let's get the view from hong kong and bring an adrian brown. so does china have reason to feel threatened adrian. well, we've heard talk before about war over taiwan, not just from china, but also cools from the united states. it's been going on for decades. we've heard this hostile language, time and time again. the difference now of course is it, militarily, china is much stronger than it was 5 years ago. and of course, 10 years ago, it now has an aircraft carrier and several more in the pipeline. the message, the overriding message coming from the defense minister from china to day was this . the time for trying to contain china is ova asian on asian countries. though, of course, of feeling nervous, i don't want to find themselves in a position where they are forced to take sides. they want to deal with china because china is the regions biggest economy. they want to deal with the united states because the u. s. is that welds biggest economy, china is also concerned about something else. it's what it says is a nato style security block that

just as the president arrived, adrian brown al jazeera, on call. a magnitude 6 earthquake has struck near lose own island in the philippines, according to early data from the german research center for geosciences. the quake was located at a shower, depth for 10 kilometers is on as him to the capital. manila is also the country's largest and most populous island. no damage has been reported so far. ferdinand marcus junior has been sworn in as president of the philippines after when he a landslide victory in last month's elections. is the son of the former president of the same name. it was asked in a revolution in the 1980s. marcus, his vice president, is sarah detective, daughter of the controversial, outgoing president, would eager detached him to melinda, again, reports from manila see pertinent reward. this after more than 30 years, the rehabilitation of the marcus name in the philippines is nearly complete gothic bongo marcus junior. the only son in name sake of the country is late dictator, is now its next president, after winning an unpreced

adrian brown is standing by for us in hong kong, but 1st let's go to jessica washington, who joins us live from that summit in singapore. hello there. jeff. the defense minister has reacted strongly. what did he have to say? hey, well, in an address such took around 30 minutes, he covered a lot of ground, not just talking about ty, well, but other contentious security matters in the region. the speech started on a more positive, friendly, known, friendly tone, a general taking the time to acknowledge friendly relations and strong ties with all the asian countries. but then of course, it turned to the more serious matters of tensions between the u. s. and china, and of course, the matter of taiwan, the general took the time to say that he strongly disagreed with the statements made by lloyd austin. and he regard of them as me is against china. regarding the issue of taiwan, he made the comment that taiwan is china's taiwan. he made that comment several times throughout his speech. he mentioned that china more but once a civil war and china once a peaceful pomp to re unification. but th

just as the president arrived, adrian brown al jazeera hong kong, fed in a local junior has been sought in as president of the philippines. marcus was a landslide victory and elections in may. he's the son of a former president to many regard as a dictator. jamila l intake report from manila, the burden and the workers after more than 30 years. the rehabilitation of the marcus name in the philippines is nearly complete gothic bongo marcus junior. the only son in name sake of the country is late dictator, is now it's next president, after winning an unprecedented 3rd to $1000000.00 votes. the marcus is, are considered one of the most infamous political families in asia, and their name has long been synonymous with decadence and abuse of power. they ruled the philippines from 1965 until 1986 when they were ousted through a people power revolution. the president of the republic. oh boy, philippines, his inauguration and thursday is noticeably more grand than those of his predecessors aquino. and to that day there is more parade and pump than usual. but his speech focused less on the soldie

adrian brown reports from hong kong. the nice bed families packing up like thousands of other expatriates matt and his wife sama can't be persuaded to remain. mat was born in hong kong and met his wife. he is 16 years ago, where typical of the white collar professionals now taking their skills elsewhere in their case australia, where summer's from. the honest truth is, i don't think there's anything that we're capable here right now with their 3 children. they live in the other hong kong lance. how island, hong kong, biggest and far from the congestion and clamor of the central business district. many factors are behind the decision to go, including changes to the school curriculum with a focus on patriarch education. i think it just made the decision to go easier and easier. um, we've had such a blessed time here in hong kong, as the children have thrived my husband and i've had successful careers and it's been very comfortable place to leave for a long time. but there's a real sense that the feature is going to be diff

adrian brown has more now from hong kong. a powerful symbolic moment. china's president changing ping arrive by high speed train at a station that's been closed for 2 and a half years because of covered 90. it was a carefully choreographed welcome that included many citizens from mainland china. it'll be a quick visit. and in a short address, the president said he'd been thinking a lot about hong kong, young gong, hong kong in your difficult test, one not for another. came risk challenges. one other of the this storm. hong kong we emerged from the fire and was remotely a hole. it's the president's 1st visit here since protest 3 years ago, when hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets, demanding political reform. on friday, the president will attend the swearing in ceremony of hong kong, new chief executive john lee. that coincides with the 25th anniversary of hong kong return from britain to china. and 10, a few days ago, it was still unclear where the shooting ping would be coming at all. that's because of another

