crimeform, she said it is part of the chinese islands nanny on april 23, two vessels of the philippine coast guard entered the water near the rinai reef without china's permission, one of them deliberately provocation actions by approaching a vessel of the coast guard of the people's republic of china. what do you know about the details of this incident, how much it can affect the stability in this region, which is already under a question mark, please in general, the south china sea is such an ancient zone of tension, and this sea washes the territory of many countries , including vietnam, thailand, malaysia, indonesia , the philippines , and taiwan . has maritime border disputes with virtually all of these countries disputes include islands reefs shores and in recent years beijing has been actively developing marine infrastructure and creating such artificial islands atolls and it thus claims common territories in the south china sea. and there was even a lawsuit from china to the international court of justice. the international court of justice then rejected it, and china was very offended by

armenia calling out visited armenia, side of the border after talks and back who on thursday, philippines coast guard has released fridge. it says, shows a confrontation with a chinese ship in the south china sea. the incident happens when a chinese navy shipping gauge and what the coast guard called dangerous maneuvers crossing paths with one of its vessels. it's the latest maritime escalation between the 2 nations basing says it was provoked into the confrontation. we'll have more news at the top of the hour on al jazeera, but up next it's democracy. that's next, thanks for joining us. but on counting, because europe is coming to africa, johnson green hydrogen, confident meet the demand, the us, china, and russia, racing for you can cancel, installed the continental plus, the scramble for africa, spread up elements. if anything else counting the cost on our 0, me all the part of my journalistic camera. 44 years ago in 1985. i was appointed the most school bureau chief of hungary and television. those were the war by 12 years. nobody at that time wanted to go to the soviet union. and when i came bac

coast guard. the form the used was provided to them by the philippine coast guard, which has been patrolling parts of the south china sea within the philippines. exclusive economic zone more frequently says president ferdinand marcus junior took office will always have to involve the united. marcos has also agreed to allow us forces access to for more military basis to go through which are close to taiwan. a move that prompted china's ambassador to manila, hong cdn, to quote, at by the philippine government to oppose taiwan independence if it genuinely cares about overseas. filipino workers are always double use in taiwan. remarks that many filipinos didn't take lightly. the message of this action is to lead the point for daddy calling of their ambassador one because of the problematic statement that he had, he should, ah, which had the effect of threatening or issuing a whining through a thousands of all if w is currently deployed in by one, it was all smiles, however, between president marcos and chinese foreign minister chin gung when they met in manila last saturday. in a statement after the m

government to take a tougher approach in its dealings with me on my tony chang, al jazeera, the philippines coast guard has released footage. it says, shows a confrontation, the chinese ship in the south china sea. the incident happened when a chinese navy shipping gauged in what the coast guard called dangerous maneuvers crossing paths with one of its vessels. beijing says it was provoked into the confrontation tune, gordon, charging that it should be emphasized that the philippine vessels carrying journalist height is a premeditated provocation that deliberately seeks to pick a fight and use the opportunity to make a hype. china expresses in solemn protest and strong dissatisfaction in this regard and urges the philippines to respect to china's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the south china sea. and to start taking actions that will complicate the situation and also 9 military veterans from senegal, who fought for france in 20th century was, have returned home. until now they had been forced to live in france for at least 6 months of every year. in order to access their

last week there was a near collision between chinese and philippine coast guards, ships and disputed waters. china claims, most of the south china sea has its own and it's been expanding its presence that in recent years. this is despite an international court ruling saying, the claim has no legal basis. jessica washington has more. this is a particularly significant time for the philippines signaling this broader. patton, if a geopolitical shift for the philippines as it aligns itself once again, closer with the us, particularly in terms of a strategy and defense. and further away from the talk that the, for the former president, for as we go to touch a, took his country down. affording closer ties outside of the philippines relationship with the u. s. including ties with china and, and russia as well. for marcos, this is a, a priority of his to keep ties with the u. s. but she can close even as he pursues close economic ties with china. it's worth putting this into the broader context that earlier in the year when he visited president, she didn't being one of his he, it was actuall

