we don't have to do something in the south china sea to express our concern about what china is doing in the south china sea themselves. i think in terms of the ability to monitor and you asked about satellites, i think it is very, it is sufficient. one thing is make more information public. shine a light on the activity so there is no doubt and occasionally we run into challenges with the classifying things and doing it quickly enough but we want to shine a light on the behavior because it is of concern of everyone in the region.>> caught it. >> take both. one question from each.>> thank you. the bill passed by congress has some language on taiwan. i just wonder from the administration's point of view tell you were going to execute the medical visit to taiwan and routine arm cells to taiwan? >> i have a harder question. you talked a little bit about protecting the sovereign team -- sovereignty and independence in the region. the china factor in the ways of confronting the more overt things that china has been doing. what about more of the more covert things like neutralizing the gove

parts of southern china are now bracing for severe weather as typhoon monkhood travels across the south china sea magnetise expected to make landfall on sunday with wind speeds of up to two hundred kilometers an hour hundreds of flights have been cancelled in hong kong while all ferry services across china's guangdong province have been suspended chinese government has issued its second highest storm alert. zimbabwe's government has banned public gatherings in the capital harare to try and prevent the spread of cholera twenty five people have already died from the disease the deadliest outbreak in a decade residents in harare say poor hygiene on the streets has contributed to its spread from harare harmer tasa reports rule sewage from blocked and burst pipes flows through glenview a poor suburb of harare rubbish piles of nearby another source of disease the bodies government recently declared a cholera emergency in the capital. norman has lived here for nearly fifteen years in that time he says the abnormal is becoming normal every year people get sick very worried. because the dreaded should be

would operating in the south china sea, if japan is saying it doesn't want to be involved, is that a lack of capabilities or a lack of wanting to be so confrontational openly with china? >> you know what? i think a lack of the capability. because japan's -- japanese self-defense forces, naval self-defense forces and also the coast guard is too busy to defend our east china sea, seriously. so, that makes sense because we are the -- trying to very hard to defend our own territory in east asia. i think the u.s. navy has -- can spend more time, more energy over the south china sea, and also, i said that really patrollings are beyond the current capability, but occasionally, as you pointed out, i think the issue based self-defense forces is participating in the exercise and beyond our territory. so, i think the situation is gradually changing to the very positive way. >> i was going to, a, add to what nabe said but also to get back to this question of article 9. i just finished a book manuscript that talks a little bit about the japanese decision making on military force. is japan doing mo

however we have man could now making its way into the south china sea making landfall across lose on a sweeping through really quite quickly so that is something to be grateful for as it makes its way through the to make a way through the weekend you can see have a system starts to push back out into the open waters off the south china seas picking up intensity for a time so came out of luzon as a category three storm makes its way towards southern parts of china by the end of the weekend and by the state as a cat before storm so little bit of intensification going on wet and windy weather pushing its way through lots of places seeing flash flooding then as we go on through the next few days further south things are relatively calm there you go you can see my include making its way towards lose on that stage a fair amount of cloud to central and southern parts of the philippines and the outer bands just lapping across a good part of the area further south the coast is a good deal quite a good deal dry and that's a case as we go on through the weekend want to show is a possibility in

okay, in the south china sea with the u.s. navy, that is beyond current ability. pan's approach is like other nations. very rationally and incrementally. but it is going to change a lot. >> and the south china sea, japan participated in the somali piracy operations. obviously, very far from its home shores. what operating in the south china sea, if japan is saying it doesn't want to be involved, is that a lack of capabilities or a lack of wanting to be confrontational with china? >> i think the lack of capability, because japan's self-defense forces and also the coast guard, is too busy to defend the use of the china sea. that makes sense. we are trying very hard to defend our own territory in east asia. i think the u.s. navy can spend more time and energy over the south china sea. also, i say that regular patrol is beyond current capabilities. as you pointed out. the defense forces participated in the exercise. so, i think the situation is gradually changing in a very positive way. >> i was going to say, also, to get back to this question of article 9, i just fini

