south china sea, that is a very clear message from the country's defense ministry. and it comes a bit ongoing joint naval drills between the united states and the philippines. a frontier visit the asia pacific region is a stage for peace in develop. i do not grounds for geo political competition. so we oppose external interference. muscle flexing of provocations and harassment in the south china sea to the chinese military is closely following relevant moves and will resolutely respond with affective measures. so we will never allow anyone to so k us and the regional using the drawing drills between the philippines and america. go home the way on monday, they cannot last for 3 weeks. now though, the exercises take place on an annual basis is the very 1st time they being held. the right outside manila is territorial waters which has certainly raised concerns among so new regional neighbors. other drills overlap with a visit to china or the us secretary of state anthony blinking model number of potentially or could diplomatic issues of also raised the heads of the same time including washington signing off on an aide package to tie one on a move to band to 12 state side over here for the concerns. w

region. and at this stage, we haven't seen that with regards to the on costs agreement. 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 now to be involved with the military, john to has withdrawn from a busy trading have on the board with thailand.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

the south china seas, the west has just announced that later in 2024 it's going to have joined to military maneuvers with japan and the philippines to other nations in the south china sea pacific region. and it's going to do that, and that is really wrong, cold china like you know, really the idea that us would have this military presence. it would be holding the joint maneuvers just off it's coast. can you much and have us with react if that was close to i mean it was the chinese have doing it. and also just said the chinese apartments, the say, you know, boss talked about domestic issues. so it's sean is concerns are consistent. we always call for respecting each other's core interest and urge the united states not to interfere in trying his internal affairs, not to hold china is developing back and not to step on china's red lines on china, sovereignty security and development interest. these are really strong, clear statements from beijing about the fact they do not want any involvement, any interference in that domestic policies, and they will stem to protect themselves. and it's, as i mentioned, it's highly unusual to see the chinese speaking in such direct times. but obviously

ignored it and it's continued to expand its presence in the south china sea, threatening the philippines and vietnam and other claimants within the region. it says consequences. the south china sea represents about $5.00 trillion us dollars of trade, any kind of genetic conflict within the region, which obviously disrupt not on the regions economy, but the global economy. this guy talking to steve and steve negatives, national question universe, they talked to you. thank you. in me and the other military junta has lost control of a strategically important town. on the time board of the army is withdrawn from the trading hop of me, a warranty of today's, of finding ways, resistance forces, the governments troops of reportedly pulled back to a bridge, thinking the amount with time that it's the latest set back for the regime, which is facing growing opposition from level forces and to shop trump in support among the people as the tie border arrivals from me in march or up by almost 50 percent for me here are crossing over from the town of my wadi, after fighting between the military and armed groups or villages afraid of the situation. th

region. and at this stage, we haven't seen that with regards to the on costs agreement. 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 parti

south china sea? now the south china sea, the most important, not just for regional states or its immediate residence, but the rest of the world. given that it is a vital show, one of vital area, vital maritime domain and the endo pacific. where we could see the bulk of a world maritime trades, of course, given the exhauster beating security conditions and the south china sea brought by chinese international actions that often come at the expense of international law. uh this uh, you know, this is catalyze, the response from like might have 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. space ordering to reach, you know, physically 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 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 th

than allowing the chinese leadership to intimidate and isolate its neighbors in the south china sea and other regionsions given to the united states. friendly statements that create the impression that the cold war does not exist contribute to the outbreak of a hot war. they give americans the illusion of complacency and signal reconciliation to chinese leaders. for u.s. forces to truly deter china, they must be located at striking distance, given the maritime geography of the indo-pacific region and the threat that china's massive missile arsenal poses to american bases, the state department will need to expand the agreement with not weakly, no words, no words, you know, the only thing with what i agree with is that the cold war really continues, but it was definitely not initiated by china and not implemented by china, this cold war has never stopped since on the part of the united states and its allies, this is a bet on total hegemony, and... when in your question you asked about the topic of some greater restraint of china in foreign policy, my answer to this is that the chinese are lucky geograp

south china sea and trying to provide some redlines or pushback against chinese assertive behaviour. the south china sea and in particular the tensions between philippines and china is ace point that could cascade into regionalillion 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 ambassador to japan speaking. w

