rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in northern taiwan.rking 70 years since the signing of the armistice, which ended fighting in the korean war. earlier, north korea's leader kim jong—un welcomed russia's defence minister sergei shoigu, to pyongyang and showed off north korea's latest weapons. meanwhile in south korea, a ceremony paid tribute to un soldiers who played a crucial role in the fighting. meanwhile in south korea, a ceremony paid tribute to un soldiers who played a crucial role in the fighting. in london the high court has ruled that prince harry can take the sun newspaper to court over claims it used illegal methods to gather information about him. the duke of sussex claims he was targeted byjournalists and private investigators working for the paper's publisher, news group newspapers. he has launched a claim for damages. the company denies the allegations. the judge also decided that prince harry who now lives in california can't bring a claim relating to phone hacking, saying the claim was brought too late. on day 8 of the w

live now to the bbc�*s asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes, who joins us from bangkok. items were onjanet yellen�*s agenda, among them diplomatic ties, and easing of economic tension. how much progress doesn't seem has made? well, from what she said in her press conference in beijing this morning and what we have heard from chinese officials i think this is about as positive as we could expect. i don't think anybody was expecting any major breakthroughs, but as she said in her press conference, they have had a direct, i think she said candid, constructive and and that they build the present —— a resilient and productive dialogue for the future. she said one triple not solve all the problems between the us and this is building the foundation but they can now continue talking to each other. i think one of the key things about this is that the biden administration's senior officials had not met with any officials had not met with any of the new senior chinese economic team that came in last year, after the communist party congress at the end of last year. but nowjanet cong

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in northern taiwan. the united states have a white in the criminal investigation into the former president, donald trump former president, donald trump for his handling of government documents that after she left the white house. he has been served with three extra charges. is it for the programme. thank you for watching. hello there. sunshine and prolonged heat across the uk has been very limited this july, hasn't it? and actually we had once again some contrasting weather conditions across the country. in fact, in scarborough in north yorkshire, we had just over 40 millimetres of rain, most of that falling in the afternoon. but by contrast, once the sunshine broke through across parts of the midlands in warwickshire, we had a high of 26 celsius. we haven't seen temperatures like that since the beginning of the month. now a quiet story on friday continues, but this low pressure is set to move in from the atlantic for the start of the weekend. it'll be the third weekend we've seen an area of low sitting

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in northern taiwan.f the pacific. earlier, he was in new zealand, where defence issues were prominent. mr blinken's visit is viewed in part as an effort to counter china's implements in the region. let's now bring in viola now when, a senior fellow forindo viola now when, a senior fellow for indo pacific defence and strategy at the international institute for strategic studies, a british think tank. thank you forjoining us on the programme. firstly, it seems the us is really trying to show its commitment to the south comac —— to the south pacific after china targeted the region with its belt and road initiative.— with its belt and road initiative. ,, ., , ,., , initiative. sure, absolutely. i think chinese _ initiative. sure, absolutely. i think chinese investment - initiative. sure, absolutely. i think chinese investment in l initiative. sure, absolutely. i. think chinese investment in the south pacific has been a concern around the influence that might afford china as well, in the direction that the un

rupert wingfield—hayes speaking to us from bangkok.ding that he resign. demonstrators from all over the country marched on colombo protesting against the mismanagement of the country's economic crisis. extraordinary images were seen all around the world, including protesters taking a dip in the presidential swimming pool. in the 12 months since that day, the country has suffered desperate shortages of essentials after the government ran out of foreign currency. the environmental campaign group just stop 0il says it wasn't behind a protest at the wedding this weekend of the former uk chancellor, george osborne. after leaving the church in somerset with his new wife, thea rogers, a woman threw orange confetti over the couple. despite sharing the video of the incident on social media, the campaign group says it doesn't know who she is. england have won the third ashes test against australia by three wickets in a dramatic day at headingley. it was a day that was left to bowlers chris woakes and mark wood to drag the hosts over the line in

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in northern taiwan.ng you more information as soon as we get to. north korea has staged a military parade to commemmorate 70 years since the signing of the armistice, which ended fighting in the korean war. north korea's leader kim jong—un attended the display of new drones and missiles, and hosted delegates from russia and china. meanwhile, in south korea, a ceremony paid tribute to un soldiers who played a crucial role in the fighting. this included over 80,000 troops from britain. and to mark their contribution back home, one former england cricketer has been painting portraits and hearing the stories of veterans who survived. dan johnson reports. archive: for four days, the gloucesters withstood a chinese army. _ the faces of those who survived are now revealing to us the marks the korean war made on the men who fought it. joe collett, who's troubled a little bit, and he got wounded early on. roy mills, i wanted to show his hands, because every other sentence was about fighting. there's harry hawkswo

