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we begin insole where us, how speaking nancy pelosi has been holding talks with south korean officials. one day after making a controversial visit to taiwan, she sent to hold a press conference with the speaker of south korea as national assembly, kim jan pure. any moment now will be bringing you that live here on al jazeera as it happens. in the meantime, though, taiwan has scrambled jets to warn off 27 chinese aircraft in its defense zone. the move comes after us. how speaker policy ended her visit to the island? america's 3rd most powerful politician was there for less than a de stressing washington support for taiwan. while chinese military has responded conducting a series of drills and 6 exclusions that surround ty, $13.00 of those overlap areas that taiwan as a part of its territorial waters. those drills include long range live ammunition shooting in the taiwan straits. china has warned all vessels to avoid the area for

72 hours and almost half the global container fleet passes through that waterway every year. well, policies visit is posing new questions about china's relationship with the u. s. mama jim drew reports for us. how speaker nancy pelosi, a high profile trip to taiwan, fraught with both complications and contradictions. america's 3rd most powerful politician, repeating washington's commitment to protect democracy on the self governed island, while also respecting beijing so called one china policy. today the world faces the choice between democracy an attack, the americans determination to preserve democracy. here in taiwan and around the world remains iron clad, taiwanese president, sighing when, who gave pelosi, one of the highest civilian honors, promised to defend the island from beijing threats. since hello,

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 on nation sovereignty and continue to hold the line of defense for democracy. china, which considers taiwan a part of its territory. has said it once a peaceful reunification and views, policies visit as a direct provocation. oh, i wonder tie one sighing wayne and her ilk according 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 tie one 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. even during policies visit china's

reaction was fast and furious. suspending imports and exports of several goods to and from taiwan, conducting joint air and sea live ammunition drills near taiwan. and summoning the u. s. ambassador in beijing pelosi strip has come to an end. but with chinese american relations at such a low point, it's not clear yet what the long term repercussions of this visit will be. mamma, jim, jim, as you, while patrick fuck is a journalist based in beijing, and he says, china is calling these drills unprecedented. while the military provocations are far from over, remember, china begins live drills and 6 areas surrounding taiwan to day, effectively encircling the island and demonstrating china's ability to overwhelm it . so i want to fence ministry has criticized move, calling it effectively a thi and air blockade. but one of the reasons why this is happening to day and the say is because as we know nancy pelosi has now left the islands and try to wanted

to avoid direct confrontation with the u. s. but it's difficult to say just how far beijing might push the envelope of assertiveness towards taiwan. and that's something we're going to be watching very closely today. china has described these drills, including the drills that we've already seen as being unprecedented. and officials quoted in state me to day said that they were to demonstrate a war plan rehearsal, and also to show the u. s. anti one. the consequences of further provocation. chinese analysts quoted in state media also said that the fact that china did not intercept nancy pelosi, his flight was not a sign of failure, but instead this is being used as an opportunity to progress the goal of reification. well, as you can thank lacey is now in south korean, tony chang is following that voice from bangkok and tony percy's put soul and

a bit of an old composition. he hasn't g that she has slowly her. but i think the faith that the attention still remains on taiwan are not so much on. so will be a good for her. i think good for her hosts as well as she is, as you mentioned, expected to give this press conference with the with the speaker of the assembly. and so it wasn't expected that she would see president yoon on this trip. he's on holiday, but it was announced yesterday evening. they would exchange a phone call. south korea's foreign minister is at the assay and meeting him non pen. but i think that in some ways is an advantage for the south koreans. they have been slightly caught out by the controversy regarding the taiwan visit. they are keen not to offend the chinese who remain their largest trading partners. but they are also a very strong ally of the united states. there are u. s. forces based in south korea and they remain a i think,

very close in that respect. so i think to a certain extent, this trip by nancy pelosi, what she couldn't come to this part of asia without visiting south korea. she is doing that. she'll be on her way to tokyo later this evening, but i think the most substantial part of this trip that remains will be done in tokyo when she meets prime minister kasheila to morrow. and tony, i fear, in the meantime that north korea has way then on china's side after that i one trip and it reports now that place he will visit the d and d. indeed i think probably not surprising that this is expression of support from north korea. interesting also to know that nancy pelosi will be the 1st or the highest level us officials to visit the demilitarized zone between north and south for it. since donald trump did it in 2019, and i think it also illustrates just what

a change there is and policy regarding the trump administration, the by the ministration of trump. but put very dpr k, very much at the top of his foreign policy agenda in asia. there were those 2 summits where he as she met kim john. but there's been a, it's been much quieter under the bi bite and administration. and to a certain extent, i think it's worked in their favor. we have seen far less sort of fiery rhetoric coming out appealing, and recently, i think this is a visit again, purely as a formality. she's going to be visiting us troops who are based there. but i don't think that the dpr case that's going to be any substantial discussion on this trip with nancy pelosi and again, just to, to get over this trip. she's moving on fairly quickly. and i think for the south trends and the americans, that's probably best for all concerned tony showing that following that trip for us

