john joining us from hanoi. poll is out.rly investmentke professionals are not as optimistic as they were at the beginning of the year. developments,in mostly in geopolitics, have actually come to the surface and sven. -- surfaced since then. nerve -- they are not nervous, but skeptical. let's look at the u.s. first. winner,anted to pick a that is the winner, 64% inc. things are improving -- 64% think things are improving. russia being the worst if you want to compare both sides of the spectrum. 50% believe the s&p 500 will move higher. reporting what i was earlier, which is not too much higher than what people had at the beginning of the year. sideways for the most part of last week. let's look at europe. half think that things are improving although deflation or the lack of inflation is the biggest threat to recovery. perhaps aggregate demand is still not quite there to drive inflation. if you look at what they are seeing as far as mario draghi and is he doing the right 67% think he is. >> what about china, ja

this incredibly compelling book, "taps on the wall: poems from the hanoi hilton". thank you for joining us. how are you? >> you don't expect a fighter pilot to write poetry. >> i don't know, the thing i can't figure out more than anything else, you have poems in here that are extremely lengthy that you complete the remembered in your head. >> guest: created first and memorized and when through the walls so my wife and little girl who was three months old when i left, 7.5 when i walked in the door might have a legacy in case i died. i didn't die, buried the book for 40 years because it is a piece of my soul but in fact is you have already said, had to make time, run that answer race and won a way as i did it was by creating this verse and tap it through the walls but buried the book for 40 years and thanks to john mccain for doing the forward and people are urging me after all this time to publish this book which was a piece of my soul. >> host: how do you remember? how were you able to recreate that? >> guest: necessity is the mother of invention and i returned to

hanoi says it's not the case, they accused beijing of attacking the vessel and causing it to sink. this happened in an area where china has been drilling for oil, close to islands claimed by china and vietnam, the paro sell islands. the drilling began at the beginning of the month and a sizeable ar marreda was deployed. vietnamese vessels have been doing what they can to harass that operation. two weeks ago we had anti-chinese riots, leading to the arrest, detention of 1,000 protesters. several hundred of those will be put on trial or fined. two have been convicted and gaoled. the issue for china now is compensation, because up to 16 taiwanese and chinese factories were set on fire, and men others damaged. >> the data that was used to determine the path of missing malaysian airlines flight mm-hmm 370 has been released. relatives of the 239 passengers had been calling for the information to be made public. it includes 14 pieces of data sent between a satellite and the plane. in the hours after it disappeared on march 8th. >> a satanic mass - that was how pope francis described the s

beijing chartered two flights and it meanwhile, hanoi deployed hundreds of police on the streets just to break up those protesters. at least two people have been killed and more than 100 others injured in a wave of anti-chinese riots. adrienne brown has more. >> reporter: the fact that china is sending in its warships to evacuate nationals is an indication of how serious this has become. the first of the war ships is due to arrive in vietnam in the early hours of monday morning. the other vessels will follow. each vessel, we understand, can accommodate about 2000 people. potentially, we are looking at the evacuation of around about 10,000 chinese nationals. the last time we would have seen an evacuation of foreign nationals on this scale would have been when the united states gain began its speedy withdrawal from vietnam just before the fall of saigon in april, 1979. 3,000 nationals have been evacuated in the last few days. >> began after chinese easy businesses, in fact, any symbols of china, were attacked by mobs in the north and the south and also the center of the country. in all,

hanoi says that's not the case. they accuse beijing of attacking the vietnamese fishing vessel and causing it to sink. now, this all happened in an area where china has been drilling for oil close to islands which are claimed by both china and vietnam. the drilling operation began at the beginning of month and china deployed a sizable armada there to protect it. of course, two weeks ago we had those serious anti-chinese riots in vietnam that affected a third of the country's provinces leading to the arrest and detention of more than 11,000 protesters. 700 will be on trial or fined. two have already been convicted and jailed. the issue for china now is compensation, because up to 16 taiw taiwanese and chinese factories were set on fire and many others damaged. >>> the prime ministers of india and pakistan have committed to moving forward with peace talks. we describe the meeting in new delhi as a historic opportunity for the south asian neighbors. we have more from the indian capital. >> reporter: this is the most si

