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The United States on Monday ended assistance to Gabon over its August 30 coup but said it was ready to provide aid in return for concrete progress toward democracy. The United States, which had already paused assistance after the military takeover, said it had formally determined that a coup took place, which under US law requires an end to non-humanitarian aid."We will resume our assistance alongside concrete actions by the transitional government toward establishing democratic rule,"...

Time the charm. i have heard that both sides have agreed to a biannual commerce meeting which is a bare minimum for something successful, broadly speaking it is not good optics for the chinese side, i dont think realises this, we have sent four different people to china and they have sent no—one to the us, we have invited wendy and no—one has come. the last few weeks will show the true response of china, it is widely responsible if they have agreed to some meetings. we have to see — agreed...

Live from london. this is bbc news. as a deadline for the military junta in niger expires — thousands gather in the capital to support the leaders of the coup. talks seeking to find a way to end the war in ukraine have concluded with no sign of concrete progress. in the uk — the first group of asylum seekers to be housed on a barge are expected to be moved on board on monday. and barbie hits one billion dollars at the global box office making history for its director, greta gerwig. hello, we...

Scheduled. it is important to know, china has a vested interest in engaging with the u.s. on an economic and trade issues, particularly because there has been a slowdown in their economy recently, after their post covid economic boost. and just last month, there is an all-time record high rates of youth unemployment in the country. >> and that was cnns kylie atwood reporting from beijing. earlier, i spoke with columnist and editorial board member with -- and i asked him what concrete progress wa...

Thinking about the difference between the two of them. >> yes, so important to make the differentiation. tom, thank you so much for talking with us. appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> coming up next, the u.s. equity of state wraps up his trip to china with a key meeting, anthony blinken is saying about the progress made during his visit. a little later, a ferocious 11 hour firefight in the west bank, we will take you to jerusalem, to find out whats the it off? and what the u.s. is now...

Tensions between the two nations. the tea issues remain unsolved, cnns kylie atwood has details. >> secretary of state anthony blinken casting u.s. china relations as a work in progress. at the end of his two-day visit to beijing, coming with tensions between the competing nations have never been greater. >> it was clear coming in that the relationship was a point of instability and both sides recognize the need to work to stabilize it. >> after about ten hours with the countrys top foreign poli...

Were pressing for some discussion about pay this year as well. i think we can all say that we dont think those meetings would have been happening without the prospect of industrial action. we will always engage and always be the, but while saying there are thoughts of further meetings, there is no sense of concrete progress on any of those things as yet. there is no offer, there is no change, there are further discussions that we will engage in while urging our members to vote any ballots that w...

Discussions, further discussions about what their evidence to the strb might be for next year. and we were pressing for some discussion about pay this year as well. i think we can all say that we dont think those meetings would have been happening without the prospect of industrial action. so, we will always engage and always be there, but while saying there are thoughts of further meetings, there is no sense of concrete progress on any of those things as yet. there is no offer, there is no chan...

The health secretary. it was a very civil meeting. we did actually manage to talk about pay. we didnt get the tangible concessions that we might have hoped, but it was definitely a progress. the strike is about pay in 2022. thats what the negotiations have to be about, and the government has missed the opportunity again. you sound insulted, angry. very angry. union leaders then left their meeting with the education secretary. we will always engage and always be there, i but while saying there ar...

About putins demands? >> well, listen, they are certainly not setting high expectations for any immediate concrete progress to come out of this conversation. its important, of course, that this call came at vladimir putins request. white house officials said they saw no reason to reject that request, particularly at what one senior administration official called a moment of crisis. this will be an opportunity though for president biden to once again reiterate what the costs will be on russia if ...