rupert wingfield-hayes there.reation of a national monument to emmett till, a black teenager whose lynching in the 1950s consolidated the civil rights movement. the 14—year—old was tortured, murdered and his body dumped in a river in mississippi after a white shopkeeper said he had whistled at her. the monument will also be dedicated to emmett till�*s mother who campaigned forjustice. mr biden said great countries acknowledged the truth. silence is complicity. i will not be silent, nor will you be silent about what happened! cheering and applause. we can'tjust choose to learn what we want to know. we have to learn what we should know. we should know about our country. we should know everything. the good, the bad, the truth of who we are as a nation. police in england will no longer respond to concerns about mental health if there's no risk to life or a crime being committed. the government says welfare calls are stopping officers fighting crime, but mental health leaders say lives could be put at risk, as our home

relationship, to find a way to live together and share in global prosperity. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield—hayesellen�*s visit to china. very broadly speaking, i think this trip has gone as well as anyone could have expected. firstly, janet yellen said she had managed to reestablish direct, face—to—face, respectful communications between china and the united states. and that's something that's been missing for really a very long time. secondly, she was able to meet face—to—face with china's new new team, particularly in the economy. and that means she really, referring to yesterday, on saturday, she spent most of the day with he lifeng, vice premier and the man in charge of china's economy, very close to president xijinping, a very key figure in the new chinese administration. you know, no—one from the us administration has done that before, so that's important. the other thing janet yellen went to great lengths to do during this trip is to try and convince the chinese leadership that the biden administration, unlike the previous trump administration, is not openly hostile to china. she said the

where both sides benefit is only sustainable if that competition is fair. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes to say. she talked about punitive actions against us businesses in china. that's the fact that this year we've seen several us businesses investigated, some of their staff arrested and at least one closed down. that has caused a great deal of concern, i think, for the safety of us companies operating in china. there's also concern that china isn't really giving proper, free, open market access to us companies according to wto rules, and that china finds ways to discriminate and keep out certain us companies that it doesn't want to compete in the chinese market. but there are a whole host of other problems in the relationship that janet yellen will have been addressing directly with her chinese counterparts, as well as reassuring them, because she's also given the message that she's gone to beijing to reassure china that the united states is not intent on containing or constraining china's rise as an economic power. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. 207 shipping con

our correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, is in bangkok and gave us this update. is significant that for the first time in nearly a decade we are seeing a democratic parliamentary process at work here in thailand and an attempt to return to full democratic government. there was the state opening of parliament today with the king addressing new parliamentarians. the real business will begin tomorrow when they will try to elect a new house speaker and deputy speakers. this will be the first test on whether this party, the move forward party, and its coalition partners are able to stick together to form a new government in the next couple of weeks. if they can agree on a house speaker and deputy speakers tomorrow, it will be a good sign. we understand that up until today, the eve of the opening of parliament but they had been bickering over who will dominate and from which party will come the nominations for the speaker and deputy speaker. we will have to see what happens tomorrow. if it is successful the next obstacle is to get enough people together — notjust coali

of her trip, we will keep you posted with development as they come in. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes yellen has said, she sees climate change as an area in which the us and chinese governments not only can co—operate, but it is imperative that they do co—operate. the very simple reason that the us and china are by far the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases. but also, she said they not only have the responsibility to emitters, —— as the biggest emitters, —— as the biggest emitters, but also the ability. the us and china leave the world in renewables. china last year installed more solid and the rest of the one particular. it dominates the solar industry and now increasingly dominate the manufacture of wind turbans and things like that. if they can come together, to have the financial clout and the technology to start addressing climate change across the world and helping poorer countries to install solar and wind and other technologies to reduce carbon emissions, and of course mitigations of the effect of climate change, which will be an increasing issue the poorer countries

believe that continued us china cooperation on climate demands is critical. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayesit as imperative that they do cooperate, because the us and china are by far the worlds largest emitters of greenhouse gases. but also she said not only did they have that responsibility but they have the ability, which means the us and china lead the world in renewables. china installed more solar last year than the rest of the world together, it dominates the solar industry and it dominates the manufacture of wind turbines so if they can come together they have the financial clout and technology to start addressing climate change across the world and helping poorer countries to install solar, wind to reduce carbon emissions and of course mitigation of the effects of climate change which will be an increasing issue for poor countries. facial recognition software will be used for the first time at the british grand prix this weekend. it's in response to activists invading the race track last year. silverstone bosses have warned there is a high risk of death or serious injury if it happ

