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these provocative actions are a significant escalation. the u. s. secretary of state calls beijing's drills and the taiwan strait. disproportionate and unjustified, and says they threatened to destabilize the entire region. china suspends climate talks and counsels defense meetings with the us following house speaker, nancy policies visit to taiwan clubs of rahman you're watching on their life. my headquarters here in to hall also coming up crowds gathering in the major square outside the rocky parliament. as a political deadlock deepens, will be live in baghdad and record heat and a prolonged dry spell. rise is ray's face about the future of water supplies from british farmers. ah.

welcome to the w, a secretary at saint anthony blink and has condemned china's military exercises in the taiwan straits, calling them a major escalation. the drills are in response to u. s. house speaker nancy pelosi visit to taiwan this week, which is angered beijing speaking at a summit of southeast asian foreign ministers in canada pen. lincoln worn china, his actions could destabilize the region. these provocative actions are a significant escalation. we've seen how beijing has attempted to change the status quan, taiwan for some time. for example, more than doubling the number of aircraft flown over the center line that separates china and taiwan over the past 2 years. for showing economic word, political interference, cyber attacks against i walk. now, they've taken dangerous acts to

a new love. united states is conveyed to the archie consistently and repeatedly that we do not seek and will not provoke a crisis. china's foreign ministry says it'll cancel tolts between us and chinese military leaders in response to nancy plays. he's visit collaboration of climate change, maritime safety, and anti drug operations will also be suspended. foreign minister, when ye condemn blazys trip while attending the se, and meeting in cambodia. cocoa, john no one country and no force should ever imagined that they can separate taiwan from china, where they're using taiwan to contain china or seeking help from the united states for taiwan. independence, all these political moves will not succeed. well, it won't change the make a trend of tyrants. we're unification with the chinese mainland, the u. s. there all the consequences arising from this far from florence louis has

more from the cambodian capital. he was really quite forceful in his comments about china's actions in the taiwan strait. he said they were unjustified, he described, ty, one's actions as extreme as escalade tree and said they would disproportionate. and he said china with using pelosi visit as a pretext to increase military activity. he said, taught china was not only intimidating taiwan. it's also intimidating. its neighbors, and he describes the action as flagrantly provocative non china, on its part. it's defended its actions saying, but it was nearly defending its sovereignty. saying that this is something that's expected by 1400000000 people in china that they expect to see. the chinese government respond firmly to what it called provocative actions by china, by the us in not recognizing or in trying to hollow out the one china policy. and

we're really seeing china taking a more targeted response. now at the u. s. when initially it's response would merely have been targeted at taiwan and also it's neighbors with the missiles landing and japan's economic exclusive economic zone. the china is now taking action that will really straight further strain time with the us suspending talk suspending corporation. so we're really seeing tensions in the taiwan strait being carried over into meetings here in pen. taiwan says several chinese naval boats and they're cross cross the so called median line on friday morning. it's a halfway point from the mainland to taiwan. they're not recognized by beijing, china has been coming out live 5 drills in those zones around the islands. natalie pay says it will respond to what it calls provocations. even though the drills overlap with areas that it claims. china has also 5 long range missiles in areas

surrounding taiwan. japan is as spacing to stop thing, 5 ballistic missiles, london, it's exclusive economic zone will tie. pay says the islands military is preparing for combat readiness and has dispatched aircraft ships and land based missile systems. but it says it's not asking for war. where town doubt i would like to emphasize that we will not escalate conflicts or provoke disputes, but we will firmly defender sovereignty and national security and stick to the line of defense of democracy and freedom difficult. paul, in the international editor of taiwan plus, she says, type a is taking china's military drill seriously. the general message here is k. com. we've got a handle on the ministry of defense, human release to propaganda video showing how the forces have been prepared for this event to ality. now they of course have to monitor all movements very carefully and scramble every time. there's any kind of breach into their defend zone or into territorial waters. and so far they've been crumbling,

