that's the united nations closet sees in the south china sea, rather than a bang this. the agreement that china assigned it's ignored it and it's continued to expand its presence in the south china sea, threatening to philippines and vietnam, and other claimants within the region. this has consequences, the south china sea represents about $5.00 trillion us dollars of trade. any kind of kinetic conflict within the region, which obviously disrupt not on the regions economy, but the global economy. i talking to steve and steve negatives, national question, universe, they talk to you. thank you. now to be involved with the military, john to has withdrawn from a busy trading have on the board with thailand. it's the latest set back for the regime which is facing growing up position from level forces and a shop dropping support among the civilian population. as as the tie border arrivals from me in march or up by almost 50 percent from you here across the over from the town of my wadi, after fighting between the military and armed groups or villages afraid of the situation. t

, the greater south china sea, the greater south china sea, the greater south china sea and in thethis trilateral aims to keep the maritime domain free, open and full space. they will be looking at more regular maritime drills and it is a important to institutionalise such levels of defence cooperation to ensure continued despite the massive changes in political systems. also looking to invest in more robust information sharing and perhaps other forms of multidimensional levels of defence cooperation, cyberspace, cyber technology, cyberspace, cyber technology, cyber security cooperation. of course, at the same time, focusing on economic and trade investments. which is also equally important in addressing the china challenge in the region. what do you make of the speed at which the philippines has moved closer to the us since presdient marcos came to power? we have to understand that since the beginning of the administration of president macros administration of president macroer, manila has opted to seek to strengthen its relations with china because china is our neighbour and it w

have we seen trying to become much more sensitive navies dispute the territories in the south china sea? as i mentioned in that report, sometimes farnworth economy philippine vessels injuring some filipino personnel to . and then the other thing we seen happen really is the philippines during march close to, to the us and its allies in the region to like, like japan, re seen president. and i'm all costs, you know, take, had taken much more kind of combative approach to china about meeting this, of course, is coming of to back about really important that historic charlottesville summits between the leaders of the us decline in the philippines. the key outcome of that meeting, president biting reiterating that mutual defense treaty that it has with them in and is in clouds. that's what these exercises are really a demonstration of it. but that all concerns, of course, that spoke through the demonstration of, of military units. see through these exercises, but also with the others here, political developments that we're seeing in the end, or facilitate that this is a flash point that could

i don't remind as a getting lots of stake in the south china sea right now. right. first of all, thank you. so much for having me now. the south china sea, the most important, not just for regional states or it's immediate residence, but the rest of the world. given that it is a vital true one, i would like to area vital maritime domain and the endo pacific, where we could see the bulk of a world maritime trade. so of course, given the exhauster beating security conditions in the south china sea brought by chinese human natural actions that often come at the expense of international law. uh this uh, you know, this is catalyzed the response from like mine, of democratic countries of the in the pacific such as the philippines, japan and the united states to play a larger role as a incredible and of course important stakeholders of the rules based ordering the region stuff is have been going for a while, that's the territorial disputes in the south china sea could explode into an all out with china. do you think this summit has increased the low at that risk? well, we h

the territory is in the south china sea. as i mentioned in the report, sometimes farnworth economy philippine vessels injuring some filipino personnel to . and then the other thing we've seen happen really is a philippines during march close to, to the us and it's highlights in the region to like, like japan. we've seen a president fund. i'm of course, you know, take, taking much more kind of combative approach to china about meeting this, of course is coming off. the block is really important. the historic charlottesville summits between the natives of the us, japan and the philippines. the key outcome of that meeting, president biden were yes, racing that, that mutual defense treaty that it has with me and is in clouds. but that's what these exercises are really a demonstration of it. but that all concerns, of course, that spoke through the demonstration of, of military units see through these exercises. but also with the other cheer, political developments that we're seeing in the end, or facilitate that this is a flash p

