you have been listening to| the us's diplomat antony blinken at the us's diplomat antony blinken at theons as well as a hostage release deal. ijust want to recap some of what we had. we started listening in when he was talking about a two state solution, something the us has been pushing for. he said the strongest rebuke to iran and hamas would be a two state solution, the realisation of a palestinian state because that is something they do not want. hamas rejects israel's right to exist as a state and so antony blinken is saying that that two state solution is something they should push for. that is something netanyahu has not been open to. he has also talked about calm in gaza is the way he put it and the realisation of a palestinian state being two macro conditions for a peaceful future there. he is also talked about israeli saudi normalisation is something he is hoping for. significant as well, we didn't listen to this but this is before we dipped in, he did say he had not seen a plan from israel on a rafah offensive that protects civilians, thatis offensive that protects civilians,

german chancellor olaf scholz also went, where he also called for pressure on moscow, but about blinken. during his visit, he spoke a lot about challenges and consequences, and called russia the biggest threat to european security. the americans have evidence that china has dramatically increased its sales of microelectronics and other technologies to russia. moscow uses them for the production of missiles, tanks, planes and other weapons for the war against ukraine. and that's anthony blinken. told the bbc in an exclusive interview: you are asking beijing to stop supplying moscow with components that russia is using in the invasion of ukraine, you have asked them to do this before, what makes you think they will listen to you this time? let's be clear about what is and isn't happening, what isn't happening is china giving russia weapons to use in ukraine. at the very beginning of russian aggression, we made it clear to china that this was unacceptable, and we haven't seen him do that. russia receives weapons from other countries, from north korea, from iran, but some chinese enterprise

blinken: similarly, i think all my colleagues are united in believing this. for the united states, for all the members of nato, none of us could have hoped for a greater champion for this alliance. than vin stoltenberg. no one could have done a better job of holding us together when others were trying to divide us. no one could have done a better job really carrying the alliance forward. and we've all said it in different ways at different times but it always bears repeating, we're so grateful for your leadership. thank you. i also want to thank all of the permanent representatives from the alliance countries and the work that you're doing every single day with your teams to really move forward the work of the alliance. none of this happens by itself. none of it's automatic. it's because of the day-in, day-out work that you're doing to lead our alliance forward. now, i am really pleased that we're here when we're renaming the conference room of the u.s. mission to nato for secretary albright. she was, for so many of us, a real mentor as well as a friend, a su

there are a lot of things they need to discuss as blinken visits china.ederal communications commission has reinstated net neutrality rules that gives it oversight of broadband internet. net neutrality refers to the idea that internet service providers should offer access to all content regardless of the source. they were repealed during the trump era in 2017, because they blocked innovation and led to a decline in industry investments. under the restored rules, it has now barred chinese telecom companies from offering broadband services in the us due to national security concerns. sticking with china, the country's largest auto show has kicked off in beijing, with car—makers showing off their latest electric vehicles. china is currently the world's biggest car market and the world's biggest car exporter, and has seen stiff competition over the past year especially amongst domestic players. i spoke with auto analyst bill russo, who gave us his outlook for the chinese car market. we can see from it so far, the continuation on focus on electrification with

secretary anthony blinken _ sovereign nation. secretary anthony blinken said - sovereign nation.aid there| sovereign nation. secretary - anthony blinken said there was progress. i want to see if there is room for progress. he noted some areas, like stopping supplies of fentinyl to the us. is there room for co—operation between the two countries? specifically where do you point to? �* , specifically where do you point to? �*, ., , specifically where do you point to? �* , ., , , specifically where do you point to? , to? there's always been room for co-operation, _ to? there's always been room for co-operation, fentinyl- to? there's always been room for co-operation, fentinyl is l to? there's always been room for co-operation, fentinyl is a j for co—operation, fentinyl is a good example. there's been some minor progress where china and us have worked together to limit the importation and the chemicals used from china to the united states. i sit on the china committee in congress. we released a report that said 96% of tentanyl precursors, the chemicals to construct, manufacture this

