sea, that's the game as china and meet south east asia nations to discuss the rules of conduct in the dispute and walked away. the goal to avoid flashes like these, but how sincere it is china in its efforts and how close are we to guessing are legally binding code? the management of you're welcome to deed up didn't use a shot. glad you could join us meetings underway in manila to discuss a set of rules aimed at preventing flashes and managing tensions of the dispute in the south china sea officials from china, which claims most of the south china sea are meeting diplomats from the philippines, valencia, and vietnam, these are among the nations that challenge chinese claims in the region. in the past, those competing claims have left to confrontations between chinese trips and ships of other countries. a legally binding code of conduct in the south china sea between china and the 10 member association of southeast asian nations, or also young has been seen as a way of preventing these clashes. but 21 years of discussions have you did very beautiful and see as why in the back of

now the philippines is demanding. china stopped what it describes as unlawful activities in the south china sea. and that has some and bathing some basset, or after a consultation between 2 vessels of the disputed, which is the sort of pain says china as close god, 5 years or can at one of its supply boats. on sunday, the vessel was on a routine trip rotation mission for the pain says it will continue to assist its sovereignty and territory vibes from the south. china sea are technically no, this looks like a blockade of the or, you mean short. okay? because the fox and the ground us can be seen by everyone to the deals and the photos that we have shown today, clearly shows the increased deployment of the chinese coast guards vessels. i think the most number, some about them with are the most number in recent memory. so the incident happened and the 2nd time a show that says a must raise that china says it has indisputable self and t or the beijing claims everything within the so called 9 dash line. that's maybe the entire south china sea of the countries in the region reject these claims.

the south china sea is a resource rich globally significant shipping area. most of which beijing considered as a part of china, as indicated by what it calls the 9 dash line. but several neighboring countries have competing claims that with different parts of the sea and the various islands in between, and they're willing to fight for them. it's basing is actions that have raised tensions, innovation to boiling points in recent years, accused of building legal structures. these ones documented by the philippine military or the yeah. so i, i, they've also been many incidents of intimidation at sea involving various nations, the india pins into the local, intelligible, well, there's even been an attempt to plants, a chinese flag deep beneath the waves. no. the closest to any country has got to dancing, showing is suffering. t claims. is the philippines celebrating victory to territorial dispute case? and the permanent cool it's of, of attraction in 2016 in memphis states are still hoping to tie down china to a binding code of conduct. it's a health settled amou

what it describes is local activities in the south china sea. manila, someone's, china's in baset are also a confrontation between the 2 vessels for the dispute with which is just right. it forces have to change 17 palestinians and towns across the occupied west back exchange of gunfire. was heard in the city of geneva, no casualties have been the patient is where the rates have increased and recent ones. members of a tribe at the center of months of the con, the rest and northeast india have taken the protest of the capital. new denny, fighting and money from the states has killed at least a 180 people and forced tens of thousands from the homes. michael lab reports, protest is from the mostly he knew, maintain, majority, gather in the indian capital of to make the voices heard. we are suffering because of that lies the lies she's referring to. is the allegation by the most, the christian cookie, tribal group, in many put states that they are victims of ethnic cleansing at the hands of the mate. these may demonstrate is have several months. destro did not go during the and we just bo

the south china sea. stop all words, deeds, and actions that are detrimental to regional peace and stability, and refrain from being a troublemaker or destroyer of peace and stability in the south china sea. the philippines said that a resupply mission had reached a remote house post in the south china sea on choose day despite apparent attendants, by chinese vessels to block its boats. audio this month, the chinese coast guard ship used a water cannon against the philippine vessel. as a boat was transporting supplies to one of them, it was war ships in the south china sea, an american navy official label beijing's behavior as quote, aggressive and assured manila, the discount the full support of washington. you have to challenge people, i would say operating integration when they're taking a little bit more and more and pushing you, you've got to push back. you have to sell and operate. there's really no better example of aggressive behavior than the activity of august 5th on the show. but washington has

