features in the south china sea include the deployment of any ship missiles, surface—to—air missiles, electronic jammers and, more recently, the landing of bomber aircraft at woody islandspite china's claims to the contrary, the placement of these weapons systems is tied directly to military use for the purposes of intimidation and coercion. the new prime minister of spain, pedro sanchez, has officially been sworn into office today by king felipe in madrid. the ceremony comes less than 2a hours after forcing out his predecessor,

tanslation: it's within china's sovereignty to deploy troops and weapons on islands and reefs in the it's allowed by international law. anyone who makes carping comments on this is trying to interfere in china's internal affairs. it's not worthy of refuting. the us and china are also battling over trade. an american delegation, led by the us commerce secretary, is in beijing this weekend to address what the united states says are unfair trade terms set by china. tonight american and chinese defence delegations are just departing from their dinner at the singapore presidential palace. 0n the menu — trade, security and the jostling of the two superpowers for regional influence in the very heart of asia. ina in a moment, he was on bbc one will join us for a round—up of the international and national news. —— viewers. the new prime minister of spain, pedro sanchez, has officially been sworn into office today by king felipe in madrid. the ceremony comes less than 2a hours after his predecessor, mariano rajoy, was forced out of office. richard galpin reports. the leader of spain's socialis

referred to as an american institute well it's widely seen as a de facto embassy on the self ruling island china claims taiwan as its territory and criticize the opening of the institute as harmful to us china ties israeli police have begun evacuating jewish settlers from fifteen homes built illegally in the west bank two protesters were arrested after scuffles broke out during the operation israel's supreme court ordered the evictions because the homes were built on private palestinian land. french president emmanuel mccall has denounced italy's refusal to take in more than six hundred migrants stranded aboard a rescue ship in the mediterranean president's record accused the italian government of cynicism and said it had an obligation under international law ilia sending ships to help transport the migrants to spain which has offered them refuge the french island of corsica has also offered to take them in. after more than two days stuck at sea the six hundred twenty nine migrants on board of the rescue ship arias are finally heading to a safe haven european n.g.o.s u.s. military rescued them o

referred to as an american institute well it's widely seen as a de facto embassy on the self ruling island china claims taiwan as its territory and criticize the opening of the institute as harmful to us china ties israeli police have begun evacuating jewish settlers from fifteen homes built illegally in the west bank two protesters were arrested after scuffles broke out during the operation israel's supreme court ordered the of actions because the homes were built on private college in your land. french president emanuel mccord has denounced italy's refusal to take in more than six hundred migrants stranded aboard a rescue ship in the mediterranean president's record accused the italian government of cynicism and said it had an obligation under international law ileus and.

referring to as an american institute was widely seen as a de facto embassy on the self-will an island china plays taiwan as its territory and criticize the opening of the institute as harmful to us china ties. israeli police have begun evacuating jewish settlers from fifteen homes built illegally in the west bank two protesters were arrested after scuffles broke out during the operation israel's supreme court order to make shoes because the homes were built on private palestinian land. like. french president emanuel michel has denounced to italy's refusal to take in more than six hundred migrants stranded aboard a rescue ship in the mediterranean president's macor accuse the italian government of cynicism and said it had an obligation under international law at least sending ships to help transport the migrants to spain. after more than two days of talk at sea the six hundred twenty nine migrants on board of the rescue ship. are been accompanied minors and pregnant women. the ship was headed toward sicily but italian authorities refused entry as did malta stuck on the high seas the migrants

he said last month china's air force landed bombers and deployed military hardware on the disputed islands as part of a training exercise. raising alarm bells in that region, though. take a listen. >> china's militarization of artificial features in the south china sea includes surfa surface-to-air missiles, electronic jammers, and more recently the bomber of aircraft at woody island. despite china's claims to the contrary, the placement of the systems is tied directly to military use for the purposes of intimidation and coercion. >> he added that the u.s. is not planned to abandon its role in the region. >>> new government studies say that spies at the white house is happening, it's there. they found cell phone surveillance devices at the white house. we'll tell you what else they found. >>> crime in chicago is down. president trump continues to slam that city using it as his favorite punching back to talk about gun laws. >>> a fatal uber ride lands a driver in jail. what happened in the car. >>> plus, cnn takes a closer look at ride-share companies and investigates the vetting process fo