mentioned in natural, the introduction, china thing, suburbs here is almost the entirety of the south china sea. that's despite the 2016 building that's ruled against china is a statement where the unbelief that it has control over the south china sea. and so what the us and its allies are really trying to do in this situation, according to the statement, is to uphold the freedom of navigation, whether that's in the maritime, say, or in the ad to around this holy contested stretch of voice. so now what exactly did these drills entail? well, one of the key things was anti submarine maneuver exercises that took place between the navy's of those 4 countries. they're really the focus of these drills as to increase interoperability and the level of communication between the 4 countries. we see these images coming out from the drills of personnel from the formula trees sitting around the tables discussing those activities. and this really is a sort of a very powerful statement and symbol of the unity that the us and its allies are trying to precise. and this parts of the wealth given the small, preca

that's the territorial disputes in the south china sea could explode into an all out with china. do you think this summit has increased the low at that risk as well? we have to understand that the conditions of the south china sea have been exacerbating since the ninety's. and as we can see, there is a need to ensure that the rules base order is intact to ensure that those states finality driven interest. so would not be a would think twice before further provoking the situation. now what we can see is that this particular summit was a success in terms of not only ensuring the importance of $1.00 cost of 2016 arbitrary ruling and of course, institutionalizing defense cooperation. but you're also seeing now is a way forward and ensuring that all its members have that resiliency in terms of economic and political resilience. so when it comes to the philippines, for example, a bilateral bill introduced was introduced to provide the philippines with a $2500000000.00, you know, to boost its defensive, you know, the launching of the zones. you cannot be corridor which aims to improve th

and we'll do a task in the south china sea. we saved off. we've also seen this with the cab david principles in south korea, japan and united states to deal with issues in the korean peninsula. it's a mini lateral approach to problem solving within the region. that's going to move forward. rather the natal is steven, is that because everyone's tip toeing around china, which is actually painting. this is provocative. well, i think most of the countries within the region to see china as a revision is power that it's a sort of in the south china sea, across the timeless trades on the east, tennessee. but the same time their biggest trading partner is china. so how do they balance this important economic relationship that is the lifeline to the regions economy. and frankly, the global economy, which is a sort of behavior that's highly disruptive and that's the time is kasheila said in his speech to the congress. as a fundamental is it successfully? prosecuting is strategic in the interest within the region will fundamentally disrupt the regions,

extremely rare forforeign media to be granted access to philippines coastguard patrols in the south china seaet inside, get inside, get inside! this is how china defends its claim to the entire south china sea — water cannon raking the deck of a filipino coastguard ship, soaking everyone. get inside, get inside! we were just off scarborough shoal, a coral reef that is claimed by both countries — but much closer to the philippines. this coastguard ship has already attacked our ship once. its water cannon have blasted the decks, as you can see. it's spraying water in the air. that's a threat. it's very likely it's going to come back and hit us again. the chinese attacks continued for half an hour. this is a familiar ordeal for these filipino crew members, who must conduct these missions while greatly outnumbered by the flotilla of chinese ships outside. all morning, we watched them shadowing us. and they watched us back, before moving in for a risky game of maritime cat and mouse. well, this chinese coastguard ship has come so close now, there is only perhaps a0 or 50 metres between us. this is

there was this statement afterwards condemning china's actions in the south china sea as dangerous andscalatory. and the reaction from the ministry of foreign affairs in china was not happy at all. they made formal complaints both to the u.s. and japan and said this relationship should not be something that is targeting another nation. and should not be harming another nation. they are clearly not happy. but on the other hand, we have reports that next month we will see a trilateral summit between japan, south korea and china in seoul. there is a possibility that things can be patched up. despite these military tensions, china remains a important trading partner for everybody in the region. everyone wants to see the tensions calm down as far as possible. kriti: it is a fascinating story and it comes as a cybersecurity and chip security come up ahead of a crucial election cycle in the united states. as bell rentals, our tokyo bureau chief. we go to the latest in the ukraine war. russia has destroyed the kyiv region's largest powerplant and attacked gas storage facility. it adds to conce

