now us secretary of state antony, blanking is meeting the philippines president ferdinand michaels junior. they said to discuss several issues including tension between the u. s. and china. lincoln described the relationship with the philippines as extraordinary. he said, the u. s. is committed to a mutual defense tracy with the country. marco said the current, your political environment showed just how important the anti as well. well, taiwan defense ministry says it's 5 flares to one off several drones and on identified planes flying over its territory. tensions remain high with china, which is furious over the visit to taiwan by us. how speak at nancy pelosi that speaker decompile, and she's the international editor of taiwan class. and she joins us now on skype from type a to chinese drills now seem to be affecting high ones, outlying islands. how significant is that? that's right. so these islands are on the tie. 13, and they're seen as the closest point to mainland china. and in fact, one of those islands can min island is only about 10 kilometers away from would you and province in

ah welcome to throw you a secretary of state antony blank and has condemned chinese military exercises in the taiwan strait, calling them a major escalation. the drills were launched in response to a visit to taiwan this week by us house beacon nancy pelosi, which has angered beijing, speaking at a summit of southeast asian foreign ministers in cambodia. lincoln was that the chinese exercises could destabilize the region. these provocative actions are a significant escalation. we've seen how beijing has attempted to change the status quan taiwan for some time. for example, more than doubling the number of aircraft flown over the center line that separates china and taiwan over the past 2 years. pursuing economic word, political interference, cyber attacks against i, why? now they've taken dangerous acts to a new love. united states is conveyed to the p r c consistently and repeatedly that we do not speak and will not provoke a crisis call should go out. no one country and no force should ever imagine that they can separate taiwan from china, hutch with using taiwan to contain china or

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s. secretary of state is and were want up the last stop on a 3 nation african tour. antony blank and is expected to discuss were wanders alleged supportive rebels and neighboring democratic republic of congo. the u. s. justice department says it's charged an iranian man for plumbing to kill former national security adviser. john bolton describes him as a member of a rounds revolution regard to rom says, the accusations are baseless but those are the headlines. the news continues here on al jazeera, after inside story up next ah f b i agents found what they were looking for in donald trump's home. the former u. s. president says the search of his florida resident is part of a plan to destroy him. but what does this mean for his potential 2nd run for the white house? this is inside story. ah . hello and welcome to the program. i'm hammer, jim, jim f. b i. agents in the us state of florida have conducted a criminal search of former president donald trump's home. it's seen as a significant escalation of the federal investigation into whether trump illegally removed classified documents f

secretary of state antony lincoln's meeting, the philippines president fountain and marcos junior are expected to discuss several issues including tensions between the us and china. blank, and the said that the u. s. is committed to a mutual defense treaty with the philippines. marco said the current geopolitical environment shows how important their ties are. tie one's defense. ministry says it's fired flavors to warn offset. we're 7 drones and unidentified planes flying over its territory. tensions remain high with china, which is furious over the visit to taiwan by us house speaker dancy pelosi. they're giving individual plans the international editor of ty, one plus, and she's joining us on skype from taipei good to have you with us. so the military activity by china seems to be affecting ty, ones, outlying islands. now why is that significant? that's right, so the islands that these unidentified aircraft and drones were identified on our scene on which ty, one's military, you fired flares to warn off our inhabit is the islands and the islands on the taiwan straits, which are some of the closest to the chinese mainland kenman in particular, where those drawings fle