well, to xijinping and the party? they think well, to xi jinping and the party? get the third resolution. it is the only public agenda item on the central committee meeting. we have had 370 members of china's political and military elite meeting in beijing since monday. we believe the resolution on history will suggest that xijinping resolution on history will suggest that xi jinping is indispensable, essentially a transformative leader on par tra nsformative leader on par with transformative leader on par with mao zedong and done shopping who has turned china into a global power by building on their legacies. although the content of the resolution will not be made public until it concludes, we expect they will be presented as essential preliminary phrases —— phases. mal represented as having help the chinese people to stand up after a century of humiliation by foreign powers, done shopping on a path to get wrench after centuries of poverty. now mr xi help them get strong. we think this will help thejudicious get strong. we think this will help the judicious lead

joe biden and xijinping exchanged initial pleasantries at the start of discussions, which are expected to address some of the key differences between the two countries, from issues of human rights to territorial tensions. they have just had a break and as i understand they are about to embark on the second half of the virtual summit in the next few moments. in opening remarks, both men spoke of the need for a sound and steady relationship and mutual respect. mr biden also said they needed guardrails to help prevent conflict. and i think it's very important, as i've told other world leaders when i ask about our relationship, is that we have always communicated with one another very honestly and candidly, and we never walk away, wondering what the other man is thinking. and i think that's an important ingredient for this relationship, to be open and candid in terms of our relationship. xijinping also talked xi jinping also talked about joe biden as his old friend as i embarked on discussions. our correspondent in beijing, stephen mcdonell, told me more about the meeting. it is interestin

many are not happy with xijinping's so happy about it. reforms of the limits on their autonomy and their influence and of course, there are people who might like to have a larger role in chinese politics among the people who are being overshadowed by him as an increasingly dominant leader. fine overshadowed by him as an increasingly dominant leader. one of the big topics — increasingly dominant leader. one of the big topics or _ increasingly dominant leader. one of the big topics or the _ increasingly dominant leader. one of the big topics or the big _ increasingly dominant leader. one of the big topics or the big focal- the big topics or the big focal points for xijinping has been the big topics or the big focal points for xi jinping has been the issue of taiwan. how do you see him dealing with taiwan going forward. there has been some speculation that will be mentioned in the pronouncements coming out, the 61, the last big one before then is ideology and political undertakings but the taiwan issue is out there we have seen it become a fo

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but borisjohnson asked president xijinping to bring forward peak emmisions from 2030 to 2025 and thereding silence. there has been huge movement, actually, in china for the last two years. i was made energy minister 2.5 years ago and i was told quite frankly they were not committed. last year, for the first time now committed to net zero x 2060 and i completely agree that they could be persuaded to have more ambitious targets, but the fact that they acknowledge there is a problem and i have a net zero target by 2060 is really significant. russia does not even have a target yet, how do you feel about the fact that vladimir putin is not here? let me see, all we need is action. |we need to put all the countries inj the room to take care of our planet and the action will start from us. i am one of the youngest leaders in the world. - it is in action. i'm the youngest leader in the world and we have stopped our own oil- and gas exploration... so are you just announcing that now? we announced it in the summer, but now we have announced - that we will be part of the parisi agreement and we ha

xijinping saying he will be patient.s the leadership sees it, with the motherland. he did, though, talk about a red line and what china would do if that red line was crossed. so, i think it is clear they want to continue talking, they want to avoid any kind of military confrontation. but look, they're not going to be allies. joe biden certainly wants this to be about being competitors, maybe even adversaries, but definitely not enemies. now i look at stories across the united kingdom. a gp practice in bedford has hired a security guard after weeks of escalating abuse. putnoe medical centre says the decision was taken in order to protect staff and patients. other surgeries in the region have also seen a rise in violent behaviour, with staff being sent death threats as well as racist abuse. if i don't get an appointment, i'm going to be down there, i'm going to be banging on that door until someone comes out and sees me. it's going to be your fault if i die. i know where you live. you're absolutely useless, the lot of you.

