that beijing strongly denies saying the camps of reeducation purpose is to come but terrorism simon wright says nowadays this is how to fatah politics works. international sanctions or in other words american launched economic weapons and it's growing over countries that washington doesn't like having something of a purple power new u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken now in brussels on the heels of concerted sanctions against top officials blamed for the moslems in china's western province and we've had these u.s. president joe biden has made his 1st major move against russia has imposed sanctions on russian officials and businesses those who are over the jailing in the lead poisoning of kremlin critic alexina valmy we got these rumbling on to after the reported poisoning of opposition politician alex enough on the many demanded of hot construction of the north stream to so despite the fact that sanctions usually cause more misery to the populations of the countries they're aimed at rather than the governments just ask the venezuelans or the iraqis or the rain ians or the cubans is a

simon wright has been looking at some of the finer details. if you have any doubt the trouble the west is having working out how to deal with china i give to you britain's hold on integrated review of security defense development foreign policy your writing purpose of this review the most cobra 2 since the cold war is to make the united kingdom stronger safer prosperous while standing up. so i've read between the lines of this report which is the most important part and i boil it down for you america is a fading power but britain will still hide behind it whenever it can the united states will be our greatest ally and a uniquely close partner in defense intelligence and security russia's named as the main threat because that was the most effective way of getting funding for more bombs and because china has some questionable autocratic tendencies and all the cash and is pretty much going to rule the world by next year britain will continue to criticize it a little bit not to want to watch britain unveil this review if you're sitting in beijing

beijing has deployed numerous battleships in the area creating possibly the world's largest navy simon wright takes a closer look at the gunboat diplomacy. the big militaries of the western world the ones who historically do the serious amounts of damage packing their phallic symbols. into the south china sea. so the details last year we had this. new way of aircraft carrier the u.s.s. ronald reagan and the u.s. has nimitz in the water the profound china screen its current job is to stare out all those chinese troops stationed on the islands that keep popping up from nowhere but the strangest thing about fire across ireland is that 2 years ago. it didn't exist. neither did the 6 by their chinese military bases that have been built on manmade islands in the south china sea before we start criticizing china for building those islands to try and claim the area here's a map of the u.s. military bases around the south china sea so now the french are getting involved emanuel macron is seeking to position france as an alternative power to both china and the us in the south china sea as the unprecede

simon cameron were satisfied. they were glad about what rebecca wright? had done that she was willing to to lay it all on the line. but simon cameron and wrote a back to houston. and he said that he was supposed to granting military pensions to civilians. it wasn't because he didn't respect or admire. what individuals like rebecca wright have done. but it's that it would be financially impossible to do this. because i said you're gonna open up this can of worms in essence where if we grant a pension to rebecca wright. well, what about the thousands and thousands and tens of thousands of other civilians? who in some way offered military support intelligence support espionage support? to union forces i mean i'm currently working on looking at union sentiment in berkeley county, west virginia which until of course june of 1863 was part of virginia and it's it's there are dozens and dozens of people. in this county who have done so much to support the union war effort? and so simon cameron is saying we would have to pay all of these people and as much as we sy

simon, thank you for that. >>> there has been no official response from the white house in the aftermath this have shooting but we're told president biden has been briefed on it. jasmine wright is live at the white house for us. good morning. the secretary of state has already weighed in offering his deepest condolences he is of course at nato in brussels. when do we expect to hear from the white house, hear from the president? >> reporter: well, lawyer ration the first time that we will see president biden today likely will be when he goes to ohio to promote the american rescue plan and give remarks on the aca. now, as you said, we heard from white house press secretary jen psaki who tweeted last night that the president has been briefed on the shooting in colorado and will be kept up to date by his team as there are additional developments. frankly, we haven't heard that much from the white house outside of that tweet yet. now, listen, it's the second mass shooting in a week and the question is will president biden bring up gun reform. for tuesday's shooting in those atlanta spas that started those asian women majority, biden focused his remarks on denouncing the rise in a

charlotte wright, bbc news. 0ur correspondent simonjones is in ashford, kent. simon investigation and a difficult one for the metropolitan police because they are, of course, questioning one of their own officers on suspicion of murder, but add into that the conduct of the investigation itself is also being looked into by the independent police watchdog, namely this allegation that the suspect three days before sarah everard disappeared exposed himself in a restaurant in south london. the police watchdog is also looking into how he came to have head injuries while he was in custody. the metropolitan police say he was being monitored on cctv and was given immediate first aid, but he had to be taken to hospital yesterday. he has not been released back into custody whether questioning is continuing. here throughout the day we have seen a lot of police vehicles coming and going as part of the investigation. search is continuing in the woodland behind me were human remains were discovered. those have yet to be identified, but of course the family of sarah everard are bein

simon, thank you for that. they are big shoes to fill. absolutely, but all i can do is bring a bit of my own personality to what is a grounded format. remember bill wrightginning. i'm told you have been chosen because of _ beginning. i'm told you have been chosen because of something i. beginning. i'm told you have been l chosen because of something i have seen first—hand what you have a wicked of humour. all my friends when they see me in war zones, you and i were in iraq together, doing all the serious stuff, they know it is part of my personality but they also know i'm a bit of a laugh, and on the news channel, a bit of that, it's possible to get some of that outdoing the papers review, which i do in the evenings, and that is when you can open yourself up a bit and show your colours when it comes to your personality, and the other side of things which is slightly out of the rigid news form. i of things which is slightly out of the rigid news form.— of things which is slightly out of the rigid news form. i think it was a bi art the rigid news form. i think it was a big part of _ the rigid news form. i think it was a big part of it. — the rigid news fo

we'll speak to charlotte wright at new scotland yard, but first let's get the latest on the investigation with simonjones in ashford, in kent, where the search is taking place. simoninvestigated by the iopc, the police watchdog, over their response to that accusation. that is one of five investigations being carried out by the police watchdog. they are also looking at how the met responded to that initial report of sarah being missing and also help the suspect sustained a serious head injury while in custody. you have heard from simon strength of feeling around this and how people are feeling very emotional about what has been happening over the past few days and what has been emerging. some people have been planning to hold a vigil in south london on saturday evening. they have been wanting to hold that in the sarah's name. there is some question about whether that can go ahead or not. under lockdown restrictions life gatherings are banned. people are being dispersed from those sort of things and they can receive fines. —— life gatherings are banned. the police have said they understand the strength of feeling and they remain in discussion with organisers about t