stephen mcdonell live from beijing. - we get more information. stephen mcdonell live from beijing.nited nations refugee agency says around ten million ukrainians have been displaced or driven from their homes by the invasion, and about 3.5 million of those people have now left ukraine for neighbouring countries. most have gone to poland, but thousands have also headed for romania, hungary, moldova and slovakia. 0ur correspondent danjohnson is in the polish city of krakow. still people arriving here from over the border in ukraine, even though the border in ukraine, even though the numbers are a little bit smaller than they were in at the early weeks of this crisis. we are seeing about 20,000 ukrainian refugees arriving in poland every day now, whereas at the height it was around 100,000, so things a little bit calmer and more manageable. but there are people still arriving here, trying to find a bed for a night, trying to stay warm. the message from city officials is that accommodation has run out here now and they are having to take more measures to try and how's everybody by doin

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. you're watching newsday on the bbc.ritish—iranian woman released in tehran last week says the uk government took far too long to secure her freedom. applause. i'm so proud of both of you. let there be no more wars or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. with great regret, the committee have decided that south africa be excluded from the 1970 competition. praying streaking across - the sky, the white—hot wreckage from mir drew gasps from onlookers in fiji. - this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko 0i in singapore. 0ur headlines... a fresh curfew�*s declared in the ukrainain capital, kyiv, after a series of russian strikes on civilian targets. ukraine rejects russian demands to give up the city of mariupol — but president zelensky again calls for face—to—face talks. more on that story — ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky says a meeting with president putin is necessary to determine russia's position on ending the war he launched in ukraine. russia's position on ending here's our chief international correspondent lyse

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing.tter — @bbckarishma. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. a balance of power, ukrainian ought to have enjoyed some success in recent days pushing back russian forces. in forces. the accident that happened here was of the sort that can, at worst, produce a meltdown. in this case, the precautions worked, but they didn't work quite well enough to prevent some old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing. the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become - a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians| wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is- being marked by a re—enactment of the fir

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing.er interrupts the nightly news, we ask what is the level of russian dissent in a country at war? today, we have closed the book on apartheid and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and a dimming of vision — all of this caused by an apparently organised attack. the trophy itself was on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. now, this was an international trophy and we understand now that the search for it has become an international search. above all, this was a triumph for the christian democrats. of the west, offering i reunification as quickly as possible, and that's. what the voters wanted. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: in russia — the main evening news on the country's flagship channel one was disrupted by a protest against the war on ukraine. highly unusual, in any case. a woman employee ran behind the newsreader, carrying a sign with the text: "no war. don't believe the propaganda. they are lying to you her

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. you're watching newsday on the bbc.n the programme... the british—iranian woman released in tehran last week says the uk government took far too long to secure her freedom. i'm so proud of both you. let there be no more wars or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. with great regret, _ the committee have decided that south africa be excluded . from the 1970 competition. singing in own language. streaking across the sky, the white—hot wreckage from mir drew gasps from onlookers on fiji. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko 0i in singapore. 0ur headlines: a fresh curfew�*s declared in the ukrainain capital kyiv, after a series of russian strikes on civilian targets. ukraine accuses russia of war crimes in the city of mariupol, but president zelensky again calls for face—to—face talks. as we've heard, ukraine has rejected a russian deadline for its forces to stop fighting in the besieged port city of mariupol. the first international journalists have arrived into areas of the city under russian control, describing utter

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing.te has started four days of confirmation hearings for the first black woman to be nominated to the supreme court. judge ketaanji brown jackson was picked by president biden afterjustice stephen briar announced his retirement in january. a man accused of murdering the british mp sir david amess is said to have carried out reconnaissance on other potential targets, including a cabinet minister. 26—year—old ali harbi ali denies murder and preparing acts of terrorism. the evidence was amongst the first presented by the prosecution on the opening day of his trial. sir david was stabbed to death in his essex constituency last 0ctober. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranian woman released last week by iran, has criticised successive british foreign secretaries for the time it took to secure her freedom. in her first public comments since returning home, she said the iranian government had consistently made it clear that she would be released only after britain paid a debt to iran, dat

