that's the united nations closet sees in the south china sea, rather than a bang this. the agreement that china assigned it's ignored it and it's continued to expand its presence in the south china sea, threatening to philippines and vietnam, and other claimants within the region. this has consequences, the south china sea represents about $5.00 trillion us dollars of trade. any kind of kinetic conflict within the region, which obviously disrupt not on the regions economy, but the global economy. i talking to steve and steve negatives, national question, universe, they talk to you. thank you. now to be involved with the military, john to has withdrawn from a busy trading have on the board with thailand. it's the latest set back for the regime which is facing growing up position from level forces and a shop dropping support among the civilian population. as as the tie border arrivals from me in march or up by almost 50 percent from you here across the over from the town of my wadi, after fighting between the military and armed groups or villages afraid of the situation. t

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

, the greater south china sea, the greater south china sea, the greater south china sea and in thethis 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 and it w

the territory is in the south china sea. as i mentioned in the report, sometimes farnworth economy philippine vessels injuring some filipino personnel to . and then the other thing we've seen happen really is a philippines during march close to, to the us and it's highlights in the region to like, like japan. we've seen a president fund. i'm of course, you know, take, taking much more kind of combative approach to china about meeting this, of course is coming off. the block is really important. the historic charlottesville summits between the natives of the us, japan and the philippines. the key outcome of that meeting, president biden were yes, racing that, that mutual defense treaty that it has with me and is in clouds. but 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 other cheer, political developments that we're seeing in the end, or facilitate that this is a flash p

first joined military drills by the united states and allies in the south china sea and to strengthen defense corporation and counter china is growing. and the i'm gonna hold off is welcome to the program. the international court of justice in the hague has begun hearing a claim by nicaragua, that germany is, quote, facilitating the commission of genocide in the gaza strip. nicaragua is arguing that germany is reaching international law by supplying opposite of the aides to israel for its military campaign in gauze. if once the courts of order begin to stop ex bolts, germany has resolutely rejected in nicaragua as acquisitions. israel has also repeatedly denied committing genocide all crimes, and it's responds to hum us october 7th terrorist attacks. now let's listen into what the neutral raglin and bass of the, to the netherlands and the lead of nicaragua, still engaged in that to say in the present case because i was invoking the responsibility of many in connection with the genocide committed by israel. also the response of luther, germany for the violations of the so lovely jason'

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

so far away from the home in the south china sea, basically trying to tell china what to do is china listening. benjamin the china of course, is not backing out, especially in the us right now is trying to hollow, especially of the one china policy all the time and straight, which is part of the self tennessee that is china is for tonight. and there was a lot of resources and it has always been the territory of the good of china seems engine time. so china is not kind of backed out of is offering to all these kinds of to see. yeah, yeah. i mean, look at the end of a day, it is basically about the, the global hedge long trying to keep its grip around the world. it doesn't matter how far from his territorial board as the united states goes, militarily speaking, an economically speaking. that's why you put all these countries on the bricks and the global south as so many people call them the d dot our i's, asian coalition. a benjamin child was professor of the power school of technology and business. joining us live here on how to international great to see you, benjamin. thank you for

the philippines is currently under coercion from china and the south china sea, and offer the first time 2001, it has been trying to remove philippine presidents, but now with greater coercion. manila's view is its treaty with the united states is important in dealing with china, but also japan is playing an important role, in terms of capacity building, for example. note thatjapan is terms of capacity building, for example. note that japan is the reason why the philippine coastguard is now one of the largest if not the largest in southeast asia in terms of assets. this is from the philippine perspective. from the point of view ofjapan, the east south china sea are connected. japan's economic obviously, is so dependent on a stable and rules based maritime order. the japanese energy supplies move through the seas. japan is also viewing its alliance with washington as critical to dealing with china in the east china sea. but it also sees the philippines as an important partner in ensuring that the south china sea remains free, open, global space. the united states, japan and the philippine

