is her threaten the solomon islands with sanctions condemning their decision to recognize taiwan as chinese american vice president mike pence turned down an invitation to meet with the leader of the solomons to discuss further partnership. the decision by the solomon islands to change its diplomatic recognition from taiwan to the people's republic of china has consequences they're hurting is storage strong relationship by doing this is a setback and it's prioritizing short term gain with china over a long term commitment with the us the us says its assistance to the solomon islands is now under review but cutting aid is not the only measure washington is threatening to impose u.s. senators wanted ny access to american banks. and now i will begin exploring ways to cut of ties with the solomon islands including potentially ending financial assistance and restricting access to u.s. dollars and banking. back in the 1970 s. the u.s. president richard nixon did the same as the solomon islands now recognizing taiwan as chinese and trying to piece the economic ties with beijing and travel to china

the decision by the solomon islands to change its diplomatic recognition from taiwan to the people's republic of china has consequences they're hurting is sturrock strong relationship by doing this is a setback and it's prioritizing short term gain with china over a long term commitment with the u.s. the u.s. now says its assistance to the solomon islands is under review but cutting aid is not the only measure washington is threatening to impose u.s. senators also want to cut access to american banks and now i will begin exploring ways to cut of ties with the solomon islands including potentially ending financial assistance and restricting access to u.s. dollars and banking or back in the 970 s. the u.s. actually recognized taiwan is chinese as well then president richard nixon tried to boost economic ties with beijing but things are now very different with the u.s. and china engaged in a bitter trade war constitutional law erik's a rock concert as the u.s. is looking for excuses to destabilize the asian region. the united states at this point is beginning to resort to old cold war t

now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world china and the solomon islands have fully established diplomatic ties after the solomons broke off relations with taiwan it was one of 2 pacific island nations to switch their allegiance to beijing this week who would buy the promise of economic investment only 15 countries worldwide now recognize taiwan's independence from china. the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for a bomb blast on a minibus in iraq that killed 12 people and wounded 5 others the explosion near the shiite shrine city of karbala was one of the biggest since the iraqi government declared i-s. defeated in the country 2 years ago. foreman is in president. ben ali has been buried in the saudi holy city of dana and ali was the 1st lady to be toppled by the arab spring protests in 2011 is led to saudi arabia where he lived in exile until his death on thursday. and security forces have been deployed to central cairo after a rare anti-government protests broke out on friday evening in the egyptian capital as well as other egyptian citi

china and the solomon islands have formally established diplomatic ties after the solomons broke off relations with taiwan it was one of 2 pacific island nations to switch their allegiance to beijing this week lured by the promise of economic investment only 15 countries worldwide now recognize taiwan's independence from china. organizers of a climate march in paris have told protesters to call it quits following violent clashes between police and radical activists who authorities said had infiltrated the rally on twitter the organizer said the conditions for a nonviolent march are not in place. security forces have been deployed to central cairo after rare anti-government protests broke out friday evening in the capital and other cities demonstrators called on president. to step down amid allegations of widespread corruption. that cash saying don't be scared she has to go the message from hundreds of protesters in and around tahrir square in cairo egypt calling on president abdel fattah el-sisi to step down. that path that. these demonstrations are a rarity in today's. it sparked by

china and a saw them solomon islands have formally established diplomatic ties after the solomons broke off for a license with taiwan it was one of 2 pacific island nations to switch their allegiance to beijing this week who would buy the promise of economic investment and the 15 countries worldwide now recognize taiwan's independence from china. the so-called islamic state has claimed for sponsibility for a bomb blast on a minibus in iraq that killed 12 people and wounded 5 others the explosion the shiite shrine city of karbala was one of the biggest since the iraq government declared the defeated in the country to use ago. so hong kong now where clashes broke out again on saturday during another way can of pro-democracy protests police tried to disperse several 1000 people using tear gas and brandishing firearms the mount started peacefully but skirmishes soon broke out. i seen such as these are becoming all too familiar tear gas fills the air as police and protesters clashed in hong kong streets road satellite the 2 sites have been facing off every weekend for 4 months what started a

china and the solomon islands have established diplomatic ties after the solomons broke off for a license with taiwan the pacific nation switched its allegiance to beijing this week lured by the promise of economic investment on the 5th thing countries now recognize taiwan's independence from china. were. old enough 1000 parachutists have written acted one of the biggest ally defenses of the 2nd world war landings in occupied holland in september 19th 44 was supposed to clear a path into not hegemony but the allies lost the battle of on them with a heavy loss of life on both sides. protesters in hong kong gearing up for another day of pro-democracy rallies for months after the demonstrations began violence flared again on saturday police tried to disperse several 1000 people using tear gas and brandishing firearms the march started peacefully but skirmishes soon burka. the. scenes such as these are becoming all too familiar tear gas fills the air as police and protesters clashed in hong kong streets road satellite the 2 sites have been facing off every weekend for 4 months what started as

