i once got a lift from james cleverly out of cambridge and we | feroz. knows his rice. i had it once from a street food — knows his rice. i had it once from a street food bazaar outside waterloo station _ street food bazaar outside waterloo station in _ street food bazaar outside waterloo station in london and it's amazing — but his— station in london and it's amazing — but his ability to know all the different brands... if but his ability to know all the different brands. . ._ different brands... if he ever loses his 'ob as different brands... if he ever loses his job as foreign _ different brands... if he ever loses his job as foreign secretary, - different brands... if he ever loses his job as foreign secretary, we i hisjob as foreign secretary, we will get him as a tiktok presenter, he clearly has a knack for this. we are out of time, lovely to have your company, thanks very much, have a good weekend. hello, i'm chetan pathak with your latest sports news. we start with the new football season. the efl is under way with southampton, hoping for a quick

james cleverly has become the first foreign secretary to visit china in five years. during the visit , mr years. during the visit, mr cleverly held face to face talks with vice president han geng and told broadcasters the uk is clear eyed that china will not change overnight. he also said it's important to maintain regular dialogue as we seek to influence the country. the trip has been met with criticism from some tory mps who want a tougher stance against beijing . and stance against beijing. and finally met police commissioner sir mark rowley has welcomed government plans to ban zombie style knives. according to the home office. works underway to increase the maximum sentence for their importation and manufacture their possession and sale to two years. police will also have greater powers to tackle offenders who use them, sir mark said the weapons are doing awful damage in the capital year, with gb news across the uk. on tv, in your car on digital radio and on your smart speaker by simply saying play smart speaker by simply saying play gb news now it's back to . pla

james cleverly has become the first foreign secretary to visit china in five years. during the visit , mr years. during the visit, mr cleverly held face to face talks with vice president han geng and told broadcasters the uk is clear eyed that china will not change overnight. he also said it's important to maintain regular dialogue as we seek to influence the country. the trip has been met with criticism from some tory mps who want a tougher stance against beijing . and stance against beijing. and finally met police commissioner sir mark rowley has welcomed government plans to ban zombie style knives. according to the home office. works underway to increase the maximum sentence for their importation and manufacture their possession and sale to two years. police will also have greater powers to tackle offenders who use them, sir mark said the weapons are doing awful damage in the capital year, with gb news across the uk. on tv, in your car on digital radio and on your smart speaker by simply saying play smart speaker by simply saying play gb news now it's back to . pla

james cleverly the disruption.s become the first foreign secretary to visit china in five years. during the visit , mr years. during the visit, mr cleverly held face to face talks with the country's vice president and told broadcasters the uk is, quote, clear eyed that china will not change overnight . it the trip has been overnight. it the trip has been met with criticism from some tory mps who want a tougher stance against beijing , stance against beijing, florida's governor as we've been hearing, is urging people to get out now as hurricane idalia nears landfall , threatening to nears landfall, threatening to directly hit the state's big bend region. these pictures came to us within the last half hour from outside fort myers , where from outside fort myers, where it's just after 7:31 am, as you can see, surging seawater, strong winds, heavy rain also moving into the southwest of the state. the storm is now weakened slightly, but is still considered extremely dangerous . considered extremely dangerous. florida's

the uk foreign secretary, james cleverly, has travelled to beijing where he promises to raise concerns over human rights issues. hello, i'm sally bundock. welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start in the us, where hurricane idalia is nearing florida's gulf coast and evacuations are under way. it's expected to develop into a category four hurricane, with catastrophic storm surges forecast. presidentjoe biden has approved an emergency declaration for the state. idalia has caused flooding in cuba and is already lashing parts of florida, but the potential storm surge could come any time through wednesday afternoon. the state's governor ron desantis, warned that many residents could lose electricity, and said that 25,000 utility workers were on standby, with another 30,000 headed to the state. if you are in a evacuation drain and you have been directed to evacuate a low—lying area on the big—band region now is the time to do it stop if you wait much longer by the time we get further into tonight the weather will get nasty and nasty and we are looking at an of the eye wall