the philippines coast guard has released footage and says, shows a confrontation with a chinese ship, and so trying to see. so that incident happens when a chinese navy ship in gauge and what the coast guard called dangerous maneuvers crossing paths with one 5th vessels. beijing says it was provoked into the confrontation, 900000. it should be emphasized that the philippine vessels carrying journalists height is a pre meditated provocation that deliberately seeks to pick a site and use the opportunity to make hype. china expresses in solemn protest and strong dissatisfaction in this regard and urges the philippines to respect china's territorial sovereignty and maritime rites. an interest in the south china sea, and to stop taking actions that will complicate the situation with health coverage and spain and portugal. her broken records for april as an early season heat wave hits the region, spain southern city of corda by registered 38.8 degrees on thursday. be i very peninsulas already struggling with drought. there are fears the high temperature is may see a repeat of last summer is

and for being presidents, last week there was a near collision between chinese and philippine coast guard ships in disputed waters. china times mostly china sea is its own and its been expanding its present fair in recent years. that's despite an international court ruling saying, the claim has no legal basis. jessica washington has more on basic. well, the timing is suddenly interesting, but i'm, let's say we really shouldn't read too much into just that. the fact that this particular moment intention relating to the chinese see is sort of flaring up as the philippine president makes his way to the u. s. and the reason for that is, well, this is a regional flash point in the tension could have fluctuate. we see the skirmish is confrontation happening every few months between relevant countries between china, whether it's china, philippines, or china and vietnam, that's simply a reality of the region in terms of the strategic significance of the visit itself, it suddenly an important one. this is the 1st visit for a philippine president in, in at least 10 years. and it's also in the light

most unpopular president of south korea has had since the 1990 s. mcbride al jazeera, so the philippines coast guard is released footage. it says, shows a confrontation with a chinese ship in the south china sea. the incident happened when a chinese navy ship engaged in what the coast guard called dangerous maneuvers crossing paths with one of his vessels. beijing says it was provoked into the confrontation china claims. most of the south china sea, despite international court, saying the claim has no legitimate basis. tune guanasha chin down. it should be emphasized that the philippine vessels carrying journalist height is a premeditated provocation. that deliberately seeks to pick a fight and use the opportunity to make a hype. china expresses its solemn protest and strong dissatisfaction in this regard, and urges the philippines to respect to china's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the south china sea. and to start taking actions that will complicate the situation and counsel training the vaccinations is urging japan to join international sanctions against mere mars m

the philippines coast guard has released footage. it says, shows a confrontation with a chinese ship in the south china sea. the incident happened when a chinese navy ship engaged in what the coast guard called dangerous maneuvers crossing paths with one of its vessels. beijing says it was provoked into the confrontation and giant panda who spent 2 decades in the united states has been welcomed home to china. yacht has been the subject of passionate discussions on social media. many chinese users accusing the us of neglecting her despite veterinarian saying that she had been well cared for. just for washington reports from beijing. 20 years ago, jojo, the giant panda arrived in memphis, assign of goodwill and a high point in relations between the united states and china. this week people came to say they could buys recently and yaya has been under good care throughout her stay in the memphis, sue. she is deeply loved by the american people. but in china, people have been speculating about her health for months, saying she looked sick

so fisherman and the philippines are increasingly coming up against chinese coast guard vessels in their traditional fishing grounds. the united states military gaining greater access to philippines. military base is china also says it won't guarantee the safety of filipinos living in taiwan barnaby lo reports from civic bay, a busy weekend for these fishermen as day work against an impending fishing bad. the philippines and u. s. military's are set to hold drills in waters nearby. they say they've got nothing against the americans, the real threat to their livelihood. stacy, our chinese vessels are done on the china. the chinese are constantly petroleum. if you tried to enter the show lead smart fishing, a bonus, better. rubber boats would occasionally. bonita what audi commercial fisherman is referring to the resource ridge, scarborough shoal into disputed south china sea. just 120 nautical miles or about 222 kilometers from where we were speaking. due to the lack of fishing opportunities. if these commercial fishermen are poor. so sailed beyond coastal waters, the bas scarborough shoa