so far away from the home in the south china sea, basically trying to tell china what to do is china listening. benjamin the china of course, is not backing out, especially in the us right now is trying to hollow, especially of the one china policy all the time and straight, which is part of the self tennessee that is china is for tonight. and there was a lot of resources and it has always been the territory of the good of china seems engine time. so china is not kind of backed out of is offering to all these kinds of to see. yeah, yeah. i mean, look at the end of a day, it is basically about the, the global hedge long trying to keep its grip around the world. it doesn't matter how far from his territorial board as the united states goes, militarily speaking, an economically speaking. that's why you put all these countries on the bricks and the global south as so many people call them the d dot our i's, asian coalition. a benjamin child was professor of the power school of technology and business. joining us live here on how to international great to see you, benjamin. thank you for

the dispute between the 2 countries over territory in the resource rich south china sea has been escalating and recent weeks with multiple maritime stand offs which we have covered here on out for 0. so let's bring in a katrina you from aging. katrina, aging lays claim to that entire area of the south china sea. so it's not entirely surprising that they, we would be rebuffing the philippines as own claim. what are they saying and what are their arguments? the yes, that's exactly right. so bathing has claimed to manila entirely for these escalating tensions in the south. china say we have transformed ministry supports from monday to that, no matter what manila does, it will not affect trying this maritime right. and so renting, he's referring to the counter measures announced why that you need a macos last thursday. he's going to want to say that the philippines has made unreasonable, use ations against china. now to close the context, as you mentioned, is a trying to claims majority of the south trying to see despite those claims being already rubbish, by the international court of justice.

it's so behavior in the south. china sea has been coercive and bullying. sure. but they've mostly been employing what's known as greys own tactics . so tactics that fall just below the threshold of military confrontation. now in case there was an accidental escalation of the tensions in the, in the pacific. most analysts, so it seemed to think that the ceiling on such a conflict would be low just because of their, our mutual defense treaties and place doesn't automatically mean that these countries will be dragged into world war 3. the mutual defense treaties just mostly outline that washington and manila have to consult with each other in the face of a threats washington in tokyo would have to do the same as the japan where the aggrieved party in this case. so really what, so this summit is trying to do is up to act as a tear into china without the 3 countries actually having to lay down actual red lines. why is the money would say the 10s of thousands of people in southern russian conflicts on evan, flooded out of their homes, and over $100000.00 force to evac

attentions had been high between manila homepage and resend months over their territorial dispute in south china sea. the most recent incident occurred when chinese god ships attacked the philippine supply boat with a water cannon and china claimed the supply emission was aimed at bringing construction materials to repair a military vessel. had become grounded on the reef in and out of a balance area. something the philippines denies all commitment to maintain b r p c. i remember i would always be there. so any attempt by china to interfere with resupply missions will be met by the philippines in a fashion that protects our troops. well let's discuss this live now with our to contribute to college count. thank you for joining us from valley and indonesia. now, china claims that the philippines is relying on some external forces. what does that really mean? well, especially for the dispute baseball. 1999. when the government of philippines ran a world war, 2 era worship sierra madre wrong. i'm grump at the 2nd time in the shop. at that time, judge responding to the criticism of the chinese foreign mi

account a bunch of bites for meetings and china is attends to a set control over the dispute in south china sea will be high on the agenda out east asia correspondent james trader, looks at what's at stake in the south china sea this week show a force from the us and it's in the pacific allies, the us, japan, and the philippines alongside australia, in the 1st of the joint naval exercises designed to uphold freedom of navigation in the contested waters. the drills a probably to another fuss those days. historic summit between the leaders of the us, japan and the philippine spots. the 2 countries with which washington has mutual defense treaties bringing these nations together, what some japanese officials called the most complex security environment since world war 2. including a more belligerent north korea, but mainly a more assertive china under president shooting paint of those middle and tokyo have maritime disputes with aging friction in the south china sea, especially what china has recently fired was the cannons that philippine vessels has res phase. the us could be drawn into direct co