extremely rare forforeign media to be granted access to philippines coastguard patrols in the south china seaet inside, get inside, get inside! this is how china defends its claim to the entire south china sea — water cannon raking the deck of a filipino coastguard ship, soaking everyone. get inside, get inside! we were just off scarborough shoal, a coral reef that is claimed by both countries — but much closer to the philippines. this coastguard ship has already attacked our ship once. its water cannon have blasted the decks, as you can see. it's spraying water in the air. that's a threat. it's very likely it's going to come back and hit us again. the chinese attacks continued for half an hour. this is a familiar ordeal for these filipino crew members, who must conduct these missions while greatly outnumbered by the flotilla of chinese ships outside. all morning, we watched them shadowing us. and they watched us back, before moving in for a risky game of maritime cat and mouse. well, this chinese coastguard ship has come so close now, there is only perhaps a0 or 50 metres between us. this is

jonathan head, bbc news, in the south china sea. engagement since announcing he has cancer. he and the queen visited a cancer centre at a hospital in london. he met patients and staff at university college london and spoke of the shock of being told he had the disease. here'sjonny dymond. it's been a while, but on a sunny morning in central london, the king rolled into town. one question on everyone's minds... sir, how are you feeling? lovely to see you back. the smile seemed to say it all. there's not normally this much attention paid to a royal visit, but this was the first by the king in a long time. it's nice to see him out and about, looking so well. nice to see him back to work? of course, of course, we've all got to go to work, so obviously he will have to jump in sooner or later, but no, it was nice to see him. we were really excited to see he's well enough to be out and about on this beautiful sunny day in london, and, yeah, it's been a special treat really, and unexpected. applause inside the cancer treatment centre, appre

it's so behavior in the south. china sea has been coercive and bullying. sure. but they've mostly been employing what's known as greys own tactics . so tactics that fall just below the threshold of military confrontation. now in case there was an accidental escalation of the tensions in the, in the pacific. most analysts, so it seemed to think that the ceiling on such a conflict would be low just because of their, our mutual defense treaties and place doesn't automatically mean that these countries will be dragged into world war 3. the mutual defense treaties just mostly outline that washington and manila have to consult with each other in the face of a threats washington in tokyo would have to do the same as the japan where the aggrieved party in this case. so really what, so this summit is trying to do is up to act as a tear into china without the 3 countries actually having to lay down actual red lines. why is the money would say the 10s of thousands of people in southern russian conflicts on evan, flooded out of their homes, and over $100000.00 force to evac

countries within the region to see china as a revision is power that it's a sort of in the south china sea, across the timeless trades 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 global economy, which is a sort of behavior that's highly disruptive and that's the time is kasheila said in his speech to the congress. as a fundamental is it successfully? prosecuting is strategic in the interest within the region will fundamentally disrupt the regions, piece, instability. but the economically china is becoming less and less dependent on its neighbors and the rest of the world. uh and is managing to do things on its own and lead the way where, where do you see all this then leading as well at this stage time is still the center of the global production network. uh for it and uh, its biggest trading partners are within the region, just with se days. it has one trillion us dollars, a trade with japan, about $390000000000.00 of trade is the

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 as well? we have to understand that the conditions of the south china sea have been exacerbating since the ninety's. and as we can see, there is a need to ensure that the rules base order is intact to ensure that those states finality driven interest. so would not be a would think twice before further provoking the situation. now what we can see is that this particular summit was a success in terms of not only ensuring the importance of $1.00 cost of 2016 arbitrary ruling and of course, institutionalizing defense cooperation. but you're also seeing now is a way forward and ensuring that all its members have that resiliency in terms of economic and political resilience. so when it comes to the philippines, for example, a bilateral bill introduced was introduced to provide the philippines with a $2500000000.00, you know, to boost its defensive, you know, the launching of the zones. you cannot be corridor which aims to improve t

had been high between manila homepage and resend months over their territorial dispute in south china sea. the most recent incident occurred when chinese god ships attacked the philippine supply boat with a water cannon and china claimed the supply emission was aimed at bringing construction materials to repair a military vessel. had become grounded on the reef in and out of a balance area. something the philippines denies all commitment to maintain b r p c. i remember i would always be there. so any attempt by china to interfere with resupply missions will be met by the philippines in a fashion that protects our troops. well let's discuss this live now with our to contribute to college count. thank you for joining us from valley and indonesia. now, china claims that the philippines is relying on some external forces. what does that really mean? well, especially for the dispute baseball. 1999. when the government of philippines ran a world war, 2 era worship sierra madre wrong. i'm grump at the 2nd time in the shop. at that time, judge responding to the criticism of the chinese foreign mi