south china sea. and in the ivanovo region, the regional financial capital for students is now greater than the federalthe russian military is developing an offensive on the ovdeevsky, donetsk and artyomovsky fronts. the attack aircraft are also covered from the air by the crews of mi-35 helicopters. rocket strike they attacked areas where manpower and equipment were concentrated. in an hour's time, su-34 pilots dropped five hundred aircraft on ukrainian positions. kilogram gliding bombs. drone operators burned another american bradley infantry fighting vehicle. in the kharkov region, paratroopers covered a group of militants who were trying to hide in an abandoned building. in the south of the dpr, forward detachments, supported by tanks and drones, captured several key strongholds at once. special forces soldiers knocked out a t-72 tank, and another american armored personnel carrier was destroyed in the vicinity of urozhayny. with editorial report by eduard punigov. in a combat position is a t-80 bv tank of the fifth army from primorye. the crew quickly restrains the equipment, corrects the target c

member in the ac on is citing with china to preserve state ability in the region because that's in the interest of majority of the countries. is that border south china sea. you know, it's a very important to see lane and most of the country in south east asia have a very close economic highest we, china, didn't you, didn't, china is, you know, nation is top trading partner. and the top 4, you invested into the new nature, a single board, china and hong kong. a lot of the money is coming from a single point in hong call are actually chinese money seeking alternative channels . so the 2 economies very i leading to the line and they in donation meters, do not want to rock the boat. so karl, how do you foresee the evolving role of aussie on in the region particularly considering the interactions with initiatives such as august as well sir? support is off in the nation. do not like the fact that i do not like to see a militarized australia. it's solid in border this. you know, the fact that august is all about australia acquiring new, clear summaries is not looking upon kindly inviting donasia. you know, is this, is it because you're all, you're actually do

that upcoming joint military drills by the us and the philippines in the south china sea will lead to greater insecurity in the regionwashington post newspaper published a story quoting 12 unnamed officials saying that, for the first time, the drills would take place in waters claimed by beijing. ia nations will observe the drill, including india, japan and france. a un report is warning that improvements in women's reproductive health has stalled, putting at risk 30 yea rs of progress. it found that eight hundred women a day are dying in childbirth worldwide — the same figure as eight years ago. the report says women and girls need more empowerment to develop their own solutions to reproductive health. a court in pakistan has directed the government to restore the social media site x, formerly known as twitter, within a week. the platform has faced disruption for more than two months — since the jailed former prime minister imran khan's supporters called for protests after allegations of vote rigging in february's election. japan has recorded its highest—ever number of foreign tourists in a single month — with more

the dispute in south trying to see uh, expect to be high on the agenda out east asia corresponded james chase a looks at what's at stake for each country and the region 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 that 1st ever joint naval exercises designed to uphold freedom of navigation in the contested waters. the drills are probably you to another fast thursday's 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 call 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. a close to manila and tokyo have maritime disputes with aging friction in the south china sea, especially when china has recently fired, was to cannons philippine vessels as race phase. the us could be drawn into direct conflicts with badging, but there are even deeper concerns over the fate of taiwan the self, rhode island which china

obviously the entire region is feeling and impact of the aggression from communist china and the south china seasee the region coming together and it's wrong for president biden to say this is not directed at any one country. everybody knows it's directed at china in the chinese know it and when we say these things the chinese look at us and say you americans are deceptive and deceiving us and in that sense they are right. we need to come out and say china is an aggressive state is threatening countries in the region in the united states and were going to band together to protect ourselves from china. maria: at this point we have no evidence of what joe biden just said a minute ago in the soundbite and that the military is communicating regularly again. we have no evidence of that. the u.s. has been begging the chinese to get back to regular order where the militaries are communicating. you believe the relationship is improving or are we just hearing talking points from the chinese side. >> i think were just hearing talking points. military to military communication sounds good this is what we d

