time trade goes through the south china sea. so this is not and if the just concerns the coastal regions, all the countries that are here, it's also cause of great concern for countries thousands of kilometers away because of cause dummy as an export nation is highly dependent on a free trades and free shipping. free maritime sailing, etc. but she also says it goes about, it goes into direction that is more than just economic interest. she says, what we're talking about here is essentially also having to coal on china to use restrained and to protect the rules based order. and she says, so she's very glad that she has the philippines, amongst other countries in this region that are trying to push for everybody to adhere to those international laws that she says. it's something where small countries have to pull together because it's their only tons of a survival. and, you know, just very briefly, is there any chance china will take heed of her warnings? you think of, of the light. it took about an hour for the chinese to reply t

the route depends on the malako straight which connects the south china sea and the pacific ocean to the indian ocean. the route is the artery of major economic powers in asia like japan, taiwan, south korea, and especially china, the second largest economy in the world. every year. over 100 thous ships in the south china sea sail towards the malaca straight. the babab straight a straight between the gulf of aden and the red sea and joins asia to the... of africa here in the universe and you can see very close to the horn of africa thisb is 11 miles wide its widest point through this little stretch every day flow about 4 million barrels of oil coming around from over here you can't see it but up through the from the persian gulf and around oman down here through the indian ocean and up through. into europe in the mediterranean elsewhere, so if the hypothetical route between the south china sea to europe is considered the most significant maritime trade corridor in the world and strates of malaca, hormos and jibralter as well as the suas canal and the british channel are the most vital

on a trip to the philippines, atlanta, barebones, here's the spacing of risky maneuvers in the south china sea and richard international law, the clare richardson, welcome the international court of justice and the hague. has begun. harry accusations of genocide brought against israel by south africa and the case itself could take years. but today, south africa has been asking the court to order is relative, immediately hold its military operations in gaza. hearings this week, we'll focus on that request for emergency measures to me and pose much sooner. south africa has long support of the palestinians linking their struggle to its own history of fighting apartheid to israel for its part has a strongly denied the claims calling the accusations baseless. israel's hayes is doing all that can to avoid civilian casualties in gaza as it responds to how much this terrorist attack last october. but south africa alleges, not only is this on true, but the israel's campaign is targeting kind of simians with the aim of wiping them out as a people. and it's more than 80 page filing to the world. cool in

the route depends on the malaco straight which connects the south china sea and the pacific ocean to the indian ocean. the route is the artery of major economic powers in asia like japan, taiwan, south korea, and especially china, the second largest economy. in the world, every year over 100,000 ships in the south china sea sail towards the malaca straight. the bababond straight, a straight between the gulf of aden and... red sea and joins asia to the horn of africa. in 2014, the answer movement turned into the main power in sauna in northern yemen. mansur hadi stepped down after he saw the political situation in the country and fled to riyad. the yemen war coincided with the ascendant of ascendance of new king, king salman, who more broadly saw saudi arabia as needing to take a greater position on the regional stage, and and this is very clear in the horn of africa, saudi arabia describing it as sort of a missed opportunity to be a leader. gradually, the anserla asserted its control over yemen's army and other parts of the country. six months after the revolution in september of 2014

the two southeast asian countries have competing claims of a swathes of the south china sea, an importantaims almost in its entirety up claims almost in its entirety up for more on this deal and the relations between both countries we can speak with a researcher in the vietnam studies programme at thic �*s institute. thank you for joining the programme today. firstly, what about the philippines and vietnam hoping to achieve from this signing — from signing this coastguard deal? ., ~' , ., from signing this coastguard deal? ., ~ , ., from signing this coastguard deal? ., ~ , deal? thank you. so the purpose of this mou _ deal? thank you. so the purpose of this mou is _ deal? thank you. so the purpose of this mou is to _ deal? thank you. so the purpose of this mou is to better - deal? thank you. so the purpose of this mou is to better manage | of this mou is to better manage their own maritime dispute, so prior to this visit both countries had agreed to information sharing and co—ordination on rights and issues, particularly on illegal fishing, there have been incidents where the philippine

