president xijinping. infishing pictures from patient now. president xijinping. now. president xi jinping. in fishing at the moment. he sits down for roundtable discussions with president macron of france. and also the head of the european commission ursula von der leyen. earlier president macron and bush about the underlying met de president of thai mine. trying to move the issue forward, especially on economic and trade matters, pushing china to do what it can regarding the situation in ukraine. mr macron is also discussing the ukraine conflict whilst in china. our correspondent hugo bachega is kyiv. he says ukraine still doesn't view beijing as a possible peacemaker in the conflict. well, i don't think there's any expectation here that china could emerge as a trusted mediator in this conflict. remember that weeks ago, president xi was in moscow shaking hands with president putin. they were talking about the no limits partnership between the two countries. russia... china has not condemned russia's invasion of ukraine, has not criticised president putin for his

. 0k, joao da silva, thank ou ve xijinping. 0k, joao da silva, thank you very much _ xijinping. 0k, joaoery much indeed, thank - xijinping. 0k, joao da silva, thank you very much indeed, thank you. | president biden continues his visit to the republic of ireland. today, on his final day, he will visit ballina in north county mayo, where he has family roots. earlier i spoke to our correspondent charlotte gallagher, who is in ballina in the republic of ireland following president biden on his trip. it is a gorgeous day here in ballina. thankfully, a bit of sunshine after a fair bit of rain forjoe biden�*s visit to the island of ireland but fingers crossed it'll stay like that and the town is looking incredible. there is barely a building that isn't covered in us and irish flags. there are signs in the window of pubs, inviting him to come on in, saying the kettle's on. he has been offered free ice creams, free gifts. ballina is ready forjoe biden but isjoe biden ready for ballina? he might not expect the huge reception he is going to get here. behind me is the town's cathedral where he will

xijinping comes out of this visit?rip, this visit from emmanuel macron and ursula von der leyen, looking pretty good, i think. ursula von der leyen, looking pretty good, ithink. he is ursula von der leyen, looking pretty good, i think. he is really trying to push china's role in what china wants to think of as a new world order, with china at the centre. china's relationships with russia, with saudi arabia, really being key as well. just during the past couple of days, the past day, really, we have seen talks also happening in beijing between saudi arabia and iran, the first direct talks in a very long time. so really, at the moment, beijing looks to be the place where countries go to get things done. xijinping really looks like a very important statesman on the heels of the strip. celia hatton, thank you very much for your analysis. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. what do i like about myjob? everything. i love the fact that i work in a place full of so many interesting, intelligent and innovative

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president is set to meet xijinping in a bid to deepen economic commitments.*s largest creditors. hello and welcome to asia business report, i'm karishma vaswani. ourtop business report, i'm karishma vaswani. our top story few today, brazil's president is expected to meet the chinese president xijinping in expected to meet the chinese president xi jinping in the next two hours, president lula arrived in beijing late on wednesday and

just last month president zelensky signalled he wanted to speak to xijinping of china.putin in moscow, but xijinping decided not to make that extra journey. nevertheless, we are told it was a long and meaningful phone call. we are not hearing much in terms of detail, but ukraine is desperate to improve relations with china, a country that to date has refused to condemn russia's invasion. it has even strengthened its economic ties with moscow. so, while ukraine will see this as serious progress, there are still huge ideological differences on how to end this war because what beijing wants, we are told after this phone call, it sees negotiations and talks as the only way out of this conflict. ukraine sees a military victory as the way out, to avoid just that, any kind of political compromise. so, politically we have seen progress today for kyiv. what difference it will make, we won't know just yet. china back in february put forward that 12 point paper calling for a political settlement to the crisis. we've heard from president zelensky a little more after that call with

xijinping really looks like a very important statesman on the heels of this trip.m north korea has always been perilous, but the country's leader, kimjong un, made it harder during the covid outbreak by practically sealing the country's borders. the number of people making it to south korea has plunged, from around 1,000 a year to just 67 last year. 0ur correspondentjean mackenzie spoke to one of the last known people to escape before the border was closed. there are days songmi still doesn't believe she is living with her mother. what she has endured to be here made it seem like this day would never come. songmi was four years old when her mother tried to escape north korea with her strapped to her chest. her mother was caught and sent to prison. when she was released, she decided to escape again, this time alone. songmi was left with her grandparents, but shortly after, they died, leaving songmi to fend for herself. translation: i made a living by foraging for herbs - in the mountains and selling them. i was just trying to survive for the day without starving to

