内容摘要："I believe that we will be having more talks with [China] in the next few weeks and I believe we may at some point have a call between the president and [Chinese President Xi Jinping]," Bessent said on Thursday.

"I believe that we will be having more talks with [China] in the next few weeks and I believe we may at some point have a call between the president and [Chinese President Xi Jinping]," Bessent said on Thursday.

But there had been a "significant and increasingly alarming escalation" recently, the BBC said on Monday."In addition to enduring personal security threats from Iranian state actors operating beyond Iran's borders, BBC News Persian journalists are now witnessing a disturbing rise in the persecution of their family members inside Iran," said BBC Director-General Tim Davie.

"This persecution is a direct assault on press freedom and human rights. It must end now."The broadcaster said it was preparing a fresh complaint to the UN.The UN's secretary general and its special rapporteurs have previously raised concerns about Iran's treatment of BBC staff and warned that harassment, surveillance and death threats violated international human rights law.

A mother whose 11-year-old daughter died when exiting her school bus has called for better road safety in Northern Ireland.Caitlin-Rose McMullan died after being

in Castledawson, County Londonderry, in March.

Stella McMullan said her daughter may not have lost her life if there had been "bus safety in place".Tucker's nephew Joe Tucker said the two artworks were among 550 paintings discovered at his uncle's house but were very different to the others that predominantly featured working class life in the north of England.

He said they would love to know more about the location of the paintings and the people portrayed."These two are a bit of an anomaly in the collection because, as far as we know, they're the only images he produced of Cornwall," said Mr Tucker.

"At least, we're pretty sure they're Cornwall – my dad, the artist's younger brother, believes they may depict the China Clay mines near St Austell."He said it seemed likely the paintings were inspired by