xijinping has not been invited and he is furious about this?., , ., , this? there's an irony about this because vladimir— this? there's an irony about this because vladimir putin - this? there's an irony about this because vladimir putin actually | this? there's an irony about this - because vladimir putin actually said an amazingly gracious message about the queen but he is the one not getting invited, although you could not invite him, it would not be right. it might be open to all sorts of actions if he did come to the uk, so there was no question about that. xijinping sent a rather gruff, a kind of minimum that he could possibly say, about the queen, and yet he gets invited. well, he's not actually an enemy of our friends. so there's no reason not to invite him but the fact is he would not come. he certainly won't come. we don't know whether a morejuniorfigure know whether a more junior figure will come know whether a morejuniorfigure will come but my guess is that on monday the chinese ambassador will be sitting in the seat that was reserv

that zero covid has become much about politics as it is about science, and that this stems from xijinpingleader since chairman mao. here at the great hall of the people, a big meeting will soon usher in a historic third term in office for xijinping, but the hope was to have china in a stable and tiptop shape when this occurs. however, the coronavirus is not playing nicely. yet scientists are more open about the pandemic than politicians, as a key government adviser, this professor is one of the architects of the policy which has stopped china's hospitals being overloaded. 0nly locally developed vaccines have been approved for use in china, and the government has enforced a strict testing and vaccination policies, it hasn't pushed deaf forced vaccinations. officially 80% of people have been vaccinated but some have questioned whether the real rate is quite low, especially amongst vulnerable groups. every night, china's office towers are empty, and commuters start the trek back home. in one way, people can be thankful that the virus has been minimised in this vast and densely populated coun

i think partly that is part of the concerns that president xijinping has is part of the concerns thatjinping has and what is happening now in ukraine. i think china is concerned that this special military operation is weakening russia, it is not going according to russia's plan, the kremlin's plan at all. meanwhile in ukraine, a government advisor says around 1,000 dead bodies have been found in the recently liberated city of izyum, which had been under russian occupation for months. the number of dead in izyum has not been officially announced or independently verified. the city has been heavily damaged by shelling. from kyiv, our correspondent hugo bachega sent this report. this is what the russians left behind in izyum, a key city now back in ukrainian hands. almost nothing remains untouched by the war. these are the visible scars. what lies beneath, it's still not clear. bodies are being found and allegations of torture are emerging. the horrors of life under occupation. translation: we were | staying in the basements without food and water. russia was providing humanitarian help

, i guess putin and xijinping, i guess putin is very much we can.t see any signs of that right - comes to russia? i don't see any signs of that right now, i any signs of that right now, and i talked to a lot of my friends who are also spent most of that careers working in russia and eastern europe and i don't think anyone has seen evidence of that. i think that we have seen over the last few days many of the people who support the war, and yesterday the head of the communist party, get up and basically criticise the russian military effort. one call this a war and he said he called for a mobilisation of the country. he said basically abandoning this little phrase that putin has had of a special military operation because, i think, the people who are in the know they understand that this is not going well for russia. the problem for putin, he has got his own tight rope to walk here because he doesn't have enough troops. too many people have died, he is faced with this decision about mobilising the whole country by either partially or fully to try to

in the weeks leading up to china's communist party congress — which is due to usher in xijinping's historicrable pressure on the country's massive economy. beijing's zero—covid strategy is a big part of this — strict measures remain in place to return each outbreak of the virus to no new cases. 0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonell�*s report starts on the outskirts of beijing. this is one of china's biggest draw cards for both domestic and international tourists. but strict zero covid measures are crippling the industry with ongoing lockdown. ladies and gentlemen, please pay attention... and travelling to the city or anywhere in the country means risking becoming stranded if cases suddenly emerge and your phone app health code changes colour. so on arrival we have to scan a new local health code and then do a pcr test before we can even leave the station. ancient sites once packed with travellers are now only sparsely covered with local tourers. at times, they've been empty. so far the best preserved. there's been no work for specialist international tour guide. no income. this is my low