r, ministry exercises held outside, defend it being tied to total and watches in the south china sea. the problem is, those are the offers bostic, same by badging and patrolled by its coast guard. the us on different opinions have a longstanding mutual defense treaty as well. the deputies east asia correspondent james church explains the importance of this. he has exercises or it's the biggest annual display as me that true unity between the us and it's mutual defense treaty allied, the philippines. the products time exercises this year, bringing together more than $16000.00 personnel for almost 3 weeks of drills the exercises this time law should be responding. civics, maritime tensions between the philippines and china in the south china sea. in recent months, aging has 5 volts. the canons at philippine resupply vessels near the disputants, 2nd thomas shant, where philippine ship was deliberately beached as an outpost in 1919. no, no. all of us raise the prospect of the us being drawn into a direct conflict with badging. if any uh, service man, really peters service man is killed by

china claims much of the south china sea as it's own. 0ur correspondentjonathan head was on board thede, get inside! this is how china defends its claim to the entire south china sea — water cannon raking the deck of a filipino coastguard ship, soaking everyone. get inside, get inside! we were just off scarborough shoal, a coral reef that is claimed by both countries. but much closer to the philippines. this coastguard ship has already attacked our ship once. its water cannon have blasted the decks, as you can see. it's spraying water in the air. that's a threat. it's very likely it's going to come back and hit us again. the chinese attacks continued for half an hour. this is a familiar ordeal for these filipino crew members who must conduct these missions while greatly outnumbered by the flotilla of chinese ships outside. all morning, we watched them shadowing us. and they watched us back, before moving in for a risky game of maritime cat and mouse. well, this chinese coastguard ship has come so close now, there is only perhaps a0 or 50 metres between us. this is a very aggressive ta

number of maritime run ends with the chinese is badging attempts to a certain control over the south china sea or east asia correspond to james trader takes a look now and what's at stake in the south china sea this week show a force from the us and it's in the pacific highlights see us, japan and the philippines along side of straight here in this 1st of the joint naval exercises designed to uphold freedom of navigation in the contested waters. the drills are probably to another fuss those days. historic summit between the leaders of the us, japan and the philippines sponsor to countries with which washington has mutual defense treaties. bringing these nations together, what some japanese officials called the most complex security environment since world war 2. including a more belligerent north korea, but mainly a more assertive china under president shooting paint close to manila and tokyo have more time to speak with badging. friction in the south china sea, especially what china has recently fired water cannons that philippine vessels as race phase. the us could be drawn into direct confl

time logically responding to these maritime tensions between the philippines and china in the south china sea. in recent months, paging his fide voice. it kinda ins that philippine resupply vessels near the disputed 2nd, thomas shant, where philippine ship was deliberately beach as an outpost in 1919. no, no more about 3 is the prospect of the us being drawn into direct conflict with badging. if any uh, service man, veto service man is killed by an, a thought from any foreign power. then that is time to involve the mutual defense to the philippines coast called has been on the front line of chinese aggression. and that's why they've been invited to join the exercises for the 1st time to in another fast, by like a 10 maritime drills will take place beyond the philippine territorial waters. but within its exclusive economic sun shown by the yellow line here. but that has the potential to frustrate badging because it overlaps with china is so cool. 9 dash line in blue here. that's what it says which page and claims its own. despite the 2016 international court ruling that it had no legal basis t

