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hello and welcome. the french president emmanuel macron and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, are in beijing, where theyre holding talks with the chinese leadership. the trip is the latest push by europe to engage with china, and theyre expected to urge china to use its influence on russia to halt the war in ukraine. after meeting with chinas premier — li qiang — preident macron has met president xi xingping in the last half hour. in his first comments...

hello and welcome. president emmanuel macron of france has told xi jinping that hes counting on the chinese leader to bring russia to its senses over the war in ukraine. mr macron made the comments at the start of a meeting with mr xi in beijing. the french president is in china on a state visit. in his opening remarks, the chinese leader told his guest that the two countries could overcome their differences. but on the issue of the war, that will be difficult. france has aligned itsel...

as paris becomes the latest city to ban them after safety concerns, what will it mean for their future here in the uk? ready to roar — rory mcilroy says he believes this will be the year he completes a career grand slam by winning the masters. good morning. it isa it is a mild start to the day. we have got some rain putting steadily eased. it will clear over the far north—east of scotland. behind it, bright spells, sunshine and heavy showers. details throughout the programme. good ...

between bitter rivals saudi arabia and iran. buckingham palace is cooperating with an independent study into links between the british monarchy and the slave trade. cleaning up the uks biggest police force. officers are diverted from investigating terrorism and serious crimes in london to tackling wrongdoing within the ranks. the uks first residential gambling treatment centre for women has opened its doors to cameras for the very first time. the gordon moody facility opened in 2021, a...

of the met with our home editor. also this lunchtime... scotlands former first minister nicola sturgeon cancels a public appearance today, as the police investigation into her husband continues. a new drug on the nhs for people living with inherited breast and prostate cancer. and delays again for holiday—makers booked on cross—channel ferries from dover, as the easter getaway begins. and coming up on the bbc news channel... we round up the latest action, he key interviews and disc...

after the house speaker kevin mccarthy met with taiwans president in california. house foreign affairs chair michael mccall leading the delegation in taiwan, warning that china better think twice before launching or even considering launching an invasion. >> so being here i think sends a signal to the chinese communist party that the united states supports taiwan, were going to harden taiwan, and want them to think twice about invading taiwan. >> our correspondent there has traveled to...

police fired tear gas at these protesters, who threw projectiles at them and set bins on fire. people also are not stopping this situation. well monitor it, bring it to you, in a live report. so none of that is keeping them out of the streets. the police are trying their best to corral them. pretty peaceful in this picture that we see right now. some of the video that weve seen come in has been kind of back and forth between how rowdy the situation gets. this is a battle over what can ...

and the suicide bombing at kabuls airport. an intelligence failure, chaotic scenes and americans and afghan allies stranded in that country, some still today. yet, the white house officials say they were proud of how that exit went correspondent mark meredith at the white house with the latest on that live at the north lawn tonight. good evening, mark. >> bret, good evening to you. tonight the white house is essentially blaming former president trump for out how the end of the war in a...

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avalanche of news an spectacle. this sort of dizzying cloyin for your attention the last 24 hours have reall been something else. so i want to begin tonight b just taking a second here to try to collectively just wra our heads around the meaning and significance of what w have seen in the last 24 hours so of course, we have to begin with the biggest story former president of the united states pleading not guilty t 34 felony charges. stemming from hush money payments he made to adult fi...