their fighter jets their naval vessels. as soon as there seems to be any entrance into the water is that medium line, which incidently, the u. s. has had said decades ago, which separates, what is china the waters and what is ty, ty, once waters. now, they say that china has, of course, part ballistic missiles, which i've been doing since yesterday. some of them who over taiwan, which they monetary carefully again, but they were not too concerned about those because those did not fall into time on waters. and that fell into japan, waters and japan. of course, as launched a complaint against beijing, there is a part of their economic territory where those missiles had landed. so it's another example of how this tensions and exercises don't just affect taiwan, but they affect the region. well, japan has launched a diplomatic protest with china for its missile drills calling the incident

unprecedented. that says yes, how speak? nancy pelosi is concluding her tore of asia in japan where she defended her decision to visit tie one after meeting prime minister meshida pelosi said china won't be allowed to isolate taiwan. she also promised american solidarity with the entire region. the supporters of iraq's she political leader looked at her a sudden half observe by the prize in a square inside baghdad. screen saying his followers have been occupying parliament, which is inside the fortified area for several days. so the game protest isn't till friday to leave the parliament building but told them to continue their sitting outside there opposed to the combination of a rival politician as prime minister does get. the very latest on the situation outside parliament will speak to our correspondent mood of the white. so friday, pres, over what's going on. now. wholesaler,

some of the worshippers who perform of the mass unified and friday prayers called for by their lead to them of clothes. so that of some of them are and returning to their home cities in provinces in central and southern iraq and the others are joining their to lease in an open sit in. and that has been in stages for days now in and around and in front of the headquarters of the pardons. now these protests of the future to day and the friday prayer has regulated the demands of the supporters by a confirming that these protest of his will continue the city until their demands are met. that they want to remove all the corrupt politicians from a debt and state institutions a force they mean the label politicians. the parliamentary, although the low makers with the parliamentary block had pro affiliated with iran,

called the coordination net framework. now, despite calls for negotiation schools for reconciliation out by local and international institutions, including the latest, the united nations that support the mission for iraq. as the head of the mission met was a sudden a himself in his home town in, in the jeff and she has been go to debt. jenny glass hot bed of the unami has been coated by iraqi media that the visit was good. meanwhile, some other politicians on the other side have been a stating that the agree with solder suggests, and that dissolving the parliament and holding elections as a way out of this political dead lock, including the head of a condition framework headed amity. they'd of that. but without a mobilization, forces fed and f a yard. but the question now is, how it li elections could be a conducted and which electrons low?

because many politicians include the foot claymore, car calling for up, but a fine or amending the election's law. now, here in their parliament, in the vicinity of the parliament, in front of the gate, in front of the compound of a part of that protest as have been sitting in tet tents that they have been even bringing get sheep and cattle to slot ought to feed the, the protest as it seemed that the, the planning for a long term sit in here until until they get instructions from that leader. now, these protest of say that they will continue protesting here until the demand is automate. well moved up though i had thanks very much the for the update from baghdad. ukraine's president a strongly criticized amnesty international naturally accused of the forces of endangering civilians. in a report,

the human rights group listed incidents and 19 towns and cities where it said ukrainian troops that faces in residential areas, putting civilians at risk. but bottom is lensky rejected. the findings accusing amnesty of shifting responsibility from the aggressor to the victim name my emotional boot, and i mean there is no condition even hypothetically under which any russian strike on your crime becomes justified aggression against our state is unprovoked, invasive and terrorist union. if someone makes a report in which the victim and the aggressor are supposedly equalized in some way, some dates are about the victim is analyzed and the aggressive actions at the same time are ignored. then this cannot be tolerated. 3 more cargo ships loaded with grain have left ukrainian ports on the black sea. now they are coming a total of about $58000.00 tons of cold. one is headed to island another to the u. k. and the 3rd to turkey. all 3 will be inspected off the coast and stumble as part of the great neck fort deal broken by the us and turkey. ukraine's economy minister