a record shop was mr blinken�*s final stop.lor swift can help forge cross—cultural ties. this trip has not dealt with the two sides�* differences. they've merely talked about them, and real risks remain in this fragile relationship, which mr blinken described as the most consequential in the world. laura bicker, bbc news, beijing. for more on the chinese foriegn minister's comments and the us—china relationship, i spoke to massachusetts congressman seth moulton. congressman moulton also sits on the house select committee on china. thank you for taking the time. chinese foreign minister wang yi was frank in his public remarks alongside secretary blinken. he said the relationship is risking can a down ward spiral. do you agree? i do, because china's talking about invading a democratic ally of the united states. as long as xi jinping says he will take taiwan by force, there's a real chance that our relationship goes down hill. to what extent, though, is the us testing boundaries? we heard also from wang yi, saying the us needs to

this secretary blinken's trip? this is more about _ secretary blinken's trip?blinken's trip? ti 3 is more about america than china and it isn't for nothing that both janet yellen and blinken have come to china and not visits on the other direction. the americans really want from china some kind of win, something they can credibly sell, as it were, back home, in america, in the run—up to the elections in november. and the chinese actually do not have very much that they want from the americans that the americans are possibly willing to give. so i think we will see very little progress, actually, coming out of the talks, particularly not in public. we will probably see some kind of concessions about overcapacity, chinese industrial overcapacity, particularly steel and aluminium. and some kind of chinese understanding of that issue. but not very much more. the chinese have a long list of things they would like but they know the americans are never going to budge on any of these issues. indeed. their stances on big issues like russia, taiwan, tiktok, and they haven

us secretary of state blinken paid a three-day visit to china this week.d german chancellor olaf scholz without ceremony, red carpet fanfare, like scholz, blinken demanded that china stop supporting russia, because like... scholz, the pompous blinken, came to put pressure on china and set conditions. in the celestial empire they know how to behave with such people. it is clear that the us secretary of state left beijing with nothing, and china, as if in mockery during blinken’s visit, demonstrated its economic power. how once in those days, an international auto show was held in beijing, china, which had already overtaken everyone in the production and sale of cars in the world, presented developments that had never been dreamed of. from china, our correspondent, alexander baletsky. for the state department chief, this round of us-chinese negotiations did not become a diplomatic breakthrough. after all, blinken flew with the firm intention that beijing would put the squeeze on him, which is probably why he went to the basketball match first, to get ready f

mr blinken is likely discuss for — moment? mr blinken is likely discuss for points, _ moment?moment? mr blinken is likely discuss for points, the first i discuss for points, the first one is the us seriously considers sanctions of chinese banks involved in supporting russia's military industrial complex, the second one is the us recently restarted the 301 trade investigation on chinese steel, illumine shipbuilding and logistics sector so the tariffs imposed on chinese goods faces an escalation stopping the third point is the continued conversation on chinese overcapacity in the eb capacity, sector is considered vital to the us domestic economic success. the last point is certainly on taiwan with the looming inauguration of the incoming taiwanese president, the us wants to seek a broader understanding of measures to prevent a potential escalation across the taiwan strait. �* , . ., ., strait. it's quite clear what the american _ strait. it's quite clear what the american agendas - strait. it's quite clear what the american agendas you | strait. it's quite clear what - the ameri

the us secretary of state antony blinken arrives in china as washington steps up aid for its allies in the region. and runaway horses tear through london — smashing into vehicles and leaving four people injured. hello. we begin in the us, where police have clashed with pro—palestinian demonstrators as a wave of protests intensifies at university campuses across the country. skirmishes broke out between protestors and police at the university of southern california in los angeles. we'll hear from our reporter there in a moment. at the university of texas in austin, the governor sent in state troopers in riot gear to confront demonstrators who waved palestinian flags and chanted "free palestine". these demonstrations have spread since the arrest last week of more than 100 protesters at columbia univerity in new york — sparking debates about free speech and the right to protest. the us speaker of the house mikejohnson visited columbia university on wednesday. he accused administrators of failing to protectjewish students from what he describes as "virulent antisemitism". much of his speec