the philippines is currently under coercion from china and the south china sea, and offer the first time 2001, it has been trying to remove philippine presidents, but now with greater coercion. manila's view is its treaty with the united states is important in dealing with china, but also japan is playing an important role, in terms of capacity building, for example. note thatjapan is terms of capacity building, for example. note that japan is the reason why the philippine coastguard is now one of the largest if not the largest in southeast asia in terms of assets. this is from the philippine perspective. from the point of view ofjapan, the east south china sea are connected. japan's economic obviously, is so dependent on a stable and rules based maritime order. the japanese energy supplies move through the seas. japan is also viewing its alliance with washington as critical to dealing with china in the east china sea. but it also sees the philippines as an important partner in ensuring that the south china sea remains free, open, global space. the united states, japan and the philippine

this is a stretch of water, almost the entirety of the south china sea, which china claims as a song, despite the 2016 court ruling, that it had no legal basis to do so. in the philippines for it upon its pod says, these wants as a positive it's exclusive economic zone. and say that china as a growing assertiveness in this region impinges on the rights of its fishermen. and raises their prospects of confrontation in the south trying to see a critical what's the way for global trade. this, of course, is not the 1st time we've seen this kind of incident to what message is being trying to send with these confrontations in the south. china st. james when for for key contacts is a, this is incident comes as the u. s. and the philippines are undertaking that logic site technical hips. their apologies for that and alpine town in northern italy is hosting is annual festival, which is dedicated to raising awareness about climate change. the c of the focus is data, the regions hot, melting felicia's office from 17 countries descended on breast and on a to create thousands of light installations

this is a stretch of water, almost the entirety of the south china sea, which china claims its own. despite the 2016 court ruling that it had no legal basis to do so. in the philippines, very pa, it's pa, it says these wants as a positive. it's exclusive economic zone and say that china as a growing assertiveness in this region impinges on the rights of its fishermen. and raises their prospects of confrontation in the south trying to see a critical, what's the way for global trade. this of course, is not the 1st time we've seen this kind of incident to what message is being trying to send with these confrontations in the south. china st. james william for, for key contacts is a, this is a, this incident comes as the u. s. and the philippines are undertaking the largest annual military drills, the ballot time exercises with a cold shoulder to shoulder with some $16000.00 personnel taken calls in those drills, which for the 1st time this year includes maritime drills, taking place outside of the philippine territory. awards is with in it's exclusive economic zone and conducting drills very mu

include the 1st of a military exercises held outside the philippine territorial waters in the south china sea. the problem is those of which is partly claimed by beijing. i'm patrolled by its coast guard. now the us and the philippines have a long standing neutral defense, tracy and a recent summit in washington. us president joe biden said his country's commitments to manila was quotes and quad w as east asia correspondent james tracer, explains the importance of this. he is exercises it's the biggest annual display, isn't that true? unity between the us and its mutual defense, tracy allied, the philippines, the product time exercises this year, bringing together more than $16000.00 personnel for almost 3 weeks of drills. the exercises this time last week responding civics in our time tensions between the philippines and china in the south china sea. in recent months, paging his 5 boys, the canons that philippine resupply vessels near the disputants. second, thomas shown where philippine ship was deliberately beach as an outpost in 1919 north for about 3 is the prospect of us being drawn int

that's the united nations clause sees in the south china sea, rather than a bang this. the agreement that china assigned it's ignored it and it's continued to expand its presence in the south china sea threatening to philippines and vietnam, and other claimants within the region, which has consequences. the south side of c represents about $5.00 trillion us dollars of trade. any kind of kinetic conflict within the region, which obviously disrupt not on the regions economy, but the global economy. talking to state and saving negatives. national question universe, they talked to you. thank you. some other stories now from around the world. the ukrainian problem interest us the controversial board to boost ami con scripts . that new measures include conflicts solving and high of payments to volunteers. ahead of the voted general, tow lawmakers. the russian forces outnumbered, keeps troops up to 10 times on the east in front, a day of the suspending of political activity. molly's willing one to his bench, the media from reporting on political parties and associations. it's n