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coast guard. the phone they used was provided to them by the philippine coast guard, which has been patrolling parts of the south china sea within the philippines. exclusive economic zone more frequently says president ferdinand marcus junior took office will always have to involve the united. marcos has also agreed to allow us forces access to for more military basis to go 3 of which are close to taiwan. a move that prompted china's ambassador to manila seed, yet to quote advice the philippine government to oppose taiwan independence if it genuinely cares about overseas. filipino workers are always double use in taiwan remarks that many filipinos didn't take lightly. the message of this action is to lead to point for daddy calling of their ambassador long because of the problematic statement that he had, he should, which had the effect of reckoning, or issuing a whining through a 1000 self always w, currently deployed in by one. it was all smiles, however, between president marco's and chinese foreign minister, chin gung when they met in manila last saturday. in a statement after the meeting, marcu

the philippines coast guard has released footage. it says shows a confrontation with a chinese ship and this so trying to see the incident happened when a chinese navy shipping gauge and what the coast guard called dangerous maneuvers crossing paths with one of its vessels. beijing says it was provoked into the confrontation, 900000. it should be emphasized that the philippine vessels carrying journalist is a premeditated provocation that deliberately seeks to pick a site and use the opportunity to make hype, china expressive, install a protest and strong dissatisfaction in this regard. and urges the philippines to respect to china's territorial sovereignty and maritime writes an interest in the south china sea, and to stop taking actions that will complicate. the situation was held up to a 1000000 people from the eastern democratic republic of congo. have been displaced by the conflict that began their last year. last, january. hundreds had been killed in fighting between the m 23 armed group and the congo leaves army. many people wh

last week there was a near collision between chinese and philippine coast guard ships in disputed waters. china claims most of the south trinity as its own and has been expanding its presence there in recent years that's despise an international court ruling saying that the claim has no legal basis. well, that speaks jessica washington. she is across the us for us from beijing. jess, i know philippine president fallon, mark australia is on his way to the white house right now. is that what's driving the split up here of tension pool? the timing is certainly interesting, but analysts say we really shouldn't read too much into this. that the fact that this particular moment intentions relating to the sounds trying to see is sort of flaring up as the philippine president makes his way to the u. s. and the reason for that is, while this is a, a regional flash point in the tensions sort of fluctuate, we see these skirmishes at these confrontations happening every few months between relevant countries between china, whether it's china and the philippines of china and vietnam, that's simply a r

the philippines coast guard has released footage. it says shows a confrontation with a chinese ship in the south china sea. the incident happened when a chinese navy shipping gauge and what the coast guard called dangerous maneuvers crossing paths with one of its vessel. china claims most of the south china sea, despite international court thing, the claim has no legitimate basis to go and then charge. and it should be emphasized that the philippine vessels carrying journalist height is a premeditated provocation that deliberately seeks to pick a site and use the opportunity to make hype, china expressive, install a protest and strong dissatisfaction in this regard. and urges the philippines to respect to china's territorial sovereignty and maritime writes an interest in the south china sea, and to stop taking actions that will complicate the situation with a giant panda who spent 2 decades in the united states has been welcomed home to china. ja has been the subject of passionate discussions on social media with many chinese users a

as being no official explanation so far for the pollution coast guard ships from china and the philippines have narrowly avoided a direct collision in the south china sea as witnessed by journalists on board. the philippine vessel was cast off by the chinese shit as a troll through the just use it was away. china claimed sovereignty over much of the sea, despite an international ruling denying its claim. now or on supreme court has upheld a death sentence against a 68 year old iranian german jewel, national for the crime of what it calls corruption on earth. the journalist and activists chum, good jam shed sharma was sentenced to death in february, accused of playing a role in a 2008 mosque bomb bombing. his family says he is innocent and the german foreign minister and lena burbock has called on iran to reverse the judgment. for more than 2 years german, iranian journalist and activist jumpsuits ahmad has been detained in iran. in february, he was sentenced to death. and now the country supreme court confirmed the sentence, his family insist, his innocence, the accused iranian governments

the kremlin has repeatedly denied that it is targeting civilians and coast guard ships from china and the philippines narrowly avoided a direct collision in the south china sea report to say the philippine vessel was cast off by the chinese ship as it patrolled the disputed waterway. china claims sovereignty over much of the see, despite and international ruling against that claim. at the head of a church in eastern kenya has been arrested in connection to the quote mass killing of his followers. ezekiel o darrow is one of the countries highest profile pastors and has a rest comes as kenya is still reeling over the discovery of dozens of bodies linked to another church whose leader pool mackenzie and a 10 gay is alleged to have convinced his followers to stop themselves to death. his more on the 10 gaze followers and alleged victims. but do need rusty, saying the names of their missing loved ones aloud as they wait to hear whether they have been found. family members gather here in the kenyan coastal town of melinda, to identify the remains of bodies recently from a nearby forest. all victims of a su