james cleverly has people. china in five years. the trip , which is part years. the trip, which is part of efforts to ease tensions between our two countries, has been met with criticism from some tory mps. they want a tougher stance to be taken against beijing , mr cleverly against beijing, mr cleverly previously said the visit would allow him to have tough conversations on issues including repression in hong kong and human rights abuses in xinjiang province . xinjiang province. nottinghamshire police will fly flags at half mast today to honour an officer who died trying to save a man's life. sergeant graham saville was hit by a train in balderton on the 24th of this month as he attempted to save a 29 year old who was in distress. tributes have been made by senior officers and the prime minister who said it was a terrible reminder of the work that the police do every day to keep us safe . and more zombie style safe. and more zombie style knives and machetes with no practical use could be banned under new gover

are the political polls shifting as the foreign secretary, james cleverly, is in peking with his chineseounterpart? after controversially claiming that we shouldn't isolate the chinese communist parts, we'll be heanng communist parts, we'll be hearing from a dove and a hawk. but as ever, there'll be no perching on the fence. the duke of sussex may yet win back the affection the nation as he affection of the nation as he releases another netflix documentary . this time, it's documentary. this time, it's about the laudable invictus games, a rather more salubrious topic than his life of hardship. state of the nation starts now . state of the nation starts now. i'll also be joined by a formidable panel this evening, the pugnacious former editor of the sun, kelvin mackenzie, and the industrials in action studies degree holding former labour mp, britain's favourite socialist stephen pound . as socialist stephen pound. as always, i want to hear from you . it's the most important part of programme. me of the programme. email me mailmogg@gbnews.uk. of the programme. email me mailmogg@gbnews.uk .

james cleverly has disruption.s become the first foreign secretary to visit china in five years. during the visit, james cleverly held face to face talks with vice president han geng and told broadcasters the uk is clear eyed that china will not change overnight . clear eyed that china will not change overnight. but mr cleverly also said it's important to maintain regular dialogue as we seek to influence the country. the trip has been met with criticism from some tory mps who want a tougher stance against beijing. former tory party leader sir iain duncan smith told us the government need to decide what it wants from china . it wants from china. >> so this is the real problem. what are we going over for? is it more business? is it more trade with them, or is it to tell them that unless they get their act together and stop abusing people using slave laboun abusing people using slave labour, etcetera, then we won't trade with them. but we're not doing any of that. >> met police commissioner sir mark rowley has welcome

are the political polls shifting as the foreign secretary, james cleverly, is in peking with his chineseounterpart? after controversially claiming that we shouldn't isolate the chinese communist parts, we'll be heanng communist parts, we'll be hearing from a dove and a hawk. but as ever, there'll be no perching on the fence. the duke of sussex may yet win back the affection the nation as he affection of the nation as he releases another netflix documentary . this time, it's documentary. this time, it's about the laudable invictus games, a rather more salubrious topic than his life of hardship. state of the nation starts now . state of the nation starts now. i'll also be joined by a formidable panel this evening, the pugnacious former editor of the sun, kelvin mackenzie, and the industrials in action studies degree holding former labour mp, britain's favourite socialist stephen pound . as socialist stephen pound. as always, i want to hear from you . it's the most important part of programme. me of the programme. email me mailmogg@gbnews.uk. of the programme. email me mailmogg@gbnews.uk .

james cleverly isn't the only high—profile western politician who's been visiting china.ngton and beijing. she's told chinese officials that many american businesses feel it's too risky to invest in china. but she said she didn't want washington to cut links with the chinese economy. a new study shows that living in an area with poor air quality can take an average of more than two years off life expectancy. the findings by the energy policy institute of chicago says the effect of air pollution from vehicles, industry and wildfires is comparable to smoking. it's three times more dangerous than alcohol use. south asia is the worst—hit region — with india, nepal, pakistan and bangladesh the most polluted countries. if bangladesh were to reduce air pollutants to meet world health organization guidelines, nearly seven years would be added to average life expectancy. live now to the capital of bangladesh — dhaka and we can speak to wameq raza, who's a health specialist at the world bank. thank you so much forjoining us on newsday this morning. bangladesh is one of the most pol

