party of colluding to stir up trouble and says the exercises in the taiwan strait are to protect what it sees as its territorial sovereignty and the u.s. undersecretary for economic affairs keith crocker is the most senior state department official to land in taiwan in decades and it also marks the 2nd visit by a u.s. official in 2 months the chinese government condemned the trip and says diplomatic relations between taiwan and the u.s. will lead to a dead end let's talk about all of this with rob mcbride he's following the story for us from seoul tense times around the taiwan straits what more do we know about what happened and what china is saying about the incidents. that's right this intense military activity in and around the taiwan strait really ratcheting up the tension level in this part of the world at the china's defense ministry has said that this exercise is necessary and reasonable but we know now from taiwan's military that in response they have had to scramble friday their intercept jets when they say that they detected a number of multiple chinese and military aircraft

we don't know when this will come, the straits times has been speaking to express and quoting the worldization talking about having containment measures needed. the one silver lining in all of this is there has been such incredible cooperation between different organisations and research facilities right across the world and the vast amount of countries that have signed up to this international vaccine programme with some notable exceptions

on taiwan's ruling party of colluding to stir up trouble and says the exercises in the taiwan strait are to protect what it sees as its territorial sovereignty and the u.s. undersecretary for economic affairs keith crocker is the most senior state department official to land in taiwan and decades marks the 2nd visit by a u.s. official in 2 months the chinese government condemned the trips and says diplomatic relations between taiwan on the u.s. will lead to a dead end road mcbride is following the story for us from seoul so how tense is the situation around the taiwan strait rob. i mean all of this military activity friday really ratcheting up the tension level in this part of the world the china's defense ministry says its exercise was reasonable and necessary it says but it was necessary for them to from taiwan's point of view to scramble its interceptor jets when it says it detected multiple military aircraft from china's people's liberation army crossing over the midline that's the mid line that separates the taiwan strait that separates taiwan from mainland china also deploying

hit a high not seen in years most recently chinese warplanes crossed to the median line the narrow strait separating the 2 sides over the past week that's according to taiwan's president high in one the united states plays a role in all this says taiwan's main supporter the trumpet administration plans to sell taiwan billions of dollars in weapons from missiles to surveillance drones in order to shore up its defenses against any potential attack by beijing taiwan is a democracy with a separate government but president xi jinping considers it a part of his people's republic of china. over ousting reception for taiwan's leader as she meets air force offices at one of the territories most important to military bases. president sighing when he was there to deliver a special message following a spike in tensions between time in china so we're thinking of as a commander in chief of our national armed forces i want to assure the people that our national army officers and soldiers are absolutely capable and determined to defend the country and safeguard regional peace. it was from this base that

what is behind the recent ramp up of thiss military activity in the strait?orter: simply put, this is how china has decided to show its displeasure and anger at the visit of the u.s. under secretary of state. he is the number three ranking official in the state department and he arrived for a three-day visit for economic talks and for the memorial of the former taiwanese president. friday and saturday, tyree's military jets -- taiwanese military jets crossed the strait, and sure enough, there were no more chinese incursions today, as far as we are aware. to give you some idea of how sensitive the median line -- the median line is, between 1999 and last year, a 20 year stretch, there were no chinese incursions across list median line. of lastke that in march year, and since then there have been five incursions. that indicates the ratcheting up of tensions in the taiwan strait and how china is using this as an additional tool to express its displeasure with taiwan. one particularly concerning point about last week's incursions was the fact that according to loc

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jets to track approaching chinese air force planes they crossed the sensitive midline of the taiwan straits which lies between china and the islands china's minister of defense justified friday's new drills saying they're necessary to protect what it calls national sovereignty and territorial integrity it accuses the u.s. and taiwan's really party of colluding to stir up trouble. recently the united states and the democratic progressive party authorities have stepped up their collusion and frequent. to stir up trouble whether it's using taiwan to contain china or rely on foreign powers to threaten others it is wishful thinking and is destined to be dead and who plays with fire will get burnt the chinese people's liberation army has firm will full confidence in sufficient ability to pour it all external interference and separatist acts of taiwan independence and resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity well the u.s. undersecretary for economic affairs keith crocker arrived in taiwan on thursday he's the most senior state department official to travel there in 40 years

that's right a lot of military activity in and around the taiwan strait really ratcheting up the tension levels in this part of the world the defense ministry of china has held a press briefing confirming these exercises are underway calling them reasonable and necessary now we're not exactly sure just how many units are involved how big an exercise this is but it is likely that ad craft are involved because of course we have media reports reaching us from taiwan that on a number of occasions on friday taiwanese interceptor aircraft of course supplied by the united states have been scrambled seemingly those chinese aircraft have come very close to the island of taiwan itself as it has done in the past this is a way of china showing its displeasure now this comes as this visit is underway by this undersecretary of state from the u.s. state department he is the most senior official to be visiting for quite a few decades now his visit by keith krach is there to coincide with the memorial service to lead on quasar for the president of taiwan but during this visit we know that he has been mee

