china's annual parliamentary session, the national people's congress, is under way in the great hall. trade, diplomacy and the environment will all be discussed during nine days of meetings. fighting in the streets of bakhmut as russian forces continue their attempt to capture the ukrainian city. the united nations and iran reach an agreement that would allow further inspections of tehran's nuclear programme. and prince harry describes writing his memoir as an act of service. he says he hopes sharing details of his life will help others. once the book came out, i felt incredibly free. i felt a huge weight off my shoulders. after more than 15 years of negotiations, the countries of the united nations have agreed the first ever treaty to protect the world's oceans that lie outside national boundaries. the high seas treaty aims to safeguard marine life in 30% of areas that don't belong to any single country. only about 1% of these areas are currently protected. the deal is being hailed as a �*massive step�* by climate activists, as our climate reporter esme stallard reports. the ship has

china's annual parliamentary session, the national people's congress, is under way in beijing's great halltrade, diplomacy, and the environment will all be discussed during nine days of meetings. the chinese leader xi jinping is due to be confirmed as president for a third term. now on bbc news, our world: inside the illegal puppy trade. chloe, would we like to be in a video about how much i love you? and you, bambi? dogs have never been more popular. in the uk, we bought 3.2 million pets during lockdown. in europe, puppies are now a multibillion euro industry. but where are all these puppies coming from? for the first time, our world unveils a criminal underworld of puppy traders trafficking dogs across europe. they came here to resell those dogs in england. those englishmen, they also dealt in drugs. the criminals are breeding dogs in unlicensed puppy mills in hungary. these dogs suffer abuse and neglect. the dogs are sold into a vast pet trade network in western europe that handles 8 million puppies a year. many are illegally passed off as the offspring of a much—loved family pet. hunga

china's annual parliamentary session, the national people's congress, is underway in the great hall.de, diplomacy and the environment will all be discussed during nine days of meetings. the united nations and iran reach an agreement that would allow further inspections of tehran�*s nuclear programme. hundreds of iranian schoolgirls are targeted in a series of apparent poison gas attacks. aid agencies say they could have been singled out by religious groups. and prince harry describes writing his memoir as an act of service — he says he hopes sharing details of his life will help others. once the book came out in file incredibly free. i felt a huge weight off my shoulders. within the past hour, an historic agreement to protect the world's oceans has been approved, after ten years of talks. the high seas treaty aims to safeguard marine life in 30% of areas that don't belong to any single country. only about 1% of these areas are currently protected. the deal is being hailed as a �*massive step�* by climate activists, as our climate reporter esme stallard reports. the ship has reached t

parliamentary session in beijing present. gigi ping is among more than 2000 delegates gathered at the great hall of the people. katrina, you has more from beijing but it looks like full bating economic recovery is really going to be front and center for the chinese government going forward. this year. we had a d, d, b target of 5 percent announced, which is on the low end of what some analysts were predicting. they were predicting figures high 6 percent. so what that does tell us is that instead of focusing on pro pro growth aggressive approach growth policies fading is really going to focus instead on being for magic and stabilizing the economy. the head of the united nations nuclear watchdog has announced mo, inspections that iran's food or nuclear plant and the installation of new monitoring equipment at the facility. president abraham race, he met rafael, gross, seen to her on, on saturday. ukrainian officials in boston say this in 10 street fighting in the besieged eastern city, but russia has not taken control. salter, russia's wagner mastery group said it have surrounded the city. israeli

ping, how the meeting with the visiting by the russian president, alexander gosh, ankle in the great hall of the people business. she said the upgrade of the 2 countries relationship to an all weather comprehensive strategic partnership. last year we'll bring impetus to co operations in all areas. he said china, it's pushed towards really high quality that development and modernization will present it great opportunities to all countries, including by the roots. now the 2 heads of states also discussed the ukranian situation. president, she said, china's position has been consistent and clear and advocating for a peaceful resolution to the conflict through political means and the scoring of cold war mentalities he called for relevant countries to end up with this citation of global economy and politics and really focus on resolving the crisis here president lucas jenko agreed with china's position. now the meeting concluded with the signing of a joint statement on the all weather comprehensive, strategic partnership and the witnessing of the signing of cooperation documents, spanning trad

