so the south china sea is very important. d on the others' line, the philippines has problems with china and the south china sea, with the united states, and the united states is conducting wargames right now. so all of that -- dareen: let's bring in natasha. the u.s. has military bases in the philippines, it's bolstered military corporation with taiwan . to what extent is their real comprehensive maritime security corporation right now between washington and hanoi and where do you see that heading to? natasha: it is increasing aggressiveness with taiwan and would china take accident taiwan, and it is concerning not just to the u.s. and taiwan but also other countries in the region, including vietnam. so that really drives you know home the need to have a little bit more security cooperation taking place there, but of course like i said they need to tread carefully here with anything that they do on a security front because that could escalate things with china further, as it doesn't want the u.s. to increase its sphere of inf

and, and very much supporting philippines glen to the south china sea. so all that fits into an end to what the united states is doing, you know. yeah. and you know, on that point, i think early on the south china sea, as donald was mentioning, the u. s. has military bases in the philippines. it's both 3rd, military cooperation with taiwan to what extent is there real comprehensive maritime security corporation right now between washington and hanoi, natasha. and, and where do you see that heading to i think we already mentioned a little bit that there are concerns with china's increasing assertiveness about the south china sea. and also its increasing aggressiveness with, with taiwan. and what would china take action in taiwan and, and that's concerning to, to not just the u. s. and taiwan but also to other countries in the region including vietnam. and so that really drives you know, home the need to have a little bit more security cooperation taking place there. but of course, like i said, they need to tread carefully here with anything that they do on

the us just a week ago, and also there are reports of talks for potential joint patrols in the south china seaeed... just to jump in there. _ china sea. indeed. .. just to jump in there, how- china sea. indeed... just to jump in there, how are - china sea. indeed... just to jump in there, how are you| jump in there, how are you expecting beijing to respond to this? because, of course, we've already heard from the philippines, who've said that chinese actions around taiwan are what they call "aggressive" — do you see a sort of splintering in relations between beijing and manila because of this? china already voiced concerns, especially in relation to the granting of military sites, especially three sites directly facing taiwan, so the flashpoint as we know is becoming more intense these days. us and china relations, because of the taiwan strait issues, is becoming more intense and the philippines may get caught in the middle of these two titans, us and china, which are important for the country for their security and economic rights. i'd expect that there would be increased pressure by china ap

there is the territory disputes in the south china sea, and then that is the obligations to washington as being treaty allied with washington. so what exactly is the philippine the strategy with regard to china? what probably folks can read my books, explain the whole strategy, but to keep it very brief. what i can say is the philippines over the past decade has really realized how serious is the implications for the philippines when it comes to the sovereign rights in the south. china sea and also now the philippines wake up to the. busy possibility of potential war in taiwan. so our geography has been our advantage. but right now it's also a point of vulnerability. so different clipping presidents. i've tried to deal with different the former president keno the late president keno, tried to double don in his life with the united states while taking confrontational stats or china. and it is quite a, it's a free nick way. we had a totally different position under the succeeding president under the saturday. so now under freedom, and marcus junior, senior junior, were having a much more

number of studies done on the royal— a number of studies done on the royal african company, on the south seaea company, on the british empire, but as he said earlier, the public is not _ but as he said earlier, the public is not aware of much of this research. this is been very much the purview— research. this is been very much the purview of— research. this is been very much the purview of academics. and i think that is— purview of academics. and i think that is what really needs to change. in that is what really needs to change. in order— that is what really needs to change. in order for— that is what really needs to change. in order for the royal family to take _ in order for the royal family to take this — in order for the royal family to take this research seriously, in order— take this research seriously, in order for— take this research seriously, in order for the public to demand action, — order for the public to demand action, and in an order for the descendent communities to have a case to— descendent communities to have a case to articulate to be able to point _ case to articulate