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing.hina have held talks that lasted for seven hours and were described as intense. i'm joined now by richard mcgregor, senior fellow for east asia at the lowy institute, who's in sydney. he has been watching the latest development. great to get you on the programme. these talks coming as the us has made these claims about the relationship between china and russia getting stronger. what do you make of these claims? weill. russia getting stronger. what do you make of these claims?— make of these claims? well, it's very interesting. _ make of these claims? well, it's very interesting. we _ make of these claims? well, it's very interesting. we don't - make of these claims? well, it's very interesting. we don't know| make of these claims? well, it's i very interesting. we don't know of course whether they're true. us intelligence has been accurate. i don't want to sound naive. it's quite possible. russia and china signed a quote on quote no limits partnership. russia may have decided to hold c

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. are suggestions that relations between russia and china are getting stronger. so what should we make of that? here's what richard mcgregor, senior fellow for east asia at the lowy institute, told me a little earlier. it is very interesting. we don't know, of course, whether they are true. us intelligence on ukraine satisfy been pretty accurate. i doubt the us would have made this up. i don't want to sound naive. it is quite possible, of course, russia and china signed a "no limits partnership". 0ne china signed a "no limits partnership". one way of looking but this is that russia might have decided to hold china's feeds to the fire and make sure they live up to that by making what is a very difficult request of them for military equipment or logistical help. —— requested for them. logistical help. -- requested for them-— logistical help. -- requested forthem. , . . for them. absolutely, richard. that brings — for them. absolutely, richard. that brings me _ for them. absolutely, richar

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. zoom from shanghai. it is great you are on the programme. in the first instance, my understanding is you're currently lockdown in shanghai. what can you do? what can't you do? , ., ., ., , what can you do? what can't you do? ., , ., do? good morning. yes, i am currently _ do? good morning. yes, i am currently living _ do? good morning. yes, i am currently living in _ do? good morning. yes, i am currently living in the - do? good morning. yes, i am currently living in the first - currently living in the first lot being locked down. currently, our compound is gated in, meaning that nobody can go out. luckily, our area, we have a little park, so people can still go out and have a little walk, but we won't be able to, as it says, god for any means —— go out for any means a. god for any means -- go out for any means a-— god for any means -- go out for any means a— any means a. anita, what does that mean. _ any means a. anita, what does that mean, then, _ any means a. anita, what does that

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing.s. from me and the team, to stay with bbc news for the team, to stay with bbc news for the latest global headlines and analysis. hello. there is a change on the way, and for some, it will come as a shock to the system, especially in those parts of the uk where temperatures on monday afternoon got up to 18 degrees, especially across some western areas. up to the north, in shetland, just 6 degrees, and that colder air will be sweeping southwards over the next few days. it will turn cold enough for some of us to see some snow. now, tuesday morning starting off with a lot of cloud, some mist and fog in places, rain for a time across southern counties of england. in fact, some showery rain will continue here through the day. rain with some sleet and snow mixing in in northern scotland. elsewhere, some brighter skies developing, a scattering of showers, although eastern counties are likely to stay quite cloudy. for most, temperatures will be between nine and 1a degrees, but in northern scotl

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing.ions between russia and china are getting stronger. what should we make of these reports? richard mcgregor is a senior fellow for east asia at the lowy institute. it's very interesting. we don't know, of course, whether they're true. us intelligence has been accurate. i doubt the us would've made this up. i don't want to sound naive. it's quite possible. russia and china signed a quote unquote no limits partnership. russia may have decided to hold china's feet to the fire by making a very difficult request of them for military equipment or help. absolutely, and that brings me to the sort of speculation that i've seen out there that this really wouldn't be in china's interests to help russia out. interests to help russia out, given that global stability is what china typically wants because it helps keep the global economy stable. well, that's true. we don't want to think that we can judge china's interests better than they can. what we think is their interest may not be what they think

from beijing, here's our correspondent stephen mcdonell.s, that is what the two leaders pledged to just six weeks ago, just before the opening ceremony of the winter olympics invasion. days after the game is finished, russia attacked ukraine. china hasn't condoned the war, but it also hasn't the invasion. now, american officials are claiming beijing has been asked by moscow for military support. a foreign ministry spokesperson said this information, spread by the us, is fake. yet china has been accused by the us of spreading misinformation regarding american bio weapons in ukraine. washington says it is helping with biosafety there. if washington says it is helping with biosafety there.— biosafety there. if bei'ing could brin: their biosafety there. if bei'ing could bring their good _ biosafety there. if beijing could bring their good offices - biosafety there. if beijing could bring their good offices to - biosafety there. if beijing could bring their good offices to help| biosafety there. if beijing could i bring their good offices to hel