.- the state it is in now. james cleverly the _ the state it is in now. james cleverly the foreign - james i cleverly the foreign secretary is in china as well, he will be talking trade and this is, we will keep a close eye on what he is up to there as well. to the us now, where there has been a surprise decline in the labour market, with the number ofjob openings falling injuly to the lowest level in nearly 2.5 yea rs. the latest data from the labor department also shows the number of people quitting theirjobs dropped to levels last seen in early 2021, indicating that americans are becoming less confident in the labour market. let's speak now to tom stevenson, investment director good morning to you. we are going to get a revision on gdp growth as well for the second quarter today in the us, quite a lot of economic data coming out this week, what is your take on how the us economy is faring? it take on how the us economy is farinu ? , , . take on how the us economy is farinu? ,, . ., faring? it is such an interesting - faring? it is such an interesting contrast| faring? it is such a

so did james cleverlys visit gloss over this deeply unsettling problem?od, uk director of the world uyghur congress . thank the world uyghur congress. thank you, reema, for coming in. what is your understanding of what's going on currently to the uyghurs and how they're being treated? >> thank you for having me. so since 2016, as you have mentioned, the genocidal policies we implement covid and the mass arrests , it started in the mass arrests, it started in early . early. 2017. in later we found found out that this was continuing all the time . and continuing all the time. and finally in august of 2018, the un acknowledged and that the un use the word up to 1 million only then on the world started kind of waking up to something that horror that is happening in the 21st century. but as uyghur myself, why have we been living in that horror? i lost contact with my family . from january with my family. from january 2017 and i cannot contact . 2017 and i cannot contact. them. i learned my sister died in march. only one month after i learned this news and the

the uk's foreign secretary james cleverly has defended talks with chinese officials in beijing, the first five years. this is the moment he was greeted by vice president han zheng — the body language seemed to be warm enough, despite some recent tensions between the uk and china over human rights, espionage and the war in ukraine. mr han spoke of promoting what he described as the "healthy and stable development of bilateral relations" — through what he said would be "mutual respect and pragmatic co—operation". so what's likely to have been discussed in the meeting? the uk is unhappy over china's growing military support of russia in its war in ukraine. london has also voiced concerns about china's crackdown in hong kong and its treatment of the uyghurs. and then there are accusations that china is spying on the west — something beijing strongly denies. mr cleverly�*s visit comes as the parliament's intelligence and security committee warned that china is involved in every sector of the british economy. live now to alicia kearns, conservative mp and chair of the commons foreign select com

of foreign affairs of great britain is flying to heaven and will talk about ukraine well, when james cleverlyout ukraine, he knows what to say in order to achieve his own military goals . that in addition to this , kim jong-un can also use any other types of weapons. well, he added that in order to contain the north korean regime , it is extremely important to deepen cooperation with the united states of america and japan, which he did not specify other types of weapons, but i suspect that chemical and bacteriological weapons may be brought here, god forbid , to be weapons. well, this is also another message about the fact that we have one more such representative on planet earth with whom something needs to be decided donald trump decided not to take part in the debate to nominate the only candidate for the 2024 presidential election in the united states of america from the republican party. he wrote about this in his own social network. social motivation of the 45th owner of the white house he is ironically supported by 62% of the members of his own party. god calls republicans and votes ma

