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russia's invasion. in brazil at least four children are killed in a school attack. the assailant used a hatchet and handed himself over to police. authorities and the u.k. shut down a popular cybercrime website. genesis mark was one of the world's biggest criminal market places. ♪ welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. it has been a day of global diplomacy on three fronts. in the program we will be in poland where ukraine president has firmed up ties with one of his closest allies. french president emmuel macron has been in china trying to convince beijing's leaders to end the war in ukraine. we begin in california where the taiwanese president has been meeting with u.s. house speaker kevin mccarthy and a bipartisa

delegation of lawmakers. >> the friendship between two people of taiwan and america is of profound importance to the free world, and its critical to maintain economic freedom, peace, and regional stability. it we will honor our obligations and to reiterate our commitment to our shared values behind which all americans are united. >> i want to thank speaker mccarthy for his warm hospitality and for his invitation to bipartisan congressional leaders who have taken time out of their busy schedules to join us today. their presence and a wavering support reassures the people of taiwan that we are not [indisrnible] anchor: the taiwanese president is the first to meet with a

house speaker on u.s. soil, and it is part of the president's american tour. last week she flew to a dinner with a private think tank. at the time she had also quietly met with three u.s. senators there. dan sullivan of alaska and joni ernst of iowa as well as democratic senator mark kelly of arizona. she then made her way to central america for official visits to guatemala and belize, two of taiwan's world allies. on her way back she made a stop in los angeles, califoia where she met with house speaker kevin carthy. it is her seventh trip to the united states in his many years as you became president in 2016. >> these transits by high-level taiwanese authities are nothing new. they are private.

they are unofficial. but they have been going on for years, and president tsai and her predecessors have done the same thing. anchor: with me now is a democratic congressman from massachusetts who serves on the house select committee on strategic competition with china. and he has been taking part in these meetings. thank you for joining us. what was discussed with president tsai in these meetings. >> the important partnership between our nations, not just our security partnership but our economic partnership and the opportunities to improve that. we talked about a wide range of issues. there is obviously a very real concern about china innovating taiwan, so we talked about military deterrence, but we also talk a lot about economic competition. trade issues and trade opportunities, and we talked about our allies in the region. anchor: if we talk about the

threat of a chinese attack on taiwan, did the president specifically ask for assurances from the u.s.? >> she did not ask for any change in our long-standing policy, but she did ask that we accelerate the delivery of weapon systems and other things that we are working to provide. our goal here is peace, and we are sitting at the reagan library. we understand that you achieve peace through strength. we went to make it clear to the chinese communist party and xi jinping that invading taiwan is a bad idea, and there is going to be a united alliance will post that just as the west has stood together against putin's invasion of ukraine. anchor: what can the u.s. provide to taiwan as an insurance? is it these weapon deliveries? >> that is an important part of the picture, but this is not

just about military confrontation. this is an incredibly important economic partnership. we know that taiwan is opening semiconductor manufacturing plants in the united states. that is good for both of our economies and further strengthens the economic partnership between our nations. wealked about the important allied relationships we have in southeastern asia. japan and south korea that are worried about this new provocative stance from the chinese and how we can be stronger allies both economically and militarily together. there is a wide ranging discussion, and that is what you should expect from two democratic allies. anchor: we have seen china's written countermeasures and we saw the new york times reporting a representative and chair of the foreign affairs committee saying that will need another delegation to taiwan this weekend. are all of these visits risking

further escalation with china? >> you talk with your friends and neighbors and even your adversaries. that is what diplomacy is all about. what is provocative her is the fact that the chinese communist party is attacking the west for having these meetings. the idea that a democratic ally, the president of a democratic ally cannot sit down with the speaker of the u.s. house of representatives on u.s. soil, which is what china is saying that that is somehow provocative, that is absurd. we talk with our allies all the time across multiple administrations and different parties. we have always had a close working relationship with taiwan, so there is nothing new here from the united states or taiwan what is new is the level of provocative threats coming out of the chinese communist party day-to-day. anchor: i went to ask you about taiwan's interest in this on the bbc we featured a headline.

of being love to death?in danger the question is if taiwan's own interests are being drowned out as they are being squeezed between the interest of washington and beijing, what is your response to that? >> i did not see that at all in this meeting. when i saw was an equal partnership between our nations, a partnership based on the principle of peace and stability. the fact that neither of us want an authoritative chinese communist party to invade and take over a democracy. an important democratic ally. that is the shared goal between taiwan and the united states. and you heard that in the discussions behind the scenes and decide on display at the press conference. anchor: what action will you and your colleagues -- we know this is one of those rare bipartisan meetings.