america's top diplomat antony blinken has arrived in saudia arabia at the start of a new trip to theiddle east. he's also expected to visitjordan and israel. israel's military says aid deliveries into gaza will increase in the coming days, as the un warns that palestinians are facing "catastrophic hunger". the israel defense force chief spokesperson daniel hagari says aid going into gaza has increased in recent weeks. let's listen to what he said. over the last few weeks, the amount of humanitarian aid going into gaza has significantly increased. in the coming days, the amount of aid going into gaza will continue to scale up even more. food, water, medicalsupplies, shelter equipment and other aid. more of it is going into gaza than ever before. live tojerusalem and our middle east correspondent yolande knell. it is good to have you, yolande, what do we know about these negotiations are so far? 50. what do we know about these negotiations are so far? so, there does seem _ negotiations are so far? so, there does seem to _ negotiations are so far? so, there does seem to have _ negotiati

but blinken's threats to impose sanctions against beijing for military-technical issues. cooperationith moscow greatly spoiled the impressions. the prc leadership made it clear that this is not how things are done with beijing. alexander has all the details balitsky. blinken, of course, wanted to talk about the results of the negotiations in the status of a winner, but it was not possible to win beijing over to his side during his 3-day stay; they even wrote particularly gloating ones. the secretary of state was furious, threw a tantrum, maybe they embellished it, but not too much; before leaving for the airport, the chief of the state department dumped a new batch of threats on the chinese for theirs. agreement to support moscow in the ukrainian conflict. on the us side, we have already imposed sanctions against more than a hundred chinese legal entities, export controls, and so on. and we fully ready to act and take new measures. new measures mean new sanctions and harsh pressure, but a couple of hours before, blinken was still courteous and even polite, shaking hands with the head

secretary blinken brought it up last year. they started a working committee on fentanyl to get to the bottom of it which is the chinese communist party's where blowing off the administration and a year later as blinken meets with chinese officials there's been no real progress. david: well, i believe we got stuck, video got stuck. there we go. finish your thought. having trouble with your audio. >> comical precursors to the united states. david: i just want to try, you are breaking up a little bit. the issue of iran. i encourage china to use its influence to discourage iran at its proxies from discouraging the conflict in the middle east. is that going to affect iran's behavior? >> no. what we've seen is the influence china has exerted in the middle east is to make sure their own ships have free passage. the houthis are the terrorist group doing a lot of these attacks against civilian and military ships in the red sea. the houthis are allowing russian and -- attacking european and western ships. china has exuded influence in t

it may be a difficult and tricky conversation for antony blinken to have.the other major issues they will have to discuss, you heard about taiwan, that is a redline for china, one of the issues that they will not budge on. they believe the self—governing island is part of the mainland and they will not be pushed as they say by the united states of that. they also say the united states is building an alliance in the region to try and counter china. that's another area where the two sides completely differ. ., ~' , ., , . let's speak to william courtney — a former us ambassador — who is an adjunct senior fellow at the rand think—tank. good to have you on the programme. listening in there, there's an awful lot at stake here as far as the strip is concerned. give us your take on the trip? than concerned. give us your take on the tri? �* ., concerned. give us your take on thetri?�* ., , the trip? an important part is our the trip? an important part is your correspondent _ the trip? an important part is| your correspondent mentioned the trip? an important part is

anthony blinken is walking toward the microphone right now. his first comments since what appears to be some kind of a dsp military strike. >> good afternoon, everyone is a great pleasure to be here in capri, italy, and i want to begin by thanking our hosts prime minister maloney my friend and colleague, pharmacy honey for not only their wonderful hospitality, but also the remarkable leadership the g7 is, in many ways a steering committee for the world's most advanced democracies. >> and we emerge from this meeting of foreign ministers more united than ever, more united and facing critical challenges that why before the international community including russia's aggression against ukraine the conflict in the middle east as well the importance of sustaining supporting a free and open indo-pacific these and many other subjects were the focus of our conversations over the last two days, which i found to be extremely productive again, what strikes me the most and you can really see this over the last three years is the extraordinary convergence in