is emergency relief help food medicine and power typhoon one could see is heading across the south china sea and could strengthen again before hitting southern china in the around twenty four hours the chinese government has issued the second highest storm alert very services across province have been suspended with heavy rain and huge floods for calls for the weekend billboards have also been taken down in case that blown away by winds expected to hit two hundred kilometers an hour. as meteorologists run mckelway is watching the storms how's it looking here this is been big in every way of being the biggest on the planet if you have a look at the satellite picture we saw twenty four hours ago the eye on a map of this gale is clearly visible this way as a category five typhoon now you know what's happened since then is warm good news not what does run across the northern parts of luzon which is a mountain range valley mountain range so it lost some of its power and it moved fairly quickly which is something of a saving grace because the total amount of rain collected in one of the times hit

however we have man could now making its way into the south china seas making landfall across lose on a sweeping through really quite quickly so that is something to be grateful for as it makes its way through the to make a way through the weekend you can see have a system starts to push back out into the open waters off the south china seas picking up intensity for a time so came out of luzon as a category three storm makes its way towards southern parts of china by the end of the weekend and by the state as a catch before the storm so little bit of intensification going on wet and windy weather pushing its way through lots of places seeing flash flooding then as we go on through the next few days further south things a relatively calm there you go you can see my include making its way towards lose on that stage a fair amount of cloud to central and southern parts of the philippines and the outer bands just lapping across a good part of the area further south of course is a good deal quite a good deal dry and that's the case as we go on through the weekend what a few showers a possib

seas there. chris: absolutely. they're trying to separate those issues. look at the china and the u.s. are trying to separate the issues because the southrally a hotspot. they want to avoid the rhetoric of trade with the reality of the south china sea hotspot, however that is very tangibly a very realistic problem. you seen in vietnam, the philippines, other things, that's a big word. yvonne: when it comes to the currency, is that still the nuclear option what the chinese can do? chris: yes, that is absolutely the nuclear option. i see less probability they use that as a nuclear option than other people, but that absolutely is the nuclear option. the concern for china is that that's such a plank to the economy that it would really weaken and show that china has possibly caved to the united states. i see a low probability of them using the. -- using that. yvonne: chris, thank you. always great to have you. going to round of the stories you need to know to get your day going. terminal,go on your also available on your t bloomberg anywhere app. this is bloomberg. ♪ ramy: welcome back. let's do a quick check of the business flash headlines.

as you move into the south china sea if you talk to the philippines they will say, no, that's the westphilippines sea. or indonesia will refer to the south china sea as the north notuna sea because it recognizes the eezs of some of the islands indonesia cares about and doesn't wish to just write off and say, no, that's all chinese. so that's the neighborhood where everything is in tension and it's pretty important. air defense identification zones, adiz is the shorthand. i won't get into too much jargon, i promise, but those are areas used for control of air space. u.s. has had them for many, many years. we had them back in world war ii. korea and japan established them later. china established one several years ago, but it was uncoordinated and became very disruptive and still is because it overlaps other adiz from japan, from korea, taiwan as well. so why do we care about that? what's the so what again about these territorial claims? it isn't just the resources but it's sovereignty and then jurisdiction that extends from that sovereignty and then influence, and different nations view

for hour but now we're going to go into the south china sea and there are several other countries that are going to be affected by this storm as it moves out it's going to be moving back over warm water now what that means is we're going to be seeing the storm get a little bit weaker but it's not going to get weak too fast because of that warm water there will still help to sustain it but as you can see the track it's going to go just to the south of hong kong then make land just to the north a high non and as a tropical depression make its way towards probably northern vietnam and along that path anyway to the north that is where we're expecting to see the highest rainfall totals over the next twenty four to forty eight hours no over here towards what was hurricane florence now tropical storm florence we are looking at just just the west of myrtle beach right now winds are one hundred thirteen kilometers per hour still very slowly moving to the west at five kilometers per hour and if anything about the storm this storm even though it was a category one when it came close to landfall i

