to the functioning of— said china post was a threat to the functioning of the _ said china post washe need for g7 democracies and boy, do we need them now. suzanne lynch, polly toynbee and isabel hilton, thank you all very much. excuse this, they were looking for intelligent life! that is the end of dateline london this week. we are back next week at the same time. hello. signs of a slightly different weather pattern heading away for next week, but for the time being this weekend we stick with that shower scene out there across the uk and it will feel rather cool at times in the breeze and in the cloudier moments, the cloud will increase through saturday at wimbledon, but optimistic it should stay dry for the bulk of the day, a few showers as we head into the evening. early doors showers for the cricket at edgbaston between england and india, but that will cause some interruptions, but later telling drier and brighter. at silverstone for the qualifying during the afternoon we will see the showers move in, which could make for interesting conditions, always a bit on the cool side. th

the threat they said china post— equate them.the for resilience, democracies, and boy do we need them now. suzanne lynch, isabel hilton, thank you very much. the excuse this. that's it for dateline london for this week. we are back the same time next week. hello. there'll be some decent sunny spells out there for a fair few of us at times this weekend, but always be on the lookout for the skies darkening, showers will never be too far away from the forecast throughout this weekend and there will be a cool breeze to go with it. temperatures down a little bit where we normally expect for this stage injuly. the bulk of today's rain is linked to this weather system here. it's linking across scotland at the moment in the far north and north west. this is where we'll continue to see the more persistent rain. this one here drifting through the midlands in the direction of east anglia and south east, producing showery bursts of rain, eventually reaching the south east into the evening but the bulk of the day remains dry. but where we sta

newspaper clippings like from july, 1st 19971 of the oldest english language papers here, the south china morning post ran the chinese characters for handover on the date, shyness hume control of hong kong from britain. there's also a press kit given to reporters who covered the hand over 25 years ago. proof of key events in hong kong past. now, under official dispute, you close head or why they tell you that one that happened said them, what will be changed after the hand over? they get the thought. the answer is very little. it is a historic document now one year they, we want to share these histories and values similarly, since they can hardly be found elsewhere in hong kong. the lexia fall emotionally, holland, the one that speakers begging is changing the narrative of hong kong past, which was under british colonial rule for a 150 years. now the government is amending middle school textbooks saying hong kong was never a bush colony because bridging didn't recognize the treaties that signed authorities. every move news clippings and books deemed as political dissent from public libraries. people f

. >>> china posting weaker than expected gdp. the slowest growth in more than two years. we are in beijing this morning with details >> reporter: the economy contracted in the second quarter from the previous quarter. that ekes out expansion from 0.4% but there is widespread skepticism that the condensate manage that. the main cause is the covid lockdown in cities like shanghai. but there is another concern on the horizon, the property sector. the debt problems, the real estate giant, ever grand, never went away. this is reflected in the numbers. there was a rare decline in june, straining growth and the financial sector. local media have been reporting something described as a mortgage strike movement and that is people are refusing to pay their mortgages for unfinished projects. so far about 100 across the country. regulator say they will work with local authorities to make sure the homes are delivered. banks have said the financial risks are controllable. however, homeowner problems are showing up in what china would consider to be very bad employment figures. the gove

g 's visit comes 2 years off the china and post a tough security law, allowing beijing to tighten. it's great on home and that said from me and that his team for now don't go away. up. next is stephen busy with the business news. pondering the question, what happens when a nuclear power country takes over the u presidency in the midst of an energy prices? i've got o f, as in berlin. ah, ah, every journey is full of surprises. we've got all out. you've used them one day and in the footsteps of the great hall and i'm in your northern most count to play a very much a line dw channel. your guy to the potential starts in germany, knew it recognizes where exactly it was fun and i have learned a lot our culture history, all their d. w. travel extremely worth a visit with ah, nuclear power gets a new look as europe scrambles for energy. countries like the czech republic say it's their best option to quickly replace russian fossil fuels and meet climate goals. what does the rest of europe agree or so on? the show more worried about food security as a major drought in italy threatens to wipe