the foreign secretary, james cleverly, has defended talks with officials in china, telling the bbc it. he's the first senior member of the government to visit beijing in more than five years. he acknowledged that china wouldn't change "overnight," but insisted that a "pragmatic" relationship with the country was necessary to tackle global issues like climate change. james cleverley has been speaking to our china correspondent stephen mcdonnell. after a five—year wait, a senior uk government figure was finally back in the chinese capital. the foreign secretary was here to rebuild relations with an economic giant but he was copping flak back home from some in his own party for talking to an ever more oppressive government. yet james cleverly told the bbc that a loss of face—to—face interaction risks promoting misinterpretations, mistrust and errors. well, ifundamentally disagree with those voices, including people i regard as good friends, who feel that we should disengage from china. i don't think that is a credible option. i do believe we have influence and i do believe that we should

the foreign secretary, james cleverly , says secretary, james cleverly, says the government's top priority is to help british nationals out of the country . in the united the country. in the united states , the former president states, the former president donald trump, whose facing four new criminal charges will appear in court in washington , dc in court in washington, dc tomorrow. he's accused of conspiring to defraud the us by preventing congress from certifying joe biden's election victory in 2020. this is the third time in four months he's been charged as he campaigns to regain the presidency . here, a regain the presidency. here, a preliminary study has found. i may be able to help in the fight against breast cancer, researchers found computer aided detection could spot signs of the disease in mammograms at a similar rate to radiologists in the study. ai supported screening detected more cancer cases than standard screening without generating a higher number of false positives. the nhs is now working on how it can get the technology into its breast screening programme . breast scree

a "pragmatic, sensible" relationship is what the foreign secretary james cleverly promised in beijing uk—china meeting at that level for half a decade. it appeared to be part of the mechanics of what might lead to a face to face meeting between the prime minister and president xi, possibly as soon as the 620 summit in india next saturday. rishi sunak is the only member of the g7 who has not met the leader of the world's second economic power face to face. while we are a world away from david cameron's selfies with xi on the state visit at the start of what was supposed to be a "golden era" in 2015, it's pretty clear that britain, and the west in general, appears to have shied away from cutting certain links in a process of what was known as "decoupling". conversations are required on global priorities from ukraine to climate change. china, meanwhile, is attempting to forge new diplomatic alliances, building on the so—called brics grouping including russia. in the background is the emerging reality that china has stolen a march in many of the industries of the future through careful mu

james cleverly has become the first foreign secretary to visit china in five years. during the visit, mr cleverly held to face face talks with vice president han geng and told broadcasters the uk is clear eyed that china will not change overnight . clear eyed that china will not change overnight. he clear eyed that china will not change overnight . he also clear eyed that china will not change overnight. he also said it's important to maintain regular dialogue as we seek to influence the country . we. the influence the country. we. the trip has been met with some criticism from some tory mps who want a tougher stance against beijing . and sky gazers have beijing. and sky gazers have been gathering this evening to see the second supermoon in a single month. it won't appear again for another 14 years. the blue moon is closer to the earth near the closest point in its orbit, making it appear much larger and brighter than usual. the last blue supermoon was back in 2009, and if the skies are clear , the best time to see the clear, the best time to see the spectacle in the

. >>> well, peace in the taiwan strait was a major focus for british foreign secretary james cleverly on his visit to china. his country has been a vocal critic of beijing's human rights abuses and support for russia. but cleverly says diplomacy makes a difference. the british secretary says he's clear-eyed about which areas the u.k. and china disagree. he welcomed the opportunity to discuss them with foreign minister wang yi on wednesday. >> translator: dialogue and cooperation are the key words and main tone of china's policy towards the u.k. of course we've also noticed from time to time there have been some noises in the relationship. >> but also we're able to speak about the opportunities that i foresee, opportunities for chinese people, for british people. >> he also met with chinese vice president han jun. cleverly said he brought up the damage to rights and freedoms in hong kong caused by beijing's national security law. he also stressed the importance of peace and stability in the taiwan strait. on the same day members of a british parliamentary committee published a report r