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president emmanuel macron of france urged the chinese leader, xijinping, to make president putin seeson. later, the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, encouraged china to promote what she called a �*just peace'. she warned beijing not to sell weapons to russia. the chinese leader said beijing was seeking a political solution to the war. rebecca choong wilkins is an asia government and politics reporter at bloomberg news. well, we have seen beijing really rolling out the red carpet for macron, scenes of that great fanfare in tiananmen square a and at the great wall wall of the people, and macron�*s endorsement, he earlier said that he expects china to play a major role in the resolution of the russian war in ukraine. his endorsement is significant for ukraine, because xijinping is seeking to restore ties with europe and portray china as a neutral mediator, a responsible world actor that can actually help to mediate and end the the war in ukraine. and of course, the vague blueprint for peace that it has already put forward, and in part that is to resist these attempts

president is set to meet xijinping in a bid to deepen economic commitments. plus, a conversation on debt restructuring in washington lacks the buy in from one of the well�*s largest creditors. hello and welcome to asia business report, i'm karishma vaswani. ourtop business report, i'm karishma vaswani. our top story few today, brazil's president is expected to meet the chinese president xijinping in expected to meet the chinese president xi jinping in the next two hours, president lula arrived in beijing late on wednesday and attended the inauguration of a new bank in shanghai on the staples development bag has been set up by the brexit, brazil, russia, india, south africa, because, president lula said the new financial institution frees developing countries from established ones. our business reporter has more on the significance in the strip. the goal, in his own words, is to strengthen the relationship and at least when it comes to relationships ties are already significant. china is brazil's biggest export market, each year by intensive billions of dollar

just last month, president zelensky signalled he wanted to speak to xijinping of china.he met with vladimir putin in moscow, but xijinping decided not to make that extra journey. nevertheless, we are told it was a "long and meaningful" phone call. we are not hearing much, in terms of detail, but ukraine is desperate to improve relations with china, a country that to date has refused to condemn russia's invasion. it has even strengthened its economic ties with moscow. so, while ukraine will see this as serious progress, there are still huge ideological differences on how to end this war, because what beijing wants, and what we are told after this phone call, it sees negotiations and talks as the only way out of this conflict. ukraine sees a military victory as the way out, to avoid just that — any kind of political compromise. so, politically, we have seen progress today for kyiv. what difference it will make, we won't knowjust yet. james waterhouse reporting on that story for us. president biden and the south korean president, yoon suk yeol, have held talks in the white

present macron is expected to press xi jinping present macron is expected to press xijinping and otherals to do more for peace in ukraine. summer comes tensions between china and the west are running high and, as we have heard, as president tsai ing—wen was in california meeting with us speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy. let us go live to our corresponded mariko oi standing by for us in singapore covering the story. tell us about emmanuel macron�*s a project, was the receptiveness to take this claim from president macron for them to take it forward, that they could do more to andy war in ukraine? well, he is about to start a slew of meetings with chinese leaders with lee chung—yong followed by xi jinping, leaders with lee chung—yong followed by xijinping, the president of china. beijing has always said it is neutral when it comes to the war in ukraine and it has refused to condemn russia's aggression, for example, at the united nations and it has also proposed the 12 point peace plan, but many of our viewers will remember president xijinping's our viewers will remember president xi

we have seen xijinping hasten an end to the ukraine war.ks ago and aligned himself with russia, but meanwhile trying to say that they do want to put forward some kind of peace plan. in reality, where do you think china sits in trying to attempt to end this war? china and xi jinin: attempt to end this war? china and xi jinping are _ attempt to end this war? china and xi jinping are trying _ attempt to end this war? china and xi jinping are trying to _ attempt to end this war? china and xi jinping are trying to present - xi jinping are trying to present themselves as an honest broker and a global leader with the ability to solve major international issues. so as you suggested, he has put forward as you suggested, he has put forward a series of proposals to end the war. but really, china has positioned itself towards russia, xi jinping visiting moscow. he hasn't visited kyiv. that gives you all you need to know about this relationship. china and particularly xijinping believes that relationship. china and particularly xi jinping believes that