the route depends on the malaco straight which connects the south china sea and the pacific ocean to the indian ocean. the route is the artery of major economic powers in asia like japan, taiwan, south korea, and especially china, the second largest economy in the world. every year, over 1000. ships in the south china sea sail towards the malaca straight. the baban dab straight, a straight between the gulf of aden and the red sea and joins asia to the horn of africa. the first move by the uae in this new regional plot was to get israel involved in the babalmandab strategic waterway. israeli officials directly suggested that the uae develop the perim island adjacent to the babomandab straight in order to link it with the sokotra island in the south of the straight and the gulf of akaba and the port of ellat in the north of the red sea. the development initiated a strategic partnership between the two, the uae and the israeli regime. in may 2021, images from the planet lab's commercial satellite were released from the pedium island. it showed that there's a relatively large 1800 meter a

bare bulk said recent developments in the south china sea or a cause for concern even in europe. ok. so let's get across the date of these political correspondent, nina has a, a joining me from manila. you know, 1st of all, can you explain for us what risk gate maneuvers the german foreign minister is accusing china of engaging in was to explicitly talked about the incidents from the last couple of months where she says the chinese coast guard used was a cannon. and lasers against the filipino supplies ships. and she said that that is completely unacceptable. sometimes in these incidents that were collisions, she says the china needs to show restraint that needs to respect to the philippines board as it must stop expanding and putting the claim on more of the tennessee of the south china sea. so these are very, very clear. what's coming up from the gym for many so and why has a german 4 ministry decided to go to the philippines to, to speak out on this issue? was he says of that, of course, this is a region that is economically speaking highly dynamic and one said of internationa

corvettes conventionally powered submarines that are used mainly in the seas near around around china, the east china sea, south china sea, yellow sea and what have you for the defense of china, the pla, navy is built primarily to defend china from attack from the sea, which is, of course, is something that happened to china repeatedly in the 19th century and early in the 20th century, being invaded from abroad. and so, for example, they have about 50 conventional diesel powered submarines, 90 odd small corvette s and frigates and an important to think about when you look at the totality of the western pacific is that if it turns out there's a fight appeal, a navy is not going to fight alone. they have the entire play. air force. they had the land base play navy, air force, and they have pla rocket there as part of a joint campaign on their their their part and they make sure they can all of those systems effectively with it of a really incredibly effective open ocean system. let me finish with a thought on everybody. ask how good are these guys? and i think the answer is we don't know for sure. again, the seve

and, and the violence. germany's board ministers criticize china overreach activities in the south china sea accusing the country of engaging and risky maneuvers. and the bare bulk is in the philippines for talks with leaders. they are the 1st via german foreign minister in over a decade. she also criticized asians territorial claims and said that they are not in line with international law. thereby said, recent developments in the south china sea or a cause for concern even in europe. earlier i spoke to the w as chief political correspondent need a honda in manila about the risk e maneuver. it's the german 4 administered as accusing china off was to explicitly talked about the incidents from the last couple of months where she says the chinese coast guard used was a cannon and lasers against the philippines supplies ships. and she said the that is completely unacceptable. sometimes in these instances is the collisions. she says the china needs to so restrained that needs to respect to the phillipines board is, is, must stop expanding and putting the claim on more of the tennessee of the sou

has xi jinping's timetable or calculation in relation to the south china sea, their alliance within asia, has that changed in any fundamental way? it has not. it remains constant. these are the two underlying elements in china's grand strategy which is why it makes for difficult summit for president biden on both of those questions. it is continuing to de-risk economically. the united states remains vigilant on national security questions. >> the unity of china being -- it is considered a responsible way of achieving it. xi jinping has been studied a lot. maybe a contribution between the fact that to achieve rejuvenation you need a strong economy but you don't want to take any risk. you are ready to crush some of the private sector as well as you did with minority and -- on the protest, i think it was very difficult. the protest was very local. unrest -- most of all i think it is a systemic struggle. in beijing after a lockdown of such a scale it provoked a real difficulty. we ask if it was -- cities completely overwhelmed. the protests, they were of a limited scale. >> good answers from