the uk foreign secretary james cleverly has defended talks with chinese officials in beijing, sayingd not be credible to disengage. he is the first british foreign secretary to visit the country in five years. this morning, he met china's vice president and the foreign minister. there has been criticism at home. senior conservatives like former party leaders and duncan smith said he was weak and compared the current to appeasement to nazi germany in the 1930's. he said he is clear eyed about the disagreements with beijing but insists it would be a mistake to isolate the world's second-largest economy. >> we have got to recognize that china is an incredibly important trading partner. countries all over the world have high volumes of trade with china. we have got to make it clear to the chine government that it is in their interests to have a reputation of acting on a level playing field about good business practices, about not trying to manipulate their economic relationships because their economy -- we have seen some headline figures which demonstrates that the chinese economy is not

to china now and more on the uk's foreign secretary, james cleverly�*s visit to beijing.ign secretary in five years. mr cleverly says the two countries have a "complicated" relationship, that it's important to maintain constructive dialogue to �*address the challenges' in bilateral relations. live now to professor steve tsang , he's the director of the china institute at the school of oriental and african studies in london. after five years what is happening now? it should have happened a few months back. the phone off as he insisted on political terms to meet with the chinese foreign minister. what do you think is the reason why, even a few months back, is happening during this period exactly? i think it's long overdue. the pandemic made it's long overdue. the pandemic made it difficult for the two sides to meet a person to person. the foreign secretary and the foreign minister and meeting in person in china, the fact that the relationships between the uk and china have come very difficult in the last five years means there is even more recent them to be talking to each

to quote the uk foreign secretary, james cleverly, he said, "the arrest warrants issued of late "areuthoritarian reach "of china's extraterritorial law." there, he's talking about your efforts to bring home these wanted dissidents. is it all about what beijing is pressuring you to do? that is absolutely not true, because if you take a look at the arrest warrants, it's issued by... it's backed by a court order that's in hong kong. second of all, it's being executed by the enforcement agency, the police force of hong kong. so there's no beijing's involvement in it. as far as the extraterritorial powers go, it is not actually something new or unique to hong kong. in recent years, there were a lot of instances where western countries would use extraterritorial power against a target. one example would involve the founder of wikileaks, australian activist julian assange. he was wanted in the us for allegedly violating their espionage act and he's in belmarsh prison for more than four years now. and another example will be from our country, meng wanzhou. she's the senior management of the

the uk foreign secretary, james cleverly, has travelled to beijing where he promises to raise concernsewers in the uk and around the world. we start in the us, where hurricane idalia is nearing florida's gulf coast and evacuations are under way. it's expected to develop into a category four hurricane, with catastrophic storm surges forecast. presidentjoe biden has approved an emergency declaration for the state. idalia has caused flooding in cuba and is already lashing parts of florida, but the potential storm surge could come any time through wednesday afternoon. the state's governor ron desantis, warned that many residents could lose electricity, and said that 25,000 utility

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the foreign secretary, james cleverly , says secretary, james cleverly, says the government's top priorityelp british nationals out of the country . in the united the country. in the united states , the former president states, the former president donald trump, whose facing four new criminal charges will appear in court in washington , dc in court in washington, dc tomorrow. he's accused of conspiring to defraud the us by preventing congress from certifying joe biden's election victory in 2020. this is the third time in four months he's been charged as he campaigns to regain the presidency . here, a regain the presidency. here, a preliminary study has found. i may be able to help in the fight against breast cancer, researchers found computer aided detection could spot signs of the disease in mammograms at a similar rate to radiologists in the study. ai supported screening detected more cancer cases than standard screening without generating a higher number of false positives. the nhs is now working on how it can get the technology into its breast screening programme . breast screening pro

