scarborough shoal isn't the only reef in the south china sea that china has taken an interest in. 2020 of mischief reef in the spratly islands reveal it's slowly being transformed into a muscular military base, complete with airstrips and anti—aircraft guns. at mischief and six other reefs in the spratlys, china used dredges to dump sand and rock on top of coral reefs, turning them into artificial islands. similar developments have taken place in the paracels — another group of islands where china maintains a constant presence. some believe if beijing builds on scarborough shoal, it will completely control access to the south china sea. last and next port of call, over. tensions rose this year when china began swarming reefs and rocks with hundreds of boats in the spratly islands. philippine secretary of foreign affairs, teodoro locsinjr, had had enough and tweeted asking china to get the "f out" of philippine waters. i spoke with secretary locsin to ask why he reacted so strongly. talk us through your twitter feed and your rants and explosive tweets. secretary locsin deleted his

scarborough shoal isn't the only reef in the south china sea that china has taken an interest in. to 2020 of mischief reef in the spratly islands reveal it is slowly being transformed into a muscular military base complete with airstrips and anti—aircraft guns. at this reef and six others in the spratlys, china dredge sand and rock onto coral reef, turning them into artificial islands. similar islands have been transformed where china maintains a constant presence. some believe if beijing builds on scarborough shoal it will completely control access to the south china sea. tensions rose this year when china began swarming reefs and rocks with hundreds of votes in the spratly islands. philippine secretary of foreign affairs had had enough and tweeted asking china to get the "f out". i spoke with the secretary to ask how he acted so strongly. talk us through your twitter feed and your rant and explosive tweets. the secretary deleted his tweet and apologised to his chinese counterpart. a spokesperson said they hoped a certain individualfrom the said they hoped a certain individual fr

in parts of the south china sea. a significant ruling given that china claims almost all the waters and origin. la hardly islands in the south china sea have long been china's territory. they are the legacy of all emphasis and we can afford to lose a single inch of them. but the philippines also cleans part of the resource. reach area. soon as taiwan, brunei, militia, indonesia, and with non this decades long conflict has always been a flash point in the region. tension has increased a time since 2013, as china started building a militarized artificial islands in the south china sea fronting protests like this one in manila. but the government's position has been less clear, alternating between rhetoric and restrained them all. so let us be friends, but do not touch a learn under their lives or their life things would be different. but the fishermen aren't convinced they say the country may truly to push back against paging while seeking investment opportunities there, which is very simple. take action. so they can fi

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the tiller is expected to sail through the south china sea. a large part of which china has laid claim to part of its mission is to demonstrate freedom of navigation in the south china. the chinese government sees this as a provocation. in recent years, it has increased its military spending and grown more assertive in its claims over the south china sea. i mentioned already, height them seems to be in when china begin island building activities in the south trying to see what i'm worried now is that we've the collection of so many military s as in this region. that's going to be the higher chance of miscalculation the u. haul recently announced it were permanently deployed to war ships in asian waters after the so tell us hail to japan in september, the deployment is part of the british government tilt towards the endo pacific. much like the u. s. pivot to asia on the former us president brock obama. it's his in part a response to china's growing influence. and that's makes the south china sea more of a potential flashpoint. florence louis al

the flotilla will sail through the south china sea, a large part of which china says, is its territory. tonight, malaysia, the philippines, taiwan, and vietnam contest that the us, which is not a claimant, has consistently dismissed china's claim. aging claim to the vast majority of the south china sea has no basis and international law that assertion treads on the sovereignty. other states in the region. we continue to support the regions coastal states and upholding their rights. under international law, the chinese government view freedom of navigation operation, often conducted by the u. s. navy as a provocation. in recent years, china has increased its military spending and grow more assertive in its claims over the south china sea entrance. i already hate them. seems to be when trying to begin island building activities in the south china sea. but what i'm worried now is that we've the collection of so many military ss in this region. that's going to be the higher chance of miscalculation you call. recently announced a permanent be deployed to warships in asian waters after the f

some 20 to 33 percent of global trade by fi bosses through the south china sea. it is also home to rich shane grounds. what if china controlled all of that? it's other quarter for international concern over china of actions in this body of water located in se asia, the south china sea is claimed almost in its entirety by china, through what is called the 9 dash line. this includes started out order claims by other countries in the region. china has overtime, militarized many low lying islands and coral reefs here. but 5 years ago today, an international court, effective new ruled chinese claims were illegal. particularly over this pub scarborough show. a low lying rocky outcrop that falls within the philippines. this territory, according to the court. the binding ruling by the hague based permanent code of arbitration, was in response to the philippines taking china to court. but china refused to acknowledge the verdict. as a result, to this day, filipino fishermen prevented from accessing the coveted fishing areas. there were not catching fishes like this and dis