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. hello.e system, especially in those parts of the uk where temperatures on monday afternoon got up to 18 degrees, especially across some western areas. up to the north, in shetland, just 6 degrees, and that colder air will be sweeping southwards over the next few days. it will turn cold enough for some of us to see some snow. now, tuesday morning starting off with a lot of cloud, some mist and fog in places, rain for a time across southern counties of england. in fact, some showery rain will continue here through the day. rain with some sleet and snow mixing in in northern scotland. elsewhere, some brighter skies developing, a scattering of showers, although eastern counties are likely to stay quite cloudy. for most, temperatures will be between 9—11; degrees, but in northern scotland, just 4—7 degrees, the colder air starting to make more progress southwards. the cold air tucking behind this band of cloud, rain, sleet and snow, which will continue to journey southwards as we go through tuesd

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing.. the maritime and coastguard agency, says the pride of kent is being held in dover, and is one of eight ships requiring inspections, before re—entering service, after p&o sacked 800 staff with no notice last week. in a letter today, the transport secretary, grant shapps, said the company's boss had been given "one final opportunity" to re—employ sacked staff, on their previous salaries. anoosheh ashoori, the british iranian man, who was freed from prison in tehran earlier this month, has spoken about his experience of being held on spying charges since 2017. the 68—year—old was released alongside nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, after the uk settled a historic military debt with iran. he's been speaking with our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. finally free and back home. well done, well done. good girl. anoosheh ashoori spent almost five years in a jail he describes as hell. he can hardly believe the nightmare's over. i'm trying to pinch myself, to see that this is the reality, a

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. you're watching newsday on the bbc.an woman released in tehran last week says the uk government took far too long to get her freed. let there be no more wars or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. with great regret, the committee have decided that south africa be excluded — have decided that south africa be excluded from the 1970 competition. praying streaking across the sky, the white-hot _ streaking across the sky, the white—hot wreckage - streaking across the sky, the white—hot wreckage from - streaking across the sky, the l white—hot wreckage from mere streaking across the sky, the - white—hot wreckage from mere drew gasps _ white—hot wreckage from mere drew gasps from _ white—hot wreckage from mere drew gasps from onlookers _ white—hot wreckage from mere drew gasps from onlookers in _ white—hot wreckage from mere drew gasps from onlookers in fiji. - this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko 0i in singapore. 0ur headlines... a fresh curfew is declared in kyiv after a series of russian strikes on civilian targets, inc

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing.and over his trophies to settle his debts. becker, who's 5a, was declared bankrupt injune 2017. it's alleged he transferred hundreds of thousands

stephen mcdonell in beijing.ial accused of failing to hand over his trophies to settle debts. the 54—year—old commentator was declared bankrupt injune 2017. it's alleged he transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds to other accounts, including to his former wife and his estranged wife. the trial is expected to last three weeks. he denies all 24 charges in connection with his conduct before and after his bankruptcy. hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people in england can book an additional covid booster jab from today. invitations are being sent to all those aged over 75, care home residents, and anyone aged 12 and over with a weakened immune system. official figures show infection rates are rising in all age groups, including the over 70s. spring boosters are already being rolled out in wales and scotland. our health correspondent michelle roberts is here. it's happening today? from today in england people on that list you just mention are deemed vulnerable, are being offered these extra vaccines, spring jab.

