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Welcome to today's outside source, the US government says it has no

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doubt President Assad is responsible for the chemical gas attack on Syria

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earlier this week and it says he should not remain in power. The acts

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he has taken, there is no role for him to govern the Syrian people. The

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Secretary of State was also asked if military in action in Syria is an

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option. We are considering the appropriate response for this

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chemical weapons attack which violates all previous UN

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resolutions. Rex Tillerson was part of the American grouping who

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welcomed President Xi Jinping of China to Donald Trump 's Florida

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resort. The start of the meeting will look at the issues on the

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agenda. And we will explain why this image of Vladimir Putin has been

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banned in Russia and listed as extremist material. Get in touch

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with question is on any of the stories we are covering. In the

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sport in about half an hour are golf correspondent will be live from

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Augusta National. Want to show you some copy filed

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into the BBC newsroom by our colleagues in Washington saying the

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ports that detailed discussions are going on between the Pentagon and

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White House between possible military action in Syria.

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It's all coming since the chemical attack on Tuesday which killed 70

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people, this is what Rex Tillerson said earlier. There is no doubt in

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our minds and the information we have supports that Syria, the Syrian

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regime under the leadership of President Assad are responsible for

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this attack. I think further it is very important the Russian

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government consider carefully their continued support for the President

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Assad regime. Does he have to go? His role in the future is uncertain

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clearly, with the acts he has taken it would seem there would be no role

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for him to govern the Syrian people. President Trump spoke to journalists

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on this issue on Air Force One on his way to Florida to meet Xi

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Jinping. I think what happened in Syria is one of the truly egregious

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rhymes and it should not have happened.

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I think what happened in Syria is a disgrace to humanity. He is there

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and he is running things so something should happen. You may be

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wondering, the reason the Star Wars movie was playing on a screen to the

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side of Donald Trump was that was in the area where journalists on board

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Air Force One were sitting and evidently that was the choice of

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film they had made. It has nothing to do with Donald Trump, he did not

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put that on screen. This attack he was talking about was only town in

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the north-west of Syria, if we bring up much more detailed map, the

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aerial in purple is Idlib, it is controlled by the rebels and we are

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getting more details about the extent of the loss of life in this

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attack. New figures from Unicef saved 27 children died and another

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546 people were injured. That in addition to the fact we already know

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that over 70 people lost their lives. Today the Syrian government

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has come out and said what we expected, it denies it is

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responsible and Russia agrees. It says a government air strike did

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take place but it hit chemicals being produced by the rebels. The

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Foreign Minister has also set out conditions for any investigation,

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saying it had have to involve many countries and start from Damascus

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and on that point we can assume he knows that is not going to happen.

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Let's bring in Jane O'Brien from Washington, can you help us with

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what military options would be available to the Americans if Donald

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Trump was minded to support them? It's a tricky question because all

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we are being told at the moment is that all options are on the table.

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We do know President Trump is meeting his security advisers

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including the Defence Secretary and ahead of National Security Council.

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They will not have been making plans suddenly following this chemical

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attack, we can be pretty certain that all these various options would

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have been thought out a long time ago. That is the job of the

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military. But what it comes down to know is what President Trump wants

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to do if anything. He has been pretty vague about it himself, Rex

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Tillerson a few moments ago said it required a serious response and they

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were considering appropriate action but Donald Trump has said he's not

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going to tell us what that is. Even he's decided. At the moment it's all

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up in the air but what I do notice and I think is most telling at the

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moment is a very distinct change of tone in the way this administration

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and Rex Tillerson and President Trump are talking about this. Also

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very strong criticism against Russia, again Rex Tillerson saying

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Russia should consider very carefully its continued support for

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the regime. How do you assess the comments from Rex Tillerson that you

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cannot see a role for Assad in the future of Syria, is that symbolic or

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I is it practical? It's an extraordinary turn about, only a few

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days ago he was seeing the fight was not with President Assad it was

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Islamic state and America would have to get used to him being there. This

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is a complete reversal and it's a return to long-standing US policy

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that coming from Rex Tillerson in no uncertain terms and the first time

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he has spoken about this, he has been elusive, he does not get in

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front of the cameras often. So that makes it quite something. Again how

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that would happen and what America's role in any kind of removal from

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office, we just don't know. Thank you very much, I can see NBC

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correspondent highlighting that Americans are saying they have seen

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aircraft, Syrian aircraft on the radar and watch them drop the bombs

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and believe they have the evidence to back up the claims the Syrian

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government did this but the Syrians and Russians say it's not the case

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and this disagreement is now holding on in the diplomatic arguments on

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how to respond. More copy telling us Britain, France and the United

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States have asked the UN Security Council to hold a vote on a

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resolution demanding an investigation into what happened. Do

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not assume that go through, let's bring in our correspondent in New

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York, we spoke yesterday and nothing was going through. Absolutely, we

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know diplomats will be holding consultations today the US and UK

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and French draft and they will see figure move to vote. What is

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interesting is that Russia have proposed own draft but have not

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called for vote on that. The UK, US and France draft once the Syrian

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government to provide a fact-finding mission work access to flight logs,

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access to people flying aircraft at the time and access to air bases.