remarkable video from our hanoi bureau chief. let's get more on this.ondent is in singapore. it will these tensions subside? >> i think on land, they will. it you have already seen yesterday that the vietnamese government was able to bring planned protests to heal, and i think they've they understand that is not in their interest anymore, to allow these things to go on. i don't think you'll see too much more of that. you've as you just saw, got all of these ships out there, and vietnam cannot really afford to back off now. the chinese say they aren't leaving until the middle of august. you've got several weeks if not months of this ahead still. question is, can vietnam and china resolve this on their own? through bilateral talks, through diplomatic relations, come to an agreement to end the standoff? problem with bilateral talks, this is what china always prefers to do with its neighbors, is that come in a room with the two of them, the chinese hold all the cards. you have seen so far that there have been high-level meetings between chinese and vietname

the incident took place in waters claimed by hanoi, where china relocated the deepwater drilling rigater this week -- earlier this week. bangkok has been on the edge after a day of demonstrations by supporters of the government and opposition groups. thousands of opposition protesters seized television stations calling for the resignation of the entire government. supporters of the government have also been streaming into the capital. an earthquake with a magnitude 6.0 has struck the state of guerrero in southwestern mexico. he comes two days after a stronger quake hit the country. tremors were felt hundreds of kilometers further north in mexico city. seven kilometers west of galliano on the pacific coast. no reports of damage yet. theng on to sports, it is final weekend in the season. at the bottom of the table there is everything to play for in the battle against relegation between nuremberg and hamburg. tears andill be bitter disappointment. boundlesswill also be joy. only one team will make the relegation playoffs, but all three of them are optimistic. >> we have to win, that is

the anti-china protests started when beijing sent an oil rig to hanoi. two chinese people died.says heg is doing gods work and represents a break from the past. narendra modi celebrating his election victory. be nominated- will as prime minister later this week. modi is seen as pro-business and once arun jaitley as his finance minister. jaitley failed to win a seat in the lower house of parliament. home prices continuing to spread. in april, prices find in 44 of 70 cities. eased in some has places. the central bank called on the biggest lenders to speed up the process of granting more mortgages. marketsve a look at the and see how they are doing in hong kong and shanghai. we are just about an hour and 30 minutes of trading so far. about 0.3%.by those figures not really helping developers. they are dragging down the shanghai composite. south korea also in the mix at the moment, down by 0.1%. , thatlia and new zealand poll showing a decline in popularity for tony abbott in australia. let's get more insight on those china growth figures. what is your first read? there is a litany o

there was a proassessment outside hanoi. it was broken up. journalists and protesters pushed away. china is appealing to vietnam to do more to direct nationals. -- protect nationals. there's no counter demonstrations and the reason is simply - the chinese don't want spontaneous gatherings on the streets as the june 4th anniversary approaches. china has disputes with two other neighbours - japan and the philippines, and to its people, i don't think it wants to be seen as the bad boy on the block. >> north korea offered a rare apology to people whose relatives were killed after an apartment building collapsed. the newsagency said irresponsible supervision was to blame, but did not specify how many were killed, only that it happened tuesday in pyongyang. south korea's unification ministry said 93 families were living in the building. >>> a career analyst and journalist said the move may be an attempt to upstatement the south korean government. >> let's take it on face value that there has been an accident of this nature, that there has been a building collapse of a 20-odd storey in py

there was a small demonstration in hanoi, broken up by the authorities, journalists and protesters pushed away. china is appealing to vietnam to do more to protect the nationals. we see no counter demonstrations in china. the reason for that is simple. the chinese don't want spontaneous gatherings on the streets as the tensive june 4th anniversary approaches. china has disputes with two other nations, and i don't think to its people it wants to be seen as the bad boy on the block. celebrations have exposed a deep difficultation. the deposit has been holding a victory parade. commemorations for the tamil tigers have been broken up. survivors say the suffering is far from over. they sent this report from the northern city. the mark of the million, warn by old married tam ill women. this woman wore hers since her marriage to the lad are of the tamil tigers, who waged a war against the sri lankan government. today she and these women don't know where their husbands are. they say they surrendered to the military on the last day of the war. >> they loaded everywhere - not just one by one, all t

about 200 vietnamese people marched outside the chinese embassy in hanoi protesting an oil rig positioned in an area that's claimed by both countries. tension between the two nations increased last week when vietnam and china both positioned severalships right near the disputed parasaille islands. they say china destroyed eight ships and wounded six people. >> clean-up crews are helping out parts of missouri after a pair of toranados to have roofs off homes and flipped over cars. residents of one town said the tornado just got larger as it got closer. so far, no injuries are being reported. >>> ebony dion has been tracking those toranados. ebony, are people in missouri in the clear now? >> not at all. in fact, the repeat performance, today it looks like toranados more likely than yesterday. yesterday, we saw up to 11 reports. so we are watching this all kind of unfolding as we go through the day. right now, we are looking at the warmth and it continues to build in advance of a cold front that's going to continue to shift slowly off to the east. we wanted to show you where the jet stream l