artificial features in the south china sea includes the deployment of missile for air missiles electronic jammers for more recently when you know bomber aircraft would be island. despite china's claims to the contrary the placement of these weapon systems is tied directly to military use for the purposes of intimidation and coercion trying to militarization of the spratleys is also in direct contradiction to president twenty fifteen public assurances in the white house rose garden that they would not do this scott hyla is live for us in single poll scotto wang touched upon those comments about decoupling denuclearization from the presence of u.s. troops those are important comments that came out way you are how those being seen . yeah definitely that was something that you know if you would have a headline for that what's going to be happening with the north korean situation it is that and that is jim jim mattis the u.s. defense secretary here at the shangri-la dialogue saying that exactly that that it was actually a question that was brought up after he spoke in regards to what the u.s. troops presence is going to be moving forward on the korean peninsula he

translation: it is within china's sovereignty to deploy troops and weapons on islands and reefs in thelowed by international law. anybody who makes comments on this is trying to interfere with china's internal affairs. it is not worthy of refuting. the us and china are also battling over trade. an american delegation led by us commerce secretary wilbur ross is in beijing this weekend to address what the us says are on fair trade terms set by china. —— unfair. injust under two weeks, singapore plays host to the summit of the century. the meeting between president trump and north korea's kimjong—un. but tonight, american and chinese military delegations are just a parting from their dinner at the presidential palace. on the menu, trade, security, and thejostling of two superpowers fought regional influence in the very heart of asia. —— superpowers fighting for regional influence. thousands of palestinians have attended the funeral in gaza of a volunteer nurse who was killed by israeli fire during protests along the border on friday. health officials and witnesses said 21—year—old razan a

it's within china's sovereignty to deployed troops and weapons on islands and reefs in the south chinas on this is trying to interfere in china's internal affairs. it's not worthy of refuting. the us and china are also battling over trade, an american delegation led by the us commerce secretary is in beijing this weekend to address what the united states says are unfair trade terms set by china. tonight american and chinese defence delegations are just departing from their dinner at the singapore presidential palace. on the menu, trade, security and the jostling of the two superpowers for regional influence in the very heart of asia. the united states has vetoed a un security council resolution calling for protection for palestinians in gaza and the west bank — following the deaths of more than 100 people during recent viole nt protests. the us ambassador to the un, nikki haley, said it was because the resolution failed to mention hamas —— which israel views as a terrorist organisation. britain abstained in the vote. meanwhile, thousands of palestinians have attended the funeral in gaz

translation: it is within china's sovereignty to deploy troops and weapons on islands and reefs in the by international law. anyone who makes carping comments on this is trying to interfere in china's internal affairs. it's not worthy of refuting. us and china are also battling over trade. an american delegation, led by the us commerce secretary wilbur ross, is in beijing this weekend to address what the united states says are unfair trade terms set by china. in just under two weeks, singapore plays host to the summit of the century — the meeting between president trump and north korea's kimjong—un. but tonight, american and chinese defence delegations are just departing from their dinner at the singapore presidential palace. 0n the menu — trade, security and the jostling of two superpowers for regional influence in the very heart of asia. karishma vaswani, bbc news, singapore. meanwhile, america says it will not discuss removing thousands of us troops from the korean peninsula at its summit with north korea. the meeting, which has been confirmed as taking place in singapore on june 12

tanslation: it's within china's sovereignty to deploy troops and weapons on islands and reefs in the china's internal affairs. it's not worthy of refuting. the us and china are also battling over trade. an american delegation, led by the us commerce secretary, is in beijing this weekend to address what the united states says are unfair trade terms set by china. tonight american and chinese defence delegations are just departing from their dinner at the singapore presidential palace. on the menu: trade, security and the jostling of the two superpowers for regional influence in the very heart of asia. delays and cancellations have continued today on northern rail ahead of the introduction of an emergency timetable on monday. the company says it'll mean 165 services being cancelled every day. from rochdale, olivia richwald reports. after almost two weeks of commuter misery across northern england, today was a weekend reprieve. there were fewer passengers on the railways, but still more than 120 cancelled northern rail trains. tell us what's going on. don't wait two minutes before a trai