east china sea.ood that the u.s. continues to back japan as well as the philippines. the question is how far the u.s. is willing to go. from there it -- the perspective of the philippines, what is its own understanding? manolo: basically, the philippines have been trying to adopt that stance. whatever is trying it -- china is doing, whether it's a supply boat or blocking its efforts in the south china sea, what the philippines is doing is trying not to retaliate or water cannon back to the chinese ships. i think the u.s. is now quite clear in terms of saying that such is the commitment to the philippines in terms of mutual defense treaty. it's ironclad that any attack on the philippines would invoke that treaty precisely. for the philippines, as we've heard from marcos during our interview last march, that the philippines is trying not to poke the bear really. it's trying to be as calm as it can in terms of what it needs to do. it needs to resupply a military outpost that's been there for over a quar

there was this statement afterwards condemning china's actions in the south china sea as dangerous andscalatory. and the reaction from the ministry of foreign affairs in china was not happy at all. they made formal complaints both to the u.s. and japan and said this relationship should not be something that is targeting another nation. and should not be harming another nation. they are clearly not happy. but on the other hand, we have reports that next month we will see a trilateral summit between japan, south korea and china in seoul. there is a possibility that things can be patched up. despite these military tensions, china remains a important trading partner for everybody in the region. everyone wants to see the tensions calm down as far as possible. kriti: it is a fascinating story and it comes as a cybersecurity and chip security come up ahead of a crucial election cycle in the united states. as bell rentals, our tokyo bureau chief. we go to the latest in the ukraine war. russia has destroyed the kyiv region's largest powerplant and attacked gas storage facility. it adds to conce

silver enough to realize the rallying external countries to flex military muscles in the south. china sea, which i'm for the conflicts will escalate tensions. the french personnel will also join the drills for the 1st time. alongside australia, he pictured conducting maritime exercises with the us depend on the philippines earlier this month. this is folic atlantic sizes. the latest episode in us efforts to galvanize its allies in china states media are saying that if these 4 people have been killed and 10 others are missing off the days of torrential rain fall in the south of the country. over a 100000 people have been evacuated in gong dung, providence one, stop the factory floor of the world which has been hit by a wide spread flooding and landslides, junior, and is one of the worst effected cities. scientists, a climate change is increasing the threat to pose by flooding in the region. cctv 1st, which captured the moment a bridge was washed away by churning studhoff. as in kwan don't video sheltering de lice gives a tailor picture of the damage. in another town, the streets was turned

this is a rock formation or a reef in the south china sea, which has really been front and center of these ongoing marathon industries between china and the philippines. and our country has over and see over the scarborough show, but it's been the center of ongoing maritime disputes, given the china claims, the scottish shoulders within it. so could 9 dash line. this is a stretch of water, almost the entirety of the south china sea, which china claims as a song, despite the 2016 court ruling, that it had no legal basis to do so. in the philippines for it upon its pod 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 when for for key contacts is a, this is incident comes as the u. s. and the philip

said it was aimed at confronting quote, serious challenges to territorial integrity in the south china sea. while the chinese ministry of foreign affairs responded on monday, saying the move by the philippines will not impact its sovereignty in the region. the dispute between the 2 countries over territory in the resource rich south china sea has been escalating and recent weeks with multiple maritime stand offs which we have covered here on out for 0. so let's bring in a katrina you from aging. katrina, aging lays claim to that entire area of the south china sea. so it's not entirely surprising that they, we would be rebuffing the philippines as own claim. what are they saying and what are their arguments? the yes, that's exactly right. so bathing has claimed to manila entirely for these escalating tensions in the south. china say we have transformed ministry supports from monday to that, no matter what manila does, it will not affect trying this maritime right. and so renting, he's referring to the counter measures announced why that you need a macos last thursday. he's going to want to