to fix that, they need to tap some resources that lay beneath the seabed in the south china sea.ensions wrapping up between these countries. we are not seeing much of a diplomatic solution. the energy crisis looms. annabelle: what are the opportunities available to the philippines? for instance, to vietnam, to counter that perceived incursion from beijing? realistically. philip: let's make no mistake, in terms of military prowess nobody in the region can compete with china, which has the largest naval fleet in the world. the philippines have taken china to court over the matter that ruled in favor of manila to give manila a legal basis to extract these resources within its exclusive economic zone. there is no enforcing capability on that. china has been able to build outposts around the south china sea, has been able to stock a lot of oil rigs, block access to natural gas deposits. what is the philippines doing now? they are currently forming a new arch of collegiate -- new arch of alico concept that would help tap these energy resources. it has not been made public yet. we don't

the south china sea and in particular the tensions between philippines and china is ace point that could could disrupt $5.5 trillion of trade that goes to the south china sea. before we get to the trilateral, we have a discussion today betweenjoe biden, and fumio kishida. what will they be focusing on? fine. will they be focusing on? one, focusin: will they be focusing on? one, focusing on — will they be focusing on? one, focusing on strength _ will they be focusing on? one, focusing on strength in - focusing on strength in deepening the usjapan alliance meaning perhaps establishing a joint command or deepening the co—ordination between the top military officials in the united states and the self defence officials injapan. secondly, talk about how to enhance deterrence across the taiwan strait, preserve peace and stability and how they can broaden cooperation notjust bilaterally but with regional pouches — partners such as philippines or australia or india to again provide peace and stability that is required for trade and stability in the region and regional growth. we had a us ambassado

, the greater south china sea, the greater south china sea and in the west as well.the domain free open and rules based on we've been looking at more regular maritime drills and to institutionalise such levels of defence cooperation to ensure con to annuity despite changes in the domestic political systems. we also look into capacity building more robust information sharing and perhaps other forms of multidimensional levels of defence cooperation in the cyberspace, cyber tech ology cooperation, cyber security cooperation, cyber security cooperation and at the same time focusing on economic and trade investment which is also equally important in addressing the china challenge in the region. the china challenge in the reuion. ~ ., ., .,~ ., region. what do you make of the seed region. what do you make of the speed with _ region. what do you make of the speed with which _ region. what do you make of the speed with which the _ speed with which the philippines has moved closer to the united states since president marcos came to power? we have to understand that since the

and i don't think there has been real effect in terms of tensions in the south china sea. ver such that it would affect relations between the philippines and china. for one, china remains the top market for nickel ore which is the philippines main metal export. also, it's -- china is a major destination for agricultural products like bananas. i don't think we are seeing a collapse of relations between china and the philippines. what the philippines is doing is trying to diversify its trading partners, countries that can invest in the philippines so that when it's relationship with china becomes more strained in the future, it's ready. haslinda: thank you so much for that. pliny more ahead. keep it here with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ so, what are you thinking? i'm thinking... (speaking to self) about our honeymoon. what about africa? safari? hot air balloon ride? swim with elephants? wait, can we afford a safari? great question. like everything, it takes a little planning. or, put the money towards a down-payment... ...on a ranch ...in montana ...with horses let's take a look

it's also being put aside for taiwan on the south china seas. that is more us 8 and weapons moving into, ty, won't so in the us saying, we have real legs that taiwan is part of this one china policy. but we still going to, um, its the chief in case you just solely to enforce this idea of the one china policy . and then in addition to that, like, because really this is just a post of so many issues, pensions wise in, in the south china seas. this is an area where china has a huge amount of islands and land. and then we've got us saying it's now going to hold joint nature exercises in the region with japan and with the philippines. china has said that is a chain to creating a war. so in the, in the pacific region is not happy a tool, the only day that us could have this naval presence right to and explore that. yes, we know us as got enabled presence in the islands, guam, which is in the south china seas, but it's a very small island considering to the land that china has. this'll be like china deciding that it was going to do defense patrols with