the two—day visit is also expected to include a meeting with chinese president xijinping.p economic ties. china is brazil's top trading partner, involved in 30% of all brazilian imports and serves as a major market for brazilian products, including soybeans, iron and oil. china also invests more in brazil than any other country in latin america. brazil's president, commonly known as lula is expected to sign at least 20 deals with china during the trip. live now to our asia correspondentjoao da silva in singapore, whose been following lula's vist to china. what you tell about his stop in shanghai? in what you tell about his stop in shanghai?— what you tell about his stop in shanahai? ,, . ., , shanghai? in shanghai president lula da shanghai? in shanghai president lula da silva _ shanghai? in shanghai president lula da silva attended _ shanghai? in shanghai president lula da silva attended the - lula da silva attended the inauguration of his protege and former brazilian president as head of the new development bank. that's an international bank. that's an international bank

luiz inacio lula da silva and xijinping are expected to sign trade deals. also discuss the war in ukraine. our correspondentjoao da silva has the latest from singapore. well, we don't know the exact contents of the agenda, but, as you mentioned there, there is at least a couple of issues that are likely to make it into the talks. first, of course, it is trade and investment. the brazilian side has said they expect to sign more than 20 bilateral agreements. it signals their desire to strengthen economic relations with china. president lula who was returned to power only a few months ago knows he needs brazil's largest trading partner if he is to deliver on his promises to fight poverty and to really boost brazil's stagnant economy. and china, it is also interested in consolidating trade ties with brazil. beijing is facing growing tensions with the us which is its largest trading partner, and it's really looking to boost its country's presence in other markets. and brazil, of course, being latin america's largest economy, makes it an obvious choice. now, the

— president zelensky says he had a �*long and meaningful�* conversation with the chinese leader xijinpingng and queen consort set foot on liverpool's eurovision stage as it's revealed for the first time. it's seven in the morning in singapore, and one in the morning in sudan where the rescue operation to bring british nationals out of the country has made progress — the latest official figure is that 536 people have been rescued so far. tens of thousands of sudanese and foreign nationals have left sudan in the past week, fleeing the violence that's erupted between two military factions. we'll have a report by our special correspondent lucy manning on those arriving back in the uk, but we start with this report from cyprus, and our correspondent there nick beake. finally, an escape for britons who've been stranded in sudan. but as the raf carries out more evacuations, there are some concerns the airfield in the capital, khartoum, is now breaking up with hundreds of uk citizens still stuck in the devastation inflicted by the feud between top generals. today, though, flights out have been re

and this is something that xijinping really wants.france and china. his economy really needs it. china's economy is really hurting after years of quite strict covid regulations. so in this statement that the two men have have just released, they've also unleashed a whole slew of trade agreements, including the agreement to buy 160 airbus planes from airbus. and so that will make france clearly quite happy. but itjust emphasises, this is emmanuel macron�*s position that he wants to engage china on trade. other countries aren't so happy about that, including probably the united states, which really is wanting to emphasise a decoupling at the moment. police in northern ireland have warned that dissident republicans could try to provoke street violence over the easter weekend. the country is marking the 25th anniversary since the signing of the good friday agreement, which largely ended 30 years of sectarian violence. hundreds of extra police have been brought in for events which culminate with a visit to belfast by us president biden on

earlier i - spoke to hayley stevens who met president xijinping spoke to hayley stevens who met president week. thank you very much forjoining us. we mentioned just there what china's response has been to this visit. so moving warships, but in general, the response has been relatively muted, even though china had had threatened countermeasures. what do you make of that? well, they certainly had the chest thump and we knew that they were going to do that. i went into this meeting hearing their false threats, and i was very proud to sit down with president tsai and hear her vision for taiwan, talking about semiconductors and the workforce that goes into semiconductors, the investment that tmc is making in the united states, because we passed the chips and science act and yesterday or two days ago was also a celebration of democracy in the united states. the speaker of the house, in a bipartisan fashion alongside a democratic elected official in taiwan, highest ranking president tsai. so we had the opportunity to speak to congressman seth moulton just after the taiwanese president's visit. h