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. >> a story we continue to monitor out of hanoi. thank you.he is ready for talks with russia. they will accept the election results and are ready for talks. pro-russia force has taken lead. violence is great in eastern ukraine. forces launched air strikes. david nordin ultimatum to leave. many flights were canceled. in ultimatumrdin in-- and they ignored ultimatum to leave. let's find out what is happening in eastern ukraine. what is going on? what is next? >> well, after the election on sunday, fighting has intensified as you said. heavy fighting at the airport a the center of the city throughout the night. know, that certain denial on the streets of what is going on because you see people sitting in cafÉs and you see people, traffic moving as the usual but right in the outskirts attack onhere was an the train station as well. although trained this morning have resumed running. this morning have resumed running. the pro-russian insurgents who have blocked in donetsk seem to be under a lot of pressure. saying he came out could resolve the issu

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and then phillies three hundred inches away from the capital hanoi the site is surrounded by mountains of financial protection to the french johnny. but the toxin heavy gunfire from the mountains resulted in a victory for vietnam. so effectively and it finds his career he'll rule. even sixty is a separate county buildings and tanks can be seen at the sites. vietnam's coleman is on tv at the country to a decisive victory at games promise and its head and keeps the us today uses the nbn fail as the deposit rate for this history the government in common as possible using a state run media to commemorate the anniversary in an apparent bid to emphasize the parties' role in bringing independents. and now i'm going out alone. and even reminds me of the great contribution of how costly it is i'm proud of their great victory. each time with that today vietnam is one of the few countries in the wild with a one party communist led government and economic risk destroying information and various viewpoints into the country. as vietnam faces such changes the government seems to place great aunt and

hundreds of people are demonstrating outside the embassy in hanoi as a maritime dispute steps up.owed similar protests to take place in other areas, including ho chi minh city. vietnam claims it is their waters, and they have seen dozens of clashes and collisions, and hanoi and beijing accuse each other of starting the confrontation, and territorial disputes are -- expect to dominate conversations at the asean conference. issue anlooking to answer to the common concern. it is likely to receive strong support from vietnam. "first up,"here on speaking out on censorship after two minutes of break. ♪ ♪ >> it is 8:30, and you are looking at a cloudy, gloomy start to the day. in souththunderstorms china over the last few days, they may move out in the following days, and you are seeing a high of 27 degrees. you are watching "first up." ♪ gridlock on the roads and at sea, and a ban may hit the economy. and censorship online. we will hear from a boss, and speculations in the will elect a government able to revive growth. welcome to this half hour of "first up." i am zeb eckert in hong kon

against china, this after the deployment of a chinese oil-rich waters in the south china seas that hanoio claims. china evacuated more than 3000 of its citizens from vietnam. last week violent protests leading to the death of six chinese citizens. fox news national security analyst k.t. mcfarland. this combined with martial law carried out by the military whether to east china sea lady is except what it is around the isle, which is all of the resources. that is what the chinese have done with the vietnamese. >> and i think the chinese have figured that we will send our oil breaks down and we will go to this comment error just a bunch of vietnamese fishing boats, the chinese put over 100 ships in the region and they are really not fishing boats the real chinese navy individuals. i think they were quite surprised that the vietnamese then have the demonstration in the the demonstrations got out of him. so this is oiling up to be a crisis, but it could be. >> it is if the united states and our allies want to deny us about everything as if they had no consequences. vladimir putin china, $400

the protest bang after china placed an oil rig in waters claimed by both beijing and hanoi. >>> he waseeting the election commission to fix a date for new polls. the disruption came hours after anti-government protesters killed three. >>> california's governor declared a state of emergency in san diego area where nine wildfireses are currently burning in the town of carlsbad. several homes and businesses have been affected. thousands of residents have been evacuated. the local amusement park is closed due to power outages in the area where a golf club and taylor-made offices are also closed. >>> still to come, not so fast food as workers stage strikes in the u.s. and cities across the globe. is it time they got your -- they got a wage hike? we get your reaction after this. as we do that, into the break, just a reminder, we're weighted to the downside for european equities, flat to lower. [ female announcer ] there's a gap out there. that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve. at humana, we believe if healthcare changes, if it becomes simpler... if frustration and paperwork decr