meanwhile, china's president xijinping is preparing to lead a key meeting of the ruling party's eliteerm ambitions. from monday to thursday, some 400 members of the communist pa rty�*s all—powerful central committee will be gathering in beijing behind closed doors. our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell reflects on the importance of this meeting. starting today, just up the road from where i'm sitting, hundreds of china's central committee, the elite of the communist party will be meeting. they are gathering at the great hall of the people and will be behind closed doors. now, we know very little about what's going to be discussed, and yet, it looks like it's going to be absolutely crucial in terms of shoring up the president of china's control on power, his legacy and also, crucially, provide a justification for china's current leader to move into a historic third term at a party congress next year. i say we know very little about the meeting, for example, we don't have the exact wording of the main resolution, but what has been released is that they will be talking about the hist

president xijinping is not attending the summit, but that's not surprising, he's not left china sinceossil fuel sources should be 25% by 2030. beijing is aiming to reach carbon neutrality by 2060, although it's not set out exactly what this means and how it will get there. china generates more solar power than any other nation. and has more than triple the wind power installations of any other country. professor steve tsang, director of the soas china institute, joins me now. we've set a number of times over the last couple days that xi jinping is not here, but there is a chinese delegation here. how sizeable is that and what power do they have to delegate on behalf of the chinese government?— delegate on behalf of the chinese rovernment? , , , ., , government? chinese representatives have fairly strict _ government? chinese representatives have fairly strict negotiating _ have fairly strict negotiating instructions. so it would be very difficult for the head of the chinese delegations to go beyond his breathe. when it comes to the bits of making extra concessions, he will have to hav

we knew that china's president xijinping wouldn't attend cop26, the climate change conference in glasgow we didn't know was that his country would absent itself from many of the key agreements, too. a pledge to cut methane by 2030? not there. a pledge to phase out coal? not there. as for agreeing that global temperatures should be allowed to triose no more than 1.5 degrees above pre—industrial levels, forget it. you're in the heart of things up in glasgow. tell us what china has and has not signed up to?— has not signed up to? china is the bi est has not signed up to? china is the biggest polluter. _ has not signed up to? china is the biggest polluter. any _ has not signed up to? china is the biggest polluter. any effort - has not signed up to? china is the biggest polluter. any effort to - biggest polluter. any effort to tackle climate change has to involve the chinese. so far, they have actually stuck to their guns in terms of existing policy. there were high hopes, especially from the uk presidency of this process, in the run—up to it, they might be some breakthrough in chinese initia

xijinping saying that china and the us should respect each other, coexist peacefully.cted? a change of tone or is it what you flooded?— a change of tone or is it what you expected? well, both sides, in the lead _ you expected? well, both sides, in the lead uo — you expected? well, both sides, in the lead up to _ you expected? well, both sides, in the lead up to this _ you expected? well, both sides, in the lead up to this meeting, i in the lead up to this meeting, are stressing one of the key things is that their strategic competition as they sort of: it doesn't into conflict. now, in one way, i suppose also feel pretty about this, but the world's two greatest powers are trying to steer each other into conflict. but that they have to have this conversation, it shows that they are both about this potential. you can imagine all of the flashpoints around the world, which could accidentally turn into places where they start shooting at one another. south china sea, taiwan and the like. it is clear that neither beijing nor washington wants that to happen, but a lot of analys

xijinping referred tojoe biden as an old friend.they are actually friends, i did think that it actually friends, i did think thatitis actually friends, i did think that it is important that the two leaders have enough of a relationship where if there is an... a mistake made, a sudden spike in tensions between the two countries, if one gets on the phone, the other one will answer the phone. i think that is a sort of thing that potentially they have room to actually make some progress on today, establishing that leader today, establishing that leader to lead a relationship.- to lead a relationship. dexter, thank you _ to lead a relationship. dexter, thank you very _ to lead a relationship. dexter, thank you very much - to lead a relationship. dexter, thank you very much indeed. i thank you very much indeed. thank you. here in the uk, the terror threat level has been raised to severe after an explosion in a liverpool taxi on sunday. police have named the passenger who died when he set off a device in the vehicle. he was 32—year—old ema

