the view our china editor, carrie gracie, on the meeting, but first, here's our north america editor, jon sopel. president trump and the first lady arrived in florida a short time ago for what promises to be one of the most consequential meetings of his presidency. shortly before, xi jinping arrived in palm beach. two of the world's biggest superpowers with slightly different visions. we are getting ripped by china. we cannot continue to allow china to rate our country. -- rape. the port of miami, you can see what the president is talking about. far more goods are coming in from china that is going the other way. a massive imbalance. the president has decided to bring in tariffs that could start a trade war. the mayor of miami says that should be avoided. the president wants more exports and imports. we should not get in a trading was so be it would not be good either of. the picture is more complex. iphones. an american company that chooses to manufacture in china. within america, there is more and more chinese investment, like this windscreen facility in ohio, creating tens of thou

already have at least one child. as china editor carrie gracie reports, there has been a rush of older parents using frozen embryos to expand their families. carrie: hearbeat of an imminent arrival, the ultrasound scan of a 48-year-old mother-to-be. she had her first child through fertility treatment 16 years ago. the hospital kept her frozen embryos, and now that china's one-child policy has become a two-child policy, she is about to have her second miracle baby. more good news. it is a boy. she tells me she is thrilled. she's got a daughter already and would be happy with another, but the in-laws want a grandson. a two-child family is still a great novelty here, so a big fuss at the clinic for a special visitor. especially as this miracle was conceived here in a petri dish and frozen as an embryo for years, until china's policy changed and she could become somebody's little sister. >> as soon as i heard about the policy change, i was terribly excited. i ran to the hospital immediately. my second child had been frozen there for too long. i couldn't wait to take her home. carrie: not e

editor carrie gracie reports, there has been a notable rush of older mothers who had stored their embryos after fertility treatment and are now keen to have bigger families. heartbeat of an imminent arrival, a last ultrasound scan for a 48—year—old mother—to—be. she had herfirst child through fertility treatment — 16 years ago. the hospital kept her frozen embryos, and now that china's one child policy has become a two child policy, she's about to have her second miracle baby. more good news — it's a boy. she tells me she's thrilled. she's got a daughter already and would be happy with another, but the in—laws want a grandson. a two child family is still a great novelty here, so a big fuss at the clinic for a special visitor. especially as this miracle was conceived here in a petri—dish, and frozen as an embryo for years, until china's policy changed and she could become somebody‘s little sister. translation: as soon as i heard about the policy change, i was terribly excited. i ran to the hospital immediately. my second child had been frozen there for too long. i

one child. as our china editor carrie gracie reports — there has been a notable rush of older mothers who had stored their embryos after fertility treatment and are keen to have biggerfamilies. heartbeat of an imminent arrival, a last ultrasound scan for a a8—year—old mother—to—be. she had herfirst child through fertility treatment — 16 years ago. the hospital kept her frozen embryos, and now that china's one child policy has become a two child policy, she's about to have her second miracle baby. more good news — it's a boy. she tells me she's thrilled. she's got a daughter already and would be happy with another, but the in—laws want a grandson. a two child family is still a great novelty here, so a big fuss at the clinic for a special visitor. especially as this miracle was conceived here in a petri—dish, and frozen as an embryo for years, until china's policy changed and she could become somebody‘s little sister. translation: as soon as i heard about the policy change, i was terribly excited. i ran to the hospital immediately. my second child had been froz

moment we'll get the view of our china editor, carrie gracie, on the meeting. first, jon sopel. president trump and the first lady arrived in florida for what promises to be the most important meeting of his presidency. president xi arrived, two superpowers with different missions. we are getting ripped by china. we can't allow china to rate our country. travel down the coast from here to the port of miami and you can see what the president is talking about. far more goods are coming in from china than american products going the other way. it's a massive imbalance and the president has threatened to introduce tariffs, which could spark a trade war. but the local mayor said that must be avoided. the president would like to see more of the balancing exports and imports but i don't think we are going to get into a trading war with china. it would not be good for the united states or china. and the picture is more complex than the campaign rhetoric. take apple's iphones, an american company that chooses to manufacture in china. us companies are account for 40% of imports coming in

between president trump and china's president xijingping. our china editor carrie gracie looks at some of the main issues the leaders will want to address. president xi likes to play the strongman. every appearance choreographed, every meeting scripted. he doesn't do risky blind dates. but in florida, he hopes to seize the day and shape president trump's china policy in a way that suits china. last time president xi visited the us, he made the point that companies like boeing earn good money in china. but with economic growth slowing at home, he can ill afford a trade war with his biggest market. and he'll have to offer help for us exports and jobs. he can promise enormous investments in the deprived areas of the united states, and, in a sense, allow president trump to claim that he is bringing jobs back from china to the united states. 90% of north korea's trade goes through china, which does give president xi leverage. he's already stopped pyongyang's coal barges. and he has done a lot to discourage the nuclear programme of north korea. he does not trust them, but he trusts the us ev

