the philippines, foreign minister enrica manella, has told us secretary of state that his region cannot afford escalation of tensions than to be blinking his in manila. and has met the philippines, president said, and marcus junior, that comes as tensions in the taiwan straits, a high after us house because visit to time, pay and get china market describe your philippines times as a special relationship i relationship is quite extraordinary because it is really founded in friendship, it's force as well in partnership, and it's strengthened by the fact that it's an alliance as well. we're committed to the mutual events pretty well committed to working with you on shared challenges. but below has more from manila, this meeting is happening against the backdrop of tension happening in the pilot street, which is just north of the philippines. currently, china is conducting military drills in that area. and the other day japan's defense ministry had said that the live missiles had dropped into japan's exclusive economic zone. and so understandably, there is concern here that, that conflict t