philippines won a landmark legal victory over china concerning territorial incursions in the disputed south chinaijing had been unlawful in its occupation and blockade of traditional filipino fishing grounds, including scarborough shoal. both china and the philippines claim sovereignty over the large coral reef, while vietnamese claim it is their traditionalfishing grounds. the maritime territory is closest to the philippine coast, but since 2012, and despite the tribunal ruling, there has been a constant chinese coastguard presence there — with filipino fishermen reporting harassment by the authorities. china justifies its claims in the south china sea based on its controversial nine—dash—line map, first published after world war ii — it didn't take part in the 2016 tribunal or accept its findings. 0ur philippines correspondent, howard johnson, joined a filipino fishing crew to witness what's happening at scarborough shoal. we're on a fishing boat heading towards occupied maritime territory in the south china sea. we want to verify reports that chinese boats are unlawfully blockading a tradition

years, china has increased its military spending and grow more assertive in its claims over the south china sea entrance already height them seems to me even when china begin island building activities in the south trying to see what i'm worried now is that we've the collection of so many military accessing this region. that's going to be the higher chance of miscalculation you told recently announced a permanent be deployed to warships in asian waters after the flotilla sales to japan in september. the deployment is part of the british government tilt towards the endo pacific, much like the us pivot to asia and the former us president brock obama. it is in part a response to china's growing influence. and that makes the south china sea more of a potential flashpoints, florence louis al jazeera qualify for filter, come on al jazeera, this news our, the sport we're going to hear from santa goals that javelin metal hope, who was urging others not to hide behind their disability. ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, i'm having a town area or landmark on the unesco world heritage list is a highly sou

philippines won a landmark legal victory over china, concerning territorial incursions in the disputed south chinaeijing had been unlawful in its occupation and blockade of traditional filipino fishing grounds, including scarborough shoal. both china and the philippines claim sovereignty over the large coral reef while vietnamese claim it is their traditional fishing grounds. the maritime territory is closest to the philippine coast, but since 2012, and despite the tribunal ruling, there has been a constant chinese coastguard presence there — with filipino fishermen reporting harassment by the authorities. china justifies its claims in the south china sea based on its controversial 9—dash—line map, first published after world war ii — it didn't take part in the 2016 tribunal or accept its findings. our philippines correspondent, howard johnson, joined a filipino fishing crew to witness what's happening at scarborough shoal. we're on a fishing boat heading towards occupied maritime territory in the south china sea. we want to verify reports that chinese boats are unlawfully blockading a traditional

this is how it works when china takes bended the south china sea. the body of water in southeast asia. it's the major trade route so 90% of the trade going to china goes through that route in china in several countries including malaysia the philippines and vietnam share claims of this body of water could sometimes there are historical disputes as to what area is yours and mine. this is the area with huge oil and gas deposits. it's a huge deposit of natural resources. there is a huge economic interest and its inventors to maintain their claim are extended. what china did was under the first obama administration china had this idea to use the reef in the south china sea. the united states is not in checked. they were not sure what china believed in china just said we want to make sure we have the station here to help when a fisherman gets in trouble so paperlike okay, that's fine. within three years china reclaimed 3000 acres of land in building artificial islands. once they have built this island this island has runways and hangars and china declared

by doing that, the claim of the south china sea is to 90%. so basically it is shared in the international body of water and now it's in china's own backyard. now to access it, they will send their coast guard sometimes to drive them out in the name of protect china's territory. so if i build it, it's my strategy. that is the tactic. it's important we understand that because now based on its success in the south china sea, it is the same strategy to expanding the land border dispute with other countries. so, foreign policy last month published a stunning discovery. basically china built the three villages inside the border a small country with shared borders with china and even though for the longest time even in the 80s it claimed -- so once you build it, it's theirs and the reason is really basically adjacent to india and china and india for the last several decades they want to use those villages which strategically are in an area they wanted to use this to make a land exchange to basically say if you give me this other area right next to in