one of the big topics or the big focal points for xijinping recently has been the issue of taiwan.oing forward? there has been some speculation that taiwan will be mentioned in the pronouncements coming out, the 61, the last big one maters of ideology and political undertakings but the taiwan issue is out there we have seen it become a focus of increasing friction the last month or so and i think they're very clearly laid out the idea that china's patients is not infinite on this issue and the problem cannot be left over from generation to generation. that's what lies behind some of the stronger shows of force and there's a belief plausible that xi jinping sees taiwan as a legacy issue the way hong kong and macau were legacy issues for deng. but there is no prospect for peaceful reunification is acceptable to the taiwanese, especially after the model that xi wants to apply to taiwan went so badly in hong kong. i want to bring you this story now, especially for those of you who may be fans of amy winehouse. the dress that she wore during herfinal stage performance has sold for 16 ti

professor, in terms of how popular xijinping is as a leader, both within the party and with the people, in china? it certainly is hard to know but there are certainly signs of his popularity with a large area of the chinese population. this is a controlled media environment and in that environment, xijinping is achieving the kind of attention and adulation that we have not seen since mao. there certainly has been the attempt to raise xi jinping to the pantheon of the popular imagination of people all over the place and they have declared the leadership core and he has had his thought elevated on par thought elevated on par with mao and deng it's something that we have not seen in many years. the singer we re were this a month before her death at age 27. the director of the auction house stabilities we've got from previous auctions like marilyn monroe. the prices were present that we've gone from previous options for people like marilyn monroe, so she is just a global icon as marilyn monroe was. the train to keep the memory alive and trying to preserve her legacy. alive and trying to pr

i noted xijinping talked i noted xi jinping talked about my old friend, joe biden. suppose that is a start given all the tensions. it suppose that is a start given all the tensions.— all the tensions. it is interesting _ all the tensions. it is interesting because l all the tensions. it is - interesting because also, the chinese side has been releasing some note in terms of what has been said so far. perhaps i can share it with you. this is via their wire service, they say xi jinping spoke about the global village of humanity facing multiple challenges, and that these two leaders need to work together to advance the noble cause of world peace. so very positive messages coming out of the chinese side. i suppose the potential pessimistic scenario is that in the lead up to this meeting, both beijing and washington stressed that one of the crucial things from these discussions was to ensure that in this time of strategic competition, they don't drift into conflict. now, many people will be happy that they are speaking about not dragging the rest of the world into confli

those stories were actually quite commonplace and the party had a reputation for being corrupt, what xijinpingnent. maybe thatis have been much less prominent. maybe that is because these officials are now better behaved, because they are scared of being done for corruption, or it is because xijinping isjust much better at chucking it down, which is why this peng shuai allegation is just so sensitive. it also touches on the meat to movement which is budding in china in the aftermath of several sex scandals earlier this year, a chinese film star was arrested after it was found she had been sexually assaulting women. when the tables are turned, when the government was happy enough to arrest him, when the tables are turned pay close ranks, that is why it is such a difficult spot them. —— a chinese film star was arrested after it was found he had been sexually assaulting women. octopuses, crabs and lobsters can feel pain and will be recognised as sentient beings in law. the government will now add the animals to the list of those protected in a new bill designed to ensure future laws have high ani

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time with that top level meeting between xi jinping and the with that top level meeting between xijinpinge no major alliances or decisions of the outcome was altogether positive with both sides agreeing to work together, both sides agreeing that we need each other in order to actually grow and develop in the future. they mentioned a number of other topical subjects including the supply chain crisis and working together in order to stabilise the situation. the coronavirus, they need to work together to develop vaccines and investigate the origins of covid—i9. in coming back to the us china trade relationship saying that they have a shared purpose, a common future and need to work together in order to achieve that. now to india where some of the country's corporate fashion houses have been pumping in millions of dollars to acquire local, high—end celebrity designer brands as the country's retail market bounces back from covid. what is the business rationale and can the partnership helped take indian fashion global. we have been finding out. sam is addressing up bollywood's a listers for the

chinese president xijinping is expected to cement his authority and legacy at a key communist party gatheringch opens this monday. and the us will shortly reopen its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from much of the world. live from our studio in singapore— it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore, 11 pm in london and 2am in baghdad where the iraqi prime minister, mustafa al—kadhimi, has appealed for calm, after surviving a drone attack on his home in the high—security green zone of the city. the us president, joe biden, has instructed his national security team to help investigate the attack. it's not yet known who carried out the attack, which came after violent clashes in baghdad between the security forces and supporters of pro—iranian political groups. our middle east correspondent, anna foster, has this report. a strike at the heart of the iraqi government. two drones were shot down, but a third made contact, exploding at the prime minister's official residence. mr al—kadhimi escaped unharmed, but six of his personal bodyguards were injured. shortly after the attack, he appeared on nat