mass is says last month china's air force landed bombers and deployed military hardware on the disputed islands as part of a training exercise. that raised alarms in the region. listen >> china's militarization of artificial features in the south china sea includes the deployment of any shipped missiles, surface-to-air missiles, electronic jammers, and more recently the landing of bomber aircraft at woody island. despite china's claims to the contrary, the placement of weapons systems is tied directly to military use for the purposes. intimidation and coercion. >> mattis added the u.s. does not plan to abandon its role in the region. >>> a wild ride ends with what many people are calling a miracle. drivers could not believe it when a pilot was forced to land right in the middle of rush hour. >>> plus, tariffs imposted by president trump -- imposed by president trump could end up hurting american consumers. why the price of beer among other products you buy every day could cost you more. >>> and thousands of people are going to be marching across the country, raising awareness for gun safety and

china has been conducting what it calls freedom of navigation operation. in this area and sometimes that means that u.s. warships come very close to some of the islands that china occupies and analysts are saying that what we're seeing at the moment is a is a dangerous game of brinkmanship where there is a real potential for miscalculation i think that you know while trade wasn't discussed here president xi jinping did stress that the relationship between china and the united states was one of the most important relationships in the world right now an important relationship of the goes on to probably a more nervous audience in south korea and japan what sort of message is expected to take there i think the message there to his united states allies japan and south korea will be one of reassurance i think to reassure the south koreans that you know for the moment u.s. troops will be remaining in that country despite all the talk and the potential of their one day being a unified korea also i think he will want to reinforce the point that as far as the united states the united nations is concerned that sanctions against the north korean regime will rema

has accused china of militarizing this vast basin of water citing those aerial photographs which shows say washington that beijing has been deploying surface to air missiles on those islands it's been building in the south china sea china though says the u.s. is over hyping this issue saying all they're doing is simply defending their sovereignty remember china claims sovereignty over almost all of the south china sea and just a few months ago in a vast naval parade china sailed its aircraft carrier and dozens of other warships and that was a symbol if you like of china's sovereignty in the south china sea but the united states has also been upping its profile in the area conducting what it calls freedom of navigation operations which means that u.s. warships often sail very close to chinese islands and china has called all of that a deliberate provocation the relationship between china and the united states is complicated right now and it's also in deep trouble the u.s. supreme court has upheld on a trance travel ban on people from five muslim majority countries that just this is a very it's a tick said that the u.s. president was acting legally when he by. people from i

referring to as an american institute it's widely seen as a defacto embassy on the self-will an island china claims taiwan as its territory criticize the opening of the institute as harmful to us china ties. u.s. attorney general jeff sessions has ruled that victims of a domestic or gang violence should no longer automatically qualify for asylum in the united states and this overturns a twenty sixteen ruling that granted asylum to a woman from el salvador who'd been right and abused by her husband the child could affect tens of thousands of refugees. pope francis has accepted the resignation of three chilean bishops following a child sex abuse scandal they resigned last month after being accused of covering up abuse by a paedophile priest during the ninety's eighty's ninety's the pope has apologized to the victims and admitted the grave mistakes were made. but physically it is back look various clouds over the grow the economy are going to dock up by the day that's according to the international monetary fund's head christine the god describing the state of global trade in the era of trump h

following too as an american institute it's widely seen as a de facto embassy on the self ruling island china claims taiwan as its territory and criticize the opening of the institute as harmful to us china ties. in volgograd russia eleven people were killed when the boat that they were on crashed into a tugboat police say the excursion vessel was not registered rid of forty's and that is captain appear to be drug. is a host city for the soccer world cup starting on thursday. and as i just pointed out the football world cup in russia starts on thursday but before this year's edition officials must first agree who will host the two thousand and twenty six tournament morocco is up against a joint bid from the united states canada and mexico but twenty twenty six will be a world cup with a difference the number of teams for one will increase to a whopping forty eight a decision from the fee for congress in moscow is expected at some point on wednesday. teams from forty eight countries squaring off in eighty games who can host the new jumbo world cup in two thousand and twenty six the usa says it

that china has been building up the chinese respond that these islands belong to china therefore china can do what it wants because china claims sovereignty over almost all of the south china sea the problem is there is a dangerous game of brinkmanship going on right now between the navies of china and the united states and analysts warn that the potential of a miscalculation is very great matt is also going to discussing other issues including taiwan and of course north korea the united states wants to impress on china the need for china to continuing enforcing sanctions against north korea but at the moment say analysts china may be less enthusiastic about doing that at a time when the united states is straining to clobber china's economy with more terrorists here is president on a tramp's send his national security advisor to moscow to finalize plans for an upcoming summit with the russian president vladimir putin a visit by john bolton follows months of work by the kremlin to make the summit happen it's reportedly being considered for mid july off to