fbi director christopher wray issued his starkest warning yet about the national security threat china posts to the west. speak ago long side his british counterpart in london, he said the chinese government poses an even more threat to western businesses than many sophisticated people realize. also raise the possibility that china may be inching closer to invading taiwan. not long after the two officials spoke, the u.s. national counterintelligence and security center made public an unclassified bulletin warning of a broad effort by china to influence state and local government officials in the u.s. the chinese embassy in washington did not respond to a request for comment. who dah make of this. this is in your realm of expertise. how seriously should we take these warnings and what should the united states be doing? >> so, these warnings we've been talking about for years. at least in my world. people who think about these threats from china and russia both domestically and internationally, the threats toward taiwan of course. what i see happening here is an innovation from the biden admin

. >> also new today, the south china morning post is reporting china is putting on a show of naval forceahead of nancy pelosi's possible taiwan visit. pelosi is expected to leave this weekend for a tour of asia. her trip became the subject of a reportedly tense call between president biden and chinese president xi jinping. and covid boosters are on the way for use this fall and winter. the white house has ordered 66 million doses of moderna's covid vaccine, and to 105 million pfizer boosters posters by the u.s. government, with one requirement that they are omicron specific. >> this contract follows a recommendation by the fda last month that vaccine manufacturers update their existing covid-19 vaccines to create a virulent booster that can target ba.4, ba.5, omicron subvariants, as we know is very transmissible. >> well the new vaccines will require fda and cdc approval. now for some more reporting. we have nbc's aly -- and moira -- is that the white house and liz -- is in bedford, new jersey. welcome. all will start with you ali. democrats are hard at work in both chambers. where did t

we first learned about this three months ago when the south china morning post reported that residentsuple of provinces in china were being denied access to their bank accounts due to a system upgrade, which is a one-off perhaps if you are using an atm, may be an annoyance, but now months on, cue the pitchforks and torches, this has been a real problem. as they often do in china, the government there has silenced dissent, using tanks to prevent locals from reaching their banks to get their money. in typical ccp fashion they are not just doing that, they are also telling people that you simply have to wait. the escalation continues, they are saying you simply cannot do that. the government says they are investigating illegal deposits that were made at select banks. but others are saying this is reminiscent of what happened at tiananmen square. something obviously we will have to keep a very close eye on. >> tucker: that's for sure. kevin corke, thanks so much for that. >> you bet. >> tucker: of the national basketball association, one of the most popular sports in the united states, act

but going further afield to look at certainly the camps of nationalist and communist china as well as camps. where in post-colonial africa and southeast asia and so on and aiden forth winning review was a review of darren byler's two books in the camps. china's high-tech penal colony and terror capitalism uieger dispossession and masculinity in a chinese city. i want to i want to quote from your review and have you expand on it a little bit though symbols of chinese totalitarianism uighur camps intersect in troubling ways with the colonial histories capitalist economies and security practices of the anglo-american west. yes, so i think that what's going on in china is on the one hand china is a totalitarian state, which is a placing certain minority populations under intense surveillance and scrutiny, but the practices happening in western china do map on to things that we see in in other empires and in other historical moments, and this is something that darren byler himself argues and it's something that i is sort of a historian of western empires could could certainly could could certainly sort of unde

china opens up significantly post-covid, that means demand for oil goes up.ans prices go up. these upward, spiraling prices of fossil fuels are exactly why we have to transition to a cln economy. my counterpart in ireland often says, no country hasver been held hostage to access to the sun or the wind. let's build our energy security, all of us, so we are not held hostage. >> we see what is happening in germany because of russia's invasion of ukraine. >> and the weaponization of nord stream. >> germans are being told they may have to ration energy. could that happen in the u.s.? >> i think the price of fuel is an impetus for individuals to make their own decisions about that. i do also know the president wants to focus on building out clean. we a not in the same position, obviously, as germany or other countries in the eu. we are blessed with an abundance of resources. >> you do not thinkmericans will ration energy? >> no. but i do know we want to work on the demand side of fossil fuel by providing clean energy alternatives. >> what do you think is the lesson