region? i think it is - important to look at the full context of the philippine— china tensions in the south china tensions in the south china seaout there about how these partnerships or these exercises or cooperation happening between and among us allies in the region could result to more tension with china. i think what has become clear over the past several years is that the bilateral track, preferred by china, hasn't worked, so the philippines is looking for ways to stop china's coercive activities and one way is by threatening its alliance —— strengthening its alliance with the us and developing ties with japan. the philippines is interested in the capacity to withstand coercion. the united states alliance, the alliance with the united states, obviously, it is hoped to provide deterrence and the partnership with japan is being seen as an important element in increasing manila's capacity, particularly coastguard capacity. particularly coastguard capacity-— particularly coastguard caaci . �*, ., capacity. let's look at some other stories _ capacity. let's look at some other stories in _ capacity. let's look at some other sto

earlier; beijing called on manila to stop provocations in the south china sea, and washington to stop supporting confrontational actions in the regionvernments more efficient and thereby improve the standard of living in the regions, participants of the round table of the municipal society reload are discussing today. he takes place at the international multimedia press center russia today. recently, interaction between the federal center and representatives of municipalities has strengthened significantly. the school of mayors was launched, and other specialized educational programs of the higher school of public administration and the presidential academy are operating, which are already producing results. there are so many instructions being poured in at the municipal level that they all need to be brought into line, they need to be carried out in this sense, somehow regulated. indicators the efficiency of local self-government bodies is regulated by a decree of 2013, and there i would say that the key indicator is based on economic parameters, roads, housing, and then energy consumption, that is, such specific metric things, as

foreign minister vani is currently on a trip to the countries of the asia-pacific region and the aggravation in the south china seaen the coast guards of china and the philippines , is also in the spotlight. beijing does not recognize the arbitration decision on the south china sea , insists that a single mechanism and rules maritime behavior should be developed exclusively by the countries of the region, and the united states is definitely not one of them. for those who doubt this, china suggests simply looking at the map. to military opposition. the us congress is preparing to allocate more than $8 billion to beijing in the indo-pacific region. house speaker johnson presented a plan for $2 billion for a foreign military financing program for taiwan and other asian allies, two more for weapons supplies, and the rest for strengthening its own military. the presence of taiwan army training as a separate point. today , the first stage of the annual hanbuan military maneuvers to repel the landing of the chinese army on the island began with command staff exercises. this is not yet the active phase of maneuvers, more

that upcoming joint military drills by the us and the philippines in the south china sea will lead to greater insecurity in the regionwelve unnamed officials saying that — for the first time — the drills would take place in waters claimed by beijing. ilt nations will observe the drill, including india, japan and france. a court in pakistan has directed the government to restore the social media site x, formerly known as twitter, within a week. the platform has faced disruption for more than two months since the jailed former prime minister imran khan's supporters called for protests after allegations of vote rigging in february's election. japan has recorded its highest—ever number of foreign tourists in a single month, with more than three million people visiting the country in march. that's almost a i2% rise from japan's pre—pandemic visitor levels recorded in 2019. the country's tourism officials are welcoming the boom, but some residents have been irritated by the high number of holiday makers, particularly in the historic city of kyoto. doesn't gold bars —— more than 6000 gold bars were stolen from toronto airpo

to get more interconnection between partners like japan and other nations, to help in regions like the south china sea: we're hearing japan could look at joining the orchids pack -- the orcas pack. what is the timeframe? >> we will get some discussions at the meeting. the tier choice, not the nuclear submarine, it is information sharing with countries such as new zealand. we will get more details about this during the summit, but it would expand the tier number two, the lower end, to include japan as a partner in japan is trying to increase its ability to do various things. it is a joint venture for the first time with fighters and italy and the u.k.. this will be part of the information sharing that could help japan make the next step to be more of a player in the international market and the defense industry. paul: all right, east asian government editor john herskovitz. we heard from anthony albanese this morning. he said there is no plan to extend beyond the three countries, but one assumes he is talking about the pillar one part of the pack which includes the sharing of nuclear submarine technolo