jessica washington talking to his from singapore as good adrian brown, who's in hong kong. and the comments from china's defense minister are strong ones as jessica was just describing. but how much of a surprise ali here? first of all, rob, apologies for the helicopter. you may be out here in the background and not sound perhaps through a report about defense. but yes, what we heard from china's defense minister on sunday is nothing new. i think for the past 5 years, i've heard chinese leaders say that relations with united states, we're at a critical stage. i think what's more critical is what is happening in the seas and the skies off taiwan. also in the south china sea and the east china sea, where there is a danger that the military brinkman ship between the air force is a ne, these of china the united states and the u. s. allies could get out of control. and that's what lloyd austin, the u. s. defense secretary was referring to on saturday when he spoke of the need to improve communication between these 2 sides to prevent things spiraling out of control. now the messa

and that make us go to adrian brown, who is live for us in hong kong. so talk us through what's been happening a big moment of symbolism, when the president changing thing arrived at west counting station within the last hour or so, he arrived to the station that i'm going to claim has been shot for 2 and a half years because of coven, 19 hong kong, of course, shares china's 0 co good strategy. now this is the 1st time the president teaching thing has let mainland china in the past 2 and a half years. and also the 1st time that he step put in hong kong, sent the violent protest here in 2019, when hundreds of thousands of people pulled onto the streets of hong kong. it opened defiance president, teaching thing, and other chinese, the to. so yes, a very symbolic moment. he was met at the station by the outgoing chief executive carry lamb. he's now touring hong kong and is due to attend the banquet, which will be close to the media given by carrie lam. later on thursday evening on friday, the highlighted is his visit and it's going to be a brief visit. wil

if only circumstances would different, adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong scotland plans to hold another referendum on independence from the united kingdom votes been proposed october of next year. it'll be the 2nd time the question's been put to scottish voters. they 1st went to the polls in 2014 and just a half of voters chose to stay in the u. k. scotlands 1st minister nicholas sturgeon says she lost a formal permission from the british prime minister to hold the vote. but she says if she doesn't get it, she'll go ahead regardless. ah, type a question of the headlines here on al jazeera, president biden, as announced the us will boost forces and locations across europe to ward of russian aggression. he made the statement in madrid where leaders of the nato alliance have gathered for a summit. together, our allies were going to make sure the nato is ready to meet threats all directions across every domain. land in the sea level will put in a shattered piece in europe. attack very, very tenants a rule based. busy order united states, no allies are going to step up. we're stepping up for

i'll desirous adrian brown, reporting live that from hong kong. adrian, many thanks. date. sudden and mark austonia has been sworn in as president of the philippines. he's the son of a former president. many regard as being a dictator mark or one a landslide victory and elections in may with that help from his running mate solitude 30. she's the daughter of the outgoing president. marcos is election when as renewed calls for justice for those who were repressed under his father's rule. marco celia was president for 2 decades martial law was imposed for nearly half that time. thousands of people were tortured, disappeared. people were killed home on to 0, florence louis has met some of the victims the years have passed, but the memories and year denny lou de la fuente was a labor activist when he was arrested in 1982 and imprisoned without trial for 4 years. during, you know, they held my head and rub it's against the wall. when a doubled over in pain, they would punch me again. thousands of people were tortured, disappeared, or killed. after martial law was imposed in

adrian brown al jazeera uncle well still had here on al jazeera tributes and texas will hear from the community coming to terms with human trafficking, tragedy, british socialite and glen maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking, also in sport, no apologies from the latest golfers who signed up for controversial new competition. those details coming up. so don't go away. here on the nissan ah hello there. he continues to dominate the story across the middle east, in particular for western areas of iran. we've seen temperatures pick up to nearly 50 degrees here and they will continue to rise. iraq to similar story, lots of hot conditions. baghdad, touching 49 degrees on thursday, similar story for q 8, we've blustery, wind blowing down the gulf states temperatures in places like doha, and re add, touching up by the time we get into friday. so hot dry and very dusty. now when you move across to north africa, the heat is certainly the story in 2 nivia. it matched its highest national temperature in june on tuesday. we have got some heat warnings out from neigh

adrian brown reports sheeting thing was lost in hong kong in 2017. to march the 20th anniversary of the territories returned from british to chinese rule. this visit will be his 1st known trip outside mainland china since january 2020. until a few days ago, that had been uncertainty over whether he'd be coming at all. this followed an increase in coven infections with 2 senior, hong kong government officials. among the latest cases, but at the we can chinese state control media confirmed she would be attending the ceremony on friday, although it didn't clarify whether he'd be doing so in person or virtually. i'm confident that the authorities in call together with the security arrangements for the child is president, will make sure that the ceremony will proceed safely and there will be no real threat to the safety and security of the chinese president and his entourage to shield china's president from the risk of infection, hong kong government officials will have to quarantine ahead of friday, swearing in ceremony. a ceremony taking place close to