they had the idea if you put the right bombers in china they will ultimately be able to bond the japanese home islands from china itself. he ends up leaving the war very bitter on ends up going back to china. he looks at this as his princess. he has a deep admiration for h her. >> their line, the fire line tigers -- >> it's confusing. there is a cargo line that was started by a bunch of former flying ters. they started after the war that the cia proprietary. hands up doing these covert missions for the rest of his life and is involved in these cia private airlines. we tended to think of this era of covert actions but you get shell companies and all of this stuff. then it makes iran-contra look like child's play. >> question about when the avg was disbanded, i read some accounts where the american military commanders in the china theater give rather harsh stipulations as to what they can do as far as their assignments. >> this is true, the army was very tough. a lot of them did not get a good passage home. they have to find their own way. that is part of the story. >> why has nobody told the story yet?

there is a continual feeling by qinghai check the china isn't getting the resources it needs and this idea putting the right bombers, japanese home islands from china and ultimately the strategy becomes the campaign that won the war. and leaving the war very bitter, going back to china. and it was remarkable to see, refers to mme. chiang as his princess. he has an admiration for her and ultimately recurring support for the changs for the rest of his life. >> the flying tigers, channels? >> the flying tigers line with a cargo line that was later part of the federal express, started by former flying tigers. he started the airline after the war which operates. >> and other book deals with this. >> he ends up doing these covert missions for the rest of his life involved in cia private airlines and that is fascinating to me. when you think of this era of covert action later on and with the flying tigers, using shell companies and all that stuff coming in the 90s a lawyer for the group getting recognition, makes iran contra look like child's play. >> question when the avg was disbanded. i read some accounts when the american military commander

china sea. last weekend the chinese flew a bomber to woody island. ed china from these bi-annual military exercises, big naval exercises here in the western pacific. what mattis said today is that was only an initial step. he warned there could be more punitive action towards china. the interesting this evening about this is the context of the singapore summit where the china precious north korea to come to the table and cut a deal. mattis is being critical and challenging the chinese. one other note, mattis did say they would continue to play a role in negotiating from a position of strength. >> up next, the scandal surrounded roseanne barr's sitcom being cancelled because of her racist tweet. i was really surprised that i wasn't finding all of these germans in my tree. i decided to have my dna tested through ancestry dna. the big surprise was we're not german at all. 52% of my dna comes from scotland and ireland. so, i traded in my lederhosen for a kilt. ancestry has many paths to discovering your story. get started for free at ancestry.com. this lo

concerns the united states and indeed other countries is a fact that china has clearly been installing surface to air missiles on these islands it's been building our china says these us purely there for defensive measures it is china defending its sovereignty but the united states doesn't really buy that and of course during the past few years the united states has been conducting what it calls freedom of navigation operations in the south china sea and occasionally you have u.s. warships sailing very close to those islands that are occupied by the chinese and at the same time you know the chinese navy has also been conducting high level operations just in april china's new aircraft carrier and a number of other warships took part in what china said. his biggest ever naval parade that was another symbol if you like of china's sovereignty in this area and analysts have actually warned that the danger of a of this sort of game of brinkmanship on the high seas getting out of control is very serious and the the potential for a miscalculation is really really there now it's not just the south china sea adrian that figure in the s

features in the south china sea include the deployment of any ship missiles, surface—to—air missiles, electronic jammers and, more recently, the landing of bomber aircraft at woody islandthe placement of these weapons systems is tied directly to military use for the purposes of intimidation and coercion. the new prime minister of spain, pedro sanchez, has officially been sworn into office today by king felipe in madrid. the ceremony comes less than 2a hours after forcing out his predecessor, mariano rajoy. mr sanchez — the head of the socialist party — won the backing of several other parties to win his motion of no confidence after mr rajoy‘s conservative party became implicated in a corruption scandal. a 43—year—old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the attempted murder of two police officers who were stabbed in inverclyde yesterday. pc kenny mackenzie has a serious neck injury whilst his colleague pc laura sayer was stabbed in the arm whilst attending the routine visit to a house in greenock. the man will appear in court on monday. detectives have launched a murder inquiry following a hit and run incident in glasgow in the early hours of this morn