allies and in the region bike the philippines in regards to the south china sea. that is why you see it more broadly be the end of pacific region also addressed -- end of pacific region -- indo pacific region. caroline: when we think about asia and china, the moment of president biden speaking on the signing, the ceo of tiktok also put out his own statement using another social media platform of x to post his response, saying the bill is a disappointing moment and outlined what this means for tiktok. kailey: it was interesting to listen to the language in this video. what this legislation actually does is say tiktok will be and in the u.s. if it is not divested within the requisite timeline, which is nine months with the possibility of a three-month extension should a sale process already be underway. if tiktok or bytedance were to move ahead with the sale of its u.s. division. bytedance, specifically tiktok does not indicate they will do so. we will keep fighting for the rights in court. the facts and the constitution are on our site and expect to prevail. basical

blinken again discussed a now standard set of bilateral, regional and global issues, including the middle east, the conflict in ukraine, the south china seachinese, according to the standard set of questions, nod and smile. usually, the range of regional issues that interest the united states is very easy to distinguish by the conflicts blazing in these regions. the secretary of state reported on progress, renewed cooperation in the areas of counter -narcotics, military-to-military communications, artificial intelligence, and strengthening humanitarian ties. any negotiations before which there are blinks. not being forced to sit outside the door all night, the secretary of state considers progress. about how the washington goose flew after the pekin duck? in the report of our international observer sergei krem bryulev. it was a meaningless day. the us secretary of state's plane landed in china with the sound of an ungreased cart. the only thing that the american has in common with china is the black circles under his eyes, like a panda’s. he looked like a man who could only pick teeth off a shelf with chopsticks. so that the american , ev

in the south china sea, and that this will only serve to contribute to more regional instability on the doing so say thought we urge the philippines to stop it's provocations and call on relevant country is to stop provoking conflicts in the region. now, majority of filipinos, those support, the military alliance between the philippines and the united states. but just outside the military headquarters, there were protesters, and they say that they oppose us military intervention. and they don't see how us military presence here could deter what they say is chinese aggression in the south china sea. wine to below algebra manila. that's it for me. planning on a website to close out is there a dot com is the address. when you turn on the 0, part of the generation change bucket off the, one of the biggest selections of 2024 in the general election will administer now render movies be taking increase its route across the country. how will economic uncertainty and you've some employment sway voters in key states and will the media be able to cover the vote freebie unfairly ongoing coverage. b

south china sea that are also being cleaned by china. when we increase our mutual response in defense capabilities, we strengthen our ability to promote regional security and decor, shared interest. now both the philippines and us defense officials insist that these military drills are not targeted against any country. but ahead of bulk of done, china has said that it is dangerous for the philippines to involve external forces to involve another country. and its territorial dispute with china in the south china sea, and that this will only serve to contribute to more regional instability when the doings will say, thought we urge the philippines to stop it's provocations and call on relevant countries to stop provoking complex in the region now, majority of filipinos to support the military alliance between the philippines and the united states. but just outside the military headquarters, there were protesters, and they said that they will post us military intervention. and they don't see how us military presence here could deter what they say is chinese aggression in the south china sea, wine to below 0 minute emergency plans have been activat

south china sea. while the chinese ministry of foreign affairs responded on monday, saying the move by the philippines will not impact its sovereignty in the region. 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

sailor lives with their actions in the south china sea, they are regularly risking the lives of the united states sailors and airmen during patrols in the regionggression is coming from china. remember, america is not saying we want to take over any territory, we're not trying to take over any countries. that is what china is trying to do. we are just trying to defend democracies, as we do all around the globe. a big part of this trip, on the part of secretary blinken, was to warn china again supplying russia's military industry. if it continues to do so, what is the us ready to do to prevent china from sending parts or weapons to russia? do you think there might be some sanctions on the cards? what will the us do? well, i certainly hope so because what xi jinping is doing is supporting a criminal war of aggression by a war criminal, vladimir putin, and that is the exact opposite of what the united states does. we defend sovereign territory, we defend freedom and democracy all around the globe. that's what we're doing in ukraine, that's what we said to china we intend to do in the south pacific, and china and russia have this axis of evil of a

