In terrible conditions for stealing vanilla beans. China is hosting enormously lavish events to mark october 1st, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the peoples republic of china. The communist leadership has organised a huge military parade in beijing, and is hoping the big day isnt overshadowed by demonstrations in hong kong. Transmack today, a socialist china is standing in the midst of the world. And there is no force that can shake the foundation of this great nation. No force can stop the Chinese People in the chinese nation forging ahead. In a moment well speak to the bbcs mariko oi in hong kong, but first lets go live now to beijing. Our correspondent robin brant is there. Robin, significant not only what the president was saying but where he was standing on what he was wearing. In exactly the same spot, where chairman mao, the revolutionary founding father of the peoples republic stood in 1949 to declare that the communists had one a civil warand it that the communists ha
plus speak to experts about what the leaders could achieve. and the cost of the queen s funeral is revealed we ll break down just how much the government spent on the historic event. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hi, there. it s 8:00 in the morning here in singapore, and 9am in hiroshima, japan, where the country s prime minister fumio kishida hosts his counterparts from the us, the uk, germany, italy, france and canada for the annual g7 summit. it s a packed agenda for the world leaders who ll be discussing the war in ukraine, the rising influence of china and the increasing tensions between china and the west over taiwan. the summit officially begins in the coming hours, but already deals have been struck. british prime minister rishi sunak was among the early arrivals, he s agreed a new defence and economic arrangement with japan. nick marsh is in hiroshima for us. with hiroshima for us. the french president emmanuel with the french p
the hamas run health ministry in gaza says at least 50 people were killed, including women and children. the israel defence forces confirmed it targeted a hamas compound in the area. in a statement, it said: the incident is under review. earlier on sunday, hamas launched a missile attack on israel, for the first time in months. the israeli military said at least eight rockets were launched from the rafah area towards tel aviv. all the projectiles were either intercepted by air defence systems or fell in fields. meanwhile, our partner cbs news is reporting that us diplomatic efforts to broker a deal to release hostages held in gaza by hamas and other allied groups are expected to continue soon. negotiators from qatar, egypt and the united states will be part of the talks. cia director william burns last week travelled to paris to revive talks, after negotiations in cairo stalled earlier this month. joining me now to discuss these developments is drjon alterman, director of the
one on one. i spoke to bates gill, senior fellow at the national bureau of asian research, who laid out his expectations for the summit. obviously it is very important gathering of these three important east asian countries. the first time they have met in a number of years. the summit itself is importantjust for symbolism and effort on the part of these three countries who had serious differences among them to sit down and meet. my expectations are relatively low. i think it is more symbolism and rhetoric than any actual breakthroughs on serious differences that continue to divide the countries, particularly between china and us allies south korea and japan on the other. to china and us allies south korea and japan on the other.- and japan on the other. to get our and japan on the other. to get your thoughts and japan on the other. to get your thoughts on and japan on the other. to get your thoughts on trade - and japan on the other. to get your thoughts on trade which i
fellow at the national bureau of asian research, who laid out his expectations for the summit. obviously it is very important gathering of these three important east asian countries. the first time they have met in a number of years. the summit itself is important just for symbolism and effort on the part of these three countries who had serious differences among them to sit down and meet. my expectations are relatively low. i think it is more symbolism and rhetoric than any actual breakthroughs on serious differences that continue to divide the countries, particularly between china and us allies, south korea and japan on the other. to get your thoughts on trade which is an area that could be mutual benefits for all three parties involved. what are the priorities? that is where the three countries have the greatest self interest for continuing cooperation and they represent a significant proportion of global gdp and global trade. but that will not change, particularly. there