features in the south china sea include the deployment of any ship missiles, surface—to—air missiles, electronic jammers and, more recently, the landing of bomber aircraft at woody islandplacement of these weapons systems is tied directly to military use for the purposes of intimidation and coercion. the new prime minister of spain, pedro sanchez, has officially been sworn into office today by king felipe in madrid. the ceremony comes less than 2a hours after his predecessor, mariano rajoy, was forced out of office. gavin lee has been following events in madrid. the new spanish prime minister pedro sanchez has brought about a political first in the past 2a hours, engineering a motion of no—confidence against mariano rajoy, the man who seemed unshakeable. even a week ago. the fact he survived as the people's party prime minister, attem pts the people's party prime minister, atte m pts by the people's party prime minister, attempts by his resignation, people calling for it, a no—confidence motionjust a year ago, and he got enough, pedro sanchez, enough people behind him to support that notion. what happened today? a short while ago, there was a brief formal ceremony, the

china sea includes the deployment of antiship missiles, surface—to—air missiles, electronicjammers, missiles, surface—to—air missiles, electronic jammers, and more recently the landing, our craft leanne wood islandtary use for the purposes of intimidation and coercion. china's militarisation of the spratlys is also indirect contradiction to president xi's 2015 public assurances in the white house rose garden that they would not do this. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: saudi women's rights campaigners hit out at the latest cover of vogue arabia. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given with great guns of the tower shall be shot off. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammed ali, who has died at the age of 7a. outspoken but rarely outfought, ali transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times world champion. he was a good fighter and he fought all the way to the end, even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles' lp sergeant pepper's lonel

features in the south china sea include the deployment of any ship missiles, surface—to—air missiles, electronic jammers and, more recently, the landing of bomber aircraft at woody islande contrary, the placement of these weapons systems is tied directly to military use for the purposes of intimidation and coercion. the european union's trade commissioner has warned that the us is "playing a dangerous game" by imposing tariffs on european steel and aluminium. in response, the eu has issued a io—page list of tariffs on us goods ranging from harley—davidson motorcycles to bourbon. canada and mexico are also planning new taxes on us products. police scotland have named the two officers who were stabbed at a house in greenock yesterday. pc kenny mackenzie has a serious neck injury whilst his colleague pc laura sayer was stabbed in the arm. a 43—year—old man arrested after the incident is also being treated in hospital. a man is due in court this morning charged with the murders of two well—known criminals in the north—west of england. paul massey, who was known by the nickname "mr big", was shot dead outside his home in salford in 2015. john kinsella was killed while walki

translation: it is within china's sovereignty to deploy troops and weapons on islands and reefs in theo interfere in china's internal affairs. it's not worthy of refuting. but while the us is keen to assert its leadership in asia, president trump's america first policies are sometimes incompatible with those goals. here in singapore, security is being stepped up, because in just ten days' time this city plays host to the summit of the century. the meeting between president trump and north korea's leader kim jong—un. the us has said it is committed to denuclearisation, and that pulling us troops out of this region isn't on the table. america is positioning itself as a force to be reckoned with in asia, and the superpower its asian allies should stick to. karishma vaswani, bbc news, singapore. just on a quarter past five. the headlines on bbc news: the bbc learns that police have reopened an investigation into one of the central figures in the jeremy thorpe scandal of the 1970s. visa says its systems are working normally — after computer problems caused bank card payments to fail yesterd

china is warning the united states now not to stir up trouble after two american bombers flew past some idea -- islandsay they will take all steps to defend their sovereigy. last week, jim mattis called the region priority theater for the military suggesting that he could see more action there. all of this happening mid reports that the chinese are developing a new supersonic stealth drone. jennifer griffin is live with more. what is happening in the south china sea now? >> that's right. tensions have been rising in resent weeks. here's what we've seen in terms of escalation around these disputed and in some cases manmade islands that the pentagon accuses china of militarizing. china's foreign ministry spokeswoman warned the u.s. not to stir up trouble after the u.s. sent a pair of b-52 bombers near the scarborough shoal, which china took from the philippines in 2012. the b-52s no longer are configured to carry nuclear bombs but can carry up to 70,000 pounds of weaponry and can fly 9,000 miles without refuelling. the pentagon's decision to conduct the fly by came after the chinese landed nuclear capabl

