a leash on long violet boss and lee. imagine dolly's teachings for relevance to gandhi's legacy door to august 6th. won't be w ah ah, this is did over your news alive from berlin. u. s. how speaker nancy pelosi arrives in taiwan to find threats from china. policy says the visit honors america's unwavering commitment to ty, one's democracy. beijing fires back, calling the trip extremely dangerous, and bowing to stage military exercises in response. also coming up on the show,

russia labels, ukraine's as all regiments, a terrorist organization. a court in moscow rules far right fighters can facent harsh sentences. many are in russian prisons waiting to hear their faces. and the u . s. declares the death of the alleged mastermind of the $911.00 attacks. it says, i'll call you to head. i'm in a while. harry is killed in a drone strike in afghanistan. after years in hiding ah hello, i'm claire richardson, a warm welcome to the show. us how speaker nancy pelosi has landed in taiwan after a week. so speculation over whether she would visit the island they jane has called the move a major political provocation and says it will launch targeted military operations in response to defense ministry says $21.00 chinese jets have entered what it calls

its air defense zone. low season says her visit reflects america's unwavering commitment to supporting ty, ones vibrant democracy. so let's dive right into this. i'm joined in the studio by de leon, chief international editor, richard walker. ah, and in taipei, we have south sung hon dw correspondent covering the story for us. so i wanna begin with you. can you give us an update with the latest from taipei on this visit? as you have mentioned shortly after nancy pelosi lenders, she issue a press release to her office announcing her visit to taiwan. joso said the visit to town is in keeping with the united face commitment to support. how has democracy pelosi now has are safely arrive at the hotel outside the hotel? hundreds of people were shouting, welcome to taiwan to her holding different welcome in size. but there were also small classes between the taiwan in penn supporters and people who support unification with china. and on taipei one o one,

we can see lighting of the word tie, one in the u. s. and the red hart between them, the atmosphere is rather calm and peaceful. gave a warm reception. in that case. richard, this trip has been so controversial. what do we know about polos, his motives to go to tie one now of all times? yes it is. we just heard there, so it hello. see has his release the statement. she's also released an, an opinion piece in the washington post sort of framing the reasoning behind her visit. and she's framing it very much in this kind of yet supporting democracy. and, and it as part of the, what she frame says, the kind of the world facing a choice between autocracy and democracy to remark, kind of putting this, this visit in that context of, for example, what's happening in ukraine, of course, the, the russian invasion of ukraine also, you know what she is framing as a struggling democracy, being invaded by an aggressor and very much framing her visit to, to tie one in that context. that is not going to sit at all well. but with the

chinese, of course, who will see this is an intrusion in their system. and also they will see support for the taiwanese democracy as code for effectively de facto support for taiwanese independence, which is the red, is an ultimate red line for the chinese that i want to get back over to you and ask despite the controversy, what is on the actual agenda for policies as that to more morning, nancy pelosi will go to the taiwanese parliament legislative un to meet the legislators . and afterwards she will meet how in his presence. hi england, who will host her at a state banquet at noon? then she will visit the white hero memorial par warehouse military records and detention center for political distance due in the white herald period. and she scheduled to leave taiwan on a special flight in the afternoon of august the 3rd. okay, thank you very much for that. our richard, what kind of reaction are we expecting to see from beijing? well, we've also seen statements coming up very extensive statement coming out of the

foreign ministry, beijing saying that it once to see the americans kind of stepping back from what it sees, it escalates reactions. and we've also had the p l. a. the chinese military announcing the date is going to be a launching operations, what it calls joint military operations around taiwan on to the, the north in the south western and south eastern regions of taiwan island. so. so this announcement has come through already. there are comparisons being made to the last kind of military operations on this scale that the chinese launch. we're back in the 1990s. so certainly, you know, military steps being taken, but will obviously digest in the next few days to what extent these pose a risk to the stability in the regional whether they manage to remain contained and to avoid any escalation risk with the americans. for instance. thank you. so much for that was richard walker or chief international editor here in the studio and so on. hon correspondent in taiwan. thank you so much. if you tis, mother,

he's now and russia supreme court has rules that ukraine's as a regiment as a terrorist organization. a decision may mean harsh sentences for fighters were being held as prisoners of war as a regiment, as a ukrainian military unit with a far right and nationalist background. it was the focus of russia's claims about fascist elements in ukraine. many fought in the months long siege at a steel plant in mile hall, now russian and back to separatists are calling for them to be executed. this was the, as of still works early of this year. inside thousands of fighters from the so called as of regiment. from within the tunnels under the steel plant, the regiments leaders sent out video messages. financial services are repealed to the world as could be the last appeal of our lives. we are probably facing our last days, if not hours. the enemy outnumbers us $10.00 to $1.00,

but it is enough. they didn't last much longer. ordered to surrender by the government and keith, the steel plants defenders were taken prisoner. russian officials called them nazis . the group does have a far right history. it was founded in 2014 as a volunteer militia to fight pro russian separatists and the don bass region. current members have rejected being called nationalists or radicals. however, they say they're patriots. russian media also said the group mistreated civilians and matter you poll, but without evidence videos showed fighters helping civilians evacuate in the days before the surrender. since then, the cap should find has have become pawns and the game potential assets in an eventual swap or ceasefire negotiations as the war grinds on without them while the 1st ship bearing badly needed ukrainian grain exports is now approaching

