Hello and welcome to Business Live. Chinese president xijinping is in russia for talks with his counterpart Vladimir Putin today. Trade is set to be top of the agenda ahead of the 620 meeting of Global Leaders later this month. The visit will be xis sixth tour to russia since taking office in 2012. And their meetings seem to be bearing fruit according to china, trade between the two increased by over 26 in the first four months of the year, reaching nearly 25 billion. Cooperation is increasing too. Russia will be a key component of chinas belt and Road Initiative an ambitious multi trillion Dollar Project that will link europe and asia via the historic silk road. As part of the project and as a symbol of this close relationship beijing has even agreed to help finance a High Speed Rail Link within russia itself Linking Moscow to the city of kazan. Joining me now is dr yujie, head of china foresight, at lse ideas. Thank you for coming in to doctor us. Thank you for coming in to doctor us
And coming up on bbc news theres a dream debut for Toby Roland Jones as englands bowlers run riot over south africa in the third test. Good evening. 82 buildings have Beenjudged Unsafe by the governments new Fire Safety Test in which insulation and cladding of the type fitted to Grenfell Tower were considered together for the first time. The test is more thorough than previous checks, which only tested cladding. 47 of the buildings are owned or managed by local authorities or housing associations. At least 80 people died in the Grenfell Tower fire injune and the government today announced an independent review into Building Regulations and fire safety. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds. Inside the burn hole, this is where the tests have been taking place upon which the fate of dozens of tower blocks hang. So by the government has refused to release video of the tests, but it involves setting light to cladding and installation fitted to a nine metre wall. This afternoon t
The full process takes place. And remembering one of the great battles of The Great War 100 years on from passchendaele. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news. Its a dream debut for bowler Toby Roland Jones, as his four wickets helped england take a firm hold of the third test against south africa at the oval. Good evening. Its been announced that charlie gard the baby who was at the centre of a High Court Battle over his care has died. The 11 month old was moved to a hospice where his life support was removed. A statement from his family said 0ur Beautiful Little Boy has gone. We are so proud of you, charlie. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh now looks back at the story of the child whose plight became an issue of international concern. Today, charlie is two weeks old. This is charlie gard without breathing or feeding tubes. Born apparently healthy, but soon a devastating genetic condition emerged which causes progressive muscle weakness. By his side throughout have been his par
The diplodocus. Good morning. Its the 4th of january. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Britains outgoing ambassador to the European Union, sir ivan rogers, has strongly criticised the governments preparations for brexit. In his Resignation Letter he said he didnt know what ministers Negotiating Objectives were and called on his colleagues to challenge what he called Muddled Thinking. Our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports. Sir ivan rogers has been britains ambassador to the eu for three yea rs, ambassador to the eu for three years, and his criticisms about the governments preparations for brexit will be hard to ignore. In his Resignation E Mail he said there is a short supply of Serious Multilateral Negotiating Experience in whitehall and he said the structure of the uks Negotiating Tea M Structure of the uks Negotiating Team need rapid resolution. He reveals that even he does not know what the governments Negotiating Objectives for brexit will be. But it is sir ivans implic
By President Elect trump yesterday at his first News Conference since july. Today, he tweeted that the Us Intelligence service said it was phoney and falsely circulated. In fact, James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence, effectively distanced the Us Intelligence agency from the unverified video, saying it didnt leak it and hadnt made a judgement on its reliability. Since then, the spotlight has been shone on the man credited with producing the memo Christopher Steele, a former mi6 officer respected by British Intelligence agencies, the cia and the fbi. He has since gone to ground. The focus is now on what British Intelligence knew and whether anything made its way onto ministers desks. But the wider question persists is this a scandal of watergate proportions, or one of the biggest smears in the history of politics . Heres our diplomatic editor, mark urban. Were learning more about the world of private intelligence gathering and how information gleaned from across the globe