beijing does typically call for restraint. you know, it is interesting to see how this is unfolding between the us and china. washington is putting a lot of pressure on china to act on north korea and as we heard earlier the press secretary pointed out that china has considerable economic and political leveraged. but i would argue that while it is true that beijing has an immense potential economic leveraged over north korea, beijing also recognises that they will lose some of their political leveraged with north korea if they press too hard. so it will be interesting to see how far china goesin interesting to see how far china goes in working with the united states in reining in these north korean provocations. so there are some shades of nuance in this statement that we heard from beijing, referring to the geopolitical situation in the region. it is a very complicated issue here and what they want to do issue here and what they want to do is to prevent any kind of aggression. this region is a tinderbox, so what they don't wa

and that is the view from beijing. as far as the us is concerned, white house spokesman, sean spicer, said china's greater engagement with north korea was a positive step. i think it is encouraging to see china continue to move forward and join us in this effort to control north korea. i think the relationship that the president started with president xijinping at mar—a—lago is showing positive signs. china continues to have both economic and political influence over china and so i think it is important to see them headed in this direction. it is a positive sign to see them play a larger role. it is in everybody‘s interest to contain north korea's actions. sean spicer also faced a barrage of questions about the confusion over the is aircraft carrier group and its location with regard to north korea. a week ago donald trump said he was sending what he described as an "armada" — the uss carl vinson aircraft carrier group then in singapore — as a warning to pyongyang. —— the us aircraft carrier. but it's eme

another strong set of numbers out of beijing. it certainly looks that way, 6.9% for the first quarter eating estimates, the biggest uptake and quarterly growth in china since the fourth quarter of 2015. we have been hearing from the national bureau of statistics about the data set we got this morning, saying it does set china up for the year ahead strongly, a good base on which to go forward. they talked about the fact that consumption made 77% of that q1 gdp number, which is a positive when it comes to that repeated goingof the rebalancing on in china that the government is trying to push through. also, the jobless numbers fell national and the bureau of statistics pointing to below 5% from major cities, so the 6.9% is a positive and we heard a reaction from the greater china economist at standard chartered earlier in the show. take a listen to what he had to say. >> the data confirms a strong and with gdpyear expanding at 6.9% in the first quarter, the government is in a its position to achieve target of around 6.5%, but meanwh

for example, february's figures show prices for new homes rising byjust over 24% a year in beijing. our asia business corresponden karishma vaswani joins us from singapore. nice to see you. give us your take on how how healthy things. analysts have been speaking to say it has come above what many people expected at it is really important to point out that while we should always remain sceptical about these official figures from beijing, remain sceptical about these officialfigures from beijing, it is important to look at the number on the whole as a sign, it seems, as china's growth rate stabilising. the trajectory seems to be stabilising. as you said earlier in your introduction, growth rate last year coming in at the lowest rate in 26 yea rs. coming in at the lowest rate in 26 years. but it looks like, if you look closer at the data points which have helped china's economy to grow this time around, it is the same object. it is state investment, it is the property market. so where is that transition that beijing has continuously talked about over the few years, moving from the old

when i heard the beijing olympics apply in 2001, bidding for beijing olympics, i say it's good for china if there is the international olympics so it changes. that's why i wanted to use my art. >> you did that eight-mile-long artwork. did you propose -- how did you propose that? what do you tell the people making the decision what you want to do and why it represents the show? >> this is a very long, long time for the idea and draw a sketch. then we go to the beijing olympic committee. present it to them, say this is what we want to do. so nobody believed it. it's hard to do on a mountain. you have 1,000 people, 8,000 people there. same time. just like a military. so it's hard. but you always go through difficultiys to make a great thing. >> how did you get so involved in the american art world? >> i came here to san francisco in 1988. so i had a different show, different museums, galleries. so when the asian art museum opening in 2003, the chairman offered asian art museum. they said we love something. so they wanted me to do something. >> so you wrapped it in canvas. >> yeah. the mayor

