the, the south china sea is a crucial maritime trade route. they're an oil and gas reserves below the c bad and rich fishing grounds and important food and income source for many people living around here. china refers to it as the self see, which is the basis for the english name use internationally. but for vietnam it's the e. c. and the philippines cause the waters close to the shores, the west philippine sea. so even the name of these waters is in dispute. the in recent years, china has managed to expand its dominance by occupying these features in the south china sea level to main on one example, mischief reef. it also has different names in the philippines, china and vietnam, but we will stick with the international names. actually, the philippines have special rights here under international law. that's because states are entitled to explored natural resources, like fisheries and oil within 200 nautical miles of their coastline. it's called their exclusive economic zone. but china has its own interpretation. in the mid ninety's erected a

it's very close alignment with - south china sea? y, the statement doesn't mention china per se, statement doesn't mention china perse, but statement doesn't mention china per se, but that does focus on the challenges and the problems. the biggest one, and it's important that india is fully on board with that statement is the assertive behaviour and the rule flouting behaviour and the rule flouting behaviour that china is manifesting against small countries and neighbours in the south china sea. i5 countries and neighbours in the south china sea.— south china sea. is there anything. _ south china sea. is there anything. of _ south china sea. is there anything, of course, - south china sea. is there l anything, of course, some south china sea. is there - anything, of course, some kind of strong language in this document coming outcome of these four countries think they might be able to do to counter china's presence? great to have you here. that meeting just wrapping up. what do you make of what we are hearing are coming from that summ

for some of the growing tensions in the south china sea or a greater threat to regional stability, then china is growing assertiveness and military pressure on self rule. taiwan. and again, trying to claims almost all of the south china sea, but the philippines, vietnam, malaysia and bruna. i all have competing claims to the waterway around one 3rd of global shipping passes through these waters. and it's also taught to contain boss deposits of oil and gas. second, thomas show lies about 200 kilometers in the western island. province impala. one. it's more than a 1000 kilometers in china, is near is major land mass height on island. china has built a series of mine, made islands a top rates in the maritime region to press its claims. some of these islands are fully weaponized with pfizer jets on to ship systems and other military facilities . in 2016, an international tribunal ruled in favor of the philippines and said china, his claims in the south china sea had no legal basis. beijing has refused to accept this decision. now the philippines has filed a claim with the united nations to

total water's in, the south china sea. and germany's quarter last couldn't go to salvage control, but switzerland, admin bedroom at the european football championship, you bring you the reaction from balance the member such as swab welcome to the program. these are the ami facets, investigating the conduct of some of its soldiers all through the wounded palace to noon man was tied to the hood of the military reckless jordan agreed in the occupied westbank. these ro, defense forces conform the incident in jeanine. after we do offer, so to later on, social media of the demand, strep to the bone itself. this is riley on a vehicle, barely moves witnesses and the israeli military say he was injured during an arrest right in jeanine. but that's where the corroboration stops. it's rarely defense, those to say the man was a suspect wounded in an exchange of fire. his relatives painted different picture much ahead was here how she was on the bed to my own coma cheat. they opened the door and started shooting. so it was special forc

colonized, this was china's response may well push and not having the us is not a party to the south china sea issue and has no right to interfere in the maritime issues between china and the philippines. the military cooperation between the us and the philippines should not undermine china of sovereignty and maritime rights and interest in the south china sea. nor should it be used to support the legal claims of the philippines. china will continue to take necessary steps to firmly safe guard its territorial sovereignty ends and every time, rights and interests and uphold peace and stability in the south. china sea attention is between china in the philippines heightens recently over territorial disputes in the south china sea. as well, relations between miller on washington have significantly improved under president fidget on macos your success to bases in the southeast. asian country have expanded and joined village exercises, including air and sea patrols have also increased as well blinking up to say during a recent visit. some of these waterways are critical to the philippines with

tensions in the south china sea in one year recently intensified. philippine authorities accuse china of dangerous actions and maneuvers around its boats. taiwan, malaysia, vietnam and brunei claim sovereignty over parts of the south china sea. thank you for bringing today's world to the end . good night and god bless you. his behavior has become strange, what happened? saeed has become aggressive at a special age . farzana is also stressed about the entrance exam . i am tired. i am very stressed these days. i don't know what to do. it is better to talk to a good specialist . call hamraz first. i am also for marriage. maryam from i consulted their psychologist and i was very satisfied. how about sending the number 1 to the system 10686 or calling 0219 to receive psychological services and counseling with our experts. biscuits , real ingredients, real flavors , real passion. even though avand meets you, the best memories and tastes are shared. avand, just taste it. i have a problem with the lesson planning consultant, but i don't have a good guide her

