1 august, which is era no place inside gone, was se press retreated to the car about a media hub and vital vantage point. during the 1st truly televised war from the roof, we could see the recreation at the american embassy, where the most iconic images of the conflict of vietnam were transmitted to the world. this was the front row seats, the final stages of the war cycle and caravel war hotels. on al jazeera, this, ah, america stands with taiwan. u. s. house speaker, nancy pelosi meets ty, once president charter reacts with anger, saying it will conduct targeted military actions around taiwan.

ah, carrie johnson. this is al jazeera, alive from deborah, also coming up. ukraine's 1st grain shipments since the russian invasion is being inspected just off istanbul coast. the truce in yemen is extended, but aid agencies say the death toll is still rising. plus voters in the us state of kansas, reject a change that would have made it more difficult to get an abortion. ah, america's 3rd most powerful politician has made a high profile visit to taiwan in defiance of warnings from china. how speaker nancy pelosi met president sy in when her, after her visit to parliament in type, hey, she repeated washington's commitment to protect democracy on the self govern ireland

while respecting beijing's so called one china policy. for i ones that leader gave up close, eat one of the highest civilian honors and promised to defend the island former regime threats welcome us. in today's world, states is the choice between democracy and autocracy. americans determination to preserve democracy here in taiwan and around the world. we made iron clad. it's really clear that while china has stood in the way of taiwan participating and going to certain meetings that they understand, that they will not stand in the way of people coming to taiwan. angel, hey, when aggression against democratic taiwan would have a tremendous impact on the security of the entire into pacific, the man facing deliberately heightened to military threats. ta one will not back down. we will firm yup, hold our nation sovereignty and continue to hold the line of defense for democracy

. or de vega. pollen is the international editor of taiwan plus. she joins her san skype from taipei. china has been threatening military drills. what is taiwan making of it? well, the ministry of national defense here has that they anticipated it, but not a big the level of which china's drills would take place. china up and up. that's been foreign dignitaries come in, selecting that military muscles by doing drills or incursions, just about touching the borders of taiwan. that median line that separates china and taiwan, both in the water and in the air. but this time, the drills the china announced just less than half an hour after. and i do believe the landed and they have given us quite a detailed map then plans of it out in social media. and on the a news agency this time it has be seen as b escalate. escalate they from

a previous drills. now the ministry of national depend years say that they feed china trying to stress and high once sovereignty. they say these drills will take place for about 3 days after pillows. believe they'll be 6 fly far drills. they will threaten main maritime ports with one of those drill, taking place in water is just 20 kilometers off support city, a key port, city of caution in the south. they also say that metropolitan areas will be at rest, so they're taking that very seriously. that ministry of defense also has said that they are prepared to defend taiwan sovereignty. if for any reason that is present, they also have called trying out for a while. i think united nations rules and said that time is essentially laclede in taiwan. and once again, the ministry of defense and i want government, this is not just an issue for just i want business and issue or the global community. me. i one of the main reasons for that is not only does that bring the

specter of conflict, so quote with it also will practically on the ground. if you're just looking at logistics here, it will block he shipping lanes and routes key supply chain routes, which the world has been already struggling with. ok, the big calling the international editor of taiwan plus. thank you for that analysis there. well, let's have a listen to what the chinese foreign ministry has been saying. pennell he trembled . i went to this is the nature of her visit to, to taiwan region is not about democracy. this is an issue about china sovereignty and territory integrity. what pelosi has done is definitely not about preserving and safeguarding democracy, but a provocation and violation of china sovereignty and territory integrity tucker is a former taiwan presidential spokeswoman. she joined this life from the time pe, thanks for being with us here on the program. so what do you make of chinese reaction to nancy? please visit?

it's ridiculous. the predictable president the tie was elected by how one is people with more than 80000000 votes. it is the result of democracy. everyone can see how china night is being reasonable. always see taiwan is a sovereign and independent country. it has never been ruled by tcp and he's not the part of china. china, i must recognize this, so as not to live in its own fantasy. taiwan is not a part of a mistake. she's the chinese dream. so late do have to wake up now and these people don't want to try. not yet. to what extent do you think there's a chance of some kind of military confrontation or is it more likely to be drills and counter drills? no toners people

a calm and cool. i have been as go. what do you think are you know, i do ski it but god, i am as action is not new to us. of course, we are cautious because said this time they are more aggressive than they were in 9096. when we had our 1st democratic presidential election, our military has been cared for to deal with it at the military outwards approach to countries starting from yesterday afternoon fido plans have that taken all the and the land a to one after and not a. and we have conducted to drills to but the point is that we do not to seek war, but we will prepare all a worse. final stance on taiwan hasn't really changed over the years. so do they have any choice though? when it comes to taking some action, ah,