south china sea china instead of carried out its own exercises at the same time. beijing claims almost the whole of the area as its territory, leading to confrontations with its neighbors and the region south korea has successfully launched its 2nd military spice of light into orbit. the launch from florida and the united states comes days after north korea space agencies. that is the plan to send up several more of its own spice satellites. us here, the space race falls ramped up weapons testing. 5 young young as the case that's already is in grace. i've raised a wildfire alert level on fears that strong winds could reignite and dozens of blazes, firefighters on the island of crete, worked throughout the 9 to control a wall. i'm sorry that force dozens to flee their homes. tens of millions of people in north america are hoping for a clear sky is on monday as they wait for a rare total solar eclipse, spectators and mexico. the us and canada have the guns flocking to areas along the path of the eclipse to experience the phenomenon, and some areas of this part of the world, the moon shadow will completely block the lights from the sun. for more than 4 minutes. stalk gazes in dallas ful

consequences, this is the middle east, this is the indo-pacific region, where at any moment the situation around taiwan and in the south china sea to speak, in the middle east, in connection with a sharp deterioration of iran-israeli relations and so on, and if we say in europe more... and, so to speak, before the houthi gdp , the americans, so to speak, still have to grow and grow, as they say, as we found out yesterday, to their institute of rocket science, for sure, good, well, they really remembered the french anthem, and there the day of glory came, but here it is long gone, the day of glory is long in the past and they will no longer... will not be able to achieve anything, this is understandable, but if we talk about the americans, that they started talking about willpower, everyone i have my own associations, i have an association with a very beautiful, talentedly made, but notorious documentary film by leni riefenschal, a triumph of will, which is closely connected, despite the talent of the director, is closely connected. will be very painful, and we will feel the pain of this departure ourselves too, vitaly toevich sa

region escalate into something bigger. jonathan head, bbc news, in the south china sea. engagement since announcing he has cancer. he and the queen visited a cancer centre at a hospital in london. he met patients and staff at university college london and spoke of the shock of being told he had the disease. here'sjonny dymond. it's been a while, but on a sunny morning in central london, the king rolled into town. one question on everyone's minds... sir, how are you feeling? lovely to see you back. the smile seemed to say it all. there's not normally this much attention paid to a royal visit, but this was the first by the king in a long time. it's nice to see him out and about, looking so well. nice to see him back to work? of course, of course, we've all got to go to work, so obviously he will have to jump in sooner or later, but no, it was nice to see him. we were really excited to see he's well enough to be out and about on this beautiful sunny day in london, and, yeah, it's been a special treat really, and unexpected. applause inside the cancer treatment centre, appre

south china sea. china said it carried out its own exercises at the same time raising claims almost the whole, the area as its own territory, leading to confrontations with its neighbors in the region. south korea has successfully launched its 2nd military spice satellite into orbit. the launch from florida in the us comes days after north korea space agency said it's plans to send up several more of its own spice satellites. this year to the space race follows. ramped up weapons testing by phone. yeah. because i look forward to the 2 women leading the race to become mexico's next president. have face off the 1st debate ahead of june selections. front runner, cloudy, assigned balm from the ruling. moreno party, and her main rivals. thought she'll galvis clashed over corruption, gender violence, and other issues. and i'm a popular president address of mine will lopez over the phone. i won't be running again because of the term limitations. escape, you're seeing the german shoulders are being deployed until us away as nato allies seek to shore up the strength of the alliances, eastern flint. the move is a major shift in german policy. the 1st permanent deployment of german soldiers a

region. unlike august, indonesia, do not like the fact that i do not like to see a militarized australia. it's solved in border, the us strategy to militarize does the south china sea is to claim that us is here to preserve state ability is because the country in the region wants us to extend the security blanket of y n i. c, o is a for uncle, southeast asian nations of, you know, you know, nature is a buried board member. and this is where the ac a nation could make their voice heard, you know, like they, they preferred trade over consultation right now is not china that's forcing people to take sides. china wants to trade with everybody. is united states asking people to pick between china and us. it's either your way or the highway you are using with us or against us. that's. that's not the position that the country is letting you know any of these are the like to pick people who are preferred to be friends of an enemy of not less than 24 hours. india will begin the largest exercise of democracy in the world. nearly 1000000 voters will go to the polls and a 6 week long parliamentary election. but the 1st phase, starting on friday, we're bringing new special cove