years, it has increased its military spending and growing more assertive in its claims over the south china sea entrance already heightened since 2015 when trying to begin island building activities in the south trying to see what i'm worried now is that we've the collection of so many military s as in this region, that's going to be the higher chance of miscalculation the you call recently announced it will permanently deploy to warships in asian waters after the so tele sales to japan in september, the deployment is part of the british government tilt towards the indo pacific. much like the u. s. pivot to asia and the former us president brock obama. it's his in part a response to china's growing influence. and that makes the south china sea more of a potential flashpoints, florence louis al jazeera calling for us defense secretary lloyd austin, has robbed and singapore as part of a week long tour of something station often is expected to rally for a joint effort against what he's described as regional chinese aggression, his deputy secretary of state when the chairman just visited china

and even back that those on this campaign from is to fight for the countries right in the south china sea. similarly dog and i'll just 0 manila. now these honey and football team is back home, celebrating the european championship victory against england. welcomed in rome and ceremony at the presidential palace. this is the 2nd time until he won the euros they lost when back in 1968. however, the match has been overshadowed somewhat. british police have now launched an investigation into a turn of racist abuse. directed at 3 black players from the english team, the tree missed their penalties against italy during the final on sunday. and the barber reports from london in the aftermath of england's defeated wembley, the clean up. some had predicted the tabloid price, often accused of racial stereotypes would be full of negative headlines. in fact, most carried the same image. one of england's prominent black players, 19 year old, became sucker being comforted by the english manage garrett south gate after missing his penalty. but there was by the abuse or the same, this mural of substi

the disputed south china sea. olice say there have been many casualties, and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup. they pipped the favourite, south africa, by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated. celebration parties were cancelled. a man entered the palace i through a downstairs window and made his way to the queen's private bedroom, then _ he asked her for a cigarette and, on the pretext - for arranging for some to be . bought, summoned a footman on duty who took the man away. cheering and applause. one child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world. education is the only solution. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: england's footballers are in theirfirst majorfinal in 55 years after beating denmark at wembley. south africa's former president's jacob zuma's handed himself in to serve a 15—month term for contempt of court. the newest country in the world, south sud

anchor: the white house has issued a strong warning to china over its activities in the south china sea. this comes as hundreds of activists gathered to mark the fifth anniversary of a court ruling against china's territorial claims. reporter: marching in defiance and making a statement in front of the chinese embassy. these activists want to remind beijing of what happened five years ago when it lost in a legal battle. in 2012, then-president filed a case at the international court in the hate. four years later, the tribunal invalidated china's so-called historical claim of most of the south china sea. a smaller country standing up to a superpower was seen as unprecedented. >> as long as nations abide by the rule of law, the award is a northstar that will keep us on course in the present and point us back in the right direction in the future should we lose our way. reporter: but, the legal victory at the impact on china's behavior. in the past few years, china increased its presence in areas controlled by the philippines and other countries, with what are described as fishing militias

a legal victory on the south china sea of tension mount once again with china. and why more and more ask are applying for new passports back in a moment. ah, ah, it's too late for the journey with sponsored by kettle airways. hello there. let's start in east asia and we've seen some really wet and windy weather in northern china. this was the scene in beijing as it was hit by severe storms. torrential downpours and gale force winds brought the city to a standstill and we are expecting to see more of this wet weather over the next few days. we take a closer look. we can see those storms moving up to the north and to the east. we've seen a tornado and land slides. we could see more to the north of beijing. as that rain falls particularly heavily. and it's also going to affect the korean peninsula. a few showers here and there, but for the wet weather we have to move to japan. those torrential rains continuing, affecting parts of a southern han schubert tokyo. we'll see the wet weather all the way through to friday when things start to dry up. and it's going to be

not i don't have georgia utah, the south china sea arbitration is nothing but a political force. so as the initiator and mastermind behind the far, the u. s. attempts to smear and suppressed china with the arbitration. the u. s. now once again, hyper south china sea issue with the 5th anniversary of the illegal ruling. as political motive was clearly revealed. chinese authorities earlier on monday said that they expelled a u. s warship, sailing close to the parasol islands and aaron north by china as she shaw. now, china says that it has historical claims to most of the south china sea and about 30 percent of its international trade passes through the resource rich area. and over the past few years has been building military bases in the dispute and territory territory, which is claimed by a number of its neighbors, including the philippines, brunei and malaysia. its behavior in the south tennessee has been described as bullying by many, including the u. s. a claim which aging has denied and it says it's continuing to work with its neighbors to solve disputes peacefully. yet today