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the foreign secretary james cleverly has defended his controversial visit to china — the first therel for five years. mr cleverly says his talks with officials in beijing have allowed him to have �*tough conversations�* with the chinese on human rights issues. but some of his fellow conservative mps have criticised the visit. our china correspondent stephen mcdonnell is in beijing — stephen. these are tough times for beijing and its relations with western governments are any visit like this could be hazardous with so many points of tension. the uk foreign secretary is also copping flak at home from those in his party he did not even want him to be here. they say that there should be less contact with china since it has become so authoritarian. i asked him about this today. i fundamentally disagree with those voices, including people i regard as good friends, who feel we should disengage from china. i don�*t think that is a credible option. i do believe we have influence and i do believe we should use that influence. one of those areas where he would like to use influence is on callin

there's so much potential for economic growth across africa, c, j 4 and secretary james cleverly has planned visits to gone of samba and nigeria. the latter currently leaves the african economic community blog that has recently taken issue with the political unrest. in news there. the miners, official, is meeting with chief government figures to discuss potential partnerships and using advantageous economic programs to attract them. we spoke with both and almost finally a business on the let's enter and the less, just as the west underestimates russian influence in africa. as the continent becomes more distant from europe, where some price of washington london, paris, in brussels and elsewhere, guessing a little bit of concern that the colonial holdings on africa is getting, is getting out of their hands. are getting be getting population. the youngest population on the compliments on anywhere in the world will be an advocate and been some years to come and, and this folks have going to be independent. if my that i have a new generation of africans who are coming up. oh, i see over t

the uk foreign secretary james cleverly has defended talks with chinese officials in beijing, saying first british foreign secretary to visit the country in five years. during the trip, he met china's vice—president, han zheng, and the foreign minister, wang yi. there has been criticism at home. senior conservatives like former party leader sir iain duncan smith said it was weak. mr cleverly said he is "clear—eyed" about the uk's disagreements with beijing, but he insists it would be a mistake to try to isolate the world's second—largest economy. we have got to recognise that china is an incredibly important trading partner and countries all over the world have very, very high volumes of trade with china. we have got to make it clear to the chinese government that it is in their interests to have a reputation of acting on a level playing field about good business practices, about not trying to manipulate their economic relationships because their economy, and we've seen some headline figures, which demonstrates that the chinese economy is not growing at the rate it has done previousl

the foreign secretary, james cleverly, has arrived in bejing, for the first visit of a senior governmenthinese counterpart and the country's vice president, to discuss issues ranging from climate change to the war in ukraine. stephen mcdonell is in beijing for us. what can we expect from these meetings? relations are anything but smooth at the moment between beijing and western governments, so we expect at least some level of tension between the uk foreign secretary and his chinese counterpart when they sit down. these could also be difficult waters forjames cleverly to negotiate because there are backbenchers in his own party who don't even want him here in the first place. they argue that the chinese government is now beyond the point of no return when it comes to authoritarianism, that there needs to be more decoupling, which means less engagement with china on all fronts. however, the foreign secretary would argue, no, that's not the way forward. what is needed is direct talks to smooth trade relations with this economic giant. he says he will raise human rights abuses and he will pr

it comes as the uk's foreign secretary, james cleverly, is due to arrive in the chinese capital to discussrst visit to the country by a senior british official in more than 5 years. now, our next story is not one for the squeamish. an eight—centimetre worm has been found alive in the brain of an australian woman and surgically removed. scientists say it's a world first. well, one of the physicians who treated the woman explained how the worm got there. normally, this parasite lives in carpet pythons which are found all over australia. the eggs of the parasite get into the python faeces, which small mammals or marsupials normally or accidentally consume when they are eating foliage, etc. the parasite develops in them until another snake comes along and kills the marsupial or small mammal, and then the life cycle completes itself in the python. what we think has happened here is that our patient collected some native grasses for consumption, and we think the python faeces and parasite eggs have contaminated that, and by touching and eating that she has unfortunately inadvertently become infe