south china sea. they signify important progress at a critical moment when china is pressing hard in the region..s. gains from this militarily, what does this allow the u.s. military to have in the region that it didn't have a few years ago? >> at the moment, in the next couple of months, probably nothing. but over the long-term, these are the foundational agreements that will allow the u.s. to be much more effective and how it cooperates both with the philippines and japan. you have to have support from the people in the philippines. we did have that for part of our history, especially if you look back at the 1990's, and these economic deals are going to have to show that the united states and others can bring real development to the philippines alongside american forces that will help to protect philippine interest. in japan, we're seeing the united states really build out its infrastructure. not just the people and the places that we are operating from, but also the command infrastructure to make sure if we are in a crisis we can work closely with our japanese allies. so it probably won't res

sailor lives with their actions in the south china sea, they are regularly risking the lives of the united states sailors and airmen during patrols in the region aggression is coming from china. remember, america is not saying we want to take over any territory, we're not trying to take over any countries. that is what china is trying to do. we are just trying to defend democracy is, as we do all around the globe. fix, is, as we do all around the lobe. �* , is, as we do all around the .lobe. �* , ., is, as we do all around the lobe. �* , ., , , globe. a big part of this trip on the part _ globe. a big part of this trip on the part of— globe. a big part of this trip on the part of secretary - on the part of secretary blinken was to warn china again supplying russia's military industry. if it continues to do so, what is the us ready to do to prevent china from sending parts or weapons to russia? do you think there might be some sanctions on the cards? what with the us do? sanctions on the cards? what with the us do?— with the us do? well, i certainly _ with the us do? well, i certainly hope - with the us do? well, i certainly hope so - with the u

region and the world that is not alone. we have to try to adjust the faces, especially with respect to the south china sea. but the thing bolstering this us, japan philippines allies, will provide a solution in the short term and the long term to these going tensions in the south trying to see this will indeed be very helpful for the philippines when it comes to positive busy efforts exercises. that's what it has inter operability, but what many of the public also in the philippines would want to seek is that how this would completely it's specifically translate into operational gains from the philippines. because the challenge to the philippines, the spacing of the south jersey is not a work by me to buy a problem. but it's the soap or, you know, a result operation. it's all with that is where they sprayed out the mechanism or destroy that's what arrangements will be put to the test going forward. and some chinese officials have accused the philippines of ignoring what they say was a gentlemen's agreement made with the previous philippines president rodrigo, to try to and saving us is actually directing t

in the south china sea, and that this will only serve to contribute to more regional instability on the doing so, if they thought we urge the philippines to stop as provocations and call on relevant countries to stop her organ conflicts in the region. now, majority of filipinos do support the military alliance between the philippines and the united states. but just outside the military headquarters, there were protesters, and they said that they will post us military intervention. and they don't see how us military presence here could deter what they say is chinese aggression in the south china sea, wine to below 0 minute echo, as presidents is one votes of support for ralph to security measures, according to any results from the electoral council. the plan is presented in a referendum aimed at cutting gang violence. stories about reports not from that on in the south of the country, quarter them being the idea, as well as his wife and 4 children, 5 months ago when a criminal group attacked his home by mistake and killed them. the children were between the ages of 7 and 6 months old qua

china. the p.r.c.'s military activities in the region are seen as increasingly aggressive. live fire military exercises off the coast of taiwan, sailing its ships dangerously close to others in the south china seaamming boats from the philippines in disputed waters. china also claims sovereignty over islands which japan considers its own territory. in term, prime minister kishida promises increased military strength to return the p.r.c. >> this is an urgent task we have no time to wait for. geoff: this is driving the u.s. and japan to joint operability. on the economic point, the biden administration last month came out against nippon steel's bid to buy u.s. based u.s. steel, saying it is vital for it to remain an american steel company. nippon steel fired back saying the deal would advance american priorities by driving greater quality and competitiveness. while strengthening american supply chains. the white house makes clear it doesn't want to damage its relationship with japan. >> the president has been clear about making sure that steel workers in this country know he has their back, but that doesn't take away one bit from the terrific relationship we have with japan. overnight i spoke wit

