the uk foreign secretary, james cleverly, says it is very difficult to get aid to libya to help thoseing. but he's defended cuts to the uk's aid budget, saying the country is still one of the biggest donors in the world. let's get more now from our political correspondent damian grammaticas. what has mr cleverly been saying? the foreign secretary was saying that the uk had committed £1 million to help in libya but the problems he said were trying to get that in because of the lack of what he called our high functioning administration and a lack of resources and reception for people who could be sent in, so logistical and governmental issues. but what was interesting is then he was pressed on what you've just been hearing about, the problems with government issues in libya and whether the uk itself bore some responsibility for that because the uk had helped lead to the intervention back in 2011 that ended up intervention back in 2011 that ended up removing colonel gaddafi and was then followed by a period of instability and civil war. this is what he said. colonel gaddafi perpetrated b

we saw a letter sent in july, by the foreign secretary . injuly, by the foreign secretary james cleverlyer he decided he did not want to press india, over theissue, did not want to press india, over the issue, however you do have a lot of support, 70 mps signing a letter in support of your brother, how hopeful are you, looking ahead to that meeting tomorrow? there is a clear message today, which is to rishi sunak, you are playing with my brother's life, if you are serious about protecting british citizens is and the british public, you need to stand up, and show that you will be standing upfor stand up, and show that you will be standing up for human rights and not putting trade above it, so, i am hopeful in respect of the boris johnson, sorry, can race jagtar�*s case, there is no doubt that rishi sunak should be doing it as well, so the question is, everybody is calling for this that you need to stand up, rightfully so, britain called for nazanin's release, previously, and that was to a country of iran which we don't have good relations with but we do with india, show so it shouldn't be

in be to see what james cleverly has to sa ? , ., ., , . say?the domestic debate in israel, ed stephanie _ say? in terms of the domestic debate in israel, ed stephanie somewhere i in israel, ed stephanie somewhere else. they are dealing with the supreme court, the prime minister upcoming visit to the us next week. they will not generate a lot of public attention. but because this is a time in which not many foreign ministers from western democracies are visiting israel. i think there will be an outlook on whether or not it will be about values or mainly about trade, economy and security. it is issues that are important for the israel uk relationship and to maintain positive momentum but can those relations continue as usual when all of these other things are happening whether it's on the palestinian front or domestically inside israel?— palestinian front or domestically inside israel? ., ,, . ., inside israel? thank you so much for that. we inside israel? thank you so much for that- we will — inside israel? thank you so much for that. we will ha

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

james cleverly greeted charles, the first person.nt to all of this that expected to have a national assembly will gather to hear the king's speech tomorrow in french, which is further impressive and cementing the relationship. but french president emmanuel macron appears to be very, very fond of king charles. >> on twitter, he issued a lovely welcome ahead of the king and queen's arrivals saying you visited as a prince. you return as a king. your majesty, welcome . and that was, of course, in reference to when king charles was last in france, because as him and queen camilla were supposed to do this state visit back in the spring and it had to be delayed because of all that violence and rioting over pension reforms . and so now this pension reforms. and so now this is the three day state visit around the corner. they are arriving, making their way up to the arc de triomphe to be greeted by president macron and his wife , brigitte. his wife, brigitte. >> it looks like the royal motorcade has just rounded the corner on that hill, histo

foreign james cleverly foreign secretary james cleverly says the uk's supporting british nationals innister says he and his indian counterpart narendra modi have a lot of hard work. still to do before trade deal can be to do before a trade deal can be reached . but prime minister reached. but the prime minister refused on the refused to put a deadline on the agreement warning that agreement and is warning that a deal a mr sunak has also deal is not a mr sunak has also said the delegates at the g 20 summit have agreed on a joint message with strong language about russia's illegal war in ukraine, adding russia is completely isolated and the police service of northern ireland says military grade explosives and weapons, which could have been used by dissident republicans to attack police, have been recovered in londonderry, a 16 officers were injured in the creggan area as police came under attack by crowds where they conducted the raids . two crowds where they conducted the raids. two men and a woman have been arrested under the terrorism act. authorities say their main focus is on the n

