whether it is the south china sea, the straits of taiwan, whatever is happening in tibet, hong kong and the rest. we did not go there to talk about china. we went there to praise taiwan. we went there to show our friendship, to say china cannot isolate taiwan. that is what it was about. that is incidental to me and no relevance whatsoever. we will be together tomorrow at the next day to talk about other subjects. but for now, i want to thank my colleagues. they were just so fabulous on this trip because they brought knowledge, they brought values, they brought strategic thinking. they brought respect for the people that we met. may i say while we praised our troops and the general who took us around, they were fabulous. we showcase them and praise them. -- we showcased them and praised them. and on the diplomatic side, ambassador goldberg, ambassador emmanuel -- i was leading up to him. our former colleague, rahm emanuel. and representative kirk in taiwan, we praise him for his diplomacy which is very much the soft power that is important to our security as well. let me close by once ag

country want to be able to come up with a united fund when it comes to the code of conduct in the south china sea, that is proving to be very difficult to achieve. and i think countries looking at china's response to us how we can close the visit to taiwan with live fire drill, west band imports from ty, needs produces when band export the natural sand to tie one. i think it makes the issue of settling territorial disputes with china take on a new agency, florence louis from non pain. thank you so much for your time. the her grain ship to leave a ukrainian ports and rushes invasion has passed the both for a strike and sit off on the deal broken by turkey and the you. when that aims to allow the export of millions of tons of grain and ease the global food crisis, the mays shipments lift the port of odessa on monday. before talking at the mouth of the boss for us on tuesday night. it will now travel on to live on the country which imported most of its growth from ukraine before the war began. will elia a team of inspectors boarded the vessel to chickens cargo and documents from the casino? lou

know austin already has a lot to deal with the the me and my sister who and the civil war in the south china sea before that china's belligerence in the regions and now the russian invasion, you claim the russian question. so austin has had a lot to deal with. and you know, normally it's the kind of a rich and a buffer for big plans for the major. good. so now the loss is at this cross rate prices with china's military life fire drills going to exacerbate and you know, it does not help us tend to maintain the central role of security in the region. so as is much more challenged by related events and already had a full plate before. and you know, remember that if asked in this not be well, it becomes irrelevant and doesn't have a central role is bad for the big house because they will not have a place to talk to each other. nations have been very careful so far to pick sides between the us and china, the, the rivalry in the pacific. but will they now gradually be forced into making their allegiance is clear. you know, the, the, the us in that use and the secret to the success requires the big

warned washington the answer, if anything is tough, and announced the start of exercises in the south chinatveev in more detail. chinese liberation army wholeheartedly i swear, under the leadership of the communist party, to defend my people and always be ready to fight back the enemy . china has a formal reason to celebrate armed forces day on the eve, well, it is celebrated every year and before, there was no militant rhetoric ; however, earlier, the us house of representatives did not fly from st. petersburg. on this day in the direction of taiwan, this visit is a tangle of paradoxes in the official program of the pilot's asian tour, he is not there, but only everyone has been talking about him in the last two weeks and they even know the exact time of landing of the plane 2220 according to the local already known programs, whose visits seem to be not in the pilot will spend the night in the morning to meet with the head of the taiwanese administration and the trip will fly away, of course, the symbolic united states in this way to express support for its allies in south china the proble

and a question also we split are we see a split over south china sea. so now i think china and the us both trying to rally us in members to their size. and this is that is dividing the original organization right down the middle. and that the vision is deepening, and it's not good for, for the neighborhood, whole neighborhood because one us in is divided the major power. so we'll have no kind of bridge to, to have dialogue and no mediator. so i think that job look a bit now sitting on a post direct from chill along corn university in thailand. thanks so much for that fascinating analysis. a kate, i'm to take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. lebanon is commemorating 2 years since a massive port side explosion killed more than 200 people in the capsule bay route . the blast was recorded as one of the largest non nuclear explosions in history. and was caused by poorly stored ammonium nitrate investigations into the incident. have stalled, no senior official has yet been held to account. authorities are blaming arsonists

south korea. and reallyjust turn to china and to the global south. successful in that because, china has neither condemned russia nor sanctioned russia. india, a democracy, a member of the quad and in partnership with the us and australia and japan, india has not condemned or sanctioned russia and is importing more oil than any other country. all of the other countries are the same, they have maintained this neutrality. many countries in the middle east, africa and even latin america, even mexico that are major trade part of the us. they are all taking a stance where they won't condemn russia and are neutral and so we see a new power blocs emerging from this. that was angela stead. she is a senior fellow at the brookings institution. ajudge in florida has unsealed some of the documents which allowed fbi agents to search the mar—a—lago home of donald trump. it comes after a group of news organisations argued it was in the public interest to know more information about the search. earlier, i spoke to our washington correspondent chi chi izundu, and aske

