ah ah ah, this is the w news live from by lead china steps up its military activity around taiwan aging puts on it biggest show of force around the island indicates following a controversial visit by us. how speaker nancy pelosi, also coming up, a forest fire in burn and fire fighting struggle amid the heat wave to contain bee

uncontrollable blaze, which is broken out at a police, munitions, and step ah, i man keeps mckinnon. thanks so much for joining us. china is stepping up its military activity around taiwan as tensions rise, following the visit of us, how speak and nancy pelosi beijing is preparing its biggest show of force around taiwan. in decades the government and ty pay says it scramble jets, torn off chinese aircraft that entered its air defense zone. a number of ty would needs ministry. websites have come under cyber attack. and pollution left taiwan pledging washington's i inquired, commitment to defending democracy the people's liberation

army released these images of china, launching its biggest show forth against taiwan in decades. navy and air force drills indicated in blue, have encircled the self governing island that china claims as its own. the drills included what asian cold precision missiles strikes in the taiwan strait. this new escalation comes as beijing his back for us house baker, nancy pelosi visit to tie pe. pelosi reaffirmed us commitment to defending ty, ones, democracy as the islands government scramble jets to ward of chinese aircraft. encroaching on the air space was in full like our government is even more resolute to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our nation. in light of the current situation, our government will not only actively strengthen its self defense capabilities, but will also maintain close ties with like minded countries. like united states.

the issue has dominated a meeting of the association of southeast asian nations in cambodia, capital non pen with china and the united states joining the summit in his opening remarks, china's foreign minister emphasized the political and security ties between china and assay on countries. laura, we have guarded the peace facing the turbulence of the national security. the 2 sides have strengthened to strategic communication jointly tackled the challenges of various spillover effects and jointly maintained the uneasily achieved stability in the region. us ian is positioning itself as a negotiator. it's cold for all sides to de escalate warning, a miscalculation could lead to open conflict. okay, that's taking place to look at all of this with d. w. joyce lee who is in, ty pay. hi joyce. can you give us an update? what's the situation in taiwan?

right now, well up to now, china has fired more than 10 ballistic missiles to the north east and south west of the island. high wants defense ministry that they have activated the missile defense systems. the drew was initially planned to last for 3 days, but the p o a announced today that they will extend it for more one more day until monday thy fire drew is take place in 7 songs, including an area just 20 kilometers from the south of south and city gal shown the thing is china often holds military drills in the taiwan strait, but what we're seeing now is something else entirely. tell us why these latest exercises, so worrying. well, the true is unprecedented. this is the 1st time beijing tries to encircle the island like this. the de facto a blockade is a direct challenge to free air and sea navigation ponies. fishermen rush to go back

to the pulse full safety as for international flights. departing in a rocking in taiwan, they have to fly alternative routes to avoid the dangerous stones. it's was no tang done on china's social media. waybill and we chat chinese citizens have express huge disappointment at beijing to lack of action to stop hello see from of visiting taiwan manny we're expecting to appeal a chew, tech hope laying down, but it didn't happen. and the public, this content is a huge blow to seizing things authority, especially when his under pressure to look strong ahead of a party meeting later this yet, man, you fear the pressure could prompt china to take even tougher measures against taiwan. and that drew could be, you know, practicing for a future invasion. ok, now china is of course also flexing its muscles economically, but beijing is taiwan. is biggest trading pot and it's already moved to ban imports

of some goods. can you tell us what consequences that will have the tie one yes, china has suspended imports off more than a 2000 foot products from taiwan, including t, honey and see if we are products that is around 2 thirds of all the roger to serve foot input items from, from taiwan in a past, china hit single product from the primary sector as a chess specific fruit or fish. but this time they're targeting process 1st to the damage could be size of all. and keep in mind that taiwan is holding a low co election in november when our photos typically focus on local, economic and social issues. so china's bank we can tie wants ruling party d p, p in the coming election w's. joyce lee, thanks so much for that update from taipei. ok, let's get you up to speed on some of the other stories making headlines around the

world. un secretary general antonio garish has urged governments to introduce special taxes on the profits of oil and gas companies. his comments come off to some of the world's biggest energy firmed posted record quarterly profits driven by surging energy prices. terrorist said it was immoral for companies to profit from the crisis. the government of honduras has deployed the military to help eradicate coca plantations in the countries north. east 5 people were arrested as soldiers cut down thousands of plants growing in the mountainous colon region. authorities play the operation as part of the policy to stop under us from becoming a cocaine, producing country, or sorry, she is, are blaming arsonists for a wildfire and north western spain. the bay started in the autonomy region of galicia. spain is having its worst year on record for wildfires and has lost more land to them than any other country in europe. and the 1st ship carrying grain from

