as so long as the dpp _ play out domestically. as so long as the dpp and - play out domestically.pp and the democratic party is in power and the national party is not in power, at least in the presidency, the prc does not pick up the phone to call taiwan so it doesn't matter if you are the most pragmatic almost extreme dpp person, and about who you are, the prc will not pick up the phone. for example, the last couple of years when tsai ing—wen was president who was largely agreed—upon to be the most levelheaded and pragmatic of the dpp politicians, prc refused to pick up the phone and call them through the presidency. another william lai is in power, there is no expectation that they would add to their approach to try to find a floor to stand on between the two sides is going to be any different.— to be any different. thank you so much for— to be any different. thank you so much for your _ to be any different. thank you so much for your insight - to be any different. thank you j so much for your insight today and perspective, iappreciate your time. and perspective, iappreciate you

the impetus is largely on the pic, which he refuses to do as long as the dpp is in power. it is still allowing a relative level of status quo safety within the state and the goal for both sides is to try to find an uneasy but livable balance and that currently has been the goal both sides have pursued for a number of years. we are heafina for a number of years. we are hearing about _ for a number of years. we are hearing about the _ for a number of years. we are hearing about the recent - hearing about the recent drills, china carrying out other drills in recent weeks. what does it feel like at the moment in taipei and for the people of taipei in terms of the current level of insecurity or security compared to normal times or other times? it is worth keeping _ times or other times? it is worth keeping in _ times or other times? it is worth keeping in mind - times or othertimes? it 3 worth keeping in mind that the pic threatening thailand —— prc threatening taiwan is every day. things that we hear about are an everyday occurrence. the disconnect comes in when we hear these d

the chinese government has decided very clearly that it is just going to cut off any contact with the dpped states that this is not a regime it can accept and this is not a regime that can deal with in taipei and that by backing it and arming it it is just causing more trouble for this region in the long run. rupert, thank you for the context to the refit —— recent developments. in ukraine's eastern donetsk region, russia has advanced swiftly in the last few months. fighting is intense, with the ukrainian military reporting nearly 150 battles every day as it tries to stall russia's momentum. just two months ago pokrovsk was considered a relatively safe place. about 14,000 civilians are still there — war weary, and desperate for the conflict to end. from the frontline, the bbc�*s yogita limaye reports, with imogen anderson and sanjay ganguly — and a warning you may find some of the images in this report distressing. just before dawn, we are taken to what's being called the hottest front line in ukraine. the darkness, a bit of cover from being spotted by russian drones. ukraine is throwing

us officials were asked if they see that that could potentially be a date october 7, as the dpp for retaliation. of course, they told reporters, we simply don't know. it's unclear at this time, but there's two things that israel needs to play out here. are they going to respond to intention of iran's attack? this was the largest ballistic missile attack, the largest attack by iran on israel. so it's scope in scale is extremely large, but its impact was small, minimal damage, one person killed. so does israel respond to the actual results of that attack and respond in a more limited way. and then of course there's the response to the response because he ron has already vowed that however, israel retaliates is iran could retaliate even further at is that for tat that continues to draw this region deeper and deeper into a war that only claims more and more lives by the date yeah, absolutely. >> salma abdelaziz in london. thanks so much. and us secretary of state antony blinken is reaching out to foreign leaders to try to quell the destruction in the middle east the top american diplomat spoke with

jinping where he articulated this is exactly what we want, we want to decrease popular support for the dpp and i think as they look back and reflect on what they were able to do over the last sense former house speaker nancy pelosi's trip to taiwan and in the interim period they would look back and say we achieved the objective . how far can we push before we do get some sort of resistance and that's where i would assess that their thinking already strategically about limiting the president to one term. and i think that what we can expect frankly is the long clock shifting into the second scenario, the ghost in the machine in about a year and a half two years where we start to see efforts to intentionally destabilize parts of the banking and finance center and energy infrastructure and trade with the goal of undermining the current party and that's where were headed and i think all the steps that we articulated during the game now need to be put into place in preparation for what is almost certainly coming . >> i want to see if you had anything to add about what you think would be the like

we ended the nafta disaster, canceled the dpp which would have taken all your businesses out of pennsylvaniaus off. we had to be $1 trillion. russia had to pay nothing. india had to pay nothing. china had to pay nothing and we had to pay $1 trillion. i said so far, the deal is not looking too good. as a business guy, i looked at some of these deals and said, who the hell negotiated these? there is some hanky-panky going on, i think. of course, biden got a lot of money from china. the fake news never talks about it. if that were made, i would be excoriated. remember i said at the debate? i said let me ask you how come the mayor of moscow's wife paid this man $3.5 million? chris wallace said, please don't ask him that. two weeks later, it became a hard subject. and nobody did asking the question. i won the big case in florida. he had a similar case but the difference was i had the presidential records act. i beat the deranged jack smith. deranged individual. biden had a similar case, but he didn't have presidential records act, right? he was essentially convicted. here was the decision. he is