went off script severaltimes, he lengthy speech, went off script several times, he was addressing xijinping, effectively openly pressuring him to do something on ukraine. that kind of stuff doesn't go down well in beijing so there are differences there. we knew that already. but if you look at it from the other side, on the european perspective, they really think the talking is better than no talking, dialogue is better than no dialogue. so as far as emmanuel macron is concerned, china is a superpower, an influential global player and it shouldn't be people like vladimir putin who are engaging with china and these sorts of things. from that point of view, it is positive. we have heard ursula underlined is a possibility to say he is open to talking to the ukrainian resident vladimir lenskiso the ukrainian resident vladimir lenski so there is something positive coming out of that is from the european winter view. —— volodymyr zelensky. i understand our bus has clinched a deal which is good news for them. at the same time at home them. at the same time at home the domestic prices when it comes

the seen under xi jinping the repression, seen under xijinping the repression, the economic coercionputin. it was as if none of that had happened and macron was harking back to a previous era. ijust was harking back to a previous era. i just want to bring was harking back to a previous era. ijust want to bring in was harking back to a previous era. i just want to bring in victor was harking back to a previous era. ijust want to bring in victor into the conversation. could you respond to what ian is saying there, that the way president macron approach this trip was almost as though the last three or four years did not actually take place, that he was speaking almost to a different time? absolutely not. president macron's state _ absolutely not. president macron's state visit — absolutely not. president macron's state visit to china is a huge success _ state visit to china is a huge success it _ state visit to china is a huge success. it has generated huge benefits— success. it has generated huge benefits for the strip french people as well— benefits for the strip french people as well

the two—day visit is also expected to include a meeting with chinese president xijinping.eep economic ties. china is brazil's top trading partner, involved in 30% of all brazilian imports and exports. china serves as a major market for brazilian products, including soybeans, iron and oil. china also invests more in brazil than any other country in latin america. brazil's president, commonly known as lula, is expected to sign at least 20 deals with china during the trip. live now to our asia reporter joao da silva in singapore, whose been following lula's vist to china. lula will be meeting with chinese president xi jinping shortly. can you tell us what to expect in this meeting? it is hard to say at this stage. we know the exact agenda but two topics are expected to figure prominently on the agenda. one of them is trade and investment. as you mentioned, the brazilian government has said that they want to sign at least 20 deals of trade and investment. they are seeking to really boost the economic relation with china. president lula da silva he returned to power months ago

president xijinping has been invited by president zelensky to visit ukraine and he is also supposed toconversation with him as well but based on experts�* analysis that phone call hasn�*t taken place yet so many experts will be watching how president xi may respond to france and europe�*s request to use its influence to bring peace in ukraine but i don�*t think many are expect thing a breakthrough there. i think many are expect thing a breakthrough there.— think many are expect thing a breakthrough there. i also want to ask you _ breakthrough there. i also want to ask you about _ breakthrough there. i also want to ask you about the _ breakthrough there. i also want to ask you about the other - breakthrough there. i also want to ask you about the other big i to ask you about the other big meeting we are following today, the taiwanese president on us soil. we know that china has vowed countermeasures, tell us about the response? 50 vowed countermeasures, tell us about the response?— about the response? so far, the maritime safety _ about the response? so far, the maritime safety authorit

on counterpart xi jinping on friday. counterpart xijinping on friday.the two countries and seek new investments in brazil. bbc brazil has this preview of the trip. the handshake between lula and xijinping and the handshake between lula and xi jinping and whatever comes out of this meeting will be closely followed thousands of kilometres away in washington dc. i do use of a government that irritated both us and china, brazil under lula close to reposition itself geopolitically and is becoming one of the new frontiers of dispute for power and influence between americans and chinese. china has turned brazil into its biggest global investment destination and is pressing for the country to join the belton road initiative which, if signed, would operably be seen ijy signed, would operably be seen by the us is a deepening of relationships between the two countries in strategic areas such as technology, infrastructure and supply chains. brazil is seizing chinese investments as a chance to really industrialise the economy and increase its recent meagre growth ra