sea comes ahead of meeting between the u. s. and philippine presidents china claims, most of the south china sea. as it turn paraguayan conservative ruling party counted at santiago pena is leading in the presidential election with over 75 percent of the votes tallied is sent at left opposition. rival, a frame, a leg is trailing behind by a huge margin. the ruling colorado party has been in power for most of the last 75 years. but a slowing economy and corruption scandals have meant that the opponents were seen as neck and neck during the campaign. let's go to a latin american correspond alyssia newman, who's live in the capitol. lucille, why has the colorado party done so well? ah, well, that is a very, very good question. we are inside the colorado parties headquarters right now, where santiago pena is expected to come out at any moment to give his victory speech. we haven't heard yet. for a minute, i knew he was supposed to presumably concede defeat a few minutes ago, but so far he has not spoken. i've asked a lot of people that very same question, especially since the polls had indicated that

it is between china and the united states in the south china sea and taiwan. a much bigger picture than just relationship between philippines and china. now let's not forget that the philippines has called a defense and kind of agreement, and we just, we deal, and i think every couple of years and, and, and under the agreement, do you notice this is given access to different assets in a bit. it seems that recently this agreement and some sort of court has been rich with the united states, trying to play both sides. so in other words, a philippines would like to benefit from the u. s. military presence as the count will against china. but of course, the bill is not in the philippines interest to provoked a regional war or over time on all over other waters. because the media that you would pinch on and using the philippines as a collateral damage. that will be very serious for, for a little bit of water. seems that there is not a sweet sport is a very dangerous and delicate sport. because by allowing american military presence in the philippines in case that th

washington and manila recently agreed to resume joint patrols in the south china sea. the deal also gives us forces access to for more philippine army bases, including one near taiwan. something that has angered china. beijing considers the self governing island its own and earlier in april, conducted military exercises, practicing precision targeting and simulating what it called. the encirclement of taiwan. president marcos has denied the philippines could be used as a launching pad by the us and promised on saturday to improve communication with china, but as regional tensions simmer. the question is just how long he'll be able to maintain that balance. alexandra buyer's al jazeera for inside story. ah, so more on this, let's bring in our guess a in hanoi is richard a he, darren, he's an academic and also a book such as asia, new battlefield, us china. and the struggle for the western pacific in washington dc is gregory polling director of the se, asia program and asia maritime transparency initiative at the center for strategic and international studies. and andrew

in the south china sea.just to “ump in there mr * china sea. just to “ump in there mr piccolo, _ china sea. just to jump in there mr piccolo, how - china sea. just to jump in there mr piccolo, how are china sea. just to jump in - there mr piccolo, how are you expecting beijing to respond to this? of course we have already heard from the philippines who said that chinese actions are around taiwan are what they call aggressor. around taiwan are what they callaggressor. do around taiwan are what they call aggressor. do you see a splintering and relations between beijing and manila because of this?— between beijing and manila because of this? well, china already voiced _ because of this? well, china already voiced its _ because of this? well, china already voiced its concerns, | already voiced its concerns, especially in relation to the military sites by the philistines of the us. especially three sites are directly facing taiwan. and so that flashpoint as we all know is becoming more intense these days. so the

and this territory is really important. and sea routes and how the situation in this south china sea will develop is also worth attention and analysis and the fact that in the philippine direction china claims parts of the spratly islands, they are called this this is such a long-standing conflict and we know that the territory of the philippines is used in an alliance with the united states to prevent the future, as they say, of the seizure of taiwan by force. that is, it is generally a zone of tension that should be followed further, but these provocations , as they say, are repeated, it is not the first time they are repeated periodically what is the security situation around the island of taiwan now this is such a historical question i don't think if you are hinting at a military takeover then i don't think it will happen in the near future, china is really saying this more loudly and we know that the taiwanese are china's red line . but in my opinion, we need to watch next year because in taiwan there will be elections and not only in terms of power . therefore, we really hope t