r, ministry exercises held outside, defend it being tied to total and watches in the south china sea. the problem is, those are the offers bostic, same by badging and patrolled by its coast guard. the us on different opinions have a longstanding mutual defense treaty as well. the deputies east asia correspondent james church explains the importance of this. he has exercises or it's the biggest annual display as me that true unity between the us and it's mutual defense treaty allied, the philippines. the products time exercises this year, bringing together more than $16000.00 personnel for almost 3 weeks of drills the exercises this time law should be responding. civics, maritime tensions between the philippines and china in the south china sea. in recent months, aging has 5 volts. the canons at philippine resupply vessels near the disputants, 2nd thomas shant, where philippine ship was deliberately beached as an outpost in 1919. no, no. all of us raise the prospect of the us being drawn into a direct conflict with badging. if any uh, service man, really peters service man is killed by

president shooting paint, post manila and tokyo have maritime to speak with aging friction in the south china sea, especially when china has recently fired was cannons philippine vessels as race phase . the us could be drawn into direct conflicts with badging, but there are even deeper concerns over the fate of taiwan the self, rhode island which china claims its own and his file to take by force if necessary . if ranging words take taiwan, they would radically shift agents balance of power in favor of china. and for japan and the philippines which rely on smooth the trade flows through the taiwan straits . they would have national security implications to you and you have to look at to map to understand why move over to silence. the northern most points of the philippines is just 140 kilometers from ty ones, mainland, the nearest shopping. these islands you want to get any, is even close to around 110 kilometers away. japan recently deployed new military units that both are much closer to taipei, the neither manila or tokyo, the increasingly japan and the philippines of working together in tools

shooting paint of those middle and tokyo have maritime disputes with aging friction in the south china sea, especially what china has recently fired was the cannons that philippine vessels has res phase. the us could be drawn into direct conflicts with badging, but there are even deeper concerns over the fate of taiwan. the self, rhode island, which china claims is its own test file to take by force if necessary. if raging what's take taiwan, it would radically shift agents balance of power in favor of china. and for japan and the philippines which rely on smooth the trade flows through the taiwan straits . they would have national security invitations to you and you have to look at to map to understand why missoula silence. the northern most points of the philippines is just 140 kilometers from ty ones, mainland, the nearest dropping these islands. you on a journey is even close to around 110 kilometers away. japan recently deployed new military units that both so much closer to taipei, the neither manila or tokyo, increasingly japan and the philippines of working together in tools now fo

annabelle: so is this something that will be shifting the philippines' assertiveness in the south china seaespecially off the backup we are hearing that president is leaning towards an agreement of his predecessor obsessed with china? manolo: it strengthens philippine to boost its relationships with other countries including longtime ally u.s., in terms of its posture in the south china sea. i think president marcos', yesterday, that he was horrified to learn about the agreement between the previous government and china in terms of the philippines supposedly not being restricted to send construction materials to the outpost. it speaks to his continuing assertion that the philippines -- and 70 should be recognized in terms of its territorial claims in disputed waters -- philippines sovereignty should be recognized. haidi: do we expect any other areas of cooperation by the three nations, obviously maritime security is the major one, but what else can we expect to be spoken about? manolo: i think there should be also discussions in the areas of cooperation on critical infrastructure, critical

as tensions continue to heat up in the south china sea, particularly between china and the philippineshe present—day worry that binds their relationship — namely, concerns regarding china. joining me live from tokyo is stephen nagy, professor at tokyo's international christian university, where he teaches and researches international relations and indo—pacific regional matters. welcome to the programme. thank you forjoining us. firstly, this is a significant trilateral meeting, that is going to be taking place between the philippines, the us, and japan. how significant is this? is us, and japan. how significant is this? , , is this? is coming friday this is this? is coming friday this is a first time _ is this? is coming friday this is a first time we have - is this? is coming friday this is a first time we have seen l is a first time we have seen the trilateral meeting at the leadership level in washington that was specifically focused on cooperation between manilla, washington and tokyo in terms of the south china sea and trying to provide some redlines or pushback against chinese as

china claims much of the south china sea as it's own. 0ur correspondentjonathan head was on board thede, get inside! this is how china defends its claim to the entire south china sea — water cannon raking the deck of a filipino coastguard ship, soaking everyone. get inside, get inside! we were just off scarborough shoal, a coral reef that is claimed by both countries. but much closer to the philippines. this coastguard ship has already attacked our ship once. its water cannon have blasted the decks, as you can see. it's spraying water in the air. that's a threat. it's very likely it's going to come back and hit us again. the chinese attacks continued for half an hour. this is a familiar ordeal for these filipino crew members who must conduct these missions while greatly outnumbered by the flotilla of chinese ships outside. all morning, we watched them shadowing us. and they watched us back, before moving in for a risky game of maritime cat and mouse. well, this chinese coastguard ship has come so close now, there is only perhaps a0 or 50 metres between us. this is a very aggressive ta