and we'll do which has in the south china sea, but we saved all. we've also seen this with the cab david principles between south korea, japan and united states to deal with issues in the korean peninsula. it's a mini lateral approach to problem solving within the region that's going to move forward. rather, the natal is stephen, is that because everyone's tip toeing around china, which is actually painting this is provocative as well. i think most of the countries within the region do see china as a revision has power that it's a sort of in the south china sea, across the timeless trace on the east, tennessee. but the same time their biggest trading partner is china. so how do they balance this important economic relationship that is the lifeline to the regions economy. and frankly, the gloves economy with it's a sort of behavior that's highly disruptive and as time is kasheila said in a speech to the congress, as a fundamental is it successfully? prosecuting is strategic in the interest within the region or fundamentally disrupt the regions, piece

now when the us is not a party to the south china sea issue and has no right to interfere. and the maritime issue was between china and the philippines. the military cooperation between the us and the philippines should not undermine china of sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the south china sea. nor should it be used to support the legal claims of the philippines. china will continue to take necessary steps to firmly safe guard its territorial sovereignty and, and every time, rights and interests and uphold peace and stability in the south china sea. on either one of the philippines, tensions have been on the rise recently over a territorial dispute in the south china sea. while relations between the dealer in washington have significantly improved under president such a non to mark us junior us access to bases in the philippines. have expanded on joint military exercises, including air and sea patrol. zip also increased secretary of state as me, blank and his reassign washington's iron clad defense commitments to the philippines. during the recent visit to m

china warned countries outside the region to stop provocative actions in the south china sea. mmad reza khalekhori of the east asia regional office of the broadcasting news agency. china and volcanic lava erupted once again from a new fissure on the reykjanes peninsula southwest of iceland. this is the fourth volcanic eruption madaba materials have been flowing in this area since december until now. icelandic authorities are trying to create lava flow paths and move it away from homes and facilities in the area. iceland has more than 30 active volcanoes. in 2011 , ash from a volcanic eruption in southern iceland spread over large parts of europe, grounding about 1,000 flights and forcing hundreds of people to evacuate their homes . he forced himself. end of this news section. in the name and memory of god, greetings and a good time, i have the presence of you dear compatriots for the next few hours in parts of golestan provinces of north khorasan. areas in the north of khorasan province will receive scattered rains. we expect that there will be storms in other areas during this

and it's not just china and the philippines that have these competing claims in the south china sea. is it? can you tell us a little bit about diplomatic efforts anything underway to try to resolve these tensions? yeah, absolutely. as again chris had mentioned in our 4th is known as china or in the philippines, which have these competing claims across this, across the south trying to see and absolutely critical. what's the way for international trade, malaysia, brunei and vietnam, also have interlocking chains to. and then the recent, the interesting development we heard last week that the, the, the news we're open to having discussions with the philippine sides about that and looking claims in which they have competition over the vietnamese foreign ministry . saying that they were ready to discuss the solution that is mutually beneficial. of course, that stands in quite style contrast to the subsidy approach that china is taking, which is much more competitive. and of course from the philippines side, i think there will be welcoming that that overture from the bit in the meetings. bu

continue to do not only to stand up for our allies of the phillipines but to support all of the south china claimants and to support south east asia's voice and continue advocating for the important body of water. we have laid the groundwork for that but it will be vital for the next administration to continue that. what you have seen is a huge range of our allies and partners across asian europe stepping up in support of the phillipines. that happens in public statements and happened in some very important meetings and seen us coordinate more operationally with countries like the phillipines, united states, australia, japan and taking coordinated operations to dedicate our role and freedom of navigation in the south china sea. the next challenge is to operationallize coordination among our allies and partners. that is going to be critical. when it takes course of action and international law, we are going to demonstrate that we are willing to take up the tempo of things. and we also are going to need to support the phillipines and other south china sea claimants and use the tools available