the first meeting of the 14th national people's congress of china began in the great hall of the people. attendees recited this year it is necessary to approve the consumption of major goods while increasing the income of city dwellers and villagers. investment and government policy should effectively lead to investment in the whole society. it will not only serve the development of china's technology, but also contribute to the global economic and social development. also, some high-ranking officials, including the president, the vice president , the country's military aid provider, and the speaker of the national assembly , will be selected and introduced, and will be held for 9 days. the draft report of socio-economic development, the report of the country's budget, the report of the central committee, the report of the advisory institutions, and the report of the supreme people's court will be discussed and exchanged opinions. mohammadreza khalegi , sed and sima news agency, east asia regional office, fekan , the new york times report on the increase in popularity of resistance grou

she, jim ping and the ruling communist party elise arrive in beijing's great hall of the people for the biggest days in china's political calendar. the national people's congress is more of a political pageant than a policy setting. parliament. it largely serves to rubber stamp decisions already made behind closed doors by the leadership. much of the n p. c will focus on communist ritual and slogans. however, china watchers carefully comb over proceedings every year for clues on china's future direction. in october, she's cemented his unprecedented 3rd term as the general secretary of the party. now he will introduce a major shakeup of personnel and institutions to help consolidate his power base. she is set to unveil a new premier ne chung who oversaw controversial pandemic lockdown. his party, secretary of shanghai, the congress is closely watched for insights into how china plans to revive its economy. the world's 2nd biggest, which has been hard hit by lock downs, the government to set a modest target for economic growth this year around 5 percent. the party plans to get more involv

in the great hall of the people, the members of china's rubber stamp parliament have gathered to formerly approved the decisions already made by the communist party leaders. for example, the economic target for the seo beijing is aiming for around 5 percent growth. after the scrapping of 0 corporate policy, it's hoped the economy will get in a better shape. another important issue is tiven with the outgoing prime minister, sending this message to typing fatally. i, we should push for the piece for reunification with the motherland treaty as we chinese on both sides of the taiwan strait or one family bound by blood. for years, beijing has been talking about re unification, considering the democratic tiven, a renegade province. at the same time, the island which has never belong to today's people's republic is a reason for beijing to increase its military spending. above all, in the words of leak which young the army should improve its combat readiness. the man setting the pace of the gathering is to delegate with the number 0642 party lead of seizing thing is expected to expand its grip on

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the national people's congress is the highlight of china's political year held in the great hall of the people where the rubber stamp parliament assembles to improve decisions already made by the communist party elite. with the economy still batted by the pandemic. the leadership has set a modest growth target of around 5 percent. beijing also makes no secret of its designs on taiwan, which considers part of its own territory. see them, we should push for the peaceful re unification with the motherland treaty. as we chinese on both sides of the taiwan strait or one family bound by blood. the island has never belonged to today's people's republishing show, but is one reason for beijing to increase its military spending socially, where the former premier talked of escalating threats from abroad and said the army must improve its combat readiness. but the man setting the pace is delicate number 0642, changing, paying his tightening, his grip on power and will secure an unprecedented 3rd term as president. the doubly correspondent wyndham william yang rather says john is 5 percent growth ta

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ascetic lutheran, whitewashed ten-meter-high walls and so many rough shops in the middle of the great hallt from calvinists, the lutherans did not in any way reject church painting, however, he does not get tired of such sacred sensu yak among catholics according to kolka, the decoration of the church at the top of not annoying relationships, the reveals of the kirsi are often exposed in the clearness behind the altar picture. abu mazaiki at the surplus of the gorodensky kirkhii used only stained -glass windows, excellent temples are average, that the architectural techniques are so high in the area. uh, hundreds of meters of spire, earlier romanesque architecture boasts sensibly. ole is not only architectural techniques, but a box and tori in the black age high medieval, and it creates the idea of ​​​​a city, god's city of god is an ideal light where zimov's man is known to live all the most brutish heavy ailing epidemics and one speech - this is the temple of god here on earth and showing that a person is looking to heaven from here. i'm just their excellent temples uplift a person once