the significance here is in light of the recent tensions in the south china sea, you have to juxtaposes facing now. some will argue this is a way for china to distract attention from its domestic problems. thank you so much forjoining us this morning. thank you. donald trump has pleaded not guilty in his georgia election fraud case. he's waived the right to appear in court next week to officially answer charges. the former us president is among 19 people charged with conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election results in the us state. our north america correspondent peter bowes has the latest. let's take his decision not to appear in court in person. that is entirely within his right in the state of georgia. different states in this country have different laws in terms of people appearing in court for their arraignment, as it's known, when the charges are read and the defendant has an opportunity to plead either guilty or not guilty — he has pleaded not guilty. as you say, we expected that. and what it does do is spur everyone concerned, to be blunt about it, the spectacle,

in the south china sea. manila has summoned by james and basset, are also a confrontation between 2 vessels in dispute. it was as well for the pain says china as coast got 5 volts in canada, one of the supply boats on sunday. the vessel was on a routine troop rotation mission. and the philippine says it will continue to assert his sovereignty and territorial rights in the south. china sea state incident happened in the 2nd thomas show a submerged reef. the china says it has indisputable sovereignty over by june, claims everything within the so called 9 dash line. nearly the entire south china see other countries in the region reject those claims. so the western powers, including the united states, a 2016 you and try beautiful routing flight cold veins claims ground less money below is a minute with more on this. definitely this is something that the philippine government is making a big deal out of in the many years that i've covered the south china sea here issue here in manila and never have i seen an inter agency press conference in different government agencies holding english, showing

what it describes is unlawful activities in the south china sea. manila has some of the agents in baset over after confrontation between 2 vessels and the distribution watches. the philippines as china's coast guard finally use a cabin at one of its supply boats. on sunday. the vessel from the routine troop rotation mission, instead of pain, says it will continue to assess its sovereignty and territorial rights and the south china sea. technically, no, this looks like a blockade of the or, you mean short. okay? because the facts in the ground us can be seen by everyone to the deals and the photos that we have shown today. clearly shows the increased deployment of the chinese coast guards vessels. i think the most number time about them with are the most number in recent memory. the incident happened and the 2nd thomas showed so much strength of china says it has indisputable sovereignty or the vision claims everything within the so called 9 dash line. that's nearly the entire south china sea of the countries, the region reject those claims. and so do western powers including the united

china continues to assert its sovereignty over almost the entire south china sea, one of the world's imidated. our asia pacific correspondent laura bicker reports from the island of palawan. on the edge of this filipino paradise, survival depends on the sea. if you don't fish, you don't eat. they are used to battling wind and tide. but this country is also in a standoff with beijing over who owns which part of the south china sea. the crew of this boat used to fish near contested waters and from the age of ia the deputy captain spent months on those shoals, but not anymore. translation: we might not return there, ma'am. - we are now scared. the fishermen have been asked tojoin a militia to help defend filipino territory. but life is already bathed in saltwater and sweat while steering boats made of simple bamboo. they have no wish to take on a global superpower. if we guard it, how could we feed ourfamilies? what we need is to fish. that's our goal. out in the sea. the chinese might fire their water cannons. we just have a wooden boat. we're really afraid of going back there. this is

he's in the south china. same manila, someone's. china's investors are often the compensation between 2 vessels and the distributive says and india is called limited screens. things of leading off this as an empty, that's after the supreme suspended has defamation conviction. the ruling and outgoing details on the next is kind of election. rail services have been partially restored in southern pockets, don after a passenger train derailed on sunday can and at least 35 people zane bus. robbie has moved from the source of the train crash and said hardy, as we say the train began experiencing problems just outside of the town of sir harvey. behind me, you see the derailed car is sitting here on the side of the trucks. but the point of intact seems to be this bridge, a train car seemingly jump tracks and hit this bridge at medium speed and the devastation it costs of the train car is is an indication of how terrifying it must have been for the people that were inside the train at the time witnesses we spoke to say

