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at auction next week. a very warm welcome to th programme. president macron of france and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, are in beijing, where they're holding talks the chinese leadership. the joint trip is the latest push by europe to engage with china, and they are expected to urge it to use its influence on russia to halt the war in ukraine. this was a short time ago at the great hall of the people. the europeans meeting china's premier, li qiang. in his first comments, president macron said the visit would focus on economic ties as well as interna...

so lets now get down to business starting in france where another day of disruption is ahead. eight union federations have called for strike action in what will be the 11th day of mass walk—outs since the beginning of the pension battle injanuary. this comes as president emmanuel macron prepares to meet china's president xi in the next few hours. he plans to talk about the war in ukraine but is also with a large french trade delegation. meanwhile the crisis at home over pension reform has hit a fresh roadblock with last—ditch talks with the prime minister over raising the pension...

mr xi said their two countries had the "ability and responsibility" to safeguard world peace. the french leader is on a state visit to china, which has refused to condemn russia's invasion of ukraine. mr macron isjoined on this visit by european commission chief ursula von der leyen, as well as a large business delegation to try and bolster trade ties. isabel hilton is the founder of the nonprofit organisation china dialogue. yesterday the strip was very much about pressure related to ukraine, today they are talking business —— this trip was about ukraine. what have we heard?— ...

more on those headlines in a moment. first, let's round up the sports news. what are fans making a chelsea of today's appointment? england's women have the chance of lifting more silverware later when they take on brazil in the finalissima, a match between the european and south american champions at a sold out wembley. our sports reporterjo currie is there for us now. the world cup will be with us before we know it, a big chance for thise england players to impreess sarina wiegman. after a ny after any major tournament the result was a freshening up of the squad and the likes of ell...

powerful quake that sent tremors across the entire region. the magnitude 7.8 quake struck before day break in southern turkey nearly the border with syria. the quake and aftershocks collapsing buildings. now a desperate search and rescue efforts under way to find people trapped in piles of rubble. cnn's scott mclean joins us from london. scott, this is one of the strongest quakes to hit turkey in a century, what do we know? >> reporter: that's right, this part of the turkey, christine, used to earthquakes but nothing like this. this happened in the middle of the night, so people were...