stephen mcdonnell sent this report from beijing. it starts off the evening, rush—hour in beijing and the young workers are pouring out into the massive subway are low. they willjoin the commute to the outer suburbs. there is no way most people young people here can way most people young people here ca n afford way most people young people here can afford to buy a flat downtown in fa ct can afford to buy a flat downtown in fact it is hard to imagine how most of them could afford to buy a property anywhere in the city. it is true, there are plenty of cities in the world where property is expensive, is it me, paris, singapore, you name it. here people ‘s salaries could be half or even less. . so who is buying property here? investors. the government is trying to rein in this explosion by limiting access to credit in the hope that china is young workers may one day be able to buy a place of their own.. it has been a record quarterfor tesla.. the electric car maker said that was a 70% rise on the same period of 2016. it is a rebound

objectives for beijing. so essentially that is a story about beijing setting the limits, but it's sort of a very subtle mechanism and not necessarily beijing calling up kim jong-un and telling him what he can or can't do. >> i mean, south korea's a booming economy, china's one of the biggest economies in the world. north korea's broke. north korea cannot exist as its own country. it's not even like iran where it has relations with anyone else in the world. i mean, without china, there's no north korea. >> absoluty. 9 0% of north korea ee's foreig trade is with china, 98, 99% of north korea's oil comes from china. china suppliey ies 100% of the , no air force without beijing. clearly with the diplomatic, political, economic support comes from china. china could cut it off if it really wanted to. >> what do we have to do to get china to cut it off? >> i think we need to start to enforce u.s. laws especially money laundering laws against chinese financial institutions that is actually been involved in north kor

where is the transition that beijing has talked about over the last few years? moving from the old tricks to a new modern economy. we are not seeing that as the main drivers of growth just yet. the world's biggest oil exporter, saudi arabia, says it plans to get ten percent of its electricity from renewable sources within six years. the new focus on green energy is part of a £50 billion programme that's intended to wean the saudi economy off its almost complete dependency on oil and gas reserves. the saudi energy minister, khaled al—falih, made the announcement today in riyadh. translation: among the renewable energy projects we lunch today 130 projects to be implemented in the next seven years to add close to ten gigawatts of electric energy, produced from renewable sources, to the kingdom's electricity supply. so, the percentage of renewable energy by 2023 will represent 10% of the total electricity in the kingdom. the latest movie in the fast and furious franchise has grossed an estimated $532 million dollars since friday. that's an international record, m

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we are watching those numbers out of beijing. let's get to one of our top stories, toshiba shares down again, although it has to be said that they are off session lows, down .7%. the company saying it may not survive the enormous losses at its westinghouse unit, the warning coming as it reported delayed third quarter that were not approved by auditors. let's get it over to our tech reporter who has more from tokyo. things are looking pretty die her, and it sounds pretty dire. where do we go from here? pricewaterhousecoopers did not sign off on these results, but toshiba said we cannot wait any longer. they've been trying to figure out what happened at westinghouse since february, and toshiba said it would file without the auditors approval. talking to analysts and investors, they expected this, ither they are not fazed by too much, but what is important they take any drastic stance and decides to delist to toshiba. that possibility is still fairly c has beent the ts investing toshiba about accounting irregularities in general. if

eunice yoon for us live from beijing. looking forward to the photo-op and the handshakes. >> very important. >> president xi, of course, always appears to be very, very tall in photo-opes e photo-ops asia. he's 5'115'11", and president t will love that posturing over him. >> everybody watching this. >>> when we come back, a round up of the top news out of washington. >>> and terms of a multimillion dollar deal between amazon and the nfl. over hereno!ver here! (dog barking) whoever threw it has to go get it. not me! somebody will get it... ♪ (dog barking) anyone can dream. making it a reality is the hard part. from the b-2 to the upcoming b-21, northrop grumman stealth bombers give america an advantage in a turbulent world. and we're looking for a few dreamers to join us. hey, how's it going? um... who are you? i'm val. the orange money retirement squirrel from voya. i represent the money you save for the future. see? we're putting away acorns to show the importance of being organized. that's smart. who's he? he's the gr

