xijinping's group of loyalists. more on that later.the latest on the war in the middle east. calls for a ceasefire to allow aid into gaza are growing amid warnings from israel that it is preparing for what it calls the next stage of combat against hamas. these are pictures from the ismay israeli military as tanks entered northern gaza on wednesday. israel says it was a targeted rate, not the start of the ground invasion. inside gaza, the humanitarian situation is dire as food and fuel supplies are running low. the palestinian red crescent says it will be forced to shut down ambulance services in 2a hours. 12 more trucks entered from egypt with ade on thursday. 7000 have been killed since the israeli air strikes began according to the hamas health ministry. israel reports more than 220 people are still being held hostage in gaza. jeremy bowen spoke to civilians and soldiers on the ground about what lies ahead. for hours, we could hear the explosions around ten kilometres away in israel. it was the biggest israeli raid into the gaza stri

so a lot of speculation, especially early on in xijinping's tenure, of xijinping essentially moving past take the top leadership role. and then xijinping being a major leader, looking to have full control over the reins of power, questions about whether that was shifting roles that are traditionally leveraged by the premier, in particular when it comes to the economy. when li keqiang retired earlier this year, he gave a retirement speech. there was a lot of commentary at the time, reading between the lines of what he said, that he'd been frustrated that he hadn't managed to carry out a lot of those reforms, and in fact power had shifted back to the party during his time. that's right. it was a really remarkable speech. he was giving it in a very windy atmosphere, and commented on that being emblematic of some of the headwinds he had faced as well. it was seen by many as very careful, very quiet and subtle criticism, but also i think in many ways an attempt by li to frame his career and the accomplishments he had, notjust as premier, but in the many senior roles he had played before that

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jinping, a widely counterpart, xijinping, a widely watched trip showing the deep mutual trust.y before joe deep mutual trust. it comes one day beforejoe biden is expected to reach israel so it is important to see that this visit in that context as well as a major crisis in the middle east plays out. it is notjust about the russian president visiting beijing for the belt and road initiative at the larger geopolitical concerns that are currently engulfing the region and its ramifications result in something that analysts will watch out for. putin and his entourage flew in on tuesday morning and these other live pictures coming in and, in fact, this is significant because this is his first visit outside the former soviet union. he has really taken any foreign trips of late, especially after the arrest warrants that were issued by the international criminal court. that is why this visit is going to be very, very significant. those are the live pictures coming out of beijing. all eyes will be on that two—day belt and road forum that china is hosting and the russian president is curr

in any case, bri is part of xijinping's vision back., bri is part of xi jinping's vision for china public place in the world. and in beijing this week, china will be hosting the third belt and road forum over two days starting today. russia's president vladimir putin is due to attend. he has rarely undertaken any foreign trips since any foreign trip, since the war with ukraine after the international criminal court issued a warrant for his arrest. this trip to china will be his first trip outside what was the former soviet union. leaders from africa and south america are also due to be in attendance. earlier, i spoke to economist intellince unit's china director, mattie bekink, who told me how around the world, there are mixed feelings about the belt and road initiative. i think you're exactly right. how you view the last ten years colours how you view it. so we expect china to tout the pri as a gift of the world that has created huge economic benefits. —— two. china claims bri investment has created 420,000 jobs in bri countries and 40

i think we will hear words from xijinping embrace.nk we will hear words from xi jinping about how he attempts to continue reaching out to those countries in both economic and other means. , , ., ., ., in both economic and other means. , ., ., ., means. this is also about a lot ofthe means. this is also about a lot of the optics — means. this is also about a lot of the optics as _ means. this is also about a lot of the optics as we _ means. this is also about a lot of the optics as we have - means. this is also about a lot of the optics as we have also l of the optics as we have also talked about how china is going ahead and making a big splash about the 10—year anniversary. we have seen the kind of images that have come out. how do you see the belt and road initiative furthering the ambitions that the west has said is china only trying to grow is cut in other parts of the world?— grow is cut in other parts of the world? china was hoping there would _ the world? china was hoping there would be _ the world? china was hoping there would