now the philippines, as demand and china start, what it describes is unlawful activities in the south china sea. manila has some invasions investor roster, a confrontation between 2 vessels and the disputed horses. the philippines, as china's coast guard 5 cannon at one of its supply boats on sunday. the vessel was on a routine, a troop rotation mission. the philippines, as it will continue to assess its sovereignty and territorial rights in the south china sea. technically, this looks like a blockade of the, you mean short, okay? because the facts and the ground us can be seen by everyone to the deals and the photos that we have shown today clearly shows the increased deployment of the chinese coast guards vessels. i think the most number, some about them with are the most number in recent memory of the incident happened in the 2nd, thomas showed a submerged race that china says it has indisputable sovereignty over bathing claims. everything within the so called 9 dash 9 that's needed. the entire south china sea of the countries in the region reject those claims. and so do western powers,

now the philippines is demanding. china stop for that describes, is unlawful activities in the south china sea. manila has summoned badges and baset all through a consultation between 2 vessels in dispute. it was the philippines as china as coast gone, fine holton counting one of its supply boats on sunday. the vessel was on the routine troop rotation mission. philippine says it will continue to assert its sovereignty and territorial rights in the south china sea, a technically no. this looks like a blockade of the or, you mean short. okay? because the fox and the ground us can be seen by everyone to the deals and the photos that we have shown today. clearly show the increased deployment of the chinese coast guards vessels. i think the most number, some about them with are the most number in recent memory bonded below is in manila with more on this is definitely this is something that the philippine government is making a big deal out of in the many years that i've covered the south china sea here issue here in manila and never have i seen an inter agency press conference in the different

that decision invalidated badging sweeping claims into south china sea. it was based on the united nations convention on the loveseat to which china is a signatory us state department has also stressed its commitment to defend its long time ally. the need arises. barnaby, though, al jazeera manila and ukraine, russian missiles of struck in the east and don't ask region, getting at least 7 people and in drink. nearly 2000 ukraine says themselves have residential buildings and a hotel housing foreign journalists, and the city of across the deadly attack came just a day off for officials from around 40 countries gathered in saudi arabia to find a peaceful resolution to the will. as now brazil is about to host day to day so much on how to tackle the normally challenge which ultimately affects life on us. how to protect them as an a ring far. it's to help stop climate change. the latest onto the data shows a major reduction in the number of trees being felled. box has all lived in america editor, let's see, and human reports from the amazon in state to put a pr

so the whole region, east asia and southeast asian —— asia and the south china sea has all these tensions and other powers like the united kingdom, france, and countries like australia very actively engaged in terms of trying to ensure that there is some semblance of order maintained within the region and constantly reminding china of the importance of maintaining the respect for the rules—based international order. rules-based international order. �* ., . . order. and to that end, china is a party _ order. and to that end, china is a party of _ order. and to that end, china is a party of the _ order. and to that end, china is a party of the 1982 - order. and to that end, china is a party of the 1982 un - is a party of the 1982 un convention on more of the sea, which lays down the framework for the resolution of these issues and indeed recognises the entitlements that china has of its own coastline.— of its own coastline. donald rothwell— of its own coastline. donald rothwell of _ of its own coastline. donald rothwell of australian - of its own coastline. donald . rothwell of australian n

sea for example, so the russian able presents in this part of the world, especially in a south china seas, but more limited. um for them to sustain operations. um they would need a lot of re supply right now. you know, russia is quite stretched because of its aggression and ukraine. so i guess what we could see more is perhaps some sort of collaboration or assistance in northeast asia, most of the southeast asia. but even then, it would complicate the coffee list for the united states for south korea, for, for a project with japan, and indeed probably taiwan as well. so i guess that is the point right, to complicate the calculus for an adversary. but how much of a club are they really, a china and russia put together? i mean, given russia strained, naval and land forces as a result of the ukraine will, as so in this part of the world, the biase is, you know, it's almost serious in terms of putting pressure. but the russians, i suppose, have fairly capable naval vessels. submarines that could use put pressure, but i mean that is really further off right now. what we're seeing a lot mo