, of course, is taking place against the backdrop of a long standing territorial dispute in the south china sea, where several member states of rpm had overlapping claims with china. with seen, china use increasingly aggressive tactics in the last few years to stake its claim . and that has led to confrontations with, for example, the philippines, vietnam in the pine members. they don't want to see that happening. and southeast asian countries want to have a unified code of conduct, but that's proving to be quite difficult to achieve. member state, non claim and member states have been accused of siding with china in the past. for example, cambodia, when it was the host the last time 10 years ago. it was the 1st time that the member states were not able to agree on a final joint to communicate and members are keen to not see that happening again. now and add to that mix is the us with it. pivot to asia is declared commitment of one thing to keep the indo pacific region we and open it use of conduct of freedom of navigation operation in the south china sea to make that point something that c

south and city. how show up. china often holds military drills in the taiwan strait. but what we're seeing now is something else entirely, isn't it? why exactly are these lead? is exercises, so worrying what the true is unprecedented. this is the 1st time beijing tries to and circle with the i then like this. it's worth noting that on china, us social media wave will and we chad. chinese citizens have express huge disappointment at beijing's lack of action to stop hello see from visiting taiwan. many were expecting to p l a to shoot her playing down, but it didn't happen. of course, the public discontent is a huge blow to seizing things authority, especially when he's under pressure to look strong ahead of a party meeting later this year. many fear the pressure coup, chromed china to take it even tougher measures against taiwan. and the drew could be practicing for a future invasion. the association of southeast asian nations is meeting in cambodia capital, non pen, china, and the u. s. are also joining the summit. the meeting has been overshadowed by nancy pelosi vis

we open it, use of its conduct of freedom of navigation operations in the south china sea to make that point something that china has become increasingly vocal about that. well, in the meantime, russian foreign minister said a lab rove has paid an official visit to manama ahead of his trip to cambodia to join those. i see on meetings that flows just talking about a lab roll, the held talks with the military gender, discussing security and economic issues. russia has supported the country's role is since they seized power last year. o in solidarity was different. so few prime minister your government to normalize on the delay the situation young. we know that you're planning next year to have a full amount through election song we. we shall success in promoting your country in making your country stronger and why fission. now moving on and iraq's influential sheer procession looked at outsider is demanding an early election. he says dialogue with the government has proven to be futile. sada delivered a televised address edging his supporters to continue with sitting at parliament until

oh, i see is case in point the south china sea where the philippines and china have had a territorial dispute. in 2016, the philippines won an international ruling, invalidating china's vast claims in the region. but china has continued its military build up and incursions. marcus administration has to emphasize it's the, here is 2, a one china policy, but with tension high in water. so near the philippines it will be looking to do that is states for a renewed commitment to a long standing military alliance. barring to below al jazeera manila. and he government protest is inter lanka have gathered in colombo, in defiance of a crack down by security forces. i comes a day after one of the main camp sites was dismantled. they're angry about an economic crisis showing no signs of ending. despite a change in government, shank is financial woes have cause severe shortage. it was basic goods and pushing millions into poverty, nelson, and is in columbia with more of what the protest is a calling for. the theme essentially for all the professors who have come together here in this above of col

oh, i see is caisson point the south china sea where the philippines and china have had a territorial dispute. in 2016, the philippines won an international ruling, invalidating china's vast claims in the region. but china has continued its military buildup and incursions. the marcus administration has emphasized its adherents through a one china policy, but with pension high in water. so near the philippines it will be looking to do that is states for a renewed commitment to a longstanding military alliance. barnaby law al jazeera manila, anti government protested inter lanka have gathered in colombo, in defiance of a crack down by security forces. it comes a day off to one of their main camp. science was partly dismantled. they're angry about an economic crisis that's showing no signs of ending. despite a change in government. now fernandez has more from columbus. they marched from different directions with one common demand, stopped the repression. c ah, students, artists, trade unionists and ordinary shall lumpkins united against a government the sea is stifling descent. why? yeah

