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chinese president xijinping support. chinese president xi jinping vows to unify china and taiwan.s the heightened tensions over the island continue. if china can be unified, or chinese will a happy life. if china can't unify, everyone will suffer. ,, ., , ., suffer. the united states and the taliban will— suffer. the united states and the taliban will hold _ suffer. the united states and the taliban will hold face-to-face - suffer. the united states and the i taliban will hold face-to-face talks taliban will hold face—to—face talks on their first meeting since the group seized control of afghanistan in august. women in the uk who are travelling home alone could soon be offered protection from a free mobile phone app. pope francis launches what catholics have described as the most ambitious project of church reform in six decades. now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together bbc specialists with the foreign correspondents who write and broadcast for audiences back home from dateline london. this week... is borisjohnson pro

china's president xijinping has said that reunification with taiwan must be fulfilled. heightened military tension in the region. it also comes a day before taiwan which china views as a breakaway province celebrates its national day. mr xi added that unification should be achieved peacefully but he didn't rule out the potential use of force to achieve that goal. in response, taiwan has said its future rests in the hands of its own people. here is a little of what president xi had to say: translation: unification is the hope of all chinese people. _ if china can be unified, all chinese will enjoy a happy life. if china can't unify, everyone will suffer. our correspondentjohn sudworth has more from taipei. this was a very confident chinese president saying not only must unification with taiwan be achieved, but that it will be achieved. you know, underlining this idea of this inevitability behind this process. of course it is important to say this is the kind of thing we have heard from the chinese leadership many, many times before. i think it is coming under more scruti

, about president, xi jinping, about taiwan president, xijinping, about taiwan and they have agreed toment. all of this is taking place against the backdrop of torque expected between the two countries later today and, certainly, i imagine taiwan will come off as an issue between the two sides. well, let us take a look at some of the other stories in the headlines today. the democrats save the us senate will vote on wednesday on their proposals to suspend america's debt ceiling. the borrowing limit will expire in a fortnight, which would mean parts of the government having to close down. at least ten republicans will need to vote with the democrats for it to pass. so far they have indicated they won't support it as long as the democrats plan huge increases in social spending. chinese officials are reported to have told the organisers of the g20 summit, which is due to be held in rome at the end of this month, that president xijinping at the end of this month, that president xi jinping will not attend in person. mr sea has not left china since january 2020, it is reported the reason for

responding to a speech by president xijinping beijing.nding to a speech by president xi jinping saying reunification with china was inevitable, taiwan's leader was defiant during a speech on national day. now on bbc news it is time for dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together bbc specialists with the foreign correspondents who write and broadcast for audiences back home from dateline london. this week... as borisjohnson promises to rebuild britain, why there could be delays. could made in taiwan soon become made in china? and why biden�*s buddies are not doing his bidding. joining us is marc roche from belgium and has spent three decades explaining the british to the french. a tha n kless a thankless task cheerfully undertaken. jef mcallister is a us—born lawyerfor american media. and with me in the studio, we are delighted to have bbc asia pacific editor celia hatton. it's full steam ahead for britain's post brexit economy after the covid recession, according to the prime minister addressing his party. bo

certainly, xijinping's claims that taiwan will have to be absorbed by china are of a piece with his broadere president has every right to feel anger and the people of taiwan have a right to feel frustrated that china will not seek to negotiate their differences as equals and respect the people of taiwan's hard—won democracy, and i think president xi is going to continue to try to rattle his sabre. the reality is that his sabre cannot achieve what he wants. there is no cost—acceptable way for china to engage taiwan militarily because it would mean engaging taiwan and the us, japan and many other countries, possibly the uk. and that is too costly for china to win that conflict and think that it could do in a way that was acceptable. today is taiwan's national day and we expect the president tsai ing—went to speak. what do you think is going to say? i think the president will reiterate points made for the past 4.5 years she's been in office. she has said that sovereign is already a sovereign republic and has been since 1912. she will highlight the fact that the people of taiwan have struggled

