He Said Xi Said

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

As French leader Emmanuel Macron meets his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing, chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet and diplomatic correspondent James Landale join Adam to talk about China’s growing presence as a mediator in world conflicts. Sainsbury's has defended its new minced beef packaging after some shoppers complained it turned the meat to mush. Carbon-footprint expert Professor Mike Berners-Lee explains whether the low-plastic packaging could help in the climate crisis. And we find out when everyone in the UK will soon hear a test emergency message on their phone. Today’s Newscast was presented Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Adam Chowdhury and Rufus Gray. The technical producer was Jonny Hall. The senior news editor was Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.8	Hello, this is A Drill.
0:07.3	Do not be alarmed by the sounds you're about to hear,
0:10.2	because the government's given more details
0:12.3	about the new UK emergency alert,
0:15.3	and when they're going to be sending a test version of it
0:18.3	to everyone's mobile phones.
0:20.4	Well, it's going to sound like this.
0:21.6	BEEP
0:24.4	BEEP
0:27.5	And we learned today that that's going to happen
0:29.2	on Sunday the 23rd of April,
0:31.8	and that the text you'll get will say,
0:33.8	this is a test of emergency alerts,
0:35.8	a new UK government service that will warn you
0:38.2	if there's a life threatening emergency nearby.
0:40.5	In an actual emergency, follow the instructions
0:42.9	in the alert to keep yourself and others safe.
0:45.4	Visit gov.uk forward slash alerts for more information.
0:48.5	This is a test.
0:49.6	You do not need to take any action.
0:51.7	Now, actually, the UK is kind of joining
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