seeing an amphibious assault suggests that the taiwanese think the chinese will take islands in the south chinand -- >> dickerson: another supply chain log jam in the warning from the nation's businessiest port. terror shark encounters. what had swimmers racing to shore. and renning the life and careers of two americans icons and thee. ♪ ♪ ♪ this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> dickerson: good evening, and thank you for joining us, i'm john dickerson in for norah. tonight, we are awaiting president biden, who will speak within the hour about what's being described as a successful counterterrorism strike. a seen nor administration official tells cbs news that the u.s. killed top al quaida leader ayman al-zawahri over the weekend. this would be a significant blow to the terror group, and his death means all the top plotters behind the september 11 terror attacks are either dead or captured. al-zawahri took over as the leader of al quaida following the 2011 raid that killed osama bin laden. we want to bring in cbs's nancy cordes at the

oh, i see it case in point the south china sea, where the philippines and china have had a territorial dispute. in 2016, the philippines won an international ruling, invalidating china's vast claims in the region. but china has continued its military build up and incursions. the marcus administration has emphasized it here is 2 a one china policy, but with pension high in water. so near the philippines it will be looking to do that is states for every new commitment to a longstanding military alliance. barney, below al jazeera manila. stella had anal 0. 0, the professor is returned to the streets and sir lincoln's counsel in defiance of a government crackdown. ah, the journey has begun the faithful world copies on its way to the castle book your travel package today. let's go with your weather update for asia. hi, everyone. hope your weekend's going well. meteorologists and pakistan or warning of above average monsoon range for the month of august. we'll get there in a sec. but 1st here's where the monsoon rains are on sunday. pepin up around entre production in the days to come, we co

house in the rose garden, he told president obama at the time that he would not militarized the south china and he's done that. that's a way to shut us off. that's why we put our cruisers through the china sea because we insist on freedom of navigation. those are open seaways and we should demand it and force it if necessary. >> neil: thanks, general for your service. some other news that disappoint add lot of space enthusiasts as we were ready to get back to the moon. artemis mission's stop. artemis is the goddess of the moon. we were going to re-visit the moon. people were disappointed. krispy kreme had a whole doughnut campaign based on this moon mission including doughnuts that looked like the moon, i'm told. i can give you a hint. i've seen the doughnuts. not exactly like the moon, but delicious. after this. ♪ my relationship with my credit cards wasn't good. i got into debt in college and, no matter how much i paid, it followed me everywhere. between the high interest, the fees... i felt trapped. debt, debt, debt. so i broke up with my credit card debt and consolidated it into a low-r

assertiveness on issues such as ty, one and the south china sea. they'd be willing to pull out the washington is trying to protect confidence in the existing international order and take steps to help ensure it fully. because the u. s. neglected china's unilateral behavior for a very long time. and now they're making more of an effort to be able to respond militarily to china in that regard. indonesia is not a u. s. ally and has long pursued a foreign policy, which it describes as free and active. but it has also pushed back against china's maritime incursions into its waters. journalists here asked the indonesian armed forces commander, undeclared, but casa, whether the exercises were intended to send a message to beijing. so as i gotta not at all, we have always done this training. if someone wants to read it that way. well, that's not our intention at all. these drills involving several countries will continue until mid august. jessica washington out his era, but to roger indonesia. frank, as president says, talks with the international monetary

oh, i see is case in point the south china sea where the philippines and china have had a territorial dispute. in 2016, the philippines won an international ruling, invalidating china's vast claims in the region. but china has continued its military build up and incursions. marcus administration has to emphasize it's the, here is 2, a one china policy, but with tension high in water. so near the philippines it will be looking to do that is states for a renewed commitment to a long standing military alliance. barring to below al jazeera manila, still had an autism tenures to main presidential candidates hold, rollins ahead of tuesday's vote. and while ukraine's military turn into virtual shooting ranges to train new recruits, ah, richard, he has begun the faithful world copies on its way to the cutter route. your travel package to the hello there. let's look to east asia and it's still a story of intense heat across central and eastern areas of china. and on sunday we'll see temperatures picking up once again in shanghai nearing 40 degrees celsius . now there are a lot of that heat is