as bringing adrian brown in hong kong. now, adrian, these 2 superpowers are used to this strong language that we've heard. does it feel different this time around? always interests more the same? well i think given that taiwan and of course ukraine were the dominant themes of this security conference, harsh language was to be expected and harsh language is what we got. but there's no doubt that during the past few months, the language has got more blunt at the finger pointing more ferocious. now putting the sort of verbal sparring on to one side. the situation in the skies of taiwan off the coast of taiwan is, according to lloyd austin, the u. s. secretary of state bic theorists, defense secretary, i'm sorry, becoming much more serious. he has accused china's military, it's air force. it's navy of carrying out maneuvers that he says, ultimately threatened the lives of u. s. service men and women, and he says it has to stop. now, the worry of the us is that this military brinkmann ship could at some stage, get out of control

adrian brown explains the niss bed families packing up like thousands of other expatriates, matt and his wife sama cant be persuaded to remain. mat was born in hong kong and met his wife. he has 16 years ago. they're typical of the white collar professionals now taking their skills elsewhere in their case australia, west summers from the honest truth is i don't think there's anything that will keep me here right now with their 3 children. they live in the other home call lance, how island, hong kong, biggest and far from the congestion and clamor of the central business district. many factors are behind the decision to go, including changes to the school curriculum with a focus on patriarch education. i think it just made the decision to go easier and easier. um, we've had such a blessed time here in hong kong, as the children have thrived my husband and i've had successful careers and it's been a very comfortable place to live for a long time. but there's a real sense that the future is going to be different to the past, and we've thought about that deeply, and i'd say yes, it's con

adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. major flooding in southern china has force tens of thousands of people to flay their homes. placing guam dung province have relates to this footage of a rescue in the city of winder, the woman was stranded in her car before being pulled to safety on dung is one of the areas this worst hitch as it faces a record rainfall. people living in and around japan's capital have been asked to cut back on the use of electricity. japan is experiencing a hate wave after it's rainy season ended early for the 1st time in decades. that's led to a surge in the use of air conditioners in such a name, reports tokyo feels like a sauna people in japan's capital have been sweating through the last days of june, with temperatures far higher than usual for this time of year. yeah, big thing is, i'm surprised it's hot every year and usually it gets this hot after the rainy season. so these temperatures at the end of june are surprising. the rain in japan usually tempers the heat leading into july. but this ye

adrian brown ports from hong kong. a powerful symbolic moment. china's president cheating, paying arrived by high speed train at a station that's being closed for 2 and a half years because of coded 19. it was a carefully choreograph welcome. that included many citizens from mainland china. it'll be a quick visit. and in a short address, the president said he'd been thinking a lot about hong kong, young gong, hong kong in your difficult test, one not for another. came risk challenges one, the other of the hong kong we emerged from the fire and was remotely a whole. it's the president's 1st visit here since protest 3 years ago when hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets, demanding political reform. on friday, the president will attend the swearing in ceremony. upon comes new chief executive john lee. that coincides with the 25th anniversary of hong kong return from britain to china until a few days ago, it was still unclear where the shipping ping would be coming at all. that's because of another rise in th

adrian brown, al jazeera uncle. the philippines media regulator has upheld in order to close ratcliffe. the news website co founded by the journalist maria theresa in 2018. it said the proposal of violated rules on foreign ownership, but the website appealed. the decision comes a day before president rodrigo to 30 leaves office rest as criticism of his so called war on drugs, led to several legal battles and her winning the nobel peace prize. last year. she says the government is trying to intimidate the press. we will unroll the law and since we are fighting for this in court civil law, we will continue to demand accreditation. we have long stood by the constitutionality of miss agreement. it's a philippine depository receipts. others have had it. ah it there's, i think that i've also, you've heard mistake repeatedly over the last 6 years that we have been harassed. mrs. interrogation it. these are political tactics. we refuse to succumb to them. a palestinian man has been killed during a raid by his really forces