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kay, as far as that goes, harry james cleverly has planned visits to dollars on the ons, nigeria. the last currently leads the african economic community block that has recently taken issue with the political on rest in asia. the partition official is meeting with t government figures to discuss potential partnership and using often pages, economic programs to attract them on the hills, on his board, his counterpart, the japanese foreign minister, has on fox on a african sold. it includes visits to your guns, it easier on south africa. on tuesday, he arrived in south africa where he met with the countries foreign minister and made statements regarding economic cooperation items during peace and stability on the continent and worldwide depend top diplomats services. this he has close presidents and saves the g 7 needs to listen to us for having the amazing as possible. i have 2 independent analysts, jackie schon due to discuss this further. now many thanks for joining us on the program. it's very good to see you now, but the u. k. um, depends foreign ministers of visiting africa ri

the uk's foreign secretary, james cleverly, has travelled to bejing, the first such visit in more thanhe body language seemed to be warm enough, despite some recent tensions between the uk and china over human rights, espionage and the war in ukraine. mr han spoke of promoting what he described as the "healthy and stable development of bilateral relations" through what he said would be "mutual respect and pragmatic co—operation." so what's likely to have been on the agenda for the meeting? the uk is unhappy over china's growing military support of russia in its war in ukraine. london has also voiced concerns about china's crackdown in hong kong and its ongoing treatment of the uyghurs. and then there are accusations that china is spying on the west — something beijing strongly denies. our correspondent in beijing, steve mcdonell, sat down to speak to mr cleverly after he met mr han — here's what he had to say. we have got to recognise that china is an incredibly potent trading partner in countries all over the world have very high volumes of trade with china. the report that you quote

james cleverly is flying back from beijing have included the first visit to china by a british foreignfive years. he met the chinese vice president han zheng and foreign minister wang yi on a 24—hour foreign minister wang yi on a 21r—hourvisit foreign minister wang yi on a 24—hour visit which has drawn criticism in the uk. some senior conservatives that it showed weakness and links the uk government? china policy to of appeasement. mr clovelly says trying to isolate china would be a mistake. our beijing corrsepondent, steve mcdonnell, has been speaking to him. this is the first chance a foreign secretary has had to visit china for about five years. a lot has happened in the world. one of the things that has really struck me over the last few years is that where you lose that face to face interaction, the regular communications, there are more opportunities for perhaps misinterpretations, mistrust, errors. and so part of this trip is about making sure we reestablish those lines of communications. now, there are those in your own party who don't want you to be here at all. they say you'r

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james cleverly is the first senior member of britain's government to visit beijing in more than fivet change "overnight," but insisted that a "pragmatic" relationship with the country, was necessary north korea says it has fired two short—range tactical ballistic missiles to simulate nuclear strikes on south korea. state media said the test were conducted as a warning against the us deployment of strategic bombers to the region. south korea reported two missiles landed in the sea. you're live with bbc news. the white house has condemned wednesday's coup in the central african nation of gabon. national security council spokesmanjohn kirby says it's obviously deeply concerning to see yet another country where military officers have taken these dangerous and reckless steps and attempted takeovers of democratically elected governments. those comments come after military officers named general brice clotaire 0ligui nguema as the transitional leader following claims that the re—election of the nation's longtime president was a fraud. will ross has more. 0n the streets of gabon, celebration

power there, so it has been helping to fight insurgency. has been helping to fight insurgency-— james cleverlyegion and raising concerns about the rock faulkner mercenary group. at the moment it is too early to say with any certainty at all about the situation in niger. what we have seen for some time is the wagner group, which we knew be an extension of putin's military ambition, having a very disruptive and malign influence in africa. uk house prices have dropped at their fastest annual pace for 1h years injuly, according to nationwide. prices fell by nearly 4% in the year tojuly, that's the biggest fall since 2009. what does it mean for the wider economy? let's ask nationwide's senior economist, andrew harvey. first of all, what are the reasons behind this huge fall in prices? what we have been seeing in the last few months is a gradual downward trend in house prices, they are now 1l5% trend in house prices, they are now 4.5% below their peak of august last year. in recent months, the reason behind the weakness in prices has been the deterioration of affordability because mortgage rates hav