from bangkok. thank you so much, tony. well, in the wake of her tie, one trip foreign ministers from the association of southeast asian nations have now express their concern about the possibility of open conflict between major powers delegates from the 10 member us. an group are currently holding talks and cambodia as capital ministers say they're concerned volatility could lead to miscalculations in the region. their edging maximum restraint from 3 has one out from put on pen countries in se asia are concerned. what's happening in the taiwan straits. phil over to the region, and we've heard the audience foreign ministers issue a statement saying that they are concerned about the volatility that could lead to miscalculation that miscalculation means that there is a risk of conflict, a risk of confrontation, and urging maximum restrain in the saying that they are ready to play a role in facilitating dialogue. now, all of that, of course, is taking place against the backdrop of a long standing territorial dispute in the south china sea,

where several member states of adrienne, have overlapping claims with china. we've seen china use increasingly aggressive tactics in the last few years to stake its claim. and that has led to confrontations with, for example, the philippines, vietnam in the pine members. they don't want to see that happening and southeast asian country want to have a unified code of conduct, but that's proving to be quite difficult to achieve. member state, non claim and member states have been accused of siding with china in the past. for example, cambodia, when it was the host the last time 10 years ago. it was the 1st time that the member states were not able to agree on a final joint to communicate and member things are keen to not see that happening again. now and add to that mix is the us with it's pivot to asia is declared commitment of one thing to keep the indo pacific region. we open it, use of its conduct of freedom of navigation operations in the south china sea to

make that point something that china has become increasingly vocal about that. well, in the meantime, russian foreign minister said a lab rove has paid an official visit to manama ahead of his trip to cambodia to join those. i see on meetings that flows just talking about a lab roll, the held talks with the military gender, discussing security and economic issues. russia has supported the country's role is since they seized power last year. o in solidarity was different. so few prime minister your government to normalize on the delay the situation young. we know that you're planning next year to have a full amount through election song we. we shall success in promoting your country in making your country stronger and why fission. now moving on and iraq's influential sheer procession looked at outsider is demanding an early election. he says dialogue with the government has proven to be futile. sada delivered a televised address edging his supporters to continue with sitting at parliament

until their demands are met. such as block one most seats and last year's parliamentary election, but has been a political deadlock ever since been the need. audi will. who are i am not willing to engage in dialogue. we have just to dialogue with them before and gain nothing but corruption and have despite their empty promises and gestures. promises have not been fulfilled by i will not approve of bloodshed, but reform could not be achieved without sacrifice. dorothy jibari has worn out from baghdad. they share lead, are very defiant and determined and standing his ground. he put to rest all speculations that were ongoing here over the past few days. that as there was a lot of behind the scenes meetings taking place and that eventually he would join a dialogue process. but certainly that is not going to happen. as he said. what is it critical now is whether or not the various other factions within the government

will accept his call at there is no really functioning government at the moment after the elections that were held last october at since heather, i'll souther instructed his m p. 's is 73 of them to withdraw in june. the country has been in limbo, so let's take you now live to solo us how speak and nancy pelosi has been holding talks with south korean officials. let's listening to the press conference after that discussion about so many issues of concern of my friends when we come and travel as a delegation. our 3 mount pillars are security, economics and governance, and all 3 of those areas. the u. s. sales career u. s. career relationship is very strong and we learned from each other on our trips. we come and talk about security and we thank our men and women in uniform for the contribution they make to security. but we also come

a to say to you that a friendship, a relationship that began from urgency and security many years ago has become the warmest of friendships. so when we come and we want to advance security economy and governance in an enter parliamentary way, our president, as you acknowledged, was here in the spring in may. and he has since and ongoing announcements about the in asian pacific initiative, the i p e f. the in the pacific economic framework, we want to be able to work together for all of the purposes i mentioned. but to do so, listening to our friends and south korea as to how we can do at best. the speaker gave a very clear presentation of what our inter parliamentary discussion was about. and

i want to introduce my colleagues just to say how they won't honor the the suggestions. so we say are the priorities that the speaker gave, the chairman of the foreign affairs committee at mr. greg makes up new york. he made a commitment to pass the resolution of anniversary 70th anniversary over $953.00 act. he talked about the val are act to korea, val are act and are chairman of the foreign affairs of choosing the veterans affairs committee as, as made a commitment in that regard as well. when we talked about economics, we were blessed to have the private sector experience as well as the leadership, as vice chair of the ways and means committee. congressman susan dell been a of washington state and we were also blessed with a contributions to the discussion from russia christian, a morphy from chicago,