the tour for a reason, will have to promote american values ​​and interests with her towards the south china moved forward a group of aircraft carriers anastasia dolgova to lead. in difficult economic conditions, russian enterprises are looking for new ways of development . a manufacturer of household chemicals from the volgograd region was able not only to reduce dependence on european raw materials, but also enter foreign markets, and its products are significantly lower than foreign analogues, elena kovieva spoke with specialists. now there is a mixture of several components. the output will be a non-contact car wash shampoo in one flask, surface, active substances, organic foaming agent, solvents, other components, the recipe changes and the output is a top product, a washing gel, as well as shampoos, auto cosmetics, modern trends in household chemicals. concentrates experts say that all this must be diluted with water and it turns out not only a functional, but also an economic effect. consumption in everyday life is minimally self-produced. uh, auto chemical products. household chemica

china and south korea marked the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties on wednesday. in business terms, the relationship is stronger than ever with china and now south korea's largest trading partner but is the next report explains it has left the neighbors at a crossroads. >> a tradeshow opened earlier this month in china's province. hundreds of south korea companies took part. chinese influences were busy promoting south korean products. >> translator: south korean brands are wonderful. i feel like my skin has become so smooth. >> south korean entrepreneur is a familiar face at these events. he owns a factory in china that makes cables for car navigation systems. he says sales are up 10 times since the factory opened in 2007. but not even the pandemic slowed him down. >> translator: the chinese market is expanding explosively . if the two countries built trust and worked together, we can forge better relations and a better future. >> despite the deepening economic ties, the mood in the country has started to change. the anti-china sentiment is on the rise. one survey

so this logistic nightmare that it has two supply is china controls the south china sea.

other side, while i'm on the rest of the question, also we see splits are we see a split over the south china sea. so now i think china and the us both trying to rally us in members to their size. and this is that is dividing the original organization right down the middle. and that the vision is deepening, and it's not good for, for the neighborhood, whole neighborhood because one us in is divided the major power, so have no kind of bridge to have dialogue and no mediator. so i think that job look a kitchen and pump the derek from chill along corn university in thailand. thanks so much for that fascinating analysis. thank you. now, the ukrainian president vladimir lensky, has condemned comments by the former german chance i get it at suggesting that russia wants to negotiate a solution to its war of aggression should as refusing to cut his place, personal ties with russian, lead atlanta to 10 and is facing an investigation by his own policy, the social democrats. it was a self styled diplomatic mission to the kremlin. vladimir putin spokesman confirmed that former german chancellor gach flor

there's also the aspect of south china sea, as you may know, installed chinese embraces huge parts of taiwan. and it's also we're number of saudis, asian countries have claims and we have seen, based on recent reports that china, one of his retaliatory measures is to conduct life fire exercises across salt, trying to see falling the visit of nancy pelosi to tie one. the other thing, of course, is the fact that taiwan and china both have very good economic relationship with many can be seen to region. so even though majority of saudi's asian countries have a one, china policy, meaning diplomatically on to recognize beijing as a representative, upgrade your china. but they have also very robust economic investment ties with taiwan. so that's why this is very complicated for a lot of us in the region, which is we're also emissions of during we've been reluctant, i've been there to pick sides between the us and china when it comes to the rivalry in the pacific. but do you think they are slowly being pushed into the direction of picking one right, well not picking a side is a picking. it i

soviet, it's not went away in china and we see lots of interesting developments taking place in the south china sea and that's a growth, we have seen the international system change and china assessing itself and that's a post-war context. >> chris, do you have anything to add? i think that was great comment? >> no that was comprehensive. andrew does a great job of capturing. >> i thought that was fantastic and kind of takes us to our last question here which in a sense one of the questions that we have gotten from our audience. you know, what implications does the cold war have for today's military for global affairs and i think it goes along with this idea that you just mentioned with so many nations still communist governments and did the cold war really ever end or has it become less prominent. did it just shift in ideology, you know, did the cold war just really kind of end with the soviet union and now we are dealing with something similar but, you know, different name. >> so i will try to tackle that that 8 russians were sent out of belgium, brussels, sent packing for being intelligent o

china's threat. people are cautious, but not too anxious. but in the south than region in taiwan, especially in the, near their coast. people are quite nervous about their safety. he w joyce lee from taipei, thank you. the association of south east asian nations is meeting income body as capital non pen china in the u. s. are also joining the summit. the meeting has been overshadowed by nancy pelosi visit to taiwan in chair combo. dea has urged all sides to deescalate tensioned in the taiwan strait. the original block warned on thursday that there could be a quote miscalculation and serious confrontation. richard, hey, darian is a political scientist and has written extensively about china relations with south east asian nations. and i asked him earlier, how much the tensions over taiwan would actually overshadow this meeting? well, it's element of geography, right? i mean, taiwan is actually perched at the interest pieces of northeast asia and saw asia. you know, the philippines, the northern versions of philippines are separate from ty, one by just, you kn