ukraine since the war began is on its way to lebanon. after passing inspections in turkey, monitors from the un ukraine, turkey and russia checked the rezone, and it's hoped further shipments will now be able to lead ukrainian ports. now, emergency services are at the scene of a large fire in berlin's guna vite forest. the blaze broke out at a police, munitions, des po, with the fire service reporting a number of explosions. authorities say some 15000 square meters of wooded area, a burning uncontrollably with a heat wave complicating fire fighting efforts. a perimeter has been set up in case of further explosions and flying debris. now the destination site houses, munitions, and fireworks. 6 among other explosives of fire fighting helicopter has been requested and the german army is also on site. the fire is disrupted road and rail

traffic. and for more we're going across straight to dw correspondent emmanuel shares his live at the scene for us. emma, we're hearing fire fighters can't actually get to the blaze because it's still too dangerous. i want more information. do you have for us right now? well indeed, i mean it's simply too dangerous to go on the side of the fire because there's a risk of further explosions. and this is why we are here on the scene where actually it has been called an after fire has been cordoned off. there is a, you know, a 1000 meters from the fire and exclusion. oh, so where nobody can come in at all, so not firefighters. so as it stands, they are watching the fire, but they do not control it yet in that zone is already 15000 square meters of

forest which are burnt. now, i actually live just 5 kilometers from the size. i heard the explosions in the early hours. they were massive, but from what we're hearing that the surrounding areas, the people who live close by aren't at risk. is that right now the situation remains are very dangerous, very volatile. it's not under control yet, but so far, residential area is not addressed. residents are not at risk either. however, this fire has already disrupted many infrastructures. i'm thinking about public transport with trains are being stopped or a buses are being re directed and of course the need by more to way being close. but so far that there is no danger of roughly 10000 inhabitants living in that area now, and berlin is still facing a heat wave, isn't it? it's really hot here at the moment. air temperature is expected to reach 37,

presumably that's not making the fire fighters work an easier it definitely a dozen. i was speaking earlier to the spokesperson after firefighters. and he was saying that, you know, they have to wear the uniform, which is there to protect them. but you can imagine just when they have to work in such conditions how hard this would be. so there's 2 challenges for them today. first to reach the site of the fire and then manners to go through that there with that hate wave. it is very hard on everyone, but there's over a 105 fridays from belinda. so go to enforcement for the from the army. as i said, police officers are there. everyone is marvelous here to try and you know, raining this fire as quickly as possible. the w's a manual shares. thanks so much. now health experts have long said that breastfeeding is the most beneficial way to feed a baby,

yet the united nation says that less than half of all infants are exclusively breastfed in their 1st 6 months. it's currently world breastfeeding. we can so the u. n. is trying to raise awareness of the issue. in this next report we're going to take a look of france, which for years is had one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world. marlene and matthew has a very young visited work today. a 5 month old daughter boone, she's a 3rd shaped mullins still breastfeed, so once or twice a day. the world health organization says breast moved is the ideal food for infants providing essential nutrients that help protect against illness. brutal, also green formula. since melinda lawyer had to go back to work 3 months after her book, but juggling works, she says, isn't the only challenge when it comes to breastfeeding her daughter in france? all citizen cuz people are surprised, did i still breastfeed her? i came back from hospital after her birth and was really exhausted. people would

say, why are you torturing yourself by breastfeeding? take it easy, your husband should take her. now. i did feel a bit enjoyable torn. luke examined what was his hotel mother? this is her decision to nurse starting with the 1st child 6 years ago, was not an easy one. i felt a bit alone. i was surprised when staff at the maternity hospital gave my son a feeding bottle without my consent. i really wanted to breastfeed him. it was the 1st sign that something was wrong. it have come out with the mother phony. mullins experience is not unusual in france. statistics showed that less than 70 percent of mothers will start breastfeeding at all. and the number drops to just 22 percent of the 6 months. experts see a big reason is frances, relatively short maternity leave. just 16 weeks after baby's book. but the aversion to nursing once deeper than that carol l. v is a private lactation consultant in northern paris. she helps future mothers prepare

to breast feed and helps troubleshoot when there's a problem with our privilege, very up to dishes, advising a client over the phone or so from our caroll says women wanting to breastfeed in france. fis, an uphill battle because of the lack of awareness across society. but it's a great lack of supports support from the community in general, the health care professional or talk with help know much, much about breastfeeding. so as soon as there's a some kind of issue, they will say, well, then you can go home, you know, maybe you can drop right, breastfeeding and, and use a bottle of french feminists on the 17th weren't really in breastfeeding, in comparison to the swedes or the mothers, our mothers didn't breast feed. so we don't have a culture that supports breastfeeding. despite its look, breastfeeding weights, france is far from being the only country,

but mothers switch early to infant formula. the world health organization says that across the globe, less than half of all newborns abreast fit within the 1st i will put or drink breastmilk exclusively for the recommended 6 months. not that you're up to date. business is coming up next with my colleague, benefits and, and, and remember, you can always find more news on our website at c, w dot com or follow us on social media at the www. you need that. i monica mckinnon . thanks for watching and have a lovely day with let's be honest summer.