illinois. mr. mr raja, as we call and he said he, his name puts everybody on the 1st name basis with him. raja was closing our meeting by commending korea for the action to take condemning russia for their brutal invasion of ukraine. thank you. and then with great pride, a korean american member of congress. andy kim, andy kim is a member of the foreign affairs committee and the armed services committee among other leadership roles that he plays. and we were very informed by his participation and his commitment to work together. so this is special for us because the u. s. republic of korea relationship is special to us and we want at over time, i've been here before met with members of parliament in the past. and we want to

strengthen that inter parliamentary role as we work together as countries. i do want to say that is a matter of special pride to us in the congress a previous visit. well, it was b pre cove, it 2015. we were able to take pride in passing the legislation. we live in the congress relating to comfort, the comfort women, legislation. it was, you know, it had its, shall we say friends. and it had some doubters about we were not in doubt about that. i just mentioned that because when we talk about security, we know what that is when we talk about economics. that's clear. when we talk about governance, it's many things. it's shared values. it's about fighting the pandemic. it's about saving the planet. so many things to discuss. so much opportunity, better served by our discussion, an enterprise meant to way as whether, as a,

in addition to heads of state heads of state. but it is, i told my colleagues when we, when we ended the meeting, we're now going to one my favorite places in the world, very generously hosting us, mister speaker, and you thank you so much, maria, who is that? you've been listening now to us how speak and nancy pelosi addressed the media after holding talks with south korean officials. one day after making that very controversial visit to taiwan. she's reaffirmed the relationship between us and south korean parliamentarians and nursing. not mentioned taiwan at all. the me watching out rivera that's remind you about top stories this allen us. how speaking to lucy has just been speaking and soul. she's been meeting with south korean

officials. one day after her controversial visits of taiwan, beijing had warned of serious consequences. if the trip went ahead and is now conducting, military drove around the island in the wake of head taiwan trip, foreign ministers from the association of southeast asia nation have expressed their concern about the possibility of open conflict between major powers in the region. delegates from the 10 member and group holding talk about encumbered us capital and iraq influence influential shaneeda and other health center is demanding an early election. dismissing any dialogue with the government to support is to continue to sit in parliament until their demand comments and us president joe biden has signed a new executive order on abortion. the move could make it easier for women to travel between states to get the procedure. it's biden's 2nd executive order on abortion, since the supreme court overturned the roe v wade decision for nearly 50 years that ruling protected the right determination. pregnancy. like how reports now from the

white house. another salvo in the battle to restore reproductive rights. the 1st meeting of a task force which will explore ways in which to restore a woman's right to choose and protect her in the process executive or make sure health care providers comply with federal loss. women don't face delays or denials, medically necessary care. and this executive order adventures, research and data collection to evaluate the impact of dr. health crisis is having on to hell and other health conditions. president biden signs and executive order director of the secretary of health to advance access to reproductive health care services. and we're going to continue forward, including, for example, in making sure medication, abortion is available to women throughout this country. and we won't stop. but the executive order is limited in scope. and president biden has long insisted that

congress needs to pass legislation, restoring the rights embedded in roe. v wade. president biden says he'll support removing the filibuster in the senate in order to allow reproductive rights legislation to pass by a simple majority. this is described as a nuclear option, which president biden has generally opposed in the past. in a possible sign of things to come, the head of november's mid term elections. the fight to restore reproductive rights was posted by a significant victory at state level. voters in the conservative state of kansas have rejected the measure that would have repealed the right to an abortion that had been part of the states constitution. they voted no particular neighbor. and no one changing the constitution. the voters of cases of publishing this for the american people go to preserve and protect the right and refusal,

let them be ripped away by competitions. and my administration has their back. the department of justice has also weighed in announcing that tool through the state of idaho, which is one of the many in producing an abortion ban in the wake of the supreme court decision. the contention that the state is contra beating a federal law that guarantees the right to emergency medical treatment. my kind of, ouch is era washington, now the 1st grain cargo ship to leave ukraine since the russian invasion is now heading to lebanon. a team of inspectors boarded that vessel in turkey, checking its cargo and documents on wednesday. that trip is being monitored by the new joint coordination center in san bull for them close, early report from that. the final inspection for the sierra leon flagship carrying ukrainian grain, it's added to lebanon, whether it's been foot shortages and high prices for months. rush and ukrainian,

