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released into the wind of cement from. energy welcome to news asia glad you could join us the united states is de facto ambassador to taiwan has attended a military service with taiwan's the sighing when it is the fust time ever that a defector u.s. ambassador has attended the ceremony in a move likely to raise tensions with china brant christensen who heads the american institute in taiwan the us is defacto embassy on the island attended a service commemorating what is called the 2nd taiwan straits crisis it refers to the chinese bumbling of kinsmen island in 1958 that led to the deaths of taiwanese troops who control the island its proximity to the chinese mainland has always been

a source of tension with taiwan. christensen's appearance with the taiwanese view dot coms at a time of growing tensions between the u.s. and china over the united states has continued military support for taiwan which breaching regards as a part of the state of tree from what we can go across to taipei where did i'm a correspondent we have yang is standing by remember good to have you on the program how significant is brant christensen's attendance at this memorial service . so like a lot of the media reports every point christianson it's the 1st director which means that he is the de facto ambassador to taiwan that has ever attended such a come immigration and it also comes at a time when the u.s. has been stepping up a lot of its authorization of military sales to taiwan and also it comes on the back of the historic visit of alex as are the health and human services

ministers from the us which is also the highest level cabinet member that has ever visited taiwan so this just shows another sick note that the us has been really more committed to supporting taiwan on multiple fronts talk about the timing off this commitment and the circumstances this is happening under why is it all happening now. so over the last few months since 2020 the chinese. has really stepped up their military confrontation also aggression around taiwan including flying the fighter jets into the air space of time one and also selling through the. through the time when straight and in fact just this past weekend the pill and also announced that they're going to host a whole month of military drills all around taiwan and that's

a life fire drill starting in fact on saturday and right now as we're speaking the p.l.o. and military are conducting their ministry trail in south china sea and also north of taiwan and they are continuing going to do that all the way until the end of september so the timing of this visit of christianson appearing at a military commemoration again is a sign to i think reassure taipei that washington is not turning its back against taiwan at a time when it is dealing with a lot of domestic crisis but you know it is continuing to have an eye on what's happening over here including china increasing military aggression in the region and so taiwan can probably still a lot more a shirt that even if china does launch any kind of military actions there will be a certain type of support from washington but you don't want to see short can taiwan actually feed coming as it. is increasing his attacks against china in an

election year of the election just a few months away i mean are you certain that taiwan is not being used as election . so i think we have to not only look at what the federal government is doing but also how the congress and also the senate has been proposing a lot of the bills that is going to strengthen the by the relationship between taiwan and the u.s. especially there are a lot of a military related bills that have been proposed by the republican members to the senate and these are the more important things that will secure the relationship and the partnership between time one and the u.s. in the long run so i think these are stick knows that also should not be ignored as well. we're hearing time very frank is all much for that. now the rising numbers of over 1000 cases in indonesia is affecting not just humans

but i'm old as well a project that aims to train rescued orangutans to move independently in the wire and has had to curtail its operations the reason orangutan and human d.n.a. is 97 percent identical which means one teen becomes essential for the primates. humans have to keep their distance from a ring of things to even at lunch time. because both species are at risk of contracting the new coronavirus. these are rang a tang's are under lock down and have had to stay in their cages for months they think. you can train the. financial system. or is the only way to put them. right. there much. so they can learn their meals

are delivered wrapped in leaves so they have to figure out how to get the food useful practice when they're later released into the wild. cages or disinfected twice a day. hygiene is of crucial importance. the teams who care for the animals rotate every 3 weeks before they start work staff have their temperature taken another coronavirus precaution they shot the video for this report themselves a very long time d.n.a. is 97 percent identical to the out of humans so they're extremely susceptible to all our diseases especially those affecting the risperidone tract. you know that's the main reason why we've imposed such a strict quarantine. dr beller has been reporting on this project for years thi aim is to prepare a ragged tanks for survival in their natural jungle habitat in the book to go pollute rain forest in central sumatra. many were rescued as orphans