amid the trade tensions, defensa secretary jameis denounced china today for deploying military equipment on a disputed chain of manmade islands in the south china sea. mattis called the strategy" intimidation and coercion" of china's neighbs in the region. last week, the pentagon disinvited china from planned international naval exercises because of its militarization of the islands. mattis made his statements in singapore, where he is attending an international meeting of defense chiefs. on the subject of the possible u.s.-north korean summit, mattis said changing the status of u.s. troops in south korea will not be on the table, and he promised agin that the goal is to remove all nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction. >> our objectives remain as stated by minister onodera-- the complete, verifiable andve irible denuclearization and removal of all w.m.d. on the korean peninsula. >> sreenivasan: sociaz st pedro sancs sworn in as the new prime minister of spain today, replacing conservative mariano rajoy, who steppedown yesterday following a no- confidence vote. the 46-year-old sanchez was sworn in by king felipe with

has now claimed more than one hundred properties since it began erupting on hawaii's big island last month. in china's state media save more than twenty people have been rescued after a blast at an iron ore mine trapped them underground eleven people were killed by the explosion in providence on tuesday two more are still missing china's mines are some of the deadliest in the world. and ethiopia says it's ending the dispute over its shared border with eritrea after decades of tension in fighting the government says it will fully accept a un deal put forward in two thousand and two to divide up the contested territory between the two countries the move was initiated by ethiopia's new prime minister ahmed who was sworn in last month through the countdown has started in a little over three hours a multi national crew of astronauts will blast off to the international space station they'll lift off from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan led by german astronaut alexander gast it will be his second mission to the i assess and he'll take command of the orbiting lab later this year his team will conduct a

. >> yes, they've asked them to remove language that mentions the island, claimed by china.inancial times reported the u.s. government has told american airlines and a delta and united not to coly. delta says, riewing the issue and they are consulting with government officials. anchor: netflix has assigned another big name for a new series. >> the streaming service is going to create a new series of television programs d songsf dolly parton. there will be 8 episodes, each song and based on dolly parton, she will serve as executive producer and will appear in the series. now we are imagining what the "9 to 5" episode will look like. anchor: like our lives. except earlier. we are taking a look at the papers today. you are starting with reaction from jordan over the political unrest. >> unrest continues, despite the appointment of a new prime minister, omar razzaz, a former world bank economist who will have a difficult task. that is what a jordanian paper says, adding that the new government will have to spead "a veritable economic revolution." skepticism from a london-based o

clearly, it is not an effective way of countering what china has been doing on the islands in the south china sea. nonetheless, i think it was an for thet signal to send u.s. to say you cannot be atsing with us over here meanwhile we are still going to try to do business with you as usual. i think it was definitely the right thing of the u.s. defense department to do. hopefully there will be other responses. now, i agree with general --gson that we cannot really china now has the world's largest coast guard in terms of the number of ships. we cannot really compete with china in terms of patrolling the south china sea. we simply do not have, and none of the other countries in the region have, the assets needed for that. so, our response has to be asymmetric. it is a challenge that hopefully people are working on. it requires some study. there are some talks of economic sanctions and so on. aankly, i think what we did couple of years ago is a good model for this. china has been very aggressively using state-sponsored hackers to try to steal u.s. commercial secrets. asymmetrical response w

there are concerns china may use its leverage, economic leverage if you like, to win other concessions from these and the endgame would be to build a military base or basis in these islandschina itself has denied that is its purpose, and it says it is simply trying to help out these governments, ramping up their infrastructure which is much needed. ramy: our australian government reporter, jason scott. thank you. jason schenker, i want to bring you into this. what are your thoughts off of china's growing part -- hard and soft power in the world? jason: i think thejason: djibouti base, it will not be the only military base they open as they extend their influence. what we see in this region is further esion first financially. we could see more as jason alluded to. ramy: getting back to your final thoughts as we wrap up this hour, midterm economics, the name of your book, we were talking about how it comes down to one number looking at 2020. jason: that is right. we analyze all of the different economic indicators. we talk about unemployment, auto sales, gdp, housing. unemployment is the number to watch because if that goes up between midterms and 2020 election, the presid

translation: it is within china's sovereignty to deploy troops and weapons on islands and reefs in thes allowed by international law. anyone making comments on this is trying to interfere in china's internal affairs. it's not worthy of refuting. but while the us is keen to assert its leadership in asia, president trump's america first policies are sometimes incompatible with those goals. in singapore, security is being stepped up, because in just ten days' time this city plays host to the summit of the century. the meeting between president trump and north korea's leader kim jong—un. the us has said it is committed to denuclearisation, and that pulling us troops out of this region isn't on the table. america is positioning itself as a force to be reckoned with in asia, and the superpower its asian allies should stick to. karishma vaswami, bbc news, singapore. more on that upcoming summit in singapore. our correspondent, hywel griffith is in seoul. he says the south korean government is looking forward to the meeting between president trump and kimjong—un. the news that the summit is ba