. >> there is concern that if there is a conflict in taiwan, it would spill over into the south chinaea, where you have territory, territory the china contests. is indonesia ready to defend itself or defend its land and waters? are you ready for that conflict militarily if it happens? >> we do want the region to be peaceful >> it should not come to the point where tensions rise and it affects economic growth and then later on affects the well-being of our people. in my opinion, it is very important there is a space for dialogue, especially between leaders of big countries. the global situation is extremely difficult and there should not be further unnecessary issues. we are going through a food crisis and energy crisis. the pandemic still exists in some countries. >> i know that you have invited president xi to come to the g20. has he said he will come in november? >> xi will come. >> and president putin? >> president putin has also told me he will come. taylor: that was a snippet of a conversation. this is "bloomberg markets." i am taylor riggs with jon erlichman. we think about the

shown their real fairs not only to what i want, but also towards japan and also especially in the south china sea. that's the reason why there is these concept indoor pacific is strategic. allen's no more asia pacific. right. so a chinese attempt to invade taiwan to re unify with the mainland will succeed or will not succeed. no, no, and will not succeed because you have the indoor pacific around. do we have we hipped our own military? we are working very close. who is the friend never in that was never countries or shots of the us hasn't committed that it will commit us troops to fight or on the side of taiwan. they don't have to, that's the polish self ambiguity and what they can, what is gonna come through and die. one is left alone to face china. we have to face that. the rent, rather i will. if louis out out guns you out, man 0, and they're going to pay a big price so big that we have to think it again. it is what is worth it to a tech type one. and it can't the warranty unify as a re, unified, whatever you say, they should try to a ticked us, not a tech us, but then john is not listenin

will fly away, of course, symbolic the united states will thus express support for its allies in south chinaroblem is that beijing considers the island to be its own and this is confirmed on paper and the us itself and, for a moment, the un, the chinese representative there clearly explained how beijing views this trip. first cuts such a visit undermines the principle of one china's sovereignty and territorial integrity. china, it also undermines the peace and stability in the taiwan strait, so if such a visit takes place, it will also undermine relations between china and the united states of china. almost daily, in clear text, makes it clear to washington to do so. do not need anything the united states will certainly be responsible and pay high price for undermining the sovereignty and security interests of our country. china has repeatedly given notion to the us its firm stance of strongly opposing a potential spa visit. house of representatives pelosin taiwan we hope that us officials will clearly understand the importance and sensitivity of this issue and how dangerous it will be. if t

sea. bringing some big down pause into the far south of china. so that could cause some localized flooding. we have seen flooding recently into southern parts of india, more heavy damsels coming in here. and we've also seen some very heavy rain into shrill anchor that east side of the country. seeing some really wet weather recently it has affected over 7000 people at wet weather will continue for western parts of franca, southern areas of india still got red. one is in force here, but hopefully not as wet as it has been recently over the next couple of days as the heavier showers just not a little further north with big down post was northern past. scattering a showers or pakistan. cats are airway official ally of the journey. the 19th sixty's was a period of change around the world, including the middle east and north africa. we dreamed of the fair and democratic society which we did for revolution. the 1st of a 3 part series out as they were world, explores the regional events, people and forces that shake the decade. i don't what our dreams w

these are nuclear weapons deployed in the same new zealand, australia, and so on, which threaten south china and most importantly, if the launches take place from australia, it is not necessary that china will respond asymmetrically to the united states. australia is not a pity, the desert, let it burn, yes, that is, we understand that the thirties thirty-fifth year is coming to this. and and for example, there is such a composite general stavridis-admiral. more specifically , he wrote a book, world war 2034, which describes in detail the scenario that due to the conflict in the south china sea, a large-scale use of the armed forces of the chinese of the united states begins and even then the american doctrine may undergo very large-scale changes. here is the conflict avoidance prophet. today the hybrid is in direct collision. with china now with the use of nuclear weapons. that is, and the bite is a sight for this world war in 2030 35, everyone understands where this is going, the same thing is happening with i identical structural situation with ukraine to create a big ukrainian conflict,

