she lives in the english throne together with the former manager of the famous british singer robbie williams are in touch with a kharkiv woman, a forced migrant who now lives in great britain yuliya lipakova yuliya, we welcome you to the air of the only marathon. congratulations, how did you end up in britain ? why did they choose this country, who found a way there from kharkiv, i chose it because of the language, first of all, that is, i know english, and it was the understanding that i would be able to adapt here and find a job, that is, when i heard that great britain is simplifying the visa regime and i remembered that i have an acquaintance here, a work colleague from hebikelnitska, we met her in 2018, when she was in kharkiv, uh, with the support of the british council, she gave a music master class on music management, we met her then and became friends. so i wrote i asked if she could become my sponsor and support me, and she agreed, so i started to draw up the documents somewhere at the end of april, i was already here or not. everything was done quickly, we got to britain easily.

robbie williams, floyd county. >> thank you, i certainly appreciate it. >> certainly. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi leaves for her trip to asia today, still unclear if she's going to taiwan. china has warned pelosi against making a possible visit to the self-governing island. >>> cnn's melanie zanona joins us now. what did speaker pelosi say today about that trip? >> reporter: not a whole lot. speaker nancy pelosi did not confirm any details about her trip or even that she was going citing security concerns but she did talk about the importance of maintaining alliances in the region. take a listen. >> the president earlier, well, earlier in his term talked about a strong emphasis on the asian pacific. he has visited there as vice president, the secretary of commerce and others. and we want the congress of the united states to be part of that initiative. i'm very excited should we go to the countries that you'll be hearing about along the way. >> now, cnn has confirmed that pelosi and a group of lawmakers will visit asia, some of the stops that are to be included, include japan, south k