anger sparked when china moved an oil rig to part of the south china sea claimed by hanoi. adrian brown reports from beijing. >> reporter: after days of often violent anti-chinese protests vietnamese authorities appear to contain disturbances. police broke up the protest in ho chi minh city. demonstrators are angry over china's refusal to halt its deep sea oil operations in waters claimed by vietnam. >> translation: the intention today was to show support for the government's efforts to chase the chinese rig from our waters. >> reporter: the squirm irs in the waters have been going on for almost two weeks, and the worry is that it could get out of control. like china, vietnam's government is also communist and tend to keep a lid on dissent. it was unable to stop days of violence in a third of the country's provinces. some attacked chinese-run factories. many were taiwanese owned, a distinction lost on the rioters. the trouble began after china moved an oil rig to the parasol islandsle further south beijing is involved with the philippines over the spratly islands. for now,

china is evacuating nationals from vietnam after deadly protests in hanoi. tensions flared over an ongoing territorial dispute in the south china sea, which is rich in natural gas reserves. christians in nigeria prayed for the safe return of girls kidnapped by boko haram. yesterday a group of western and african countries agreed to unite in their fight against the group. >>> yemen calls on the west as it launches its largest offensive against al qaeda. the military is struggling to pay for the operation - it is asking for support. yemen has one of al qaeda's strongest affiliates outside of pakistan. >>> at least 44 died following the worst flooding in the balkans. thousands have been forced to evacuate from homes in serbia, bosnia and croatia. rising floodwaters is threatening the power plant. we have this report from serbia. >> reporter: in the air, and on the ground, the priority is to get to the old and the sick. this is 88-year-old woman, we meet her after she was rescued by the serbian army. she tells us her house was submerged under a metre and a half

that is well below the may record high of 108 in vietnam's capital city of hanoi according to the embassy there. all the temperatures listed for europe are well below the record high in spain of 122 degrees or 50 secentigrade set in 1991. >> a story about our military members who have served and recovering. >> i was serving in 2009 in can dal har province. well before even i was wounded, i've had dreams of it. thoughts of it. >> joe's motivation is todd love is a marine corps who lost limbs too. >> operation enduring warrior is a volunteer group who introduces high level amputees to extreme sports, including sky stiefg -- diving. joe learned to balance missing both legs. he moved on to tandem jumping before going solo. these wounded warriors can't walk but during free fall they feel liberated from their wounds. >> it does like the -- it's like the freedom of movement out there. >> it's silly that i put a limit on myself. i totally like put a barrier that i couldn't cross and then i ended up crossing it. >> drop zones and wind tunnels in arizona, texas and north carolina are donating time.

. >> i was just trying to figure out how a sea dispute comes from the sea to the streets of hanoi. >>s exactly the question i think people who want to find out should be asking. because as i said, protests of this magnitude don't just spontaneously happen. they're generally organized by folks behind the scenes. and i would say that this probably took months to put together. because if you think about it, the average person is too busy just going to work and making a living -- >> to put together a protest. >> absolutely. >> how much influence does china actually have on vietnam? >> they have obviously economic levers and they would want to resolve this peacefully and talk to the vietnamese government officials around say please you know -- and say please you know do something about this otherwise we might put sanctions on you or do other measures. but i would say it would be tough for them to have a lot of sway, if the vietnamese have, in their back pocket, other countries they're working with, that would dif -- give them more gloating power in these disputes. >> is this going to resol

the kind of chaos that we observe absolutely cannot be tolerated and i think that we are thou seeing hanoi try to craft a more coherent, effective response to this emergency situation. >> does china's action test america's resolve in coming to the aid of allies in any way? >> well, absolutely. i think washington has signalled its intent to ren gauge with asia -- re-engage with asia. vietnam is not an ally of the united states, but i think that everybody recognises the united states is interested in a stable east asian region, one conducive to normal economic relations and to the significant extent that this poses a threat, the united states is absolutely concerned with the situation. the question is whether or not, or how they'll engage the situation now that it is reaching a critical level. >> experts say what is happening in the south china sea is more dangerous than what has come before, the forces driving it going before the pursuit of energy reference. do you agree at all? >> well, i think the situation is dangerous. i think what americans need to know is that the conflict will not go