sea and the yellow sea, which it had to words, south korea, china, horace park had said that they will continue this military exercises. they will keep up the pressure and they not be now most likely will not be respecting that median line. but was that the fact so boundary that separated by warm water from china? water is now, unless you're say the concern is that now trying this will become the new normal we're trying to continuation, but such pressure on sky one. i did a good part of life in type. i did thank the latin nice on the 2nd, a gentle antonio potatoes says the attacks on his apparition, nuclear power plant and ukraine are suicidal. he's asked for the russian military, which controls it to allow monitors from the international atomic energy agency that but local say that doesn't solve the problem. john 100 reports from ukrainian capital case. western leaders say ukraine zapper region. nuclear power plant is a disaster waiting to happen. the billboard in the color of the russian flag reads, we are one nation. europe's largest nuclear power plant lies behind russian line

will fly away, of course, symbolic the united states will thus express support for its allies in south china problem is that beijing considers the island to be its own. and this is confirmed on paper by the united states itself and for a minute by the un, the chinese representative there clearly explained how beijing views this trip such a visit undermines the principle of one china's sovereignty and territorial integrity. china, it also undermines peace and stability in the taiwan strait. so if such a visit takes place, it will also undermine relations between china and the united states, the chinese foreign ministry almost daily makes it clear to washington to do this, do not, the principle of one china is a guarantee of stability in the taiwan strait region, the united states is constantly trying to escalate tensions in the region by their behavior without a hole. washington claims to be true only china has a principle and we hope that its deeds will not diverge from words in the united states, while they make a surprised face, they say, you think a pilot goes to taiwan well, what's wrong

the chinese fleet does not remove combat duty in the south china sea, and soon, as the press writes,l again conduct a training operation to encircle taiwan, and this seems to be true. indeed, at the same time, the prc defense department launched an uplifting video about marines, infantrymen, who are immediately called eagles and tigers and sea dragons. on the island itself, in its southernmost part, the taiwanese military is already checking the combat effectiveness of artillery on taipei television frames slips, drawn on shells with chalk, when there is an army, you can be calm. but it is precisely calmness that does not add we warn the leadership of the democratic progressive party. taiwan that colluding with outside forces to carry out provocations for the sake of so-called independence will ultimately only hasten its own destruction and push taiwan into the abyss of disaster. separation due to independence. taiwan will never succeed, and betraying the interests of the country and the nation will be a complete failure in the so-called white paper, which is hastily published office

it seems that she wanted to avoid crossing the south china sea and potentially going into any air space where the, the chinese military might try to intercept or interfere with her route in some ways. and said they tracked easton, then, and then headed around to sort of the back of the philippines and up to taiwan. and only just landing now as we've just seen them land. now that we have had reports from c g t n that sir, one of for china's m state run media reporting 30 or chinese su 35 fighter jets are currently crossing the taiwan straits with no further comment on that and expect it. but i think this is the kind of the kind of steps that we can expect to see from china over the next 24 hours or so. we're while pelosi is in taiwan and kind of muscle flexing a show of force from the chinese new with aircraft. and we've also seen movements of, of ground forces around earth on the coast, in the city of sham n wishes to close the city to taiwan. so obviously the u. s. will be watching extremely closely what the chinese are doing there and, and what kind of response really china comes up w

we see lots of interest in developments taking place in the south china sea. all of that, again, is a direct outpour. we are seeing the dynamic system training in fluctuate, and china increasingly inserting itself. that's all within a post cold context. >> chris, do you have anything to add to that? i think that was a great comment. >> that was really comprehensive. i think we could probably take another question. he did a great job of really capturing. >> no, i thought that was fantastic. you know, kind of takes us to our last question here, which innocence is one of the questions we got from our audience. you know, what implication does the cold war have for today's military, for global affairs. i think it kind of goes along with the idea of, you know, you just mentioned so many nations still with communist governments. did the cold war ever really end, or has it become more, less prominent? did it just shift an ideology? did the cold war just really, kind, and with the end of the social union, and now we are dealing with something similar, you know, in a dif

aggravation of the situation in the region, large-scale wars are being conducted exercises in the south china sea in close proximity to taiwan in another disputed territory, a large-scale power conflict almost arose last night, kosovo was going to ban server documents and license plates from this monday kosovo serbs. literally at the last moment, these plans were decided to be postponed for a month after serbian president aleksandar vujicic warned neighbors against escalating the situation in turn. russia urged washington brussels, which essentially determines kosovo's policy, to stop provocations and respect the rights of the serbs. sergei kalashevsky is following the development of events. this night in belgrade was probably the most turbulent in several years serbian armed forces put on high alert in the sky raised fighter jets and combat helicopters of the serbian air force ready to strike at the northern part of kosovo, peace in this part of the balkans literally hung in the balance, but towards morning it became clear that an armed conflict. at least now it has been avoided. this is a c