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specific events, we're not granted approval to all of them and this is the media area inside the great hallople. as you can see it's pretty empty. so it's clearly not an issue of capacity. >> some of the events during the week long meeting allow select reporter questions, including ching gong first press conference at china's new minister, he said conflict with the u.s. is inevitable if washington does not change course, cheung gong called washington's approach a reckless gamble accusing the u.s. of creating a crisis over taiwan, defended china's partnership with russia as imperative, and said it has not supplied weapons to russia or ukraine. >> meanwhile, chinese state media is portraying the legislative meeting as an open event where journalists can freely operate. >> it's an amazing country. >> for journalists the opportunity to put questions to the chinese premier and minister >> what's it like. >> under the controls spontaneous run ins with top leaders like premier and ministers are out of reach. after today's meeting ended we had a few minutes to approach some delegates which are a cu

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china's annual parliamentary session, the national people's congress, is underway in beijing's great hall. trade, diplomacy, and the environment will all be discussed during nine days of meetings. the chinese leader xi jinping is due to be confirmed as president for a third term. israel has seen the largest protests so far against the government's planned judicial reforms. up to 200,000 people took to the streets, with flags and banners. the changes would allow ministers to choose seniorjudges and limit the courts powers. coming up at six o'clock, breakfast with nina warhurst and rogerjohnson but first on bbc news, ukraine: the children's story. child: the day before war started was just i like any other. we played with our friends and ate with our families. that night was the last time our dreams were peaceful. in them, fireworks danced, lighting up the skies. but we woke to explosions. the sky burst into red and yellow. the windows and walls shook. no—one knew what to do. in the skies above us, helicopters swarmed and multiplied. we watched as tanks rolled in. millions of people fled. t

right here on the steps of the great hall of the people this is normally where you will see media trying see, this year we, the media, were completely separate from the rest of the leaders. the two sessions is a carefully choreographed event. the new government shake-ups that the rubber stamp parliament will vote on have one unifying goal, to strengthen xi jinping and the ruling communist's power and the covid restrictions are the perfect tool for beijing to control the message. so media has to apply to get access to specific events. we're not granted approval to all of them and this is the media area inside the great hall of the people. as you can see it's pretty empty so it's clearly not an issue of capacity. some of the events during the week long meeting allow select questions including the first press conference for the new foreign minister and said the conflict with the u.s. is inevitable if washington does not change course. he called washington's approach a reckless gamble accused the u.s. of creating a crisis overtaiwan, defended china's partnership with russia as imperative and

and this is the media area inside the great hall of the people.see, it's pretty empty, so, it's clearly not an issue of capacity. some of the events during the week-long meeting allow expect reporter questions, including the first press conference as china's new foreign minister. he said that conflict with the u.s. is inevitable, if washington does not change course. he called washington's approach a reckless gamble, accused the u.s. of creating a crisis over taiwan, defended china's partnership with russia as imperative, and said it has not supplied weapons to russia or ukraine. >> see you at the two sessions. >> reporter: meanwhile, chinese state media is portraying the meeting as an open event where journalists can freely operate. >> sri lanka. >> the assembly offers journalists an opportunity to put questions to the chinese premier and ministers. >> reporter: but under these controls, spontaneous run-ins with top leaders luke the premier and ministers, are out of reach. but after today's meeting ended, we had a few minutes to approach some del

the first session of the 14th national people's deputies began in the great hall of the people . the meeting was attended by chinese prime minister chiang. increased this year the income of urban dwellers and villagers has approved the consumption of major goods, which will lead to investment throughout the society. after the opening ceremony, the minister of science and family of china told reporters that he planned to develop artificial intelligence. the world will also help. some high-ranking officials , including the president, the vice president, the head of the country's military organization, and the speaker of the national parliament, will be selected and introduced, and will be held for 9 days. the center of the report of the consultative bodies and also the report of the supreme people's court will be discussed and exchanged . mohammad reza khaleghi of sed and sima news agency, east asia regional office. the history of the formation of the group is opposite and the joining of the old fighters to the resistance operation was approved despite the testimony of a number of