in the weeks leading up to china's communist party congress, which is due to usher in xijinping's historic country's massive economy. beijing's zero—covid strategy is a big part of this — strict measures remain in place to return each outbreak of the virus to no new cases. 0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonell�*s report starts on the outskirts of beijing. xian is one of china's biggest drawcards for both domestic and international tourists. but strict zero—covid measures are crippling the industry with ongoing lockdowns. ladies and gentlemen, please pay attention to the safety... and travelling to this city, or anywhere in the country, means risking becoming stranded, if cases suddenly emerge, and your phone app health code changes colour. so, on arrival, we have to scan a new local health code, and then do our pcr test, before we can even leave the station. ancient sites, once packed with travellers, are now only sparsely covered with local tourists. at times, they've been empty. so far, xian city is the best preserved. there's been no work for specialist international tour guide ediso

and so, in their own different ways, xijinping and vladimir putin are testing the west — and the limits is the world order of the 21st century. which is why whoever becomes prime minister knows that rising bills require an urgent response — and also that the cost of living crisis connects to fundamental questions about how we organise our world and treat our planet. thank you. ros atkins. the queen is to miss the highland games, which start tomorrow. the queen, who's 96, usually attends the braemar gathering every year, but has been suffering from ongoing mobility issues. prince charles will be at the event tomorrow. strikes that had been due to close hundreds of schools and leave beans are emptied across scotland tomorrow has been suspended. a bigger pay rise for many staff rather than a smaller rise and one—off cost of living payment has been offered. voting has closed in the conservative party leadership race. after two months of campaigning and eight initial candidates whittled down to two, we will find out on monday whether liz truss or rishi sunak has been chosen by party members

in the weeks leading up to china's communist party congress — which is due to usher in xijinping's historicro—covid strategy is a big part of this — strict measures remain in place to return each outbreak of the virus to no new cases. the scheme has taken the pressure off the country's medical system, but it hasn't come without social and economic pain which is also bringing political risk. 0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonell�*s report starts on the outskirts of beijing. this is one of china's biggest draw cards for both domestic and international tourers. but strict zero covid measures are crippling the industry with ongoing lockdown. ladies and gentlemen, please pay attention... find ladies and gentlemen, please pay attention---_ attention... and travelling to the ci or attention... and travelling to the city or anywhere _ attention... and travelling to the city or anywhere in _ attention... and travelling to the city or anywhere in the _ attention... and travelling to the city or anywhere in the country . city or anywhere in the country means risking becoming stranded if cases sudden

xijinping greeted vladimir putin calling him, "my old friend", with the russian president thanking himiversity, and a senior fellow at the brookings institution. thank you very much for coming on the programme. good to be here. it is an interesting moment, those couple of sentences from vladimir putin firstly admitting that it seems that china has some reservations about what is going on in ukraine and secondly, interesting for the fact that vladimir putin seems to be admitting this publicly, what do you make of it? 14541431111. seems to be admitting this publicly, what do you make of it?— what do you make of it? well, i think what _ what do you make of it? well, i think what putin _ what do you make of it? well, i think what putin said _ what do you make of it? well, i think what putin said was - what do you make of it? well, i. think what putin said was probably an understatement. putin has to be aware that everyone at this shanghai cooperation organisation summit understand the rats that russian troops have suffered in the last ten days or so, that the war isn't going well and that

america condemned these drills, as china knew it would, and so, in their very different ways, xijinpinglimits of its global influence. if we step back, what is at stake is the world order of the 21st century. all of which more awaits whoever becomes the uk's next prime minister. my plan is the right plan, to tackle inflation, to compassionately support those who most need our help. what we can't have is business as usual. we need to be bold and we need to do things differently. and so, the cost of living crisis means many people need urgent help. it also, though, connects to fundamental questions about how we organise our world and treat our planet. joining some of the dots there on the last big stories of the month. the popular broadcaster and former bbc breakfast what say thousands of people from hong kong have left everything they know behind to start a new life in the uk. new figures show over a hundred thousand people since last year have taken up the british government's offer of a new visa route which was launched in response to a crackdown on freedoms and liberties in hong kong