joe biden, antony blinken and this gandthe sky kirby immediatt to the microphone and i think blinkenrope for a nato meeting trashing israel. trashing israel for something they did not mean to happen. they apologize for it on independently investigat investd biden said in part this an outrage and heartbroken by the deaths of seven humanitarian workers from world central kitchen including one american in gaza yesterday. they were providing food to hundreds of civilians the middle of a warbird they were brave and selfless their deaths are a tragedy but he goes on later even more tragically this is not a stand-alone incident for this conflict is one of the one the worst in recent memory in terms of how many aid workers have been killed for this is a major reason why distribute humanitarian aid in gaza has been so difficult. israel is not done enough to protect aid workers trying to deliver desperately needed help to civilians. incidents like yesterday sibley should not happen for it israel has also not that enough to protect civilians. the united states has repeatedly urged israel to de-

this is something that blinken will try to make an argument for. will both be effective is making arguments that european countries see this as threatening, cedars china supporting russia, china is trying to walk a fine line and as a result that is something that we might see some progress on. w' , that we might see some progress on. a , ., ., that we might see some progress on, . " , ., ., ., " on. picking up on that, walking a fine line. _ on. picking up on that, walking a fine line, the _ on. picking up on that, walking a fine line, the us _ on. picking up on that, walking a fine line, the us under - a fine line, the us under president biden is trying to sever particular economic ties, he discussed the geopolitical aspect of this but economically president biden is trying to protect american interests. this is a fine line up for the us and for antony blinken to walk. will he be successful on this troop? fin walk. will he be successful on this tram»?— walk. will he be successful on this heap?— this troop? on the trade front i think this troop? on

and that and some of that will be because of pressure from blinken and david cameron and others. on how do we ensure that this doesn't become a wider political battle, drawing in trump and others in a way that would actually make it would escalate the situation. but also, how do we ensure it doesn't escalate across the border into lebanon and more widely in the middle east? they want to get that aid in. they want to get those hostages out. and they want to get back to a conversation about a political horizon. there are extremists in that israeli cabinet and extremists and hamas who just want to bury the two state solution for good. and i'm pretty certain that anthony blinken and david cameron will do everything they can to stop that. tom fletcher. live pictures from the podium setup, we will hear from david live pictures from the podium setup, we will hearfrom david cameron live pictures from the podium setup, we will hear from david cameron and antony blinken, life here on bbc news. ., ., , ., , news. one of the worst miscarriages of “ustice news. one of the worst miscarriages o

antony blinken, us secretary of state | blinken, us secretary of state heading back to the region, heat least five times since the october the 7th attacks, what is the october the 7th attacks, what is the thinking he might be able to achieve with this latest visit because we know there is pressure for the us to put more pressure on qatar who have an influence over hamas, so what is it hope he can achieve? ~ . , , ., achieve? well, the leadership of hamas, achieve? well, the leadership of hamas. some — achieve? well, the leadership of hamas, some of _ achieve? well, the leadership of hamas, some of them _ achieve? well, the leadership of hamas, some of them that - achieve? well, the leadership of hamas, some of them that are l achieve? well, the leadership of i hamas, some of them that are not achieve? well, the leadership of - hamas, some of them that are not in gaza, they are based in qatar. in the last week or so, qatar said they didn't really want to continue in that important mediating role they have had, they said there was not necessarily a great deal of benefit to that and that

blinken: is not what we expect from them. their profound concerns about the action stays enterprises are taking to support russia's defense industrial base -- it is not what we expect from them. it is their phone concerns about the actions that chinese enterprises are taking to support russia's defense industrial base because this goes not only to the immediate threat posed by russia and it's aggression against ukraine it goes to a medium and long-term threat that many europeans feel viscerally that russia potentially poses to them. what i heard in my conversations last week at the g7 meeting before that, and nato come up with a shared concern about this. i had detailed conversations with a number of european leaders about their concerns including president macron of france, german counterparts, british, italian, many others. and i think all of us are looking to china to take steps to curb this action. end of your own so, as i said, looking at the actions that are fully prepared to take if we don't see a change. and we are al