the foreign secretary, james cleverly , says secretary, james cleverly, says the uk is deploying 60 searchas and rescue specialist. it's. as well as four rescue dogs to the nonh well as four rescue dogs to the north african country, more than 2100 people have died after the 6.8 magnitude quake struck remote areas of the atlas mountains with aftershocks today causing more uncertainty and danger. causing more uncertainty and danger . king causing more uncertainty and danger. king charles sent his condolences , saying he could not condolences, saying he could not describe the depths of his sadness and sorrow at the appalling tragedy . now daniel appalling tragedy. now daniel khalife has been charged with escape in custody after four days on the run from the authorities . the 21 year old authorities. the 21 year old escaped terror suspect had strapped himself underneath a food delivery lorry from wandsworth prison on wednesday. he was tackled from his bicycle on a canal towpath in northolt, west london, by a police officer yesterday . he'll west london, by a police officer yesterday. he'll app

the foreign secretary, james cleverly , says secretary, james cleverly, says the uk is deploying 60 searchas and rescue specialist. it's. as well as four rescue dogs to the nonh well as four rescue dogs to the north african country, more than 2100 people have died after the 6.8 magnitude quake struck remote areas of the atlas mountains with aftershocks today causing more uncertainty and danger. causing more uncertainty and danger . king causing more uncertainty and danger. king charles sent his condolences , saying he could not condolences, saying he could not describe the depths of his sadness and sorrow at the appalling tragedy . now daniel appalling tragedy. now daniel khalife has been charged with escape in custody after four days on the run from the authorities . the 21 year old authorities. the 21 year old escaped terror suspect had strapped himself underneath a food delivery lorry from wandsworth prison on wednesday. he was tackled from his bicycle on a canal towpath in northolt, west london, by a police officer yesterday . he'll west london, by a police officer yesterday. he'll app

the foreign secretary james cleverly was in beijing just a couple of weeks ago.t frankly and are going to use this situation, this arrest and the allegation that this man has been arrested over spying claims linked to china, they are going to use that to reignite that debate and say we need a much stricter approach when it comes to the regime in beijing. if you would like to stay up to date on the aftermath of the earthquake in morocco and the rescue aid operations, have a look at our life page. we are continuing updating it and we will keep you abreast of the latest of elements there. that terrible earthquake. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. the storm clouds have been brewing today. we've had some intense downpours already. it'll be quite nasty on the road. so the met office do have warnings out for those thunderstorms which are likely to give some sudden flash flooding, frequent lightning. more details on the website. but as i say, there are some quite torrential downpours out there. no surprise really when you consider today has been the seventh co

the foreign secretary james cleverly was in beijing just a couple of weeks ago.ps who are furious about that frankly and are going to use this situation, this arrest and the allegation that this man has been arrested over spying claims linked to china, they are going to use that to reignite that debate and say we need a much stricter approach when it comes to the regime in beijing. police in chile have clashed with demonstrators during a march attended by president gabriel boric on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the military coup led by general pinochet. police guarding the presidential palace responded with tear gas and water cannon to protesters who threw stones and objects at them. the 1973 coup, which ended with the death of the socialist president salvador allende, remains a hugely divisive issue in chile. some 3,000 people were killed during the 17 years general pinochet was in power. his supporters say he saved chile from communism. here in uk, the terror suspect daniel khalife has been formally charged with escaping from wandsworth prison. the 21—year

glory to the heroes good day well, the head of the ministry of foreign affairs of great britain james cleverlyfake elections of russia are an attempt to legitimize baseless claims to sovereign the territory of ukraine, we understand that no one in the world recognizes what the russians call elections, everyone in the world perceives it as a shameful bloody circus, but despite this, russia - in your opinion, for what purpose is this case being conducted, because very often, well, our fellow citizens may be frivolous with their attention, and the problem may actually be serious, well , look at the purpose of russia's holding these elections, it is the same as asking for the purpose of russia's aggressive war against therefore, it is very difficult to give any rational explanation here. i think that russia is already taking such steps out of inertia, even though no state in the world . well, we will not be caught by any state. recognize these negative so-called elections. therefore, this is most likely aimed at internal consumption, an attempt to show, as they have already stated more than once,