hello again welcome back we're here across the south china sea we are watching one system developing right here notice the clouds on the satellite image making their way into the northern part of the south china sea that is going to develop into trouble storm now it's going to stay off the coast of china for the next few days bringing a lot of heavy rain as well as a wins even for hong kong but as we go from wednesday to thursday that system makes its way towards high nine we're going to see our first landfall there most likely would some heavy rain localized flooding and then as we go from thursday to friday it is going to be vietnam they're going to be very concerned with flooding happening across most of the northern portion there well over towards india the northern part of india we are looking at some dry conditions a lot of sun in the forecast nala clouds here on the satellite image most of that is going to be sunny and warmer temperatures so new delhi thirty three degrees here on wednesday that is going to start to go up as we go towards thursday but most of the heavy rain is s

parts of southern china are now bracing for severe weather as typhoon mancow travels across the south china sea is expected to make landfall on sunday with wind speeds of up to two hundred kilometers an hour hundreds of flights have been cancelled in hong kong while all ferry services across china's guangdong province have been suspended the chinese government has issued its second highest storm alert. members of a rebel group once banned in ethiopia have received a hero's welcome in addis ababa one thousand five hundred fighters from the aroma liberation front had been in neighboring eritrea for the past twenty six years their return comes after prime minister ahmed remove the group from a terrorist bomb at vaal has more. the jubilant crowd in the each open capital addis ababa on saturday supporters of the or more liberation front welcomed lead it out if saw home after years in exile in neighboring eritrea around fifteen hundred or less fighters accompanied him among the welcoming party the or left general secretary because despite his frail condition the fact that mr doubt and his are biters

it is moving very rapidly now and it will move across the south china sea pretty rapidly and at its nextn parts of china. the coastal areas. it has already seen a large swelling as pa rt already seen a large swelling as part of the world and it could pass perilously close to hong kong, one of the biggest storms in this part of the biggest storms in this part of the biggest storms in this part of the world for some time as well. it has now been downgraded to a category three. it will probably hit asa category three. it will probably hit as a category two. however, that is still a very powerful storm indeed and it will unleash an awful lot of rainfall as well as the storm surge. again, the same issues are going to bea again, the same issues are going to be a concern for parts of china.“ we look now at the other side of the world and what is going on in america, you can see how dramatic it is. is it the fact it is moving quite slowly? that is the difference. this powerful storm is a monster as well but it is a slow—moving one. it is going to hang around for two or three days. when it hit, w

parts of southern china are now bracing for severe weather as the typhoon travels across the south china sea is expected to make landfall on sunday with wind speeds of up to two hundred kilometers an hour hundreds of flights have been canceled in hong kong and ferry services across china's guangdong province have been suspended but in our other headlines this hour members of a rebel group once banned in ethiopia have returned home to welcoming crowds in the capital addis ababa the leader of the aroma liberation front daoud absent fifteen hundred fighters had been in neighboring eritrea for twenty six years earlier this year prime minister ahmed removed the o.l.f. from a terrorist zimbabwe's government has banned public gatherings in the capital harare to try and prevent the spread of cholera twenty five people have already died from the disease the worst outbreak in a decade. iraq's parliament has elected a new speaker paving the way for a government to be formed sunni politician mohammed boosie was previously the governor of iraq's anbar province is by by the pro iranian fatah bloc led by t

think the government of vietnam should be applauded for standing up for for their rights in the south china sea breeze of the china and clearly the late president would have been part of that decision to do so the rule of president is largely seen as ceremonial but posting was theme as a stepping stone to becoming the communist party chief and thus the nation's top leader. well ahead on c.n.n. we look at the potential impact of a visit by russia's top diplomat to bosnia weeks ahead of his general elections. plus the archaeological treasure in iraq that locals say is being treated more like a rubbish dump. hello again welcome back well we are seeing some dry conditions here across parts of southern china over the next few days notice the saddle a right there most of the clouds are going to remain up here towards the north we get a few showers across that southern area and they really need that drier conditions because of the typhoon that went through last week but we are going to be seeing shanghai twenty nine degrees with rain in your forecast a little bit higher in humanity and then stationary