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What the Russian resolution calls for is that the Southern government

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would have permission to veto any member of the team they do not find,

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that they don't like -- the Syrian government would have permission.

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It'd be interesting to see if they can bridge the gaps. How does it

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work at the UN, do they put things to vote when they have its own up or

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might the Americans put it forward knowing it will not go through? They

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put it to a vote when they feel negotiations have exhausted

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themselves and they want to make a symbolic points to force our Russian

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veto, Russia have now vetoed seven resolutions on Syria along with

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China who has vetoed sex. A senior diplomat told me they are trying to

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get Russia on board, they want to show unity in their council but they

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will not delay this for ever if there are bridges that cannot be

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bridged, Russia think this is a political move, they said they think

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the resolution they saw yesterday which is not much different was

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unacceptable. We may very well see a vote as early as tonight and we'll

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have to see if it means the eighth Russian veto which for the Syrian

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people will not come good news. Thank you. While that happens in

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relation to Syria, two of the most powerful men in the world, Donald

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Trump and Xi Jinping of China are spending time together for the first

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time. These pictures came in an hour or so ago, Xi Jinping arriving in

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Florida, Donald Trump his host at Mar-a-Lago. The exclusive golf

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resort. They will not be short of things to talk about, Donald Trump

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has detailed many of the issues they will talk about during his campaign

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and since getting into the White House. We can't continue to allow

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China to rape our country. They have taken our money, they have taken our

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jobs. China is a currency manipulator. America has lost 70,000

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factories since China entered the World Trade Organisation. When you

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look at China, when you look at every country, every trade deal we

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have is horrible. It's going to be only America first, America first.

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As with many other issues Donald Trump has been consistent from

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presidential candidate to president and on the issue of China just last

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week he said the meeting will be difficult because we can no longer

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have a massive trade deficit and job losses, telling American companies

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be prepared to look at other alternatives. Also the Chinese

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perspective on this, and editorial from the People's daily which is

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state opened, it says trade ties will benefit the countries and the

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world. A much more positive spin. The global Times which is also

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state-owned, calling this summit and new start from the two countries. We

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have not talked about YouGov result -- about a golf resort as much as

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this one. He welcomed the Japanese Prime Minister recently and is now

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welcoming Xi Jinping, let sure you more about what's coming up. They

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are going to have dinner tonight and the main meetings will happen

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tomorrow morning between President Xi and President Trump, we believe

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there will be a news conference and that'll be the end of it. It's a

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full 24 hours of the two of them, first I may have met, getting

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together at this resort in an informal setting, away from the

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busyness of Washington, the whole being that in this setting it will

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give them the best chance to develop a rapport despite the fact they are

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very different characters. They have come from different cultures and

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political expediency is. It is hoped they can develop a working

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relationship because the issues they are having to content with, the

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economy, trade, security, North Korea, these are big issues which

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can develop into crises if not handled properly. A lot at stake.

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What is going on behind you, is it part of the security operation? I

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cannot say for sure but I would imagine it is because the security

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here is very tight. We've seen lots of police cars and security people

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at the end of the road. We have had helicopters overhead as well so as

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the leaders arrived the security increases which is a nuisance for

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the residents who have to put up with some version of this almost

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every time President Trump comes, not as intense as this because it's

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a visit from a foreign leader but still he does disrupt their lives.

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We saw this tweet saying President Xi is arriving with a gift basket.

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What kind of deliverables might these men be able to agree? I think

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what the journalist is referring to is something to do with the economy.

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President Trump has made the trade imbalance as you have been reporting

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a huge issue between the United States and China. He says China has

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lowered its currency, devalued its currency in order to sell its

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products more cheaply. Stealing jobs and that has to stop. They also need

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to lift barriers on investment and trade, it needs to be a level

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playing field. These things he will put to the Chinese president. Thank

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you Barbara. Is the world is watching this

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get-together of these two men and of course it is incredibly important

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but probably more important for people in China and the US and BBC

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teams have been speaking to people in both countries.

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Camaraderie, cooperation, maybe Z of a little bit of our debt. President

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Trump likes to talk tough on China. Throughout the election he promised

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to bring jobs back to the US and put America first. On the other hand the

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Chinese president says free trade is the answer and this is what will

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bring jobs to China and the US. What do you think President Trump should

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be saying to his Chinese counterpart? I am sorry, I

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apologise, I have been unfair to you. I am one of those people who

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think they should make more here. They are not a true democracy, that

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is the worst thing about China. Social repression.

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Who gets the most out of it? Definitely the US. Whether they like

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it or not when Xi Jinping and Donald Trump are sitting across the table

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from one another this is probably the world's most important

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connection. But it is not just money and trade that drives relationships.

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When it comes to climate change and getting North Korea to contain its

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nuclear ambitions, America needs China onside.