nor china in the post-readouts but the conversation comes as president biden is reportedly consideringresident trump's tariffs on imports to china in order to reduce inflation. some say rolling back on the tariffs will have a minimal effect. reducing inflation by a quarter of a percent at most. with today's gdp report showing a shrinking economy for the second consecutive quarter, there could be growing pressure to take action on tariffs, a move that beijing would likely welcome. jackie. jackie: thank you so much for that, lydia hu. joining us now for reaction fox business host larry kudlow. always great to see you. thank you so much for joining us tonight. talk about the possible trip, nancy pelosi considering going over to taiwan, in this phone call today, president xi saying you play with fire you get burned. that is not a warning to me, that is a threat. your thoughts? >> it may be a threat but we should not acknowledge that threat. nancy pelosi should go to taiwan. we should be backing taiwan to the hilt. we should be sending all manner arms, navy, air force, artillery, ground stu

also highlighting the challenge, allegedly post by china. a warning you may find the following footage disturbing. ah, hundreds of wounded and dozens killed, as crowds in morocco are repelled by moroccan and spanish law enforcement while trying to cross the countries border with watching the weekly here on our international line. peter scott's bringing the stories that shaped the week. but we start off with the developing story from russia, where multiple explosions have been reported in the city of belgrade, near the ukrainian border. the according to witnesses ad defend systems have been, are to for several hours. or several rockets have allegedly hit a number of residential buildings in the 50 emergency services are the scene with at least 3 people wounded and russian forces have taken control over the city of little chance. get caught in the guns, public military and most school reports in the area. and this is john was the last major stronghold of ukraine. you forces in the guns, republic, and a number of important administrative buildi

can't guarantee anything because, of course, oil is traded you know, china opens up significantly postr oil goes up and that means prices go up. but you know what? these upward, spiralling prices of fossil fuels are exactly why we have to transition to a clean economy, because, i mean, my counterpart in ireland, minister ryan, often says no country has ever been held hostage to access to the sun or access to the wind. so let's build our own energy security, all of us at home, so that we are not held hostage. but we see what's happening in germany because of russia's invasion of ukraine... and weaponisation of fuel. using fuel as a weapon, germans are being told that they may have to ration their energy. could that happen here in the united states? do you think you're going to have to tell americans to ration energy this winter? well, honestly, i think the price of fuels is an impetus to for individuals to make their own decisions about that. but i do also know the president really wants to focus on building out clean. and so not we're not in the same position, obviously, as germany or

china. so i really think that post can quick for the betterment of africa. all talking of resources while showing concerned about its interests being undermined. overseas washington is also becoming increasingly wary, and by china's growing influence not far from us borders, and it's all about lithium mining labeled. then you gold rush, picking up the story for our teeth. seems like the united states attraction with south america is not so much about the natural beauty above ground, but rather what's buried beneath it. when being hosted by aspen security for the commander of america south command made the following remarks. this region is so rich and our competitors and adversaries also know how rich in the resources that this region is 60 percent of the world's lithium is in the region about controlling those resources. you can let those goodies across the borders live away. evil morales, the former president of bolivia, says he was ousted by washington because they did not approve of his development plan. but the country's lithium resource in both in the co

china right now is trying really to destabilize politics in tokyo. a friend of mine who monitors social media in morocco noticed immediately after the assassination that they were getting postings from china about this, and inundating morocco's social media scene. >> that's really interesting. david, as we go to our next question, this is president biden right now. these are live pictures. he's at the japanese embassy and he is signing the condolence book there for former prime minister abe, and that leads me to my question, which is on the world stage we've seen him with joe biden when he was vice president, we saw him, of course, with president obama and then we saw him with president trump, and he seemed to have a great relationship with all of them, which is no easy needle to thread. so how do you explain that? >> well, the obama team was initially pretty suspicious of abe when he came in for his second time as prime minister in 2012. they viewed him as sort of a right wing figure who was not going to apologize for japan's actions in world war ii, and they were right about that. but they were able to build a much more constructive relationship with him and abe, himself, wor