what it describes is unlawful activities in the south china sea. and then a, some in china's investors are also a consultation between 2 vessels and disputed volts is that it's been fine. taking a few of his on how to region between the army and rebels known as fine a far as he's declared, the state of emergency on friday. this follows weeks of violence and unrest across the if you, if you a 2nd most populous region, find the rebels fault with federal troops and the 2 great conflict that ended last year, or the government's demand for regional forces to join the national police or ami, lied to a dispute on a monday pro is advocacy director at the heart association of america joins us from montreal. good to have you with us. so 1st of all, what's wrong with the idea of bringing regional forces under the army? the central government is not one should prevail in the constitutional order. as far as you may have to do, that's not the reason. none of the assignments, freedom size out of sort of fighting the government. this is a combination of really do c

find many bus taxi drivers in my town. tensions in the south china sea by shingles on the philippines to remove it. the commission worship from a disputes of griggs and morocco looks we continue the incredible run at the women's 12 top. they're off against firms. in the last 16, the, the us to view the secretary of state has held toast with new. she is new military late as victoria and united states the, to our discussion and the capital in the army was frank and difficult for this. it comes as the latest of last month's co appointed, what's described as a transitional prime minister, meanwhile, military delegations from molly and became a fast. i also met with the crew leaders in the army, both countries on the military governments and have promised to defend tanisha if needed. she help are tons a has more from washington dc. so sorry, i knew the brief report is over the phone and just before she left for the apple, she said that conversations had been a times difficult, but she wanted to make clear what was at stake if democracy was not restored. she lost the dress just of the healt

that decision invalidated badging sweeping claims into south china sea. it was based on the united nations convention on the loveseat to which china is a signatory us state department has also stressed its commitment to defend its long time ally. the need arises. barnaby, though, al jazeera manila has been fighting and the field because i'm holler region between the army and rebels, known as final pharmacies to kind of the state of emergency on friday. this follows weeks of violence and on rest. across ethiopia, the 2nd most populous region found the rebels faults with federal troops. and that's a great conflict that ended last year. but the government's demand for regional forces to join the national police or army his life to a dispute. on a monday pro is the advocacy director at the heart association of america. he explains that i'm horace of long faced grievances. the government has promised to help them. the situation is got worse. and this is a combination of really did you notice of color color? so some of us have, had it is you up. yeah. and some o

that decision invalidated badging sweeping claims into south china sea. it was based on the united nations convention on the loveseat to which china is a signatory. us state department has also stressed its commitment to defend its long time ally if the need arises. barnaby though, al jazeera, many of the year after sherlock failed to pay its international debts, the government now says the economy is on demand. this is with the health of nearly $3000000000.00 in international monetary fund, bellows, restoring some confidence, but major economic reforms have left the poor us community struggling to survive. middle fernandez has more from colombo, a monthly pre right, struggling to keep the home fires, burning electricity is being disconnected because she couldn't pay her bill which is increased in recent months without 0 met. last year. she was supplying food to a little co eatery. now cut that bone marrow gardening, god never can. i have to give up selling string hospice gas kerosene flour and the prices increase so i couldn't manage. now i provide meals

, we're only talking about his desire to see peace, a peaceful resolution to the dispute in the south china sea, where china, of course is widely perceived to be the aggressor in those incidents. now i can't help, but thinking that this perhaps has something to do with the fact that china is the most important trading partner for south korea and japan and, and coughing to this try lateral summit to the us. they have had to perform a balancing act. they have had to be able to tell their their voters at home that they are not going to be alienating china and creating, creating economic problems for them while also trying to guarantee increased security cooperation within you wes. and this is also a bit in line with us. so officials efforts in the last weeks not to frame the summit as an explicitly anti china summit, even though we all know that it is really china that this to our lateral summit is also trying to counter that was janelle delilah, now dw washington correspondent, speaking to us a little bit earlier, we'll move on to now to i've been using the west african regional blog equal wa