in the south china sea, china seeks to effectively control claimed waters and compel south claimants to acquiesce to china's claims. it's for an infrastructure is growing elsewhere, including the continent of africa, latin america, and the middle east. and we are all aware of china's continuing cyber-efforts to toloit other activities bolster their economy and military assets. struggling tore epening a db -- de economic crisis. even before the most impactful of u.s. actions are scheduled to take effect -- at the same time, despite its declining economic has recentlyran engaged in provocative economic activities in europe, while continuing its efforts to consolidate influence in syria, iraq, and yemen. authorities across europe this summer, including germany, belgium, and france, arrested iranian operatives in the late stages of preparing a plot to disrupt a mecca rally in paris. iran continues to support a network of several thousand shia foreign fighters it has fight the asad regime. it has prompted airstrikes against select iranian positions within syria. continued iranian efforts

tensions in the south china sea and the growing us china trade war are likely to top the agenda at a meeting of asian leaders in vietnam the world economic forum will also look at how the growing workforce around asia can compete with automation and artificial intelligence almost a thousand people will attend the event and head away well let's get more on this now our correspondent wayne hale is joining us live from hanoi to tell us more wayne about the same for this event. yes well as you mentioned elizabeth this is the world economic forum on so it's about the association of southeast asian nations and it's all about technology the theme officially anyway from the world economic forum is the fourth industrial revolution and it's about artificial intelligence it's about robotics three d. printing how the technological advancements that this region can potentially take advantage of well with me now to talk more about this is dorothy soon a social entrepreneur with perlin thank you for talking to us i mean how well placed the nations in this region to take advantage of these advanceme

to see cuba's fidel castro before his death but vietnam's maritime disputes with china in the south china sea and its long term concerns over its northern neighbors territorial ambition has seen its edge a little closer to the united states one sign billions of dollars worth of deals with the u.s. president donald trump and pursued a trade pact after the u.s. pulled out of the transpacific partnership once enemies on the battlefield and the u.s. defense secretary james mattis to discuss the prospect of military cooperation between the two countries in march as a sign of this growing relationship a navy aircraft carrier with five thousand soldiers and pilots on board anchored near the port city of the land this was the first time that had happened since the end of the vietnam war in one nine hundred seventy five and the historic visit carried a message to another superpower now that was a very significant decision and it's. very astute because the color would. be part of the united states navy and so was about two clues into sas china sea as a show of defiance against china the rule of preside

it'll likely strengthen as it moves across the south china sea.t it's still a powerful typhoon system. let's go back now to it philippines where our alexandria field is standing by in santiago city. i know you're expecting to hear from authorities within the next hour, which will give you a clearer picture as to situation. but so far they're saying no fatalities, which is extraordinary. compare that to the -- typhoon, what do you expect the lessons are learned. >> the memory of hyan is a storm that will simply not go away. there are a combination of factors that combined to leave a tragic disaster, you can't help but learn the lessons from that. hyan was a more powerful super typhoon that hit back in 2013 in the southern part of the country. you're talking about a more densely populated area, and there simpy wasn't the kind of warning about the typhoon making landfall that you did in this case. in this case you had a super typhoon making its way toward the northern part of the philippines and there was a lot of warning. there was wasn't a last min

engagement to trade war continue to butt heads over a list of sensitive issues including the south china sea and taiwan. tesla c.e.o. in the musk is being sued for fraud by the u.s. securities and exchange commission last was accused of misleading investors when he tweeted in all this that he had secured funding to take the comic up private what is your castro has more now from washington d.c. . the regulators now suing him from the federal security and exchange commission says this all started with a tweet in early august musk tweeted to his twenty two million followers that he was considering taking tesla private at a price per share of four hundred twenty dollars federal regulators say there was never real basis for musk to make that happen and in fact the way he came up with a four hundred twenty dollars valuation hording to the lawsuits is strange itself it alleges that musk made a general estimate and then round of that number up to four hundred twenty because of the numbers significance to the marijuana culture claiming. that it would amuse his girlfriend while the s.e.c. regulators s