sea. rememberthese sunken ship in the south china sea.ppines. we now know there are going to be for naval bases established in philippine islands so we knew they were going to happen, we knew these would be the largest, how big they were going to be that i think the timing of them could not come at a more sensitive. here in the region because they, because of the china's drills around taiwan.- drills around taiwan. very sensitive _ drills around taiwan. very sensitive indeed. - drills around taiwan. very sensitive indeed. the - sensitive indeed. the philippines could be used as a staging ground to counter a chinese attack on taiwan. so how is china reacting to this? well, none of this is diffusing tension with china. beijing is already quite angry about this. they voiced their concern and criticism. last week they said this could only add more tension and less peace and on monday they said that these exercises should not disrupt the disputed, the dispute of the disputed, the dispute of the south china sea. member, these exercises are happ

sort of normalized in recent years as, as these there is this increased military presence in the south china sea. experts do warned that these confrontations could potentially escalate as the south china sea becomes increasingly militarize from beijing perspective. beijing would like to deal directly with southeast asia in and in talking about these issues. and it also sees that the u. s. shouldn't really have any involvement in addressing these issues of the south, tennessee, and it had said that asian issue should be discussed with, with countries actually in the region. that's the line that we often see put out by state media and has often portrayed the u. s. as a meddling power in the region that seeks to cause instability in south trying to see jessica washington therewith the latest for us on that from beijing. thank you . jessica. all survivors of an attack in northern burkina faso 10 days ago are blaming security forces carrying out the raid. witnesses a at least a $145.00 people were killed in karma and the surrounding areas there. the government has armed groups linked to iceland, kind

s. shouldn't really be involved in these discussions about the south china sea. so the quote there is that the u. s. as a country outside the region does not interfere with the south china sea matter, or use the matter to so discord among regional countries. so that's a line that certainly a strong comment there. but part of that consistent messaging that we see from beijing at the u. s. really has no place being involved in regional matters that really only concern asia align. we've heard many times before. jessica washington, they're across that for us from the chinese capital. thank you. jessica. russia's wagner mercenary group has threatened to pull out of ukraine's embattled city of bach most if moscow doesn't send them more ammunition. the head of the grieving of getting perversion says that without proper supplies, his troops will withdraw or die. fighting for control of backwards an eastern ukraine has now lasted for months. he says it remains in control of a key superior into the city. yes, there are houses that you see now are statistics show that when w

this is very tense because china claims large amounts of areas in the south china sea and most of the exclusive economic zones of other countries. so you have china performing military drills around taiwan, the us guided missile destroyer performing operations on the south china sea and whilst we could see an end to these military drills later today or when china announces it, there is no end in sight to that heightened tension between the us and china. no diplomacy on the horizon. of course, it has been provoked by taiwan�*s president visit to the united states and we are seen repercussions here in the region. buckingham palace has released new details about king charles�* coronation — from the procession route, to the crownjewels that will be used. here�*s the latest from our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. less than four weeks now to their big day, and preparations for the coronation of king charles iii and the crowning of camilla as his queen are in full swing. first, the route that will take them from buckingham palace to westminster abbey and back again has been confirmed

well, as i mentioned, a large number of people from south sea donna also trying to return al jazeera is her matessa is in south dawn's capital, juba, the international organization for migration says that about 1500000 people from south to done living in sudan. some of them are refugees, others when they're looking for work, when the fighting started, people like i'm not doing and has 6 children left cartoon and cameo to south to dance capital juba, a journey that took them about 2 days by bass. and they now staying with family friends who take the men for as long as it takes a journey for her and their children to get here was traumatic. my children heard gunfire. and so things they should never see. there are a see the scared. i am happy, we got back to south, so dance heavily. i south to dine as close ties with its neighbors who died. remember this kind of gauge independence from the done in 2011. many people to left friends and family stuck in the don and they're worried about what's happening over there. the same experience back to don. warranty is what i went through. you know,