adrian brown, al jazeera uncle. ah, what you deserve me, sir? hello robin. in doha, reminder of our top news stories shattered piece in europe. nato's general secretary says russia's war against ukraine is the biggest security crisis the continents faced in decades. at a summit in madrid, the alliance agreed to fast track bids by sweden and finland to join the block, and reiterated ukraine would have its support for as long as it takes. press center turns war against ukraine has shuttered peace in europe and has created the biggest security crisis in europe since the 2nd world war. nathan has responded with strength and unity on presidents landscape sir leadership encourage or an inspiration to our laws. donald trump has denied allegations he tried to grab the steering wheel of his limousine on the day his support. a storm, the u. s. capital building, an ex wife has aid says it happened when security agents refused to take him there . but before me, you as president dismissed the story, calling it fake, fraudulent and ridiculous. the white house has promised

here is adrian brown report sounds. this was not just the 1st time the president thing has step foot outside of china in 2 and a half years, mainland china and 2 and a half years. it's also the 1st time that he's visited hong kong since the protests of 2019, when hundreds of thousands of people pulled onto the streets, demanding political reform in defiance of china's leaders. now, when the president arrived, he was met by a number of hong kong officials. all of them have had to do quarantine and endless p c office beforehand. you know, the people around present cheating, paying his entourage on nervous, nervous because at hong kong we've had a slight uptake encoded 900 infections during the past couple of days. they're also nervous because that's face at hong kong is been a very volatile place during the past few years. so there's a lot for them to be concerned about. now, the president is here for the swearing in ceremony upon kong. new chief executive young lead, which coincides with the 25th anniversary of the hando

adrian brown al jazeera hong kong in his military is stepping up efforts to get essential supplies to ne, in areas affected by catastrophic flooding. doctors in some states say, a lack of claims drinking water is making children sick. the flooding displaced about 5 and a half 1000000 people. emily, 4000000 living inmate sheep shelters. the air force is dropping supplies to those who, whose home has been flooded. and there's major flooding in southern china, which is forced at tens of thousands of people to flee their homes. they believe in one province have just released these 40 age. all the rescue in the city of you and the woman was stranded in her car before being pulled to safety. one job is one of the areas that was hit as it faces reco rainfall. environmental activists from the group ocean rebellion have been demonstrating in lisbon ahead of the united nations ocean conference, its co hosted by the governments of portugal and kenya, the meeting is focused on reducing plastic waste over fishing and spaces extinction . the un secretary general antonia good tear is told the confer

let's go to adrian brown, who is live for us in hong kong. so how significant is this trip given it's? she's a 1st trip outside of china since it began well, it's very powerful symbolism. the chinese president arrived to the west calhoun station, very close to where i am at the moment, within the past hour, accompanied by his wife. and as you rightly pointed out in your introduction, it's the 1st time that cheating thing has stepped out of mainland china in 2 and a half years. and the 1st time he's been to hong kong in 5 years. and of course, an awful lot has happened in the city since then in a short address at the station president shooting, paying, actually referred to. i think the protests in 2019 he said that hong kong had been through a very difficult period. i've been very concerned about hong kong, but hong kong he said that overcome the serious test and now being reborn. so i think the thrust of his message during his brief visit here in on kong is going to be the stupidity has returned to hong kong and the prosperity can also return

adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong bolster the had here on al jazeera in sport, a time he returned to form for this olympic champion, to stay with us. ah . ah ah ah ah book about tons of his so thank you so much know that job ridge put in adama display on center court to secure his spot in the 3rd round at wimbledon, the 35 year old thrashed australia's fantasy coconut gets in straight sets. jock, which is determined stop seed and is looking to win the championship for a 7th time. next up for him is tougher test against a serbian compatriots. 2015 nero mare, kids manage. who am i say that the quite pleased with the way of raised the level of tennis in today's hopefully i can keep that trajectory. just getting better as the tournament progress is obviously just thinking about the next challenge and you know, hopefully things will get better and better as i'm one. not such a good day for 3rd seed. caspar rude. the french open. one, rob was defeated by and go on there of from the world number 112. he lost in the 1st round at his 6 previous grand slam events beaten all region and now they

since the beginning of the pandemic, adrian brown has more from hong kong. this was not just the 1st time the president cheating thing has step foot outside of china in 2 and a half years, mainland china, and 2 and a half years. it's also the 1st time that he's visited hong kong since the protests of 2019, when hundreds of thousands of people pulled onto the streets, demanding political reform in defiance of china's leaders. now when the president arrived, he was met by a number of hong kong officials. all of them had to do quarantine and endless p c r tests beforehand. you know, the people around president changing thing, his entourage on nervous that nervous because at hong kong we've had a slight uptake encoded 19 infections during the past couple of days. they're also nervous because that's face at hong kong. it's been a very volatile place during the past few years, so there's a lot for them to be concerned about. now, the president is here for the swearing in ceremony upon kong. new chief executive young lee, which coincides with the 25th anniversary o