robin brant, bbc news, shanghai. thank you so much for your company here on bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. rescue teams in canada are trying to reach 18,000 people stranded by floods and mudslides in the western province of british columbia. although water levels are starting to recede, entire towns remain cut off and many roads are blocked. there are fears that the flooding could cause nationwide shortages. a us state governor has halted the execution of prisonerjuliusjones hours before he was due to be put to death. jones was sentenced to death in 2002 for killing a man in a car—jacking incident. he maintains his innocence. his sentence has been commuted to life imprisonment without parole. there had been an outpouring of appeals and hundreds protested to halt the execution. germany has announced tough measures to exclude the unvaccinated from certain public events. healthcare workers and employees in care homes will be obliged to get the vaccine. germany's lower house of parliament approved new measures, including restricting access to public tr

robin brant, bbc news, shanghai. a us state governor has halted the execution of prisoner juliusjones hours before he was due to be put to death. julius jones was sentenced to death for the murder of paul howell, during a car—jacking in 1999. he has always maintained his innocence. his case has attracted high—profile support, including from reality star, kim kardashian west. the murder victim's family said they recognised the governor had a difficult decision to make, but said they took comfort that it affirmed the guilt ofjuliusjones. 0klahoma state representative forrest bennett welcomed the governor's decision. victory for the people of oklahoma is that the system works the way it should. to those who disagree, julius is not free tonight. but he is also going to go to sleep tonight and wake up tomorrow morning and i think that is pretty great. kelli masters is an attorney and advocate forjulius jones. shejoins me now from oklahoma city. i understand thatjulius asked you to speak at his clemency hearing. what i

here's our correspondent in shanghai robin brant. the fact that these two men have met and the meeting passed off without incident i think will be offered up as a sign of success by both sides. that is because leading into this in the months and years preceding, the relationship between washington, dc and beijing has descended into outright hostility. as mostly defined by donald trump's administration, the trade war that was initiated. but remember as well at the beginning of this year in the early days ofjoe biden�*s administration we had a near—calamitous meeting between each country's respective foreign ministers. since then, as well, the us has accused china of carrying out genocide in the west of its own country and just in the last few weeksjoe biden said his military would come to the aid of taiwan, it would defend taiwan if that island was attacked. so the fact that these two met, it appeared cordial with waving hands at the beginning and smiling faces, i think will be seen as a sign of success. the one big achievement, f