china carries out a "mock" military blockade of taiwan as tensions rise in the south china sea. it follows days of military operations by beijing, which wants to bring the self—governing province back under its control. labour leader sir keir starmer doubles down on an advert attacking rushi sunak for being soft on sex offenders, despite criticism from within his own party. as junior doctors prepare forfour days of strike action from tomorrow, the nhs in england says it will prioritise emergency care. a carriage fit for a king, as buckingham palace reveals the coronation route to westminster abbey. cheering. and spain'sjon rahm wins the masters in augusta and says he was inspired by the late, great seve ballesteros. china has carried out what it says is a mock air blockade of taiwan using jets carrying live ammunition in the latest escalation of tensions in the south china sea. in response the us has sent a destroyer to the area which the chinese have condemned as an illegal incursion. china began a series of military exercises just hours after the taiwanese president returned f

the taiwan strait in exchange for the us not interfering, the chinese aircraft carrier left the south china sea for the first time. in belarus , russia will be able to overcome all emerging difficulties this was stated by our president the day before during negotiations with vladimir putin, alexander lukashenko arrived in moscow one day before the meeting of the supreme state council of the union state, the leaders discussed a wide range of topics first of all , the economy, the union programs were implemented by almost 80%, and the general policy at the end of last year. already shows solid results. i have carefully observed your trip to tula very correctly a good trip. well, again, and already the working class import substitution is turning us around correctly, then they said they give an example of agriculture, but everyone was frightened by hunger with hunger and so on. and that today there is nowhere to put the bread in russia when such a harvest was such a huge price, therefore, all of us industry will be exactly the same. we will overcome this, er, and whoever hopes offered us or predic

a philippine vessels on the south china sea and comes ahead of a missing between the u. s. and philippine presidents. last week there was a near collision between chinese and philippine coast guard ships and disputed waters. china claims most of the south china sea has its own, and its been expanding its presence there in recent years. that's despite an international court ruling thing. the claim has no legal basis. jessica washington has more from beijing. well, the timing is certainly interesting, but analysts say we really shouldn't read too much into this. that the fact that this particular moment intentions relating to the sounds chinese see is sort of flaring up as the philippine president makes his way to the u. s. and the reason for that is, well, this is a, a regional flush point in the tensions sort of fluctuate. we see these skirmishes at these confrontations happening every few months between relevant countries between china, whether it's china, philippines, of china and vietnam, that's simply a reality of the region in terms of the strategic significance of the

and this is just this morning alone since the south seas fire was announced in the early hours of friday. there's been reports of artillery strides has been reports of direct confrontations between the sudanese army and the rapids support forces on the ground in the northern parts of the capitol hospital in several cities and residential areas and the southern parts of the capitol and has been reports of air strikes. now the most intense fighting this morning is around the vicinity of the general command and around the presidential palace. but that's been the situation since the beginning of the conflict that those 2 positions, those 2 locations have been where the r s f and they said in his army been trying to gain control of since the thought of the fighting as this cease fire, that the 2 sides agreed upon has not been implemented and implemented on the ground, at least not to the residence of auto. and we've been speaking to many residents who have been trapped by the fighting. and, you know, they've been talking about the lack of supplies of food and water running out. can you just g

dreamed of aggression against ukraine almost from the beginning, so that the conflict in the south china sead taiwan would begin, and especially so that china would be drawn in and begin to resolve at least one dispute in a military way, and there are hundreds of these in south asia, asia disputes, especially territorial disputes, and now it is very important to understand why putin, for example, by calling him well, it is clear that it is not for the same propaganda picture, we would not believe it, we understand the main thing that was behind this picture, in fact it turned out that in the pacific fleet of the russian federation , marines and others personnel was destroyed by our armed forces of ukraine here on the eastern and southern fronts in ukraine and there is now an acute shortage of military personnel over those of the soviet fruit of russia, this is number one. that is why putin is so nervous, lowering his eyes and asking about something there that i just deciphered for you who really happened what problems did this er inspection of those christian fleets and these exercises on fu