more and more advanced nuclear weapons and a china also a way of behavior, especially in the south china sea and the weight and china is actually violating core principles. the for nice to see that the role of the we also have to understand that this is all about nathan moving into a show. but this, the about the fact that china is coming closer. those, of course, need to has to address what happens in a shop. uh, nope, because we order a global security lines about the goals for purpose. they're not as roles and vice versa. as the north atlantic treaty organization continues to expand its rates into the far east, brussels seems a bit overly concerned about some apparently aggressive chinese behavior in the south china sea. it's a bit strange because nato has troops stationed in taiwan, which is let's not forget, a part of china itself. makes you wonder who is the real threat here, especially when beijing is the one calling to refrain from military activities. had an end to the finger pointing from nato's american overlords. we asked us to stop misleading, international public opinion with f

yeah, the hong kong, also, uh, 2 beds, south china seas where the u. s. is trying to distract a china from its economic progress by inserting these kind of military concerns. it's a game that the u. s. just played a many times before we call back in the seventy's that did this exact same thing with japan, although less on the military side, this isn't a bit of an attempt to contain china because the u. s. is concerned as us, you know, and china tree grows. this becomes a competitive threat to the u. s. and the u. s. will react against anything military, political, or economic. that is, she's a threat to it's a jeremy. all right, let's look at the news for now, but do stay with us and back in 30 minutes with much more the i'm action or attention. welcome back to going underground broadcasting over on the world from the middle east. quite apart from the trauma and gaza from british american to you, nation armed aerial bombardment, there is trauma all around the world. one of the greatest trauma specialists in the world is of course saliva, doctor, gamble, m

has xi jinping's timetable or calculation in relation to the south china sea, their alliance within asia, has that changed in any fundamental way? it has not. it remains constant. these are the two underlying elements in china's grand strategy. which is why it makes for difficult summit for president biden on both of those questions. it is continuing to de-risk economically. the united states remains vigilant on national security questions. >> i will agree that -- the nation of china. and the unification of china -- the economy is more like a means to achieve that grand plan. the unity of china being -- it is unique. it is considered a responsible way of achieving it. the chinese authorities, especially xi jinping has been studied a lot. there is that may be a contradiction between the fact that to achieve rejuvenation we need a strong at economy what you don't want to take any risk and then you are ready to crush some in the private sector as well as you did with the minority over contestation. of the protest, i think it was very difficult because it becomes one of a symbol of the super

united states , although they are falling down, they always have a plan a, plan b, plan b is the south china seanflicts around all these ships that are there the filipinos sank on these shallows, which are claimed by the chinese, in these clashes, because the filipinos are sending food and weapons there accordingly, and the chinese are preventing this and demanding, now they they demanded that... here is the food of madra, finally, they remove, uh, so to speak, tow it away from this place, this is where it is now, this is this conflict, it is beginning before our eyes... to take on the character of a conflict , which, on the one hand , pays off the pro-american allies, because now the japanese have concluded an agreement with the philippines on the joint use of bases, and in general it was a fantastic picture, when the japanese imperial flag continues, so to speak, to be used by the japanese fleet, here in the philippines danin moored from the flags of the japanese fleet, the so-called destroyer aircraft carrier, which receives imperial japan and a number of japanese who live in the philippines,

yeah, the hong kong, also 2 beds, south china seas where the u. s. is trying to distract a china from its economic progress by inserting these kind of military concerns. it's a game that the us is played a many times before we call back in the seventy's that did this exact same thing with japan, although less on the military side. this isn't a bit of an attempt to contain china because the u. s. is concerned, as us young china trade grows. this becomes a competitive threat to the u. s. and the u. s. will react against anything military, political or economic. that is jesus a threat to a, to generate the tuesday solution must be implemented for them and get immediate ends to the will in gaza. that's according to african union chem and movie stuff. i keep my somacki remarks to the 19th summit of another lines movement and you down to a stock exams are 2 days he's or think. i think i can then this in acceptable more on the gun and humanitarian, federal and d months, an immediate 10 to the and just the war against the senior people and for the immediate