the one thing that will save emmanuel is if xijinping places a call to the ukrainian leader, volodymyr xi jinping has said that he would make that call but has not done so yet. in fact, that call but has not done so yet. infact, he that call but has not done so yet. in fact, he has not spoken to the quinine leader says ukraine was invaded by russia. if that call is placed fairly soon, emmanuel macron really can claim some kind of dramatic victory. if not, it comes down to a trade directory for this trip. let's break it all down with] alex tarquinio. she is an independent journalist who has been following the macron—xi meeting. what do you make of macron's visit? festival, thank you having me. many people commented just how it was structured just like a normal state visit. nothing had happened of note recently. he took a huge trade delegation with him, cut many deals which is not uncommon for a state visit. hundred and 60 airbus planes. he brought many culturalfigures, moviemakers, musicians, representatives of the louvre museum and talked about cultural changes. but i was actually spea

trying to put brazil backin conflict, trying to put brazil back in the world stage and he knows xijinpingbelieves brazil is in a unique position to help russia and ukraine reach some sort of consensus, and on top of that, his government has expressed support for most of china's own peace plan, particularly the part on a possible ceasefire, but in terms of actual, doable solutions to the conflict, it's really hard to see what lula is offering. he suggested that russia should return the newly invaded russian territory while keeping crimea, which is likely to be rejected notjust by keogh but by the majority of ukrainians as well. 0ur correspondence following the trip. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. what i love most about myjob, what makes it most unique is the ability to tell stories about people from all over the world. give them a platform to be able to share their stories and i love doing it whether it's in the studio or out in the field. the focus of my story—telling throughout my career has been women and children. those who have been impacted by conflict, by uphe

president xijinping president lula da silva is paying a visit. president xi jinping told president lula da silva is paying a visit. president xijinping told his brazilian counterpart that chinese development would create new opportunities for brazil. the also an opportunity for beijing to reinforce ties with one of the world's emerging economic powers, a member of the group of economies which also includes russia, india and south africa. he said he viewed relations with brazil as a diplomatic high priority. the countries agreed a deal to ditch the dollar and trade between them in their own currencies. joining me now is the chief economist, who joins me now. big on promises after this meeting about what these deeper ties will mean for brazil but i wonder what was your to how much detail there was about the opportunities which could present themselves to brasilia. ., ., , brasilia. there were areas where there was detail, _ brasilia. there were areas where there was detail, areas - brasilia. there were areas where there was detail, areas with - bra

for example on thursday, before meeting with xijinping, he will be attending former brazilian presidentsricks bank in shanghai. so there is an agenda there of several things to accomplish once he is there. that said, i do think it is obviously a sign of how important china is to brazil. you mentioned it's the largest trade partner which is an important part of the relationship. i also think there is a geopolitical element to this as well that brazil under the workers party has long played an independent role for brazil on the world stage, when the balances different, not anti—american per se, but one that is not —— that is willing to brush washington when necessary. and so china is a partner in that regard, and the united states as a partner in that regard. this is something he has been very clear about, is that he wants to work with diverse ideological partners to serve brazilian interests. thank you so much forjoining us on newsday. a pair of sneakers, or trainers, worn by basketball legend michaeljordan has sold for more than two million dollars — setting a record price for game—worn

. —— she xijinping. 91 hours— ten years. —— she xijinping. 91 hours on— ten years. —— she xijinping.—word. "if you ask me ireland could say— one—word. "if you ask me ireland could say the same thing, one—word. possibilities — could say the same thing, one—word. possibilities. we believe anything is possible when we set our mind to it and _ is possible when we set our mind to it and we _ is possible when we set our mind to it and we do— is possible when we set our mind to it and we do it together. this is the united _ it and we do it together. this is the united states of america and ireland, — the united states of america and ireland, there is nothing beyond our capacity— ireland, there is nothing beyond our capacity if— ireland, there is nothing beyond our capacity if we do it together. we've -ot capacity if we do it together. we've got to _ capacity if we do it together. we've got to believe that, we got to know that because that's the history of both our— that because that's the history of both our countries. this is about defending — both our countries. this is about defending th