i think they had to respect our rides of determination, self determination. china that attacked on us has already begun. it's not new. military's rad, say economic assumptions as cyber attacks are all happening right now. so this is a just making clear would power nice that we must to continue to diversify economically and politically and keep a distance from china. that's the big lesson we have. there will be those some kinds of repercussions, even if it's just economic repercussions. taiwan must be concerned about this. yes, we do. but the government, if we have, we are well prepared because this is predictable. we knew this is coming. so i think the pressed and the government has been telling people that we are dealing

with it. and the more preachers so part of our democracy is that people trust the government. of course we have people in the ideas, not the abbe one, entire wall on a grease, but the most of our nice, a breeze that we the ally and that we love to see. speaker below sees a visit to taiwan because her visit makes us feel less isolated in would give the people hope to see that even in the for cause so. so circumstances, they are still people who men panda a believed in ideals. this is the most appreciative part of this visit. ok with a bit that call us and talk a former high on the presidential spikes when we very much appreciate your time here on algebra. thank you. are those chinese military drills of all so spark

concerns in japan? doodle garger dairy announced by china as the region of military exercises to be conducted from noon on august. 4th include japan's exclusive economic zone that japan has expressed his concern to the chinese side taken into account that the current dance of the military activities. there include lie, fire drills or mail top a southeast asian that diplomats are meeting in cambodia for the sand summit. and security concerns on top of the agenda. those include the crisis and min more and tensions about taiwan. the a, c and block has said any more executions by me and mars military gender could force the block to rethink a central plan to resolve the conflict. there in mar, executed for antique who activists last month comp, which you got your odd from. i took a via the hot jack cambodia as well as all as a member states is deeply disappointed and disturbed by the execution of those opposition activists. despite the appeals from me and others for the death sentence

is to be reconsidered for the sake of political dialogue, peace and reconciliation. what if more prisoners are to be executed? will be forced to rethink our role fees of aliens. 5 point consensus of florence louis has more now from a non pen aware. the summit is taking place here in the cambodian capital. foreign ministers from south east asian countries will meet in the next few days. they'll be joined by top leaders from the us, china, russia, and other countries with series of meeting. now given rising tensions over us, how big or nancy pelosi visit to tie one back is expected to be top of the agenda. us secretary of state antony blink. and chinese foreign minister, one will both be here that the global times, often seen as a chinese communist party mouthpiece has reported that one has no plans to meet with anthony blinking on the sidelines of planned summit here. and some chinese analysts say this could be intended to send

a message to underscore just how angry the chinese government is over the visit. aussie and spokesman, who is also can vote his deputy foreign minister says ministers at the meeting here will be expected or are hoping to use the platform to try and come rising tension on time. one won't be the only issue on the agenda, myanmar will be to, especially given the 5 point piece plan that was agreed to biology and last year and agreed to by the student is not only not working, but it's clearly been ignored by the military time which is not only stepped up military response in parts of the country, but has also recently executed for activists, an antique who opponents, one of them and elected member parliament. now global tensions of the war. and ukraine is also going to be on the agenda, especially given representatives from russia and the u. s. are going to be here. russian foreign minister. so rob has arrived in the, in my life and official visit. masika was a supporter of the military gentle holding talks for the government on security and

economic issues. before traveling to the offense summit in cambodia, i said i had her on the al jazeera ah, indonesia and united states flex their military muscles with joint training exercises. and serving up in odessa, we meet the ukrainians, struggling to stay positive as war ravages their economy. ah, the journey has begun. the fee for world camp is on its way to catherine book. your travel package today. hello, we got plenty of sunshine across the good parts of central and southern europe, a little more, the wire clad up towards the northwest. this is where it's gonna be somewhat fresher. over the next few days, we got bits and pieces of cloud and moraine streaming in here into our northern

ireland, scotland pushing across toward sir scandinavia. so some bits of right. and so as to whether to into that eastern side of you, but clear skies as you can see into central doubt to water south west. that's where the real heat is on. it really is ramping up at the moment 35 celsius, therefore paris on wednesday. and that he just transfers a little further east, which is be go on into thursday. berlin touching 36 degrees then that he would tend to just slip a little further eastward and southwards as we go on through the remainder of the way, but still plenty warm enough. having said that, $24.00 in berlin, it's about where it should be. 24 for london again, about what it should be. we're looking at some showers thing to the north west. they're coming in across sea island of ireland, pushing across a good part of her of scotland, southern pasadena. well, generally try one or 2 showers, a possibility one or 2 showers to into spain in this at wet weather, across at east the side of the continent more the same as we go on through thursday . hot sunshine continues me while across northern parts of africa. live the showers