. carrie gracie, bbc news. tim: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program with the former favorite , in the french presidential elections caught up in a cloud of corruption allegations, how radical will the country be under the two new front runners? in just over a week, turkey will hold a referendum on whether to grant -- powers making him head of the government executive as well as out-of-state. our correspondent, mark lauren has been to his hometown. >> through the haze above theey's black sea coast, president's family hails from this region. rizzo is the heart of turkey's tea growers. like this man he will always back a local boy. >> he is one of us. other parties were bourgeois, but he speaks our language. he gets aggressive like we do, and tells the world what we want to say. that touch, his o'reilly's now separate men and women. separate men and women. he plans to scrap the prime minister, choose the cabinet , and issue decrees. the blacks the boy has risen to the top, but to become all-powerful he needs to consolidate his support d

child policy she will go for a third. carrie gracie, bbc news. now, matthias civilina rides his bike for good reasons and also writes poetry, he has combined into a job writes poetry, he has combined into ajob and is writes poetry, he has combined into a job and is travelling the us writing dreams for customers and delivering them directly to their door. the bbc caught up with him in richmond virginia. this is the one thing i am good at. i have a very limited skills at which involves writing repetitive brief surrealist narratives and biking for long distances. 0ne brief surrealist narratives and biking for long distances. one of the nice things about writing dreams is that the tropes that would seem awful in writing realist narrative are fine. so, then suddenly at penguin walk singh to the room, you know, it is in a jack region novel not going to work. but in a dream text perfectly acceptable —— jack reacher. penguins are allowed to walk into your room at any point in a dream. so, this past month i had 47 subscribers and my intention every morning was to write 47 unique drea

democratic reform. as our china editor carrie gracie found out in one of those trickier interviews, li rui remains a very independent voice. uh—oh, i'm in trouble. a failing cameraman, too. born in 1917 and growing up mid—civil war and famine, li rui dreamed of becoming a communist. the 18—year—old didn't listen, but didn't get killed either. soon, the communists were ruling china, and he was secretary to chairman mao, who he later described as terrifying and inhumane. but it's dangerous to talk like that now. i think i do understand. when li rui dared spoke out about mao's mistakes, he was expelled from the party and spent eight years in solitary confinement. after mao's death, the party let him back in. but then came the tiananmen square democracy protests. li rui spoke out again. after the massacre, the party saw enemies everywhere. li rui, not trusted. in his 80s and 90s, li rui and the party finally learned to tolerate each other, and he concentrated on writing. but censorship is tightening up again. and his books? not welcome to party leaders. melania trump has accepted d

are now keen to expand their families. here's our china editor carrie gracie. heartbeat of an imminent arrival. last ultrasound scan for 48 mother—to—be. she had herfirst child through fertility treatment 16 yea rs child through fertility treatment 16 years ago. the hospital kept her frozen embryos and now that china's one child policy has become a two child policy, she is about to have her second miracle baby. more good news, it is a boy. she tells me she is thrilled. she has a daughter and would be happy with another, but the in—laws want a grandson. two child family is still a great novelty here. so a big fuss at the clinic for special visitor. especially as this miracle was conceived here in a petri dish and frozen as an embryo for years. until china's policy changed and she could become somebody‘s little sister. translation: as soon as i heard about the policy change, i was terribly excited. i ran to the hospital immediately. my second child had been frozen there for too long. i couldn't wait to take her home. not everyone is so lucky. this lady is desperate to have a seco

spoke out in favour of democratic reform. as our china editor, carrie gracie, found out, li rui remains an independent voice to this day. oh no, i am in trouble. a failing cameraman as well. born in 1917 and growing up mid—civil war and famine, he dreamed of becoming a communist. born in 1917 and growing up mid—civil war and famine, he dreamed of becoming a communist. the 18—year—old didn't listen, but did not get killed either. soon, the communists were ruling china, and he was secretary to chairman mao, who he later described as terrifying and inhumane. but it's dangerous to talk like that now. i think i do understand. when li rei dared to speak out about the mistakes of chairman mao, he was expelled from the party and spent eight years in solitary confinement. after chairman mao's death, the party let him back in. but then came the tiananmen square democracy protests. he spoke out again. after the massacre, the party saw enemies everywhere. li rui was not trusted. in his 80s and 90s, li rui and the party finally learned to tolerate each other, and he concentrated on w

already have at least one child. as our china editor carrie gracie reports, there has been a notable rush of older mothers who had stored their embryos after fertility treatment heartbeat of an imminent arrival, a last ultrasound scan for a 48—year—old mother—to—be. she had herfirst child through fertility treatment — 16 years ago. the hospital kept her frozen embryos, and now that china's one child policy has become a two child policy, she's about to have her second miracle baby. more good news — it's a boy. she tells me she's thrilled. she's got a daughter already and would be happy with another, but the in—laws want a grandson. a two child family is still a great novelty here, so a big fuss at the clinic for a special visitor. especially as this miracle was conceived here in a petri dish, and frozen as an embryo for years, until china's policy changed and she could become somebody‘s little sister. translation: as soon as i heard about the policy change, i was terribly excited. i ran to the hospital immediately. my second child had been frozen there for too long. i

carrie gracie. we know the president trump thinks the summit will be very difficult. what the chinese think? i think they‘re finding it difficult before they‘re finding it difficult before they arrive because from a political point of view the chinese like to get everything nailed down to the last detail before they do these things. they like every set piece occasion to be choreographed to the nines, and to go into a florida summit with a man who has said so many disobliging things about china, calling it a rapist and thief of americanjobs calling it a rapist and thief of american jobs and the rest of it is a very difficult and high risk in counter for a very difficult and high risk in counterfor a a very difficult and high risk in counter for a chinese president. respect, face, dignity are enormously important in chinese politics and president xi jinping is not an off—the—cuff, spontaneous kind of guy. what about the specific issues of trade and north korea? president trump has conducted his discussion of these things with megaphone rhetoric, if you like. how will each of tho