countries, and how we generally see our future in the future for years, five to ten years, in the great hall, the last preparations for a serious conversation have been going on. tomorrow the news agency is preparing special issues dedicated to the message of the president in the palace of the republic there will be an atm field studio where experts and delegates of the event are expected in the first half of the day. the tv version of the message will be shown tomorrow at 21:00 by all national tv channels. continue the topic of katerina trutalievich. the message of the president to the belarusian people is not uninteresting or not relevant even for people who say, i am not interested in politics, but this is not about politics, but about how the country will live, so the message is needed and listen to see here is really given vector direction. where are we going, what needs to be improved, what the belarusians have already achieved. what to fear all key topics. sounds, as it happens every year, the site has traditionally recently been the palace of the republic, so far only journalists wor

i was, are right at the great hall of the people this morning to with this of this historic moment. and i talked to some, some of the deputy there. and many of them said that they are very so excited to witness this moment. especially those from the grassroots, such as those from the remote villages or a mountainous areas because they are among those who care really feel the changes of the chinese society better than most talking about priorities. i think definitely to boost economy would definitely be one of his priorities ahead. but also i think like other top is a green economy green development ah, in like science and technology development are also mama onto the top of jen, of the central government under present. she's gotten talking about china, russia, ties and made is sweeping western sanctions imposed on russia. china has actually relatively accurate exports of energy products, including like natural gas oil and coal, to china as well as it's agricultural products. and also, as we know that in 2019 china and russia jointly set the goal of their ballot or trade reaching $20

a result of that occupation, we have seen the great feminine, the territory of your brain, the great hall of the martyr. we have seen the, the atrocities when gulag out was exterminating our best of the best to we have seen the on the tragedies of many, many families in our world. so a, we understand that now we can not allow that to happen once again, many countries around the world, especially in the global south. they continue to trade with russia. they have not condemned. the invasion, the world is split in many ways. not everyone has sympathy for you. do you feel that split and how dangerous do you think it might be? yes, we do feel the split where and i was naive and, and that is unfortunate though, also the results of our under representation, an hour and not enough work in those parts of the world and russia. serious financial and informational presence in there and with different leverages that russian russian federation could offer. but that is a continued effort from the soviet union times. and the yes, we are worried, but we are also trying to upscale our communication with th

china's annual parliamentary session, the national people's congress, is underway in beijing's great hallll be discussed during nine days of meetings. the chinese leader xi jinping is due to be confirmed as president for a third term. israel has seen the largest protests so far against the government's planned judicial reforms. up to 200,000 people took to the streets, with flags and banners. the changes would allow ministers to choose seniorjudges and limit the courts powers.

china's annual parliamentary session, the national people's congress, is underway in beijing's great halltrade, diplomacy, and the environment will all be discussed during nine days of meetings. the chinese leader xi jinping is due to be confirmed as president for a third term. the russian army and wagner mercenaries are putting increasing pressure on ukrainian soldiers to withdraw from the eastern city of bakhmut. the city's deputy mayor has said thousands of civilians are living in shelters without access to electricity or water, as the fierce street fighting continues. now on bbc news, click: female tech innovators. the bbc has just revealed its 2022 list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world. so this week, we're celebrating the achievements of female tech innovators. shiona meets an absolute legend of the sporting world to find out how tech is transforming her game. hello, hi. i go to the world's biggest start—up campus in paris, where female innovators are cooking up some amazing ideas. it tastes a lot like egg. there is a bit of an aftertaste, a slightly bitte

she, jim ping is among more than 2000 delegates who gathered that the great hall of the people is really protested. have broken through police lines during an anti government demonstration in tel aviv rallies have taken place across the country for 9 consecutive weeks despite the security minister, ordering a tougher crackdown, protested israelis had been marching against the government's proposed judicial reforms to reduce the powers of the supreme court huh? a cholera outbreak in north west sera is worsening of following last month's earthquakes. least 3 people have died from a disease in that rebel controlled northwest. the quakes damaged health facilities, water sources and sanitation infrastructure, increasing the possibility of an accelerated outbreak. and that these 12 people have been killed by powerful storms in several southern u. s. states. he brought a gulf full, a sized hail, torrential, rain, and tornadoes, and left more than 1000000 people without power. the storm is now heading. ne, heavy snow was recorded across parts of california, leaving some people trapped in their h