china sea. when it comes to asia, it is about these territorial issues. the south be a strip of sea between taiwan and the philippines. we saw the latest altercation a u.s.chinese vessel got underwater drone before in, butt trump came this has always been at the center of tensions between all of these asian companies. then you have the east china sea which would be japan's androlled territories president trump and the u.s. is always bowing to protect those territories. romaine: in taiwan still remains a flashpoint. shery: taiwan is always a flashpoint but has become more controversial after trump because he questioned china policy. have don't forget we also the shooting general region -- region which is another flashpoint. caroline: all of these flashpoints but the market shakes it off. talk to us about yesterday ending higher on the chinese market. do you think it was buying something from china? shery: i think that helped. you saw the shanghai composite get a boost in the last few minutes, but it was surprising because we started low. as soon as news broke of the

devices on the market by next year but the next leap in network technology is still in its infancy south china sea shenzhen city has been testing its first batch of five g. by stations delivering download speeds between one and three gigabytes per second. we aim to have small scale networks in some regions by twenty nineteen and available for commercial use by twenty twenty. germany is huawei second most important market and they plan to invest heavily opening as many as ten new shops in germany in the next twelve months they also i'm to have the new luxury model on rechelle shelves before christmas other than that growth might be slower than expected huawei has recently been caught up in the u.s. trade war over intellectual property concerns and the australian government has excluded the company from its planned five g. network on national security grounds german captains of industry would like to see more stringent security requirements and potential restrictions for companies like wow way which are involved in developing digital infrastructure. and that's it for me and the business team here an

in the south china sea china seeks to achieve effective control over its waters and ultimately to compel southeast asian claimants. to acquiesce to china's claims. even so, china's influence in the form of financial leveraging and the structure is going elsewhere again including the continent of africa, latin america and the middle east. of course, we are all aware of chinese continuing efforts to the use of cyber to exploit innovation, to exploit other activities that bolster their economy and their military assets. i ran. i ran leaders are struggling to contain a deepening economic crisis which is fueled popular protest over recent months. even the sanctions that are scheduled to take effect on november 4 but at the same time and despite its declining economic conditions iran has recently engaged in provocative operational activities in euro europe, while continuing its effort to consolidate influence in syria, iraq and yemen. earlier this summer authorities across europe including germany, belgium and france, arrested iranian operatives who were in the late stages of preparing a plot

northern parts of the philippines battered by typhoon mangkhut, that is heading out into the south china sea not as powerful by this stage. back over the pacific, into north america, where we find florence. that will weaken over land this weekend it will continue to bring flooding rains to the carolinas. this area of cloud contains remnants of an ex—hurricane that could be heading our way next week. this weekend, bit of a mixed bag. wetter windier weather in the north—west that will start to push its way will start to push its way into england and wales next sunday. the best of the weather will be in the south—east. we have this link of drizzly rain across northern england. perhaps even into north wales. the wetter weather a rise as the winds pick up in the afternoon across northern ireland and into western scotland. elsewhere dry weather. the difference in temperatures in the sunshine. through the evening and overnight you can see how this rain develops more widely in northern ireland, in scotland, pretty heavy rain. quite windy out there as well. some of that will edge of the irish sea. th

al-jazeera now hong kong and south china are next in the firing line of what was the most powerful storm in the world this year typhoon man could has moved into the south china sea after leaving its mark on northern parts of the philippines at least twelve people are reported dead or lost some of it staying soon after it made landfall there was downgraded from a super typhoon but it's still brought heavy rain and winds of around two hundred kilometers an hour many homes have been badly damaged and power has been cut in many parts of calgary a province that's where more than five million people are still at risk from flood waters the chinese government has issued the second highest storm alert as the typhoon approaches faeries services across going dong province has been suspended heavy rain and huge floods of forecast over the weekend billboards have also been taken down in case the blown away by winds expected to hit two hundred kilometers an hour an egyptian court has ordered the arrest of two sons of former president hosni mubarak over the sale of a national bank gamal mubarak the younger of the two is accused of being part of a group which obtained twenty se

