President trump, whos on his first state visit to china, has watched a military honour guard in the heart of beijing after he was greeted by the chinese leader, xijinping. The two are now holding talks at the great hall of the people. Our correspondent, Aleem Maqbool is in beijing too, travelling with President Trump. The president will be very keen to come away from beijing with some progress, surely, on north korea and trade. What chance of either of those . Well, he will claim lots of progress on both regards, i am sure, but if it is about coming array with something intangible and then he may well struggle. It has been interesting but four months through the Election Campaign and his administration he spoke about how tough it would be with china. We heard his first remarks in our. He was sitting opposite the president of china at the beginning of the bilateral talks and his opening comments were rather fawning. Bilateral talks and his opening comments were ratherfawning. He bilater
This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in the evening in the venezuelan capital, caracas. Thats where two Opposition Leaders have been dragged from their homes by Security Forces and taken to a Military Prison after being accused by president maduros government of inciting violence. The un Secretary General says the escalating crisis in the country is making a peaceful solution difficult. Katy watson is in caracas. Antonio ledesma screams for help as he is taken away in his pyjamas by the venezuelan intelligence service. Theres panic while someone else yells that venezuela is now a dictatorship. He wasnt the only one to be taken away, officers also seized Leopoldo Lopez, an Opposition Leader released from prison a few weeks ago but placed under house arrest. Tensions are running high in venezuela after the election of a new assembly that will effectively rewrite the and. There have been violent protests in recent months and o
This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in the evening in the venezuelan capital, caracas. Thats where two Opposition Leaders have been dragged from their homes by Security Forces and taken to a Military Prison after being accused by president maduros government of inciting violence. The un Secretary General says the escalating crisis in the country is making a peaceful solution difficult. Katy watson is in caracas. Antonio ledesma screams for help as he is taken away in his pyjamas by the venezuelan intelligence service. Theres panic while someone else yells that venezuela is now a dictatorship. He wasnt the only one to be taken away, officers also seized Leopoldo Lopez, an Opposition Leader released from prison a few weeks ago but placed under house arrest. Tensions are running high in venezuela after the election of a new assembly that will effectively rewrite the and. There have been violent protests in recent months and o
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The uk government says therell be no return to a hard border with ireland. A trillion dollar problem. Later today, the us, canada and mexico will sit down to renegotiate the nafta free trade agreement. Welcome to World Business report. Im ben bland. The British Government has unveiled its second brexit position paper, ahead of the third round of negotiations planned in brussels at the end of this month. This time, its about minimising disruption at the irish border. Under one option the government has proposed, thered be no Customs Border at all between the uk and ireland. This would enable goods to flow freely between Northern Ireland and ireland. mix screen 2 the paper also highlights protecting the paper also highlights protecting the Common Travel Area and associated rights for uk and irish citizens. Thanks to the current arrangement, people can move freely between Northern Ireland, the republic and the rest of the uk without passport checks. The centre for cross border studies est