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seats the music and humming and then international intercourse and excellence award vote now for your hero. no place. and so i gone with say, the press retreat did of the car about a media hub and vital vantage point during the 1st truly televised war from the roof. we could see the regulation at the american embassy, where the most iconic images of the conflict in vietnam were transmitted to the world. this was the front row sheet to the final stages of the war saigon, caravel war hotels. on al jazeera. ah, america stands with taiwan. u. s. how speaker nancy pelosi proposed to wrap up her controversial visit to taiwan. china reacts with anger,
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saying it will conduct targeted merch reactions around taiwan. aah! on kerry johnson, mrs. alto, they're alive from day. how also coming up ukraine's 1st grain shipment 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 than 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. that visit by nancy pelosi is now wrapping up. these are live pictures of the american military
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play. and on the tarmac at i pay song shan airport waiting to transport up. she will have been in the taiwan for less than 24 hours or head to south korea next or earlier. how 3rd speaker, fellows, he met president sy, in when after her visit to payment in type a, she repeated washington's commitment to protect democracy on the self govern ireland. while respecting beijing's so called one that china policy tie one's leader gave up pillows, one of the highest civilian honors, and promised to defend the island from beijing's threats to day the world. se, se is the choice between democracy and autocracy. america's determination to preserve democracy here in taiwan and around the world remains iron clad. it's really clear that while china has stood in the way of taiwan participating and
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going to certain meetings that they understand, that they will not stand in the way of people coming to taiwan into their one. aggression against democratic tawan would have a tremendous impact on the security of the entire in the 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 . will they be? erica pollen is the international editor of taiwan plus. she joins us on skype from taipei and debbie. as we see, these are pictures of the playing on the tarmac. i'm in china has been threatening military drills. what is taiwan making of it than what's, what's their view on this now? it was always going to be a whirlwind trip whirlwind ship. all these dignitaries come and visit by one and then they leave. you know, i want a certain amount of legitimacy having being recognized by the high level official from other parts of the world. but it's been really different with nancy pelosi
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because she is the 3rd highest official in that us power ladder. and you know, 3rd in line to the presidency in the last find someone a back at your from the you as a key ally, a pie one visited was 25 years ago. now this time nancy pelosi has come. that's been lots of rumblings before she arrives and she's leaving and leaving probably one in the wake of the fall out from them. there are several things that taiwan will have to contend with once you get on that plane and takes off. and one of those is the economic impacts of her trip. we've seen china ban hundreds more than $100.00 firms, thousands of agricultural aquaculture, other products from taiwan in the run up to this trip and off to this. you know, when, when she's been here with more announcements, and we've also seen tie one, china, declare that they're good to do military exercises. this announcement happened 30 minutes or less than 30 minutes before now to below the line to the by one and beat
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exercises are going to take place. one lizzy as well, in the air well away from, by one. they will take place from august, 4th, to the 6th or 7th. and they have very clearly laid out their plans. then it's much more, you know, usually trying to box these kinds of military provocations. but this time, they're really escalated and really sets up costing people here to wonder how far trying to think. i'm given what you say then, to what extent has taiwan been doing a balancing act with this visit you know, trying to really tough position that you know, often they have been used. our analysts would say and observe on especially during deteriorating relations between china and the us trying to claim i want is part of the character each and every time he wants to play the muscles that announces that if i want to part of china and it has every right and can take
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a pie one back re unified by people mean by force us. meanwhile, every time you know, it decides to make a comment on i want to show support for time one. it also happens in the face of that for china. so while taiwan thought really value this, this kind of attention from the us national community, it really does have to counter it against china. the reaction that we all of the, of the matter in china is high. one very powerful neighbor, a strong neighbor with economic might, military might, that can take action again by one. and while you know, there's always words and supports to really know what will happen if trying to take that extra step to take that military action again, i want will the us really step out by law? yes, it have to give by one means to protect itself. but how far can that go and how far will that go? and you know, in the sense i've been working what's been happening in ukraine and russia, where the international community has promised all kinds of support. but at the
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same time, it is ukraine that has been for itself. and i was very clear in the set a time and time again at the end of the day, i want defense life with pie one. ok for now, did he go part and we'll leave it then come back to you later. thank you for that. well, china has called closes visits and ugly political foss. painless. she trembled. helen when he does, she get delayed her. of her visit to the thailand region is not about democracy. like this is an issue about china's 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 of patrick falk is a journalist based in beijing. he says, china doesn't want to appear weak in the face off close his visit. but there was more fiery rhetoric from the foreign ministry in beijing, today's spokesperson watch and being saying that when the one china principal is