has accused china of militarizing this vast basin of water citing those aerial photographs which shows say washington that beijing has been deploying surface to air missiles on those islands it's been building in the south china sea china though says the u.s. is over hyping this issue saying all they're doing is simply defending their sovereignty remember china claims sovereignty over almost all of the south china sea and just a few months ago in a vast naval parade china sailed its aircraft carrier and dozens of other warships and that was a symbol if you like of china's sovereignty in the south china sea but the united states has also been upping its profile in the area conducting what it calls freedom of navigation operations which means that u.s. warships often sail very close to chinese islands and china has called all of that a deliberate provocation the relationship between china and the united states is complicated right now and it's also in deep trouble. the blockade of culture has been going on over a year now but two united nations bodies are now being drawn into the crisis first of all in the hague though has taken the united arab emirates to the international

features in the south china sea includes the deployment of any ship missiles, surface to air missiles, electronic jammers and more recently the landing of bomber aircraft at woody islandsna's claims to the contrary, the placement of these weapon systems isied directly to military use for the purposes of intimidation and coercion. >> that's confrontational there, at least calling them out. mike pompeo, the 29th anniversary of tiananmen square, the secretary of state saying we urge the chinese government to make a full public accounting of those killed, detained or missing. to release those who have been jailed striving to keep the memory of tiananmen square alive. what happened to chocolate cake? >> pompeo is saying we join unity that's something that this administration has had trouble doing. they're getting ready to go to the g7, this would be a perfect time to get all the g7 countries together on a china policy, but instead they're fighting over trade and tariffs and china is taking advantage of that, this unity to take action in the south china sea and move forward its own agenda. >> you have two cabinet secretaries who decided i know the president wants to have thi

features in the south china sea includes the deployment of anti-ship missiles, surface to air missiles, electronic jammers, and more recently the landing of bomber aircraft at woody island. despite china's claims to the contrary, the weapons are tied directly to military use for the purposes of intimidation and coercion. >> the president tweeting out "very surprised that china would be doing this," bit of a sarcastic tone from the president. the united states has known about china's actions for some time. the backdrop, though, not only the stake china has in the talks with north korea, but further the fact there is an american delegation in china this weekend led by commerce secretary wilbur ross to discuss trade with a potential trade war looming between the two nations. pamela? >> all right, boris sanchez, thanks for breaking it down for us there from the white house. >>> and president trump is feeling pretty good it seems about the mysterious giant letter from kim jong-un. >> that letter was a very nice letter. oh, would you like to see what was in the letter. how much, how much? >> so, what was the message in that letter? cnn's international diplomatic editor nic ro

is new tension between the two countries, vietnam and china, beijing recently indicated they would be deploying troops and weapons on a man—made islandement angers not only hanoi, but also other territory claimants in the region, namely taiwan, indonesia and the philippines. but one can also say, you know, the protests today have nothing to do with the south china sea dispute, it is more about the fear of chinese presence and dominance in vietnam. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the speaker of the iraqi parliament has called for elections to be repeated, as firefighters in baghdad try to contain a blaze at a warehouse storing ballot boxes from last month's elections. there was due to be a manual recount of more than ten million ballot papers, after accusations emerged of electoral fraud when the shia leader, muqtada al—sadr, won a surprise victory in may. the authorities, however, say most of the votes appear to be safe. protestors in spain's basque country have formed a 200—kilometre human chain to call for a vote on greater autonomy for the region. tens of thousands of people joined hands in a line l

china sea this means that the u.s. warships are coming very close to those chinese islands and the chinese regard the u.s. action as a deliberate provocation and you know just in april china held really its largest ever naval parade involving dozens of warships as well as its new aircraft carrier and that was another powerful indorsement of chinese sovereignty of the south china sea thank you for that ed and ron. an unmanned japanese spacecraft has arrived at an asteroid where it will not attempt to take samples the higher both the two craft took off three and a half years ago the asteroid is around two hundred eighty million kilometers from earth from september illit to undertake three landings where it will blow craters in the rock to collect samples if the return journey is a success it could help provide clues about the origin of the solar system ares jones is a space and listen north of when men walk on the moon and he joins us from sydney good to have you with us it sounds pretty exciting doesn't a long time to get there what's going to happen now. what's going to happen now is a very slow pace of si