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there without 0 reminder of our main headlines now. us how speak to nancy blazys in taiwan. but she's met, present, saw in when off to visiting parliament. she repeated at washington's commitment to protect democracy on the self government. china has condemned flows, his visit to and says it has nothing to do with protecting democracy. it's military has conducted. aaron, c drills near taiwan is also imposing trade restrictions southeast asia diplomat. so meeting in cambodia for the to see. and summit security concerns on top of the agenda. those include the crisis and men bar intentioned, about $21.00. now the 1st grain at cargo ship to leave ukraine since the russian invasion is, i'm going to going a inspection off the coast of turkey. the pin is on board that was only to carry out checks before the vessel heads to lebanon. the ship is being monitored by the new joint coordination center in if sambo, turkish, russian, ukrainian,

and un staff are present as part of the deal signed last month with them because he often joins us live from a fam, both so snow. what's the very latest you can tell us about this green shipment? well, carry the latest, says the inspector is off the joint control center went up on the ship. nearly 20 minutes ago. they left the coast of the image. got too many kovar in a boat, then they approached the vessel, but has been anchored behind me since last night. 9 pm local currency. the inspectors are presenting ukraine, russia, turkey, and the united nations are on the vessels a more double checking the documents, the products that have been loaded on the vessel. and before it left the supports in ukraine, and as soon as they complete the inspections and the vessel gains the good to go

from the inspectors, its will cross by the turkish straits to finalize its journey to lebanon. true fully. and this was a test run according to you and officials that we spoke to yesterday. and as everything goes smooth and alright with the transportation, other whistles that are waiting in line and will be leaving the ukrainian ports one by one every day according to true. sure. 30 so spoke to some agencies they expect ever, they won't ship please. one ukrainian, a port. there are reports that are under the steel, as you know, it is odessa torn marks and use the ports or the support is the one that is controlled by the ukrainians by joint monks and whose name is the areas over the siege by the russians. so according to the u. n, there are 27 ships sitting in the pool at the ports waiting to be departed from

those 4. so today is a historical day, as this has been a delicate test for the joint control center that was established within the grain initiative. and there are other vessels to follow the sierra leone flagship, behind me, rezone. ok, and cos, yeah, okay. we live in it's done with an update on that grain. thank you. russia has set its forces of killed up to 250 foreign fighters in ukraine. during strikes on the southern city of nikolai of ukraine has not responded to the crime, but its regional emergency service shut footage of a damage to oil storage tanks. workers clearing up after the strike on tuesday. it says a multiple launch rocket system was used to destroy university dormitory shops and several high rise buildings of war. and ukraine has devastated its economy, land mines planted by the russians,

making it difficult for farmers to reap their harvest. and it's once a thriving fishing and tourism industries have disappeared. so henry has more form desa live in here, difficult and car. today, some explosion, lot of love lost his job as a cargo sailor and angel lena discovered she was pregnant. they just bought a new apartment. these were the 1st days of the war. now they borrow for the mortgage medicine and doctor visits. sometimes it's not enough fans some family. if i borrow at this people money for pay, because i can't pay our company own a company, this apartments say you should pay you. motley is not have any choice in the southern port city of odessa in across ukraine. the war has shut down, fishing tourism nearly everything leak at best. java owns 3 restaurants here.

2 are closed, but she reopened the 3rd. she considers it inactive. patriotism, all of the years that we've been working were successful. so i can't afford to keep myself busy until keeper people working and i think in the way it is between or took. so i can, i can afford that. i mean i, i am ready to, to lose here. sometimes it feels almost normal here until it doesn't outside. there's allowed boone, a russian strike, then an air raid siren. it feels it feel safe from here and being here. feel safer from the inside. but it's, it is a big illusions, but she says she won't keep it open through the winter. the few remaining tourists will all be gone. just south of the ports in odessa is the town of z atoka, a resort area where people come to vacation,

but they're not coming here anymore because of the perils of war. a russian missile strike hit this residential area and you can see the devastation somehow. no one was killed in these destroyed homes, but little is left intact. fee required for faith on print flag this beth, you got. that is not my that left here. often this is both little left little work in constant danger from the explosions. oh, our leave high risk and we can bite and everybody can died is why we afraid fall to life. they also fear for their child's future. it will be our chapter in our life and the we should to be stronger. i want these in our country with all ukrainians, flood of love and angelina journey through

a perilous presence to an uncertain future. john henry and al jazeera odessa ukraine. more than 5000 indonesian us and other troops are holding a joint military training exercise until august 14th. the annual drill is expected to be the biggest, yet would include 14 countries. they've been held every year since 2009, the u. s. and it's asian allies have express, growing, concerned about china's increasing influence in the pacific. washington says the drills aren't aimed at any country. jessica washington is in better raja with more . these are the largest exercises. this is the largest iteration of this car. rude, a shield that we've ever seen. these exercises have been held since the early 2, thousands and in their early stages. they were really just a bilateral exercise. now we are seeing perhaps a move towards this many lateralism involving other countries, not just as observers, but as participants as well, significantly, a, quite