to defense, but philippines, it may well be, should not have been to us, is not a party to the south china sea issue and has no right to interfere in the maritime issues between china and the philippines. the military cooperation between the us and the philippines that should not undermine china of sovereignty and maritime rights and interest in the south china sea. nor should it be used to support the legal claims of the philippines. china will continue to take necessary steps to firmly safe guard its territorial sovereignty ends and every time, rights and interests and the polls, peace and stability in the south china sea. i'll try to find out more now from us, a contributor had called john many thanks for joining cuz i'm a program today called so china, as we heard that has lounge with us the pledging to back the philippines and the maritime dispute between miller and bay. jane, what do you make of that response? well, it's searchable according to the, the official position. i am quoting the congressional research service, which is a huge us government service which provide the briefing

tensions in the south china sea have escalated in the last year. ippine authorities accuse china of dangerous actions and maneuvers around its boats. taiwan, malaysia, vietnam and brunei claim sovereignty over parts of the south china sea. i got a bolt, i think of one, really, yeah, yeah, one second, yeah, yeah, so you can tell me where is leaving, now there are people in the water, there are many people in the water. because of your reckless operation please head back from the scene, i do the comings, they are shooting guys, shooting. thank you for accompanying the world today until the end . good night and god bless you. i told my mother, who is the last god who is in our house and not more than 9 years old, samah khanum in the corner of one of the villages of gami. john in golestan province says that he has gone through difficult times , he has lost his brother and is deprived of his father's shadow. when it rains, it drips hard on our blood and i could not read my lesson. mr. yasin he also says that he spent all his childhood moments under this

he made his pledge and made continuing, rising tensions in the south china sea of chinese and philippine ships face off of a race to which beijing has laid claim. china also says the us has no rights to intervene and maritime disputes in the region is to blankets that the us would stand by the philippines in the face of any aggression by china to these waterways are critical to the philippines to the security to us economy. but they're also created to the interest of the region, the united states and the world. that's why we stand with the philippines and stand by our in flag defense commitments, including under the beautiful defense pretty part of the for extends to arms attacks on the filipino armed forces, public vessels, aircraft, including those and this coast guard anywhere in the south china sea most important is we stand together in our determination to uphold international law for the philippines, for everyone else against any provocative actions. richard, hey, diane is an academic columnist, the policy advisor i focused on the agent pacific region. welcome to the w as so let's

philippines should not undermine china of sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the south china sea. nor should it be used to support the legal claims of the philippines. china will continue to take necessary steps to firmly safe guard its territorial sovereignty, ends in every time, rights and interests and uphold peace and to stability in the south. china sea of tensions between china and the philippines heights, injury simply over at territorial dispute. in this side, china seats, well con, trustingly relations between manila and washington have significantly improved under president furden and marcos us access to bases in the southeast, asian country have expanded and joint load free exercises, including air and sea patrols having result. here's what mr. banking, have to say during your recent visit to him and that in relation found another region, these waterways are critical to the philippines with security to us economy. but they're also credit to the interest of the region of the united states and the world. and that's why we stand with the philippines and stand by our a

have we seen trying to become much more sensitive navies dispute the territories in the south china sea? as i mentioned in that report, sometimes farnworth economy philippine vessels injuring some filipino personnel to . and then the other thing we seen happen really is the philippines during march close to, to the us and its allies in the region to like, like japan, re seen president. and i'm all costs, you know, take, had taken much more kind of combative approach to china about meeting this, of course, is coming of to back about really important that historic charlottesville summits between the leaders of the us decline in the philippines. the key outcome of that meeting, president biting reiterating that mutual defense treaty that it has with them in and is in clouds. that's what these exercises are really a demonstration of it. but that all concerns, of course, that spoke through the demonstration of, of military units. see through these exercises, but also with the others here, political developments that we're seeing in the end, or facilitate that this is a flash point that could

but more importantly, the philippines is not the only one of the claimant's states in the south china sea . it also has some military base is just over a 100 not to go and miles south of taiwan, which is another flash going to the philippines is at the center of multiple flash point. and these are us read the alley. so that's why the americans are very excited about the direction of the philippine foreign policy under the current president markets junior. okay, so i'm, and we, we, we've heard of the secretary stifles are describing these countries commitment to the philippines as iron clad. how i implied is that to do things because we've, we've seen what that's mentioned afghanistan and we've, we've heard the us as potential next president's commitments to nato. we've seen the us congress is a car, an iron clad guarantees to ukraine might, and political infighting. so how she, what can the philippines be, that it's not just going to be one of the other bodies lifted up by the way. so what i said treat the l a. so there's a mutual defense routine between the united states and the phil