both sides benefits is only sustainable if that competition is fair. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayesunitive action against us businesses in china and that is the fact that we have seen several us businesses investigator, some of their staff arrested and at least one closed down and that has caused a great deal of concern for the safety of us companies operating in china. there is also concern that china is not giving properfree open market access to us companies according to wto rules and china finds ways to discriminate and keep out us companies it does not want to compete in the chinese market but there are a whole host of other problems in the relationship that janet yellen will be addressing directly with her chinese counterpart. as well as reassuring them. because she has given the message that she has gone to beijing to reassure china that the us is not wanting to restrain china's rise as an economic power. a us court has sentenced a gunman, who fatally shot 23 people at a walmart supermarket in el paso, texas in 2019, to 90 consecutive life sentences. 24—year—old patrick crusi

live now to rupert wingfield—hayes, who's in bangkok.hallenges our head? big challenges lie ahead and — challenges our head? big challenges lie ahead and trying _ challenges our head? big challenges lie ahead and trying to _ challenges our head? big challenges lie ahead and trying to form - challenges our head? big challenges lie ahead and trying to form a - lie ahead and trying to form a government. it is significant that for the first time in nearly a decade we are seeing a democratic party process at work here in thailand and an attempt to return to full democratic government. there was the state opening of parliament today with the king addressing new parliamentarians. the real business will begin tomorrow when they will try to elect a new house speaker and deputy speakers. this will be the first test on whether this party, then move forward party, and its coalition partners are able to stick together to form a new government in the next couple of weeks. if they can agree on a house speaker and deputy speakers tomorrow, it will be a

live now to bbc asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes in bangkok.t do you make of those comments, how significant are they as janet yellen was about to arrive? fist they as janet yellen was about to arrive?— to arrive? at the timing is interesting. _ to arrive? at the timing is interesting. we _ to arrive? at the timing is interesting. we don't - to arrive? at the timing is. interesting. we don't really know how much of a coincidence it is, or whether presidency is making a particularly pointed remark when he knows there is an important american visitor on the way. —— president she. taiwan is a big issue between china and the us, and china has been unhappy about how much closer china and the —— taiwan and the us have become in the last few years. we think back to this time last year when nancy pelosi was heading to taiwan, then speaker of the house of representatives, highest visit by a us official in many years. there is also the fact that the us is now looking to sell a big new arms package to taiwan, there are many more high—level business between

i spoke with bbc�*s rupert wingfield—hayes who has been given exclusive access to one of these exercisesre how the jewels are simulating and how extensive they. —— the drills. yeah, you can see from where i'm standing on this rooftop overlooking taiwan's international airport that the typhoon is doing a lot of interference with the military exercises here, the winds are getting very strong. we have just seen in the last half—hour a mock attack on the airport behind me here using attack helicopters and assault helicopters landing troops here on the runway behind me, simulating an attack by china across the taiwan strait and landing here trying to seize the international airport. in the last few minutes you can see the troops moving around on the ground, taiwanese troops repelling that simulated attack. a gun battle happening on the ground here behind me. of course, this is all a show, this is all for practice, it is not real. but the interesting thing about this is it is very much inspired by what happened in ukraine last year when the russian invasion happened and russian forces attempte

bbc�*s rupert wingfield—hayes has been given exclusive access to one of these exercises.to see you. tell us more about what these drills are stimulating and how extensive they are. yeah, you can see from _ extensive they are. yeah, you can see from where _ extensive they are. yeah, you can see from where i'm - extensive they are. yeah, you i can see from where i'm standing on this rooftop overlooking taiwan's international airport that the thai—phoon is doing a lot of interference with the military exercises, the winds are getting very strong. we have just seen in the last half—hour a mock attack the airport behind me here using attack helicopters and assault helicopters landing troops here on the runway behind me, simulating an attack by china across the taiwan strait anna lanning here trying to seize the international airport. in the international airport. in the last few minutes you can see the troops moving around on the ground, taiwanese troops repelling that simulated attack. a gun battle happening on the ground here behind me. this is all a show, although practice,