that has very consistently and very vocally protested chinese encroachment on illegality in the south china seadespite the fact that vietnam is one of as many as five or six countries within the association of southeast asian nations that has territorial claims disputes with china it's the only one of those five countries that is this consistently spoken out against china and even if you accept the fact that it's that it's that it's citing principles of international law and international norms freedom of navigation etc is done very selectively in contrast to the lack of it here and to those norms domestically in vietnam nonetheless i think the government of vietnam should be applauded for standing up for for their rights in the south china sea breeze of the china and clearly the late president would have been part of that decision to do so good to speak to benjamin benjamin the west bank oh thanks very much. well we've got plenty more ahead on news news our nigeria's money wives young girls sold into slavery to repay their parents' debts. and environmental disaster in the u.s. floodwaters from

china has militarized islands in the south china sea, and now all of health east asia is within reachong-range bombers. part of residencies plan is for china -- president xi is plan is for china to be a top rate military by 2050, and president xi is no longer bound by term limits on his presidency. we must see the world as it is. that is why the national defense strategy explicitly recognizes that we have returned to it era of great power of competition. we must prepare. the air force meet the threatse as nation with our most basic unit, the squadron. our operational squadrons are the power of air force, the clenched fist of american resolve. today we have 312 operational squadrons, 142nd fighter squadron important organ is sitting alert this morning ready to intercept any aircraft that threatens america's northwest. the rough riders at the 7/45 strategic missile squadron are maintaining our nation's nuclear deterrent at mina air force base in north dakota today. the 36th in the squadron, the dakota air force base is providing forward-based tactical airlift in japan and throughout the

year has killed at least twelve people and left a trail of damage now it is heading across the south china sea towards hong kong and southern china what began as a super typhoon did lose some of its sting after it landed on the largest island in the philippines roofs were ripped off flimsy homes and power lines were downed as well thousands of people were moved from low lying areas jamila island duggan is there for us she saw what happened in the northern province of congo young. we are in one of the areas first there and. the super typhoon this is about an hour from to get out of city but at says is really quite difficult communication and power lines have been cut off but on our way here we bumped into a truck of marine officers several have been seriously injured started them being brought to the city in ambulances by volunteers. the situation in baghdad was similar basically all across the region of luzon hours after the typhoon made landfall the governments of the national and local government have yet to really assess the full impact of this typhoon that is because many of these areas ar

maritime disputes with china in the south china sea and its long term concerns. territorial ambitions has seen it a little closer to the united states. billions of dollars worth of deals with u.s. president donald trump. a trade deal after the u.s. pulled out of the trans-pacific partnership military cooperation with washington had also been discussed on state visits by defense secretary james mattis the role the president is largely seen as ceremonial posting with same as a stepping stone to becoming the communist party chief and the nation's top. and we've had some very stormy weather across europe recently particularly in the northwest we had one storm called alley that hit parts of the british isles that made things very very stormy it was the winds that caused most of the damage here we had a lot of trees down a lot of power outages as well and people fighting with their brollies was a regular sight to be seen now that system is moving away but now we've got plenty of cloud over us and that's going to give us another weather system that's going to turn incre