uh, hydrocarbons, but that's not the most important thing through this south china sea. is it should have been otherwise, and more than half of china's imports to china are gas and oil. that is, it is a very important transport artery. in fact, being blocked will stop chinese exports. that's why the united states of america meets asian states that dispute uh china's right to build its bases there. pour artificial islands to move along the south china sea. naturally, not democracy. their. they are interested in creating tension there. china understands this very well and meets in turn with representatives of malaysia of the philippines in order to discuss how to solve this problem, but these meetings take place very often on a regular basis. there, in my opinion, the thirty-seventh or thirty-eighth decision is already being made, but the essence of the problem. they cannot decide, and the united states of america itself speaking, uh, they use it, they try to promote their military infrastructure there, so that at the right time. well, take china by the throat. in a sense,

that decision invalidated badging sweeping claims into south china sea. it was based on the united nations convention on the loveseat to which china is a signatory us state department has also stressed its commitment to defend its long time ally. the need arises. barnaby lo elders, era manila and in china, pots of ignore remain on the highlander top of ty, boondocks, who records widespread damage and flooding as katrina. you are for some beijing, at least 36 people died during the days of torrential rain, one and a half 1000000 people were forced to flee to safety. the parts of china is northeast, under water, and many rivers are dangerously full following torrential rain caused by typing gold story authorities in the provinces of halem jones dealing an animal go. leah have raised the low to the highest levels. some regions received 3 times the expected ring full in the past few days. in hub bay province, the rain has stopped, but recovery efforts are difficult. emergency teams are using boats to navigate to merge villages. the floods have full one and a h

the philippines and china have a disagreement over the sovereignty of areas in the south china sea. radio khabar broadcast at 3 o'clock in the name of god. ladies and gentlemen. hello, i am alireza hashem zadegan. niger, the military of this country to establish security fortifications in the capital according to the cnn report , at least 40 military trucks from the surrounding areas have entered the capital of niger. don't let this group start a military intervention. an hour before the end of this deadline, tens of thousands of people from the capital supported the military by holding a rally and rally and chanted against france, which lost its base in the military with the coup in nigeria. ecowat has supported major as well he warned that any country that creates grounds for military intervention against niger through its own soil will be considered a hostile country. today, germany also called for sanctions on niger to further investigate the latest developments in niger . mr. haji, i would be grateful if you could give an introduction about this crisis and why the country of ni

ministry has urged the philippines to remove of ground and bullshit from a dispute of shoal in the south china sea. this comes off to manila told by ensuring that it will not abandon the area resupplied, but it was hitting it to the reef when china is close. scouts stopped at by firing board cannon on saturday. the incident happened in the 2nd thomas show list of managed rates that china says it has indisputable sovereignty over the so called 9 dash line mag spacings climb over nearly the entire south trying to see the best disputed by other countries in the region. the 2016 you in tribunal. rolling 2 patients claims with ground less capable. katrina, you joins us now live from beijing and badging is continuing to put pressure on manila. what has it said of the? that's right. so manila, southern time has invested it through the philippines and he met with the philippines. bice, for administered. it seems that that meeting did not go to manila as planned. it seems to be you have been tense one and instead of receiving an any sort of apology from the aging china as foreign ministry released this

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this request was made after a warship entered the disputed waters of the two countries in the south china. there were also news sources about the arrival of filipino boats in the waters of the case the differences between the two countries reported that with the reaction of the chinese navy, al jazeera tv quoted a philippine official as saying that the chinese ambassador was summoned, the philippines and china have a disagreement over the sovereignty of areas in the south china sea. the page of self-sacrifice is there, the joy of meeting is there, stand up first for justice, the rain is left on your shoulder, the first page, the page of service, the page of the people, you have a stronghold , and you, on the other side of the table , are in the eyes of a martyr. you see, with the presence of dr. ahdian, secretary general of the progress and justice society what mechanisms should be thought of for the radio and television to be neutral in the elections and to help us get candidates from an equal space for electoral campaigns, in the name of allah , the most merciful, the most merciful, the