that's the united nations clause sees in the south china sea, rather than a bang this. the agreement that china assigned it's ignored it and it's continued to expand its presence in the south china sea threatening to philippines and vietnam, and other claimants within the region, which has consequences. the south side of c represents about $5.00 trillion us dollars of trade. any kind of kinetic conflict within the region, which obviously disrupt not on the regions economy, but the global economy. talking to state and saving negatives. national question universe, they talked to you. thank you. some other stories now from around the world. the ukrainian problem interest us the controversial board to boost ami con scripts . that new measures include conflicts solving and high of payments to volunteers. ahead of the voted general, tow lawmakers. the russian forces outnumbered, keeps troops up to 10 times on the east in front, a day of the suspending of political activity. molly's willing one to his bench, the media from reporting on political parties and associations. it's n

, l g 0 austin, texas was told to bring you on the program of watching developments in the south china sea, china and the philippines, tre. bombs off to another confrontation in the area. the there hasn't started raining in northern philippines and nor should it. it's not wet season. yeah. but it is still wrapped in an easy and some be big funds don't recently wanted to prompted by that they were opting volcano, but the focus i think for wednesday, still going to be somewhere like west popular a bit further east that and boeing here and maybe see much less so you'll notice java because the rain is moving slowly. northwoods now still $35.00 in manila, which is above the average admitted leaving. not usually. so it also directly or the average of about 33. so if you're running on the health side, it's still fed here, but at the closest allows you dry, wants to live channels a lot possible where there's been some useful grain or come through the 2nd, 1st full, sidney doesn't need it, but that's where you put fund store running through but in the west coast and west in australia and generally

last week responding civics in our time tensions between the philippines and china in the south china sea. in recent months, paging his 5 boys, the canons that philippine resupply vessels near the disputants. second, thomas shown where philippine ship was deliberately beach as an outpost in 1919 north for about 3 is the prospect of us being drawn into direct conflict with badging. if any uh, service man, will it be no service man is killed by an a thought from any foreign power. then that is time to involve the mutual defense through the philippines coast called has been on the front line of chinese aggression. and that's why they've been invited to join the exercises for the 1st time, 2 in another 1st, by like a 10 maritime drills will take place beyond the philippine territorial waters. but within its exclusive economic sun shown by the yellow line here. but that has the potential to frustrate badging because it overlaps with china is so cool. 9 dash line in blue here. that's what it says which page and claims its own. despite of 2016 international court ruling, that it had no legal bas

it's also being put aside for taiwan on the south china seas. that is more us 8 and weapons moving into, ty, won't so in the us saying, we have real legs that taiwan is part of this one china policy. but we still going to, um, its the chief in case you just solely to enforce this idea of the one china policy . and then in addition to that, like, because really this is just a post of so many issues, pensions wise in, in the south china seas. this is an area where china has a huge amount of islands and land. and then we've got us saying it's now going to hold joint nature exercises in the region with japan and with the philippines. china has said that is a chain to creating a war. so in the, in the pacific region is not happy a tool, the only day that us could have this naval presence right to and explore that. yes, we know us as got enabled presence in the islands, guam, which is in the south china seas, but it's a very small island considering to the land that china has. this'll be like china deciding that it was going to do defense patrols with

to fix that, they need to tap some resources that lay beneath the seabed in the south china sea.ensions wrapping up between these countries. we are not seeing much of a diplomatic solution. the energy crisis looms. annabelle: what are the opportunities available to the philippines? for instance, to vietnam, to counter that perceived incursion from beijing? realistically. philip: let's make no mistake, in terms of military prowess nobody in the region can compete with china, which has the largest naval fleet in the world. the philippines have taken china to court over the matter that ruled in favor of manila to give manila a legal basis to extract these resources within its exclusive economic zone. there is no enforcing capability on that. china has been able to build outposts around the south china sea, has been able to stock a lot of oil rigs, block access to natural gas deposits. what is the philippines doing now? they are currently forming a new arch of collegiate -- new arch of alico concept that would help tap these energy resources. it has not been made public yet. we don't