address the israel—hamas war, and pave the way for a summit between the two presidents, joe biden and xijinpingna and the united states are _ translation: china and the united states are two - translation: china and the united states are two majorl united states are two major countries. we have disagreements, we have differences, but at the same time we also share important common interests. when we face challenges, we need to respond together. not only should we resume dialogue, it should be in—depth and comprehensive so that, with dialogue, we can increase mutual understanding. the white house has accused russia of executing its own soldiers if they try to retreat from frontlines in ukraine. the national security spokesman, john kirby, said moscow was employing what he called human wave tactics, leading to thousands of recent casualties. kyiv has said there's been mutinies over heavy losses in some russian units trying to take avdiivka in eastern ukraine. mr kirby said commanders were threatening to execute entire units. there's been no response from moscow. washington has also announced its

been like if li keqiang had been made to the general secretary of the communist party instead of xijinpingink that it would be very different to the way things are now.— would be very different to the way things are now. there's been much talk in the uk about the ban on xl bully dogs, but another breed — the pitbull — has already been banned in the uk for more than 30 years. new research shows that thousands of pitbulls are still registered to live here, through exemption rules. 0ur correspondent danny savage has this report. this an xl bully type dog with a temperament problem. this animal was handed to police after it attacked its owner. it can never be rehomed and will be put down. this is currently a perfectly legal dog type, but the government is planning to ban them soon following a number of attacks and fatalities. i'm a dog lover. i don't want to see dogs put down, but i'm also a dad. and i've got to think about public safety, you know? and is it right that a dog that has done that to someone, who is strong themselves, physically capable, is it right that that dog is then rehomed?

and whilst president xijinping certainly a clue. the recent conference in india that he must understand that if he fails to attend the impact meeting which is something that chinese presidents always go to, that would ignite a lot of speculation about, maybe he is in trouble at home, the economy is in trouble at home, the economy is so bad in china, all sorts of things that china don't want to be seen as. ,., �* , things that china don't want to be seen as. ,., �*, ., ~ ., seen as. ok, so let's work on the basis that — seen as. ok, so let's work on the basis that it _ seen as. ok, so let's work on the basis that it is _ seen as. ok, so let's work on the basis that it is going _ seen as. ok, so let's work on the basis that it is going ahead. - seen as. ok, so let's work on the basis that it is going ahead. we l basis that it is going ahead. we don't know. why does it matter? why is a meeting between these two men so significant?— so significant? well, it is significant. _ so significant? well, it is significant. a _ so significant? w

since then, the reform programme got diverged a bit, xijinping took the programme got diverged a bit,hand with the economic and emphasised more the stability and the national security. in the last couple of years, li keqiang has had less of an influence, but in his early years he was very influential in setting economic policy. compared to when he was in position to now, how have you seen china change in that context?— seen china change in that context? ., ., , . ., context? the world has changed. and china has _ context? the world has changed. and china has changed. - context? the world has changed. and china has changed. as - context? the world has changed. and china has changed. as china| and china has changed. as china grows larger and more important in the world, issues such as national security have become more important. domestic league, there were a number of smaller crises throughout the 20105 that smaller crises throughout the 2010s that made xi jinping conclude that stability is more important. —— domestically. and that the state and the party can deliver more. so we now se

we will start in china where president xijinping report.g today. you will be gathering leaders to mark ten years of the belt and road initiative. building a series of infrastructure as well as energy network. it is a high—profile event with russia's president vladimir putin as well as leaders of other developing nations from around the world who are going to be in attendance. his leadership is tested both domestically and in getting china's economy on track as well as internationally as a

high—stakes diplomacy in beijing — president xijinping welcomes state leaders in china's capital at aport on the legacy of china's belt and road initiative in this country as it completes ten years. hello, and welcome to asia business report. i'm arunoday mukharji. let's start in china. china's president xi jinping takes centrestage in beijing today. he will addressing leaders who have gathered to mark the tenth anniversary of the belt and road initiative, an ambitious plan to enhance china's soft power by building a series of infrastructure and energy networks. it's a high—profile event, with russia's president vladimir putin, along with leaders of developing nations from around the world in attendance. president's xi's big moment comes at a time when his leadership is tested domestically in getting china's economy back on track and internationally, in navigating a tense geopolitical environment. eswar prasad is an economist cornell university, and a former head of the imf�*s china division.