says the deal should now be extended to cover more unjust grain or russian foreign minister. so elaborate says moscow is ready to discuss prisoner exchanges with washington through diplomatic channels. the common today after a russian court sentenced american basketball star, brittany griner, to 9 years in prison, possessing and smuggling drugs. us secretary of state, anthony, blinking has responded saying america will be pursuing a swap of greiner and fellow american poll whelan for russian alms dealer. victor bout still had hit on al jazeera, done well, it's government facing questions as it tries to get rid of areas that he calls ghettos. critic say, the move is racist. plus india central bank raises interest rates for the 3rd time in 4 months. ah,

he has begun the faithful world cup is on its way to cattle. your cattle package to death. hey there, thanks for joining in. there's been big amounts of rain across japan's main island of hon. true, both for central and northern areas. we're seeing those river levels rise very rapidly and we know about 300000 people across honju have been forced from their homes. here's the story on saturday. the good news is that rain still a few showers in the forecast, but not falling at the same intensity as it has over those last few days. at spin, just a washout for hong kong, scooping up more than a 100 millimeters of rain. over the past 24 hours, we had a tropical depression form. it's now dissipated. but again, if a lot of rain, a to the city and still more to go on saturday, se asia, it's a very white pitcher for the philippines. we've got some severe flood advisories in play around manila. next stop to india, and the monsoon rains are really doing

a number on that west coast from maharaj dry right down into carol, over the past 24 hours about a 100 millimeters here. and i think about another 100 more to go out for pakistan. we're seeing the rain return into sin province on saturday and will about this weather report right now in the middle east where there is still the risk of seeing some flooding for western portions of yemen. on saturday, their trap, they take care bye for now. official and line of the journey. unbelievable. it sounds like an agreement between criminal justice is like trading in stolen goods that have been taken by the place. if anyone ever comes to ask a question, they just throw their hands up in the air and say, i don't know, i was just a nominee director, we're doing an investigation into a ukraine. could you? i bribes, you've been corrupt. i've been caught up. i did just what is a been c algebra investigations the oligarchs

with ah, welcome back here watching all 0 of me to hell robin in doha. remind her of our top stories. you are secretary of state antony blink and has condemned chinese military exercises in the taiwan strait. he call them and major escalation and warn they could destabilized the wide region. and that as drills continued, beijing says it's suspending dialogue with washington on military issues. climate change an anti drug operations is the latest responds to how speak nancy pelosi is visit to taiwan and supporters of iraq. shank political leader looked at al serra have held friday prayers in

a square inside baghdad. green zone. his followers had been occupying parliament, which is inside the fortified area for several days. india central bankers raised its key lending rate by half of one percentage point in an effort to curb spiraling inflation. it's the 3rd increase in the last 4 months, and economists say it won't be the last to this year. a fall in the rupees value is making fuel food and medicine more expensive. the government says the war in ukraine is partly to blame of the middle has more from the deli. this is the latest effort to come ramp and inflation in india. what the r b i there is a bank of india which is induct central bank is done. it has increased important lending rate, which basically means that the cost of borrowing money has gone up. the home loans, personal lows, education loan, all of those will now be impacted. inflation in india is at about 7 percent.

if you focus on just in food inflation, it's even higher. and i know that has to do with what's happening globally. prices of food have risen internationally. the engine ropey has become more volatile, and the end of the stock market is what has become more volatile. now the r b, i admit that in the best case scenario, inflation will still be at about 6.7 percent for the rest of the. yeah. so inflation is also a big political issue in india over the last 2 weeks in a position talking have things demanding a debate over price wise and a latest lieu of taxes imposed by the government opposition parties have also been so testing inside the parliament as far as the common man, the ordinary citizen is concerned, they are really suffering. we have been covering the issue for many weeks and months now and the mood on the sea is that income have stagnated. there is ramsey