china and the solomon islands have formally established diplomatic ties after the solomons broke off relations with taiwan it was one of 2 pacific island nations to switch their allegiance to beijing on this week they would buy the promise of economic investment only 15 countries worldwide now recognize taiwan's independence from china. a bomb aboard a minibus in iraq has killed 12 people and wounded 5 others the blast near the shiite shrine city of karbala is one of the biggest since the defeat of i.a.'s in the country 2 years ago iraq's prime minister says security forces have detained a suspect. formative years in president. ben ali has been buried in the saudi holy city of medina and ben ali was the 1st lady to be toppled by the arab spring protests in 2011 if led to saudi arabia where he lived in exile until his death on the day. the security forces. has been deployed in central cairo after a rare anti-government protests broke out friday evening in the egyptian capital as well as other cities demonstrators called on president abdel fattah el-sisi to step down amid allegations of

china and the solomon islands have established diplomatic ties after the solomons broke off relations with taiwan the pacific nation switched its the legions to beijing this week blew it by the promise of economic investment only 15 countries now recognize taiwan's independence from china. and parachutists have played a starring role at a ceremony in the netherlands commemorating one of the biggest ally the fanciest of the 2nd world war when september 19th 4435000 paratroopers landed in the operation to capture key broads and bridges from the nazis was unsuccessful. to hong kong now where clashes broke out again on saturday during another weekend of pro-democracy protests police tried to disperse several 1000 people using tear gas and brandy's brandishing firearms the march started peacefully but skirmishes soon burka. the. scenes such as these are becoming all too familiar tear gas fills the air as police and protesters clashed in hong kong streets road satellite the 2 sites have been facing off every weekend for 4 months what started as anger over a proposed extradition law has grow

china and the solomon islands have established diplomatic ties off to the solomons broke off for license with taiwan the pacific nation switched its allegiance to beijing this week blew it by the promise of economic investment only 15 countries now recognize taiwan's independence from china. and more than a 1000 parachutes have reenacted one of the biggest defenses of the 2nd world war the landings in occupied holland in september 19th $44.00 was supposed to be to clear a path rather into nazi germany the allies lost the battle of phantom with heavy loss of life on both sides. to hong kong now where clashes broke out again on saturday during another weekend of pro-democracy protests police tried to disperse several 1000 people using tear gas and brandishing firearms the march started peacefully but skirmishes soon broke out. the scenes such as these are becoming all too familiar tear gas fills the air as police and protesters clashed in hong kong streets road satellite the 2 sites have been facing off every weekend for 4 months what started as anger over a proposed extradition law has gr

that is pacific nations have cut diplomatic ties with taiwan and in favor of china the solomon islands and kitty about and they have both 3. agreements establishing diplomatic relations with beijing taiwan says china is using investment to lure away its allies and reduce its international presence beijing claims taiwan is part of its territory anyway and the 15 countries now recognize a self-governing island as a sovereign nation. the further taliban attacks have fared in afghanistan where there's only 7 days ago now before the presidential election while many people hope it will lead to greater stability others fear the vote could make a bad situation worse but mcbride reports from the capital kabul. this election opposite glimpse of afghanistan's ethnic diversity testing allegiances and divisions at a time of growing instability. the front runner is the incumbent president i stress ghani a pashtoon from the country's largest ethnic group. but like the other 16 candidates in this race he's carefully picked running mates to get support from other ethnic groups. and why they're scared o

pacific island nations have cut diplomatic ties with taiwan in favor of china the solomon islands and care of us of both reached agreements establishing diplomatic relations with beijing taiwan says china is using investment and you're away its allies and to reduce its international presence beijing claims taiwan as part of its territory only 15 countries now recognize the self-governing island as a sovereign nation the u.k. minister in charge of brecht's it says he's optimistic after a meeting with the european union's chief negotiator stephen barclay says there is a common purpose between the u.k. and the e.u. the talks focused on the contentious irish border issue negotiations are set to continue on monday when britain's prime minister and meets in you council president donald tusk at the un general assembly. well we had serious detailed discussions today with the ship on any steve common purpose we both want to see you have a clear message has been given both by president and the prime minister you want to see the teams reach a deal the meeting actually overrun which i think signa

one of the things we have seen happen this week is the solomon islands, small, south pacific nation,hing its taiwan ton from beijing. is this something of a concern, china's growing influence in the pacific? how high will that be on the agenda? >> that will be extraordinarily high. what prime minister morrison said before he took off for washington was that the united states and australia are not only the closest of friends, but the closest of economic and security partners, so i think this will be framed around the security situation and the changing security environment in the region, but also about where the united states and australia can work together more closely on the economic front as well. biggestustralia's trading partner remains china. they have been pretty good at balancing that trading partnership with the security alliance with the u.s. how difficult is this getting now? >> it can be challenging because australia is the most trade reliant advanced economic advanced nations. 31% of outbound trade goes to china. however, while it is tricky, it is also important to note t