what actions wil you and your colleagues take forward in congress? >> we are having those discussions now about what we can do to further this partnership. the rest of the world, that we are advocates for peace and we will continue to ensure peace around taiwan. anchor: thank you for joining us on our program. let's get the bigger picture with the managing director of the indo pacific program at the german marshall fund. thank you for joining us. we were just talking to congressman milton about this, but i would like to ask you as well. what is the taiwanese president looking to get from these meetings, and what can she take home with her? >> i think taiwan's president just wants to further solidify a relationship with the united states, but this is a real legacy issue for her. she has been in power for seven

years, and she wants to demonstrate she has achieved the goal of having an unprecedentedly strong relatiship with the u.s. as far as concrete things go, there are some asks she is perhaps discussing privately including in the economic realm. for example, taiwan would like have a tree or agreement that would prevent double taxation. taiwanese investors in the united states, the u.s. investing in taiwan e now playing -- paying tax both places. anchor: why is the chinese government responding so vigorously to everything for taiwanese leadership is doing right now where does that tell us where president xi is? >> i do not think it tells us xi

jinping is close to considering an attack, but it does demonstrate xi jinping ones to be seen as protecting the territorial sovereignty of his country just like his predecessors. xi jinping views of taiwan as part of china, and the chinese communist party is worried about being seen as too potentially soft or weak on this issue. beijing is concerned about having it red lines crossed. a redline is not a visit or meeting with speaker mccarthy, but rather a declaration of independence by taiwan and potentially united states recognizing an independent taiwan. i do not think either of those things are in the cards but the chinese are concerned this is a possible outcome. anchor: it seems like we are inching closer to those red lines as we have seen the rhetoric escalated between china

and the u.s. how concerned are you about threats and countermeasures? >> i do not think the united states will support an independent taiwan. president biden has said it is not u.s. policy to support two china's. the chinese are likely to respond, maybe even retaliate. we saw a chinese aircraft carrier earlier todayperating in the southeastern side of taiwan. we might see more military activities like we saw with speaker pelosi was in taiwan last august. so there is some pential for increased military friction and the potential for asking -- accident and escalation. hopefully there will be dialogue between united states and china and a resumption of dialogue between typing -- taipei and

beijing. anchor: great to get your thoughts on this story. as taiwan's president sweeps of the u.s., western leaders have been making their way to china. french president emmanuel macron is on a visit there in a bid to get beijing to play a bigger role in ending the war in ukraine. the european union president as joined macron. the french president says china could use its close links with pressure to stop the war in ukraine. >> china has proposed a peace plan, and we have welcomed it. do we agree with it in its entirety? no, but it is interesting. it shows willingness to commit to resolving the conflict, sit is not a peace plan. it is a desired to have a path toward these and hope to

participate in initiatives that are useful to the ukrainian population. anchor: as macron made a push in china ukraine's president has been in poland calling for a coalition of countries to supply his country with warplanes. zelenskyy delivered a speech in warsaw and said russia would not win a war in ukraine when ukraine and poland stand shoulder to shoulder. adam easton was there and has more. correspondent: it was an important visit by president zelenskyy to one of ukraine's key allies, poland. the president says ukraine was grateful for the helpful and has given to its country since the beginning of the war. poland has welcomed more than one million ukrainian refugees and has been urging european countries to step up military assistance. this visit abend as nato foreign ministers wrapped up a two day meeting in brussels where ukraine was one of the main

topics. at the end of the meeting the nato chief said continued support for ukraine was essential, but he also made a warning. he says any chinese supply of lethal weapons for russia would be a historic mistake. this diplomatic activity happens as ukraine is planning what is expected to be a major offensive to try to take back territory under occupation. officials here say the military still needs more help such as fighter jets. nearly 1/5 of the country remains under occupation, so the ukrainian face major challenges on the battlefield. anchor: thanks. now to brazil where at least four young children have been killed in an attack at a kinderrten in the south of the country. a man wielding a hatchet attacked the children in the playground.

let's get straight to our correspondent. what can you tell us about the circumstances of this attack? correspondent: this 25-year-old man invaded a day care ceer earlier today. he attacked children who were playing in an outdoor area. he had them in the neck with a hatchet. four children were killed, five were injured and are now being treated in the hospital. the police gave up press conference just now and shared more details about the suspect. he had a criminal record with at least four different offenses. he had been arrested in the past in possession of cocaine. he tried to stab his own stepfather and also hurt a dog with a knife. he is going to be charged with murder and attempt murder, and we are waiting for new information to come out. anchor: how common are attacks

like these? correspondent: in brazil, last year there were four school attacks. this year there were two. these are scary numbers for brazil because in the past five years news like that was not common at all. in the state where this all happened today, in 2021 a similar attack happened in a kindergarten. an8-year-old killed three children and three teachers with the knife, and since then the police informed us today they have been conducting a task force to prepare teachers to respond to assaults and map vulnerable schools and potential suspects. there is a big debate in brazil today about why these types of crimes have been becoming more common and what can the country do to prevent them.