antony blinken is in china in a bid to reduce tensions between the two countries. an appeals court overturns the rape description of disgraced former hollywood producer harvey weinstein, ordering a new trial. humanitarian groups warn of worsening conditions inside gaza as the us military begins construction of a temporary pier to boost aid deliveries. hello. i'm carl nasman. us secretary of state antony blinken is meeting china's foreign minister in beijing as part of a trip aimed at reducing tensions between the two countries. blinken and wang yi are expected to discuss taiwan, russia's invasion of ukraine and restoring connections between the us and chinese militaries. on thursday, blinken spoke about the importance of direct engagement, saying china and the us must resolve their differences responsibly. although tensions have eased between the two nations since last year, disagreements on issues such as trade and security remain. he opened friday's meeting asking mr blinken whether the china—us relationship would involve international cooperation or rivalry and

blinken is expected to discuss a range of issues, including china's support for russia. the us says china is helping russia's military efforts in ukraine. after a chinese spy balloon flew over us territory. new disputes related to taiwan have also arisen. then xidin ping held face-to-face negotiations with us president joe biden in san francisco last november , but the us continues to put pressure on beijing, introducing sanctions against chinese firms that supply products to russia and introducing new restrictions. on microchip exports, the us state department says china is supporting the russian war machine by supplying machine tools, computer chips, optics, drones and cruise missile technology. washington continues to say it is deeply concerned about china's military support for russia. how much can the us put pressure on china on this issue? the us government is developing sanctions against several chinese banks. it would give a lot of leverage to the american side because it's really a very... powerful tool to punish the chinese economy, i'm skeptical, and whether i

yes, and that's why when antony blinken met| that's why when antony blinken met the shanghai party chiefesn't mean they will be taking a backward step on the serious issues but both sides hope you can set some guardrails and draw some lines, and thereby understand each other�*s limits and get on with cooperating in areas where they can cooperate. climate change, combating the global trade in narcotics, there are many areas where they feel they can cooperate with one another and with things like trade you can work out where each of the stands and at least set up some sort of certainty rather than the years in the freezer which we had where there were no meetings like this, no high—level discussions at all. meetings like this, no high-level discussions at all.— around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. labour says it expects to renationalise most passenger rail services within five years, if it is elected. rail services in the uk have come in forfrequent criticism in recent years, due to rising fares, cancellations and strikes all affecting passenger satisfaction. louise haigh

we will shortly hear from antony blinken, who is due to be speaking soon.ion in the middle east? it's your questions answered in 30 minutes. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. welcome to bbc news now. world leaders are calling for restraint on all sides after an apparent israeli air strike on iran. the g7 foreign ministers meeting in italy have urged all parties to work against any further escalation. where expecting to hear from the us secretary of state antony blinken any moment now. that is the same life as we wait for the secretary of state, antony blinken, to deliver remarks in the italian city of capri. two us officials have confirmed to our broadcast partner cbs news that it was an israeli attack. state television in iran reported explosions near an army

it's not antony blinken�*s first visit to china, we saw him last month.ce—to—face meeting with president biden as well as in the california area. what the administration is doing is counter china economically without wrangling the relationship. the administration has worked on bettering the relationship from a multi—decade lowjust about one year ago. there are a few different fronts where they are casting some chinese actions as being of national security concerns of the us. we've seen this debate around tick—tock and chinese parent company, but things like energy exports, like solar panels, electric vehicles, batteries. china also in the us is trying to contain its progress. meanwhile, we see meetings face—to—face trying to focus on more cooperation. some of the areas they can work together, meetings about artificial intelligence, student studying in one country or the other. these other things we see, face—to—face, but there is a big national security and economic comparative year that the biden administration is trying to push. tensions are at a level

a record shop was mr blinken�*s final stop.t can help forge cross—cultural ties. this trip has not dealt with the two sides�* differences. they�*ve merely talked about them. and real risks remain in this fragile relationship, which mr blinken described as the most consequential in the world. laura bicker, bbc news, beijing. the chinese foreign minister said in his remarks that the relationship was risking can a down ward what trajectory. do you agree? i down ward what tra'ectory. do you agreevh you agree? i do. china's talkin: you agree? i do. china's talking about _ you agree? i do. china's talking about invading . you agree? i do. china's i talking about invading the united states. as long as he says he�*s going to take over taiwan but force, there is a real chance our relationship goes down hill. to what extent is the us testing boundaries? we hevered from wang yi saying the us needs to be careful not to step on china�*s red lines. we saw this massive wave of sanctions, technology export bans by the us. we know there is incr