often held captive as pets under terrible conditions they had forgotten or had never learned how to move through the tree tops forage for food and build nests their keepers at the jungle school teach them all these skills usually out in the forest itself this was before the coronavirus pandemic. in order to survive every rung of town has to develop a 4 dimensional map in their head covering space and time it takes time to learn the lock down can only be relaxed once the pandemic has been contained this is not good for the animals their fitness deteriorates and they become bored even the. those that have already been set free currently lead better lives it is still something. you should any arabia tang's here catch the coronavirus they won't pass it on to other ones in the wild what's more

they tend to be naturally self isolating creatures anyway and don't hang out in big groups so the team faces the challenge of protecting their wards from possible infection while also training them for release. this video was shot a couple of years ago there is no guarantee that a self-sustaining population will emerge here again over the past half century 80 percent of the region's rain forests have been cut down to make way for vast plantations. on our last visit paid to pa to stress the importance of saving the forest and teaching the orangutans survival skills. if the orangutans are able to survive here and all the other animals in the rainforest animal community will be to the. number of covert 1000 cases among humans in indonesia continues to rise. the project has a back up plan if the lockdown goes on for too long. it will release its a racket tang's into the wild before they've completed their schooling but will

then provide them with longer term support out in the forest. now the picture behind me smells horrible to put it politely yet it's on the monitor the king of fruits the durian is much loved across most of southeast asia about the corner of august and the mic and subsequent lockdowns. that is until it began to be made available online. derian the so-called king of fruits is best when it's fresh lots of militia love it despite its overpowering smell traditionally the fruit with the bitter sweet and creamy flesh is sold and often enjoyed at market stores like this one the thought of buying it online was unimaginable for diehard durian loveless until coated 90. 2 days after the launch all poured out on my we have a lot of inquiry on our phones at the ranch. and by. say stay

off our sales we are talking about hundreds of all this every single day. during in started to be sold online in mid march when the country was still under lockdown treatise was skeptical at 1st but soon saw the benefits and marketing opportunities . well there killpack so if you were to have any smell so you can bring it to your own condo see it in the i call and try. to strong smell the fury and has been compared to that of rock to get food as a result the fruit is spent in many places including public transport while there are still plenty of malaysians who like to enjoy the king of st at the market those who can't stand the stinky fruit hope the new on line deliveries will mean those know it less frequently. a little over a week ago we showed you recent footage from the chinese city of war on the former ground 0 of the corona virus pandemic and the video has caused or to start

internationally it shows a massive post by demick party attended by the. thousands of people would seemingly know what tempted to social distance. but the global pandemic still unfolding critics say the event was irresponsible and sends the wrong signal from a city that's one of the harshest in history. well the chinese government has responded to that criticism it says the full effects china strategic victory in the fight against covert 19. i've heard that people in europe and north america have been shocked by this pool party so through your cameras here i hope they see the true story about china and they learn the real situation regarding china's fight against coronavirus but you know. the real situation will leave you to decide what that actually is and why you consider that consider this more than 3000000 live you eyes and the most viewed

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with their own personal stories. europe. we explore every day life. what europeans fear and what they hope for. because on europe. on g.w. . the. test time for these schoolchildren not your usual exam but waiting for the results of this one can be just as stressful. and you gargle and spit test for the coronavirus. nicer than a swab but it still needs to be sent off to a lab and there aren't enough labs and tests to process every pupil in every school

. plus doctors warn it's not a free pass from social distancing the result only provides a snapshot in time what happens after class or in the schoolyard. they're all just say wearing masks would be more effective. but try getting kids to wear masks all day at school. i found it hard enough to focus on my studies or school but so worry about a pandemic schools have been reopening with new measures to keep students and teachers safe some offering free weekly khurana tests they don't use julius adelie reports. students are back in class at the secondary school in berlin but after months of learning from home and a few weeks of vacation this year's return to the classroom was unlike any other a new spike in corona virus cases across germany is causing alarm the school leadership is hoping that a major testing program.