it takes a look at what washington sees as beijing's assertiveness in places like the south china sea: so apart from the south china sea, do we see any other areas of cooperation for the three nations apart from boosting maritime security? manolo: you should see the nations boosting their economic ties. during this particular summit, there should be discussions on boosting cooperation in terms of critical infrastructure, semiconductors, renewable energy as well as critical minerals. it's also a way for the philippines to have the philippines boost it cap -- it's economic resilience in the face of what could in the future be repercussions of it standing up to china. china still up top trading partner. it helps diversify its trading partners and the way it does business with the world, in case something untoward with china comes up in the future. paul: i want to talk a little bit about what's going on in the white house tonight. the white house held the state dinner. the u.s. is said to be opening an antitrust probe into nippon steeles takeover of u.s. steel. how could that affect a gei

and japanese support the for the paintings and its territorial disputes with badging and the south china sea. bottom below reports from manila, philippines and chinese coast guard vessels had been regularly out maneuvering each other in the south china sea over the past year. or recently, the chinese had been by reward or cannon causing damage to supply both of the philippine navy and injury to prove members. the analysts say the confrontation has pushed the philippine leaders to strengthen partnerships by laterally and now multilaterally with the united states and japan. japan and the philippines are at the center of all the emerging geopolitical conversations in the western pacific. you have the east china see the west philippine see. and at the same time cross street relations. leaders of the 3 countries are set to meet in washington on april 11th for summit, the builds on the recent engagements. last june, the coast guards held drills into south china sea. and in the speech to the philippine congress, japan's prime minister announced that the philippines would be the 1st beneficiary of t

we can see, china has clearly re directed the balance of power in the geography of the greater south china sea to his favorite. so it is unlikely for it to agree to any binding agreement, the image, it's a sort of actions. and unfortunately, china only understands uh, you know, a power as a major motiv currency for interested in age. so what the philippines is doing is trying to level the playing field, harnessing and leveraging its defense and economic ties with like minded countries to play cost on china is a activities where you live with their, with the time being elizabeth of talking to you. but i think of them is don mclean give in manila. thanks so much. thank you very much. the number of people dying across europe due to rising heat, has risen by almost a 3rd in the past 2 decades. that's according to a new report from the use space program. copernicus also said to 2023. you saw a record number of days with extreme heat stress affecting people across the continent. it was also a better. yeah. on average with europe as a whole, seeing around 7 percent more info. so let me know if a more

annabelle: so is this something that will be shifting the philippines' assertiveness in the south china seaespecially off the backup we are hearing that president is leaning towards an agreement of his predecessor obsessed with china? manolo: it strengthens philippine to boost its relationships with other countries including longtime ally u.s., in terms of its posture in the south china sea. i think president marcos', yesterday, that he was horrified to learn about the agreement between the previous government and china in terms of the philippines supposedly not being restricted to send construction materials to the outpost. it speaks to his continuing assertion that the philippines -- and 70 should be recognized in terms of its territorial claims in disputed waters -- philippines sovereignty should be recognized. haidi: do we expect any other areas of cooperation by the three nations, obviously maritime security is the major one, but what else can we expect to be spoken about? manolo: i think there should be also discussions in the areas of cooperation on critical infrastructure, critical

the us is concerned about tensions over taiwan and in the south china sea. ms taiwan as an inherent part of its own territory and ownership of some disputed islands in the south china sea. we're witnessing something of a reproshment but everything could change later this year if president trump is returned to the white house. stephen olson, a former us trade negotiator said the us and china will continue to be challenged by fundamental differences. i challenged by fundamental differences.— challenged by fundamental differences. i think talking is alwa s differences. i think talking is always better _ differences. i think talking is always better than _ differences. i think talking is always better than not - differences. i think talking is l always better than not talking. so for that reason alone, the meetings are positive. but in myjudgement at least i don't expect anything to come out of the discussions that will significantly move the needle on the overall bilateral relationship. china will continue to believe correctly or incorrectly that the united stat