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being undermined them, that will be fis storms and thunder clouds. in the taiwan straits. he also addressed criticism over this increased military activity around, so i wan, same that china had made itself clear to the u. s. but when the u. s. does not listen, the need to use ways to make it listen that china's acting in self defense, you know, part of the reason why all of this is happening is because the u. s. or members of congress, at least included the house speaker. don't want to be backing down to chinese aggression and nancy pelosi today. she said that this visit was about deepening the friendship between washington and saw one, but also importantly to show that america stands with taiwan in the face of increased assertiveness of from beijing. ironically, they're all concerns. some people will say that this could lead to further military
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aggression and more regular military aggression from china against cy juan. and we have seen a little bit of that already since her arrival in. so i pay the big question is a, whether this will continue and how long fall top southeast asian diplomats are meeting income both for the on summit and security concerns. the top of the agenda . those include the crisis in men and pensions about taiwan. florence louis has more from and on from it is taking place here in the cambodian capital, a 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 were 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
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a chinese communist party mouthpiece has reported that one. he 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 bodie as 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 jupiter is not only not working, but it's clearly been ignored by the military june. which is not only stepped up military response in parts of the country, but is also recently executed for activists, an antique who opponents, one of them and elected member parliament. now global tensions of the war. and
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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, sokolov rove, has arrived in near la for an official visit. moscow is a supporter of men, mas, military government evolve, is holding talks with the military jones, her to discuss security and economic issues. it will travelling to the a sin summit in cambodia. he also use a visit to make it clear that russia is standing by its ally china in condemning nancy flows. his visit to taiwan, though certainly boost to do so slowly move. i have no doubt that this reflects the same line we've been talking about regarding the ukranian situation. it is a desire to prove to everyone there impunity and to exercise permissive in us. i do what i want, something like that. i see no other reason to create such an annoyance, almost out of the blue. knowing very well what it means for the people's republic of china, or tony chang. it has more from bangkok on lab. rob's visit to mima,
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sir g, a lover of russia's foreign minister, arrived in mere moans capital, nippy door on wednesday for talks with his count thought and e asserted that the relationship between mamma and russia was strong. there's a relationship that has gone stronger since last year's military coup, which has seen high level delegations passing between mamma and russia, including the defense minister, be invited to man mas on forces day as the guest of honor. mamma has also seen in russia a seller of arms and weapons, including high powered jets, which it's using to fight against insurgents and rebels that oppose its rule. not only in the board areas, but also in central men law. but it's a difficult time for me. i'm a foreign me to minister sham asha and have been meeting in the cambodian capital non pen of issued statements suggesting the rejection of the 5 point piece plan to
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try and bring and mom back into the fold with the execution of 4 political prisons . a couple of weeks ago is unacceptable. this elaborate will be visiting non pen later in the week, may be in the rather strange position of carrying a message from your mas generals to their neighbors. so the heads on al jazeera, the indonesia, the united states flex military muscles, with joint training exercises, and influential iraqi leader target the health is follow is to leave parliament and continue their protest outside. ah, hello, we got more, very heavy showers pushing across me and more have seen the monsoon range really
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popping up recently here to sliding across the good parts of indo china. $155.00 millimeters right in 24 hours. that where to weather tends to drift for a little further east, which as we go through a thursday, some heavy downpours into southern parts of cambodia, southern parts of vietnam. still some live the showers in place there across a good part of the pulpit, philippines. we will see some wet weather too, in too good part of malaysia, one or 2 showers into indonesia, but nothing too much to speak of now, penny a shout was recently. gusty ones are that to to southern parts of australia. you can see how the cloud has been streaming through the byte southern parts of australia have seen some really nasty weather. recently, still tightly packed, i suppose rolling in across the southwest, pushing across south australia towards a southeastern corner. here this 1st system has gone through, wins, gusting in excess of a 100 kilometers per hour, and one of 2 spots is damaging winds that in places next system that's alive you
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want as well. we have got wet to weather, making its way now, gathering into the northeast of victoria southeast and part of the south wales with a risk of flooding here. ah, a a oh.