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Thanks to them for that. I have just been told that in a few minutes we

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will have one of the main winners at the BAFTA awards for the gaming

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industry, we will be live in the centre of London in just a few

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minutes time. 25 years of hatred and rage as they

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jump up on the statute. A massive demonstration of black power. Power

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to influence. Today is about the promise of a bright future. Today

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when we hope a line can be drawn with the bloody past.

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I think that Picasso's works were beautiful and intelligent and it is

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a sad loss to everybody who loves art.

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We are alive and the BBC newsroom and our lead story concerns the US

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Secretary of State who said the US believes the Syrian government is

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responsible for the chemical attack on Tuesday. He also said President

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Assad should not remain in power. Now, we have to start with this

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meeting between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump because these two men

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lead the biggest economies in the world and trade is expected to top

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the agenda at the meeting at Mar-a-Lago. Let's put some figures

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on this. Almost $660 billion of goods and services were traded in

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2016 solely huge trading relationship. Donald Trump is not

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keen on the fact the US has a huge deficit of nearly 336 billion. Let's

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bring in Michelle to talk about some of these numbers. Having a deficit

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is not necessarily a problem? That seems to be the suggestion from

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Donald Trump. He continues to focus on the trade deficit and has said he

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is concerned. If you look at the countries he has spoken out against,

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Mexico and China, it is countries America has a deficit with. He seems

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to be quoting the fact that America imports more than exports as a sign

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that somehow America is being taken advantage of what a sign of

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weakness, an imbalance that he would like to address. You are right in

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suggesting that is not necessarily the case and that can be a sign of

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strength, that the US economy is a place that people want to invest in

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and its consumers are an engine of economic growth, that they want to

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buy so much. That is kind of the conversation you start here amongst

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economists, what are the reasons for this deficit, and it is not

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necessarily a sign that it is bad for the US or the US getting

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short-changed. People will be watching in the US, maybe some in

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China, lots watching elsewhere, to what degree does the nature of this

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relationship between the two countries impact on how all other

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countries unable to treat? You are talking about the world's largest

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and second largest economies, and we have seen together combined her much

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global trade the accounts for around suddenly becomes clear as to why the

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significance of all of this. America obviously imports a lot and how it

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deals with its trading partners has a knock-on effect and likewise for

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China. Adjustable back to what were talking about about about the trade

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deficit, it is worth pointing out that America has been frustrated at

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times when it comes to issues of intellectual property with China.

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China for its part has seen its currency appreciate. This is one of

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the charges we have seen Donald Trump level in the past against

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China of it being a currency manipulator. The Chinese currency

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has appreciated but the only thing as the dollar has appreciated more,

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and can you hold China accountable for that? Should be talking about

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reforms instead. We will speak to you next week. Let's turn to one of

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the biggest nights of the year for the gaming industry, the British

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Academy game awards taking place in London. We have started to get some

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winners? The whole ceremony has just wrapped

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up so we now know who are the winners and there have been a few

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surprises, the winner of best British game was Overcooked. If you

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are into relaxing games it is not for you, very stressful, you have to

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man in the kitchen and get meals out to customers. It is known as a coach

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party game and you get everyone shouting at each other. The area is

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also Pokemon Go, nominated for Best mobile game and it won a prize for

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that, a phenomenon on, and the big-ticket game, best game,

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Uncharted four. A bit of an Indiana Jones style game. I have the

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creators here and they will correct me if I am wrong but it is a bit of

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an adventure game, searching for treasure. Globetrotting, action

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adventure, but with the action set piece moments we also focus on quiet

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character moments as well. And you are nominated for eight awards, I

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was getting nervous that he wouldn't win any at all but you finally have

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it in your hands, how do you feel? We are incredibly honoured to have

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won this award and it was very unexpected for us, even getting to

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the end we had no idea, but it is an incredible honour for us to have

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one. You were nominated against some independent games, meet by just one

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person in comparison to yours made by a big studio with lots of money.

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Do you think independent games will offer when something like best game

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up against big-ticket games like yours? Absolutely. Just the fact you

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can have games like Uncharted four nominated shows the versatility of

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our industry and what makes the different game experience is so

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powerful. You can have games that you can pick up and put down in 30

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minutes and others you stay up all night and call in sick the next

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workday, so it is just an amazing time to play games. I think when you

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look at what people are able to achieve regardless of the team size,

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people are able to create games that can touch or emotionally and are

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very innovative in terms of technology and design, and as this

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year's awards demonstrate, it is not about team size, it is a matter of

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what you are able to do and how passionate you are in making your

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game. We have heard a lot about virtual reality but not seem that

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many games nominated, is that something still to come? I think

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absolutely virtual reality is just in the infancy of what people are

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beginning to figure out on how to make games. It is really just

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providing an extremely immersive environment and it is really an all

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new paradigm of games that we are just figuring out, so I am really

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excited about the future of that. Congratulations on your BAFTA and I

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will let you get back to your champagne dinner, and back to you.

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Congratulations to everyone who won a BAFTA this evening. We have time

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that well. We will be back in a few minutes with more of the biggest

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