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done deadly as people are forced to fight for food handouts. ah, i'm british manager, welcome to the w news asia. glad you could join us. china is deploying patrol chips in the taiwan straits oz after the meeting between time on president sighing when and us house speaker kevin mccarthy begging scolding it a 3 day special joint patrol and inspection operation. now it involves multiple vessels led by the high shouldn't 6. that's what you see there, new screens. the aim is to extensively patrol and secure that navigation environment in the taiwan straits, china as a food gen mattie time. safety administration also announced and social media that the operation would involve boarding ships to inspect them. and a taiwan official categorically refused to accept such actions. warning of

a response hung you'll fall, ty, ones, maritime port bureau says the chinese coast guard requests to board our vessels for inspection. they should refuse and notify us. we will take action. so this doesn't become a new norm at the same time, time was also monitoring the chinese aircraft carrier son, dung that st out into the south, tennessee near taiwan for the 1st time. i won the defense minister called the timing of the deployment, tentative that china will respond isn't totally unexpected though. type a was an ease watching out for what paging does in the coming days. but on thursday morning, it's the foreign ministry in beijing have this to say meet hey uncle, go the u. s. and taiwan have colluded with each other to enable independent separatists to undertake political activities in the u. s. and carry out official exchanges between the u. s. and taiwan, improving us taiwan relations under the pretext of transit. this violates the one

china principal, and the 3 china us joint communicate violates china sovereignty and territorial integrity and sense the wrong signals. china will take foreign measures to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity. when beijing se steady total integrity, it includes taiwan as part of that territory, it doesn't recognize the island as a self governing entity and has left the option open to re unify with it with force if needed. which is why the meeting between sign when and us house speaker, kevin mccarthy. the 2nd in line to the us presidency assumes so much significance. it was historic for another reason as well. the 1st such meeting on us soil since $979.00. but yeah, when washington switched diplomatic recognition from ty pay to beijing, saying when was on her way back from central america when she made this strategic stop over in california, she was welcomed by us half because kevin mccarthy,

despite china's explicit warning that the meeting should not take place, but the peer use that talks to present a united front against asians increasingly aggressive military posturing. the friendship between the people of taiwan and america as a matter of profound importance to the free world. and it is critical to maintain equally ami freedom, peace and regional stability. they also discussed speeding up arms deliveries from the us to taiwan and highlighted the threats the island faces. the person, an unwavering support. reassure the people of taiwan that we are not isolated. as we are not however, it is no secret that today the peace that we have maintained and the democracy

which have worked hard to build up facing. i'm president, it challenges china's foreign ministry was quick to condemn the meeting. saying washington had crossed a line and acted provocatively relating more for us not to go further down. quote, the wrong path ah, focused on the economic crisis is hitting its poorest. hardest in freshman, is that a 50 year high and food has become on affordable for millions. the impact is proving deadly. a parent absolute death bell. this father is grieving the death of the 7 year old boy. just days ago, he was killed in a crash. the boy was among the women and children quite got that at the factory in karachi to collect donations of money and food. at least 11 people died. we're like, little bit of a gun. there were no rules at the factory and my son got trampled there. i'm

totally devastated. there are other people like me whose children were killed. women who had nothing to eat when bad guys eat, can't the government see that people are dying of hunger? that when you go to law, you're what linda than the other. there have been other deadly treasures to ever since that will the month of ramadan begin a dime when business owners often give out donations, especially to the poor, come with this year, demand has been overwhelming. people stealing flour in broad daylight has also become a common site. at this distribution center police fight whitman's in the air to disperse people who had got there to collect free flour. pakistan is going to its worst economic crisis in years with inflation climbing to more than 30 percent last year. devastating floods which destroyed many

crops have both and the current economic turmoil, food prices are searching. and so if poverty demand over the number of people needing aid has increased, the conditions people are living in especially the working class is not as it's been before. they used to spend 50 percent of their income on food. but now they have to spend 70 to 80 percent of in gonzales of the cities, a bit of unrest, an uncertainty at formidable challenges for the country of around $220000000.00 people, many of whom are fighting for survival gentlemen. i understood you for more context is did a report abuse driver. british welcome to we know how many people in boxes on are currently food insecure. it is 35000000 people in pakistan. it is almost half the population of talents a dis, number of people in pakistan are fought in figure,