so in the south china sea earlier today, we're not expelled by the chinese coast guard. the philippine coast guard statement said that in fact, after getting water cannon by chinese coast guard vessels, the 2 vessels, one fisheries vessel and one philippine coast guard vessel were able to stand their ground and continue to patrol the area. so this is also kind of going into an information warfare here where one side comes out with a statement and the other side also comes out with a statement after each confrontation, this time around that for the being cost guide says that that the chinese side also put up a floating barrier in the area of near the entrance of the scar for a show infected the restricting filipinos from entering the area. the philippines and the united states are holding a naval trails in the south china sea. as part of the bulk of the exercises, which is the largest of the many annual joint drills between the united states and the philippines. and this time around the french navy is also participating. and during these naval drills is already already th

dispute the territories in the south china sea? as i mentioned in the report, sometimes far invoice economy philippine vessels injuring some filipino personnel to. and then the other thing we've seen happen really is the philippines during march close to to the us. and it's not always in the region to like, like japan receive president, and i'm all costs, you know, take and take a much more kind of combative approach to china and have that meeting. this, of course, is coming off the back of the really important historic charlottesville summits between the leaders of the us decline in the philippines. the key outcome of that meeting, president, biting reiterating that mutual defense treaty that it has with me and is in clouds . that's what these exercises are really a demonstration of it, but that all concerns, of course, that spoke through the demonstration of, of military units. see through these exercises. but also with the other political developments that we're seeing in the end, or facilitate that this is a flash point that co

be silver enough to realize that rallying external countries to flex military muscles in the south, china sea, for the conflicts will escalate tensions. the french personnel will also join the trails for the 1st time. alongside australia, he pictured conducting maritime exercises with the us, japan, and the philippines earlier this month. this is public atlantic sizes, the latest episode in us efforts to galvanize its allies. interested in joining us now for some analysis from manila is also columnist and political scientist. richard. hey dar and richard, welcome to the w. thank so much for your time. now. these exercises are taking place for the 1st time outside philippine territory. awards is on a can you explain the significance of that? it is there so much unprecedented as far as this exercises are concerned? well, in terms of size and scale of the exercises last year, we also saw close to $16000.00 troops and not only from the philippines and united states, but there were also participants and observers from other countries, including the united kingdom, not to mention japan and australi

for its part, the us is concerned about tensions over taiwan and in the south china sea. a claims taiwan as an inherent part of its own territory, and ownership of some disputed islands in the south china sea. we're witnessing something of a rapprochement, but everything could change later this year if president trump is returned to the white house. mark williams, chief asia economist, capital economics. iamjust i am just looking at some of the quotes from that press conference. janet yellen says they will not allow a repeat of the china shock of early to thousands when she says around 2 million american manufacturing jobs were destroyed. we keep talking about protecting jobs, but adding the rightjob is to protect in america? first jobs, but adding the right “ob is to protect in america?h protect in america? first of all it is uuite protect in america? first of all it is quite striking _ protect in america? first of all it is quite striking to _ protect in america? first of all it is quite striking to hear - protect in america? first of all it is quite striking to hear thi

ships in the filipino coastguard ships in the disputed south china sea. one chinese coastguard ship on that side, three orfour behind us, so many chinese ships in this area. what next for scotland 7 we look at the runners and riders to replace humza yousaf as first minister. a leaked document suggests an iranian teenager who vanished and became a symbol of anti—government protests was sexually assaulted and killed by security forces. and king charles returns to public engagements today with a visit to a cancer treatment centre. hello. i'm azadeh moshiri, welcome to the programme. we start this hour in the disputed waters of the south china sea. the bbc has witnessed chinese vessels firing water cannon at philippine�*s coast guard ships. it happened near the disputed scarborough shoal, an area that has been a flashpoint between the two countries in recent years. take a look at these pictures. the filipino authorities said its boats had been involved in a mission to deliver fuel and food to fishermen in the area. it accused beijing of once again installing