barbara plett usher, thank you. _ over now to stephen mcdonell in beijing.this report all these reports that moscow had asked beijing for military assistance in the ukraine war, the foreign ministry spokesman said today that this was fake news. we asked him for clarity several times did that mean there had been no request and what did he mean by fake news? he never gave a clear answer, though. the government here has been running this line that the us has to account for its biological weapons in ukraine and the foreign ministry spokesman again said today that these documents on the us embassy website in ukraine have been hastily removed, which relate to this bio—safety programme that the us has there, with ukrainian officials. i checkedit there, with ukrainian officials. i checked it today and the documents all seems to be there so we put it to the foreign ministry spokesman that they were all there and maybe this is a bit of smear on russia's part to say that such documents have been removed and he kind of shrugged his shoulders and said he had had differen

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing.ghter of aidan mcanespie, who was shot with a machine gun as he walked to a gaelic football match. mr holden claimed his finger accidentally slipped on the trigger of the gun. the transport secretary has written to the chief executive of p&o ferries, urging him to rehire the 800 workers he sacked with no notice earlier this month. if not, he said the government plans to make it illegal for all ferry firms operating from uk ports to pay at least the national minimum wage. —— make it legal. the bbc�*s political editor laura kuenssberg is to replace andrew marr as the host of bbc one's flagship sunday morning politics show. she'lljoin the new—look programme in september after she steps down from her current role in may. tomorrow the royal family will gather at westminster abbey for a thanksgiving service for the life of prince philip. it's hoped the queen will be able to attend. it will also be prince andrew's first public appearance since his father's funeral. for so many families, inclu

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. a court has been told the former tennis champion boris becker "acted dishonestly" when he failed to hand over his trophies to settle his debts. becker, who's 5a, was declared bankrupt injune 2017. it's alleged he transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds to other accounts, including to his former wife and his estranged wife. he denies all charges. and finally, the duke and duchess of cambridge have been visiting the ancient maya ruins in belize today, on the third day of their caribbean tour. they were given a guided tour of the ancient palace�*s summit, which remains the tallest man—made structure in belize. the visit is intended to strengthen the uk's ties with commonwealth countries as the queen marks 70 years on the throne. and there will be the special jubilee celebrations injune. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejessica elgot, deputy political editor a

ago on suspicion of illegally supplying state secrets overseas. 0ur correspondent in beijing — stephen mcdonellurt. well, here at the number two intermediate people's court in beijing, the trial of australian journalist cheng lei is going on completely in secret, behind closed doors. people will want to know what she has been accused of, what her lawyers are saying, what her defence might be. we know none of that, we know none of the detail at all, other than that she has been vaguely accused of supplying state secrets to somebody overseas. in china, a state secret can be many things. it can be a piece of information, could be a photo, who knows what it is? it's very vague. but as i say, we would only be guessing as to what that might be. because none of this is available, even to representatives of the australian government. today, the australian ambassador and other diplomats from the australian embassy were here, they tried to go in, to have access to the trial, but were denied entry. they were told they couldn't go in. after that, graham fletcher, the australian ambassador, came out and sai

our china correspondent stephen mcdonell reports.east side of the financial capital is a ghost town. the west side will follow on friday. across china, the daily covid tests are mostly orderly, but at times chaotic. in the third year of this crisis, the government's complete elimination strategy is under huge strain, with signs of pandemic exhaustion. those who break the rules are being taken away by the police. some are forced to make public confessions. here, a woman pleads to be allowed to leave home so her husband can receive urgent cancer treatment. from the north—east to the south, tens of millions of people are now confined to their homes. beijing, as a city, is not under lockdown, but if you live in this compound right now, you can't leave. that's because there has been a case here. now, these are the deliveries of food and other provisions. you can see they are marked up according to the flat number, and the staff here will take these provisions and deliver them to people, and that way, everybody can stay inside for the next

for more on this story here's our beijing correspondent stephen mcdonell according to this readout, china for the invasion in ukraine. as you mentioned, they praised russia along with others for preventing a humanitarian crisis, as he put it in ukraine. and said the issue is complex and was the result of a cold war mentality. whenever he says that, that is a reference between the us and nato. china's way of blaming the west for the war and so, farfrom china blaming the west for the war and so, far from china delivering blaming the west for the war and so, farfrom china delivering a tough message to russia over the war, not the slightest hint of tensions in terms of china applying any pressure at all on russia to ease off and in that war. steve mcdonell there, on the meeting between russian and chinese foreign ministers. in the us, health officials have authorised a second covid boosterfor those over the age of 50 —— citing data showing waning immunity and the risks posed by omicron variants of the virus. the f—d— a says it should be given at least four months after the previous dose. pres