so it is interesting when you hear xijinping, the belt and road forum in beijing, he said when chinaetter. to a certain extent he might be right. on paper this is certainly a milestone and i've seen the enthusiasm for it. as to whether this will change the lives of ordinary indonesians, whether it will be worth the cost, that is a different question. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. when the police use horses, normally you think of crowd control, but dorset is a rural county and volunteer horseriders will be an extra set of eyes ideas for the police. extra set of eyes ideas for the olice. �* , ., extra set of eyes ideas for the olice. ~ ., ., ., ., extra set of eyes ideas for the olice. ., ., ., ., , ., , police. about two-and-a-half years auo there police. about two-and-a-half years ago there was _ police. about two-and-a-half years ago there was three _ police. about two-and-a-half years ago there was three individuals - police. about two-and-a-half years ago there was three individuals in i ago there was three individuals in the rural crime team. we've now mov

but his economic leadership weakened over time, and he was sidelined by president xijinping, who soughtfollowing the story. well, when i think of li keqiang, one of the images comes to mind is of him last year when china's strict zero covid policies were in place, appearing unmasked and published —— in public. at that time nobody dared question those restrictions and he was appealing for officials to be mindful of the impact those policies were having on the economy. that image to me sort of captures the reason why he is often described as a pragmatist. that happened at the tail end of his tenure as premier. when he first came into office ten years ago, he was given the reins of the chinese economy, there was a lot of hope that is more liberal minded economist, he would move china further down a more market oriented path. well, we know now that those ideas really failed to take root over the past four years, more and more power has been concentrated in the hands of president xijinping, and we know that president xi really favoured a more statist approach to the economy. so the legacy of

while he's there, he'll meet with chinese president xijinping.en locked in a bitter dispute over wine trade, made worse in 2020 when australia's former leadership sought an investigation into covid—i9's origins. but that relationship may be improving. on sunday, china said both sides have reached a consensus on that wine dispute. besides foreign policies, australia also has domestic issues to contend with like inflation. all eyes will be on michele bullock, the new governor of its central bank, when she speaks publicly for the first time on tuesday. there were talks of a rate hike to dampen high prices when she chaired her first meeting in october. but the bank ultimately decided to hold rates steady. and that's why wednesday's release of its third quarter consumer prices will be closely watched, after the 6% level reached in the second quarter. earlier i spoke to kelvin wong, a senior market analyst with financial services firm oanda. he explained to me the inflationary pressures australia is currently facing. even though the 03 expectation for

it's president xijinping's ambitious trillion—dollar programme that has brought new infrastructure tothe most recent is a high—speed railway in indonesia. like many china—backed bri projects, it's not been without controversy. our asia business correspondent nick marsh was one of the first to take a ride and sent us this report. this is the fastest train in all of southeast asia. certainly faster than e*trade in the us and uk. right now i'm in the us and uk. right now i'm injakarta and heading to bandung. there we were driving to take three hours but with whoosh or a 45 minutes. but actually this was not supposed to have been built by china. japan with their famous rail system with heavy favourites to win the bid. they said they'd finance the project at basically 0% interest but they did need a guarantee from indonesian government that it is devon with money if anything went wrong. but then charlie came in with a counteroffer and said we will build this cheaper or build quicker and we don't need any guarantee from indonesian government. but they did want to% interest on their loan. in

another thing xijinping another thing xi jinping said this week is when china does well the rest of thetter. that really is at the heart of the whole belt and road initiative. let's be clear, these sorts of trains, airports, read around the world would not exist were it not for china and people are very proud here. people are taking self is all around me this morning. in terms of who this will benefit is another question. ticket prices are really expensive, the indonesian government has admitted even the best case scenario it will take decades for this to break even so it's a great project on paper, whether it would benefit ordinary indonesians is another question. mi ordinary indonesians is another cuestion. �* question. all right, we will leave it there _ question. all right, we will leave it there but - question. all right, we will leave it there but thank . question. all right, we will| leave it there but thank you for that report from indonesia. nick marsh reporting from jakarta. now to numbers from netflix. the streaming platform now has more than 240 million subscribers, adding 8

while he's there, he'll meet with chinese president xijinping.ocked in a bitter dispute over wine trade, made worse in 2020 when australia's former leadership sought an investigation into covid—i9's origins. but that relationship may be improving. on sunday, china said both sides have reached a consensus on that wine dispute. besides foreign policies, australia also has how do smaller businesses compete with their much bigger rivals who may also be getting government help to stay profitable? those are the challenges that the boss of fiji airways thinks about every day. we have systematically since 2015 systematically elevated our airline. one of the core things we have done with our airline is put on a remarkable service. service culture programme, we run it quarterly, all of the staff and we have 12 building blocks and it's done amazing stuff for us. our service today beats air new zealand and qantas. is itjust down to service? we have a new fleet, flying the 15—9005 and we have four of them that service the markets and we have a superb product,