three who have chosen not to attend in person a xijinping of china, vladimir putin of russia and jairnaro of brazil, countries seen as key to the summit�*s success. brazil is home to the largest area of amazon rainforest, one of the world's greatest defences against climate change. but as our international correspondent, 0rla guerin, reports from rondonia state, deforestation of the amazon has soared to 12—year high under president bolsonaro. the amazon dream. a forest haven combating climate change. but the reality can look like this. no more tree canopy, the land stripped bare for planting crops. we were shown how easy it is to plunder the amazon. just one man and a chainsaw. well, we're making our way, now, deeper into the forest. we're being led to an area where illegal logging is taking place and here we're at the edge of a national park, an area that's supposed to be protected. but campaigners say illegal loggers have a green light from president jair bolsonaro. they accuse him of carving up environmental protections and fuelling climate change. miguel isn't worried about the pl

us presidentjoe biden and his chinese counterpart xijinping are holding their most extensive talks since mr biden became president. tensions over taiwan, trade, beijing's expanding nuclear arsenal and climate are among issues on the agenda of the virtual meeting. the uk terror threat level has been raised to severe after an explosion in liverpool on sunday. police have named the man who died when he set off a device in a taxi as 32—year—old emad al swealmeen. four people arrested earlier have now been released. donald trump's former white house advisor, steve bannon, has appeared in court, charged with refusing to testify or provide documents to a congressional committee investigating the us capitol riots injanuary. mr bannon didn't enter a plea. people in their 40s are to be offered a covid boosterjab following new advice from government advisers. the move adds another 8 million people to the list of those eligible, meaning a total of around a0 million in the uk. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. just a0 days till christmas, and this year's must have item is not available in the

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comes despite efforts to ease tensions at a virtual summit between the president and chinese leader xijinpingpresident is going to raise issues where he has concern and he's going to look for areas to work together. and his lengthy three and a half hour meeting the other night was certainly a reflection of that. both areas where we could work together and areas where we have concern were raised, as you all know from the readouts following the meeting. but there are areas that we do have concerns — human rights abuses. you've seen, notjust in words we've used but certainly in actions we've taken at the g7 and other sanctions, that we have serious concerns about human rights abuses we've seen in xinjiang. and certainly there are a range of factors as we look at what our presence would be. white house press secretaryjen psaki. well for more on this our correspondent anthony zurcher has the latest from washington. it's hard to tell whetherjoe biden was talking off—the—cuff there or if this is something the united states is moving towards, but i think there'll be a lot of very concerned people, a

the headlines: us presidentjoe biden and his chinese counterpart xijinping are holding their most extensive talks since mr biden became president. tensions over taiwan, trade, beijing's expanding nuclear arsenal and climate are among issues on the agenda of the virtual meeting. the uk terror threat level has been raised to severe after an explosion in liverpool on sunday. police have named the man who died when he set off a device in a taxi as 32—year—old emad al swealmeen. four people arrested earlier have now been released. donald trump's former white house advisor, people in their 40s are to be offered a covid boosterjab following new advice from government advisers. the move adds another 8 million people to the list of those eligible. those are the headlines. people in their 40s are to be offered a covid boosterjab following new advice from government advisers. the move adds another 8 million people to the list of those eligible. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. just a0 days till christmas, and this year's must—have item is not available in the shops. it's the covid boosterjab t

the chinese communist party has released an important that promotes resident xijinping released an importantomotes resident xi jinping as one of the country's greatest modern leaders. the majority of the text, which looks back at the text, which looks back at the party's 100 year history the text, which looks back at the party's100 year history is devoted to president xi and his achievements. philippine president rodrigo duterte's daughter will be the running mate imminent the next federal election, confirming weeks of speculation there is an alliance between the two powerful families. alliance between the two powerfulfamilies. the daughter powerful families. the daughter who powerfulfamilies. the daughter who is seeking the vice presidency announced in a video message her intent to run on the same ticket. meanwhile, the president will seek election as a senator next year when his term in office ends. gas prices across europe have surged after the german authorities suspended the approval process for the controversial nord stream two pipeline under the baltic sea. they say certification of t