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secretary antony blinken is in the reuion. make? secretary antony blinken is in the region.he region. that is _ make? secretary antony blinken is in the region. that is very _ make? secretary antony blinken is in the region. that is very important. i the region. that is very important. the convention in riyadh, the world economic forum is an important venue. there are many things to be discussed between the countries. gaza being one of them, normalisation with saudi arabia being another. but i hope that the message that will come from saudi arabia to hamas and the countries that can influence her mass will be to push to agree with eim a hostage deal on the table so that there can be a ceasefire. i heard your correspondent before. americans will have the impact of whether or not israel goes into gaza is her mass. they have been preventing hostage deals so far. hopefully he will agree to the terms on the table and there will be a ceasefire and israel will not need to go into rafah. d0 will not need to go into rafah. do ou will not need to go into rafah. do you think that will

that is antony blinken talking in beijing | antony blinken talking in beijing after his talks with presidentna and the us would hold their first talks on artificial intelligence. we will have more on that. stay with us here on bbc news. big tech to the rescue. microsoft — and google owner, alphabet — bank bumper profits from al, easing frazzled nerves on wall street. and a double whammy on the us economy. growth slows sharply. but inflationjumps — dashing hopes of interest rate cuts from the federal reserve. welcome to world business report, i'm tadhg enright. we start with big tech — and what a difference a day makes! this time yesterday, meta — the owner of facebook, instagram and whatsapp — rattled wall street with disappointing forecasts — making it clear that the billions its spending on artificial intelligence could take years to pay off. well, new updates from two more tech giants have calmed those nerves. microsoft — now the world's most valuable company — and alphabet — which owns google — have both seen their profits jump thanks to excitement about the potential of artificial intel

i believe it was echoed by secretary blinken in terms of- secretary blinken in terms of support for alljordanot a war going on to move goods in and out of gaza for that one of my former governmentjobs was working closely on that with both israelis and palestinians. i know how difficult it is. but it still is a key responsibility obligation and the right thing to do for israel. and israel needs to maximise all the humanitarian aid they can get into gaza. a . humanitarian aid they can get into gaza. a, . ., , humanitarian aid they can get into gaza. a, . . , ., humanitarian aid they can get into gaza. a, . . , . ., gaza. mara rudman, very gratefulfor our time. gaza. mara rudman, very gratefulfor your time. thank _ gaza. mara rudman, very gratefulfor your time. thank you _ gaza. mara rudman, very gratefulfor your time. thank you very _ gaza. mara rudman, very gratefulfor your time. thank you very much. - the scroll says plato a key figure in the history of wetern philosophy listened to flute music on his final evening. using artificial intelligence sciences are piecing together the text that was

secretary of state antony blinken meeting with president xi jinping today of china. final day of the visit there secretary blinken stressed the need to avoid misunderstandings, while president xi brought up the importance of china's economic growth and stressing that the way china grows matters. this as the u.s. and china are walking a fine line between cooperation and competition as disputes grow over trade, geopolitics. so let's bring in our experts to discuss where things stand and where they might go from here. joining us now is the managing director of long view global, and nicholas lardy is a senior fellow at the peterson institute for international economics. nicholas -- or nick, may i call you? welcome to both of you, but nick, it seems the u.s. is trying very hard to thread a needle between actions that are meant to be corrected or encouraging or punitive, and language that is meant to be conciliatory can they do that >> well, i think so far the administration has been able to do that. they're very tough on the economic front, tighter and tighter sanctions.