you mentioned the south china sea, i was - the south china sea, i was about to ask about that.es for example which is a close security ally would the us. do you see any progress on these topics through the forum? the filipinos _ through the forum? the filipinos so _ through the forum? the filipinos so the - through the forum? tue: filipinos so the delegations through the forum? tte: filipinos so the delegations to the forum, i suppose they wish to continue conversations with beijing to see if there's a way where they can seek mutual accommodation however so long as beijing maintains its expansive claims in the south china sea and the philippines retains their claims in the exclusive economic zone, the two sides i don't think will come to any big conclusion. the most we can hope for is perhaps a darling downs of some of the friction stopped fascinating time to be watching these tensions play out.- time to be watching these tensions play out. chong jaian, thank you _ tensions play out. chong jaian, thank you for— tensions play out. chong jaian, thank you forjoining _ tensions pla

sea, the greater south china sea, the greater south china sea, the greater south china sea andcular. this trilateral aims to keep the maritime domain free, open and full space. they will be looking at more regular maritime drills and it is a important to institutionalise such levels of defence cooperation to ensure continued despite the massive changes in political systems. also looking to invest in more robust information sharing and perhaps other forms of multidimensional levels of defence cooperation, cyberspace, cyber technology, cyberspace, cyber technology, cyber security cooperation. of course, at the same time, focusing on economic and trade investments. which is also equally important in addressing the china challenge in the region. what do you make of the speed at which the philippines has moved closer to the us since presdient marcos came to power? we have to understand that since the beginning of the administration of president macros administration of president macroer, manila has opted to seek to strengthen its relations with china because china is our neighbour a

wants to avoid tension and disruption in the south china sea refrain. the filipino side is breaking the law and violating china's rights. philippine ships entered the adjacent waters in china's nanshai islands without the permission of the chinese government. we deeply regret and will resolutely deal with the provocations and violations of the filipino side. on the other hand , the spokesperson of the ministry of foreign affairs of china asked the philippines to stop actions that cause instability and tension in the south china sea. the philippine side should stop misleading the international community. the intervention of foreign forces in the south china sea region will weaken peace and stability in the region did an east asia expert says: america has undoubtedly played a role in fueling this situation and is using the philippines as a pawn to disrupt the situation in the south china sea. the philippine side must adhere to international treaties and resolve disputes with the presence of regional countries. china warned countries outside the region to s

this is a stretch of water, almost the entirety of the south china sea, which china claims its own. despite the 2016 court ruling that it had no legal basis to do so. in the philippines, very pa, it's pa, it says these wants as a positive. it's exclusive economic zone and say that china as a growing assertiveness in this region impinges on the rights of its fishermen. and raises their prospects of confrontation in the south trying to see a critical, what's the way for global trade. this of course, is not the 1st time we've seen this kind of incident to what message is being trying to send with these confrontations in the south. china st. james william for, for key contacts is a, this is a, this incident comes as the u. s. and the philippines are undertaking the largest annual military drills, the ballot time exercises with a cold shoulder to shoulder with some $16000.00 personnel taken calls in those drills, which for the 1st time this year includes maritime drills, taking place outside of the philippine territory. awards is with in it's exclusive economic zone and conducting drills very mu

but also, it keeps money less frequently aggravating tensions in the south china sea just seems, or if the philippine side is bent on having its own way, well, what china will take the necessary measures, routes of firmly defend its jane a bit right on your end to interest you in 5 minutes, the said to dunc tree, since those comments tensions have risen even further in the region with aging launching, who games around the philippines know the neva, taiwan. citing the defense ministry in taipei. reuters reported the chinese will. planes also flew into the posse channel, which separates taiwan and the philippines. manila didn't directly address paging slate. just the news is that at a navy cetera, many last week, the philippine defense secretary said his country was committed to defending its territorial interests. with drain moriello kelly, bear with me more modifying for a family peace between us and like minded nations. mark paintings are not more and better off in a minute. the exercises in moving also our significant 3rd parts in early may. manila already state is large scale board