last june, the coast guards held drills into south china sea. and in the speech to the philippine congress, japan's prime minister announced that the philippines would be the 1st beneficiary of the japanese security assistance program is already requested. i told you all the identity part of our quarterly president, my gosh, this tech farmer legacy shows for other people can access agreements between philippines and defend forces. because since then, japan has moved further away from its longstanding pacifist policy. the japanese cabinet recently approved the export of next generation fighter jets. china has denounced what it calls us interference in the region. sometimes make war with us has traveled halfway around the world to china, still states to form exclusive circles, flicks muscles in my publications. these are awesome that had demonic activities. chinese for administer wong e and barked on his own charm offensive last month with a visit to new zealand and australia. s. u, a secretary of state anthony, blinking, attended the summit for d

joined to military maneuvers with japan and the philippines to other nations in the south china sea pacific region. and it's going to do that, and that is really wrong, cold china like you know, really the idea that us would have this military presence. it would be holding the joint maneuvers just off it's coast. can you much and have us with react if that was close to i mean it was the chinese have doing it. and also just said the chinese apartments, the say, you know, boss talked about domestic issues. so it's sean is concerns are consistent. we always call for respecting each other's core interest and urge the united states not to interfere in trying his internal affairs, not to hold china is developing back and not to step on china's red lines on china, sovereignty security and development interest. these are really strong, clear statements from beijing about the fact they do not want any involvement, any interference in that domestic policies, and they will stem to protect themselves. and it's, as i mentioned, it's highly unusual to see the chinese speaking in such direct times.

the us is concerned about tensions over taiwan and in the south china sea. ms taiwan as an inherent part of its own territory and ownership of some disputed islands in the south china sea. we're witnessing something of a reproshment but everything could change later this year if president trump is returned to the white house. stephen olson, a former us trade negotiator said the us and china will continue to be challenged by fundamental differences. i challenged by fundamental differences.— challenged by fundamental differences. i think talking is alwa s differences. i think talking is always better _ differences. i think talking is always better than _ differences. i think talking is always better than not - differences. i think talking is l always better than not talking. so for that reason alone, the meetings are positive. but in myjudgement at least i don't expect anything to come out of the discussions that will significantly move the needle on the overall bilateral relationship. china will continue to believe correctly or incorrectly that the united stat

can see, china has clearly re directed the balance of power in the geography of the greater south china sea to his favorite. so it is unlikely for it to agree to any binding agreement, the image, it's a sort of actions. and unfortunately, china only understands uh, you know, a power as a major motiv currency for interested in age. so what the philippines is doing is trying to level the playing field, harnessing and leveraging its defense and economic ties with like minded countries to play cost on china is a activities where you live with their, with the time being elizabeth of talking to you. but i think of them is don mclean give in manila. thanks so much. thank you very much. the number of people dying across europe due to rising heat, has risen by almost a 3rd in the past 2 decades. that's according to a new report from the use space program. copernicus also said to 2023. you saw a record number of days with extreme heat stress affecting people across the continent. it was also a better. yeah. on average with europe as a whole, seeing around 7 percent more info. so let me know if a more

given the continuing tensions between the philippines and chinese ships in the south china sea, whereee some chinese ships deploying water cannons toward philippine boats, there should be some discussion in terms of the three countries, the three leaders agreeing to cooperate in terms of maritime security and fostering freedom of navigation within the south china sea. paul: so i want to talk to you about what japan is looking to get from this meeting. jon: i think that japan is trying to build alliances with southeast nations. one thing that's been a part of the administration is to reach out to places that would be affiliated with the u.s. and make direct contact for things like the coast guard and navy patrols. the word going into kishida's visit to the u.s. was lattice. there would be direct u.s. connections and other things interwoven. this is part of what to get biden -- what the biden ministration wants to see. they want to see partners like japan reach out to the philippines to have their own connection in greater groupings. it takes a look at what washington sees as beijing's