will have with his counterpart. find antony blinken will have with his counterpart-— antony blinken willok. the _ counterpart. and they will be talk about tiktok. the us _ counterpart. and they will be talk about tiktok. the us is _ counterpart. and they will be talk about tiktok. the us is trying - counterpart. and they will be talk about tiktok. the us is trying to | about tiktok. the us is trying to get the chinese company behind tiktok to sell up. i suppose it is a sign of the distrust isn't dead, that there is, and we also had the increased attention because of that chinese spy balloon which was shot down, wasn't it, over the us? in terms of the tiktok side of things, how much of that is an issue on the chinese side? it how much of that is an issue on the chinese side?— chinese side? it is a very important issue, chinese side? it is a very important issue. given _ chinese side? it is a very important issue, given that _ chinese side? it is a very important issue, given that tiktok _ chinese side? it is a very important issue, given that tiktok is - chinese side? it is a very importa

blinken will be about the war in ukraine.ning really from the americans to the chinese, urging them to curb what the u.s. as is the export of machine tools, of microchips that they say russia is using to build weapons for its war in ukraine. they want the chinese to stop exporting those components. secretary blinken has called china the primary contributor to russia's military industrial base when it comes to the war in ukraine. so a warning there. the chinese have already countered this, hit back, calling it a groundless accusation first of all, also saying the americans are being hypocritical. it was only days before mr. blinken flew to china that congress passed the multibillion-dollar package of relief and lethal assistance for the ukrainians. that is why china says this is effectively american hypocrisy. what's going on with the chinese here i think is they are pushing back at the americans. they say that washington is trying to contain them commercially, trying to encircle them geopolitically. the american say, well, th

blinken said. as the allies in vilnius declared, ukraine will be a member of nato.ion is whether there is a good and a clear road map to reach this conclusion. and i believe that the nato summit, before its 75th anniversary, will really focus very specifically on how we can create that road map, or to use another image, the necessary bridge that will enable. ukraine to become a member of nato. mr. volodymyr, what kind of bridge, as blinken put it, can it be between the alliance and ukraine? well, you know, mr. serhiy, this is already a little, uh, different from the, well, in principle, not very, not very pro-ukrainian position that the united states of america took during of the previous vilnius summit, because actually they and... with germany blocked the very idea of ​​inviting ukraine before the start of the negotiations, this could be some sort of half-step forward, that is , it is obvious that there will be no invitation, so i think that the question you asked our dear tv viewers, of course, you can answer now. negatively , unfortunately, why this is happening

of course a lot more on a website about secretary blinken�*s trip to china.s slowed to 1.6 in the month of april. this comesjust slowed to 1.6 in the month of april. this comes just ahead slowed to 1.6 in the month of april. this comesjust ahead of the country's central bank's latest review of its monetary policy due out later today. no changes expected even though the currency, the yen, has seen further weakening recently. i spoke to william pesek who explained what is going on in japan. the economy is about, nikkei is going gangbusters, this year. japan is experiencing a big influx of tourism, then you have the japanese yen which we are beginning to call the japanese peso in passing. again, it's quite a split screen. in many ways, global investors are looking at the eerie silence from tokyo. we are seeing the ministry of finance, we're seeing the bank ofjapan make some noises about how we don't like the yen weakening so much, but there's been no official action, and there's been this kind of balancing act i think. on the one hand japanese officials are keep

i want to go back to our top story and antony blinken's visit top story and antony blinken's visit to house, ben bland. when we look at the week as a whole, what do you make of it? it’s when we look at the week as a whole, what do you make of it?— what do you make of it? it's been a tositive what do you make of it? it's been a positive sign _ what do you make of it? it's been a positive sign on _ what do you make of it? it's been a positive sign on the _ what do you make of it? it's been a positive sign on the stabilisation i positive sign on the stabilisation of the relationship in the short term between the us and china, it is good that they are talking and talking about substantive problems and many differences as laura was saying. the problem is, they didn't make much substantive progress. there wasn't an expectation of that, but you are looking at two great powers who are at loggerheads on so many important issues and they are not going to resolve them in one meeting or one set of meeting. tactically it is probably good for both sides to dial down the temperature in the short ter

i don't think blinken's words today are actually helpful.e a negotiator, you don't want this constant sideshow, you might say, going on, saying we want this or that. it impedes the work of the negotiators. caitriona: presumably, that would be the comments that hamas has to decide quickly on this. oliver: yes, because what i understand, as frank gardner referred to, there has been some concessions by the israelis. the fact that they are now talking, the refugees in the south of gaza to return north. there is a concession. the fact that they are considering removing their troops outside the boundaries of the gaza strip. that is a concession. i understand that the details of these concessions have to be negotiated. and it is very difficult for the egyptians and qataris to be engaged deeply in these negotiations if all the time you are having on the one hand netanyahu briefing that they will go into rafah, and on the other hand, blinken saying this is the most generous deal. it is putting the wrong sort of pressure, i think, on the negotiators b