and so, in their own different ways, xijinping and vladimir putin are testing the west and the limitscomes prime minister knows that rising bills require an urgent response, and also that the cost of living crisis connects to fundamental questions about how we organise our world and treat our planet. jane. ros atkins. argentina's vice—president has narrowly avoided assassination after a man's gunjammed when he aimed it at her. i should warn you, the images of the moment it happened, that we're about to show you are quite hard to watch. video footage shows the loaded weapon was pointed at cristina fernandez de kirchner, at point blank range. the gunman pulled the trigger, but no shots fired. a 35—year—old brazilian man was arrested, and police are trying to establish a motive for the attack on the politician, who was the country's president from 2007 to 2015. people in the us state of mississippi are being advised to shower with their mouths closed — as they cope for a fifth day without clean running water. more than 150,00 people in the state's capitaljackson, which has a predominentl

and the aftermath of the meeting of vladimir putin and president xi ping —— present xijinping.mir putin and president xi ping —— present xi jinping. let's start with the daily mail, that picture and the headline, vigilformer mark, dominating the front page. a powerful image to begin. incredibly oianant. powerful image to begin. incredibly poignant- we _ powerful image to begin. incredibly poignant. we have _ powerful image to begin. incredibly poignant. we have seen _ powerful image to begin. incredibly poignant. we have seen images - powerful image to begin. incredibly| poignant. we have seen images this week that we haven't seen before from the royal family. 0bviously, week that we haven't seen before from the royal family. obviously, we have seen a completely different side to them. we saw the late queen's children today individual, tomorrow we will see their grandchildren. these images will, you know, be all across the world this evening, and it has given a glimpse of the modern monarchy in action. and, you know, it is insane to see that just action. and, you know, it is in

this hour: president putin admits china has concerns about the war in ukraine as he meets president xijinping

china's president xijinping won't be attending — neither is his russian ally president, vladimir putinrn officials — including the us — have ruled out direct negotiations with him — they say their message will be heard. this is the us ambassador to the un. he will hear for the first time directly from members of the security council, our condemnation, our concerns about their attack, and he will hear a call from all of us to withdraw their troops. turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan has been playing an active role in trying to mediate between the two countries. he's also been speaking at unga — calling for what he called a �*dignified way out�* of the crisis. translation: the conflict - is escalating and we are investing tremendous efforts in order to ensure the war will be finalised by protecting the territorial integrity and the sovereignty of ukraine once and for all. in an interview with pbs earlier, mr erdogan said he believed russia's leader is seeking an end to the war. in uzbekistan i got together with president putin and we had very extensive discussions with him. he is sh

america condemned these drills, as china knew it would, and so, in their very different ways, xijinpingis the right plan, to tackle inflation, to compassionately support those who most need our help. what we can't have is business as usual. we need to be bold and we need to do things differently. and so, the cost of living crisis means many people need urgent help. it also, though, connects to fundamental questions about how we organise our world and treat our planet. the headlines on bbc news... the conservative leadership race enters its final hours with voting due to close this afternoon. american equality and democracy under assault, says president biden in a speech warning about the threat from election deniers. argentina's vice president cristina fernandez de kirchner survives an attempt to kill her in buenos aires. police in argentina have arrested a man after the country's vice president, cristina fernandez de kirchner, was threatened with a gun outside her home in the capital buenos aires. a gun was held inches from ms kirchner�*s head, but no shots were fired and she was unhar

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this hour: president putin admits china has concerns about the war in ukraine as he meets president xijinping the first time since the invasion. and one of the all—time tennis greats, roger federer, announces his retirement. welcome to the programme. with shaun ley in westminster and me, ros atkins, in the bbc news room. tens of thousands of people are waiting for their turn to pay their respects to queen elizabeth ii at westminster hall where she is lying in state. these are live pictures from westminster, where the queue is currently stretching over some five km. some people have waited for more than eight hours to get here, inside westminster hall, where the closed coffin is being guarded by soldiers from units that serve the royal household. that process will continue, 2a hours a day, until monday morning at 6.30am. for the latest, we can nowjoin shaun ley in westminster. hello and thank you very much. hello to all of you watching, whether you're in the uk or around the world. here in westminster is the opportunity for members of the public, as well as the politicians who work any palace