and unemployment in india, but extensive have gone up and especially basic necessities like food and fuel, have become so expensive. many people aren't able to afford them well, support the focused on solve a problem in the same on con, have been demonstrating against the election commission in a slum about the angry about its ruling that cons party received illegal funding from foreign sources. and the confidence though, to april full ca on from the prime minister's post mile high to has moved from the capital houser and of job board judge of the budget. don daley again. gov with him, ron vaughn far day have gone wise to fall care and it's ahmad nunez. df 9. bob. they have gone up protesting against the election commission of budgets on day one to read ignition of the election commissioner and data fraud had ripped up

a political dom got just a few days ago. the election commission of buggered donnette road that emron cons party had received funds from overseas that did were prohibited funds. i had body of god continue to maintain, that they have nothing to hide dead. most of the people named by the election commission of blogger don. i'll buggered danita didn't overseas, and a political all men are developing or what did, or if you are protesting just because of the unconstitutional on that i behavior of alex in addition of focused on and that you election gonna be stuck in the 2nd that isn't on the roger ah, just because of his buys, this statement regarding focused on that again. so odd. hum yard, we've got the one who day we have gathered here against the election commission. we do not accept the fo 2 as they have to meet the wrong decision. a government of god is granger day gauge. to the maximum,

de warned doug and ron found to be picked qualified and parties should be banned. but this will end up again and a gordon bug. it's on a god. god, god, that being super active when it comes to when it got a dead log in trying to give you that deadlock are one thing that gets on cannot afford to continue political in the ability of god. the government didn't power now and then the lines of february bardeen, but they have failed to damn their died of inflation and are becoming more unpopular. and i did also approved by the fact that the budget dante had ripping rigby and one job in a while for robin. and it was a humiliating defeat for the government july. at least 13 people have died in a fire at a nightclub in thailand, police in john bery province. se of the capital, bangkok say 40 people were injured. the fire at the mountain

b nightclub started around at 1 o'clock in the morning, and call the course is being investigated. cruise congress has blocked president frederick astir from traveling to buckets off the north direction of colombian. president elect. gustavo petro, the embattled leader, is facing several criminal investigations, mostly of the corruption allegations, which he denies and a peruvian law congress rules on whether the president can leave the country. for us police officers have been charged over the killing of brianna taylor, a blank woman shot dead in a home during a police rate. it's been 2 years since the death of the medical technician, and it led to mass protests and further invigorated the black lives matter movement . mostly jordan reports. i heard, i heard i a moment of celebration for the family and friends, abriana taylor for current and former louisville police officers have been arrested

on federal charges in connection with taylors killing and march 2020 yard line where we been saying it was the truth that they shouldn't have been near neb ariana, didn't deserve that. taylor was killed when lowville police stormed her apartment, looking for a drug dealer. her boyfriend said police didn't announce themselves, and so he fired his gun at what he thought were intruders. police shot back 22 times, hitting taylor in the chest. federal prosecutor say police knew they didn't have the evidence to justify rating taylor's home, but they did so. anyway. earlier today, i spoke with the family of brianna taylor. this morning, they were informed for the justice department is charged for current and former louisville metro police department officers with federal crimes related to ms taylor's death. those alleged crimes include civil rights, offenses, unlawful conspiracies, unconstitutional use of force and obstruction offenses. the officers are also

accused of plotting to cover up their behavior if convicted they could get up to 20 years in prison for obstruction and 5 years for conspiracy and line oh, along with the killing of george floyd and may 2020 taylor's death lead to protest across the united states, against both racism and police brutality. the lawyer for taylor's family called thursday's arrest, a product of speaking out of the we don't 5, our children, like brianna taylor, who will fight for the city of louisville, paid brianna taylor's family $12000000.00 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit. on thursday, tamika palmer said the arrests are just one more step in holding the police accountable. today's overdue. but he still has a recognition that, oh, the legal success in the world won't bring her daughter back. rosalind jordan