anchor: camilla reporting there for us. thank you. in other news, a tornado struck the u.s. state of missouri early morning on wednesday killing at least five people and leaving others injured. authorities report widespread damage to the area as they continue to search for survivors. residents remain on watch for further tornadoes. this storm is just the latest to devastate the u.s. south and midwest in the last few weeks. the husnd of scotland's former first minister has been arrested in conction with an investigation into scottish national party finances. peter morel resigned after holding the post for more than 20 years. he has bee taken into police custody for questioning. his residence and glascow was searched as part of the investigation. at the u.n. chief has strongly condemned the taliban for barring afghan women from working for the organization.

female staff are essential to operations and this move is harmful. afghan employees, both men and women, and women, have been told not to report to work for the next few days until there is more clarity. a defiant donald trump has told his supporters that the u.s. is going to hell after becoming the first former american president to face criminal charges. mr. trump pleaded not guilty 34 counts of falsifying business records yesterday. the cases relate to an alleged sh-money payments to a former adult filmtar stormy daniels. correspondent: trump supporters lined the streets to welcome you back to florida, and you can see he is clearly loving it after what must of like a humiliating courtroom ordeal in new york. the former president used a primetime speech from his mar-a-lago residence to attack the prosecutor who has charged him with 34 felony crimes. >> and i never thought anything

like this could happen in america. never thought it could happen. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. correspondent: donald trump looked much less confident when he appeared in court. now that his lawyers have seen the detailed charges they are more confident mr.rump can win this cas >> you are charging the president of the united states with grimes, r that will never be sustained in a court of law because they do not exist. correspondent: donald trump believes this prosecution could help his election prospects. he is center stage in his party, and his rivals support his claim that he is being targeted unfairly for political reasons. >> we are a nation in decline, and now these radical left lunatics want to interfere with our elections by using law

enforcement. we cannot let that happen. correspondent: things have calmed down outside of manhattan's criminal court, and donald trump will not be back until december when the next hearing is scheduled. he is facing several other legal investigations over the january 6 riots, classified documents found at his home in florida and over a election interference in the state of georgia. next year donald trump may be having to defend himself into several different legal cases at the same time as running his third presidential election campaign. anchor: one of the world's biggest criminal marketplaces used by online fraudsters to buy passwords has been shut down after a global police investigation. known as genesis market, the site sold login details and personal data allowing people to log into people's bank accounts.

2 million people may have fallen victim around the world, and tensf thousands of them in the u.k. as daniel sanford reports. >> opened the door. correspondent: a raid at the home of a suspected fraudster. the start of an international operation against alleged hackers who steal from online bank accounts and shopping sites. here officers from the national crime agency arrested a man in his0's onuspicion of fraud and computer misuse, one of 24 people arrested in the u.k. the target of the raids was the genesis market website, a one-stop shop for hackers who could log and buy stolen passports from bank accounts, paypal accounts aor services like amazon, uber and netflix. what it was dangerous about the data being sold on the market

website was it was not just login details. hackers could purchase what is known as word digital fingerprints, browser information, your ip address and physical location. when hackers locked into a bank account or shopping website, it really did look as if they were the original user. hackers trying to use genesis market today did not get the usual login page. they got this message from the fbi saying that the website had been seized as part of operation cookie monster, a record to the fact that one of the things the marketplace was selling was computer cookies to help hackers impersonate personal users. for too long criminals have stolen credentials. we now want criminals to be afraid that we have their credentials, and they should be. correspondent: the national crime agency advises members of the public that to avoid fraud theyuld take software

updates on their phones and computers, use strong passwords and were possible use two factor authentication. that is when a text message is sent as part of the login process. anchor: buckingham palace has indicated that after the coronation the queen consort will be known as queen camilla. at the title has been used on the formal invitation to next month or possibly a ceremony where she crowned alongside the king. at the invitation itself has been printed on recycled paper with ornate illustrations including a figure representing rebirth. before we g, possibly a first onhis program, a cap video, but not just any cap video -- cat video, but not just any. someone was delivering prayers in algeria on monday when

cat decided to get in on the service. the sheik responded tenderly and got right back on his prayers. he posted this video to his official facebook page. see the full video on our website by the way. thank you for watching world news america. do not forget that you can go to our website bbc news.com for all of the latest information. narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.

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