the kremlin has repeatedly denied targeting civilians. coast guards ships from china and the philippines narrowly avoided a direct collision in the south. china seen report to say the philippine vessel was cut off by the chinese ship as a patrol. the disputed or to what china claimed sovereignty over marshal to see. despite that international ruling against claim, at least 7 people were killed when a railway carriage burst into flames. in southern pakistan, terrain was heading from karachi to the eastern city of la whore. for children are thought to be among the victim. in 20, our families have been waiting to identify the bodies of loved ones, allegedly encouraged to starve themselves to death by a controversial cults. it's leader, poor mackenzie in think it is being investigated over the desk of at least 98 people. but brutal ferocity saying the names if they're missing, loved ones aloud as they wait to hear whether they've been found. family members gather here in the canyon coastal town of melinda. to identify the remains of bodies recently exhumed from a nearby forest. all victims o

philippines islands in japan. doing the same thing. lee using their less than military, but not really, basically paramilitary. coast guard, militia. to bully a push out to, the philippines, and the rest of the country. some people have called it, cabbage slicing? what's it called? i can't remember. salami slicing. so mommies lacing. you almost don't notice the little moves. we have to notice those little moves. prc, and their strategy, is the long game. they are not playing for this week. they are playing the long game. we need to take the same approach. they will be glad to move into your face a half a step. you take half a step back. tomorrow they will take another half step forward. you won't even notice that you are moving backwards slowly. we need to understand this approach. some people write about it as the gray zone competition. it is below shooting. while moving forward to accomplish their strategy. forcing you to take steps back. we have to figure out, have to understand how to counter that. i think a free in open press is the biggest part of that, actually. it is not the military. it is making the world aware, frankly. >

some of the other stories that are making headlines this hour around the world coast guard ships from china and the philippines. narrowly avoided colliding in the south china sea to day quarters. say that the philippine vessel was cut off by the chinese ship as it patrolled the disputed waterway. shine a claims sovereignty over much of the south china sea authorities, volunteers are working to clear mysterious clumps of oil that have appeared along the probation coastline. the clean up has taken months and authorities are trying to clear this bill before the start of summer tourism. there have so far been no official explanation for why the clumps have appeared at least 7 people were killed when a passenger train called fire in southern pakistan. the train was heading from karachi to the eastern city of la horn for children are thought to be among the victims. the veteran us talk show host jerry springer has died. he was somebody not sure they carried his name. he ran for nearly 3 decades, and it was renowned for it's on air, fight, swearing, and revelations of marital infidelity. and jerry, springer's family

have a look now at some of the other news making headlines around the world coast guard ships from china and the philippines narrowly avoided a direct collision in the south china sea report to say the philippine vessel was cut off by the chinese ship as a patrolled, disputed waterway. china claim sovereignty over marshal the sea. despite an international ruling against the claim authorities, volunteers are working to clear mysterious clumps of oil that have appeared along the creation coastline. since last year. cleanup has taken months and authorities are trying to clear the spill before the tourist season begins. there so far been no official explanation for the pollution to spain now, which is dealing with an unprecedented heat wave for this time of year. many places have already been hit by an unseasonably dry winter forecasts as expect the heat wave to peak of the next 2 days. madrid is likely to hit 30 degrees celsius. cordova sweltering, 38, and inside on the island of my aka is said to climb to 34. for some visitors though, it's a welcome change. these tourists from england are getting a sneak peak

you see this in places like the islands where there are coast guard and militia vessels, they are trying to physically force the philippines armed forces off the philippine sovereign territory. they are out of fishing areas in japan with the same. do you think they are less than military but not really, basically paramount's very coast guard and militia to push out japan and for latinas and the rest of the countries? some people have called it cabbage slicing? salami slicing. all -- you almost don't notice the little moves. prc and the strategy is the long game. they are not playing it for this week. they are playing the long game. we need to take the same approach. they will be glad to move into your face a half a step in you to take harris the back because to take another step forward. you will not notice your move back slowly. some people write about this approach is grace of competition but it's below shooting but moving forward to a compass their strategy and forcing you to take steps back. we've got to figure out and understand how to counter that. this free and open press is the biggest part of that. it's not milita