president trump has hinted at trade progress with china, if beijing helps tackle north korea. he told a news conference that he had forged a good chemistry with xi jinping at their recent summit in florida. and this story is proving popular on bbc.com, because inside these nondescript—looking crates is a consignment of pandas, destined for a new home in the netherlands. after a marathon 8,000 km journey from china, they will spend the next 15 years in a zoo in the netherlands. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. and the top story here in the uk: the health secretary has ordered an investigation into failings at the shrewsbury and telford hospital trust, in shropshire, after it emerged that the deaths of seven babies injust over 18 months could have been avoided. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. after months of tough talk, president trump now says he will not label china currency manipulator. and we are tracking this food delivery service on the streets of san francisco. welcome to asia business report, i am sharanjit leyl busin

the message also provides a window into what beijing is most worried about. the meeting could lead to finger-pointing that could destabilize the relationship. from beijing's perspective, what's most important is for president xi to project strength at the summit. china is facing a leader ship shuffle in the fall. so for domestic reasons, president xi needs to appear tough t. worse jario for china is any developments perceived as embars ament for president chi. he signed an awkward moment for a disrespectful tweet t. best scenario for the chinese is if they manage a full agreement on trade, market access, north korea or other issues, and if the two sides construct a path to constructive dialogue. nay wait for the relationship to be on a stable course. for "nightly business report," beijing. >> on wall street today stocks rose despite the president indicating he is considering a wide range of options following a capital weapons attack if syria. investors took notes, got a little jittery. they finished at 20,662. at one point, it was down by fix points. nasdaq w

trouble beijing at all, or do you think they are unfazed by mm trouble beijing at all, or do you think they are unfazed by it? it is quite remarkable. every time you hear that statistic, that china executes the same number of people every year as the rest of the world combined, and yet it is kind of like water off a duck‘s back. it's not like china has done anything. there is things have been put in place over the last few years. example, every death—penalty case must now go toa every death—penalty case must now go to a supreme court before a person is executed, so the chinese system has dubbed something to try to bring in the numbers. but this accusation of killing the same number of people as the rest of the world combined has been about for about a decade and this is just the latest report, which seems to confirm yet again that china is at the top of the list. an interesting aside is that the us for the first time has fallen off that list of the top five countries, which now include, according to amnesty, china, iran, iraq and pakistan, and saudi arabia. thank you very much in

it comes from beijing. beijing could stop the north korean economy, if it chose not to provide fuel oil. it has been reluctant to do that in the past. will it now change its mind, in return for a trade deal, maybe? that remains to be seen. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: in a couple of hours' time, china will release the latest figures on the state of its economy. we will look at what we can expect. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers is reported to have died of natural causes. he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have been violent protests in indonesia where playboy has gone on sale for the first time. traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. the magazine's offices have been attacked and its editorial staff have gone into hiding. it was clear that paula's only contest was with the clock and as for a sporting legacy, paula radcliffe's competitors will be chasing

i'm a bit shocked says this beijing resident, that's okay. the national leaders are paying much more attention than before. we're not seeing the results. >> it's true there are still many smoggy days in chinese cities like beijing. as the u.s. seems to be reversi reversing, china is changing its approach. even the hard line state and urging americans to stop its climate policies. >> for years the chinese government misled the public on pollution and impressed the environmentalist factories. now they're working together to create this app showing real time pollution data, pressuring violators to clean up their act. >> now, finally, there's a real political well to try to control them. >> times have definitely changed. as the u.s. rolls back environmental regulations. china's investigating hundreds of billions of dollars in clean energy, like this wind turbine factory. chinese tech firm into buying u.s. car maker tesla. many chinese are fed up, believed to kill more than 2 million people in china each year, the smog. other countries have experi

where do you think beijing's priorities are? reporter: top of the list for the chinese is trying to build up some kind of personal rapport between the presidents. of course, trying to get to know and understand what trump's advisers have been telling him and how much influence their having. a former head of an energy giants and ended visor to the government. he said that china is coming at this well-versed in dealing with new u.s. president and some of the volatility and some of the tensions that arise early on in those relationships. take a listen. into the u.s. administrations in the past. in the first 1-2 years, the relationship between the u.s. and china is difficult. it is harsh. after two years, after four years, it will be different. this means everybody needs to learn. everybody needs to understand the others. everybody needs others. it is clear that china wants to have an impact as the trump administration continues to try to pull together its asia policy. we spoke to an advisor to the state council in beijing yesterday

