip also comes after beijing moved to limit the exports of certain rare earths just days ago. earlier, i spoke with harvard economic professor kenneth rogoff, who explained what we can expect. i think she really wants, as she said, to get communications open. we are trading a lot with china. china depends on the us. us dependence on china, but at the same time, security and geopolitical interests are coming into conflict. i would say that it is a little bit like good cop bad cop. and going in as the good cop trying to say, look, we have a lot in common, let's see what we can do together. but back home in the united states, both the democrats and the republicans are bashing on china. trump put in hundreds of billions of chinese goods and president biden, who has reversed every trump posse he can has kept that one. trump posse he can has kept that one-— that one. despite those contentions _ that one. despite those contentions to - that one. despite those contentions

just two weeks after secretary of state antony blinken went to beijing, and he met with president xijinpingstarted to kind of ease, that tension. but shortly after that meeting, president biden was overheard at a fundraiser calling president xijinping a dictator, and it's kind of tarnished what good will was done. however, a lot of people are looking at the economic side of their relationship, to get it back on the right track between these two countries. the boss of wh smith has said he is focussing on opening shops in airports and train stations in the us and europe, rather than in its traditional uk high street base. chris cowling said that wh smith's biggest growth market is the us where it has captured about 12% of the retail market in airports. he spoke to our world service marketplace reporter, leanna byrne. we opened our first store at euston station in london, back at the beginning of the 19th century. so we've had stores in travel for 180 years, and one of the first ever airport stores was heathrow. and we had we had a store at heathrow airport back 85 years ago. and we've always

the uk's foreign office has condemned in the strongest possible ..he us secretary of state antony blinkenned what he called the french foreign minister denounced all attacks to take power by force. in a post on social media, the president mohamed bazoum said not to accept the... our... the soldiers are believed to be members _ our... the soldiers are believed to be members of — our... the soldiers are believed to be members of the _ our... the soldiers are believed to be members of the presidential i our... the soldiers are believed to i be members of the presidential guard but they appear to be a kind of division between the soldiers and the larger military and as we speak right now in niger, in the capital, the streets are deserted and the situation remains uncertain. as the leadership of the military who are supposed to be in charge has not been announced at the moment. but the original block and the leadership has deployed immediate mediation between the groups, especially those that have announced the coup last night and people are waiting and watching to see what the outcome could b

first i sit down with the secretary of state antony blinken. i ask him about america's standing in the world and its biggest challenges abroad. russia -- >> in terms of what russia sought to achieve, they've already failed and lost. >>> and china. and then an interview with ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy. we talk about the counter offensive. is it as slow going as it seems? and why? and what does kyiv need from the west to speed it up? >>> but first, here is my take. when i speak to people about right wing populism these days i notice that many tend to believe that it is old news. populist leaders cantured the world's attention in 2016 with the brexit referendum and later that year with donald trump's election victory. now 7 years later, many seem to feel it is past its prime. trump was defeated in 2020 and under indictment. brexit has been a messy failurement a majority of britains regret it passed. but wild some heroes and causes have been battered, the core appeal of the movements persist and has gained ground in recent months. cons

official telling cnn that of course they are concerned, although officially antony blinken is saying it shouldn't affect things. i think the concern is that this will be used by russia to sort of raise the price to higher price. and i've been looking at the russia media, and there is almost no coverage at all of this which sort of makes you feel like they are waiting for a signal from the kremlin as to how they will handle this, how they will spin this. i think the other concern for the u.s. will be that they will try to use this to reinforce the rhetoric that the u.s. is somehow complicit in this conflict in ukraine. >> clare, thank you. >>> one person dead and several others injured after a major fire broke out on a cargo ship off the coast of the netherlands. it happened on board the free mantle oig hhighway, a vehicle carrier. boats and helicopters were used to evacuate the crew members. >>> still to come, police finish searching the hoechlt me of the suspected gilgo beach killer. >>> and the federal reserve will announce its decision on interest rates today. we'll see what wall

secretary of state antony blinken talked about this overnight.n. >> our security partnership continues on the continuation of the governance and constitutional order that's been disrupted by the actions in the last few days. so that support is in clear jeopardy as a result of these actions, which is another reason why they need to be immediately reversed. >> wasn't thing i should note is experts told cnn this is a really tricky spot for the united states because it's such a key partner there in that region. they have been democracy over the last few years. the u.s. provided hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance to that country. and there are about a thousand troops who are assisting in counterterrorism efforts there. the u.s. were to cut assistance, there are concerns that those efforts could suffer. we could see groups like the wagner group come in to try to take advantage. we have seen the head of that group try to take advantage. he's blamed it on the west. so the u.s. is concerned they could exploit it, but they have had no role thus