just last month, president zelensky signalled he wanted to speak to xijinping of china.nping decided not to make that extra journey. nevertheless, we are told it was a "long and meaningful" phone call. we are not hearing much, in terms of detail, but ukraine is desperate to improve relations with china, a country that to date has refused to condemn russia�*s invasion. it has even strengthened its economic ties with moscow. so, while ukraine will see this as serious progress, there are still huge ideological differences on how to end this war, because what beijing wants, and what we are told after this phone call, it sees negotiations and talks as the only way out of this conflict. ukraine sees a military victory as the way out, to avoid just that — any kind of political compromise. so, politically, we have seen progress today for kyiv. what difference it will make, we won�*t knowjust yet. that�*s the view from james waterhouse in kyiv. let�*s hear how the call came about from the other end of the line, from our correspondent stephen mcdonnell in beijing. we were asked to

china and xijinping are trying to present themselves as an honest broker and a global leader with theto end the war. but really, china has positioned itself towards russia, xi jinping visiting moscow. he hasn't visited kyiv. that gives you all you need to know about this relationship. china and particularly xijinping believes that it is in china's long term interest to align itself with russia. so even though russia has invaded ukraine and even though it started the war and even though that threatened so much of the world order, xi jinping still doesn't feel that damages the core aim of his to align with russia against the united states and against what xi jinping believes says is a united states—led world order. 0ur breaking news is the husband of former scotland first minister nicola sturgeon, peter murrell, has been arrested by scotland police who are investigating snp finances. this is the snp hq where there are police and the premises are being searched. the snp have said it wouldn't be appropriate to comment on any life police investigation and this is the scene outside the home

french president emmanuel macron meets with president xijinping in beijing. france faces another day of pension protests after talks between unions and the government break down. the husband of scotland's former first minister nicola sturgeon is released without charge while further investigations are done into the scottish national party's finances. and a pair of sneakers worn by michaeljordan is expected to break records at auction next week. the former chief executive of scottish national party peter murrell has been released without charge by the police, pending further investigation into party finances. mr murrell, the husband of former first minister nicola sturgeon, was arrested on wednesday morning. a police search resumed on thursday morning at the couple's glasgow home. let us cross live to our scotland correspondent james shaw in glasgow. what is the picture they're just now? $5 what is the picture they're “ust now? �* , what is the picture they're “ust now? m what is the picture they're 'ust now? m , what is the picture they're 'ust now? as you ca

brazil's new president lula da silva prepares to meet his counterpart xijinping as he continues his trip in china. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers around the world. the fbi says it's arrested a suspect alleged to be linked to the leak of hundreds of highly classified us intelligence documents. jack teixeira, who's 21, is an air national guardsman, and was arrested outside his home in massachusetts. the us attorney general, merrick garland, said he was taken into custody without incident, and he'd be appearing in federal court. the contents of the leaked documents, spread widely online, have been highly embarrassing for the american authorities. they lay bare security secrets, including ukrainian troop deployments against russian forces, and the extent of american spying on it's own allies. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams has more. a week after the leaks first appeared, and arrest on the suburban streets of massachusetts. with the media already naming the suspect, fbi agents swooped in. the young man at the centre of the most serious breach of american security in ye

it xijinping decided not to make that extra journey.aring much in terms of detail but ukraine is desperate to improve relations with china. a country that, to date, has refused to condemn russia's invasion and strengthened its economic ties with moscow but they will see this is serious progress but there's huge ideological differences on how to end this war because with beijing wants wilbur toward after this phone call comments as negotiations and talks is the only way out of this conflict. ukraine sees a military victory as the way out two of just that, any kind of political compromise and so, politically, if seen progress today with kyiv and what difference it will make, we will not knowjust yet. 0ne what difference it will make, we will not knowjust yet. one more story we are keeping an eye on because the producer ed has been appearing in court and a child to decide whether his hit thinking out loud was a copy of let's get it on. co—writing the hit with marvin gaye, they are seeking millions of dollars in damages from ed sheeran. t a