or u.k. , setting up operations in beijing, and we are working with them as well. it is local and foreign subsidiaries. about high talk innovation, is it mainly manufacturing jobs innovating and doing something more exciting or is it so futuristic that i cannot imagine it yet but i will want it in five years? greg: all of the above. it is software companies, --dware companies, life-size science companies and ai companies that will really play out over the next 2, 3, 4, 5 years, the same thing in the u.s. and u.k. if you were sitting down with the company in beijing it would be hard to distinguish whether that is a u.k. high-growth company or u.s. high-growth company. >> what are you most excited about in the next five to 10 years? we talk about driverless cars, tesla. isn't that or something else? greg: it is everything. >> give me one thing. greg: aia, and machine learning fits into that as well, but that can be applied to almost any industry. it can be an augmentation to so many different industries and that is really incredibly exciting. chiefsilicon valley bank

we start with a groundbreaking artist, the opening artist for the beijing olympics and known for wrapping the art museum with canvas for its grand opening then crazy for kaunjy with creator eve kushner who will help us with japanese text that have characters of sound and meaning. >> next, author and illustrator who was in the

antimissile system in south korea that china veemently opposes. >> pelley: adriana diaz in beijing for us, thank you. north korea has forced president trump off of his campaign promises. there were times when candidate trump seemed to be running more against china than against hillary clinton. last may he said we can't continue to allow china to rape our country. in his contract with the american voter he promised that on day one he would direct the secretary of the treasury to label china a currency manipulator. now that he needs china's help with north korea, mr. trump tweeted why would i call china's currency manipulator when they're working with us on the north korean problem. the president also tweeted his irritation with weekend protests calling on him to release his tax returns. he wrote i did what was an almost impossible thing to do for a republican. easily won the electoral college, now tax returns are brought up again? for the record, mr. trump's split decision victory is among the closest in history, in the three states that clench the electoral college for him. mr. trump w

but beijing's grand ambitions make many locals anxious. farmers we spoke to fear they will be forced to relocate or have their land seized. many small businesses like this plastic making firm have already been told to move out. has vowed to reduce pollution and build an environmentally friendly economic zone. will unclear if xiongan live up to the governments lofty ambitions. what is clear, is president xi's strategy to leave a lasting legacy to his role, which could also boost the economy. tom mackenzie for bloomberg in xiongan. yvonne: samsung latest smartphone hits the shelves. it boosted the image after the note seven debacle? this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ this is daybreak asia, i am betty lou in new york. yvonne: i am yvonne man in hong kong. higher, passenger growth will boost earnings. it rose 10%, the highest since 2005. in the is domestic air traffic rose almost 19% in the first quarter, according to the civil aviation authority. betty: western digital in talks with government backed investment funds about buying toshiba's flash memo

has made themp decision not to brandt beijing -- not to brandt beijing as a currency manipulator. what have we learned from the treasury departments foreign currency report? newsnald trump stole the thunder of his own treasury department's report when he tweeted and told the wall street andrnal he would not br china a currency manipulator. the united states did not name manipulator, but there are many that remain on the list. it is not just asian nations. in the case of china, what the u.s. has done has emphasized that china has a very large trade surplus and that continues to be an issue. let's take a look. china has an extremely large and persistent bilateral surplus with the united states which underscores the need for further opening of the chinese economy to americans goods and services. the report also said china needs to continue to pursue a policy of consumption led growth rather than export led growth. it is interesting if you jump ato the bloomberg and look what the u.s. treasury department is looking at. china's surplus with the u.s. is about half of what the u.s. is lo