he says china under president xijinping changes president xi jinping changes military president xijinping, i do think that china has become more vocal, more open and aggressive under xi jinping as party secretary. 0bviously for many, many decades, china has built up its military capability, as is its right to do. but there is really only one major revisionist power in asia when it comes to freedom of navigation by sea, by land or by air, and it's china. so, these freedom of navigation exercises by other powers make it clear that this is not china versus the united states, this is pro—freedom of navigation and maintaining the status quo. unfortunately we don't get to know what the truth is about with the chinese leaders will do. we only know what they say. i think it would be a mistake to assume that it is political theatre only, but they do maximise bullying and pressure campaigns. i think it's very, very important to recognise there are problems inside of china that its leadership would like to turn attention away from, whether it's financial issues or demographic changes, changes in sup

speaking invasion's great hall of the people, president xijinping said he wants to see unification occurountry to systems principle. similar to that of hong kong. translation:— translation: national reunification _ translation: national reunification by - translation: national| reunification by peaceful translation: national- reunification by peaceful means best serves the interest of the chinese nation as a whole which includes our compatriots in taiwan. the taiwan question is an internal matterfor taiwan. the taiwan question is an internal matter for china and there should be no outside interference. the and there should be no outside interference.— interference. the chinese president _ interference. the chinese president struck - interference. the chinese president struck a - interference. the chinese president struck a softerl interference. the chinese - president struck a softer tone in this latest statement. in the past he has threatened to use force to bring taiwan under beijing's's control. at the beginning of the month, china mounted four days of large—scale exercises over the t

xijinping hasn't been xi jinping hasn't been anywhere xijinping hasn't been anywhere in nearly two years has not visited a single country since the outbreak of the coronavirus in wuhan and the thinking is it is because they didn't want him to catch covid. so i would not view this as a snub that he is not turning up in person. the chinese government does want to be part of global climate talks, partly because it has no choice. the country is already facing the immediate effects of climate change in terms of disastrous weather events, but also because it feels it has something of a good story to tell. that may seem unusual because it is the biggest contributor to the problem in terms of carbon emissions, but it is also the biggest contributor to the solution with huge wind farms. even though it has been building more and more coal—fired power stations to replace, it says, the clapped—out power stations it has been relying on, beijing is saying that within four years it will reach peak coal—fired power and from then on the situation will improve. we will just have to see what else the chine

the president had responded, defiantly to a warning to xijinping responded, defiantly to a warning to she said taiwan would continue to bolster its defences. china's commins leaders consider the island a part of the territory. last week, china sent an unprecedented number of military aircraft into taiwan's air defence zone. translation: ~ . ., translation: we will continue to bolster our _ translation: we will continue to bolster our national- translation: we will continue to bolster our national defence l to bolster our national defence and our determination to defend ourselves in a body could divorce taiwan to take the path china has laid out for us. this is because the path china has laid out offers neither a free no democratic way of life for taiwan north of entry for our 23 million people stop right here is the latest from john sudworth, who is in taiwan. i think it is unlikely that tsai ing—wen�*s address today was a direct response void for what xijinping said was a direct response void for what xi jinping said yesterday. her remarks would have been planned long in advance. as

china's president xijinping has said that reunification with taiwan must be fulfilled.ments come at a time of heightened military tension in the region. it also comes a day before taiwan, which china views as a breakaway province, celebrates its national day. mr xi added that unification should be achieved peacefully but he didn't rule out the potential use of force to achieve that goal. in response, taiwan has said its future rests in the hands of its own people. here a little of what president xi had to say. translation: unification is the hope of all chinese — translation: unification is the hope of all chinese people. _ translation: unification is the hope of all chinese people. if— translation: unification is the hope of all chinese people. if china - translation: unification is the hope of all chinese people. if china can - of all chinese people. if china can be unified, all chinese will enjoy a happy life. if china cannot unify, everyone will suffer. our correspondentjohn sudworth is in taipei. this was a very confident chinese president saying not only must unif