is a naval force of this size only needed for the south china sea? ourse, they will head to the indian ocean too. moreover, the belt and road project covers the entire continent, and they will need it. the answer is usa only. nobody in china views india in a strategic nuclear context. china actually carries out observation missions in the indian ocean, because india participates, for example, in the american kuat format, and beijing is alarmed by this, but it is too big a problem china and india still do not consider security. today, the so-called nuclear club includes nine countries ; five are constantly included in the first group. usa, russia, uk, france and china. these countries acquired nuclear weapons even before the adoption of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. the remaining four - india, israel, pakistan and the dprk - did not sign the agreement and received their nuclear status later. according to the stockholm international peace research institute, by the beginning of this year there were more than 12 in the world. almost 90% all nucle

is responsible for security in the indian ocean, and the united states is responsible for the south china seaecessary to limit china. we need to delay as much as possible the moment when china penetrates the indian ocean, china is building fleet on a scale and with a speed unparalleled. is a naval force of this size only needed for the south china sea? no, of course, they will head to the indian ocean too. moreover, the project. who, besides india, is not able to control the indian oceans, india has its own considerable navy, has the support of the united states, and even russia helps it, i don’t think at all that china has such large-scale plans to dominate the indian ocean. the indians are trying to portray china's strategy as capturing one port after another. honestly speaking, from the chinese military and civilian leaders, i have never heard of such a thing. nuclear weapons, yes, but i have explained it many times. the answer is usa only. nobody in china views india in a strategic nuclear context. china does indeed carry out observation missions in the indian ocean, as india participates

and the new year young young is going to step up to full preparation elsewhere in the south china sea. china also last month slide was cummins that philippine vessels. as long standing marathon intentions spelled on the page and said, ties with manila at a crossroads engine. taiwan, which china claims its own and election is just days away. this will even slide one's main opposition. policy have cost to vote as a choice between war and pete waste out and we see it. none of these flash points in you, which is 2024 begins. what's east changing is china is an north korea's growing assertiveness not to mention both countries, deepening ties with russia. 3 nuclear on states. 3 power is increasingly frustrated with a us sled wildwood to among washington partners in asia, including here in taiwan. well, that's prompting a fundamental rethink of risk governments of scrambling to bruce defense budgets. unfortunate licenses around the region. japan is pos, directly to the defense budget for 2024. despite the start of grievances, tokyo is drawing closer to south korea. here, conducting joined to

the new facilities, announced in april , are located near taiwan and the south china sea, key points of confrontation with china. camilo osias has a special strategic importance. it is located near taiwan. this worries the local governor, manuel. who fears that his province will become military purpose. 10 hours after the attack on america's pearl harbor, japan attacked us, mainly because there were us troops. i think it will happen again if there are foreign powers in our midst. the philippines was under us control for decades until independence in 1946. the last permanent american base there was eliminated. in the early 1990s amid internal opposition in the philippines. the new arrangement does not restore a permanent us presence. according to philippine officials, attention is focused on acceleration of the military. we have improved our military but it is never enough, it is never enough because of our territorial issues with china. philippine vessels have increasingly come under pressure from china, which is expanding its influence in the south china sea, and some in manila see t

and in the new year, young young is going to step up for preparation. elsewhere in the south china sea, china also last month slide was kind of the philippine vessels as long standing. there are some tensions spelled out with that. being said, ties with manila ads across roads engine, taiwan, which china claims its own and election is just days away as well. even so i one's main opposition. party have cost to vote as a choice between war and pete wasteful. and we see it none of these flash points and new, which is 2024 begins. what is changing is china is an north korean scrubbing assertiveness not to mention both countries, deepening ties with russia, 3 nuclear on states, 3 powers increasingly frustrated with a us sled. well georgia, among washington partners in asia, including here in taiwan robots, prompting a fundamental rethink of risk governments of scrambling to bruce defense budgets, unfolds alliances around the region. japan is pos, directly to the defense budgets, which wants to transform. and despite to start grievances, tokyo is drawing close to, to south korea here, conduc