the earliest pictures were coming in from the solomon islands, from people arriving to strike by canoegout canoe. likedidn't something 300,000 australians protest as the prime minister of australia is meeting with trump and washington, d.c.? >> scott morrison was having state dinner with president trump at there were hundreds of thousands of australians, some of the biggest demonstrations down under ever. by the way, this coming friday, parts of the world are going to have -- that did not do it last friday are doing it this friday, so watch for the pictures from new zealand, from spain, and canada. we think there will be threaded thousand to 400,000 people in to 400,000 300,000 people in montreal alone. amy: in new york, so many young people were going out from their classes of the new york public schools administration had to announce they could leave and they would not be marked absent. >> think the city was proud to do it. clearly, for kids all over the place, this was not a day for no education. this was a day when people were learning all kinds of things and teaching all kinds of

traffic there. 2 pacific island nations have cut diplomatic ties with taiwan in favor of china the solomon islands and care of us have both reached agreements establishing diplomatic relations with beijing wants this china is using investment to lure away its allies and reduce its international presence claims taiwan is part of its territory only 15 countries now recognize the self-governing island as a sovereign nation. u.k. opposition leader jeremy carvin has been forced to diffuse internal fighting over the party stance on bragg's it a day before labour's annual conference of carbon intervene to stop a motion to oust his deputy tom watson has clashed repeatedly with parts of the labor left wing on several issues including calling on the party to reject regs it or been instituted dress members on sunday like philip cat name is a senior lecturer at m. politics at kill university and his moves to try to get rid of tom watson will only more disunity. the labor party just needs to start showing its guts and units a recent team election campaign one of the successes that campaign is that the labor m.

to stave off the potential japanese invasion of australia, and began a counteroffensive in the solomon islandsand new guinea. they needed to get new guinea in order to get back to the philippines of course. so the japanese understood this and macarthur's forces are operating on a shoestring of complaint. really didn't like the europe first policy. you can understand why. he felt the priority goes to him. if spread to the south pacific area here especially the fighting at guadalcanal. americans tend to think of the battle fought at guadalcanal and new guinea as two different battles. they were not. they were part of the same campaign. it's one of the reasons they lose and they are going to disperse and lose forces to the detriment of both. it is one of the reasons things turn out the way they do in 1942. so, macarthur had pursued a counteroffensive is. we have to realiz realize it's e southern hemisphere to bring that i'm talking about september through december. so, i think that it's clear. here is what he is doing. you want to get the north coast, vernorth coast,very worried thae have pieces

this saturday now to island nations have cut diplomatic ties with taiwan in favor of china the solomon islands and kara best of both reached agreements establishing diplomatic relations with beijing taiwan says china is using investment to norway its allies and reduce its international presence beijing claims taiwan as part of its territory. well still ahead on al-jazeera and scored a stray survive a big scare in their opening rugby world cup match against fiji the best of the action is coming now. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast but we do have a frontal boundary that's make its way across the black sea right now and you can see the clouds pushing across parts of turkey and with that once a pushes through uncorrupt you will see a change of temperatures dropping down to about 19 degrees and that is also going to affect baku you're coming down from the mid twenty's on saturday to about 1000 degrees as we go towards sunday as well possibly a shower or 2 very close to tehran but by the time we do get to monday things will look much better for you at 31 degrees and for qu

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china and the solomon islands have established formal diplomatic ties the pacific nation switched its allegiance from taiwan to china this week tempted by the promise of economic investment from beijing and the 15 countries still recognize taiwan's independence from china. parachutists have played a starring role at a ceremony in the netherlands commemorating one of the biggest ally defenses of the 2nd world war in september not in $4435000.00 paratroopers landed in on of the operation to capture roads and bridges from the nazis is remembered as a heroic failure. this is day w. news from berlin you can always find the latest headlines at the dot com or you can also follow us on twitter. the rebirth of the blues under new coach david wagner opened the match day with the victory over mine to a friday night the deciding goal came in the 89th minute and it was a mean one i mean i regained his way through the mice the fields and still to one victory that's the moroccans thoroughly season but more importantly show has now hitting streak 3 wins in a row. that elevated them up to 2nd. riddle

china and the solomon islands have established formal diplomatic ties the pacific nation switched its allegiance from taiwan to china this week tempted by the promise of economic investment from beijing and the 15 countries still recognize taiwan's independence from china. parachutists have played a starring role at a ceremony in the netherlands commemorating one of the biggest ally defensives of the 2nd world war in september not in $4435000.00 paratroopers landed in on an operation to capture roads and bridges from the nazis is remembered as a heroic failure. this is day w news from berlin you can always find the latest headlines at the w. dot com or you can also follow us on twitter. on this edition of world stories. northern iraq recovering from war. madagascar a tallit he's from measles but we start out in bangladesh where over a 1000000 will hinge are living in refugee camps they're not allowed to work so they live in abject poverty making the women easy prey for the sex trade. in the world's largest refugee camp in bangladesh life for women and children is particularly difficul