this very| close alignment among the south china sea? he behaviour of china — interestingly, the statement doesn't mention china per se, but it does focus on the challenges and the problems. in one of the biggest ones, and it's important that india is fully with that statement, is the assertive behaviour and the rule flouting behaviour that china is manifesting against small countries and neighbours in the south china sea. i5 in the south china sea. is there anything, of course, besides some kind of strong language, in this document coming out of the summit, that these four countries think there might be able to do to counter china's presence there? well, one of the important initiatives from the quad is something called the indo pacific maritime domain awareness initiative. and that's a very long name for what really is the four countries putting their national satellite technology and also their private satellite information at the disposal of these small island nations, the small coastal nations, so that they can track the massive fish

now, what's happening in the south? china sea has not been there has not been any armed attack in the south china sea by china, against the philippines. analysts say that that what china has been employed are what's called grace on tactics. so for example, they've been using water cannon. they've been using military grade laser, so sort of an arm defense secretary blanket said that the u. s. has been helping the philippines shore up its defense capabilities. and in fact, the philippines is the largest recipient of military, aided by the united states in the, in the pacific region, from 2015 to 2020, to the philippines, received military aid worth 1140000000 dollars in the form of war, plains, and military equipments. small weapons and there's more to come in the form of drones and air and the coastal defense systems, for example. now secretary blinking also said that the u. s. has been consist consistent in condemning chinese action in the south china sea against the philippines in what they view as harassment by chinese coas

-china relations, this on the back of rising geopolitical tensions in the south china sea in the taiwan straits as well, front and center. that handshake expected at 1:00 p.m. local time with the defense chiefs in both u.s. and china are expected to make. what is the significance of that? we will bring your commentary and assessment very shortly. of course, the nsa director will be our guest for an assessment of relations between the two sides. let's get you to markets. it is about weaker than anticipated data out of the u.s.. front and center as well, the pc print that's coming out. >> yeah, i think it is a really interesting set up for asian markets today. think about how the world's two economic powerhouses are showing data that is coming in softer. you saw how the u.s. gdp print showed that slowing, no thanks to a bit of a softer consumer spending picture. then we got those china pmi's comedy factory activity unexpectedly shrinking -- china pmi's, the factory activity unexpectedly shrinking. we initially saw a softer dollar, which helped some of the risk appetite among asia-pacific

it may well push it now, but the us is not a policy to the south china sea issue. and there's no right to intervene in maritime issues between china and the philippines. either it's mandatory cooperation with the philippines must not on demand china sovereignty and maritime writes in the south china sea. nor should it endorse the philippines, illegal claims. i think to. so richard, hey, dian, i'd tell us more than about why the us feels. it has a dog in the south china sea fight. what i mean, technically speaking, the americans are neutral on the status of the dispute, the land features in the area, but the war they have is a china is militarized. and a lot of this disputed land features. it's elbowing its way in may actually create a network of military bases that eventually may allow china to impose what they call an air defense identification. so any short training and international water, when trillions of dollars of trade passed every year into a potential chinese lake that is a big worry for the americans. not to mention if there are skirmishes within philippi

time trade goes through the south china sea. so this is not and if the just concerns the coastal regions, all the countries that are here, it's also cause of great concern for countries thousands of kilometers away because of cause dummy as an export nation is highly dependent on a free trades and free shipping. free maritime sailing, etc. but she also says it goes about, it goes into direction that is more than just economic interest. she says, what we're talking about here is essentially also having to coal on china to use restrained and to protect the rules based order. and she says, so she's very glad that she has the philippines, amongst other countries in this region that are trying to push for everybody to adhere to those international laws that she says. it's something where small countries have to pull together because it's their only tons of a survival. and, you know, just very briefly, is there any chance china will take heed of her warnings? you think of, of the light. it took about an hour for the chinese to reply t

so because we just start with the south china sea plains by china, over the us, the large parts of it. china is investments and it's navy, according to official frequencies, around 1.4 trillion allocated between 202420. 28. china was putting its money where it's now phase. well, certainly in this case where its claim is absolutely, well, i think if we look at the problems facing the world today, whether that's ukraine, whether that's the tragedy in gaza, that some of a genocide and the rising tensions in the south china sea, that none of these conflicts that are broken out would be possible without the involvement and the explicit support of the united states. and i think this is but fear in the south china sea that will the philippines be in the pacific equivalent of the ukraine, where the us wants to find russian down to the last few premium. is it attempting to find china down to the last filipino and i think china, it has been resolute and clear in saying that it believes in the concept of indivisible security where every state has the right to security, but not at the expense of