and japan also accused badging, of aggressive behavior and territorial disputes in the east and south china seas then is north korea and it's increasingly frequent weapons tests, so missiles have landed in japanese waters and is accused of flying drains into south korea an aspect i will discuss this with, i guess in just a few moments. the 1st this report from car like history in the making a moment unimaginable a few decades ago. the 1st official meeting between the 3 heads, the state, and the sign of improve relations between south korea and japan. the senate appointed 1st, the us, the president, prays to pay for what he calls more than political courage. seem like i'm happy is because i am this is another great, great meeting mister president. mister prime minister i uh, we made this a storage place to make a historic moment. and i believe that to be true. tokyo and so have a long history of hostility and fort relation since depends occupations on the korean peninsula that more than a century ago been a recent months. they've taken tentative steps towards resolution and his trends and ti

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and a lot of its focus is areas in the south china sea. but also areas contested by south korea and north korea and it's also seen as an ally of, of north korea. so definitely i think this is something that vision will not see a, something in its favor. clearly kuhn and thank you so much egypt. so president bill thought to l. c. c has pardoned several prisoners including a prominent pro democracy activists. ahmed duma. duma was sentenced to 15 years in jail in 2019 for writing and attacking security forces. he was an active figure in the revolt that over through president host new mubarek, in 2011. he's released from jail follows the pardons of a lawyer and researcher last month. the egyptian government says it is redressing human rights issues to the pardons, but critics are branding at near tokenism and say that arrests still continue for more. let's bring in colored wood, a freelance journalist in cairo, a colored. what more can you tell us as well, this has been a long way to decision, and i mean, i'm not the besides being a journalist

the philippines and china have a disagreement over the sovereignty of the south china sea.ng to the report of sky news, the british government says that it is forced to increase the bank interest rate to deal with inflation and reduce it, but this increase is a worrying prospect. it creates economic and for businesses, one of those who took a home loan and it complicates the banking , businesses and families faced more pressure than before. epidemic corona was forced to take more loans, which is becoming more difficult to repay every day, the demand is decreasing, and due to the change in the bank interest rate , it is becoming more difficult to finance businesses every day, and we expect that at least the government will change this situation. understandably, it goes back to the bank of england, not only have they increased the bank interest rate, which has shown that this is likely to be a long-term situation, we need to reduce to the target rate, i believe we can do this by the end of the year. we have to take more measures for the next year. it's a long time if it stays

there's also the japan us australia of joint exercises happening in the south china. so you know, so yeah, certainly there's a lot of, um, fostering right now uh there's something to the fostering, actually. so on the us side of the us and its allies. the point is deterrence, right? they're trying to signal to the p c. and, and then also to the, to, to russia that should they decide to upset the piece for they decide to change the status call, you know, actually the costs and the risk will be extremely high. now, for the p. c, in the russian side, i suppose what they are trying to show is that yes, that may be all this deterrence but you know, to be able to carry off. it's going to be pretty costly and difficult on the us and the allied side as well. so what we're seeing is this sort of, as i said, us slows are ramping up of activities, which suggest that which is just as a rising tension of the region, driving tensions in the region is the region headed to a matter of time conflict? you think so a lot will come down to whether the parents works. if determines works a

. >> john: word that beijing is ramping up aggression in the critical south china sea.ublican congressman mike gallagher is the chairman of the house committee on china. he will join us in moments on what we heard on foreign policy at last night's debate. >> sandra: jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with the latest there. >> dangerous confrontations in the south china sea as chinese coast guard ships attempted to block two philippine supply ships on a resupply mission delivering food and other products to filipino military forces guarding the contested second thomas shoal, island claimed by china and the philippines. two philippine vessels, they were blocked five hours tuesday as a u.s. navy surveillance plane was overhead. they attempted to communicate with the chinese ships, the coast guard did. >> response to the legal activities of the philippines, the chinese coast guard have taken necessary law enforcement necessary measures in accordance with the law and urge the philippines to stop taking any measures that would further complicate the situation. >> china