. >>> taiwan's vice economic minister is hanoi to ask for compensation from the vietnamese governmentwanese government hit by recent anti-china protests. hundreds of foreign owned businesses were attacked. some even set alight. the violence came after china chose to send a deep water oil drilling rig into contested waters in the south china sea. >>> how about this one? the singer, taylor swift. she's being sued for breaking trademark rules. the country star claims 13 is her lucky number. it proved more unlucky when she started using it her clothing line. the california clothing company blue sphere says we registered that lucky 13 trademark two decades ago and is asking for damages and to prevent ms. swift from using the term on her merchandise. what's wrong with number 12? follow me on twitter. @bbcaaron. that's it for business. >>> now, you're watching "gmt." in a moment, why one of the world's best known rock songs might not be quite what you thought. captain: this is a tip. bellman: thanks, captain obvious. captain: and here's a tip. when you save money on hotel rooms, it's just li

hanoi said several boats were damaged, and six people were injured. confrontation came as vietnam is trying to stop china from operating an oil rig, near the paracel islands, in disputed waters. >> ( translated ): vietnam will have to use all measures stipulated in the un charter to defend its interests. as you know, this is a very sensitive and dangerous issue and we think it threatens peace, stability and maritime safety and security in the south china sea. >> ifill: china insisted the oil rig was in its territorial waters and that drilling there is normal and legal. but in washington, the state department called the chinese actions provocative and dangerous. this was election day for south africans. lines were long at polling stations in the first elections to include young voters born since the end of white minority rule in 1994. 22,000 polling stations were open, with final results expected saturday. the african national congress is expected to win a return to power, despite strong challenges from the opposition. president obama spent some time t

they're controlled by china but claimed by hanoi.h sides have accused the other of intentionally ramming their vessels. chinese ships also fired water cannon at vietnamese crews. today, the vietnamese coast guard claimed chinese ships had once again blocked attempts to reach the rig. qtr today we got as close as 12 kilometers to the oil rig, and chinese forces reacted with many ships and followed us closely. at one point, five chinese ships surrounded one of ours to stop us from getting close to the oil rig that is operating illegally in our territories. >> woodruff: china has rejected vietnam's complaints and defended its own actions. again, the foreign ministry spokeswoman. >> ( translated ): i think it's quite obvious who is the provoker, who is the victim, who is trying to calm the situation, and who is escalating tension. >> woodruff: in washington, the white house has criticized china's actions in the territorial dispute. but spokesman jay carney appealed today for calm on both sides. >> these are disputes that need to be resol

the city in hanoi over the weekend. other protests going on over oilese oil extortion and in exploration rig. and beijing accuse each other of starting the competition. whenal people were injured two grenades exploded in bangkok. protesters have called for a final push to topple the caretaker administration and install an unelected people's council. ruling party is seen as winning the vote. the president in myanmar making seem.in the cell china -- the south china sea. today inlection ends one of the holiest places. on the leader expected to win the election. must be to the common man party. do on this election friday. let's look at the government in delhi, whatever it is. . thank you for joining us. . it is about reform, isn't it, and stalled reform. that has to be the priority. >> i think the year for he carried us into the final day of election today -- i think euphoria carried us into the final day of election today. i think the mandate is an important. the stronger the mandate, the stronger position they are. they c

efforts to deepen military ties in the region are emboldening hanoi and emboldening u.s. allies and for general dempsey could you please be explicit when you spoke about provocative actions in your opening remarks. do you believe china's behavior is an issue with vietnam has been provocative and china should -- protests in vietnam and did you call on china to pull back and do you risk of conflict in the east and south china sees increasing? [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] >>> secondly, the related countries in the south china sea region have drilled actually many oil wells in south china see, but china has never drilled even one. for the single fact we can see how much restraint china has exercised. ask the purpose of the restraint is to keep -- maintain the stability of the south china sea region. we have -- enjoyed putting aside disputes but while china is held in this position other nations are drilling oil wells in this region so that's the status quo, and i have to un

there was a small demonstration outside the chinese embassy in hanoi.that was broken up by the authorities, journalists and protesters and was pushed away. china is appealing to vietnam to do more to protect nationals. we see no counter demonstrations and the reason for that is simple. the chinese don't want spontaneous gatherings on the streets on the sensitive 4 june anniversary. china has disputes with two other neighbours, japan and the philippines, and i don't think to its people it wants to be seen as the bad boy on the block. >>> a rare apology from north korea to people whose relatives were killed after an apartment building collapse saidment the official newsagency said there was irspeble supervision and -- irresponsible supervision and didn't specify how many were killed. south korea's unification ministry said 92 families were living in the building the the time of the accident. >>> staying in east asia, tens of thousands of protesters gathered in seoul voicing outrage over how the government handled the ferry disaster. many could be heard ch