and so on. china is mobilizing its military in the south china sea and bearing down on taiwan. i don't think we should seek a cold war, but it is a period, a new period of normative battle over democratic values in the world in . and i think democracies of the world have to recognize this and rise to the challenge with figuring out how to deal with the rise of china is the great challenge of the 21st century. does got more authoritarian over the past decade state champion and alternative to western democratic capitalism. that gives dictatorships like china's an incredible vulnerability should a day come when that regime is no longer able to provide economic growth, it will no longer have any reason to stay in power. and the only choice it will have, therefore, if it wants to stay in power, is to use increasing repression and increasing violence against its own citizens. ah ah. so in 2014, i was the leader. we had the massive civil the some beat him, women, call it the umbrella newsman. ah, ah, my people were promised democracy and autonomy by the chinese government. we didn't b

they've expanded militarily in the south china sea. they've invested in antiship and antiaircraft capabilities to threaten u.s. vessels. they've manipulated and threatened neighbors and matted an all-out assault on democracy and autonomy in hong kong. now beijing wants to dictate taiwan's future to its people and snuff out the island's democracy. and they're building the military capacity to actually bring that about. that, mr. president, that is what's provocative. and to hear these responsible for this aggression complain, complain that speaker pelosi's travel itinerary is provocative provocative -- is utterly be a sush. i -- absurd. i welcome the speaker's display for democracy, but i hope she returns from asia more mindful of the military dimensions of the chinese threat and more committed to working with republicans to address the changing balance of military power out in the region. what that requires is selling the right mix of weapons to taiwan on a prompt timeline while helping taiwan's military prepare for likely threats. the

other show of force in the south china sea is something that a lot of people in foreign policy are worriedthis to me is very, very consistent with the speaker pelosi, winona troup for decades. this is she's resolute. she's not afraid to back down and in all honesty, you know, this is a very long game for both china and the united states point of view. and this one visit isn't going to determine the outcome of what those relations are and what they're going to be. there's a lot more of the state more about lot more that a lot more at stake. the speaker's visit that i want. >> yeah, i do want to follow up on what you are saying. there are, you know, you mentioned that you were a former senior adviser to the speaker. you are involved in her policies regarding china. so does it surprise you at all that she would want to make this stop in taiwan? >> i don't think something like this is you know, she's already made it clear that that you're there is speakers probably on on that that on the wane. i don't know when that's going to be could be coming of the 10 years. as far as i know. but, you know

she's the south china seas in the season oceans of the asia pacific region as being waters that belong primarily to the united states of america. we've been hovering in the region essentially for the past 80 or more years. let's talk about this semester griffith. i'm a nancy pelosi, she touched on 2 hours ago and i was with the big build up to this. china saying you play with fire, you're going to get. but china saying, don't com, don't. com? of course pelosi arrives. media reports now suggesting that britain is also thinking of sending as foreign affairs committee that's high want even perhaps later this year, october november potentially. is that a good idea? do you think? well, the foreign affairs committee in us right the, the, there are all ready discuss it with to run the possibilities of a visit towards the end of the year. i mean, one could i was it would be almost clear to say of course, this is, this is the loyal british poodle troopers along behind the united states master. and certainly, you know, petition. so british foreign policy, just just see what madison is doing. 9 t

has south china sea in the taiwan straits or international waters. it's china's problem that they refused to recognize the rule of like the u. s. nato have spoken about their plans to expand in the india pacific. john does washington view taiwan as an ally or an military asset min? well 1st of all, i think it's very important for tie want to take a much stronger, much more robust approach to its own defense. i. it cannot rely on other countries along to defend it. and right now, unfortunately, don't see taiwan spending the kind of percentage of its budget to really adopt what we would call a serious porcupine strategy of making any potential amphibious invasion by china, of taiwan. as painful to the overwhelmingly dominant chinese military as possible. plus, they're not properly training their own soldiers, their own civilians, to protect the country in the event of an invasion. so i think 1st of all, it's up to tie want to step up its own self defense capability, and then look to see where the united states or japan may come to its assistance in the