their messages are spreading like wildfire. social media is quite critical in the. streets. for. digital. storage. this is the news coming up on the program. for the military trying to. preserve defense spending as. the. locals are struggling to cope with i think sucked into the country's ruthless drug straight. to the heart of a nation. tribute to their hero.

while. it's good to have you with us it has the second largest military on the planet and now it's set to get even bigger with an extra cash infusion the chinese military will now receive a total of one hundred seventy eight billion dollars and this is making its neighbors but you know as the seven point five percent increase in spending will be a. stealth fighters and missiles the announcement came as china opened the annual session of the national people's congress of the great hall of the people in beijing in his opening speech chinese premier league chang warned that china would resolutely pulls any separatist scheme. what it typically is seeking the

independence of taiwan he went on to say this we will implement the military strategy for the new era stranded military training under combat conditions and from your protector and our sovereignty security and development interests we will further implement the military civilian integration strategy and speed up efforts to make innovations in defense related science and technology. and joining us for more. yang from what used to share a bureau in taipei wm good to see you let's just begin with taiwan first what does the new action be in the this it pleased military spending that's been announced. so experts in taiwan have pointed out the importance for the island to actually alight better its defense policy with distracting. position because it's impossible for time one to focus on matching its defense budget

with china because some of them have actually pointed out that china's twenty nine hundred defense budget is sixteen times more than ten ones defense budget what about taiwan's plans otherwise how those taiwan plan to counter chinese military spending. so in general oteri its military strategy by focusing more on repel any possible chinese invasion from the sea and in the air and experts told me they believe china taiwan should focus more on strengthening the combat capability of its navy and air force while continuing to upgrade its weapons through the us purchase weapons. you also have the situation in richer chinese president xi jinping in january did not rule out the usual source to unite with taiwan what has

a vet led to in taiwan in terms of a change potentially in strategic thinking or plans to come to about. so the plan has been brought up by the premiers sujan chon which is taiwan's government is committed to have the island be ready to fight until the last force is not able to fight anymore to defend the island so which means that. one would also have to start thinking about. more long term planning in terms of its military recruitment and also the enlistment of its forces let's just expand this further and talk about the south china sea in general where china has to be with many countries not john has been increasing the spending on his ministry over the past few years has that tilted the balance of this argument in favor of china.

so in fact china has altered its strategy in south china sea by focusing more on uni dots ruling strengthening military ties with individual countries because experts believe china has realized. hostile intimidation campaign towards all of the countries in the region could push these countries into the arms of the us and that would not be aligned well with china's long term military strategy in the region there's talk about the us briefing. us has generally been a plan to is that expected to continue and other countries rely on the united states for support in the event of chinese aggression for example. so experts believe that domestic political development in the u.s. has prevented it from focusing on strengthening its military presence in south

china sea so that's why the trunk has been championing the importance of the endo pacific strategy as the cornerstone of its military strategy in the region because they believe coordinate a collaboration with the countries in the region can actually help to counter china's attempt to expand in the region where they're going from the eastern shore bureau in taipei thank you very much. to amir manalo where. battling a deepening drugs crisis of this week police seized more than ten million meth barrels with a street value of almost five million euros yet another massive haul in a country thought to be the world's largest producer of methamphetamine northeastern shan state is the epicenter of meth production with a network of local groups linking up with transnational traffic and gangs but it's

a rampant drug use a mere might solve the just causing major concern as drug gangs push cheap pills to a growing number of addicts. is a shame to go home. the twenty seven year old has been a drug addict for almost a decade he left his village for fear of gang violence but he's real escape as being crystal meth. i use drugs because i get depressed. and they help keep me calm. and. this is the drug of choice for many in me is called yabba locally meth pumped out at rock bottom prices the u.n. calls it a ruthless strategy to feed local demand. so we're looking at increasing use across the country demand is rising. a youth population which is very vulnerable and a lack of health infrastructure it's it's

a crisis looming right now if it's not there already. could cause a key town on the supply route to shan states illegal meth labs. reverend salmen and other church goes on that sticks have been fighting the rampant drug use here which is turned parts of the town into no go zones. anonymous death threats both the vigilante operations to a halt but the rivers work continues in the community. his baptist church also serves as a refute and rehab center. i nine when was a heavy and heroin user he's been trying to kick the habit since two thousand and fourteen. when i ran away once because i couldn't control

myself. they dragged me back here and explained all about it to me after that i really suffered don't need to sleep for several days. in the seclusion of rehab unknown we keep his addiction in chick with music and prayer. but outside on the streets a sense still battles with these demons in the thick of me and miles run away drug crisis. tensions between india and pakistan continue to simmer after the recent clash between the country's air forces over the disputed region of kashmir pakistan's navy has now claimed it stopped an indian submarine from entering instead it over water has introduced this footage claiming to show an indian submarine approaching a pakistani zone in the arabian sea it did not elaborate on when and where of the submarine was detected attention speak last week after pakistan shot

down an indian air force fighter jet and captured its pilot wing commander i remember and was subsequently to turn to india where he came home to a hero's welcome but it's his unique gunslinger style. that's become the object of fascination in the country with many men going in for the unique look. taught me what they're about he may have been shot down and captured but this fighter pilot is now flying high as india's new national hero and his macho mustache has become a star. now many who want to be just like him only have to get entrenched. here in bangalore that whiskered fans are lining up for the abi nanda on special. to study his face a similar mindset wanted to change my look inspired me why do you like him yeah i

do one with faces because you see you hear oh yeah he is he's my hero really to speak. of in and. so that's why we had these things because in that place so that he was gone that he came back from iraq is that so that's why we talked about all those things. the pilots here sweet fans now paying their respects to his close shave with danger. taler short. fat or thin in india being undone can make anyone feel like a hero. the hero is back and the tweets have taken off people across india are taking to social

media with their tributes to ring in on them and his signature set of whiskas has a roy who doubled down on his pile of tribute with a gunslinger and matching aviate as he said as tag welcome up in london proud of you soldier and marketing from markham avenue hailed new india's new hero as a trendsetter they put out this mean which shows the pilot rubbing shoulders with bollywood superstar john saying if you have a mustache it must be like i've been on that vodka man's this thirty years a vaccine court took over the most star she hopes could bring two nations together people in pakistan like this most osh they have never seen such a mustache many would like to try this most are even in india also many like his moustache there's more on our website i did a blue dot com for what's left isha and you can check us out and facebook as well. we will leave you with pictures of. women.

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industry c.e.o.'s europe's. first your first car of the year is about to kick off in geneva. a rugged electric car designed and made for african markets it's suddenly become a hit in europe to. that story a bit later in the show because we start in europe where first big motor show of the year gets on the way tomorrow gallery in geneva switzerland today as an industry beset by problems legacy comical struggle to make progress on electric cars and self driving cars chased by a newcomers like tesla or google while echoes of the diesel gates scandal still reverberates just trump's trade policies china slowdown and brags it to the makes so really what i call a party atmosphere or reporters encounter that in. the geneva motor show is an opportunity for car makers to toot their horn industry mammoth's white

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