rely on the post-soviet space, because china is a little further from russia, as far as tajikistan andkmenistan, the motto is the biggest, although the economy is also putin's first visit after the start of the war, and in my opinion, it speaks of the weakness of russian positions, and russia is becoming less and less because of uzbekistan, if you follow the positions according to the events of the carpathian fc, russia is becoming less, turkey is becoming more china, more countries and more, but in fact there are always fewer in russia, although there are more than enough agents of russian influence, the same in tajikistan because there gradually, but there is a noticeable increase in the possibility of rebooting the whole of tajikistan, the state of the taliban offensive, the offensive of internal forces, the combination of these offensives, and russian troops are stationed there. russia may lose its position in central asia altogether and cease to be there. the west will be india wings but russia will not be in the first league for her it will be an ordinary disaster the caspians th

support, as if it were the taliban, but after all, it needs to rely on some basis in the post-soviet space, because chinale further from russia, even tajikistan and turkmenistan, of course politics is more, although the economy is also this is putin's first visit after the start of the war, and it seems to me that it speaks of the weakness of russian positions and that russia is becoming less and less because from uzbekistan, if you follow the positions and events of fc carpathians, there is the fact that russia is becoming less than turkey is becoming more china, more territory and more, but in fact russia is constantly less, although agents of russian influence are still more than enough, the same in tajikistan, since the pace is gradually but noticeably increasing, the possibility of rebooting the whole of tajikistan , the state of the taliban offensive, the offensive of internal forces, the combination of these offensives and the russian troops standing there, russia can lose in general, the position in central asia and to stop being a key player there will mean that china will be there , turkey will

china then you have been most other jurisdictions. and also, you are kind of among the last places to have some sort of hope that you are getting to a post-pandemic normal. china seemed to be the first one coming out of covid, and then it got drawn back in partly because its particular way of fighting covid was to impose shut downs at the first sign of trouble, which is something that the other governments had moved away from. if we are getting back to it and more normal situation, that might allow for a sustained rally, or it might lead to a decision that, well, actually, the previous declines were more in line with where china's economy is going once matter stabilize. rishaad: garfield, i have to stop you, thank you so much. our filled rentals there, let's have a look at the hong kong convention center. chinese president xi jinping there, just walking in with who will be the new chief executive. this of course in the wake of the chinese president saying hong kong had been reborn since the last time five years ago. he is here for the 25th anniversary of chinese rule. there are always with hong kong, and going on to reiterate that one country, tw

of europe, russians are doing quite a good job at creating and moving towards a post-western foreign policy. certainly chinack in so many of their narratives, a so-called peaceful solution that effectively means ukraine ceding sovereignty to russia. most of the middle eastern countries with the exception of turkey and sometimes israel have been accommodating of russia's positions. and russia is strengthening ties right now in africa with key countries like congo, egypt, ethiopia. and in latin america too. russia's post policy has been much more successful than some may have thought. and their narratives too. the west is not countering them effectively. >> is europe having to face up to the fact it is operating a war economy? >> sorry, if i can respond to sam. i'm not convinced so wholeheartedly of the success of russian outreach. it speaks massive volumes in two recent sightings of putin. in iran, the sheer fact he was the one having to wafer president erdogan, where he is the one who always had to wait. second, is this really the main ally russia is so proud to trump up, when kyiv can basically call up any

your senses for a second come before being an ambassador, otherwise you can fly out of an embassy post in chinaa china can bring you back a little to yourself. come and think about it, yes, there is no freedom of speech, why, and we say very simply no for journalists, but freedom of speech for propagandists. no, what is the difference between propagandists and journalists? uh? well the fact that when we like it, then what these people say they are journalists, and when we don’t like it, then and then they are immediately propagandists, because such a criterion as state ownership does not play a role until the bbc please, who sponsors, who owns the bbc french tv italian tv, there phone is the exact state. well, what do you think franz the first is that it’s not state, or what? i mean, it's absolutely everything. sorry when it's constantly broadcasting here. all these cheap caps of freedom, have died and so on, these are pathetic mutts. here they are classic nonentities. not only that, even for our seven traitors it is impossible to work ovsyannikova, who betrayed her entire homeland, her family