stephen engle, bloomberg news, beijing. haidi: what a hard assignment. we will have more on the rise of virtual reality on wednesday , with an in-depth interview with the great wall director. he's also the men who orchestrated that grand opening for the beijing olympic games. hour, rba policy makers meet later. we will take a look at the options. there are not that many. plentiful challenges ahead. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ announcer: from our studios in new york city, this is "charlie rose." charlie: on thursday, lawmakers in north carolina rolled back the state's controversial bathroom bill. that is the law passed a little over a year ago that required transgender people to use the public bathroom of the gender that appears on the birth certificate. the backlash to the law began almost immediately, and it has had both economic and political ramifications. by one estimate, the law would cost the state $3.76 billion in lost business over a dozen years. it is also cited as a major factor in last year's governors race which led to the election

for the latest we want to bring in matt rivers live for us in beijing. any reaction from beijing on this yet and how does this launch differ from those we've seen recently? >> reporter: pretty standard response this frarch the chinese saying that the launch clearly violates u.n. sanctions, u.n. resolutions that were put on the table by the united nations. the chinese rejected the notion this launch had anything to do with the upcoming summit tweet presidents trump and xi scheduled for later this week. this was an intermediate-range ballistic missile. second one launch this year. it differs from last year because of the way these missiles are being launched. there's progress being made because these missiles use solid fuel. that allows them to launch from the back of a truck. that makes them mobile and easier to be hidden and it makes them harder to track because they can be launched with much shorter notice. progress being made. however we should note this is not an intercontinental ballistic missile. it can't reach the united states. of this not a nucle

he's accused beijing of killing american jobs. the white house called out china for manipulating its currency and had threatened tariffs. later this week, president trump and chinese president xi jinping will lead what some are calling president trump's most important meeting get with a world leader. tonight the white house outlined what will be on the meeting's agenda. >> president trump meeting with his tiny counterpart at his mar-a lago resort thursday. they will be accompanied by their wives with the most urgent topic, diffuseing tensions with north korea. senior white house officials say the clock has run out and all options for the u.s. are on the table. specifically, president trump is expected to ask china to exercise its economic lever annual over north korea. china will yield significant power because it represents nearly all of the external trade. the president thinks the ban china set up with investment, with the two leaders establishing a framework in the weeks and months to come t. white house relying on the commerce

world number one mark selby has beaten wales's mark williams 10—8 to claim the china open in beijing. victory for williams would have given him an automatic qualification spot in this month's world championship in sheffield, but instead he'll now have to play three best—of—19 matches to get there. it's selby‘s fourth ranking event win of the season. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. more now on the death of broadcaster

i'm not so sure about the beijing side. that's been a perennial sticking point and conflict point for both the u.s. and china. because american companies have been wanting to get market access. even in the festeel industry, ts is a well-protected market. there are some private players, but it is definitely state-owned. that actually plays a part in why it's seen as a bit of a well fair program fo wellfare program for a lot of these people. >>> still to come, political leaders racing to strike a spending deal to stop a government shutdown. and now it appears president trump is willing to drop a funding wall demand. the latest from washington straight ahead. ild itself. and her paw won't heal on its own. we're all working forward to something. synchrony financial can help your customers make it happen sooner. so she can plug into her dreams... and they'll have a new addition for their new addition. whatever you're working forward to, even if it's chasing squirrels, synchrony financial can help you get there. even if it's chas

rishaad: beijing is to relax the rules on foreign carmakers. local,something fairly the diversions between u.s. rates and hong kong rates. #8081,ring up this chart the cap the highest since 2008, a widening gap, putting pressure on the hong kong dollar, and as result this is what we have going back a year and a half. band and don't forget the 7.75-7.85, weakening here as we have pressure coming rate not being passed bor not reflected. haidi: it always reacts on any move out of the fed, but relief rallyreall turning into this global reflationary rally. we are waiting on the tax plan from president trump, giving optimism to u.s. markets, close to record highs overnight, trickling through when it comes to risk appetite in asia. 30 minutes away from that crucial open. chinese markets in the green yesterday, but trading to four-month lows. singapore, taiwan, and malaysia coming online. sophie, buoyancy from tokyo equities and the yen. sophie: risk appetite, look at 7036, the global stock rally continuing. we are looking towards chinese markets to se