. —— finance. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has sent this report from bangkok. imperative that they do cooperate, because the us and china are by far the worlds largest emitters of greenhouse gases. but also she said not only did they have that responsibility but they have the ability, which means the us and china lead the world in renewables. china installed more solar last year than the rest of the world together, it dominates the solar industry and it dominates the manufacture of wind turbines so if they can come together they have the financial clout and technology to start addressing climate change across the world and helping poorer countries to install solar, wind to reduce carbon emissions and of course mitigation of the effects of climate change which will be an increasing issue for poor countries. i think the issue here is that china insists still that is a developing country under the un climate conventions. and it is the responsibility of the united states and other industrialised countries that are created most of the historic admissions over the la

we're still evaluating the impact of these actions. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has more about punitive actions against us businesses in china. that's the fact that this year we've seen several us businesses investigated, some of their staff arrested and at least one closed down. that has caused a great deal of concern, i think, for the safety of us companies operating in china. there's also concern that china isn't really giving proper, free, open market access to us companies according to wto rules, and that china finds ways to discriminate and keep out certain us companies that it doesn't want to compete in the chinese market. but there are a whole host of other problems in the relationship that janet yellen will have been addressing directly with her chinese counterparts, as well as reassuring them, because she's also given the message that she's gone to beijing to reassure china that the united states is not intent on containing or constraining china's rise as an economic power. six elderly people have died in a fire at a nursing home in milan in northern italy. it's

our asia correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has sent this report from bangkok.operate because the us and china are by far the worlds largest committed —— emitters of greenhouse gases. but also she said not only did they have that responsibility but they have the ability, which means the us and china lead the world in renewables. china installed more solar last year than the rest of the world together, it dominates the solar industry and it dominates the solar industry and it dominates the manufacture of wind turbines so if they can come together they have the financial clout and technology to start addressing climate change across the world and helping poorer countries to install solar, wind to reduce carbon emissions and of course mitigation of the effects of climate change which will be an increasing issue for poor countries. more than 2 billion people around the world eat insects every day and many rave about them as a source of vitamins and protein. sofia bettiza has been to an insect farm in north italy that produces pasta made from ground critters. would y

live now to rupert wingfield hayes, bbc asia correspondent.t do you think that will look like in this visit? the expectations i keep quite low because relations between the two countries have low because relations between the two countries have been pretty bad, the worst for decades. we have seen secretary of state blinken go last month and nowjanet of state blinken go last month and now janet yellen of state blinken go last month and nowjanet yellen is of state blinken go last month and now janet yellen is going to beijing, these are trips that are designed to stabilise relations and reassure china. not admitting to a full decoupling and to restart a dialogue between these two extremely important economies in the world's two superpowers. i think it's really as basic as that. this is about sitting down, face—to—face in and talking, rebuilding some sort of trust, reassuring china that the us is committed to an engagement with china and all sorts of levels but more than thatis sorts of levels but more than that is not very much expected. rupert,

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in northern taiwan.her opponent. it was deemed as shameful. our reporter has more. this is a ukrainian fencer olga hyland. ukrainian officials gave her permission to face the russian fencer at the well fencing championships in italy just hours before their contest. the russian was competing under a neutralflag. competing under a neutral flag. it competing under a neutralflag. it was significant because it means olga kharlan has become the first ukrainian fencer to face a competitor from the first ukrainian fencer to face a competitorfrom russia or belarus since the invasion of ukraine by russian forces in february last year. now, the ukrainian went on to win the contest. this is the moment that the russian approaches to shake her hand but ucc holds down her sabre blades. now, why thatis down her sabre blades. now, why that is that is significant is there is a rule in fencing that says competitors must shake hands at the end of a contest, so what happened next? ukrainian walked off but the russian state.

live now to rupert wingfield—hayes, who's in bangkok.he move forward party are about to enter the new parliament? clearly for supporters there is real hope that they will be able to form a new government. that it will be able to bring real change to thailand politics, after a decade of military backed rule, the last democratically elected government was overthrown and 2014 after that thailand has been run by the former general and his military backed regime. now, after the may election, with these parties like move forward in particular doing really well, especially among the younger generation in thailand, there is hope they can be changed, i have to say there is also pessimism that this party and its leader, mr pita will be able to, young harvard educated leader of the party will become promise to be because there are many political and legal obstacles ahead. in the military backed regime is very sceptical about the party not sure it wants it to take power because its platform is very radical and pushing for radical change. you sa ther

relationship, to find a way to live together and share in global prosperity. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield—hayesve us this analysis very broadly speaking, i think this trip has gone as well as anyone could have expected. firstly, janet yellen said she had managed to reestablish direct, face—to—face, respectful communications between china and the united states. and that's something that's been missing for really a very long time. secondly, she was able to meet face—to—face with china's new team, particularly in the economy. and that means she really, referring to yesterday, on saturday, she spent most of the day with he lifeng, vice premier and the man in charge of china's economy, very close to president xijinping, a very key figure in the new chinese administration. you know, no—one from the us administration has done that before, so that's important. the other thing janet yellen went to great lengths to do during this trip is to try and convince the chinese leadership that the biden administration, unlike the previous trump administration, is not openly hostile to china. she said they do not