the foreign secretary james cleverly was in beijing just a couple of weeks ago.us about that frankly and are going to use this situation, this arrest and the allegation that this man has been arrested over spying claims linked to china, they are going to use that to reignite that debate and say we need a much stricter approach when it comes to the regime in beijing. the terror suspect daniel khalife has been formally charged with escaping from wandsworth prison. the 21—year—old former soldier was charged with the escape after he was recaptured yesterday on a canal tow path in west london, following a manhunt. the justice secretary says that in the wake of khalife's escape some a0 inmates have been moved from the category b gaol "out of an abundance of caution". from the category b gaol "out before we go, let's take a look at the world's only penny farthing race. thousands lined the streets of cheshire today to watch the race, which is only held every ten years. penny farthing enthusiasts came from as far as new zealand to compete in doing as many laps as they can

the foreign secretary james cleverly was in beijing a couple of weeks ago.us about that, frankly, and are going to use this situation, this arrest and allegation that this man has been arrested over spying claims linked to china, they are going to use that to reignite that debate and say we are need a much stricter approach when it comes to the regime in beijing. in tennis, world number one novak djokovic, has battled to a career—defining victory at the us open in new york. the serbian player overcame russia's daniil medvedev in straight sets after a nail biting tie—break in the second, after which medvedev crumbled. it means djokovic has won a record—equalling 2a grand slam single titles, matching margaret court's all—time record. the win also avenged djokovic's loss in straight sets to medvedev at the us open final in 2021 — the russian�*s only grand slam title so far. a short while ago i spoke to lukas weese, staff editor at the athletic, about djokovic's victory and career. djokovic throughout his career has often played the villain when he came to arthu

is that part, do you think, of james cleverly's caution ? cleverly's caution?re is not a huge difference, remember, between in the range of the atacms , it's about 40 miles, atacms, it's about 40 miles, isn't it , atacms, it's about 40 miles, isn't it, that that is significant, but it's not colossal. and the storm shadows, which of course the french are also supplying . it's the same also supplying. it's the same missile they call it scalp . so missile they call it scalp. so in in essence, we've already done that. and i think that may have nudged the latest american decision carefully and cautiously revealed that they are going to supply some some atacms. and that's, of course, the bit. so they're playing it carefully, some not too many. and with the missile, the warhead type, which can not entirely upset the russians and the uk has so far supplied some £5 billion worth of military assistance to ukraine since the start of this conflict. >> what would you say to people who say that that's a lot of money and would it better be spent at home or should we be in thi

i've just states james, cleverly unimportant british politician, both the sweets i saw them. sweet and crime is ukraine and blink. and a statement about this. clearly, a nato, a change of policy to directly as to how you try me. i would categorize the city and i knew a little american who very much control nature, i think, attempts to attract made. so we saw that in the statements. we now see that the policy is one of the reasons i mean find me out because we can see increasing a tax on the peninsula. we talked last week. the secret does have some success, but russian of a defenses very successful. that is clearly an attempt by nature to, to attack crimea right now. it's not really have much of an effect in terms of the law in the russian military establishment. but it's a clear, we'll talk to a good time to attack academia directly. and it's unclear what they expect to achieve by this. it's a, it was a scary of a sense of stuff as the whole today. really not much middle she of much, much really middle if she value is being and see. but it's clearly an attempt to attack a cri

major politicians and blue american politicians. lincoln at the american stuck suggest states james, cleverly unimportant good as politician. both sweets i saw them suite and crimea, is ukraine blinking. put out a statement about this, clearly a need. so a change of policy to directly a time call me and i would categorize that as the key and angle and little american who very much control, nate, so i think attempts to attract me. so we saw that and the statements. we now see that in the policy is one of the reasons i mean, cry me up because we can see increasing a tax on the peninsula. we haven't talked last week. let's see, cream does have some success, but russian of advances very successful. but it's clearly an attempt by nature to, to attack crimea right now. it's not really having much of an effect in terms of why in the russian military establishment. but it's a clear, we'll talk to a good time to attack academia directly. and it's unclear what they expect to achieve by this. it's very, it was a scary of the sense of set this level today. really not much minutes. you much, much, really