ambassador... which they discussed on fintanil, on military contacts, on the situation in the south china seat of issues that they discussed, the funny thing was that salvan at the end asked onei to talk with the iranian leadership, so that the iranian leadership would talk with the houthis so that they do not fire at american ships, this is, in general, so to speak, very interesting, so to speak, option, which means the use of china, at the same time... salevan said that it is necessary for you, too, to constructively participate in world politics someday, that’s what is very important here, why i so i think that, so to speak, china is also generally moving in this regard towards a certain compromise with the united states, i think that the situation here is not even so much now the taiwan strait, north korea, the situation is primarily related to the situation around the philippines, you know , it turned out to be a paradoxical situation that this ferdinand. marcos jr., he actually turned into a real proxy ally of the united states, he actually said that these are all the deposits we are ta

we see them in the south china sea and again thatis the south china sea and again that is not what weure the people of taiwan that the status quo is the best path forward for peace and prosperity in this region. there is clear bipartisan support towards the taiwan as we can see by the visit and the extension of the new president—elect. are you worried about retaliation from china? they might see the us relationship with taiwan and the us president in the reason as a threat in itself? —— taiwan is not threatening may know china. the united states is not threatening mainland china. we are reacting to increase pressure increased aggression that we see coming out of beijing. received in the south sea and talk about the folks in the philippines, certainly vietnam in their own exclusive economic zone. that is not the way we should behave in a 21st—century. again, we have seen increased incursions, lights, navy patrols are debating, out of mainland china. again, that is not helpful. at this time in the world's economy is fairly fragile we have two wars in the world, now is a time to de—escal

presence in the region . japan, korea, and us just did recently issue a joint statement on the south china sea issue. but the irony is none of these countries porter, south china sea, neither korea, taiwan, nor united states border. so i was trying to see so, so it's more of a case us is looking for, excuse to get involved and to maintain his military presence in the, in the region. can i speak united to africa? where is and bob way is set to receive a free shipment of russian grain. the cargo is making its way there after a stop, in most of the, to live some of the bustling parts of bear. but most of these, amid is a historic moment of solidarity behind me a symbol of hope for millions of zimbabwe and the outlines ship a russian vessel laden with 25000 tons of live saving grain. as i live here at the bed of ports in mozambique is a true gift from the russian federation to the nation of zimbabwe or mos on base ports of beard serves as a gateway for shipments to the wider region. free grain is being delivered to 6 african countries then bob way, but tina fast. so molly somalia, the central afri

military presence in the regent . japan, korea, and us just recently issue a joint statement on the south china sea issue. but the irony is not all of these countries border south china sea, neither of korea, taiwan, nor united states border. so i was trying to see so, so is more of a case us is looking for, excuse to get involved and to maintain his military presence in the, in the region as well to south america where these 10 people have been killed in a series of attacks my criminal groups across the equitable president, donald lebow, has declared that quote, states of internal arms conflicts in the country and says his military is fine. so they gave signal coach harris guns the the, the they split. it shows. cale succeeds in several cities in ecuador, with a glimpse of the violets interrupting industries, schools of engine to be rushed to hospital. it was well gone fine to taking place in broad daylight as criminals, a talk, and kids not seemingly random people. and it could dory and tv studio was swamped by a group of on demand wall for costing life. police arrest disease, silence who were ta

brussels seems a bit overly concerned about some apparently aggressive chinese behavior in the south china sea. it's a bit strange because nato has troops stationed in taiwan, which is let's not forget, a part of china itself. makes you wonder who is the real threat here, especially when beijing is the one calling to refrain from military activities. had an end to the finger pointing from nato's american overlords. we urge the us to stop misleading, international public opinion with false narratives to strictly control and restrain from the line military activities and reframe from any provocative actions. more recently, a chinese delegation to washington again calls on the us to stop provoking beijing around taiwan. the whole situation bears a stark resemblance to the way rushes military operation in ukraine went down. according to the west, russia was the aggressor from the beginning. no matter how many nato countries were propped up on its border over the years for us into it, and i went toward against the drain with the, the cleared aim to get less, nate, he's getting the exact opposite, i