ukraine's president zelensky says he had a long and meaningful call with chinese president xijinping,o since russia's invasion. china says it maintains a neutral stance and president xi jinping has so far refused to condemn moscow's invasion. in february, beijing offered a 12 point paper calling for a political settlement to the crisis. last month, president zelensky said he was willing to cooperate with beijing, a country that has refused to condemn moscow. it has even strengthened economic ties with russia. he even invited xijinping to kyiv last month after his meeting with vladimir putin in moscow but that meeting never happened. here we are now with what we are told is a long and meaningful phone call between both leaders. the detail is a little light but it's clear ukraine is hoping to strengthen its ties with china, partly to undermine moscow's support for its invasion to try to send a political message but there's also a chance that xi jinping... let's talk about what's happening in moscow today. alexei navalny telling a court today he is now being investigated on terrorism cha

brazil's new president, lula da silva, prepares to meet his counterpart xijinping as he continues his

and i would say with all, you know, effort to be balanced here, xijinping has done the same thing andessed to the party congress. last october, he, too, put the emphasis primarily on security. so you've got both sides focused on security, and that is not a constructive formula for re—engagement and de—escalation of conflict. does the us, though, have a point when it comes to national security concerns over apps like tiktok? also intellectual property? you know, national security is a pretty vague construct, especially when it comes to an app like tiktok, largely used by young teenagers rather than by businesses who have proprietary tools that can be put to nefarious uses. it operates under the presumption of intent that we have some way of knowing that china is going to take the tiktok user data and convert it into information that it will utilise to put the united states user community at risk. we have no evidence whatsoever to go with that assumption, but that's been an important part of congress's fears about tiktok. one of the world's largets makers of semiconductor chips, which s

president emmanuel macron of france urged the chinese leader, xijinping, to make president putin see

when president macron is i day when president macron is expected to meet with the chinese president xijinpingth the chinese president xi jinping as well as his new premier and yesterday around 3pm local time he arrived and first met with french residents in the capital raising but he also spoke about how the west shouldn't try and reduce diplomatic and economic ties with china, especially because of the rather crucial role that china plays in the war in ukraine and so basically what he is hoping to do is to persuade china to ask rush of course, it's ally, to try and bring peace in ukraine. i think it is fair to say that not many experts are expect a big breakthrough there but it is a very tricky balancing act for the french president because he also wants to push for closer trade and investment ties with china and he has been trying to push for this accord to boost investment ties between the two and of course he is travelling, as you said, with many business leaders for whom china is a huge market and according to the chinese ambassador to france, we can expect some deals in aerospace, nucle

brazil's president is said to me xijinping in a bid to deepen economic relations. analysis on the ties between asia and latin america's largest economies. plus, auto backin largest economies. plus, auto back in the fast lane after a covid speedbump. —— automakers. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm karishma vaswani. our top story, brazil's leader lola da silva is expected to meet with china's leader xi jinping in the next few hours, president lula arrived in beijing late on wednesday and attended the inauguration of the new bank in shanghai on thursday. the new development bank is set up by the brics group, and president lawler said the new financial institute freeze developing countries from establishment. a business reporterjoao da silva has more on the significance of this trip. the goal, in his own words, is to strengthen the relationship and at least when it comes to business ties already significant, china's brazil's biggest export market, each year buying tens of billions of dollars worth of natural resources and agricultural products, including

are expected to arrive in beijing on wednesday and they are due to meet with the chinese president xijinpingto our business reporter who has been monitoring this visit for us. hejoins me now on the programme. always great to have you on the show. what can we expect from the visit? european leaders right — expect from the visit? european leaders right now _ expect from the visit? european leaders right now cannot - expect from the visit? european leaders right now cannot get - leaders right now cannot get enough of china. last week we had the spanish prime minister, perry sanchez, and now emanuel macron on his way to china. the reason they are going there is, of course, trade. china is europe's second—largest trade and investment partner. bilateral trade amounted to more than $860 billion in 2021, and that is why president macron �*s travelling dozens of top country executives to beijing, but what makes trade so important right now is, of course, timing. europe isjust emerging from a painful breakup with russia, and itjust can't afford to lose such an important trading partner as trainer. now