i think since then, the reform programme got diverted a little bit, xijinping took the upper hand inconomics and emphasised more the stability and the national—security seven the last couple of years, horribly li keqiang has less of a influence but in his early years he was very influential. bankman—fried has testified in his own defence in court. the former chief of the now collapsed ftx faces several charges, including defrauding his customers by as much as $10 billion — charges that he has denied. my colleague erin delmore has been following the trial and has the very latest. it was a stunning beginning sam bankman—fried's testimony. this is the most eagerly awaited moment in this trial. we expected he would take their trial in front of a jury today. that was surprise number one. judge lewis kaplan dismissed the jury. he told them simply there is something we need to work out here, we will see you tomorrow morning at 9:30, and then he told the rest of us in the court room that there were topic areas that the defence wanted to introduce that the prosecution objected to. he admitted

it may set the stage for a meeting between xijinping and set the stage for a meeting between xi jinpingiels from the asia society institute stout has told me about the expectations. it has told me about the expectations.- has told me about the expectations. has told me about the exectations. . , ., ., ., expectations. it has a lot of different aspects. - expectations. it has a lot of different aspects. what - expectations. it has a lot of. different aspects. what china is asking has to do with the economic restrictions the us has put on china's high spec —— high—tech industry. china would like to see the us talk about china on the global stage in ways that could work more closely with how china sees its own image. it sees itself as a leader or developing countries, it wants to have respect in that status. the way the us has talked about china, as a challenge to the rules —based order, is something china bristles at and would like to see change. it bristles at and would like to see change-— bristles at and would like to see chance. u, , see change. it comes when we see change. it comes w

we will start in china where president xijinping report.ll start in china where president xi jinping take centre stage in centre stage in beijing today. you will be gathering leaders to mark ten years of the belt and road initiative. building a series of infrastructure as well as energy network. it is a high—profile event with russia's president vladimir putin as well as leaders of other developing nations from around the world who are going to be in attendance. his leadership is tested both domestically and in getting china's economy on track as well as internationally as a country tries to navigate a rather tense geopolitical environment. i've been speaking to and economy of cornell university... he told me how the belt and road initiative had achieved mixed results for china. , ., china. the belt and road initiative _ china. the belt and road initiative was _ china. the belt and road initiative was china's - china. the belt and road - initiative was china's attempt to use its economic muscle in order to gain both geopolitical and economi

leaders from the so—called global south are meeting in beijing this week to discuss president xijinping'sd road initiative. one of the most recent projects is a high—speed railway in indonesia. but, like many china backed projects, it's not been without controversy. 0ur asia business correspondent nick marsh was one of the first to take a ride, and sent us this report. this is the fastest train in all of southeast asia, it certainly faster than any train in the us or the uk. right now i'm injakarta, and i'm heading to been doing. if we were driving, it would take about three hours. but with whoosh, it'll take 45 minutes. but actually, this really wasn't supposed to have been built by china. japan, with their famous rail system, where the heavy favourites to win the bid, saying that they would finance the process democrat project at 0% interest, but they did need a guarantee from the indonesian government that they would step in with money if anything went wrong. but then china came in with a counter offer, saying "we will build this cheaper and quicker, and no guarantee from the indonesia

middle east, and may also set the stage significantly for a possible meeting between presidents xijinping possible meeting between presidents xi jinping and joe biden. i spoke to lori daniels from a think tank on the expectations for the visit. what china is asking for from the us, it has a lot of different aspects. in many ways, what china is asking from the us has to do with the economic restrictions that the us has put on china's high—tech industry in particular. what also china would like to see the us speak about china and talk about trying on the global stage in ways that are more close to how china sees its own image. it sees itself as a leader of developing countries, it wants respect in that status, and the way the us has talked about china as a challenge to the rules based order is something china bristles at and would like to see change. bristles at and would like to see change-— bristles at and would like to see change. this visit comes when we _ see change. this visit comes when we see _ see change. this visit comes when we see the _ see change. this visit comes when we see t