especially the flash point, disputes over tie one in the south china sea and the disputed south china sea filipinos civilian flotilla is shadowed by the chinese cuz gone its mission to deliver supplies to filipinos, push them in new scarborough. so the activists group is called, this is ours, which volunteers have written in tagalog on the boys the floating here that of the 100 vessels that set off and leave a handful reach that destination. many turned back after being followed by larger chinese coast gunk ships. the standoff is one of the number of maritime incidents that have started the tensions between manila and beijing. feel a rival claims to a number of locations in the waters west of the philippines. the scarborough sol is one of the disputed areas. its photo fishing grounds full within the philippines. exclusive economic sun, which you can see and yellow here. but they're also within china. so cold, 9 dash line in china claims the area within the spine to 2016 international court ruling. it had no legal basis to do so. they jane has dismissed the philippines civilian mission

mentioned in natural, the introduction, china thing, suburbs here is almost the entirety of the south china sea. that's despite the 2016 building that's ruled against china is a statement where the unbelief that it has control over the south china sea. and so what the us and its allies are really trying to do in this situation, according to the statement, is to uphold the freedom of navigation, whether that's in the maritime, say, or in the ad to around this holy contested stretch of voice. so now what exactly did these drills entail? well, one of the key things was anti submarine maneuver exercises that took place between the navy's of those 4 countries. they're really the focus of these drills as to increase interoperability and the level of communication between the 4 countries. we see these images coming out from the drills of personnel from the formula trees sitting around the tables discussing those activities. and this really is a sort of a very powerful statement and symbol of the unity that the us and its allies are trying to precise. and this parts of the wealth given the small, p

the south china sea alone carries 1/3ird of the global shipping. the route depends on the malaco straight which connects the south china sea and the pacific ocean to the indian ocean. the route is the artery of major economic powers in asia like japan, taiwan, south korea, and especially china, the second largest economy in the world. every year, over 100 thousand. ships in the south china sea sail towards the malaka straight. the baban dab straight, a straight between the gulf of aden and the red sea and joins asia to the horn of africa. here uh in the universe and you can see very close to the horn of africa, this babel mendeb is 11 miles wide its widest point. through this little stretch um everyday flow about four million barrels of oil coming around from over here, you can't see it, but up through the from the persian gulf um and around oman down here through the indian ocean, gulf of aiden and up through there through the suas canal into europe in the mediterranean. and elsewhere, so if the hypothetical route between the south china sea to eu

i don't remind as a getting lots of stake in the south china sea right now. right. first of all, thank you. so much for having me now. the south china sea, the most important, not just for regional states or it's immediate residence, but the rest of the world. given that it is a vital true one, i would like to area vital maritime domain and the endo pacific, where we could see the bulk of a world maritime trade. so of course, given the exhauster beating security conditions in the south china sea brought by chinese human natural actions that often come at the expense of international law. uh this uh, you know, this is catalyzed the response from like mine, of democratic countries of the in the pacific such as the philippines, japan and the united states to play a larger role as a incredible and of course important stakeholders of the rules based ordering the region stuff is have been going for a while, that's the territorial disputes in the south china sea could explode into an all out with china. do you think this summit has increased the low at that risk? well, we

those bases after he landed in his fighter jet following an aerial reconnaissance flight over the south china sea. how much time do you spend focused on china? >> almost the whole day. >> reporter: last year general grannar visited the philippines' version of the alamo, a grounded world war ii battle ship, manned by soldiers and used to hold down manila's claim to a disputed area in the south china sea. it was the scene of the most violent incident to date. in june, when the philippine navy tried to resupply those troops the chinese blocked the delivery. it was near hand-to-hand combat. >> what was surprising was that they had bladed weapons with them, they had spears with them. >> never seen that before? >> we haven't seen that before and they began attacking our boats, they started puncturing our boats with their spears. >> reporter: a filipino navy seal lost his right thumb after the chinese rammed his boat. >> they stole our equipment. they destroyed our equipment. they hurt our personnel. these are the doings of pirates. i warned our personnel if this happens again you have the right to