the uk foreign secretary james cleverly says the first group of british nationals have safely left nigerhich currently remains open. let's talk more about life in niger right now — we'rejoined by sadissou sani, the chair of the association of niger's municipalities in maradi. coming from a region that borders nigeria and i know you're in your car and i can see the three little light around you, are you in your car because you're in a blackout? absolutely, there is no light and power is been cut off and so, that is why i'm in my car.— is why i'm in my car. you're the manner distorted _ is why i'm in my car. you're the manner distorted altogether i is why i'm in my car. you're the | manner distorted altogether and is why i'm in my car. you're the i manner distorted altogether and they come to you with your problems, what are business owners saying about the change in leadership the country? the owners of business are people who are very resilient and businesses going on, not normally but going on. and a lot of anxiety, i would say. b. but going on. and a lot of anxiety, i would say-— i wou

those flights, but we�*ve heard in the last little while that the uk efforts they are making, james cleverlymoon captured the world over. you can see it rising behind the air traffic controller in tel aviv, it�*s the first of sturgeon movements we can expect this month with a second do to appear on 30 august. some staggeringly beautiful pictures there of the super moon. thanks for being with us for the last three hours, hopefully i�*ll see you the same time tomorrow. hello there. this is certainly not the weather we would expect to find across the uk at this time of the year. today earlier on we had gusts of 60 mph on the isle of wight, the winds are not as strong now along the south coast of england. and there was some sunshine around as well here and there in between the downpours. and this was the radar from earlier on, we had something to read out pours developing across southern parts of the uk, and that more persistent rain across parts of england keeping it chilly here. it�*s all been do to get another area of low pressure that steered right over the uk, and that was storm patricia, n

the uk foreign secretary james cleverly is flying back home from beijing, having completed the firstears. he met china's vice—president, han zheng, and the foreign minister, wang yi on a 24—hour visit which has drawn criticism in the uk. some senior conservatives have said it showed weakness, and likened the uk government's china policy to one of "appeasement". mr cleverly defended his trip saying that it would not be "credible" to disengage. our beijing corrsepondent steve mcdonnell has been speaking to him. this is the first chance a foreign secretary has had to visit china for about five years. a lot has happened in the world. one of the things that has really struck me over the last few years is that where you lose that face to face interaction, the regular communications, there are more opportunities for perhaps misinterpretations, mistrust, errors. and so part of this trip is about making sure we reestablish those lines of communications. now, there are those in your own party who don't want you to be here at all. they say you're sort of essentially assisting a government that'

the uk's foreign secretary, james cleverly, has travelled to bejing, the first such visit in more thand to be warm enough, despite some recent tensions between the uk and china over human rights, espionage and the war in ukraine. police in canada have brought an additional 12 charges against a man accused of supplying a poisonous chemical to people who died by suicide. 57—year—old kenneth law had already been charged in may with two counts of counselling or aiding suicide in canada. ajudge in the us has rejected a bid by burger king to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it cheated hungry customers by making its whopper sandwich appear larger than it actually is. burger king was accused of portraying burgers with ingredients that "overflow over the bun," making itappear the burgers are 35% larger. you're live with bbc news. the fallout from monday's air traffic failiure in the uk is still being felt, with thousands of air passengers stranded overseas or stuck in airports here in britain. many passengers are experiencing flight cancellations and are paying huge bills for extended hotel stays, re

just hearing that the foreign secretary, james cleverly, will attend the final in sydney.unak go, should prince william go ? well, we prince william go? well, we understand they're not, but foreign secretary james cleverly says he will be there if he can get in some good diplomatic work at the same time. >> sure. up that aukus deal. meet antony albanese. perhaps, perhaps we'll be hearing about it if he does. >> tom no . >> tom no. >> tom no. >> well, moving on to our big story today, gb news has helped to save cash. yes the use of cash across the uk will stay protected as part of a new plan by the treasury. >> it comes after gb news hand delivered its don't kill cash petition to downing street with almost 300,000 signatures under new laws to preserve paper money, banks will be fined unless cash is made available to customers within three miles of their homes and just one mile for those in towns and cities . for those in towns and cities. >> well, the economic to secretary the treasury, andrew griffith, said that gb news has its spot on. let's get the opinion of business an

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