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a furious response from china with more military drills near the island. also coming up fall out from the drone strike against al qaeda. the u. s. warrens of increased risk to with citizens around the world after the killing of terrorist leader. i'm on our harry in afghanistan. ah, i'm pablo folly and he has welcome to the program. you as how speaker nancy pelosi has used her visit to taiwan to deliver a statement of solidarity, saying her country would do whatever it takes to boost ty, one's ability to defend itself. pelosi met with taiwan, president sy, in when, after earlier addressing the self governing islands parliament. she's the highest ranking us politician to visit taiwan in 25 years though. she's not there. as an

official representative, pelosi ignored stark warnings from china, which views the island as its own territory. she said she supports the status quo and was bringing a message of peace. 43 years ago, with the taiwan relations at american, made a bedrock. to always jan with taiwan and on this on sunday, we had filter driving partnership, grounded in our shared values of self government and self determination focused on our mutual security. it is in the region across the world committed to the economic ties that power prosperity for all of them. so closely visit has drawn a furious response from china, which is announced more military drills around taiwan. so let's cross over to taipei and speak to t w's. zachary lee. hi,

good to see you. so what else was said in the press conference held by nancy pelosi antwan's president citing when well, if you're just seeing our report earlier this morning, local time, close, it didn't meet with the town is president how you win in a pretty presidential palace. and before that she met with don't make us here in a meeting, i think hello. see for her support of them. ok. take a value. been said she was committed to working with the us over security in taiwan straits and why did indo pacific region and pelosi during her speech. the us when bending it's commitment to tie one and she hopes to straighten ties in security. zachary, tell us how important this visit is in taiwan from nancy pelosi and what does taiwan stand to gain from it? well, pillows is visitor taiwan makes hola, high ranking use of be sure to visit taiwan in past 25 years. he means

a lot to taiwan is taiwan, has been facing continue, a diplomatic isolation. a fight is self isolated in the international society. so visit from a senior official of the us will be seen as a huge support from the us below this trip of course, is highly symbolic and a major victory for you as taiwan relations. however, we also have to note that this definitely would provoke china. even though there was no direct mation of china in the public remarks. now, zachary, are people in taiwan worried about the economic trade and the military implications for the country. busy well, you know, before, below pelosi arrived in taiwan time and people actually in fact, focus on domestic, easiest mold in her trip here. but no, we can feel that must tie one. these people now are actually happy to see pillows

this feed it and they are not worried at all. a bowler fits from china, says they actually have been facing the threads for years over some now are actually a bit worried about beat her exit faces. the china has scheduled to conduct august 4th, since this may be the very 1st time that china host many through drills in the area in so cool in taiwan. thank he, zachary zachary, in taipei well, policies is a to taiwan was not authorized by president joe biden. and was actually discouraged by the u. s. military. so let's go to washington d. c, and speak to dw sumi so much candor. so me great to see you. so it's safe to say that nancy pelosi is trip to taiwan is a big move. she's the highest ranking us politician in a quarter of a century to visit taiwan. but house her trip actually gone down in the u. s. well puzzle. there's certainly been a lot of coverage. all of the networks here were closely following her visit with

live coverage of her landing there. and here in washington, there has been a good deal of bipartisan support for the speaker at 26 senate republicans issued a statement saying that they stand behind her. and that they see this trip as consistent with the u. s. as one china policy. and, you know, during the trumpet ministration as china became a key focal point. the accusation had been and continues to be. the democrats have been to week on china, and i was watching fox news, which is the main network for the right wing here. and they were begrudgingly praising nancy pelosi as well, which is quite unusual. but i have to say the voices are makes on both sides of the aisle. so some commentators here pointing out the fact that the doesn't appear to be a strategy from nancy pelosi that she doesn't have a concrete outcome from this visit that she can achieve. and secondly, that the timing is not ideal because because the u. s. is already engaged in another huge security challenge, namely the war in ukraine. and that, that is going to be difficult to balance. and there is the concern that the u. s. i,

it might be on a collision course, essentially with 2 world powers, china and russia by aggravating china with a visit like this. and this comes at a time where beijing and moscow have already been deepening their line. so the concern pablo being that this could push them even closer into each other's arms, if you will. suit me. what about the white house? where does president biden stunned on nancy pelosi visit? well, it is a very complex issue. i mean, the white house, as you mentioned, president biden did express concern about nancy pelosi going to taiwan. and he did not actually tell her not to go, but there were concerns from the department of defense as well. and with the white house. so focused on the war in ukraine, it has been seen as a bit of a distraction, perhaps. but there has been some speculation that the white house might have privately condoned this visit by nancy pelosi as a way for the us to reaffirm its commitment to taiwan. and sand up to china without that actually coming directly from president biden and his administration. as you

know, nancy pelosi as the speaker of the house represents a different branch of the government. and you also have to remember that in general, we have seen a shift in the u. s. tone in rhetoric on taiwan the, the policy for a long time from the u. s. has been one of strategic ambiguity. so it has official diplomatic ties to china. but also unofficial ties to taiwan, supporting democracy there and president bite and just in may said openly that the u. s. would defend taiwan if china attacked the white house, try to walk back those statements. but the point they're pablo is that it could be said that this trip by nancy pelosi is not entirely out of line with what we've seen from the white house and from president biden himself to me briefly if you could. and you touched on it a little bit earlier. how much worse could relations actually gap between china and the us? well, the relationship certainly isn't in the best state at the moment. remember some of the pulls on this relationship, the biden ministration announcing that diplomatic boy caught the beijing olympics.