victory for williams to claim the china open in beijing. victory for williams would have given him an automatic qualification spot in this month's world championship in sheffield but instead he'll now have to play three best of 19 matches to get there. it's selby‘s fourth ranking event win of the season. charley hull's hopes of winning the first golf major in the women's calendar — the ana inspiration — have fallen away going into today's final round in california. she had been in touch with the leaders, but a round of 71 yesterday has left her eight shots behind leader lexi thompson of america. hull gets herfinal round under way at 20 to nine uk time — this evening. following johanna konta's victory in the miami open yesterday it's the men's turn today. and it's a repeat of the australian open final with roger federer taking on rafa nadal. federer won that day and claimed the first set here 6—3 with a solitary break. he is serving for the title as we speak in the second set right now. roger federer is on serve right now. we will

beijing says it will cut production but so far that hasn't happened. eunice eun reports from china. >> reporter: china's excess steel is raising tensions overseas. it's also raising sensitivities back home. we came to this town, two hours from beijing, in a northern province which makes more steel than the entire united states. washington has accused china of flooding global markets with cheap steel. beijing has repeatedly issued plans to reduce production but those efforts haven't gone far enough. analysts estimate that operating capacity in china actually increased last year, as local officials, investors, and banks keep mills open so workers can stay employed. behind me is the local steel mill. the townspeople say the authorities here have repeatedly over years instructed the steel mill to scale back capacity. but last year officials found that it expanded capacity. and that's a problem here in china. it quickly became a problem for us too. we've only been to the steel mill for a couple of minutes but the police have already stopped us from filming.

beijing must also get it right. so today i will address it what i hope president trump will focus on in his conversation with president trump xi and also outline a legislative initiative that i am leading in congress to strengthen our policies in the asia pacific region. i believe the most urgent crisis is the coming crisis on the north korean peninsula. north korea conducted a staggering 24 nuclear missile launches. he is committed to launching his missile program with one goal if mind: to deliver a nuclear warhead tosyl, and to the united states. president trump has said that the united states will not athrough to happen. however, the road to stopping pyongyang undoubtedly lies through beijing. beijing is the reason the regime acts so boldly and with relative few consequence consequences. china is the only country with the ability to put the squeeze on the north korean regime. while the united states argues over measures resolve, china must lay how the a transparent path forward on how they will work to denucleari

it is start of the evening rush—hour in beijing. these young people are pouring out of the towers above and into the subway below. in their millions, they willjoin the commute to the outer suburbs. there is no way that most young people here could afford to buy a flat downtown. in fact, it's hard to imagine how most of them could ever afford to buy a property anywhere in this city. it is true, there are plenty of cities in the world where property is expensive. sydney, paris, singapore, it you name it. here, the flats might cost just singapore, it you name it. here, the flats might costjust as much about people's salaries could be half or even less. so, who is buying property here? the government is trying to rein in this explosion by limiting access to credit in the hope that china's young workers may one day be able to buy a place of their own. in other business news making headlines, toshiba is down by more than 7% at this hour on reports that it may miss its earnings yet again. it is now expected it shares will be demoted to the

this is a divided debate in beijing at the moment. the call politics in china and diplomacy lies there as far as president trump is concerned. —— core. far as president trump is concerned. -- core. kevin rudd, the former prime minister of australia, speaking to me there. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: the promise was glamour and luxury. the reality a bad cheese sandwich and a night in a tent. we'll tell you why punters who paid thousands to attend this music festival are not happy. nothing, it seems, was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. the extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls for government to build better government housing. internationally, there have already been protests. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed, the russians at first denied anything had gone wrong. only when radioactivity levels began to increase outside russia were they forced to admit the accident. for the mujahideen, the mood here is of great celebration. this is the end of a 12—year war fo

so i think that beijing in the last few days has tried to rein in kim jong-un. we will see. david, if north korea in fact goes forward with debttation, or missile launch or something else provocative, it will mean beijing lost control of pongyang. david: they don't want that to happen, do they? wouldn't that put them directly on our side against the north koreans, and that would completely lead to their collapse? any think so. essentially six months, eight months down the road the north koreans would not be able to sustain their economy. in the past china has shown grit displays of cooperation with the united states and international community. then when we became distracted on something else, beijing went back to its default position which is supporting the north korean regime. the question whether president trump can maintain pressure on china to not change this initial phase of cooperation. david: this is all happening extremely fast. according to you it started with that thursday night dinner that the president of china had on the very night that the syrian attack took p