turkish and un officials check the cargo while the ship stocks and assembled there part of the joint coordination center that was set up here after a deal to resume ukrainian grain exports last month. the most headman, our nation state with respect to the graham's topic. shortlist shortage is 1181 percent off grains depending on the ukrainian grains, carrying nearly 27000 tons of corn, the ship to 4 to the ukrainian port for best on monday, an estimated 20000000 tons of grain husband stock in ukraine since the start of war, this ship behind me is not the 1st commercial vessel to transfer ukraine's trapped grains to one to 5 month war. but it's also find the un brokerage green deal signed last month is working. hundreds of ships will now follow the same route and method

to export ukrainian grain and fertilizer for he is global foot shortage. u. n. a. turkish official pope. the agreements can lead to a cease fire between russia and ukraine. the vessels journey along the newly established maritime home and terry cory door in the black sea has been a complex but historical achievement for the joint coordination center. but for your queens president, follow them are zelinski. it's more complicated. you should done thanks to the you and partnership with turkey. we've had the 1st ship delivery of grant, but it's still nothing. we hope it's a tendency that will continue. the consequences of this war are horrible. not only for ukraine, but for the war me. now it's good to go for the ship carrying critical food supplies. it cross turkeys boss for a straight and heading towards the mediterranean reports and ukraine are due to

resume the export of millions more tons of wheat, corn, and other crops. because all the al jazeera is stumbled well. meanwhile, british intelligence says a ukrainian strike could disrupt russia's operations near her thumb that, that strike his train reportedly carrying ammunition and intelligence visual say the rail tracks of war throw probably been damaged, but railway is used to ferry arms into russian or q 5 on from crimea, the u. k says there's a strong chance moscow will repairs in a few days, but russian forces and their supply rates will be vulnerable. in the meantime, russian forces have continued to targets, ukraine's southern port city of mich alive and the eastern region of dawn. yet sc moscow says its forces have destroyed for warehouses during rockets, artillery and munition bottom lines mess as russian strikes destroyed a supermarket and damaged a residential building. the city is a strategically important fight bordering the russian occupied class on regions and talked to revive the 2015 around nuclear deal are due to resume in vienna on

thursday. officials will meet after a stalemate, lasting months, but the u. s. says it's expectations are in check for us, special envoy for iran, robert nally is heading to the austrian capital for those discussions. karen and washington had been holding indirect negotiations and a bid to revive the deal and broke down in 2018 when the u. s. pulled out on the president donald trump on the wilds. major oil export is have responded to months of different isaac efforts from the u. s. with one of the smallest production increases in their history. the 23 nation opec class flow add only 100000 barrels a day in september. that increase is equivalent to 0 point one percent of global demand. president joe biden used his recent trip to saudi arabia to oscar pact to put more oil fuel prices such in the us. meanwhile, germany's chancellor is looking for answers as he tries to avoid a difficult winter. russia reduce gas flow europe through the north stream,

one pipeline last month. it cited a problem with a turbine. now that turbine is being stored in western germany after it was repaired and canada. moscow says it's waiting for documentation before it can import the equipment. and shelter says there is no technical reason to delay its return to russia. germany relies on russia for much of its natural gas. at one point blank, 40 percent from oscar. with me, a vicious is not so much of what is important to me is to make it clear that this turbine can be used at any time. there is nothing to prevent its transport to russia, except that the russian buyers must inform us that they also want the turbine. the buyers must provide the necessary information for customs transport to russia. well, you and secretary general antonio terrorist says, oil and gas firms should not be allowed to make huge profits, as people face rocketing energy bills. he wants governments to tax corporate profits and use that money to help those in need. it is immoral for oil and gas

companies to be making records. profits from these energy cries is on the back of the poorest people and communities and that the massive costs to the climates, the combined profits of the largest energy companies in the 1st quarter. the vizier are close to an endurance 1000000000 us dollars. i urge all governments to fix these excessive profits and use the funds to support the most vulnerable people. through these difficult times, french energy giant e d. f says it will have to reduce output from some of its nuclear power stations and says hot weather is driving up river temperatures, making it harder to cool reactors. france is now in its 2nd heat. wave of this year with temperature is expected to hit 40 degrees in some areas with our he's in paris advising people to moderate their water consumption after a major dry spell as well. temperatures set to start falling from thursday. i

shall anchors new president has announced a 25 year plan to cut public debt as the country tries to recover from a crippling economic crisis. ronelle vicar missing, i told parliament that his government is negotiating with the international monetary fund to try to get a 4 year bell out. he says it will take longer. these 25 years to rebuild the competitive economy. last month, formerly they've gotten by roger pox. resigned after weeks of mass protest against corruption and shortages of essential imports such as fuel and medicine. pakistan has been lashed by flash flooding, caused by monsoon range. more than 500 people have died that over the past few weeks, provinces in the south west have the hardest hit. at least 40000 homes have been damaged and thousands of people now has nowhere to live. forecast to say even more rain is expected this week. officials in iceland have activated emergency plans after volcano erupted just.