southern china are now bracing for those severe weather conditions as the typhoon travels across the south china sea is expected to make landfall on sunday with wind speeds of up to two hundred kilometers an hour hundreds of flights have been cancelled in hong kong and ferry services across china's guangdong province have been suspended or members of a rebel group once banned in ethiopia returned home to welcoming crowds in the capital addis ababa the leader of the liberation front and fifteen hundred fighters had been in neighboring eritrea for twenty six years. earlier this year prime minister ahmed remove the o.l.f. from a terror list the government has been public gatherings in the capital harare to try and prevent the spread of cholera twenty five people have already died from the disease the deadliest outbreak in a decade. and egyptian court has arrested for president hosni mubarak's tucson's on charges of insider trading. barker accused of illegally benefiting from the sale of a national bank. who's the rebels in yemen say they've signed a memorandum of understanding with the united nations t

navy in the south china sea there is a lot of hysteria right now in united states about the prospect of china being in the passing lane that is to say sir p. has one thing going against him and that is that he is a lever that someone who voted to remain but is now committed to leaving which doesn't sometimes doesn't convince the hardcore leave so let's go to the next politician that is the current foreign secretary take a look at what the list said about him jeremy hunt course near the front of the park coming up on the right so that's the current foreign secretary but he was formally the health secretary and he's seen as a bit of a political survival despite the fact that he presided over the junior doctors scandal has so he's not likely to have many fans and amongst the medical profession but ask them which list goes on to point out he is a real dark horse in this potential race to succeed to reason may and then last but not least we have the current defense secretary take a look at what the list says about him govern move. in full campaign mode but very reliant on pm controlling he

but now that it is moving out over the open waters of the south china sea, it is probably going to regainy. not probably. the computer models are saying that it will. right now 120-mile-per-hour winds, moving west/northwest at 10 miles an hour. so it is moving slower. the slower it moves, it will be picking up more energy. there is more energy there that can feed into the system. when i saw this yesterday, i was frankly startled when i saw this eye. this is the eye of what was our latest super typhoon, the 22nd of the 2018 season. the system moved onshore, slammeded into the coast during the early morning hours. and we have phenomenal reports of storm surge there, some unofficial reports of about 16 meters of storm surge. well, this is what we anticipate will happen. as we move to the other waters, a lot of that preceding convection will impact regions around southeastern china and it looks like by sunday, this is expected to make another landfall. it moved across the marshall islands and guam, plowed into northern luzon and will make landfall somewhere around 100 kilometers to the south

china has militarized islands in the south china sea and now all of southeast asia is within reach of long-range bombers. part of president xi's plan is for china to be a top-rfranked military by 2050 and president xi is no longer bound by term limits on his presidency. we must see the world as it is. that is why the national defense strategy explicitly recognizes that we have returned to a great era of power competition. we must prepare. the air force meets the threats as a nation, the combat you poor in the force. they're the 25th that america would resolve. rid now we have 112 operational squadron. portland oregon is sitting ready ready to intersent any aircraft that threatens america's midwest. the rough riders at the 75th strategic missile squadron are maintaining our nation's nuclear deterrent at air force base in north dakota today. the 36th airlift squadron, the dakota air force base is providing forward-based tactical airlift in japan and throughout the pacific. some of you who are not in one of these operational squadrons may be asking yourselves, what's your role? what abou

a tit for tat trade war continued to butt heads over a list of sensitive issues including the south china sea and taiwan the un special envoy to yemen says he hopes airport will reopen next week martin griffiths made the remarks late on thursday meanwhile the government of the harvey says it won't allow the united nations mission to continue investigating human rights violations in the country it's accuse the un of bias the report issued on alleged war crimes the c.e.o. of tesla unmask is being sued for fraud by the u.s. securities and exchange commission and asks accused of misleading investors when he tweeted that he had secured funding to take tesla private last month well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness statement that sorting by fire. the. run but. little bodies. as the main supply shops order is needed. i'm not saying no you have to stay positive in the reduction was thought i was going to tell us. he only did monk includes weak lose money concealing don't even the live in sales and shipping clothes is going to be supplied if the situation com