she is living what china's leader xijinping has called the china dream.party's ambition of a moderately prosperous nation that it still controls. but it is facing competing pressures as it tries to make that dream a much cleaner one. timing is the key issue in all of this, not if china will cut emissions, but when. real estate agentjohn told me his country is an infrastructure monster. it will slow down when it's ready. build big might not have made china more beautiful, although on some roads, you find surprises around the corner. but the people who talk to us were clear, it has made this country better. the communist party leaders here and now have to work out how to keep this powerhouse economy growing and stick to their promise of a richer country, but make it grow greener more quickly than it currently is. robin brant reporting there. according to the who, nine of the world's ten most polluted cities are india, many of them also extreme heat of 50 degrees. low income families are particularly impacted. 0ur correspondent divya arya reports on attempts

she is living what china's leader xijinping has called the china dream.t party's ambition of a moderately prosperous nation that it still controls. but it is facing competing pressures as it tries to make that dream a much cleaner one. timing is the key issue in all of this, not if china will cut emissions, but when. real estate agentjohn told me his country is an infrastructure monster. it will slow down when it's ready. build big might not have made china more beautiful, although on some roads, you find surprises around the corner. but the people who talk to us were clear, it has made this country better. the communist party leaders here and now have to work out how to keep this powerhouse economy growing and stick to their promise of a richer country but make it grow greener more quickly than it currently is. robin brant reporting there. low income families are particularly impacted. 0ur correspondent divya arya reports on attempts to climate proof homes in some of india's warmest cities. no shade, no shelter. temperatures can hit 48 degrees. home is a

after six hours, diplomats agreed presidentjoe biden and xijinping will see each other on zoom. call to hack into! they talk hours, days of associations and emails to get an agreement to meet face—to—face. absolutely. i think the sides have come - to the point where they've agreed that they need to communicate more. i'll call this a screen summit. it is taking place at i a really unusual time. of course they will be speaking - about some of the usual things that appear over and over. trade, the technology war. but there are also big - issues on the agenda that aren't always discussed. we've got cop26 coming up on the horizon. - china has not committed - to a delegation, but it's widely agreed that if these two countries lcan't get together, it could turnl the tide for the entire summit. there's one thing. also, we have to think of beijing. beijing is very anxious right now. it's got the winter i olympics coming up. that might not be important for many i people, but beijing is very anxious. about the threat of a diplomatic boycott by the united states. i the us senate has passed

chinese president, xijinping, vows to unify china and taiwan as heightened tensions over the island continuee unified, all chinese _ translation: if china can be unified, all chinese will- translation: if china can be unified, all chinese will enjoy | translation: if china can be | unified, all chinese will enjoy a happy life. if china can't unify, everyone will suffer. the united states and the taliban will hold face to face talks in their first meeting since the group seized control of afghanistan in august. women in the uk who are travelling home alone, could soon be offered protection from a free mobile phone app.

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the chinese president, xijinping, vows to unify china and taiwan as heightened tensions over the island continue. translation: if china can be unified, all chinese _ will enjoy a happy life. if china can't unify, everyone will suffer. the united states and the taliban will hold face—to—face talks in their first meeting since the group seized control of afghanistan in august. women in the uk who are travelling home alone could soon be offered protection from a free mobile phone app. pope francis launches what catholics have described as the most ambitious project of church reform in six decades. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week, making greener vans from the ground up. fixing phones that have hit the ground. and... ..i think you have something on yourface. another day, another mission for click�*s ever—so—slightly secret agent double oh, my goodness! it is lara lewington! greetings, l! sorry i'm late — there was a queue. nice wheels, though! thanks. one problem is i have borrowed this car and i have got it rather dirty, so do you have that eco—friendly spray thing i could b