which means they're not getting nutritious meals every day. and the un faith out of this, almost 8000000 in pakistan. 5th, emergency levels of food insecurity. but many economists believe that the current food crisis, if pushing many more into poverty and the thing that we have seen and that a board at the distribution center, it shows that people are risking their lives just to get some flavor for their families. and most of the people were lining up for hours. i'd women and most of the people who have been killed and injured in crushes in these crushes, i women because women are seeing their children go hungry and they won't risk anything. they can just to feed their children. so i think the situation is really dire. so in many ways you seems, if you're seeing in the distributions, i've does across pakistan, articulate really the economic crisis that has grouped the country. i think the scenes at these distribution centers have exposed the levels of our work in

pakistan, biker fan of going through its worst economic graces in the us. but if and doesn't have enough money to pay for vital inputs, which means the industrial are being impacted. so v c m dexter factories are being shut down more by assembling factories are being closed and they're fighting people . and the people that we see at this distribution center, they were not the most foreigners or the most vulnerable people. they were maybe affect to workers to belong to me below middle class of pakistan. but because now they have lost their jobs. they do not have any other source of income. they would already hand them out. they didn't have any savings. so now they have suddenly become poor and they have no option but to stand in line for august, just to get some food for their family crisis that's pushing people into poverty. but in addition to this, vinnish people's monthly budgets have also been hit over here. so i'll give an example just in march on the prices were up 35 percent as compared to last year. so

it means the prices of basic a food items such as flour were raised lentils. it has gone, saw up that now people are forced to spend most of them in gun on food and they have to go down very expensive drastically are for instance, i know that our families will have pulled out their children from school or who won't wear it trying to admit their children to school, to work closer to their home. so they can. and 5th, transportation costs in some families and they have maybe taken one child out of school. so they're just letting maybe one j go to school. they're making deficient, such as selling their guys and buying motor bikes because the expense of food and groceries has gone so up, they are forced to reduce that expenses. so bitter gresham, what is the government doing about all this that i think the government has completely clueless on how to resolve this economic crisis. and often they make the situation worse. for instance, the flea flowers scheme, if it's

a floor plan because back of an already has systems in place that the government could have used to teach them was while little and don't be at or, or the government could have used this to give donations in a more respectful way august and also has a vast network of engineers that could have been used to deliver our flowers. so i think the government and some critic fair the government tried to use to scheme or to gain political advantage. but i think that there was so much about breast because of that and injuries and in the crushes that i think they probably will not get any political advantage out of the situation when you call the government unity dog. but political advances, the government itself is in crisis because if there is a political crisis as well as grouping, but is that? yeah, because i was also going through our political crisis fence barkus and our former prime minister him longhand was ousted. he has been demanding our elections. the government is not accepting the demand that is still made. it seems like boys are,

these are fighting due again, political power. so they're fighting for their own interests and gains. and they have brought their battles to the streets and to the court. and in all of that, girls are they have forgotten that people of bacchus on are suffering. they're dying of hunger, they're dying in these crushes, waiting in lines just to get some food for their families. do you see things good in british, i'm in the shorter and i think the only hope was ah, the lord payment of i am. if our buck is on has been negotiating with, i am if to get this a payment of $1100000000.00, but so far it has not been able to fulfill all the requirements and conditions of the i m. as in the short run. this would be a solution if a box on is able to get this along beam and bit of the part of the $6.00 begin loan program. but in the long run, i think august on has to or what hot it's system it has to in west ah,

in maybe it's in its young people in increasing their capacity in losing their education. it has to improve the education institute of the country, has to develop, invest in short and medium enterprises, which are the backbone of economy. and it has to pick up, for instance, also may become less dependent on imported fuel. so it has to make a big decisions. don't make the it got it, not mixed off the country better visually with that. thanks so much for coming in. you back better than there is well with you to morrow. i come had a t. she's how t v highlights you every week in your in box subscribe. now time once again, a brain update because this orchestra

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a bit of happiness for the cities for them. i'm chris global. welcome to program average inflation for latin american countries stood at almost 15 percent last year . the international monetary fonts us is creating a crisis, particularly for those who have already been struggling. now the leaders of 1111 american countries say they forged to plan to address the issue. as argentina's, inflation rate of almost 100 per cent, saps earning power and outstrips wages. 67 year old jorge pedro r mo, has found a painful solution. juggling 3 jobs is a metal worker, a part time salesman, of flip flops, medical creams, and honey, and as a soccer coach. our mo, who lives in the outskirts of the capital one as iris works 7 days a week, every week to stave off poverty. that affects almost 4 and 10 people in the south american country.