got to go to vietnam, went to hanoi, saigon, they still call saigon, by the way. but they use both names. will tell you that the chief of staff the their air force was very open and welcoming, the entire country was. they were noticeably appreciative of our efforts to engage with them. there are legal ramifications, things we have to watch by law with what we can do with the vietnamese. there's many areas why we can grow that relationship, and it incan creditably productive. we are looking at a couple things using some of the assets and flying through denang. there are some training environments we're looking to help them with. we do those four or five times a year. pacific angels are events where dentists,ctors, veterinarians, engineering capability and we go to a place help.eeds we do huge medical engagement, ando engineering engagement probably as valuable is we bring in the host nation's military and government officials to increase their visibility with their own population. so it's very valuable and has a response. thailand, obviously another of allies, japa

hanoi accuse beijing of attacking the vietnamese vessel and causing it to sink.his happened in an area where china has been drilling to oil close to islands claimed by both china and vietnam. this drilling operation began at the beginning of the month and china deployed a sizeable armada to protect the operation. vietnamese vessels have been doing what they can with the operation. 700 protestors will be put on trial or fined, two have already been convicted and jails. the issue for china now is compensation, because up to 16 taiwan niece and chinese factories were set on fire and many others damaged. >> the u.s. has called china's installation of an oil rig in the disputed waters provocative. >> authorities have released raw satellite data from missing malaysian airlines flight 370. the documents collected by a british company detailed the final hours. the flight went missing in early march with 239 people onboard. relatives of the victims have been asking for greater transparency and demanding the release of data so independent analysts can focus on new leads. >

vietnam, went to hanoi, danang, and then sign-on / touchy man city. they used both names interchangeably. it was a great visit. the chief of staff, very open and welcoming. the entire country was. they were noticeably appreciative of our efforts to engage with them. there are legal ramifications, things we can do with the vietnamese. it was incredibly productive. were looking in a couple. in looking at the potential. the pacific. we've done them in vietnam in 2009, ten, 12, and 13. we take doctors, dentists, veterinarians, engineering capabilities in go to a place that needs some help. we go and do huge medical engagements, engineering engagements. we bring in the host nation military and government officials to increase their visibility. it's very valuable. thailand, obviously a treaty ally. an exercise with singapore, the united states, and thailand. it's been going on since 1994 backslide. and finally, this is the pacific air chief symposium. fourteen pacific air chiefs. we travelled throughout the united states. the most of it. incredibly valuable

rallying against the chinese oil rig in disputed waters hundreds gathered outside china's embassy in hanoi to voice their anger over the huge drilling project in the south china sea the rig has prompted a furious reaction from vietnam which seems part of the drilling site is within its turkey. and saudi arabia the death toll from the murders at respiratory virus has reached one hundred thirty nine the i break was first detected in the country back in two thousand and twelve it's since spread rapidly reaching several nearby countries the disease can lead to kidney failure and pneumonia. insurgents have attacked a military base in northern iraq killing twenty soldiers at least eleven were shot dead from close range after they had been tied up the incident followed a spate of deadly assaults across the country that left nineteen people dead iraq is witnessing its worst surge in violence since two thousand and eight with thousands of deaths since the start of this. the bell is next with crosstalk here on r.t. international do stick around. rather than recognizing just how far this is goes and

vessels for intentionally disrupting the country's operations they have told their counterparts in hanoi to have their ships leave before the two sides can talk to stand up as the international community weenie and us assistant secretary of state daniel russell urged both sides to refrain from further provocation competing sovereignty claim is in the disputed areas including the carousel. all must be dealt with peaceful. must be dealt with diplomatically and must be dealt with in accordance with international law. japanese foreign minister for me and sheena has also expressed his concern the iraq issue of the new regional rethink the incident is part of a series of tuna mackerel and provocative maritime activities by china. on tuesday philippine authorities detained a chinese fishing boat and eleven crew members near this friendly islands. he said the vessel had a large number of an insured dead animals on board the two nations are also locked in the territory of disagreement. chinese officials claimed they control the area and have demanded the media release of the detainees. meanwhile

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