intimidation today, april 17, the members of the anti-putin coalition south korea, the united states and america in the international waters of the seaf ​​japan, maritime missile defense exercises are taking part in these exercises. more than 60 south korean military aircraft, including f-35af-15k tak kf and 16 fighters, as well as about 40 air force aircraft, including f16 fighters , attack aircraft of the corps between the marine corps a-10 and f e35b are not jet planes, there are fam 18 planes. well, a couple of destroyers, this south korean and american missile changer, japanese , are also in those conditions in the ocean in the area of ​​the exercises in the japanese sea. they were mr. valentin. what do you think for is putin counting on this situation, well, that is, after all, that the match they are trying to throw in the pacific ocean, he, uh, at any moment there can start not a fire, but a big fire, and either in taiwan or in the area of ​​the kuril islands, or it is possible in the conflict which can be renewed between north and south korea, that is, er, any, any option , as i understand it, escalation will be in putin's h

a trip to the south sea or the kamchatka volcanoes should be irresistible. enjoyment sergei pikulin sergei polyansky ilya repchanov ntv he can live a long and happy life for this eight-year-old andrey from saratov to overcome the serious illness of the boy, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, to change the situation. maybe israeli doctors are ready to perform a bone marrow transplant, but the procedure costs about 16 million rubles. a family cannot raise such an amount alone. svetlana gordeeva on how to help. that's when andryusha was very young, even the pediatrician rarely fell ill with colds, who came to us when he rarely got colds, she was always surprised that we did not have medicines at home. everything changed 3 years ago, when andrei caught a viral infection. the first problem, andrey had the second one, and in april. well, actually, in the spring of 2020. he began to get tired, and his legs began to ache. here but we copied. it's just for some kind of fatigue , just a specific blood test. everything was put in its place by a professional , all indicators

actions in the prc region the smell of gunpowder in the south china sea claims beijing is getting strongerng the demilitarization of the south china sea should be the goal that all parties should strive for. in particular , coastal countries between the china sea should think twice about providing countries outside the regions of military bases, which could threaten the worlds stability in the south china sea. these words were heard at the economic forum. wow , you are also called the asian davos, where many heads of multinational companies and banks, and even heads of foreign governments, flocked to chinese hainan. the main message of the world is to abandon the measures of protectionism and sanctions that are ruining the global economy, and it seems that the tribunes all agreed. here is the spanish premiere of sanchez on behalf of the whole of europe spoke of the inadmissibility of economic pressure. but when xi met in beijing , for some reason he started talking about russia and putin, he quickly got used to it. i conveyed our concerns about unlawful aggression. putin against ukraine an

and the territorial disputes in the south china sea. adding to the unrest, marcus granting us forces access to for more military basis. in addition to 5 approved under the enhanced defense corporation agreement assigned in 2014, 3 of them are near taiwan the size, the number about meeting, but it was 2020. so we but we do appreciate the time, so how we do it now, but the particularly our foreign funds shape mistakes are but after more than 6 hours, of course needed hits guided bombs dropped by us marine fighter jet, sank the ship victory in a simulated battle won both armies, hope will never become a reality. barney below al jazeera, some balice, the philippines, ukrainian prizes. the automated landscape is named a new ambassador to beijing off for a phone call with china's leader. it was the 1st time that i scan cheating. ping had spoken since russia invaded ukraine last year. the landscape described the. busy conversation as long and meaningful, she called for talks between moscow and give a 2nd man has been arrested in kenya in connection with the deaths of dozens of members of an

a trip to the south sea or the kamchatka volcanoes should not be an overcoming.with pleasure sergey pikulin sergey polyansky and olegzhanov ntv orthodox believers today celebrate the lord's entry into jerusalem among the people, this day is also called palm sunday the evening before the patriarch. moscow all rus cyril in the temple. christ the savior performed an all-night vigil and illuminated willow branches. on this day, believers remember how christ arrived in jerusalem people. they met him as a king and covered the road with palm branches . in our latitudes, palm trees replace verbai with the first plant that comes to life after winter. in just a few days. after these events in jerusalem, christ was executed on the cross. well, catholics are protestants. today we are already celebrating easter with a solemn liturgy in the cathedral. st. peter's vytek was not headed by pope francis, most recently the pontiff suffered from severe bronchitis, but despite feeling unwell, he spent the entire service. today, tens of thousands of believers join the easter messi on