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he's not the only one courting beijing, though. on friday, the russian foreign ministry let it be known that sergei lavrov, the boss there, had been on the telephone with wang yi, his chinese opposite number, to discuss the same thing. in terms of the north korea problem, do you think both moscow and washington are overoptimistic about the amount of influence that china can bring to bear on north korea? first of all, i think the international community, whatever it is now, should hang its head in shame over north korea. nothing was done. the world was clinging to these resolutions of the security council, which don't work, just like they don't work in the israeli—palestinian conflict. sticking to them as if this was like a bible. no, it's not. i think trump, in a sense, is stirring up this pot. suddenly china is waking up. thinking, we need to do something. russia, which has had to have some really active policy, is waking up as well. in a sense it is dangerous, what they are doing, but it has woken up the world to the problem. s

donald trump's best hope is in beijing. the us could also push for more un sanctions, but people believe that punishes the people of north korea, not its leaders. the pentagon has denied any suggestion of a pre—emptive strike. but donald trump's actions in syria show that he isa trump's actions in syria show that he is a president ready to take action quickly and without warning. us troops in afghanistan are advancing after the dropping of the "mother of all bombs". a display of firepower from the world's stromness military that might make kim jong—un think twice about launching any attack. meanwhile, the vice president, mike pence, is on his way to seoul, to reassure asian allies, and offer them an ironclad commitment to come to their defence. his message is that the us will do whatever is necessary to keep the world safe. let's get more now from laura bicker in washington on the vice president's visit to the korean peninsula, where he will have to carefully balance pressure with diplomacy. this does seem to be the cur

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there are divided opinions in beijing on this question and frankly for any government this would be a hard call. 0n the one hand, they don't wa nt call. 0n the one hand, they don't want nuclear power operation on the korean peninsula and they don't want cisco gear orjapan declaring —— developing their own deterrent. 0n the other hand, they have deep caution about the great unknowns which all from putting pressure on zhong yang. you see the regime of kimjong in zhong yang. you see the regime of kim jong in the fall or do you see him fall and replaced with someone they are even less familiar with? this is the debate at present and thatis this is the debate at present and that is why politics within china and diplomacy is important for the united states. as a former prime minister, someone who has been in on the strategies of getting north korea to the table, what do you think you should be done to bring in north korea to be more compromising in this situation? i think there are two things. we havejust in this situation? i think there are two things. we have just discussed one of the

bicycles pileup on beijing's streets. live from studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore and 3am in syria, where president assad has been accused of carrying out a gas attack in which nearly 60 people, including children, were killed. the white house said such penis actions could not be ignored by the civilised world. —— heinous actions. this report includes distressing images from the start. this boy was one of hundreds of victims of the attack, he's showing classic symptoms of poisoning, perhaps by a military strength nerve agent. the victim's lungs were badly affected. rescue workers did what they could to decontaminate the victims, that includes removing clothes, where the poison can linger, and by spraying fresh water. the attack happened in khan sheikhoun, a town that has been heavily bombed by the regime and by the russians in the last two days. it's in idlib province, which is one of the last rebel strongholds in syria. the hospital was overwhel

john sutton worth, bbc news, beijing. we also heard from several correspondents in italy but next return to egypt. in egypt, a0 people died in sunday's bombing of two coptic churches. the funerals of the victims have begun. and in response, a state of emergency has been declared. troops are being deployed across the country — and arrests can be made without warrants. this report from cairo hasjust come all different kinds of police have been brought in, surrounding the church peer. we have seen evidence of that palm sunday attack, smashed windows on the ground and a lot of local people still completely distraught about what happened. nevertheless, you can see there is a long line of worshippers queueing up to go into a service which will take place just to go into a service which will take placejust inside the to go into a service which will take place just inside the yard. translation: we don't fear anything, god is with us. terrorism is everywhere. if you are scared, you won't leave the house. we have our kids with us