sides are paving the way for a possible meeting between us presidentjoe biden as well as president xijinpingthe apex summit in california. beijing officials have been trained to get the worlds second largest economy back on track and have hopes that the recent bank holiday that the recent bank holiday that we've been talking about have pointed its recovery in the right direction. 0ver have pointed its recovery in the right direction. over the eight—day holiday period, those who could aid nearly 12 million trips, for domestic as well as international travel, but it is not yet a full recovery from the pre—pandemic days, but it is 85% recovery rate, prompting several economies to be hopeful and optimistic of an improved outlook for the world's second largest economy for on that, earlier, i spoke to a china watcher and asked him what the latest figures really mean. it is not super—strong but you have to remember where we were a few months ago, earlier in the summer, where it really looked like the consumer recovery in china was fizzling out. and possibly could even go into reverse. relative to t

that's president xijinping's ambitious trillion dollar programme that has brought new infrastructureorld. one of the most recent is a high—speed railway in indonesia. nick marsh has more. this is the fastest train in all of south—east asia. it is certainly faster than any train in the us or the uk. right now, i am injakarta and i'm heading to bandung. if we were driving, it would take about three hours, but with whoosh, it will take about 45 minutes. but actually, this really wasn't supposed to have been built by china. japan, with theirfamous shinkansen rail system, they were the heavy favourites to win the bid. they said that they would finance the project at basically 0% interest, but they did need a guarantee from the indonesian government that they would step in with money if anything went wrong. but then china came in with a counter—offer. they said we're going to build this cheaper, we'll build it quicker, and we don't need any guarantee from the indonesian government. but they did want 2% interest on their loan. well, indonesia picked china to many people's surprise, but in t

leaders from from the so—called global south a meeting in beijing this week to discuss president xijinping'st and road initiative. 0ne ambitious belt and road initiative. one of the most recent projects is a high—speed railway in indonesia, but like many china backed projects, it has not been without controversy. 0ur asia business correspondent nick marsh joins us live in some time but for the moment let's quickly play out that report by nick. this is the fastest train in all of southeast asia. it is certainly faster than any train in the us or the uk. faster than any train in the us orthe uk. right faster than any train in the us or the uk. right now, faster than any train in the us orthe uk. right now, i'm in jakarta, and i'm heading to bandon. if we were driving it will take about three hours, but with wash, it would take about 45 minutes. —— whoosh. whoosh is actually an acronym in the indonesian language, it means time—saving and reliable. this of course is yet another belt and road initiative project, it is 60% indonesian owned, 40% chinese owned, and there has been a few false starts

mykola, indeed 10 years for xijinping. it was possible to summarize once, because well, the chinese economylly has its problems today, and the belt and the road, this project, 1 trillion was invested in it, it has certain problems in economic terms, because the countries that received credit from china. is a project china, and it's paying off, because along with the investment that china has lavished on developing countries, chinese companies and chinese goods have come there, and it's brought china... big dividends, because for 140 countries of the world, china is the number one trading partner, that is, these countries have a connection with the chinese market and, of course, they do not want to abandon them, despite certain problems there. in addition, it has paid very serious political dividends for china, because you and i can see how now when the west began to think about its relations with the global half, how china makes its contacts, and often the countries of the global half abstain, for example, when voting or choose china's side, that is, it plays a role. as for the current foru

summit will not be a smooth one in an apparent reference to an expected meeting between president xijinpinge was in washington over the last few days and met a number of us officials including resident biden. canberra officials say trade negotiations between the australian and european union have had a major roadblock, australian trade minister don farrell eu representatives on the sidelines of the g7 ministerial meeting in osaka on sunday. a huge part of the deal hinges on australia's agricultural sector with many countries exporters saying the eu has not offered enough access to them. that is it for this edition of asia business report. we will be back nice and early tomorrow. for now, thank you so much for watching. bringing you different stories from across the uk. these are some of the last of their generation. men and women who can still remember the second world war. mr; can still remember the second world war-— world war. my army caller -a ers world war. my army caller papers arrived _ world war. my army caller papers arrived in - world war. my army caller papers arrived in august .