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s. troops have sunk, a decommissioned navy ship in the waters near the south china sea. it was thought of this, he has war games, the largest addition of their annual joint exercises and takes place this year amid escalating tensions and the region bottom below has this report from zambales one to 5 rockets fired into to see target a decommissioned philippine navy vessel 22 kilometers for where a u. s. hi. mars launched the massage. air naval acids reinforced ground artillery . i get the ship sinking exercise was a 1st for the annual wargames known as public then which means shoulder to shoulder in the philippine president himself. gordon and mark was junior, was there to witness history. the president watched the exercise and he understands the challenge is not this in field, the, in doing a combined operation of these levin. and from that, the preaching shown of the president is what we came out with. the mock enemy ship was anchored in waters close to the south china sea, where manila in beijing have competing claims. but officials said the sinking exercise wasn't dir

s. accuses china of harnessing vessels belonging to the philippines, south china sea, a morning any attacks could trigger a u. s. response. but a gwyle prepared to relax, a new president and congress is corruption and poverty dominate the vote. ah, sedans, rival force is a trading blame for the failure of another fallen brokered cease fire. the latest truce. the 5th since fighting began between the army and part of military rapids support forces is due to end at midnight local time, but has still it is have continued with shelling and gun filing cartoon on sunday morning. louise to 528 people have been killed in more than 2 weeks of conflict. the central reserve forces of the police have now been deployed in the capitol, where shops and markets have been looted over the past few days. residents have been complaining about a rise in crime heaven organs in the sudanese capital cartoons. we've only got a few hours to go before the supposed seas far and it doesn't seem to have made any difference. hipaa. well, judging by the skyline from the northern parts of the capitol cartoon that cease fire

the mock enemy ship was anchored in waters close to the south china sea, where manila in beijing had competing claims. but officials said the sinking exercise wasn't directed to china. the message deny geared toward anything outside of the strong relationship and bond with the philippines. b ging had earlier warned that increased defense corporation between manila and its allies should not interfere in maritime disputes. this year's ballot then joined thrills between the philippines and the united states aren't just the biggest with around 17600 troops participating. there also taking place amid hiden pensions over taiwan and a territorial disputes in the south china sea. adding to the unrest. marcus granting us forces access to for more military basis in addition to 5 approved under the enhanced defense corporation agreement assigned in 2014, 3 of them are near taiwan. besides the number about meeting buddies on what's, what's the police going to quinn those weeks? but we do appreciate complaint against them, so how to beat it now with this, but then the french, particularly our for

s. accuses china of harassing vessels belonging to the philippines in the south china sea levels. any attacks could trigger the u. s. response on the onset of summer in southern europe, with breck code breaking temperatures, their stories after the break. ah hello. that was not in south asia where we're seeing unusual weather across the region with temperatures. it's sitting well below the average for india and pakistan and some wet weather, particularly heavy thunderstorms and showers what eastern areas on monday and pushing down into the south places like carola and tom will not have seen those intense thunderstorms. in the story for sri lanka, we've got warnings out of severe lightening over the next few days, and the wet weather picks up across more northern areas, thundershowers for new jedi, we'll see the temperature continue to fall through the week and it's a similar story for northern parts of pakistan, places like the whole scene, those temperatures come down from the storms lasting through to wednesday. and we had to east asia a lot quieter across much of china. that wea