plans have been announced for president biden and president xijinping to meet via video link before theurs. relationships between the countries have been acrimonious since biden took office amid tensions in a number of issues, including an increase of pressure on taiwan. the defence minister of taiwan says the tensions with china are at their worst in 40 years. now, a teenager in finland has spent the day as president as part of a global push to empower girls. every year, hundreds of girls from around the world step into leadership roles in media, business and politics to demand better representation. courtney bembridge reports. in the classroom one day, presidential palace the next. 16—year—old nella salminen got into step in the shoes of the finnish president for the day as part of a global intitiative to mark the international day of the girl. this whole day is like the best day i've experienced in a long time but i really feel like i was listened and had a voice and the things i talked about, they actually listened to me. hello, my name is erika jensen. i am the norwegian ambassador

the white house has announced plans for president biden and xijinping to meet by video link before thee agreements were reached after talks which lasted six hours. relationships between washington and beijing have been acrimonious, biden took office amid pressures. taiwan's defence and is to say tensions with china are at the worst in a0 years. it tensions with china are at the worst in 40 years.— tensions with china are at the worst in 40 years. if they want to attack taiwan, _ worst in 40 years. if they want to attack taiwan, they - to attack taiwan, they currently have the ability. but we have to see how it will be resolved. we are not committing any provocations but if we make them mad, just like us, we will also show you what capabilities we have got. so after 2025, thatis we have got. so after 2025, that is our assessment. china will be fully prepared. this hasn't come out of the blue. since friday a record number of chinese warplanes have entered essbase around the taiwan's defence zone stoppages to be clear this is not the same as taiwan's territorial essbase which china hasn't

responding to a speech from president xijinping responding to a speech from president xi jinping saying that reunification with china is inevitable the taiwanese leader was defiant. lebanon has plunged into darkness again after the electricity grid shut down leaving the entire country without power. it's two largest parties ran out of fuel among an economic and fuel crisis hitting the country. now on bbc news... in disclosure: who's watching the kids? one in three internet users is a child. pizza! children's attention is worth billions. it's an industry fuelled by personal data. ad tech and big tech sometimes know more about a young person than their parents do. where young users don't always understand what they're sharing. they've got messages stored here from when i was... must have been 13, 1a. should more be done to control this massive market? are they kind of influencing children's life's choices? absolutely. tonight, who's watching the kids? i love social media. i've had a digital life since i was about 13. facebook, instagram, youtube, tiktok. now, these days, i almost feel lik

responding to a speech from president xijinping, saying that reunification with china is inevitable,s leader was defiant during a speech on national day. now on bbc news, it's time for spotlight. living with long covid. tonight on spotlight, we hearfrom people suffering with long covid. stories of resilience but also desperation, pain. and we ask, 18 months into the pandemic, why are they still waiting for the stormont executive to provide long covid services to help them? my name is zoe mcnulty. i am 27 years old, i am from derry, and i caught covid at the very end of march — 31st march 2020. my symptoms with long covid are, chronic fatigue, asthma, brainfog, memory problems, intolerance to heat, dizziness, heart pains, palpitations, high blood pressure, high pulse, aches and pains, headaches, nausea. pretty hard to count. the zoe mcnulty before i had covid, i was very adventurous. i lived in italy for nine months. i was a nanny with this family. i had graduated from my masters in december 2019 and then i was hoping to travel and teach in different countries. use the last of my 20s

tsai ing—wen, has used the national day to respond to a speech to the chinese president, president xijinpingiberty are all threatening australia's well—known species. such is the koala. but scientists hope to save them by mapping out and sharing their genetic make—up. she name sequence he gives into the immune system, the diet and population diversity, a that has already shown success with tasmanian devil, an endangered marsupial. earlier i asked doctor carolyn hogg from the school of life and environmental sciences at the university of sydney why this genomics mapping is so important. one of the key things we have come to realise with any type of genetic diversity is the more diversity a species has, the greater potential they have to adapt to future changes. so a lot of people understand and know about the biodiversity crisis that the planet now finds itself in, and there are three main pillars to biodiversity. one is having lots of differences and lots of diversity — diversity in ecosystems, lots of different type of species, and the third pillar is really the diversity of genes, and this