else's era human rights. so is a challenging and controversial housing policy in denmark. the government is enforcing a no ghettos rule which restricts non westerners from living in certain districts. the idea is to keep areas diverse, but the plan is proving to be divisive with critic saying that it's simply racism under a different name. pull rece reports often. copenhagen mom at awesome is a danish citizen. he came to copenhagen from pakistan as a 7 year old. his children were born here in the meal. nepal can district but to drive to abolish so called ghettos has led to the danish government reclassifying citizens along racial lines. with the lamb family now labeled because best known western if you lived in the western western county the then you have the full, right. and if you lived in the non western countries that you don't have the same, right. nice a very tell you what to think about. we can make some kind of law in denmark,

in my country. it could be seen as a laudable goal aiming for greater racial integration under reduced crime. but the problem is how the government funds to do it. setting ethnic quotas for every district in the country. it's possible raft of measures. the government is brought into abolish ghettos within the next decade. by then, the amos for every district in the country java population that is at least 70 percent western 80 percent of the parkins residents from an immigrant background. the danish government can't make people leave areas like me on the parking purely on the basis of ethnic city. what it can do is force the housing to be sold off the private investors who then raise the rents. the idea is that mainly western people seems to be more wealthy, will then be able to move back in. but the laws regarding get those go further. they include lower welfare payments for people moving into areas on the governments, ghetto list and harsh punishments for criminals and ghetto areas. also

a ban on refugees moving into the targeted districts. residents are suing the government, leading for them to you and scott, at an anti segregation policy centered on social conditions and crime rates would be valid. but we object to removing people from their homes based on ethnic city having positive development in these residential areas that the measures against them have got more and more intense. went up. i mean, dummy minorities find themselves stuck. i move out of one area to lower the number of non westerners but can't move into another area for the same reason. the government decline our requests for an interview or a statement, but as it pushes ahead with the controversial get i laws, many people still don't know where they will be. how's away they will be welcome. will it be safe for us and our kids and our generation to live in denmark in the, in the future, you know, and wait anxiously to see of their voices will count for anything in the country they always thought of as high, full rece. i'll his era, copenhagen,

the american conspiracy theorist and fall right broadcast, alex jones has lost a defamation case, ruled by the parents of a child killed in the 2012 sandy hook massacre. the jury ordered the info walls hose to pay more than $4000000.00 in damages for falsely claiming the school shooting was a hoax. gabriel alexander repulse question to a one and a half $1000000.00 less than to be $500000.00. one of america's most notorious propagate hours of conspiracy theories will now have to pay up and pay up big for his lies. a jury in texas ordered alex jones to pay $4000000.00 in compensating damages for spreading the why that that 2012 sandy hook school massacre was a hoax. the some of the money in damages is significant, but far below the 150000000 families of one of the victims was asking for on friday

the jury will consider punitive damages. ah, jones claim was that the match shooting in connecticut, which killed 20 elementary school children, was staged by actors to bring about stricter u. s. gun control laws. it was lapped up by his millions of followers, some of whom went on to harass and even issued death threats to the dead children's parents. jones lawyers argued his statements were per acted by free speech, but the parents of 6 year old jesse louis, one of the children killed, argued the wise, were so malicious and painful. they fell outside the bounds of free speech. it's been a long journey and it's really, really nice to be able to turn and look at my clients and say, you can't get off scot free for that. you can't. under cross examination, during the 7 day trial, jones admitted this shooting was, quote, 100 percent real. the verdict will almost certainly be the final blow that forces

him to close. what remains of his info war's media network, which at its peak, was a hugely popular youtube show. and even controversially had former president, donald trump, has a fan and president, i will not let you down. you will be very, very impressed. i hope you know, at one moment during the trial, lawyers for the victims family confronted jones with 2 years worth of phone records and emails. some showing guilt. jones own lawyers in an apparent mishap. mistakingly sent them to the opposing lawyers. it's unknown if jones will face any sort of criminal charges moving forward. but what is very certain is that his financial ruin is now all but certain. gabriel is xander alexander. new york. south career is one step closer to the moon after lodging. its 1st luna all bitter .