between israel and the palestinians have any future at all after the gaza war? there was always, at the heart of it, almost a denial of the other perspective. now there s a complete rejection of it wholesale. and, following the attempt on the life of the slovak prime minister, we look at the worrying stresses and strains in european politics. these are times of crisis in europe, and these are times of confrontation. and i think very worrying for many is the fact that robert fico, divisive and controversial as he is, there was an attempt at an assassination. vladimir putin and xijinping have already met more than a0 times over the years, and, after their meeting last week, they ve agreed to get together yet again in july. but the balance of power has clearly switched from the days when the soviet union was dominant and china was the junior partner. as the old chinese saying goes, same bed, different dreams . i asked the bbc s russia editor, steve rosenberg, for his thoughts.
thejunior partner. does the old idea of a two state solution between israel and the palestinians have any future at all after the gaza war? there was always, at the heart of it, almost a denial of the other perspective. now there s a complete rejection of it wholesale. and, following the attempt on the life of the slovak prime minister, we look at the worrying stresses and strains in european politics. these are times of crisis in europe, and these are times of confrontation. and i think very worrying for many is the fact that robert fico, divisive and controversial as he is, there was an attempt at an assassination. vladimir putin and xijinping have already met more than a0 times over the years, and, after their meeting last week, they ve agreed to get together yet again in july. but the balance of power has clearly switched from the days when the soviet union was dominant and china was the junior partner. as the old chinese saying goes, same bed, different dreams . i asked
second city of kharkiv. the ukrainian president zelinsky said more than 200 people could have been inside the supermarket when it was attacked. now in bbc news, unspun world with john simpson. hello, and welcome to another edition of unspun world. thank you forjoining me. after the summit between vladimir putin and xijinping, what have we learned about the russia china relationship? it s a very useful relationship, i think, for the chinese. i think they feel themselves very much now the senior partner russia, the junior partner. does the old idea of a two state solution between israel and the palestinians have any future at all after the gaza war? there was always, at the heart of it, almost a denial of the other perspective. now there s a complete rejection of it wholesale. and, following the attempt on the life of the slovak prime minister, we look at the worrying stresses and strains in european politics. these are times of crisis in europe, and these are times of confro