china takes place, there's new evidence of tension around long—standing territorial disputes in the south china a chinese ship using water cannon against filipino coastguards approaching a contested reef. china has long claimed a considerable expanse of the sea as its own waters — the area within the red dotted line you can see here. that's in contrast to the internationally recognised system that you can see marked here in blue — assigning countries in the region waters 200 nautical miles out from their coast. in the centre of this part of the sea are the disputed spratly islands and our asia pacific correspondent laura bicker sent this report from near there — the island of palawan in the philippines. on the edge of this filipino paradise, survival depends on the sea. if you don't fish, you don't eat. they are used to battling wind and tide, but this country is also in a stand—off with beijing over who owns which part of the south china sea. this crew used to fish near contested waters. from the age of 1a, the deputy captain spent months on those shoals but not any more. translation: we might

and a lot of its focus is areas in the south china sea. but also areas contested by south korea and north korea and it's also seen as an ally of, of north korea. so definitely i think this is something that vision will not see as something in its favor. clearly kuhn and thank you so much let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines at this hour. keep official say a russian air strike is killed at least 5 people in northern ukraine. the countries interior minister said the missile attack also going to dozens, when it hit the center of sure. neve ukraine's president condemned the strike saying it hit a theatre, and a university. us official say the number of soldiers killed a wounded since russia fully invaded ukraine is close to half a 1000000. that figure includes 820000 deaths among the russian forces. much higher than the 70000 reportedly lost on the ukrainian side. in a wildfire in spain's canary islands has destroyed 5000 hector's of land. thousands of people on the island of china reef have had to flee, and auth

charleston, johannesburg with south africa, announced consensus on new guidelines for the groups growth. no details have been released yet. the heads of government of brazil, china, south africa and india, as well as russia's foreign minister. also using the summits of demand changes to, to national institutions and using a currency other than the us dollar to reduce western economic dominance. the group has set itself the goal of increasing the political clouds of countries from the global south in international affairs. and russian president vladimir putin is, is not present in johannesburg, but he is taking part in the summit by video link canada address to the delegates. he said russia wants to end the will. that quote has been on least by the west and it's satellites and ukraine, all actions and ukraine guided by only one thing to put an end to the will that was leased by the wes against people in don't boss. we think our colleagues within breaks the taken access thoughts in the attempts to put an end to this situation and to ensure dust supplements by peaceful means. the w a. l correspondent, dan. hawkeye's inter, honest, but for us, for us. and earlier sh

however, china itself claims almost the entirety of the results rich south china sea. slight many count of payments by its neighbors and a 2016, an international who's in favor of the philippine saying that it has the right to this territory. outline rejected that ruling state does not saying it does not recognize the jurisdiction of this international court in the state of aging has historically claimed to this region. so engaging size. it is manila that is acting on wilfully by refusing to to lay this grounded worship at his knee on the street since 1999. and it says that it is manila that is disturbing the status globe. i know early repairing that shift, but also reinforcing it's katrina you 0 the time i take you through some of the headlines now. latest from 8 south american nations are discussing houses, safe, called the future of the amazon rainforest. engender includes the dressing, deforestation in ego mining and capital funding. these as co leaders have refused to allow a joint delegation from echo awesome the african union. i'm the you and went to the country ministry delegati

they get ordinary oil and gas from the south china sea. when we were in a trade mission in japan from north dakota because we produce food and fuel, a north korean missile came over the top of the idea. now they're talking about maybe sometime in the future we'll have a joint early warning system. when we were there, executives were texting each other that there was a missile coming. i don't want to say this is too little too late, but these are the allies that american men and women fought and died for. if we want to consider them allies, we have to do what i've been saying. we have to sell energy to our friends and stop having buying it from our adversaries. if we don't do that change, all the collaboration isn't going to matter. they need food security and energy security. it needs to come from the united states if they're really our ally. >> martha: thanks, governor. another round of question coming in. let's see if it's a harder line on these issues with regard to kline and the threat that they present. let's watch. >> china's threat