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democracy and freedom at home following what she saw as a provocative speech from chinese president xijinping. he said that taiwan's reunification with china is inevitable. taiwan's leader responded with defiance. jatinder dhillon reports. on saturday, china marked the 110th anniversary of the revolution of 1911, which toppled the last chinese imperial dynasty. speaking in the great hall of the people in beijing, president g peng said he wants to see reunification occur under one country, two systems principle, similar to that of hong kong. translation: national reunification by peaceful means best serves the interest of the chinese nation as a whole. that includes our compatriots in taiwan. it whole. that includes our compatriots in taiwan. , ., whole. that includes our compatriots in taiwan. , . ., ., in taiwan. it is an internal matter for china and _ in taiwan. it is an internal matter for china and there _ in taiwan. it is an internal matter for china and there should - in taiwan. it is an internal matter for china and there should be - in taiwan. it is an internal matter for china and t

democracy and freedom at home amid growing tensions with beijing, responding to a speech from president xijinpingng that reunification with china is inevitable. she said there should be no illusions that time when these people would bow to pressure. ——no illusions that the taiwanese people. now it's time for click. this week — making greener vans from the ground up. fixing phones that have hit the ground. and... ..er, i think you have something on yourface. bond music sting. another day, another mission for click�*s ever—so—slightly secret agent double oh, my goodness, it is lara lewington! greetings, l! oh, sorry, i'm late — there was a q. he does tend to get in the way, doesn't he? nice wheels, though! thanks. one problem is i have borrowed this car and i have got it rather dirty. do you have that eco—friendly spray thing i could borrow, please? yes. think of all that water that you would usually use. well, this nano solution cleans, waxes and polishes in one go. just need a bit of elbow grease. admittedly, the car was not that dirty to start with so it may have been a less pleasant job if ther

and we've had 1.5 years of virtual thumb injury of president xijinping years of virtual thumb injury biden and president xi jinping did more than any put on the table than he did and when he beams in from beijing, he can also put more on. at when he beams in from bei'ing, he can also put more omh he can also put more on. at the first time _ he can also put more on. at the first time the _ he can also put more on. at the first time the 620 _ he can also put more on. at the first time the 620 summit - he can also put more on. at the first time the 620 summit hadl first time the g20 summit had preceded a more important conference and is an unusual things go to the wire before going to glasgow? what sort of form has there been for the g20 on this? form has there been for the 620 on this? ., , ., on this? that is the real danger _ on this? that is the real danger because - on this? that is the real danger because the - on this? that is the real danger because the last on this? that is the real- danger because the last time we had a g20 summitjust before a un summit, that was the paris agr

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she is living what china's leader xijinping has called the china dream.erous nation that it still controls, but it's facing competing pressures as it tries to make that dream a much cleaner one. timing is the key issue in all of this. not if china will cut emissions, but when. real estate agent, john, told me his country is an infrastructure monster. it will slow down when it's ready. build big might not have made china more beautiful, although on some roads you find surprises around the corner. but the people who talk to us were clear, it has made this country better. the communist party leaders here now have to work out how to keep this powerhouse economy growing and stick to their promise of a richer country but make it grow greener and more quickly than it currently is. robin brant, bbc news, wuzhou. let's not take a look at some of the stories in the headlines and the all of this defendant effort to go on trial for alleged nazi era crimes has appeared in court in germany. accused of complicity in the murder of more than three and a half thousand peop

earlier, chinese leader xijinping warned taiwan that it will have to unify with china.ntrol was part of china's national rejuvenation. translation: unification is the hope of all chinese people. _ if china can be unified, all chinese will enjoy a happy life. if china can't unify, everyone will suffer. so what are we to make of president xi's remarks? our correspondent, john sudworth, explains from taipei. this was a very confident chinese president saying not only must unification with taiwan be achieved, but that it will be achieved. you know, underlining this idea of this inevitability behind this process. of course, it is important to say this is the kind of thing we have heard from the chinese leadership many, many times before. i think it is coming under more scrutiny at the moment because of the context. first of all, as you mentioned, these comments come around a couple of significant anniversaries. but also china upping the tension with these military sorties that it has been flying into the taiwanese air defence identification zone, acts seen as deeply provocat

she is living what china's leader xijinping has called the china dream.ontrols, but it's facing competing pressures as it tries to make that dream a much cleaner one. in my conversation with some local governance, they are quite concerning how to achieve the requirements of governance about carbon emission reduction. timing is the key issue in all of this. not if china will cut emissions, but when. real estate agent, john, told me his country is an infrastructure monster. it will slow down when it's ready. build big might not have made china more beautiful, although on some roads you find surprises around the corner. but the people who talk to us were clear, it has made this country better. the communist party leaders here now have to work out how to keep this powerhouse economy growing and stick to their promise of a richer country but make it grow greener and more quickly than it currently is. robin brant, bbc news, wuzhou. the tanzanian—born novelist abdulrazak gurnah who came to britain as a refugee in the 1960s has won the nobel prize for literature.

battle of narratives across the taiwan strait: essentially, the people's republic of china under xijinping the reunification of the mainland of china with the island of taiwan is the last unfinished business of the cold war, it was 1949 when the two parts essentially slipped from each other and they are getting more urgent in their rhetoric about them coming together. on the taiwan site, as you heard, the story is very different. that is of an island that has been separated for more than seven decades from the mainland, which has become a liberal democracy, free media, very different from the authoritarian state on the mainland and cannot see anything attractive about the idea of being unified. two sides of a narrow strip of water but with very different stories about the future. things have been simmering for a long time, why do you think things have started to bubble now? fine have started to bubble now? one could argue _ have started to bubble now? one could argue that _ have started to bubble now? que: could argue that the have started to bubble now? <1>iez could argue that the leader h

here because the chinese leader xi jinping foreign minister who is here because the chinese leader xijinpinganother strong voice will come from the developing world, the poor are companies —— countries who are putting more pressure on the richer company to up what is called climate finance, a pledge to give $100 billion a yearfrom finance, a pledge to give $100 billion a year from wealthier countries to poorer countries to help them decarbonise and move towards a greener economy. that is still too short, the goal has been pushed back to 2023, giving a sense of how much work there is still to be done here in rome and in glasgow where you are. thank you very much, mark. watch out for those themes of climate justice and the global north versus the global south, i shouldn't say verses, probably, but many countries in the developing world has said it felt like a contest almost where the developed world where they industrialise to faster and they have benefited economically from that industry which created the emissions and are causing climate change, that they need to step up and help the countri

organisers of the g20 summit which is due to be held in rome at the end of this month that president xijinpinghas not left china since january 2020. it's been reported that the reason is that he is gathering the covid quarantine requirements for returning travellers. ferdinand marcos has announced that he will run for president in next year's collection. ferdinand marcos junior who is known as bongbong has been a supporter of the outgoing president due he said he will bring a unifying leadership to the country. —— president duterte. 0ne one of the recipients of the nobel prize urged the government to combat the warning. templeman reports. the scale and seriousness of this crisis reflected in this years' winners of the nobel prize for physics stopping the swedish academy of sciences warning it and to parts, firstly to these two men for their work and modelling the earth's climates and predicting global warming and this man whose study of iron atoms cast new light on how the planets may change on a planetary scale. it is recognition of a life's work but there is more to it than that. translation

but president xijinping will not be at glasgow. he's staying away from cop26.our china correspondent stephen mcdonell. i know that they are sending a delegation here to glasgow. how receptive do you think they'll be to the warnings they get from the international community? well, xi jin - in: international community? well, xi jinping hasn't _ international community? well, xi jinping hasn't travelled _ international community? well, xi jinping hasn't travelled anywhere l jinping hasn't travelled anywhere for nearly two years, as far as we can see china's leader has not been to a single other country since the outbreak of the coronavirus in wuhan here. it's thought partly because they don't want him to catch covid — so by not turning up in person at this conference, i don't think it should be seen as a snub or anything like that, because he hasn't been going to even the anniversary of beijing being recognised at the united nations, for example. china does want to be part of this international discussion on climate partly because it has no choice. china is alread

mark mentioning china there, shejumping not here in glasgow —— xijinping not here in glasgow.like china, like russia, like brazil along with the direction of travel that we are seeing here in glasgow. because of the world is looking on it, the world is watching glasgow as at this crucial summit gets under way. we will be hearing a speech very shortly from alok sharma who will be taking on the uk presidency of cop and we will bring you that a speech live along with a number of other key speeches on this opening day. you're watching bbc news. there has been a lot of wet weather across some parts of the country over recent days and we still have some flood warnings in force across parts of wales, northern england, southern scotland as well. so today, we had a bit more rain events are quite a wet and windy day. the rain and living through quicker than it has recently. there has been some sunshine following on behind. it will linger longest in the north and east of scotland on this weather frontier. this colouring is pushing its way gradually northwards and eastwards across the uk.

the tensions over taiwan have been raised between president biden and the chinese leader, xijinping.rope's place in the world, as they seek unity on how to deal with superpowers china and the united states. it's the first eu gathering sincejune — and the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan was also on the agenda. courtney bembridge reports. still smarting from a secret submarine deal between the us, australia and the uk, emmanuel macron told reporters that europe needs to consider its independence. translation: technologically, industrially, economically, - financially and also militarily, we must build a stronger europe. you know that is what i deeply believe in, a europe which takes its share for itself and which can choose its partners and work closely with historical allies. i am with the president of france... the biggest of those historical allies is the us. but things have been frosty since it signed a military pact which meant australia backed out of the lucrative submarine deal with france. on tuesday, the us secretary of state anthony blinken was in paris. he is the first a

attend the summit, but there are expected to be some notable absences — including chinese president xijinpingweld is facing, from the crises that weld is facing, from the pandemic to the climate emergency, talking about how you will need to respond with radical decisions and not waste the opportunities that come out of these crises and he has issued a direct appeal to world leaders meeting in glasgow at the cop26 dummett, beginning on sunday. environmentalism very much at the height of his papacy —— felt that some it. he has edge them to seize this opportunity to change. we have heard from the pope often in the past about the need for a response to climate change and even though he will not be present physically in glasgow, the vatican will hope his intervention in this way will help spur leaders meeting in glasgow to reach an agreement there. translation: the political- decision-makers who will meet at cop26 in glasgow are urgently summoned to provide effective responses to the present ecological crisis, and in this way to offer concrete hope to future generations. and it is worth repeating

the times also picks up on the queen's comments, but it focuses on whether china's president xijinpingorkers who are set to be allowed into the uk on temporary visas. the government changed its rules after warnings from farmers that they may be forced to cull thousands more pigs because of staff shortages in slaughterhouses. and finally, the guardian's top story is on the government's plan to boost the number of face—to—face gp appointments. the paper says doctors are warning it could lead to an exodus of gps who are exhausted by the pandemic. you just have to bear with me for a moment while i find the story i am going to tell you. i am just flicking through the papers. hopefully... i will get to the right page. here we go. i have found it. what did we waste, 12, 15 seconds? it's all right. it did feel like a long time. it is down here. i haven't seen this before. hold on. you will be aware of the volcano eruption in la palma. it has caused all sorts of problems. in amongst them, this shot is taken from a helicopter. they spotted some dogs that had been trapped in a yard which has been

chinese president, xijinping, vows to unify china and taiwan as heightened tensions over the island continue