as more than 50 of his mps call for a ceasefire in gaza. you re watching bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in san francisco, where president biden says real progress has been made at a highly anticipated meeting with his chinese counterpart, on the sidelines of an asia pacific summit. xijinping described beijing s relationship with the us as the most important in the world. this isjust their second in person meeting since president biden assumed office. and during that time, relations have deteriorated significantly. we ll be live with our correspondent in san francisco shortly. but first this report from our north america editor sarah smith. with a warm, personal greeting, the leaders of the world s two most powerful countries look like they want to improve their relationship. simply getting together in the same room is a diplomatic statement when tensions between their nations are very high. i value our conversation because, i thi
but going by what we ve already heard from us officials one major goal mightjust be simply improving communication. live now to san francisco. we can speak to sumi somaskanda. the white house has been playing down what we can expect. it is an important meeting, nonetheless? that is absolutel important meeting, nonetheless? twat is absolutely right. this is being called a significant meeting but they are talking about talking, about re establishing a lot of communication, not only between president biden and president xi at the highest level, but military to military. there was this accusation from the us that china had flown a spy from the us that china had flown a spy balloon and then either shut down the spy billing. the chinese rejected those accusations. at that time the us military try to help china never depicted. it was a source of great consternation in the us. who do we call in the future, will somebody pick up? that is the basis of what they are discussing, by 30
carlo rovelli, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen. i want to begin with a thought about your youth, because when you were young, you were a revolutionary. you wanted dramatic change, to destroy the status quo. i just wonder if you ve brought that spirit into your physics, into your study of the universe. yes. it was not.notjust me. it was a big chunk of my generation that had this dream of changing the world, right? and then making a world better without wars, without borders. we got disappointed. we sort of thought, well, the rest of the planet, the rest of the people doesn t really want to change the world so much. and i think it s a moment of disappointment that i found something else which was revolutionary, which was modern physics. so i shifted from political revolution to scientific revolution. and what sense can you describe physics as potentially revolutionary? because we have a worldview in which we think we know everything. right? this is up, this is
and india have reached the final of the men s cricket world cup after beating new zealand in a thrilling semi final. and on newsnight at 10.30 we ll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today s big stories. plus, a first look at tomorrow s front pages. good evening. it has been a dramatic day in westminister. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has said he will press ahead with plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda, despite the policy being ruled unlawful by the supreme court. the prime minister said emergency legislation would be brought in to confirm rwanda is safe , and aim to stop a stream of legal challenges blocking the policy. he said he remained committed to his pledge to stop the small boats which have brought thousands of migrants across the channel. labour called the proposals a ridiculous and pathetic spectacle. our political editor, chris mason, has more. the geography of power parliament in the background this morning, the supreme c