i'm joined now by stephen mcdonell, who's in front of the courthouse in beijing. and what in fact is going to be taking place today. 50 is going to be taking place toda . is going to be taking place toda _ ., is going to be taking place toda . ., ., today. so we are here at the second intermediate - today. so we are here at the l second intermediate people's court in beijing for the trial of cheng lei. people are going to want to know, what is she accused of doing? what is the evidence against her? what does she say about this, and what do her lawyers say about the accusations? we don't know any of that because the entire thing has been kept secret since she was picked up here in august 2020. all we know is she is accused of this vague passing on state secrets to an overseas body or person. in china, what constitutes a state secret can be very vague. it can include almost anything the government says is a state secret, to tell the truth. either way, we don't know the specifics at all of what she is said to have done. in about 45 minutes, this is the entrance to th

more from stephen mcdonell in beijing.asked beijing for military assistance for the invasion in ukraine, and he said that recently the us had been coming up with various theories to smear china and it described this as fake news, and it described this as fake news, and yet china is also being accused of spreading its own misinformation. we had the ministry spokesperson again speaking about what was described by many as conspiracy theories, that the us has a bio weapons programme campaign, system, in ukraine. the us says there are no bio weapons that they have in ukraine, this is a bio—safety programme we have with locals to make sure there is not an accident in this type of thing, so we have both washington and beijing using this war to attack each other and beijing is treading a difficult line, walking through a minefield, really, on the one hand saying it is an independent player and could even be an intermediary for the war in ukraine but at every turn it is using the invasion as a way of attacking the us and improving

under way to find out why the aircraft went down near the city of wuzhou. 0ur correspondent stephen mcdonellircumstances? ,. ., , circumstances? the rescue teams in the mountains _ circumstances? the rescue teams in the mountains of _ circumstances? the rescue teams in the mountains of guangxi _ circumstances? the rescue teams in the mountains of guangxi are - the mountains of guangxi are describing the complete obliteration of the plane when it crashed, which could make getting to the bottom of this very difficult. this has really unsettled the people of china, who have frankly taken air safety for granted. xijinping called on investigators to try as quickly as possible to discover what caused this incident, hoping there isn't another crash just around the corner and just to make sure, china eastern entire fleet of 737—8005 had been grounded. people at the airport waiting for news of their loved ones on board but i think they know they are not coming home.— are not coming home. many thanks aaain for are not coming home. many thanks again for the _ are not coming home. many thanks again for

stephen mcdonell is in beijing with this update. this is really unsettled people in china.n a long time since a major air accident here and, well, this terrible incident in the south has happened and changed all of that. the country's leader called on investigators to quickly get to the bottom of this hoping that there is not another accident just around the corner, another catastrophic event. because, crucially, the visitors data which are shown or appears to have shown that the plane came down very quickly and even there are some unconfirmed footage which would seem to show that the plane has vertically come down and crash like that. now, that is unusual. even a plane with some sort of an incident. you would expect it to be flying in a pattern along those lines. so we willjust have to wait for investigators to get up there, hopefully find the black box and find the cause of this but, as i say, it has changed peoples attitudes overnight towards air safety. some very troubling news. especially for those who had loved ones on board that plane. they are gathering at the airpo

several multinational firms have been forced to halt operations. 0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonellople are coming to this beijing hospital for covid test and there are scenes like this right across china at the moment, from the north to the south, you will find the 0micron variant, and it is posing a major challenge to the chinese government's complete elimination, zero covid strategy. pretty much everywhere in china is facing the effect of these outbreaks, but the responses of indifferent from local government area to the next. in some parts of the country there are citywide lockdowns, with strict stay at home orders leaving streets empty. analysts are asking how long china can keep shutting down entire cities, even entire provinces, without doing massive damage to the economy. lockdowns in the high—tech factory cities of shands and and guangdong are hitting international supply chains. —— shenzen and guangdong. within china, many products are not available to be delivered at the moment. then there is the impact on chinese companies are restricting tens of millions of consumers to