you see this in places like the islands where there are coast guard and militia vessels, they are trying to physically force the philippines armed forces off the philippine sovereign territory. they are out of fishing areas in japan with the same. do you think they are less than military but not really, basically paramount's very coast guard and militia to push out japan and for latinas and the rest of the countries? some people have called it cabbage slicing? salami slicing. all -- you almost don't notice the little moves. prc and the strategy is the long game. they are not playing it for this week. they are playing the long game. we need to take the same approach. they will be glad to move into your face a half a step in you to take harris the back because to take another step forward. you will not notice your move back slowly. some people write about this approach is grace of competition but it's below shooting but moving forward to a compass their strategy and forcing you to take steps back. we've got to figure out and understand how to counter that. this free and open press is the biggest part of that. it's not milita

at sea, fishing in the philippine waters just south of taiwan, he spotted chinese ships getting ever closer. >> chinese fishermen used to harass grd. u>> the chinese coast guard yes. >> the natives here have forged a living fishing and farming on the island for centuries. taking only what they named -- need. >> we leave here with peace. >> but, their proximity to taiwan has made them both a strategic u.s. ally and vulnerable. the u.s. and philippines help combat drills here to practice defending an island from aggressors. part of the largest military exercises the two allies have ever staged. >> this is aut more than a show of arms. this is about washington building alliances across asia. south korea, japan, the philippines, asia. the idea is to build a reliable coalition in case there is conflict with china. >> some fear and increasing u.s. presence will provoke the pele's republic of china. >> we do not want a war with the prc. we do not want that. we do not desire that. we are not provoking that. a war with the p.r.c. is good for nobody including the p.r.c.. our method of operation here, the goal of our campaign in the region is to deter conflict from ever

and philippines hold their largest joint exercises as a share concerns over china's dominance in the region. abandoned at sea, the italian coast guard carries out an operation to rescue 2 boats, carrying hundreds of people and courts in a cycle of violence and drought. the un that chief is expected to visit somalia, where millions of people have been displaced. ah, we begin our coverage in the us state of tennessee where a democratic law maker, who was expelled, has now been reinstated. naturals city council voted unanimously to allow it. justin jones to turn to the state house on monday. republican politicians, expelled jones and another young black democrat legislator last week over their gun control protest on the house floor. they were demonstrating over there just such as stance on gun control, following a mass shooting at a private school, or 6 people were killed in that attack, including 3 children, or amish at barra is tennessee senate minority leader. she joined us from memphis. welcome to the program. so firstly, what's your take on this expulsion and subsequent reinstatement? well, you know, i think expulsion is one of th

philippines. stuff up the defense alliance as they share concerns over china's dominance in the region. abandoned at see the italian coast guard carries outflow peroration to rescue 2 boats carrying hundreds of people and call to the cycle of violence and drought. the un cheese is expected to visit somalia, where millions of people have been displaced. ah, welcome to the present. we begin in the us, where 5 people are being shot dead in the state of kentucky. police a 23 year old man opened fire inside the bank where he was an employee. several others were injured including a police officer. the gunman was killed in the shooting john 100 reports. the gunshots ring out in downtown louisville prompting police to warn passers by to take cover. the police arrived within 3 minutes of an 8 30 am call that a gunman was firing inside old national bank smashing through the glass of the lock bank. they engaged the gunman, killing him. officers arrived on scene and encountered the suspect almost immediately sco fire and gun gunshots. officers exchanged gunshots with that suspect, and ultimately the suspect die at the scene. but by that t

at sea, fishing in the philippine waters just south of taiwan, he spotted chinese ships getting ever closer. the chinese fishermen used to harass us. even the chinese coast guardorged a living, —— the native ivatans have forged a living fishing and farming on this island for centuries, taking only what they need. it's very fresh air. we live here in peace. but their proximity to taiwan has made them both a strategic us ally and a vulnerable foe. the us and the philippines held combat drills here to practice defending an island from aggressors — part of the largest military exercises the two allies have ever staged. this is about more than a show of arms. this is about washington building an arc of alliances across asia — south korea, japan, the philippines, australia. the idea is to build a reliable coalition, just in case there's conflict with china. but some fear an increasing us presence will provoke the people's republic of china. we don't want a war with the prc. we do not want that, we do not desire that, we are not provoking that. a war with the prc is good for nobody, including the prc. our method of operation here, and a goal of our campaign in the re