silver enough to realize that rallying external countries to flex military muscles in the south, china sea, for the conflicts will escalate tensions. the french personnel will also join the trails for the 1st time. alongside australia, he pictured conducting maritime exercises with the us, japan, and the philippines earlier this month. this is public atlantic sizes, the latest episode in us efforts to galvanize its allies. interested in joining us now for some analysis from manila is also columnist and political scientist. richard. hey dar and richard, welcome to the w. thank so much for your time. now. these exercises are taking place for the 1st time outside philippine territory. awards is on a can you explain the significance of that? it is there so much unprecedented as far as this exercises are concerned? well, in terms of size and scale of the exercises last year, we also saw close to $16000.00 troops and not only from the philippines and united states, but there were also participants and observers from other countries, including the united kingdom, not to mention japan and australi

the focus will be on china is aggression in the south china sea. but the issue of israel's war on gaza is also expected to dominate. kimberly, how could l g 0? the white house? the rebels fighting the on laws one to say government forces appear to have fled a strategic border region. the violence has been taking place near the board, a ton of mail. why? the next to thailand ties soldiers have been patrolling the area with civilians from y'all might have been trying to flee the fighting. and the lines of anti hunter rebels has made advances against the military and recent mom's correspondent, tiny chang has been following the story for us. who is joining us live from the time board of city of may salt. and it's been a few days now. tony that commend rebels have said that dr and government forces out of the strategic town. so what's happening there now as well a month and 2 days according to the k and you, the korean leadership who being leading this funds of various rep will groups against the government forces within the town of milwaukee. they sta

so in the south china sea earlier today, we're not expelled by the chinese coast guard. the philippine coast guard statement said that in fact, after getting water cannon by chinese coast guard vessels, the 2 vessels, one fishery, special and one philippine coast guard vessel, were able to stand their ground and continue to patrol the area. so this is also kind of a going into an information warfare here where one side comes out with a statement and the other side also comes out with a statement after each confrontation, this time around that for the being cost guide says that that the chinese side also put up a floating barrier in the area of near the entrance of the scar for a show effectively restricting filipinos from entering the area. the philippines and the united states are holding a naval trails in the south china sea. as part of the bulk of the exercises, which is the largest of the many annual joint drills between the united states and the philippines. and this time around the french navy is also participating. and during these naval drills as alrighty. alrigh

, the greater south china sea, the greater south china sea and in the west as well.the domain free open and rules based on we've been looking at more regular maritime drills and to institutionalise such levels of defence cooperation to ensure con to annuity despite changes in the domestic political systems. we also look into capacity building more robust information sharing and perhaps other forms of multidimensional levels of defence cooperation in the cyberspace, cyber tech ology cooperation, cyber security cooperation, cyber security cooperation and at the same time focusing on economic and trade investment which is also equally important in addressing the china challenge in the region. the china challenge in the reuion. ~ ., ., .,~ ., region. what do you make of the seed region. what do you make of the speed with _ region. what do you make of the speed with which _ region. what do you make of the speed with which the _ speed with which the philippines has moved closer to the united states since president marcos came to power? we have to understand that since the

dispute the territories in the south china sea? as i mentioned in the report, sometimes far invoice economy philippine vessels injuring some filipino personnel to. and then the other thing we've seen happen really is the philippines during march close to to the us. and it's not always in the region to like, like japan receive president, and i'm all costs, you know, take and take a much more kind of combative approach to china and have that meeting. this, of course, is coming off the back of the really important 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 me 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 other political developments that we're seeing in the end, or facilitate that this is a flash point that co

this is about readiness, this is not about conflict, it's about peace and stability in the south china sea and across the taiwan strait. >> that they condemned >> the idea of unilateral force being used to reclaim taiwan by china. but they still took took the opportunity to mention their alliance and mentioned the efforts that they were going to try to protect that peace and stability. well ensuring that the lines of communication are open and stressing cooperation with china as the key two essentially defuse tensions and avoid misunderstanding or a miscommunication. certainly that is also going to be the theme tomorrow when the president of the philippines joins the conversation, the three liters are going to be discussing an infrastructure investment were told where the us and japan will be funding a new rail and shipping corridor connecting to critical filipino military bases. while the philippines accuses china of harassment and some of it's critical economic zones. so china will figure prominently in those continued discussions even if they are saying that the goal is to defuse these