a few milestones at this august. as this training a begins here in indonesia, we have more than 5000 personnel participating. the majority from indonesia and from the u. s. significantly the australian army participating for the 1st time, japan participating for the 1st time and also a number of countries at least 13 observing and in some capacity that includes france, canada and, and also include some of indonesia, smaller neighbors, including tim, alessio, east timor and poppy. new guinea as well, and the reason it is significant to note those observers is that last year at that time, it was that the largest iteration of these to router shield exercises last year. japan was an observer. now they have gone on to become a full participant in these exercises exercises early today. they participated in some para trooping training just held here in santa matter. so of course, at this iteration of grid, a shield is being called super gruder shield because it is so much larger than

exercises that have been held in the past. earlier today, at the opening ceremony, we heard from general charles flinn, who noted that these exercises are taking place place in the most consequential region at the most consequential time. and while this might be the super gerda shield, they hope that next year's versions or future future iterations may be even more significant. iraq's inferential sheerly, the mac tada, asada, has told her supporters to leave parliament and continue their protest. outside of thousands of them stormed the building in baghdad. on saturday, i had called on all mark is to join what he calls a revolution. but his opponents say it's a qu the on the rest pose months of political deadlock, which has prevented the formation of a new government. my head has more on how this crisis is affecting iraqis. iraq is have been waiting for a change. taxi drivers of new exception. they say the recent unrest has worked in

and already over a stretch transportation system is hama, toll roads, ethel coded, so german, all lake has been affected. we spend long hours to get a few passengers. with this crisis, men out elect to travel to bug i can take care of. most of the roads are blocked because of the security measures imposed following the demonstrations. we have to make turns that take hours within iraq's political system is in crisis. there hasn't been a government for my mom. parliament has been a coupon by supporters of influential she. our leader looked at us other. he and his backups, reject the nomination of hm. matea, sudanese for prime minister. and those who support the rival, the coordination framework, have stage it counter protest. eventually what's other did is that he actually

provoked the coordination of frame by saying ok, i want, i want to change to put the whole political process. so what the coordination of frame is that made demonstrations and show the secret is that we are capable to go to the edge. so that means eventually there will be negotiations. so that's it. it's eventually a political game. it's not really going forward for some sort of freeform for the whole political process. this political standoff has disrupted work across several state institutions. iraqis are facing scorching summer temperatures and possibly weeks of political unrest. many have been hoping for a new government that can enhance services and improve the lives. although it's an oil rich country, iraq remains one of the least developed nations in the world. poverty and unemployment on the rise high shower guy that thought about, we count on you authorities to create jobs. we need jobs,

we have been waiting for so long. people here were hopeful for change, especially after last october z elections. but recent events have overshadowed those hopes. without that were had algebra, but yeomans at warring parties have agreed to extend a 4 month truce for 2 more months. as hours before it was due to expire, un envoy to yemen, said the pact between the government and who the rebels will now last until october, 2nd announcement came hours offer an amani delegation, concluded 3 days of talks with the who feet leadership. recently me has more on this from the united nations. the 2 month extension of humans. truth is being welcomed by members of the un security council and the humanitarian community who point out the positive impact it's had since it was 1st adopted back in april, reducing the number of casualties the longest period of common 7 years. and it had

other positive impacts as well, allowing fuel to get into the country and displays people to return to their homes . but there are sticking points that remain. they want to get more supplies into the country and they need to work out how to pay civil service. and one major sticking point has been reopening roads, particularly around the city of ties, which is controlled primarily by the government. but who the align militia seem to be stopping access, getting in? so all of this comes also with some worrying signs in the country. the organization save the children, points out that the last week of july was one of the bloodiest in years, a total of some $65.00 civilian casualties. they were killed in that time. some $38.00 of them were children. so all of this is raising concerns and putting pressure on the process going forward. but the un special envoy for yemen. hans

greenberg says that the parties have agreed to intensify their negotiations going forward in an attempt to reach a more permanent political solution. people in the u. s. state of kansas has voted to uphold abortion rights referendum. vote is reject to the proposed change to the states constitution. it would have allowed the republican controlled legislator to band or restrict access to the procedure. kansas is the 1st state to vote on the productive rights. since the u. s. supreme court overturned ro versus wade lying states to make their own abortion. louis. yes, justice department is filing a lawsuit to protect abortion access the state of idaho, the suits, aims to force the conservative state to provide abortions to women facing medical emergencies. we promised that the justice department would work tirelessly protect and advanced reproductive freedom. that is what we are doing and that is what we will continue.