and our correspondent joins a fishing crew in the disputed south china sea. there is a chinese coastguard vessel watching at the moment. it has done three sweeps. 200 metres away than 100 metres away and now 50 metres away. hello and welcome. england's footballers have reached their first major tournament final since 1966. the team beat denmark 2—1 in the semi finals of the european championship — the euros. they will play italy in the final on sunday. as you might imagine, the final whistle was greeted around england with jubilation. the failure of the national side to match the world cup winners of 55 years ago has been something of a sore point. the bbc�*s tim allman watched the action. the stadium itself may be relatively new but wembley is the venue is steeped in history. despite that these supporters, at least the ones wearing white, were hoping to see something completely unprecedented. i? something completely unprecedented. something completely unrecedented. , unprecedented. # football is cominu unprecedented. # football is coming home. _ unprecedente

the us government is warning china that any attack on the philippines in the south china sea would draw a response under a mutual defense treaty. the repeated warning comes as hundreds of protest. as in manila mark the 5th anniversary of an international court ruling against china's territorial claims in that region. jamila allen dugan reports. now from manila, i marching in defiance and making a statement in front of the chinese embassy in manila. these activists want to remind beijing of what happened 5 years ago when it last in a legal battle on the world stage. in 2012, the scarborough shore was forcibly seized by the chinese military prompting, then president ben ignore quino to file a case at the international court in the hague. 4 years later, the tribunal invalidate the china, so called historical 9 dash gleam of most of the south china sea. smaller country standing up to a superpower, was seen as unprecedented. but as long as nations abide by the rule of law and not of military mind, the award is a north star through keep us on the course in the present. and that will point us

alleged abuses against weaken muslims, and it's the crease. increasingly assertive claims in the south china sea biden has taken a more conciliatory tone in his remarks, at least towards china. but the trump era sanctions remain just last month by and signed an order which effectively continue to trump policy, which bands us entities from investing in some chinese companies. high level talks between the us and china were held earlier this year in alaska didn't go so well, though you may remember both sides engaging in some very public specs in front of the cameras. we'll talk about this. joining us on zoom from rest in virginia is bonnie glazer, director of the asia program for the german national fund of the united states and the thank you for your time. ah, as i read through that list, i thought what job i didn't really think about china. it feels like it's just, if it was a relationship, you'd say it's complicated right now, but he does want to move it forward. yes, i think the president biden understands that the us china relationship is very consequential. what happens between our 2 cou

the white house has issued a strong warning to china over its activities in the south china sea. this comes with hundreds of activists gathered in many lead to mark the 5th anniversary of a court ruling against china's territorial claims. jemina lean dog and reports. now from manila, the marching in defiance and making a statement in front of the chinese embassy in manila. these activists want to remind aging of what happened 5 years ago when it last in legal battle on the world stage. in 2012, the scarborough rashaw was forcibly seized by the chinese military prompting. then president ben ignore kino to file a keys at the international court in the hague. 4 years later, the tribe you know, and validate the china, so called historical 9 dash gleam of most of the south china sea. a smaller country standing up to a superpower, was seen as unprecedented. as long as nations abide by the rule of law and not of military mind, the award is a north star through keep us on the course in the present. and that will point us back to the right direction in the future. should we in a moment of

he says we will not flinch from duties within the south china sea. one headline, u.s.'an work consistent with our one china policy. there is the delicacy of the moment to the north to the south china sea. now we go to strategic's head of microstrategy. you make an immense distinction on this day of apple, alphabet microsoft earnings of the odd weighting of the dow, the odd weighting of all these better weighting standard & poor's 500. explain what our listeners and viewers should do. >> i think it's an important distinction. this difference between equally weighted s&p versus the cap weighted s&p. the five largest stocks in the s&p are roughly 30% of the entire weight of the index. when you look at the average issue, it has not made a new high since may 10. it's not terrible, it's not fatal. but under the surface this has been a much more frustrating market over the last two or three months than just looking at the index would lead you to believe. tom: we look at the technical analysis of the moment and on radio what is so important is that at least -- got the bay shoot

so what will you do differently to change the trajectory of china's behavior in the south china sea? to general milley, on taiwan, you mentioned in the house armed service committee last month china intended to develop their capabilities to seize taiwan by 2027. do you feel a sense of urgency that the u.s. and allies in the region, such as japan, should develop an operational plans and conduct joint military exercises for contingencies in the taiwan strait? thank you. >> so on the importance of freedom of navigation of the seas and the skies, this is -- this is really important, not only to the united states of america but to all of our allies and partners in the region and around the world. and so, what we have done and what we will continue to do is to work with our allies and partners to make sure that we can navigate, you know, the skies and the seas to the degree that we should have the right to, in accordance with international law. and so our emphasis will remain on that. and our emphasis will also remain on making sure that we keep those alliances strong and that our allies an

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