can this statement by mcconnell be taken as a kind of warning to xijinping or a reprimand?order for the leader of china to say: we have nothing to do with this axis of evil, to enter into this army of evil means having trouble with the united states of america. yes, the senator is right, because all these countries, they, their actions are mutually coordinated, and they ... help each other in one way or another, we see diplomatic measures or providing ammunition, drones, sharing flags, technology, everything, the whole world sees it, and it is clear, now it is important, in my opinion, precisely to help ukraine defeat russia, if when russia is defeated, then it will be clear, both for china and for others, for the west, for example, and there will also be a clear signal to iran, that iran cannot rely on russia, providing it with its weapons, and therefore for me the main point here is help to ukraine. mr. general, a bipartisan congressional commission has concluded that the united states of america's conflict between china and. and russia, it is possible between the years 2

kyrgyzstan, he flew to china through kyrgyzstan and met there with the leader of the celestial empire xijinping. when you watched and analyzed how they met, what they talked about, what they agreed on, what impression did you get , who was speaking from a position of strength, and who was speaking from a position of weakness, that is, who was to whom... i am reading mr. yurieter in front of me on the screens putin isi in beijing, it was a meeting of equals, i understand that this is yours, non-trivial trolling, in fact, it is clear to everyone that today china, and everyone, in particular, as a chinese leader, is a senior partner, are they a classic partner or is it gradually becoming a vassal dependence of russia, this is a question, i believe that and another thing, when xi talks about 200 billion in trade, it means that on the one hand russia is increasingly dependent on china and one day there will be a point of no return, but on the other hand china is currently giving russia the opportunity to actually wage this war. here you show putin, who went to the press conference after the meeting

president putin has gone to beijing to greet his good friend president xijinping on the tenth anniversarylatin america, which western countries think is china's way of spreading both its soft and its hard power. kerry allen is the china media analyst for bbc monitoring. china definitely wants to send a message to the world this week that the belt and road has brought the world closer. initially, when president xi made this his pet project, he really wanted to stress that it was a way of bringing europe and asia closer together. now, it's encompassing areas like peru in latin america. and especially at a time now when there's war and conflict going on in the world, it's a real message that this is countries being brought closer together. and has it done what china wanted in terms of extending chinese power and influence? absolutely, it has. but there have been editorials this week in independent media saying is it starting to dry up? because you factor in that countries internationally have been struggling off the back of the pandemic economically and there's the potential for them to be i

respective approaches to china, president biden increasingly confident he will have a summit with xijinpingster albanese will be going to beijing soon. since the new government was elected in australia, they sought to normalise relationships with beijing, not in order to change our strategic settings, that remains very much in place, but rather to normalise a relationship, have a capacity to have dialogue, just as the us, japan and other partners of hours in the region have a dialogue with beijing. and beijing has been open to that. i think they realised that the economic and trade coercion against australia has not worked and it is better off trying to engage with australia at a time when there are so many other issues roiling the world. speaking of those issues, the visit also comes in the middle of the conflict that is unfolding in the middle east. australia has expressed support for israel. we've also seen very strong pro—palestinian protests in australia. what do you make of the government's stance as far as this issue is concerned? australia is a multicultural society, and, you know,

russian president vladimir putin has arrived in beijing for key talks with his chinese counterpart, xijinping stage, the chinese government has offered significant moral backing, refusing to criticise the invasion of ukraine and saying it will boost trade relations with russia. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell travelled to the border region in northeastern china to gauge the state of the relationship. beijing and moscow say trade between their countries is growing, along with a closer political alliance. the port where russian goods cross the river into the chinese border city of heihe seems to have a lot of activity. translation: i'm carrying | soybeans, wheat and barley, all from russia, and it's busier than before. the truck drivers tell us they're getting plenty of work. translation: i'm transporting sand and coal from russia. - others are moving containers with food. chinese tourists come here for a peek into neighbouring blagoveschchensk, where russian coastguard officers exercise in the autumn sun. you can see how close we are to russia here — you could swim across that river t

president putin has gone to beijing to greet his good friend, president xijinping, on the 10th anniversary road initiative, the massive investment project in asia, africa and latin america, which western countries think is china's way of spreading both its soft and its hard power. kerry allen is the china media analyst for bbc monitoring. china definitely wants to send a message to the world this week that the belt and road has brought the world closer. initially, when president xi made this his pet project, he really wanted to stress that it was a way of bringing europe and asia closer together. now, it's encompassing areas like peru in latin america. and especially at a time now when there's war and conflict going on in the world, it's a real message that this is countries being brought closer together. and has it done what china wanted in terms of extending chinese power and influence? absolutely, it has. but there have been editorials this week in independent media saying, is it starting to dry up? because you factor in that countries internationally have been struggling off the back o