the countries have deep economic ties, but have rival claims the territory in the south china sea combat drills involving nearly 18000 philippine and american troops. us to continue until the end of this month. a more on our top story now, the fighting in sudan and its impact on the civilians deal. mohammad is an odom east of hot term, she joined us from there. now thank you very much for joining us on al jazeera. now we understand that you have power and water. we, you are, the food is now in short supply and it's getting more expensive. is that right? and we bought the shops here are open, very certain hours. it's very tight window for you to get food. but they're still supply going around, hasn't caught yet. and whereas all my friends and other neighborhoods have gotten no supplies for now a week and something. now parts is going, excuse me. hi, everyone saying that everything they're trying to buy now is extremely more expensive than it was before and regular days and it's causing a problem for them to even say surviving. did you manage to escape cartoon and find safety? and to me, i

the philippine vessels in the south china sea. it comes ahead to have a meeting between the us and philippine presidents. last week there was a new collision between chinese and philippine case called trips and disputed waters trying to claim that most of the south china sea, as it said, and it's being expanding its presence that in recent. yes. and that's despite an international court ruling saying that the claim has no legal basis. jessica washington has both beijing, this is a particularly significant time, a for the philippines signaling or this is this broader pattern of geopolitical shift for the philippines as it aligns itself once again, closer with the us, particularly in terms of a strategy and defense and, and further away from the part that for the, for the former president, for as we go to it had a, a took his country down of affording closer ties outside of the philippines. relationship with the u. s. including ties with china and, and russia as well. for marcos, this is a, a priority of his to keep ties with the u.

s. carry out their largest combat drills and decades in the south china sea, bottom below. as this report from civic bay, a busy weekend for these fishermen as they work against an impending fishing bad, the philippines and u. s. military's are set to hold drills in waters nearby. but they say they've got nothing against the americans, the real threat to their livelihood. stacy, our chinese vessels are done on the china. the chinese are constantly petroleum. if you try to enter the shoulder, it's more efficient bullets. the rubber boats will cicily. bonita muradi, a commercial fisherman, is referring to the resource ridge, scarborough shoal, into disputed south china sea. just 120 nautical miles or about 222 kilometers from where we were speaking. due to the lack of fishing opportunities. if these commercial fishermen are forced to sail beyond coastal waters, the bas scarborough showed kilometers away where there is confrontations with chinese coast guard vessels that control the area. these clips shot in november by marauders, his crew show at least 3 chinese vessels block

makes reference to china's rapid military escalation and also its territorial ambitions in the south china sea. the review says in its opinion, there is no direct military threat from china to australia, but it believes that china's activities in the region to undermine australia's national interests. so to that end the review is calling for australia to invest more in longer—range missiles it also to beef up australia's military basesin also to beef up australia's military bases in its tropical north. so this is the most fundamental sweeping review of australia's armed forces in many many years. and certainly china's rise has been one of the fundamental drivers of this review. it is interesting how it mentions china because of course australia does have very strong trade economic ties with the country. it is a bit of a tricky balancing act is it not? it is always a delicate act of diplomacy when it comes to australia and china. you are absolutely right. china is australia's biggest trend —— trading partner. australia's recent prosperity has been underwritten larger by china's demand for austr

sea. this is on top of having disbanded police, especially near taiwan and near the south china sea.ould raise tensions in the region and trigger an arms race between u.s. and china. in that scenario, the philippines would be caught between two opposing giants. it is not in our interest to see the conflict escalate. we want peace in the region. we want respect for our sovereignty. we don't want incursions from china but we don't want to be used as a staging ground for u.s. military and hegony in the region. we do not welcome these exercises. they will haveong-lasting negative effects on the region. we are also historically on a front of the philippine sovereignty. amy: the government announced the location of four new u.s. military bases. can you talk about the significance and the military presence? going back well over 100 years, u.s. occupy the philippines in 98, t what ts means now? >> t philippines hosted u.s. military bases from 1947-1991. these bases were used for u.s. wars abroad. so the philippines became a launching pad for the u.s. war vietnam, also involved in the wars in