south china sea. human rights and the production and export of fentanyl. >> he also discussed a range of regional and rises where china can play a constructive role. i encourage china to use its influence to discourage iran and its proxies from expanding the conflict in the middle east, and to press pyongyang to end its dangerous behavior and engage in dialog. >> now, secretary blinken says the potential ban of tiktok here in the u.s. did not come up in that meeting with the chinese president. well first partner jennifer siebel newsom speaking out about a conviction against harvey weinstein that was overturned by a new york state appeals court. siebel newsom testified against harvey weinstein in a separate trial down in los angeles, saying he raped her years ago when she was a struggling actress. and this is a statement she issued. this is a very sad day for countless women who suffered at the hands of a serial predator. two juries have said unequivocally, harvey weinstein must never be able to rape another woman, and he deserves to spend the rest of his life behind bars. well, in a 4 to 3 decision, t

south china sea. when president trump came into office, we pushed back hard. we saw things change many that regiony, particularly of after the fall of afghanistan, come back with a venn januaries -- vengeance in that ream. i think this is very critical, that we show the alliance and the strength. north korea needs to see it too. stuart: senator hagerty, thanks very much for being us. >> great to be with you. stuart: now to the war in ukraine. russia's top diplomat is dismissing a planned round of peace talks. what's the problem? lauren: they think it's all a big ruse to rally support for ukraine. this comes from russia that's foreign minister, mr. lavrov. he thinks uni's allies are trying to get as many as possible to attend it in switzerland for an overwhelming show of support for ukraine. stuart: got it. and we're going to alert this again, the white house is now responding to the new york city if earthquake. the white house says the president has been briefed, and he's in touch with his team to monitor potential effects. the white house says they're also in touch with federal, state and local o

region to gain strategic dimensions. america wants tension in gaza remain so that its priority table is not damaged. america does not want to be forced to withdraw its forces from the south china sea. and brought them back to the middle east again. it is clear that netanyahu wants to bring the americans to confront iran. the americans must now prevent the israelis from turning the situation of the region into a war. iran also warned about this. iran wants to send a strong message that these attacks were just a warning message and that it has much more capabilities. the iranians showed that they have all kinds of missiles at their disposal americans warned not to participate in this conflict. from the very beginning, iran wanted to attack the bases from which the israeli fighters had taken off to attack the iranian consulate in damascus. iran to the goal he wanted from this attack was achieved and he drew the borders he wanted. israel will try to play the role of the victim in order to mobilize the public opinion of the world against iran. israel seeks to create tension against iran for various reasons. 6 months after the october 7 incident, israel is still trying to restore its im

region escalate into something bigger. jonathan head, bbc news, in the south china sea. in action tonight when bayern munich took on real madrid in the semi final. joe lynskey was watching. bayern munich against real madrid — or, england's record goalscorer against england's newest hope. jude bellingham is 20 and grew up in stourbridge — he is already central to real�*s team of superstars. commentator: vinicius junior running through and scoring! _ toni kroos with the pass for viniciusjunior — a champions league goalfit for this kind of semifinal. madrid are 14—time champions, bayern have six. shooting... oh, brilliant! and in five second—half minutes they found hopes of a seventh — a penalty brought the chance for their man who wants it most. this year's final�*s at wembley, perhaps set up for harry kane. the 43rd goal of his extraordinary season, but cruelly for kane, there were more spot kicks to come. vinicius for 2—2 and a semifinal poised. in the second leg at the bernabeu, it's on to bellingham's turf. joe lynskey, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's

region escalate into something bigger. jonathan head, bbc news, in the south china sea.ovid—i9 shots to target a new variant of the virus. the european medicines agency said thatjn.i is now the most widely circulating variant worldwide, responsible for thousands of deaths every month. meanwhile there are reports the first scientist to publish the covid sequence in china was evicted from his lab over the weekend. professor zhang yongzhen is allegedly staging a sit—in after a long—running dispute with the health authorities since he shared the makeup of the virus�*s genetic material without going through state channels. meghan owen explains. this unverified photo is being shared widely online. now, it appears to show professor zang lying professor zhang lying next to his laboratory in the drizzling rain. it's an act of protest. he claims that he and his team were blocked from entering their workplace. now, it was allegedly posted on a chinese social media platform, but was later deleted. so who is he and how did we get to this point? well, injanuary 2020, zhang sequenced t