fact that china is going into the sea and building islands, and saying that this is chinese territory and then building military sites there, tell us what they're doing in particular in the southna sea. >> well and all of that started under the obama administration so the irony in this and it's always good to go back and look at recent history so we get the facts on the table so you have the obama administration who said we're going to reset we're going to actually withdraw troops from europe because the russia threat is no more, and we're going to pivot to asia. now what happens? they completely botched russia and tried to blame it on the trump adminitration and at the same time they've mill tarrized i can't see your map, but building these islands which are essentially stationary aircraft carriers where they have complete military control, command and control of the entire south china sea, so it makes it very hard for the united states to keep those major trade waters open in the event of any type of conflict because on any given day, you have two-thirds of the world's commerce transiting threw that region. maria: we want to keep up with you on this. i'm going to keep checki

think the government of vietnam should be applauded for standing up for for their rights in the south china sea because of the china and clearly the late president would have been part of that decision to do so the rule of president is largely seen as ceremonial but posting with theme as a stepping stone to becoming the communist party chief and thus the nation's top leader in. good weather now his cabinet that's right we've talked hurricanes typhoons now we're going to talk about a tropical depression and don't ever us to me underestimated tropical depression i want to take you here instead of low state of mexico notice those clouds right there that is a tropical depression but i want to show you what it had done as the system made its way towards the towards the east first of all i want to put this into motion for you there's the clouds right there dissipating but i want to show you the video here that came out of the area it was ninety millimeters of rain in just four hours that caused this in sinhala state cars were washed away flash flooding in businesses as well as homes in the governor t

line of what was the most powerful storm in the world typhoon man code has now moved into the south china sea but it's left its mark on northern parts of the philippines it's lost some of its sting and soon after it made landfall there it was downgraded from a super typhoon but it still brought heavy rain and winds of around two hundred kilometers an hour at least three people are now confirmed dead many homes have been badly damaged power is cut in many parts of calgary and province more than five million people.

state so this relationship is now starting to unreadable on many fronts increased tension in the south china sea increased tension over taiwan a widening trade dispute and just this week a u.s. warship was denied permission to dock in hong kong we are moving into troubled waters. mexico's incoming government says it's going to investigate the disappearance of forty three students in the southern city of atlanta the promise comes as protesters gather to mark the fall found a verse three the abduction and suspected massacre of the students was one of the worst crises during president and decay pena nieto has ten year it's thought the students were turned over to members of an organized crime group. people in vietnam have been paying their respects to the former president tran died suddenly on friday from a rare virus a state funeral will be held on thursday was criticised for his crackdown on political dissent vice president dan you know there has been named acting president becoming vietnam's first female head of state now a new claim to just one of the suspects in the poisoning of a former russi

of building ships and of course then reclaiming and paving on and militarizing islands in the south china sea establishing an air defense identification zone in the east china sea and essentially what we're seeing from china and its own way from russia are attempts from both of these countries to establish spheres of influence in their periphery as china wants to push the u.s. navy and the u.s. military influence and rule in east asia further away from its shores to establish within the western pacific and certainly within the first island chain that's denmark headed by japan for example and other islands out there a zone in which china is the dominant power it's not looking for a fight it's nowhere near ready for an actual conflict with the united states it doesn't want that but what it does want to do is enlarge it space for maneuver for example condition other countries in the region to be more deferential to chinese preferences protect its sea lines of communication and reestablish itself as a dominant regional power and in that sense with its relations with russia it's found a willing pa

take hold it's not only about hong kong this is about china sovereignty and this is about the south china sea the east china sea it's about the territorial conflicts with india it's ultimately about taiwan and that is starting to be a big play in beijing there. are all these war games that they're playing about taiwan and people think by the taiwan is something that is within him pink's calculations of what he might be doing but in his reign so this hongkong issue this independence issue is much bigger than this tiny party at home what does it tell us about the condition of the government in hong kong particularly it being able to act somewhat of a bore work against the need of the communist party in beijing and it is it basically is it just caving in over time. in fan is this still is one country two systems a lot of liberties that they have in hong kong that don't exist in china but when they came up with this concept one country two systems in the eighty's basically. expectation then was that china would eventually become more democratic and hong kong would be the oratory for trying to mak