they've sparred over everything from economics to technology and security. so the relationship already isn't pretty frosty territory. it could get worse. pablo if we see a further, a retaliation or response from china if there's an escalation in that response and that the u. s. feels that it has to respond as well. there. we could see the, the retaliation or the deterioration rather of the relationship fall even further. thank you, sumi sumi so misconduct in washington dc. right, well, let's get you up to speed on some other stories making headlines around the world. voters in the us state of kansas have voted to maintain the right to abortion in the deeply conservative state. the vote was the 1st state wide ref random on abortion. since the u. s. supreme court overturned the national right to the procedure in june. the vote has been seen as a test case for abortion rights. nationwide, yelman's government and who the rebels have agreed to extend

a civil war troops for another 2 months. the currency fire has been in place since april the longest period of peace in 6 years. the conflict has caused famine and the deaths of tens of thousands will the us state department has warned of an increased risk of anti american violence. after a cia drones dr. kill the head of al qaeda. it's urged its citizens to be wary of possible terrorist attacks around the world in response to the death of i'm on our harry. he was targeted a drone strike in the afghan capital capital on sunday, raising tensions with the taliban regime. he was america's most wanted the mastermind behind 911 who evaded capture for 2 decades. i'm a nozzle worries. death is a major victory for us. president joe biden was one that comes nearly a year after washington's botched withdraw from afghanistan. ok, as green note, the white house says the strike in capital is proved that biden's over the horizon

strategy where threats are managed without boots on the ground is a success. so there, this action demonstrates that without american forces on the ground in afghanistan and in harm's way, we still remain able to identify and locate even the world's most one terrorist. and then take the action to remove him from the battlefield. that is the definition this mission of when we talked a year ago of over the horizon counterterrorism capability. but the victory also casts down on the taliban commitment to the 2020 doha agreement. the islamists vowed not to allow of ganeth down to become a safe haven for terrorists threatening the united states. yet as the worry was being housed in a mansion right in the capitol kaboom, it shows how valueless all the taliban assurances have been to the united states about not being in league with al qaeda. all he could not have been there could not

have been accorded this b. i t treatment. if not, the taliban were cheek angel with alcorda. with mistrust brewing efforts by the taliban to legitimize themselves on the world stage could suffer a major setback. now the 1st shift carrying ukrainian grain since exports restarted is now anchored off the coast of turkey, awaiting inspection the bull carrier. d. rezone is on route to lebanon. it's cargo is due to be inspected today under a u. n. deal to and russia's blockade. exports of wheat, corn, and other goods were halted when russia launched this war. in february, choking global food supplies it's a sign of hope for many the 1st cargo ship to leave ukraine. since the start of the conflict. there are 26000 tons of conan board headed to lebanon with

a very relieved crew. total obama can, it's so liberating after being stuck here for so long. it's an incredible feeling to be able to return to my homeland, to the bottom. about $20000000.00 tons of grain are still waiting to be exported from ukraine. but this 1st ship is an important start. say you are in 2nd to general good terrace. this sheep, the merchant vessel rosanna, is loaded with 2 commodities in short supply corn and hope. hope for millions of people around the world will depend on the smooth running of ukraine sports to feed their families. the ship made it out of ukrainian waters and reached the basra straight on tuesday evening. authorities of preparing to expect the ship's cargo under the terms of the united nations deal in agreement limited. i'm after arrival, procedures and inspection will be carried out by a delegation from turkey, russia, ukraine,

and the united nations. but not all the ship will then continue on its way subject to the results sooner a meanwhile in ukrainian ports on the black sea, 16 more grey freighters awaiting to depart to sports now and wimbledon champion. nova shock of h has thanked fans for a petition trying to help him travel to the us open tennis tournament later this month. but the u. s. is unlikely to change its covert 19 rules to allow the unvaccinated jock of it into the country. the online petition is closer to its target of $50000.00 signatures, jock, which says he's preparing as though he will be allowed to play. but his website shows no upcoming events. and the 1st hard court warm up tournament is under way in washington dc. and here's a reminder of the toughest top story we're following for you. this r u. s. high speaker nancy pelosi match with taiwanese president sy in when during

her visit to taiwan. it's the highest level trip to taiwan by a u. s. politician in 25 years. china has announced an increase to military exercises off taiwan coast, aim response to watching dw news from berlin. there's more news on our website, d, w dot com. and you can also of course, follow some social media. i'm pablo fo lillius in a few moments rob watts will bring you the latest and business news for me and the team take care elsie again at the top of the next hour. ah. a lead of contrast of ambitions inequality 75 years ago mahatma gandhi peacefully led the.