have to repeat the confrontations, the chinese vessels in the south china sea trying to condemn the summit, insisting that patrols in the region. and also i want to be clear, the united states, united states defense competitors to japan. and to the philippines, our iron clad or our class, as i said before, any attack on filipino aircraft specials are armed forces and south china sea would invoke our mutual defense treaty. you know, the was so thing in southern russia for a century has full small people to be evacuated from the homes, the governor of cook and regions as water levels in the tubal river rose one and a half meters. the nights and melting snow cools the euro riveted the 3rd longest in europe to bust its banks. the problems of also being affected by the heavy floods. many business owners who depend on the livestock say they haven't been able to do that jobs properly. usually a ship of all of our reports from russia's hall to hit a bug region to the shows that owing bugs most i coney comes across that made of the finest to yon. from the owenberg zone, he goes, which native to the highest point in the over in the regi

south china sea. human rights and the production and exportation of fentanyl. >> we also discussed a range of regionall crises where china can play a constructive role. i encourage china to use its influence to discourage iran and its proxies from expanding the conflict in the middle east, and to press pyongyang to end its dangerous behavior and engage in dialog. >> secretary blinken says the potential ban of tiktok in the u.s. did not come up in his meeting with the chinese president. >> first partner jennifer siebel newsom is speaking out regarding a conviction against harvey weinstein that was overturned by a new york state appeals court. siebel newsom testified against weinstein in a separate trial in los angeles, saying he raped her years ago when she was a struggling actor. she issued the statement, this is a very sad day for countless women who suffered at the hands of a serial predator. two juries have said unequivocally, harvey weinstein must never be able to rape another woman, and he deserves to spend the rest of his life behind bars. in a 4 to 3 decision, the state court of appeals in new

south china sea. according to the philippine authorities, one of the boats was damaged in the incident, trying their claims. most of the waters in the region dismissing rival claims by the philippines and other countries. the u. s. is warning of the large scale massacre in sudan, us some passenger to the united nations as an attack is being planned on the city of elf hasha, in the door for region war a ruptured incident one year ago, creating the world's largest displacement crisis. and at least 25 people have been killed in more than a dozen injured in a bus accident in peru. the bus was traveling in the north of the country when it plunged more than 200 meters from the road. authorities are investigating whether the bus was road or at least 45 people are dead and dozens more missing. after a flash flood in south western kenya, the raging waters swept away houses and cars at a time when large parts of the country had already been inundated by weeks of heavy rains. people try to salvage what they can as the search for survivors continues in kenya's rift valley of the the flash flooding and suing landslide, submerged roads, and homes. autho

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 its huge warships around the coast of hawaii. can you imagine how the us would react to that? that's we've also got in cuba. exactly. so, you know, these are some of the big issues at the moment. the idea of the antony blinking is in beijing saying everything is hunky dory. it's not on china is being pretty clear right now that it thinks the us is to blame for these reasons. reasons and these issues, all right, we will wait to see how these these cut out to thank you so much out of the bad skating for bringing us up to speed with this. thank you.

china is going front, trying to condemn the summit, insisting that claims in the region unlawful jointer case. got the trolls are expected to be announced after repeated confrontation with chinese vessels in the south china sea. i want to be clear, the united states, united states defense commitments to japan and to the philippines, our iron clad, or iron clad. as i said before, any attack on filipino aircraft specials or armed forces and south china sea would invoke our mutual defense treaty. a lodging team as high as criminal colts has blamed it on the foot. 2 attacks that are in the 19 ninety's 29 people were killed and these really embassy attacks and one is always in 1992 and 2 years later, a truck loaded with explosives, drive it with us and to kind of gain to find people and injuring 300 the writing government denies any involve. it was from one of july's largest unions of gold on the nationwide strike. the central work is you need is demanding wage increases. that's a healthcare and tax and pension reforms. they march tools, the presidential palace and the capital santiago gateway. hundreds of police officers were deployed join was thankful with his union strikes because it is a call to retain the ri