influence on vladimir putin to defend international rules and principles. 0ur correspondent stephen mcdonell do you think joe biden is trying to get across to his chinese counterpart during these phone conservations today? here his chinese counterpart during these phone conservations today?- phone conservations today? here in bei'ina , phone conservations today? here in bei'ina, it phone conservations today? here in beijing. it is — phone conservations today? here in beijing, it is snowing, _ phone conservations today? here in beijing, it is snowing, winter, - beijing, it is snowing, winter, preparations are under way for china leader xi jinping preparations are under way for china leader xijinping to preparations are under way for china leader xi jinping to speak tojoe biden in the coming hours. to give you an idea of how important the discussion is likely to be, this is the most important media in this country in terms of the communist party delivering messages to people. this is the front page, across the front page, we have an announcement regarding these talks between xi jinping and joe

here's stephen mcdonell on what was said.as you mentioned, wang yi praised russia along with others for "preventing a humanitarian ci’isis", as he put it, in ukraine. he also said the issue was complex and the result of cold war mentality — whenever he says that, that's a reference to the us and nato, so that's china's way of blaming the west for the war. and so, far from china delivering a tough message to russia over the war, not the slightest hint of tensions in terms of china applying any pressure at all on russia to ease off in any way in that war. so, no sign of tensions between russia and china, or of china putting pressure on russia. wang yi even said today that china is ready to take its relationship with russia "to a higher level". but there was no explicit support for the invasion yet either. here's jenny hill's take. obviously what russia really wants is full chinese support. _ i think what we saw the statements the chinese side were fairly- tentative levels of support. dashed from the china is very much sitting -

our china correspondent stephen mcdonell joins me from beijing.ust come from the foreign ministry briefing here. of course, we asked several times about this, for clarification, and the message coming from the chinese foreign ministry was that it was fake news. or that the us had been constantly spreading disinformation about china, recently. given ample opportunity it was never said that such a request has come from russia to china. he says it is fake news, does that mean there has been in a request for military assistance from moscow to beijing? it could be nit—picking, it could be a get out ofjailfree card, to nit—picking, it could be a get out ofjail free card, to say it is fake news because there is perhaps some aspect of the reports that beijing doesn't think is accurate. however, nothing was made along those lines, but interestingly, we also had the foreign ministry spokesman repeating this claim today that the us embassy in kyiv had deleted all of these documents relating to pathogens and research in biological labs in ukraine. when i aske

our correspondent in beijing stephen mcdonell gave us this assessment of what can be expected. to people. this is today's front page, here, across the front page, we have an announcement regarding these talks between xi jinping and joe biden. we are expecting them of course to be talking about the ukraine crisis, the americans have said as much, it is on the table as a topic. the tensions on this front will be washington and beijing are fighting an information war, a proxy information war over what is happening in ukraine. when we hear that the russians have asked china for military assistance, that has come from the us. and on the chinese side, these allegations that the americans have secret weapons bases inside ukraine, biological weapons bases, that is beijing essentially delivering a kremlin propaganda line. washington has accused beijing of being very close to the russian government, beijing says we are an impartial player. we are not on either side. we can act as an intermediary when it comes to the war. really, if you look at what is being said in the chinese press, the

thank you, stephen mcdonell. we will come back to that in just a moment. leggett, here with me now. what more can you tell us about the details about what seems to have happened? we details about what seems to have ha--ened? ~ .�* details about what seems to have ha ened? ~ ., �* ~ ., ., details about what seems to have hauened? ., �* ~ ., ., happened? we don't know what has ha--ened happened? we don't know what has happened at — happened? we don't know what has happened at the _ happened? we don't know what has happened at the moment, - happened? we don't know what has happened at the moment, we - happened? we don't know what has happened at the moment, we only i happened? we don't know what has - happened at the moment, we only know this plane was coming into the final stages of the flight. it seems to have descended a very rapidly. we are seeing these pictures from chinese television which appeared to show the crash site. this plane was 737-800, show the crash site. this plane was 737—800, one of boeing? next in the living's next—generation 737 models,