french president emmanuel macron has urged his chinese counterpart xijinping to use his influence top stop russia's war in ukraine. mr xi said their two countries had the "ability and responsibility" to safeguard world peace. the french leader is on a state visit to china, which has refused to condemn russia's invasion of ukraine. mr macron isjoined on this visit by european commission chief ursula von der leyen, as well as a large business delegation to try and bolster trade ties. isabel hilton is the founder of the nonprofit organisation china dialogue. yesterday the strip was very much about pressure related to ukraine, today they are talking business —— this trip was about ukraine. what have we heard?— this trip was about ukraine. what have we heard? ., have we heard? there are some good news for airbus, _ have we heard? there are some good news for airbus, a _ have we heard? there are some good news for airbus, a contract _ have we heard? there are some good news for airbus, a contract for - news for airbus, a contract for about 100, and edf news for airbus, a contract for about

invasion — president zelensky says he had a "long and meaningful" conversation with the chinese leader, xijinping

they expect to arrive in beijing and to meet with the president xijinping and other top officials asess reporter has more. it seems like european leaders these days just can't get enough of china, just last week we saw the spanish prime minister there, we saw the spanish prime ministerthere, now we saw the spanish prime minister there, now we see ursula von der leyen and we see emmanuel macron. the obvious reason why they are going is of course trade. china is europe's second—largest trade and investment partner. 2—way trade reached more than $860 billion in 2021 and that is why macron is travelling with dozens of top company executives. what makes trade even more urgent right now is a timing. europe is emerging from a very painful breakup with russia and itjust can't afford to lose another important trading partner whereas for china, europe is only growing in importance at a time when ties with the us are souring. but for europe this is about more than just trade. european leaders understand china's outsized influence over russia and they want to make sure that china does not use th

xijinping set it out priority that comes right from the top.t the national people's congress last year that he is desperate to boost the renmibi's international standing dependence on the us. we do have the note it is still a very, very low share of global currency usage. in the way beijing is hoping to boost this is really burst through bilateral trade and then eventually through to greater holdings of renminbi denominated assets, so three china's trading power first and then eventually into financial circles as well. —— through china's trading power. when it is china's currency strengthens in that regard, what impact does that have the dollar? to that by association we in quarters? it is a relative weakening but to put it in context the dollar about depending on which metrics you use 80% of global currency usage in china was 2%—3% the dollar might come down a couple of percentage points in china's game to come up a little bit and that will help beijing gain a bit of independence but the sanctions busting, russia is able to use it to continue

comrades, tell the china — xijinping here.des, tell the china story, and tell it fully _ the china story, and tell it fully. that's what he told in front — fully. that's what he told in front of— fully. that's what he told in front of a _ fully. that's what he told in front of a wide audience on cctv. _ front of a wide audience on cctv. the _ front of a wide audience on cctv, the parent company, as well_ cctv, the parent company, as well as— cctv, the parent company, as well as when he visited all of the party— well as when he visited all of the party run and state run medie _ the party run and state run media. that is the main message. like the soviets before, _ message. like the soviets before, like all the autocratic governments in history, they want — governments in history, they want a — governments in history, they want a narrative that puts the party, — want a narrative that puts the party. the _ want a narrative that puts the party, the leader and the country— party, the leader and the country and all the policies in a

if xijinping, and you won't mention his name, but if xijinping was to invite you to come back, what wouldve and more open. if you think about xi jinping's strategy now, do you think he is the kind of person that would want to align himself with putin over putin's invasion of ukraine? china has long strategy since chairman mao to have a relations with africa, south america. and now they realise russia would be their allies because they both think the world order need to be changed. and they both agree with many principles. but i don't think china would totally agree with russia. it's not possible. you have said that you're stopping work. but you've also built a new studio in portugal.

here is xijinping and macron, and there are such rumors that they agreed on something there, some kind of peace plan. we saw only a dotted line of this peace plan from this jinping from the macro, we just suspect that he is constantly doing something that not everyone likes in ukraine. to discuss with them is a plan that can be put on the table for someone. i am not telling zelensky, but i am saying to put it on the table, let's say on the old story 10 to the white house in brussels and these forces will start to put pressure on ukraine to say, let's do this, let 's do it and how are the sheep, how is it the russian says volk and the scythians wished that ukraine would be well and the katsaps did not lose face and the whole world clapped their hands, well, the options of this plan are in principle clear and russia is pushing them in a variety of ways - this is an immediate cessation of war, an immediate cessation of hostilities, but the truce is solid 38 parallels carrots in korean, according to various things , the struggle for the lifting of sanctions from russia and the permission f