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i'm going to break straight into these live pictures. we can see nancy lucy's motorcade arriving at high pe function airport as she prepares to leave from her visit to taiwan. america's 3rd most powerful politician making a high profile visit to taiwan in defiance of warnings. from china. the speaker of the us house of representatives, meeting the presence of taiwan despite these warnings of severe consequences from china while flows is to say the most senior us official to visit the self governing island in 25 years into bringing to via harlan the international editor. of taiwan plus and well, tennis, what do you make of this as we see this,
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this visit wrapping up? well, you know, it wasn't just warning from china. president joe biden had said that the u. s. military thought it would be a bad idea. and so what is she leaving in her way? get a short trip for her, but definitely taiwan is going to have to deal with the consequences of her trip for a long time to come. on the one hand, it's put taiwan a given time on what i want. recognition attention. look, i want been all the headlines, all the major new stations i've been covering. i want watching it very closely. taiwan also has suddenly seen and pouring of support by other democracies at this point. what are the same time? what's the per price to pay for that? and that is china. good. part of the reason i want to get all this attention and i want get that kind of scrutiny is because of what china will do in china at the same time as warned against this policy,
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that the i said very clearly that this should not go ahead 30 minutes after not people lose the landed in taiwan. china said that they were going to be the military drill the military exercises that are almost unprecedented in the way they're going to carry them out. especially with trying to you stronger over the years military, people's liberation army and airport, you know, flexing it's muscle in a way that taiwan would be able to really feel china's anger and you know, incense over this trip. and so along with that, along with the china, china know, do you, fred, china also has love that those economic threats against one and, and done good on it threats. and that's as far as that you'd be going to be goes by batting hundreds of products from taiwan banning companies at a time. also when 51 is still recovering itself from the pounds. again, it's connie needs that extra hand. so while nancy pelosi gets on that plane and g
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b, y one and you know, again extends the u. s. is friendship and support for i want. i want is now going to have to deal with what comes dr. indeed, and as we watch these pictures of nancy pelosi preparing to bore that plain, let's just have a quick listen to remind us of the year, the chinese foreign ministries reaction to this. jessica church hold her, not you. this is an out an out foss. the united states is violating chinese sovereignty under the guise of so called democracy ty, one sighing when and her ill a clinging to the us, and turning their backs on national justice. these behaviors that go against the trend of times will not change the international consensus of one china and will not change the historic trend that taiwan will inevitably return to the motherland . those who play with fire will not come to a good end. and those who offend china will be punished and develop harlan as we
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hear what was said there from the chinese perspective. is there a fear that the real repercussions for taiwan will begin when this plane takes off? absolutely. in fact, i will try and i have said that they are going to do mil beats military drills from august 4th to 7. so they were very clear about making sure that plane taken off not to lucy and the us signatories are no longer on i want before they start these drills. and according to i want the ministry of defense going from not only try their own information, but also information that chinese media has put out and trying to that are the live par girls around taiwan waters. those jobs are going to come on, come to be close to one with some of them, just 20 kilometers away from from land here inside $11.00 of them being
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a heat or tear. i want ministry of defense is warned about supply chain being disrupted about air routes being disrupted. so they are expecting a huge backlash from china. how far china will take it is the question, but what kind of plans are trying to putting out there? the map? they're putting out, explaining what they're most, these mostly drills will look like show that they, they need business, and this is good to be expensive and whether it's cost and since it's 5143 or not. that is what the government's here and the ministry of defense is watching. and the people have side want, of course, working very closely because i want ministry has said that they will have to react to that, especially if someone sovereignty is tested in any way. yes, you mention a taiwan ministry that we're going to take a listening now to how you talk to one's presidential spokeswoman in the past. she says the colonies are undeterred by the consequences of closes, visit president high was elected by talented people with more than
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80000000 votes. it is the result of democracy. everyone can see how china night is being reasonable. always the taiwan is a sovereign and independent country. it has never been ruled by tcp and he's not that part of china. china must recognize this, so as not to live in its own fantasy. taiwan is not a part of a missed a. she's a chinese dream, so they do have to wake up al, i'm nice people, i don't, we want to try. not yet. i have been as go. what do you think are you know, i just gave but good as we action is none new to us. of course, we are cautious because said this time they are more aggressive than they were in 1996. when we had our 1st democratic presidential election,
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our military has been carried forward to deal with it at the military, outwards. and pros are countries starting from yesterday afternoon? fido plans had taken off and landed one after another. and we have conducted drills to but the point is that we do not to seek war, but we will prepare for the worse. i think they had to respect our rides of determination, self determination. china attacked on us. he has already begun. it's not new. military's rad, say economic assumptions as cyber attacks are all happening right now. so this is just making clear for power nice that we must continue to diversify economically and politically and keep a distance from china. that's the big lesson we have that was