the turkish coast on route to lebanon. arizona set sail after ukraine restarted grain shipments under a u. n. deal to end russia's blockade. exports of weak corn and other commodities were halted at the start of the war in february, causing a global food shortage. a sign of hope for many the 1st cargo ship to leave ukraine since the start of the conflict. there at 26000 tons of column, bald headed to lebanon with a very relieved crew. oh, about mac and it's so liberating after being stuck here for so long. it's an incredible feeling to be able to return to my homeland about about 20000000 tons of grain is still waiting to be exported from ukraine. but this 1st ship as an important start, says you in secretary general gutierrez, these sheep dimensions vessel rosanna is loaded with 2 commodities in

short supply corn. and hope. hope for millions of people on the world will depend on the smooth running of ukraine sports to feed their families. the ship has made it out of ukrainian walters and is due to end to turkey on tuesday night. authorities are preparing for the ship's arrival, where his cargo will be inspected under the terms of the un deal on to then go missing a bit due to the bad weather conditions. the ship arizona is expected to anchor in istanbul around midnight. so later than estimated the median agreement, limited exam after arrival, procedures and inspection will be carried out by a delegation from turkey, russia, ukraine, and the united. and she's moving on old glen, continue on its way, subject to the results sooner go to look at all in the meanwhile, in ukrainian ports on the black sea, 60 mo, going freights as a, waiting to depart,

i sprang up to speed. now, with some other stories making headlines around the world's german foreign minister and alena burbock has called for germany, europe and the united states to build a stronger trans atlantic partnership. speaking in new york, she said the u. s. and germany have already showed remarkable unity in supporting ukraine. she also said a joint stance is vital and that it's time to extend the ties. juggling in the u. s. voters in kansas are deciding whether to remove the right to abortion from the states constitution. that could result in access being limited or band kansas as the 1st state to vote since the supreme court revoked the nationwide, right to abortion in june. and to british airways a, suspending sales of short whole flight from london heathrow airport for the next week. he throw has kept the number of departing passengers because of staff shortages. their port has asked airlines to stop selling tickets. and to cut

flights. united states says it has killed the leader of al qaeda. i meant i was a while harry and a drone strike in afghanistan. he was one of the founders of the terrorist group and was in hiding for more than a decade. the cia targeted the man they believe was central to the 911 attacks in the heart of this wealthy cobble neighbourhood where many taliban leaders reside . the head of al qaeda found a hide out, but not out of washington's sides. a u. s. official says i am unable to why harry was identified on multiple occasions, spending time on the balcony of the house where he was eventually struck early on sunday morning. now we have eliminated the mirror of our kinder. he will never again, never again allow of cash then to become a teacher. so shaven because he is gone and we're going to make sure of nothing else happens. you know, or can't be

a launching prevalence united states we're going to see through that won't happen. the gyptian bonds a why harry was osama bin laden's, right hand man. before later succeeding him as head of al qaeda. the u. s. says he was actively involved in planning the september 11th attacks in the us, as well as other al qaeda operations, including 2 u. s embassy bombings in east africa in 1998. and the attack on the u. s. s. cole warship in yemen, in 2000. following the strike that killed him, the taliban accused the us of violating international principles and the door agreement. but for the americans, if the taliban who've broken that 2020 accord by providing cover for the winery who's killing is the 1st known us strike in afghanistan since washington pulled out its troops a year ago. and he w. sandra pet, as man, has been to the area in cobble where also were harry was kills. it is evening here

in cobble and solid facts are hard to come by. when the news of, as i hear his death broke in the early morning hours, locker time journalists were able to go out to share poor neighborhood. that is where the u. s. says the al qaeda leader had been living and that is where they say he was killed. sherpa is a kind of push fancy neighbourhood of cobbled with many big villas. these villas used to house some embassies, but mainly they used to house and politicians and leaders of the former african government, as well as rock lords and warlords. now to day to get even close to the compound where the strike happened. that proved impossible when we tried in the afternoon. we were immediately surrounded by 3 to 4 taliban fighters who told us you must leave, you must go stop. and if we were to come back, they told us this would have serious consequences. are the journalists who tried before us, especially those once in the early morning, they received the same kind of treatment and at least one african colleague got

beaten up and the area is now completely sealed off. so we couldn't even ask around, let say, speak to local residents, ask them what have you heard? what have you seen? that was impossible because we were really followed and i'm in the mean time the u . s. and the taliban are trading accusations. the u. s. is accusing the taliban of hosting the arcade, a leader in the heart of kabul. why the taliban are accusing the u. s. of conducting this drone strike in the heart of a city in the heart of the city in a civilian residential area. and it will for sure, take a few days to learn more details and to figure something out of what really happened in that area. and before we go, let's get a reminder of the top stories are falling for you at this hour. us how speaker nancy pelosi has arrived in taiwan defined warnings from china policies as the

visit highlights america, unwavering support of type one is democracy. china says it will launch military exercises off, ty, ones, coast in response. and russia supreme court has classified ukraine's as our regiment, a terrorist organization. the decision, it may mean har, sentences against fighters who are now russia's prisoners of war. many fought in a month long siege at a steel plant. mario full, rushing back to separate tests are now calling for them to be executed date on this hour, coming up as a daily documentary on moldova, by the war. and maybe ukraine is killing political tension, stating that a .