ramy: thank you very much, reporting from beijing. and here in the united states, there is a slow in the u.s. jobs growth. it has been showing off by many as the u.s. jobs rate hit a 10 year low, but it will be taken into account by the fed. kathleen hays is here. job growth was weak, but the unemployment rate fell to 4%. kathleen: let's look at the payroll, because that is what got people's attention. it was 8000, though there was a forecast for 180,000. after the report two days before, some people raised their forecast. across the board, if you look at the drop 222, you see below 9000. the blue line is the six-month moving average, yellow is three months. they are all pointing down. this is runner -- one of the reasons why one of the bond kings said it was that report. >> it is a week report. the numbers are much less than expected, perhaps the beginning , buttrend as jim suggested the interest rates themselves are already very, very low, and i would not expect something like this to continue to push. it is coming in the curve with

beijing warms up that warns of a situation that calls irreversible and unmanageable. just the no camp in turkey are net and neck ahead of the sunday's referendum. the united system military men -- that states stop -- united states top military commander -- which targeted fighters linked to the islamic state group. of the 36 motives were killed in that strike. a weapon dubbed the mother of all bombs was used. it is the largest nonnuclear bomb ever dropped and con debt combat. the strike had achieved its attendant perp achieved its it -- has achieved its intended purpose. france 24 has more. >> people more than 10 miles away called it an earsplitting glass. >> everything was shaking. massive ordinance air blast bomb, known as the mother of all bombs. 2003 the in a test in bomb was used for real for the first time on thursday in the u.s.. local officials say dozens of jihadist militants were killed. the u.s. defended the raid. >> this was the right weapon against the right target. before, during, and after the operation and now we have afghan and u.s. forces. nor have th

it is pressure on beijing and pyongyang. beijing, to force them to put more pressure on north korea. as far as pyongyang is concerned, what the united states, i believe, is trying to do, is to try to help them see that the nuclear programme is not in there best interest. it is actually possibly destabilising for the regime. listening to north korean rhetoric of late, they are still adhering to their calculus, which is basically to have a nuclear programme and regime survival. and the way that kim jong—un sees it, if he gives up the programme he will possibly undermine his leadership. do you think this can be de—escalate it? i believe it can be. both sides have to ratchet down the tension, not just one have to ratchet down the tension, notjust one side. thank you very much indeed. we will have much more on north korea here on bbc news. until then, go to the website. donald trump has congratulated turkey's president, recep tayyip erdogan, on winning a referendum which will give him sweeping powers. earlier, international o

tatyana chernova's positive test from the beijing games promotes the former british heptathlete to third. and selby sails through. the defending champion reaches the world snooker quarter finals. welcome to the programme. thanks forjoining us. the toon army are marching back to the premier league. newcastle have been promoted, just 11 months after dropping into the championship. and they sealed it with a comprehensive victory tonight against preston. let's go live to our sports correspondent katie gornall who's outside st james‘ park for us. katie, you've escaped what must be some fairly lively celebrations. i think you are right. i think the celebrations will go on long into the night here in newcastle. but this promotion has not been a procession for the club. they really did wrap it up in some style here tonight and they got off to the perfect start as well. i is peres, after just six perfect start as well. i is peres, afterjust six minutes putting newcastle united in front and getting the party started early —— ayoze perez. at that point you thought newcastle were really on the

the bbc‘s stephen mcdonelljoins me now live from beijing. first of all, on the us missile attack, any official reaction in beijing to that? no, we have no official response yet. you would have loved to be a fly on the wall when mar—a—lago got the news of this strike on syria and you would love to know whether or not donald trump told him that he was going to do this. now, why would xijinping care about this? it risks overshadowing the entire summit. secondly, china has blocked certain measures at the united nations towards syria. and thirdly, it also makes him look like a passive leader in the face of the us president, who is quite an active leader. 0n the state—run tv we have seen nothing of the attacks on syria. it is all about the summit and shaking hands and what have you. look at the rest of the world, look at our coverage, it is swamping the visit. so yes, the chinese president would not be happy with it. you could imagine there might even be some tense discussions about this in their meetings to come. yes, and very briefly, as p