islands. this comes after china dispatched two warships to confront vessels traveling near the man made islandsining me, former joint special operations task force. we have been caught up in this whole negotiations with north korea, china on trade. meanwhile we know the belligerence of china that began under the last administration. the neighbors say they have imperialistic ambitions. >> this was a huge issue the previous administration was dealing with. china seems to be taking advantage of the fact that we are looking in other directions. they are trying to step in, sneak around, thinking we don't do much about it. charles: when you hear a high-ranking military official talk about our success, we are talk world war ii. but all, those places. this might be different. china now poses a bigger threat every single year, don't they? >> they do. i think for all the left's talk about how the world is becoming more chaotic, this is the only way to speak to powers like china is peace through strength. we are recalibrating that loss. the last administration talked about an i happen pivot that never hap

mean clearly disinviting them from rim pac is not an effective way of countering what china has been doing on the islands it claims in the south china sea. so nonetheless, i think it was an important signal to send that for the u.s. to say, hey, you can't be messing with us over here, and then, meanwhile, we're still gonna try to business with you as usual. and so i think it was definitely the right thing for the u.s. defense department to do. but hopefully there will be other responses. now, i agree with general gregson that, you know, we can't really -- since we aren't in the region, we don't have -- china now has the world's largest coast guard, in terms of number of ships anyways. we can't really compete with ina in terms of patrolling the south china sea. we simply don't have -- and none of the other countries in the region have the assets needed for that. so a response to what china's doing in the region has to be asymmetric. that said, coming up with sorts of things is a challenge and a problem that hopefully people are working on. but would require some study. there's been talk of economic sancti

features in the south china sea includes the deployment of any ship missiles surface to air missiles electronic jammers or more recently the landing of bomber aircraft would be island despite china's claim to the contrary the placement of these weapon systems is tied directly to military use for the purposes of intimidation and coercion china's militarisation of the spratleys is also in direct contradiction to president twenty fifteen public assurances in the white house rose garden that they would not do this was called hind leg joins me now from singapore where that conference is taking place and while the americans are not tight lipped about their relationship with china the trumpet ministration has been making sure that everybody in the administration is tight lipped on message about north korea has anything been said about that subject where you are. oh yeah you know they are still pretty much on message you know we heard comments from secretary mattis about what's going to happen hopefully at the summit but we heard him speak a little bit more about china there but to discuss this further let's bring in dr song who is with the asia strategy in leadership inst

china sea. in may the chinese military landed bombers on the islands for the first time. >>> u.s. allies are fighting back against new tariffs imposed by president trump and china warns a trade war with the united states is responsible. the u.s. commerce secretary has gone to beijing to work out a deal, that is if he can. we'll have that story ahead. plus this -- >>> he has no experience, restoring power, something he says he learned in one day from a retired power worker. >> nine months after hurricane maria, puerto rico struggles with a long power outage. we're on the island where residents now face a brand new hurricane season. can you actually love wearing powerful sunscreen? yes! neutrogena® ultra sheer. no other sunscreen works better or feels so good. clinically proven helioplex® provides unbeatable uva/uvb protection to help prevent early skin aging and skin cancer all with a clean light feel. for unbeatable protection. it's the one. the best for your skin. ultra sheer®. neutrogena®. see what's possible. you were persecuted, and forced to flee the country of your birth. but

has now destroyed almost two hundred properties since it began erupting on hawaii's big island last month. in china's state media say that more than twenty people have been rescued after a blast at an i and all mine trapped underground eleven before the killed in the explosion in a province on tuesday and two more are still missing china's mines are some of the deadliest in the wild. german president trungpa steinmeyer has lead to research at the monument commemorating the jewish uprising in the warsaw ghetto in the second world war it's the last day off a two day trip to poland by the german head of state during which he stressed the importance of democracy and the rule of law. germany's mcelwee field questions from lawmakers in the chanceless first ever q. and a session in the bundestag it's a new format brought in by the governing coalition that took office in march the parliamentary question time is shared due to take place three times a year. well the countdown has started in just about an hour's time a multinational crew of astronauts will blast off from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan on