robin bryan has more from hong kong.

think robin bryan has more from hong off. i think it sort of reflects the current feeling i taiwan itself, where you find, i think the majority of the people at the moment at least, are equally resistance to all of this pressure that's being exerted from across the taiwan strait from china and saying when we've written saying, when referred to that directly talking about china exerting this pressure, she said more and more that tie one could not relax. also referring to the a increasingly assertive at times, aggressive posturing in the east china see where i taiwan is located. voting is underway in iraq to elect a new parliament, and a poll brought forward in response to months of protests, a prime minister, mustafah ha, to me was among the 1st to cast his ballad. demonstrators began taking to the streets in 20. 19. martin overhauled the political system. some observers are predicting a low turn out afghanistan. taliban says he wants to turn a new page in its relationship with washington. during talks with us officials and do