and it's just the latest in a long trend of biden going soft on china or miranda devine writes in the new york post. biden disbanded the trump era china initiative to target beijing's economic espionage. biden has refused to press china on the origins covid you revoke the trump era restrictions on the social media app. tiktok. despite widely known surveillance of national security concerns and he wants to revoke tariffs on china so we need to ask, is the biden family compromise with countries that hunter biden did business with china, russia, ukraine because tonight we have even more disturbing developments in the chronicles of hunter biden. just take a look at your screen. new video obtained by the sun . it shows hunter doing well. let's just call it things that hunter likes to do, like filming himself in something called a float while apparently doing drugs. but it only gets worse from there. and another video obtained by the daily mail shows hunter biden appearing to weigh crack cocaine on a scale while arguing with a woman believed to be a. you decide 80% to point the view without the fact that

her visit and post visit statements disturbingly echoes china's propaganda. should not be doing or saying those things. she miserably failed to fulfil her professional obligation. herjob is not to explore diplomatic options through engagement or talk with the chinese, herjob is fact finding, she miserably failed. what she has done and what she has said after the visit or during the visit is an insult to those victims of the ongoing genocide. if you go around here in the uk, europe and the united states, you'll be surprised how seriously this has affected the lives of the uyghur people both inside and outside of china. and her being in the top position, even failing to fulfil un mandate, un is supposed to be taking the lead. this should not be the matter left for the us government, uk government to deal with. the un secretary—general himself is supposed to be taken, to this day... you as a campaigner and an activist have to be a realist. china sets with its veto as one of the five permanent members... that's where the problem is. well, that's reality. you have

blowout numbers in china on tesla and "the washington post" reports the twitter deal might not go throughnd sea world down 4%, not a great quarter -- excuse me, citigroup cut the sea world, this on six flags, actually, no sea world, actually. i'm playing this live on poor performance in june and upstart holdings two negative sales preannouncements in a row. guy: thank you very much, indeed. let's look at what we've got on the week ahead. it's a busy week, monday keep an eye on what's happening with nord stream and tuesday biden leaving for the middle east, wednesday c.p.i. from the united states. that is the one you really want to pay attention to. coming up, "balance of power." have a great weekend, everybody. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> people might want to switch. millions have made the switch from the big three to xfinity mobile. that means millions are saving hundreds a year on their wireless bill. and all of those millions are on the nation's most reliable 5g network, with the carrier rated #1 in customer satisfaction. that's a whole lot of happy campers out there. and it's never too la

just the latest in a long trend of trump going soft on china or as miranda devine writes "the new york post" biden disbanded the initiative to target beijing's economic espionage. if biden refused to press china on the origins of covid. despite widely known surveillance and national security concerns, hero wants to revoke --he wants to revoke tariffs. china, russia, ukraine. we have even more disturbing developments in the chronicles of hunter biden. take a look at your screen. a new video obtained shows hunter doing, well, let's just call it things hunter likes to do like filming himself in something called a float while apparently doing drugs. but it only gets worse from there. another video obtained by the daily mail shows hunter biden weighing crack cocaine on the scale. if you decide you decide. >> 2.07. we got the bag. >> sean: we reached out to hunter biden's attorney and the white house for comment but they haven't gotten back to us. according to the daily mail, hunter biden could face charges for transporting these women across state lines and disguising checks to them as payments

china sea and that's a growth, we have seen the international system change and china assessing itself and that's a post-war context. >> chris, do you have anything to add? i think that was great comment? >> no that was comprehensive. andrew does a great job of capturing. >> i thought that was fantastic and kind of takes us to our last question here which in a sense one of the questions that we have gotten from our audience. you know, what implications does the cold war have for today's military for global affairs and i think it goes along with this idea that you just mentioned with so many nations still communist governments and did the cold war really ever end or has it become less prominent. did it just shift in ideology, you know, did the cold war just really kind of end with the soviet union and now we are dealing with something similar but, you know, different name. >> so i will try to tackle that that 8 russians were sent out of belgium, brussels, sent packing for being intelligent officers. a war that i believe was won by the west but it is a new reincarnation, if you will, and what we have to b

europe, the russians are doing quite a good job at creating and moving towards the post western foreign policy. certainly, china is backing so many of their narratives are they be biological weapons as it be under version decisions, a so called peaceful solution that actively means ukraine seating and sovereignty to russia. india is looking for new investments in the russian economy. most of the middle eastern countries where the exception of turkey and sometimes intermittently, israel have really been non russia side, certainly accommodating versus divisions, and russia strengthening his ties. now, in africa with key countries like congo, uganda, egypt, ethiopia, just elaborate. sure. and in latin america, you was interesting to see marcus or the summit, not give zelinski speaking slot. so russia is post watching foreign policies embrace multiple order as outreaches to the global south have been much more successful than some people may have thought. and their narrative to say the sanctions for example, and not russia, bach, any of rain or causing food insecurity. those narratives are going a long way in the g

interesting that germany and south korea have posted trade deficits with china. saying a lot of this downside is due to a loss of confidence, as well as a loss of operational ability as we see covid zero continue to have an impact. countries directly exposed to chinese demand, germany a major trading partner, especially when it comes to manufacturing, high-tech goods. we talk a lot about china being a drag or when it comes to raw materials, but that overshadows the fact that the majority of imports are manufactured products both domestically and -- we have seen germany and south korea shift. meanwhile, companies operating within china transferred a record amount of funds overseas, the latest warning signs for officials concerned with capital outflows. let's get more from bloomberg's stocks managing editor. we have seen the exasperation with the number of these companies operating in china being told to work in closed loop systems. what are we seeing as a driver for high remittances? reporter: we are talking about $40 billion with companies moving money offshore.

here's an example, according to a report by washington post china is the leading provider of drones to u. s. law enforcement agencies. they have support from the chinese government. here's our own commerce department saying it has been added to an export blacklist last year after bloomberg reported that it supplied surveillance technology to chinese security forces in xinjiang where millions of muslims have been forced into internment camps. so there's a report that last year that the secret service purchased eight of dj's drones. the fbi purchased 18 of them. so let me just ask you these questions on the record. i'll start with mr. wiegmann. does the fbi currently purchase and use chinese made drones, yes or no? mr. wiegmann: we do. >> does dhs currently purchase and use chinese made drones? ms. vinograd: dhs has prohibited the purchase of foreign made drones, small uas, absent waivers in very specific circumstances. >> okay, so this report that i mentioned said that the secret service had purchased eight of the drones. you're saying that's inaccurate. ms. vinograd: i'm saying that wi

china for putting people at risk molly hunter has the latest >> reporter: tonight, this video appears to show chinese space debris apparently re-entering the earth's atmosphere, crashing into the indian ocean the social media postut of malaysia showing fireballs, what may be pieces of china's most powerful rocket burning up on re-entry the rocket, which launched last week, was taking a new scientific lab up to china's space station. but once delivered, the rocket was in free fall, traveling more than 17,000 miles an hour once in earth's orbit, hurtling towards, well, all of us >> it's moving very fast, and so, you know, what that means, in trying to predict where it's going to come down, is that if we wait just a minute or two, it's moved hundreds of miles and our predictions always have about 20% error our last prediction was plus or minus an hour when you think about that for a 90-minute orbit, that's more than once around the whole planet. >> reporter: right, so it either hits me or hits someone in beijing. when launched, the rocket weighed some 23 tons and it was the height of a ten-story building how big are the chunks what are we talking about? r talking the size of an suv o are we talking kind of gravell

i was hoping to get, it's an issue related to the china discussion i know you probably saw this it is "the new york postt's "the new york post," it's not the washington post. it's not the "new york times." in your view, would you say there's been a reluctance for major media outlets to pursue that story and is that okay, you think in or is it important in do you feel it's important that we follow the evidence here to see where it all leads whether the president's son benefitted from influence peddling or even the president himself may have benefitted, rebound himself, from influence peddling is it a story? >> absolutely. you pursue these stories unto their inner most parts i know the "new york times" felt it didn't pursue it originally as much as it wanted to. t and it followed up i'm not an expert on the story, but i'm all for getting to the truth wherever it leads. >> it plays into the pelosi piece. there are people on the other side of the aisle, not from where you are, but think that it's very important for her to go there and backing down now sends a very bad signal to the rest of the world that we

passed a major bill that will address our manufacturing and competitiveness for decades until post be chinalogies in the world, things are happening but not great for people now. aishah: i went to get to the manchin/schumer deal, i've got to ask with $750 billion in tax and spending, they call it the inflation reduction act but don't you think when you start raising taxes on americans, even wealthy americans that have trickle-down effects? >> of going into recession the first thing you do is raise taxes. we go after small businesses, and owners and businesses coffers to find more goods. spiking the football a little early, happen heard from kristin sonoma from arizona and -- and come back. >> the death toll rises, we will take you there next. yet. you threw good money away when you bought those glasses. next time, go to america's best - where two pairs and a free exam start at just $79.95. can't beat that. can't beat this, either. book an exam today at americasbest.com hi, i'm karen. i lost 58 pounds on golo and i've kept it off for over a year. it was so easy that the weight just kept comi

for a long time china will never reckon with you while the us is trying to intimidate taiwan itself and the whole world, the growing chinese threat, chinese foreign ministry spokesman postedn twitter a visual picture, which was signed by the story speaks for itself traveling. china delivered silk and tea to neighboring countries; the journey of the colonialists brought weapons and bombs, leaving the ruins and the ambassador china cited figures in the united states. the united states of america has only officially 823 military bases, china has one, so who is the threat coming from. despite the fact that even the representative of the white house for the nation of security kirby, who until recently was the mouthpiece of the pentagon, made a completely unexpected statement for himself, the united states does not see any evidence of china's impending military activity against taiwan from the admiral himself, one must assume. soon the elders will explain everything, if not by rank, then by position alexander balitsky timofey mukhin beijing bureau of news. rude pentagon frontal methods are adopted by other american departments the us department of education , which is introduci

and china for the focus now is on whether a summit between the countries will go ahead. beijing has expressed strong displeasure over recent u.s. post regarding taiwan. white house says president joe biden will deliver a clear message to chinese president. >> he will reaffirm. there is no change to america's commitme tohe one china policy. >> a spokesperson said washington continues not wanting to see issues or tensions resolved unilaterally and certainly not by force. the u.s. does not maintain official diplomatic relations with taiwan under its policy but does provide taiwan with the means to defend itself. in may biden answered yes when asked at a news conference whether the u.s. would get involved militarily to defend taiwan. this month there have been reports that u.s. house speaker is considering visiting taiwan. the sparked backlash from beijing. the u.s. wants to prevent tensions with china from escalating further. taiwan president says protecting taiwan goes beyond safeguarding its sovereignty. he made the comment thursday at a meeting with japanese lawmakers. >> we will continue to deepen cooperation with japan and other d

and europe are slowing, china is picking up post lockdowns, and that is very constructive for the globalconomy. haidi: the you think the market is pricing in 100 basis points? do you think that will also not have a pretty big impact? jay: um, i think the market has barely -- has clearly priced in 75 basis point. maybe we get to 100. i think the real-time indicators, there's some credibility to the idea that things are moving so fast that this inflation print is dated. if you look at where gas prices are in the u.s., they are down 26, 27 days in a row. housing prices are rolling over rapidly. rental costs are rolling over. food costs are rolling over considerably. so who is to say that in the next couple of weeks the conviction that inflation is coming down does not strengthen as opposed to weaken. so 75 is in the price for two weeks from now. what happens in september, as people have said, and i think is actually correct, that between now and september there is a lot that can happen. i do not think we should spend much time worrying about whether it should be 50 or 75 or 25. we will find

china? can the uk repair its relations with the eu post—brexit? foreign policy matters again.guest on political thinking this week hopes to be our next foreign secretary, the first labour foreign secretary for many, many years. it's a dramatic change for david lammy, who for years used his powerful voice in the back benches to argue forjustice for the people in his constituency in his home of tottenham in north london. david lammy, welcome to political thinking. thank you, nice to be back. when you were last on this programme, you talked to me about how pleased you were to be on the backbenches. i'm very satisfied, you said. i feel free, i feel liberated. i mean, at the time, you were making those passionate speeches that you did on grenfell, on windrush and all the rest of it, does that now mean you feel sort of cage? not quite. i loved being on the backbenches, you know, i really did. i loved being in government, to the extent that you actually did something. i suppose i am now in the third act. i don't know how many acts there are going to be. but what would i say this time