it may set the stage for a meeting between xijinping and set the stage for a meeting between xi jinpingexpectations.- has told me about the expectations. has told me about the exectations. ., , ., ., ., expectations. it has a lot of different aspects. - expectations. it has a lot of different aspects. what i expectations. it has a lot of. different aspects. what china is asking has to do with the economic restrictions the us has put on china's high spec —— high—tech industry. china would like to see the us talk about china on the global stage in ways that could work more closely with how china sees its own image. it sees itself as a leader or developing countries, it wants to have respect in that status. the way the

president xijinping welcomes state leaders in china's capital at a challenging time for the world's secondhat killed hundreds at a hospital in gaza. hello, i'm sally bundock and we'll be focusing on the top business stories in a moment but first let me update you on the latest developments in gaza and israel. there has been international condemnation as hundreds of palestinians are feared dead following a huge blast at a hospital in gaza city. some 4,000 displaced people were seeking refuge at the al ahli hospital. hamas health officials say the hospital was hit

president vladimir putin is in beijing for talks with his chinese counterpart and to take part in xijinping'sr more isolated on the world stage, the chinese government has offered it significant moral backing, but refused to criticise its invasion of ukraine and said it will boost trade relations with russia. but has trade between the countries really increased that much? 0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonell reports. beijing and moscow say trade between their countries is growing, along with a closer political alliance. the port where russian goods cross the river into the chinese border city of heihe seems to have a lot of activity. translation: i'm carrying | soybeans, wheat and barley, all from russia, and it's busier than before. the truck drivers tell us they're getting plenty of work. translation: i'm transporting sand and coal from russia. - others are moving containers with food. chinese tourists come here for a peek into neighbouring blagoveschchensk, where russian coastguard officers exercise in the autumn sun. you can see how close we are to russia here — you could swim across

what we have in the cpc charter, we have, therefore, mazedun, we have deng xiaoping and we have xijinping, not jiang zziminya, no yayan shankuna, no, huaggofena, namely sinzimpinya, and he wants to remain such a leader, so that he is remembered as the person who led the country to the world leaders before the centenary of the founding of the people's republic of china. well, in fact, you think that this idea, which means three leaders for the entire historical period, is what forces him to take such steps, and what about taiwan, with taiwan, yes, he is speaking, that is, at a solemn meeting dedicated to the 74th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china, again proclaimed the goal of reunification, and it was done in a categorical way, that is to say, this is the will of the people, and , well, history requires it, and historical justice, including, ah, we have to understand, that is, what it is based on, he is based on uh, the code, as it is called, the consensus of 1992, when the two sides got together and the pikini, it was the board: the heads of kagenergi shenkun a

president xijinping, a big personal project for him, one of the notable guests of a party he is throwingad into that? it president putin, what will be read into that? , ., , ., ., president putin, what will be read into that? , ., ., ., into that? it is reaffirmation of xi jininu into that? it is reaffirmation of xi jinping and _ into that? it is reaffirmation of xi jinping and president _ into that? it is reaffirmation of xi jinping and president putin's - into that? it is reaffirmation of xil jinping and president putin's close jinping and president putin's close personal relationship, and the close personal relationship, and the close personal and economic ties between moscow and beijing, something that persisted through the russia and ukraine conflict, there have been periods where china has tried to distance itself a little bit from putin in an attempt to avoid alienating europe, but overall that china russia alliance has stuck firmly, and we continue to see that with putin as you say at the big party this week. with putin as you say at the big party this week-— with putin as you sa

what they discussed, you know, they almost went there chanting, which is impossible, to china, to xijinping everyone, everyone, well, you can see this vassal dependence, you can see what they will read under...' it can be seen that putin is going there and went there clearly not as an equal player, but as a subject who goes to the emperor to talk about something and ask, i think it's very it's very noticeable, it is extremely noticeable, and china in general is now using all this to demonstrate that, in turn, the west will have to reckon with the fact that we obviously have flaws... something is crystallizing and emerging that can be called a coalition of eastern states or a coalition of the east and of the global south, which the chinese really, really want to build, but this summit, or meeting, is not a summit, we will not call it a summit, because there are leaders of states and there are prime ministers, well, in principle, do the ministers there represent different states , this forum international, it is taking place against the background of the escalation in the middle east, or simp