a record shop was mr blinken�*s final stop.ps taylor swift can help forge cross—cultural ties. this trip has not dealt with the two sides�* differences. they've merely talked about them, and real risks remain in this fragile relationship, which mr blinken described as the most consequential in the world. laura bicker, bbc news, beijing. let's speak to political analyst, prof steve fish, at the university of california, berkeley. we are beginning to get a break now of exactly what ukraine will be receiving. how will this help?— will be receiving. how will this hel? ~ , ,., , this help? well, this is a very big break _ this help? well, this is a very big break in _ this help? well, this is a very big break in the _ this help? well, this is a very big break in the story, - this help? well, this is a very big break in the story, and i big break in the story, and what it says in the bigger picture is that donald trump is much stranglehold on the republican party's policy towards ukraine seems to have been broken. trump has been the

so mr blinken had that meeting with the president?ent? yeah, and you can see how important— the president? yeah, and you can see how important this _ the president? yeah, and you can see how important this visit _ the president? yeah, and you can see how important this visit is _ the president? yeah, and you can see how important this visit is that - the president? yeah, and you can see how important this visit is that the - how important this visit is that the us secretary of state has gone to the great hall of the people and met china's top leader to discuss the differences these two superpowers have. earlier, there words we got from both antony blinken and wang yi were very strong from both sides, making it pretty clear that they have these differences with one another. but many analysts would say it is good that they are having it out in the open, because the worst thing would be for these two countries to have some sort of misunderstanding, which in the words of wang yi could lead to a slide into conflict. what he means by that i

when we think back to the response of xi jinping to the last trip by blinken, he described to meetingvery good. he was quite optimistic or at least praise the developments the two sides intimate. while it is positive we do have these conversations between lincoln -- blinken and his various counterparts, the backdrop in the u.s. has made things more hawkish, we have seen warm intimate policies aimed at potentially curbing china, and it is hard to see the more optimistic, more positive response from xi jinping this time around if they do meet as expected. tom: thank you very much for breaking down the story around the u.s. and china. antony blinken meeting with his counterpart and potentially meeting with the chinese president later today. china's cleantech dominance is growing despite an all ensuring push from the west. our deep dive on the energy transition and those supply chains. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: china is manufacturing clean energy technology at a breakneck pace, driving down prices on everything from solar panels to lithium ion batteries. this is causing a he

as secretary blinken said, potentially a threat on europe as well.uaranteed to elicit response, a negative response, pressure from the united states. i think we can't expect them simply to change the subject from significant areas of friction and concentrate only on fulfilling their responsibilities. much that we want them to do that. they've got to tackle their fundamental differences on the way that china treats taiwan, the way it the philippines, and the way we deal with each other around the world. >> one of the areas where the has seemed to be progress, and antony blinken praised beijing's efforts clamping down on the trade in fentanyl. china the principal source of fentanyl in the u.s. that has been a huge issue of contents. -- of contention. >> that is true. these are precursor chemicals that have multiple uses, but have been so by chinese companies to drug cartels and use to create fentanyl that is killing so many americans. there are also areas in bilateral trade where the u.s. and china -- relations are flourishing. there's quite a bit goin

secretary of state antony blinken. we understand in the next couple of hours, secretary of state antony blinken is going to be holding a briefing. we understand to respond to the events of the last couple of hours and israel launching that attack on iran in response to what happened here. let's have a little listen in to see if we can hear anything. >> good morning everybody. we need to change the agenda this morning. >> okay, we are just hearing the it italian foreign minister speaking and we will be hearing from the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken who is there. we saw lord cameron as well. lord cameron was here early in the week. really advising, counseling israel. calling for restraint. rishi sunak was also on message with that. and joe biden who said take this as a win. see it as a success. we both of us have been looking at israelis saying this is the first time the americans, the brits, the french fought alongside the israelis to protect israel. >> it was extraordinary. that is what is trying to be impress