it says, shows a confrontation with a chinese ship in the south china sea. the incident happened when a chinese navy ship engaged in what the coast guard called dangerous maneuvers crossing paths with one of his vessels. beijing says it was provoked into the confrontation china claims. most of the south china sea, despite international court, saying the claim has no legitimate basis. tune guanasha chin down. it should be emphasized that the philippine vessels carrying journalist height is a premeditated provocation. that deliberately seeks to pick a fight and use the opportunity to make a hype. china expresses its solemn protest and strong dissatisfaction in this regard, and urges the philippines to respect to china's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the south china sea. and to start taking actions that will complicate the situation and counsel training the vaccinations is urging japan to join international sanctions against mere mars military genta. thus, after relatives of a japanese journalists killed by me, are my soldiers cal

for example, the shows of military force in the south china sea, south china sea, in these china sea. and at the border with india directly affect our partners and the legitimate interests or on the issue of taiwan. the use one china policy is longstanding. we have consistently called for peace and stability in the taiwan strait, and we stand strongly against any unilateral change of the state or school in particular by the use of force. we must also nemo, shy away from talking about the deeply concerning and grave human rights violations, inching young and justice. china has been rank thing up its military posture. it has also ramped up its policy of economic and trade coercion, as we've seen from this one year to austria and the targeting of everything from pop bands to trade brands. we have also seen these tactics directed right here in the house of european democracy. and i want to express my solidarity to those members of the european parliament who have been unfairly sanctions by the chinese communist party just for calling out schumann wright, violations. and all this is sympto

china claims most of the south china sea and has been ramping up its military presence there. beijing is growing increasingly at odds with manila over disputed territory in the region. xi's remarks come as the philippines and u.s. conduct their largest ever joint military drills. he apparently aims to show he'll not back down on china's territorial claims as tensions rise. >>> french president emmanuel macron is once again urging europe to stay out of the u.s.-china rivalry over taiwan. he said france's position on the issue has not changed. in a news conference on wednesday macron said france and europe support an open indo-pacific. he said they also want the status quo in taiwan maintained and stressed that doesn't mean following washington's lead. >> translator: this is the position of europeans, and it is a position that has always been compatible with the role of an ally, but being an ally does not mean being a vassal. >> macron says france supports the one china policy and hopes to see a peaceful settlement of the issue. this comes after a visit from the french president

how would the president respond if china took similar action against our aircraft in the south china sea? or in taiwan? president biden is telegraphing to our adversaries that the u.s. will back down in the face of the slightest provocation. he's giving putin validation that he needs. that he can simply threaten escalation in order to intimidate others into backing down. he draws no redlines. this resolution condemns russia's attack. it reaffirms that the u.s. will not be intimidated. something that we have to reaffirm in this body given what's going on. certainly not when it comes to operating drones in international airspace. i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. meeks: mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of this resolution. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. meeks: mr. speaker, putin's russia has abandoned all international--the international systems

the south china sea in response the u.s. has sent a destroyer to the area.china has condemned as an illegal incursion. china launched a series of military exercises hours after taiwan's president returned from a trip to the united states. >> a show of force and fury. for the third and final day, china's military continued what it called operation joint sword. ariel and neve blockade drills to seal off the island and practicing precision strikes on taiwanese targets. thchinese army showed this short video of simulated attacks on taiwan with missiles fired from land, sea and air into the islands territory. it also confirmed its aircraft carrier has taken part in monday's exercises. chinese officials said fighter planes loaded with live ammunition had carried out multiple waves of simulated strikes on important targets. these drills were expected. china is infuriated i the taiwanese presidents visit to the u.s.. as is beijing's promised of a robust response to what it says was a serious act of collusion. china sees the self ruled island as part of its territory

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