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a cold us, you talk her tie ones, presidential spokesman before we're going to bring a drug of holland back in here. as we see these pictures on the tarmac of nancy pelosi, a meeting bigotries and taking photographs, preparing to board that plane, how all the time when these general public seeing this, saw they relaxed or apprehensive of what might happen. carrie cola. there is a few of those point thing that i want people are used to living on the specter threat from china trying to time and time again. so i want it's part of its own factory. they'll take it back some day, whether it's by for sort pieces we unification for the purpose, reframe time and time again. now the, the thing here is at the time, call us refers to when, you know, i want to 1st elections but not the key moment in history. that that will works in
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parallel with not people in this business is when the former house speaker newt gingrich in 1997. this is the i want to and back then, once again, you heard this rhetoric and anger from china, but trying to was a very different place at the time. it wasn't as powerful as notes. we didn't have as much my trying to did not have the global influence today. so what one is used to hearing all of this? they also know that this time things could be different. well as far as how they are the people on the street. i want feeling about as well, you know, reaction has been quite muted in stark contrast what we've been trying to national berber and social media about taking back. so i want and i want to china here, and i want to watch cautiously and you know that they've been almost innocent appreciation for 9 people, mostly in the u. s. is overtures, for instance, one of the big broadcast stations here before 9 people are arrived with a poll on whether her left or right foot with one person, you know,
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then that was above and social media. so it wasn't about, you know, taiwan being its own entity and someone pending outside that was more about this excitement over the us dignitary coming to visit. so i want giving some recognition . but here issue again, you know, despite that whatever you would not to bless, you would have brought her word her show of friendship at the end of the day, it pie one batch that has to deal out deal with whatever fall out that may come. okay, well law difficult, harlan, thank you very much for that now in a wider sense, as we continue to see these pictures on the tarmac over type my song shun airport or more than 5000 indonesian u. s. and other troops are holding a joint military training exercise. that's until august, the 14th. so daniel drill is expected to be the biggest, yet will include 14 countries is being seen as very much in the context of
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u. s. and it's asian allies growing concerned about china's increasing influence in the pacific beach washington says the drills aren't aimed at any country. we're going to have that report on that now we're from jessica washington in our to roger . these are the largest exercises. this is the largest iteration of this guru, the shield that we've ever seen. these exercises have been held since the early 2, thousands and in the early stages they were really just a bilateral exercise. now we are seeing perhaps a move towards as 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 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
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a number of countries at least 13 observing and in some capacity that includes france, canada, and in and also include some of indonesia as small a neighbors, including tim or less day or east timor and popping your guinea as well. and the reason it is significant to note those observers is that last year at that time, it was the, the largest iteration of these gruder shield exercises. last year. japan was an observer. now they have gone on to become a full participant in these exercising exercises early to day they participated in some power trooping training just held here in san sumatra. so of course, 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 her 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 rude us shield, they hope that next he has versions of future future iterations may be even more
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significant or we're going to are bring back her international editor of taiwan plaza of yoga pollen for more analysis of this sir. and there's already been some economic repercussions. hi, we understand that china's commerce ministry has halted exports of sand, key material using construction and suspended imports of taiwanese citrus fruits and some types of fish. is that kind of thing likely to escalate? do you think as a result of this? oh, definitely china has been doing this every time. there was something that that leads them. i mean, the fruits pineapples about the ban custard apples and all kinds of things, but it's coming drifts and drabs usually. and usually other countries step up, often japan is one of the countries that step up to take in that extra supply. and most recently we've seen
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a group of fish where trying to band the group or fish and japan has stepped up its imports of that. but this time what we've seen trying to do is do a whole slew of product food products in particular that i want to export to china. and that is a huge issue because there isn't what that one country or that quick fix. second, some these pick up all these supplies that it's happened, pardon has happened back. it's happened very quickly, almost them, you know, has china when they start to decide they're going to do something often it's instantaneous. so i was well real from that definitely. the fact remains that china, no matter where relations are between being inside great. i want largest trading partner. i want to rely china law on trying to lot economically. but it is also a partnership that goes both ways and this is where the semi conductors come in. high one is known to be the.

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