how crucial is his meeting between xijinping and vladimir putin?tin? this is the 42nd meeting in the past _ putin? this is the 42nd meeting in the past decade _ putin? this is the 42nd meeting in the past decade between - in the past decade between them. they've talked over three hours about bilateral relations and the series of regional hot topics and also promoted cooperation on a series of major issues such as infrastructure construction, nuclear safety, cultural exchanges, etc. yesterday, i saw an interesting screen in automatic mentioned. where president xi stepped down after his speech and shook hands with the leaders of more than 20 countries. when president xi shook hands with president putin, applause on the screen was noted as being louder. you know there should be over 3000 people on side and mocro these indicate the china russia cooperation there is widely welcome. cooperation there is widely welcome-— cooperation there is widely welcome. ~ ., ., welcome. also another point that needs — welcome. also another point that needs to _ welcom

china's president xijinping has met the us senate majority leader chuck schumer as part of the latest senator schumer is leading a bipartisan delegation intended to de—escalate tension. he earlier criticised china's response to the hamas attack on israel, saying he was disappointed by a lack of sympathy and support for the israelis. the uk's supreme court has begun hearing the government's challenge to a ruling which said the policy of sending some asylum seekers to rwanda was unlawful. under the plan, which had been blocked by the court of appeal, asylum seekers would be sent to the african country, where their cases would be determined. the nobel prize for economics has gone to claudia goldin from the united states. the royal swedish academy of sciences said the harvard university professor had advanced the understanding of how women impact labour markets. she is only the third woman to become a nobel economics laureate. you're live with bbc news. let me take you back to those life pictures in gaza city because there we see these scenes there and this has been what we have seen over

us delegation sets the groundwork for a meeting between presidentjoe biden and china's president xijinpingello and welcome to asia business report. i am arunoday mukharji. let's start with oil prices because the unfolding violence in the middle east has sent shock waves across the energy markets. crude oil prices have been incredibly volatile on fears hostilities may escalate and destabilise the region that accounts for around a third of global oil supply. let's try to get the latest on the numbers. the benchmark brent crude flat. but it remains high since the conflict began. the price has spiked more than $4 after hamas launched the largest military assault on israel in decades. the bbc�*s middle east correspondent in dubai explains why investors are nervous about a long drawn out war in the region. there are two key concerns. the first is even though israel is not a major player in oil supply, the worry is that if this conflict spreads to other parts of the region, especially iran, then it could have an immediate impact in oil prices because even though iran has been under sanctions for

the meeting celebrated ten years of chinese president xijinping's belt and road initiative.c isolation and the international criminal court hasissued international criminal court has issued a warrant for his arrest —— putin has rearely left his country. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. well, storm babet continues to push northwards across the uk. its impacts are likely to be felt for much of the rest of the week. in fact, the met office has issued its highest level of alert. it's a rare red warning in force for rain, valid from 6 o'clock on thursday evening right through until midday on friday. it's for north—eastern areas of scotland, parts of angus and southern aberdeenshire. the totals are really going to start to stack up. the rain is quite widespread across the uk as we head through the rest of the week but nowhere more so than across north—eastern areas of scotland, where there could be as much as two months�* worth of rainfall by the time we get to the end of the day on friday — around 200—250mm of rain. and that heavy rain is moving northwards — this is st

us delegation sets the groundwork for a meeting between presidentjoe biden and china's president xijinpinge. hello and welcome to asia business report. i am arunoday mukharji. let's start with oil prices because the unfolding violence in the middle east has sent shock waves across the energy markets. crude oil prices have been incredibly volatile on fears hostilities may escalate and destabilise the region that accounts for around a third of global oil supply. let's try to get the latest on the numbers. the benchmark brent crude currently is down by 0.19% but that goes to show the kind of movement we have seen in oil prices as it continues to respond to the developments in the middle east. the price has spiked more than $4 after how must launched the largest military assault on israel in decades. the bbc�*s middle east correspondent shimmy husky in dubai explains why investments are nervous about a long drawn out war in the region. there are two key concerns. the first is even though israel is not a major player in oil supply, the worry is that if this conflict spreads to other parts of th

we will start in china where president xijinping takes centre stage stage in beijing today.itiative. building a series of infrastructure as well as energy network. it is a high—profile event with russia's president vladimir putin, as well as leaders of other developing nations from around the world, who are going to be in attendance. xi's leadership is being tested both domestically xi's leadership is being tested both domestically in getting china's economy on track as well as internationally