jeremy bowen, bbc news, washington.ictory has started to roll in. we have correspondents in china, japan, south korea, and thailand to get us up to speed — but let's start in china. president xi has congratulated trump on his election win, but the world's second largest economy will be in direct comptition with the trump administration — with the us president—elect threatening to place large tarriffs on imports from china. well, let's cross live to beijing and join the bbc�*s laura bicker. we see that president xi has offered his congratulations to donald trump — how will he and beijing's viewing this victory? within the last hour, president xi has indeed offered his congratulations, and he's talked about hopefully the new us administration adhering to peaceful coexistence and win—win cooperation, he says, in his message. make no mistake — both us officials and chinese officials know that this is one officials know that this is one of the most contentious and competitive relationships in the world. these two superpowers

jeremy bowen, bbc news, washington.nited states, at the wilson centre, in washington. we just wejust got word we just got word that president xi has said the china and the us must get along, he also talked about strengthening dialogue and communication with the messages of good regulations coming through. i want your view on how china will be seeing trump's collection.— will be seeing trump's collection. , ., ., collection. while prior to the election. _ collection. while prior to the election, chinese _ collection. while prior to the election, chinese analysts i collection. while prior to the i election, chinese analysts had described their choice as being between two bowls of poison. they are very aware there is a republican democratic bipartisan consensus in washington that china is the us�*s greatest security challenge, and they don't see either candidate as being good for china. they had also said that they would be ready for either, they've also been studying donald trump now for eight years, so unlike during his

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jeremy bowen, bbc news, washington. we will be speaking with laura becker in beijing in a moment. this. i want your view first off on president zelensky and ukraine — he was very quick to congratulate donald trump, he very much needs the support of the us, doesn't he? he does, that's right- _ of the us, doesn't he? he does, that's right. so _ of the us, doesn't he? he does, that's right. so key _ of the us, doesn't he? he does, that's right. so key of's - that's right. so key of's future really depends on washington and all eyes were on washington and all eyes were on washington last not in a major way desk he had. give is very anxious and curious to see what anxious and curious to see what a second trumpet ministration means for them. there is a segment of the population that says it's over, donald trump will freeze aid — and there's another, more hopeful, may be perhaps cynical part of the population that says, "look, trump is a lot of blustar, but he is more than he seems." he was the first us president to send javelins to ukraine — 0bama refused, but trump did it — he also ext

with me today is the bbc�*s international editor, jeremy bowen, in jerusalem. hi, jeremy.ow are you? how are you today? great, thank you, jeremy. and our north america correspondent, nada tawfik, who is in new york. hey, nada. hi, great to be with you both. jeremy, i want to start with you, because the israel—gaza conflict has really loomed over the presidential election here in the us. now, there is the expansion of fighting to lebanon — significant fighting in lebanon as well. for vice president kamala harris and the current administration, how do you think this added factor changes things, going into the vote? well, that's the big question, really. i don't think we'll know until we get the results of what happens on november the 5th. it's been a truism for, you know, many, many elections in america that you don't put pressure on israel before an election. and they've been trying to follow that rule, i'd say. but, of course, things are changing in america demographically, in terms of the politics of the way that people want to vote. and in crucial states — michigan, nota

jeremy bowen, bbc news, washington. jeremy refers to in budapest throughout the morning on bbc news. in the uk, iterest rates are widely expected to be cut by the bank of england a little later today, in a move that will be closely watched by both businesses and consumers. in august, the bank of england cut the rate for the first time in over four years, by a quarter of a percentage point, to 5%. the bbc s cost of living correspondent colletta smith explains. it's been a rocky couple of years for katie's family finances. can ijoin you on the bouncy castle? they moved in february and had to get a mortgage at 6%. we had to sell the car to get it — give up quite a few things just to get that mortgage, because that was the only option to be able to afford a house. these decisions are being made a long way away from you, but they're having a massive impact on your family. we've already been talking about it, thinking, oh, hopefully it comes down. because it would give us a bit of a calm mindset for the future. but if it come

more on that in a moment from jeremy bowen in washington, but first, let's speak to katya adler is injust heard, quite hard for him because, as we havejust heard, ukraine has received the biggest amount of military aid from the united states. and now the winds of change are really blowing from washington after the us election. donald trump says he wants to put a swift end to the war but he has not said that he wants ukraine to win. and who hosted the summit today in budapest? none other than the most outspoken and ardent trump admirer amongst european leaders, the hungarian prime minister, viktor orban, who today demanded an immediate ceasefire in ukraine, something volodymyr zelensky would be dangerous without getting security guarantees. of course he recognises that all of the european leaders here want to have as good a relationship as possible with the next us president but what he also wanted to date was reassurances from close allies that they would not be turning their back on former promises and sir keir starmer, who was here in budapest, said that support for ukraine is ironc

jeremy bowen, bbc news, washington.s that, global business writer writer and economist avantika chilkoti, and michael martins, who is a former us state department staffer. a warm welcome to both of you, thank you for taking the time to talk about this astonishing political comeback and what it might mean on the world stage. to begin with i want to get some quick reaction from both of you about what you think this could mean, starting with michael. i this could mean, starting with michael. ~ ., , michael. i think donald trump is back, michael. i think donald trump is back. he — michael. i think donald trump is back, he has _ michael. i think donald trump is back, he has a _ michael. i think donald trump is back, he has a very - michael. i think donald trump is back, he has a very clear. is back, he has a very clear foreign policy agenda. he has control of the executive and probably will end up having control of congress so it looks like full steam ahead. i control of congress so it looks like full steam ahead.- like full