the foreign secretary james cleverly was in beijing just a couple of weeks ago. furious about that frankly and are going to use this situation, this arrest and the allegation that this man has been arrested over spying claims linked to china, they are going to use that to reignite that debate and say we need a much stricter approach when it comes to the regime in beijing. more now on the rugby union world cup. defending champions south africa have kicked off their campaign with a win by defeating scotland. live now to our reporter grace harbage who's in marseille. how was the game? yes, reigning world champs in south africa will be very pleased to have sealed a victory over scotland this evening. what started off as a tight first half, only three points separating the two sides at half—time, but then it really turned in south africa's half in the second. they really did run away with that in the second half. they will be pleased with a job well done, getting ready for their next game, but for scotland now they really have their work cut out to qualify out of thei

the foreign secretary james cleverly was in beijing weeks ago.going to use this situation, this arrest and allegation that this man has been arrested over spying claims link to china, they are going to use that to reignite that debate and say we are need a much stricter approach when it comes to the regime in beijing. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. us presidentjoe biden is set to meet with vietnamese leaders, on the second and final day of his visit to the country monday. speaking to reporters, he defended us engagement in the pacific, against a background of rising chinese influence in the region. meryl kornfield from the washington post is in hanoi covering mr biden's visit and shejoins us now. president biden signing a strategic partnership with vietnam — what more can you tell us about this accord and its significance? we can see from the declaration signed in new guinea and the president biden's trip in vietnam, the similar playbook that we have seen in his administration so far and how he has tried to present himself in the indo—pacif

we will try and play you that interview with james cleverly when we get it in. let's move on.king military action after six people were killed by land—mines in the disputed territory of nagorno—karabakh. four of the dead were staff of the azerbaijan interior ministry, with some reports describing them as police officers. nagorno—karabakh is legally recognised as part of azerbaijan, but the local population are mostly ethnic armenians. live now to konul khalilova from the bbc azeri service. first of all, what is your reaction to today's ms. ?_ to today's ms. ? this is the news that everyone — to today's ms. ? this is the news that everyone watching _ to today's ms. ? this is the news that everyone watching the - to today's ms. ? this is the news | that everyone watching the reason was expecting to happen. azerbaijan had been calling armenia to withdraw forces from the area called nagorno—karabakh but armenia denies, it says it does not have any armed forces in azerbaijan territory. nagorno—karabakh is legally part of azerbaijan in today's military operation is seen as retaliato

major politicians, annual american politicians blinking at the american stick suggest states james, cleverly unimportant british politician, both sweets, i saw them suites in crime. it is ukraine. i'm blinking. put out a statement about this. clearly a nato, a change of policy to directly attack by me, i would categorize the key and i knew a little american who very much control nature, i think, attempts to attract me. so we saw that in the statements. we now see that in the policies, one of the reasons i mean i may have because we can see increasing a tax on the peninsula. we haven't talked last week. let's see, cream does. so some success, but russian of a defense is very successful, but it's clearly an attempt by nature to, to attack crimea right now. it's not really having much of the aspects in terms of the law in the russian military establishment. but it's a clear, we'll talk to it a good time to attack academia directly, and it's unclear what they expect to achieve by this. it's a, it was a scary of a sense of surface level today, but really not much minutes. you much, much, really m

weeks thanit contact with china in recent weeks than it has for years stop the foreign secretary james cleverlyare a lot of conservative mps who are furious about that frankly and are going to use this situation, this arrest and allegation that this man has been arrested over spying claims linked to china, they are going to use that to china, they are going to use that to reignite that debate and say we need a much stricter approach when it comes to the regime in beijing. aha, it comes to the regime in beijing. a few years ago if you talked about foreign interference in democratic movements, in the uk or the us, fingers would have been pointed out russia. how much does it feel that is now moving towards china? i do not think the _ is now moving towards china? i if not think the russian element of it has gone away at all. still considerable concern at westminster about russian influence in british politics, there has been a lot of criticism actually from mps that the government does not do enough to monitor russian influence, but there is certainly a growing concern about the chinese element of

this morning, the foreign secretary, james cleverly, said the entertainment industry as a whole had questionso answer about how it deals with allegations made byjunior staff against big—name presenters, because of what he termed the "acute differentials in power". vincent mcaviney has the latest. his behaviour made him no stranger to the tabloids, but this weekend, serious sexual allegations mean russell brand has made all the front pages. perhaps over the course of the evening, some of my accoutrements could make their way onto your body. once one of the most ubiquitous faces on bbc tv and radio, building a career in hollywood for a time. it is the way these organisations oversaw brand's conduct which is now coming under the spotlight, with the foreign secretary saying the entertainment industry as a whole has questions to answer. there are some real challenges where you have these very, very acute differentials in power, whether that be in the entertainment industry, whether that be in politics, and we see this in the commercial world as well. and i think we have to be particularly careful

james cleverly saying it would be credible _ beijing.surprise victory. it is ahead. we are reflecting on - england's surprise victory. it is an important part of marseille, the harbour and port. you can see boats coming and going because it is a sunday. people have leisure time so they have a cruise around the coves. the fishing industry is the beating heart. good morning, lawrence. he's coming from his morning hall. a fantastic boat. all the talk is about the surprising victory of england. we can't understand a word each other says. you have spoken english! my french isn't good enough. you were telling me how you saw the game. go for it. what was it about. he speaks french argentina got a try, but no for england. what happened in the third minute? tom currie sent off, and then after that... rugby brings people together. everyone feared the worst, but in a way those moments can galvanise a team, that is what we saw. they put on a brilliant defensive performance. it was the incredible kicking of george ford, all 27 point coming from him.

and that's why james cleverly there to cleverly went out there to beijing weeks ago.ing a few weeks ago. of course, that happened after the arrest of these alleged arrest of over these alleged spies. all spies. of course, who deny all wrongdoing. question is wrongdoing. so the question is for will be asked in the for the pm will be asked in the house when he gives a house today when he gives a speech on the g20 by keir starmer, imagine. what did he starmer, i imagine. what did he know? know it and know? when did you know it and why we still talking to china? >> and a lot of very angry mps too, with sir lindsay hoyle, the speaken too, with sir lindsay hoyle, the speaker, to make statement at speaker, to make a statement at 230. one parliamentary 230. we've got one parliamentary research. know one of two research. we know of one of two men in march under men arrested in march under the official those official secrets act. those lawyers completely lawyers say he's completely innocent. services innocent. intelligence services concerned about maybe others who may be within

. >> paul, hit for james cleverly britain's foreign secretary based been criticized for being soft onmentioning a british citizen who is been unjustly imprisoned in hong kong. but, on a recent visit to beijing he did raise the case with the chinese vice president and tweeted about it later. has been in jail for almost three years now. the son said he is there standing up for british values. it is the least britain could do could stick up for one of its citizens. >> like kate? it's like to get the heat to governor desantis likely the damage from the herd has been less than what was initially feared. think the governor deserves credit for the handling of the responses talk mckenney school district's reopened, they have enough water, fuel and tarps. this is some competent handling. the wrap on him in the primary is that he is not dale carnegie but there is a lot to like about a confident executive board that is something but it should think about as they make their choice for 2024. >> are at kyle? oxo get a hit to the mackinac center legal foundation in michigan pursuing to get the peopl

it has certainly been consistent that britain wants it everywhere it once and that is what james cleverlyps it is better at being looked at how we can protect itself but thatis at how we can protect itself but that is only half of the whole sphere it wants to engage in. that sphere it wants to engage in. at many levels in our society deform at universities ministerjoejohnson universities ministerjoe johnson has talked universities ministerjoejohnson has talked today about the russell group of universities who are particularly dependent on chinese funding, chinese students, obviously pay higher student fees here in the uk. 0ne pay higher student fees here in the uk. one of the big london universities, ucl, takes a third of its tuition fees from china. you can see where this might go. some of these people at a top university in london might find their way into research may be pertaining to china, but the point is there is influence through the system and the question is how do we reduce the risk from that. �* ., ., , ., , , that. i'm going to tell you this is not accidental. _ that. i'm goi

in an interview with house magazine, james cleverly made the statement that if the united states andould allegedly worsen. at the same time, the head of british diplomacy admitted that fatigue with ukraine is growing in the west. called it a big problem. early parliamentary elections started in slovakia today, and they are making washington and brussels nervous. according to polls, robert fitso may become the new prime minister. if elected, he promised to resume partnership with russia and stop supporting kiev. chances of winning - fico, appreciated ours european correspondent daria grigorova. more than 6,000 polling stations opened throughout slovakia today. voting has begun. at 7 o'clock in the morning. sociologists record a high level of interest. sociological forecasts about the winner of today's elections vary. the majority give leadership to the smer party, that is, the course. it is headed by ex-prime minister robert fitz. the direction that the party proposes for slovakia worries the eu and nato. its leader has openly promised more than once not to give ukraine a single bulle

conservative critics of james cleverly think not. we'll discuss that.opera, dr. harry brunjes . chairman of the english national opera, dr. harry brunjes. he's preparing to launch the company's new season, one that they were told they would not have. arts council england announced the withdrawal of its funding last year, but has now executed a dramatic u—turn . the executed a dramatic u—turn. the founder of the social enterprise create streets, nicholas boyes smith, aims to relieve the housing crisis by building beautiful homes. now he's been appointed chair of the office for place , created by levelling for place, created by levelling up secretary michael gove in order to enact that vision. i'll be asking him whether nimby opposition to new development can be overcome if new developments look good . and for developments look good. and for our taste of britain's segment, i'll be joined by lottie bedlow , the great british bake off contestant who charmed audiences with her dry humour and is preparing to judge at the great british food festival. all of th

i think the other thing in relation to what— i think the other thing in relation to what james cleverly_ to that in the sense that they are a little bit odd, it's ok. there is somewhere to go with these things now. _ somewhere to go with these things now. even— somewhere to go with these things now, even when you are pre—warn that someone _ now, even when you are pre—warn that someone has _ now, even when you are pre—warn that someone has a behaviour you will find difficult, ithink someone has a behaviour you will find difficult, i think it's easier to call— find difficult, i think it's easier to call that out and say it is not ok _ to call that out and say it is not ok and — to call that out and say it is not ok. and certainly the organisations 0k. and certainly the organisations iwork— 0k. and certainly the organisations i work in. _ 0k. and certainly the organisations i work in, there is a robust procedure _ i work in, there is a robust procedure for dealing with it and that's— procedure for dealing with it and that's always been there but i think it's this _ that's always been there

james, cleverly the farm. second, she went to the aging just last month. there was some blow back against that from some of this party who were against to close engagements. so this read the message from another minister today talking about cautious engagement, recognizing chinese position in the world, but trying to protect british interests at the same time. perry, thank you for them. harry fawcett live in london. the one you created now in russia has launched drawing a tax on ukraine's capital explosions were heard in key events surrounding regions . on sunday morning ukraine says ad defense is destroyed. $25.00 out of $32.00 attack drones and russia says it foiled a ukrainian attack over the re on border region. same bus driver has more from a dozens of drones fired in the direction of the central keys. the majority of them were neutralized by you printing air defense is something they'll be seeing, no doubt as a success. but that does not mean that this latest aerial attack on the capital did not leave. it's mark and one of the areas where the debris

>> i do actually accept that james cleverlys comment , which james cleverlys comment, which was it'ster to talk and not. and i do think also if you have concerns, as we clearly do , it's concerns, as we clearly do, it's better as rishi sunak did in the 620 better as rishi sunak did in the g20 meeting face to face with the chinese to tell them what we think . and also it's important think. and also it's important they know that we realise what's going on, but there is no doubt china poses the biggest economic and beyond that threat, i mean particularly in taiwan , i would particularly in taiwan, i would be very nervous about living in taiwan these days because they seem and also the chinese economy is not doing as well as it was. and once the leaders in china are under any kind of domestic pressure , it's when domestic pressure, it's when they start looking out and start doing things that might be described as a little reckless . described as a little reckless. so i am i am concerned about the security, but i do hope lindsay hoyle, the speaker , will be hoyle, the speaker, will be mak

still pushed on, attempting to reset the relationship and indeed sent the foreign secretary, james cleverlyme would argue , of course, we should argue, of course, we should always maintain negotiations , always maintain negotiations, even with people that we disagree . but it does seem that disagree. but it does seem that our policy, our foreign policy with china is at very best confused. i'm joined by austin williams, journalist and author on china and a visiting research fellow at the thlu university in china. and i managed to pronounce that without getting it wrong . austin, welcome to the it wrong. austin, welcome to the program . do you see why many of program. do you see why many of us are just utterly confused as to really what the british foreign policy position with china is? >> well, absolutely. i mean, obviously spying has gone on for a long time. i just saw on a rival channel that the hong kong chinese have just revealed that there was a us spy operating within within america for the last 30 years. you know, and the spy last 30 years. you know, and the spy balloon, if we remembe

still pushed on, attempting to reset the relationship and indeed sent the foreign secretary, james cleverlysome would argue , of course, we should argue, of course, we should always maintain negotiations , always maintain negotiations, even with people that we disagree . but it does seem that disagree. but it does seem that our policy, our foreign policy with china is at very best confused. i'm joined by austin williams, journalist and author on china and a visiting research fellow at the thlu university in china. and i managed to pronounce that without getting it wrong . austin, welcome to the it wrong. austin, welcome to the program . do you see why many of program. do you see why many of us are just utterly confused as to really what the british foreign policy position with china is? >> well, absolutely. i mean, obviously spying has gone on for a long time. i just saw on a rival channel that the hong kong chinese have just revealed that there was a us spy operating within within america for the last 30 years. you know, and the spy last 30 years. you know, and the spy balloon, if we remem

and what was james cleverly the foreign secretary, thinking in visiting beijing just a couple of weeksack in the light of this evidence? why didn't he make a public fuss about it? some will say, oh, well, of course, if that was done, it would prejudice a future trial. but i think these things actually need , as a matter of actually need, as a matter of pubuc actually need, as a matter of public interest, to be talked about and to be debated. and then there's the question of rishi sunak. i mean, you saw the clip on the news of him in the house of commons, but this is the man when he was running to become leader of the conservative party, and therefore minister, therefore prime minister, he didn't liz did. but didn't win. liz truss did. but described china as a threat. but now that's been downgraded and china apparently now is a systematic challenge. well, i think ken mccallum, the boss of mi5 , think ken mccallum, the boss of m15 , takes it all rather more m15, takes it all rather more seriously. he said in a very unusual speech last year that the national cyber security centre had defe

and what was james cleverly the foreign secretary, thinking in visiting beijing just a couple of weeks back in the light of this evidence? why didn't he make a public fuss about it? some will say, oh, well, of course, if that was done, it would prejudice a future trial. but i think these things actually need , as a matter of actually need, as a matter of pubuc actually need, as a matter of public interest, to be talked about and to be debated. and then there's the question of rishi sunak. i mean, you saw the clip on the news of him in the house of commons, but this is the man when he was running to become leader of the conservative party, and therefore minister, therefore prime minister, he didn't liz did. but didn't win. liz truss did. but described china as a threat. but now that's been downgraded and china apparently now is a systematic challenge. well, i think ken mccallum, the boss of mi5 , think ken mccallum, the boss of m15 , takes it all rather more m15, takes it all rather more seriously. he said in a very unusual speech last year that the national cyber security centre had de

it's only a couple of weeks that the foreign secretary, james cleverly visited.visit like that for five years. he came in for a lot of criticism. >> well, the prime minister, i suppose, is taking what he would see as a pragmatic approach. they've got the potential to be big economic partners and he wants nurture that wants to nurture that relationship a relationship if he can, in a safe way. but we're hearing that these arrests were back in march. why have only come march. why have they only come to now? and lot of tory to light now? and a lot of tory mps very concerned that mps will be very concerned that they the dark about they were kept in the dark about this, especially given all the concerns about trying to concerns about china trying to undermine of liberal undermine kind of liberal western rules based order. >> it's a long time, isn't it? from march until now , and from march until now, and there's many conservative mps who are already extremely concerned about the influence of china and rishi sunak and the government's attitude towards them. this is only

well we're joined now by the foreign secretary, james cleverly. >> and a very good morning to you.t is this summit going to achieve , this summit going to achieve, really, do you think . really, do you think. >> well, this is an opportunity for a number of economies , not for a number of economies, not just european, but around the globe, to come together and discuss and address some of the significant issues that face the world, things like food insecurity , things like the insecurity, things like the conflict that we see with russias brutal invasion of ukraine and of course, the prime minister is going to take the opportunity to set out the uk's position on on these important issues to build an even stronger relationship with india and a number of other countries around the world and set out what the uk is doing to address these global issues. it's a very, very important meeting, very, very pleased. the prime minister is going well . going well. >> yes, and it's got to be good if we come away with a free trade deal, which post brexit would be perfect for us with such a huge econo

some weakness that could be exploited by an adversary and there's been criticism as well about james cleverly, going over to beijing, some people are saying we shouldn't have friendly ties to china. >> the flip side of that is other people are saying we need to have more friendly ties. we need to be closer to china because of their power. what say you? >> well, i think embrace them. but keep them close and keep your friends closer. >> still close. but your friends closer still. rupert allison, there. thank you for your insight . so there. thank you for your insight. so do you agree there. thank you for your insight . so do you agree with insight. so do you agree with that final sentiment? >> well, i don't entirely agree with him. i mean, i think the reason we've got the problems we've got with china is because, as i mentioned earlier , we were as i mentioned earlier, we were too quick to embrace them. we wanted bring them onto the wanted to bring them onto the world we thought we world stage and we thought we would neuter any threat to our security of trading security as a result of trading w

but foreign secretary james cleverly says it remains a priority . remains a priority. >> india is a growinging to be important economically, politically, diplomatic , politically, diplomatic, actually in years to come . and actually in years to come. and the fact that we've already got a good relationship, an excellent relationship, in fact, is fantastic. we're looking to build on that. and india is seeking to do a trade deal with us and us seeking to do a trade deal with them for trade purposes is rather than anything else. and the advantages of trade are self—evident . eight 5 trade are self—evident. eight 5 million disposable vapes are being thrown away each week in the uk. >> research from material focus , that's a non—profit recycling organisation , even found the organisation, even found the number has quadrupled in the past year. that is the equivalent to ape vapes being discarded every second. the industry says it is working to improve recycling rates to avoid fires in bin lorries and rubbish dumps . and the uk is on track to dumps. and the uk is on track to have six days of 30 c he

the foreign secretary, james cleverly saying the uk is deploying 60 search and rescue special lists as well as four rescue dogs , more than 2100 rescue dogs, more than 2100 people have now died after the 6.8 man quake struck remote areas of the atlas mountains . areas of the atlas mountains. with aftershocks today causing more uncertainty and danger. and his majesty king charles has sent his condolences today to morocco, saying he can't describe the depths of his sadness and sorrow at the appalling tragedy unfolding there . well, in other news there. well, in other news today, daniel khalife has been charged with escaping custody after four days on the run from the authorities . the 21 year old the authorities. the 21 year old escaped terror suspect had strapped himself underneath a food delivery lorry to escape from wandsworth prison on wednesday. he was tackled from his bike on a canal towpath in northolt in west london by a police officer yesterday. he will appear at westminster magistrates court tomorrow. meanwhile, the justice secretary says around 40 inmates were moved out of wan