america condemned these drills, as china knew it would, and so, in their very different ways, xijinpingder of the 21st century. all of which more awaits whoever becomes the uk's next prime minister. my plan is the right plan, to tackle inflation, to compassionately support those who most need our help. what we can't have is business as usual. we need to be bold and we need to do things differently. and so, the cost of living crisis means many people need urgent help. it also, though, connects to fundamental questions about how we organise our world and treat our planet. there's been a rise in civil unrest across the world in recent months and the worst is yet to come, that's according to the latest edition of civil unrest index. more than 100 countries have seen risks from civil unrest increase, during the past three months. the warning comes as the world is trying to come to terms with rising costs of energy and food. it's feared things could be further exacerbated by recession and political instability. the risk intelligence company behind the study says it expects the severity and fr

i spent a lot of time with foreign leaders, leaders of china, russia, and so on, xijinping bluntly toldurs. and guess what he said democracies cannot be sustained in the 21st century because they require consensus. and things move so fast that you can't reach consensus, so autocracies will succeed. i am couldn't believe my eyes last night the best description that came to my mind is a split personality on one side. you heard biden say that half of the country is a threat to our democracy. it is clear that society is now in danger, but let's unite and not demonize our neighbors. what kind of biden is the real president joe biden, who has the lowest approval rating of all american presidents and who could pull his own party down in the 2022 congressional elections. recently performed with speech in which he called the republicans fascists and semi-fascists. as ironic as it may seem, biden and the democrats are accusing the republican party of fascism, but one cursory glance at recent events is enough to see that american democrats, time after time , are showing textbook signs of a fascism

and, of course, there is the mighty china uh, but uh, a stuffing was made on the weekend that the xijinpingse in their usual manner. naturally, they did not immediately refute these reports. today, comrade xi appeared at the opening of the exhibition. everyone could see that he good health. uh, he's feeling great. and obviously he's not under arrest here. uh, but there was a very important message just about military-technical cooperation between russia and china, uh. roskosmos made a statement that concerns, in fact, the holy of holies. space navigation and this is more than a serious aspect of military-technical cooperation , listen contracts were signed for the deployment of russian stations of the glonass system in china and chinese stations of the beidou system in russia. in addition, a statement was signed at the meeting on the joint provision of information support services to consumers of glonass systems and the battle of the dow russian chinese cooperation in satellite navigation, as well as in other areas in the field, exploration and use of outer space will further expand and str

queen's funeral because of sanctions against mps and lords who had previously said chinese president xijinpingwith rising inflation. hannah's been looking at this for us. is it slightly worse than we thought?— is it slightly worse than we thouaht? ,, , ., , ., ., , thought? slightly worse than many economists had _ thought? slightly worse than many economists had expected - thought? slightly worse than many economists had expected the - thought? slightly worse than many i economists had expected the figures would be. they havejust economists had expected the figures would be. they have just been released by the office for national statistics this morning. these retail figures just released this morning fell by 1.6% in august, a biggerfall than many economists had expected, right across all types of sales, household goods, food, clothes. whether it is online or going into the shops, sales have fallen. the one area where there has been an increase is an alcohol and tobacco, where sales are up. the ons says sales are being affected by rising prices and the cost of living, money is simply not stre

and so in their very different ways, xijinping and vladimir putin are testing the west and the limitsur world and treat our planet. it's been open for 186 years, but on saturday, the world's fifth oldest zoo — bristol zoo gardens — will close its gates to the public for the final time. now the process to relocate its animals — from [ions to flamingos — begins. our reporterjenny kumah has been to the zoo as visitors take a last look around. back in britain at the bristol zoo, i several newcomers got a very warm and affectionate welcome from the public. - for decades, bristol zoo has welcomed new generations of species. baby rhinos and rare white tiger cubs are just some of the newcomers. and generations of families have been coming here to meet them. families like diana's — she's been coming here for 85 years and remembers riding wendy, the elephant. used to climb on here and you used to go on a ladder and she used to sway. why was it important for you to come today? this has been part of my life since a very small child. and i brought my grandchildren here and i brought my own childre