mohammed jamjoom for "inside story." host: let's look more closely at the u.s.nship with taiwan. washington does not have formal diplomatic ties with the island, but maintains what it calls a policy of "strategic ambiguity." it recognizes the chinese government in beijing, but not china's territorial claim to taiwan. the u.s. does supply weapons to taipei under its "1979 taiwan relations act." the island is a major economic and technology partner to the u.s. it supplies more than half of the world semiconductor's. china sees taiwan as a breakaway province that will eventually be united and hasn't ruled out using force. ♪ kim: bringing our guests. in taipei, vincent chao, former director of the political division, taipei economic and cultural representative office in the u.s., and a former chief of staff to both the taiwan national security council, and foreign minister. in miami, june teufel dreyer, a professor of political science at the university of miami, and editor of the book "taiwan in the era of tsai ing-wen: changes and challenges." and in beijing, henr

i'm mohammed jamjoom. fbi agents in the u.s. of florida have conducted a criminal search of former president donald trump's home. it's seen as a significant escalation of the federal investigation into whether trump illegally removed classified documents from the white house, as he was leaving office in january of last year. trump criticized the fbi search, calling it a weaponization of the justice system. we'll bring in our guests shortly, but first, this report from jillian wolfe. reporter: the fbi's search of donald trump's mar-a-lago estate on monday marked a dramatic escalation. the former u.s. president is facing a number of allegations into his conduct in the waning days of his administration. for much of the year, there had been small cracks in trump's political support. but a day after the fbi's unprecedented search, republicans rallied behind the former leader when all this went down in mar-a-lago, my phone blew up. -- >> when all this went down in mar-a-lago, my phone blew up. friends and family members asked me, "wha

i am mohammed jamjoom.and has seen political instability since is army chief to our in a kuwait years ago. he eventually became prime minister but has faced resistance from many thais who have them in -- you have been demanding change. many are calling on prayut chan-o-cha to resign. students held protested wednesday calling for reforms to the monarchy and the government's resignation. authorities have cracked down unemployment, imposing a nationwide ban on protests in 2014. but many have defied that ban in the years since, leading to hundreds of arrests. >> i think the government does not really care about the people. it is likely don't exist. it feels like we are being abandoned and left behind. that is why we have come out, to voice our concerns and hopefully push for a new government that really cares about its people. >> i think change is inevitable. as the country moves forward, we must rely on our younger generation. these young people are smart. i have seen them since the beginning of the movement.

i am mohammed jamjoom.eaders of serbia and kosovo have held rare talks in brussels that european union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions. they have been at odds ever since kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008 . nato is increasing troop numbers along the border with renewed fears of possible conflict in the region. the alliance's chief jens stoltenberg has met separately both leaders and called for calm, while saying nato troops were ready to intervene if necessary. the latest dispute was parked last month when kosovo said serbian identifying documents and car plate numbers would no longer be valid in their territory. the serb minority in kosovo reacted angrily, prompting kosovo to two delay the measures. first, here's more from brussels. reporter: the first meeting of the highest officials of serbia and kosovo, after more than a year, is taking place at a time of high tensions and rhetoric that is so strange that the european commission describes it as inflammable. european diplom