she claimed thatjung gao—li, who was a former vice premier, a very senior figure under president xijinpings no evidence to back up these claims, but this post and now has seemingly been taken down or has been censored because it no longer exists. but there is evidence on weibo that this post racked up 100,000 views and thousands of comments, and there is evidence today i've seen on weibo that a very tight attempt to stop people from other circulating this news or talking about it. she almost kind of, i don't want to speculate on the post, but she does say that her memory of it is confused and... she doesn't... a lot of people have perceived this as that she does not have a lot of hope in taking this any further, but nevertheless it has opened up a discussion in china where the metoo movement and where allegations of sexual assault are often either suppressed or they don't have much kind of legal success. so it has been a big talking point, and today you can see on weibo that if you try to search for pung shwai, heraccount, you can't access... well, you can access it but it results come up

president xijinping has come under some criticism for not attending the summit. and this is why.hina's greenhouse gas emissions rose above those of all developed nations combined in 2019. president xi has promised to reach net—zero by 2060, but that will be require some major changes in the way companies operate. china though is a market leader in both electric vehicle and battery technology manufacturing. electric vehicle sales are forecast to more than double to three million units this year, according to the china association of automobile manufacturers. let's go live to shanghai and speak to our correspondent robin brant. let's start with how cop26 is being covered or discussed at all in china. president xi isn't there, as we have already mentioned. i am sorry to disappoint, but there is not much coverage of it at all in state run media. what we're seeing today is dominated domestic affairs, a meeting of elite communist leaders in beijing, that is hugely important for xi jinping and his consolidation of power within the party. in terms of the international gathering and criti

of the ashes, and remember, we are probably less than a week away from a bilateral summit between xijinping. hopefully that will further stabilise the us chain —— china relationship and create more political space for active approaches to this climate change agenda in both capitals for the 12 months ahead. let's get some of the day's other news. the us plane maker, boeing, has admitted liability for a crash two years ago in ethiopia of one of its 737 max aircrafts. all 157 people on board were killed. in a submission to a court in chicago, boeing acknowledged that the plane was unsafe. the firm said it was committed to ensuring that the families of those who died were compensated. the un security council has expressed deep concern at the latest violence in myanmar between the ruling military and opposition groups. in a rare statement agreed by all its members, the security council called for an immediate end to fighting and urged the military authorities to exercise utmost restraint. a french court has sentenced a man who killed an 85—year—old jewish woman to life in prison. yacine mihoub w

in this post she claimed that the former brace for your come every senior figure under president xijinpingd in this post she has no evidence to back up these claims, but this post now has seemingly been taken down or censored because it no longer exists. but there is evidence on weibo that this post wrapped up 100,000 views and thousands of comments. and there's evidence of very tight attempt to stop people from other circulating this news or talking about it. she almost kind of, i don't want to speculate on the post, but she does say that her memory of it is confused and that she does not... a lot of people have perceived that she doesn't have a lot of hope of taking this any further but nevertheless it's opened up further but nevertheless it's opened up a discussion in china where the movement and allegations of sexual assault are often either suppressed or do not have legal success. it's been a big talking point and you can see that if you tried to search for her account you cannot exit it that actually make access it, but results come up saying that this user cannot be found. you canno

the chinese communist party has released an important document that promotes president xijinping as onegreatest modern leaders. the majority of the text — which looks back at the party's ioo—year history — is devoted to mr xi and his achievements. philippine president rodrigo duterte's daughter will be running mate of ferdinand marcoer in next year's presidential election, confirming weeks of speculation of an alliance between two powerfulfamilies. sara duterte carpio, who is seeking the vice presidency, announced in a video message her intent to run on the same ticket as ferdinand marcos. meanwhile, president duterte will seek election as a senator next year when his term in office ends. gas prices across europe have surged after the german authorities suspended the approval process for the controversial nord stream two pipeline under the baltic sea. they say certification of the project will only be considered once its operator has formed a company under german law. ajury in the us is considering its verdict in the case of the teenager kyle rittenhouse, who shot dead two men and injur

chinese president xijinping appears on his way to a third term under a vision that turns to a goal ofunist party's central comittee — a 300 member body — gathering that ends on thursday with a "historical resolution" likely to be issued, only the third such time this has happened since the party was founded. for a look at what this may mean for governance in the next 15 years, we'rejoined by mattie bekink, head of the economist's corporate network's china strategy, to understand why this is a momentous event in china's political history. it is a momentous event in china's political history. it is a momentous event in china's political history. is it is a momentous event in china's political history. is wonderful it is a momentous event in china's political history. is wonderful to it is a momentous event in china's political history. is wonderful to have it is a momentous event in china's political history. is wonderful to have yol it the is a momentous event in china's political history. is wonderful to have yol it the programme. is a momentous event in china's political history. is

more on the biden meeting with president xijinping. i will see you soon. hello.w days. if anything, the temperatures could rise even further. so why is it so mild? well, on the satellite picture, you'll see this big weather front here. this is very much where the jet stream is. thejet stream is pushing along the weather fronts, but it's also separating the mild air to the south, which has engulfed the uk, and indeed much of europe, and is keeping the cold air at bay. so we are to the south of the jet stream in that milder air. but scotland is a little closer to the weather fronts in the north atlantic, so that does mean some of that rain grazing the western isles through the course of the early hours. elsewhere, it'll be dry. and where the skies will have cleared, perhaps 11—5 celsius at dawn, so a little on the nippy side, but generally mild. now, that weather front does move into scotland, northern ireland, perhaps the lake district and the north of wales, but the rain will be light and fleeting and will quickly fizzle away. east and south, it's going to be dry

the chinese communist party has released an important document that promotes president xijinping as onegreatest modern leaders. the majority of the text — which looks back at the party's ioo—year history — is devoted to mr xi and his achievements. ajury in the us is considering its verdict in the case of the teenager kyle rittenhouse, who shot dead two men and injured another during racialjustice riots last year in kenosha, wisconsin. mr rittenhouse's lawyers say he acted in self—defence. the prosecution argue he behaved like an armed vigilante. india's pollution control authority has extended a partial lockdown in the capital delhi as it attempts to tackle the heavy smog enveloping the region. all schools and colleges, which have already been closed for over a week, will remain shut until further notice. all nonessential construction work has also been halted and office workers have been asked to spend half the week working from home. for more on this, i'm joined now by our south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan. it's great to have you on the programme, anbarasan. i have to start by ask

one possible answer might be the target or the person that she identified a seen as so close to xijinpinge an —— against him. 0r close to xi jinping that it's almost like an —— against him. or the other factor could simply be that because of the possibility of making amy to claim and going viral and it also being linked to an international meeting movement it could be that there are concerns that this news will get out of hand and making china look bad. find will get out of hand and making china look bad.— will get out of hand and making china look bad. �* ., ., ,., china look bad. and what about the e-mail that — china look bad. and what about the e-mail that has _ china look bad. and what about the e-mail that has emerged? - china look bad. and what about the e-mail that has emerged? are - china look bad. and what about the | e-mail that has emerged? are there e—mail that has emerged? are there other examples where people may have been put under duress to put out statements that fit that the authority's narrative7 in statements that fit that the authority's narrative? in the most recent

of the ashes and remember, we are probably less than a week away from a bilateral summit between xijinpingill further stabilise the us chain of relationship and create more political space for active approaches to this climate change agenda in both capitals for the 12 months ahead. great, we will leave _ for the 12 months ahead. great, we will leave it _ for the 12 months ahead. great, we will leave it there. _ for the 12 months ahead. great, we will leave it there. kevin - we will leave it there. kevin rudd, former prime minister of australia. thank you for being with us. let's get some of the day's other news. the us plane maker, boeing, has admitted liablity for a crash two years ago in ethiopia of one of its seven—three—seven max aircrafts. -- 737. all 157 people on board were killed. in a submission to a court in chicago, boeing acknowledged that the plane was unsafe. the firm said it was committed to ensuring that the families of those who died were compensated. the un security council has expressed deep concern at the latest violence in myanmar between the ruling military and opposi

on board and you had the visual of president 0bama standing side—by—side with chinese president xijinpinge be at this conference — the chinese president is not attending in person, he is only going appear virtually. washington and beijing right now are at a low point in their relations and neither one wants to be seen bowing or kowtowing to the other. there was some hope this could maybe be a stand—alone issue where they would recognise the good of the planet and notjust of their own national interest, but i think that is going to be kind of difficult. and one other thing you mentioned, too, sean, about rich countries coughing up the money they had pledged which was $100 billion a year, to help the poorer nations adjust to the ravages of climate change, well, they haven't been doing that either. it has only been about mustering maybe 80% of that $100 billion and they say they probably won't get to that $100 billion mark for another few years. so that is going to be discouraging for poorer countries to hear, who already this year have seen rich countries not making good on their vaccinatio

the chinese commons party has released a document promoting president xijinping is one of the country's leaders. it is dedicated to president xi and his achievements. just the third to beissued achievements. just the third to be issued in the party's history. gas prices across europe have surged after the german authorities suspended the approval process of the controversial nord stream two pipeline under the baltic sea. they say certification of the project will only be considered once its operator has formed a company under german law. philippines president rodrigo duterte's daughter will be the running mate of ferdinand marcos jnr in next year's federal election, confirming weeks of speculation of an an alliance between two powerfulfamilies. sara duterte—carpio, who is seeking the vice—presidency, announced in a video message her intent to run on the same ticket as ferdinand marcos. meanwhile, president duterte will seek election as a senator next year when his term in office ends. search team diggers and dogs have started looking for people trapped in their cars after a violent stor

the meeting between xijinping and joe biden has been happening virtually and is the latest attempt atnsions in what is arguably the most important bilateral relationship. xi told biden in the video conference the two countries face multiple challenges together and must increase communication and cooperation. while president biden said they both have a responsibility as leaders to ensure that relations between china and the united states do not veer into open conflict.but, the two sides are currently engaged in a full blown trade war, so how did we get here? you may remember here. we take you every twist and turn. injuly 2018, you may remember, president trump placed a 25% duty on around $34 billion dollars�* worth of imports from china. it sparked an immediate retaliation from beijing and a series of tit—for—tat measures. the trade war had begun. tensions were intensified a year later when in may 2019 the chinese telecoms giant huawei was added to a new us trade blacklist. big chinese semiconductor companies soon followed onto the list. then injanuary 2020 under the biden administrati

chinese president xijinping is expected to cement his authority and legacy at a key communist party gathering

by contrast, president xijinping of china has stuck to his original position when they will be decarbonisinghe west and saying the burden of tackling climate change should be carried by the countries that industrialised first. meanwhile, the small island nations who fear their future existence because of the rise in sea levels driven by higher temperatures, are so fed up and impatient with the foot dragging in this process they are considering going to a un tribunal to try to win compensation from the richest nations for the mess that everybody has got into. there is a mountain to climb still in terms of tackling this problem.— climb still in terms of tackling this roblem. ., , ., this problem. david, many thanks. david shukman, our _ this problem. david, many thanks. david shukman, our science - this problem. david, many thanks. | david shukman, our science editor. david shukman, our science editor. david is in one part of the conference arena, just across the river clyde from bbc scotland. in another part of the arena we can join laura kuenssberg. we heard the prime minister was very clear

chinese president xijinping is expected to cement his authority and legacy at a key communist party gathering

questionersaid, neitheeradimir putin orxijinping are questionersaid, neitheeradimir putin or xijinpingdecisions. the first thing i would say _ they make big decisions. the first thing i would say is _ they make big decisions. the first thing i would say is i'm _ they make big decisions. the first thing i would say is i'm not - they make big decisions. the firstl thing i would say is i'm not making an excuse to china or russia for not being here, they should be here, plain and simple. they are two large, developed countries that need to take action, so they ought to be here, but that doesn't mean we are going to allow them to decide the fate of the world, or what we are doing. and so i think one of our challenges is to make sure that we take action in a way that is going to allow us to add the economic benefits of clean energy. we should show them that they are missing out if they don'tjoin us and take action, and so i am disappointed they are not here, but they should not be allowed to dictate the lack of action or lack of acceleration. science is telling us what we need to do, and we