air force doing this on slot of flights across the unofficial midline in the taiwan strait in recent days the foreign ministry spokesperson in china responded to the the concern in taiwan by saying there is no medline in the taiwan strait because all of it the strait and time on included belong to china and of course there is a complex economic component to all of this taiwan china and the united states all do a tremendous amount of business with each other right. that's right yeah the relationship between those 3 places the u.s. china and taiwan his ex is extremely close economically you have a situation where some of the very top products by top u.s. companies apple i phones i now call i pads dell laptops the list goes on they are produced in china by very very large type he's suppliers companies like foxconn packet tron and wish stron in very large factories there in china at the same time you have many of the top u.s. multinationals companies like intel micron general motors qualcomm starbucks the list goes on that are deeply reliance on the chinese market for their growth so the

taiwan tells china to back off a major growing military tension in the taiwan strait what's this conflict mean for the time when his economy and the global supply of computer chips it's all to authors on that in taipei to find out more. also coming up delivery euro wants to make it big in south korea but sols restaurants are not exactly waiting for the. and delivers that. element to get jones and this is the business good to have you with us tensions between china and taiwan are heating up china claims sovereignty of the small island and the stepped up military activities in the air and waters around it taiwan is determined to resist the pressure and demands china back off the saber rattling also has economic implications taiwan is a major source of computer chips for the global economy. the world would grind to a halt without taiwan's computer chips they're inside t.v. smartphones computers the globe's producers rely on a small island electronic component supplies most deliveries go to china which regards taiwan as a breakaway province under its one china policy but recently tensions in

this intense military activity in and around the taiwan strait really ratcheting up the tension level in this part of the world of the china's defense ministry has said that this exercise is necessary and reasonable but we know now from taiwan's military that in response they have had to scramble friday their intercept jets when they say that they detected a number multiple chinese and military aircraft crossing over the how half way line in the straits of taiwan that separates taiwan from mainland china 15 pro-democracy activists in hong kong are back in court for their role in last year's protests among them is newspaper publisher and businessman she lay there facing charges of inciting organizing or participating in an authorized demonstrations so the tension facilities at the new refugee camp in greece have already started to break down and have begun to settle into the camp on the island of lesbos but they fear the conditions will be as poor as they were in the old camp which burned down last week 12000 people had been living there but it was only designed to hold a quarter of th

. >> translator: a red signal is flashing over the security of the taiwan strait.here is the need for cross-strait exchanges to safeguard the island's security, and avoid a negative spiral toward war. >> the comments were made at the meeting of the kmt. it focuses on whether the party would revise its stance on what is known as the consensus of 1992, when the party was in power. that's the year envoys from taipei and beijing are believed to have reached an oral agreement to acknowledge the mainland and taiwan are one china. on sunday, he vowed to continue exchanges with beijing based on this consnsensus, r reversingg earlier pledge to redefine relations with the mainland. the kmf chose not to revise its stance out of respect for the former president and heavywyweights who oppose chang. concerns grow in taiwan over china's increasing pressure on the island. >>> chinese universities have made gains in a new international ranking of the world's universities. the higher education journal released its list for 2021. it is based on performance indicators such as research

people who are in dire straits, one of the worst-hit areas in the economy was agriculture. the program began under top well, who was one of the advisers to president franklin roosevelt to document the conditions under which people were living. this was back when we did not have television. we had radio but a lot of places did not have electricity, so they could not listen to the radio broadcasts to find out what was going on in other parts of the country. they sent out photographers to take pictures of what was happening, and put these pictures into newspapers whenever they could and into magazines, trade journals and things like that. it was difficult to get newspapers to accept these photographs because nobody really wanted to face up to what was happening. but roy striker, who was an economist from columbia university was really persistent, he was the head of the project and he two newspaper offices, contacted newspaper people, magazine people and just really pushed and pushed to get these things published out until the reading public so they could see what was happening

that it began live fire military drills near the strait exercises came a day after a u.s. official visit to taipei for talks china denounced the talks as quote collusion. ruse a position lead us to atlanta. demanded that her country's government end the violence against protesters and set up new elections delivered a speech to the united nations human rights council which is holding an urgent debate on the situation and see called for an international monitoring mission to document atrocities committed since the disputed presidential election in oldest long time president alexander lukashenko meanwhile threatened to close the country's borders saying that the international community was behind the protest movement of. a little earlier i spoke with. a un special rapporteur on belarus who also took part in the debate she warned of another iron curtain coming down in europe we asked her if that threat was real. and i crawled on the international community not to let another i recruit him fall onto the european continent that was inspired it's crazy announcements made yesterda

it had begun live fire military drills near the straits the move came a day after u.s. officials visit a u.s. official visits taipei for talks china denounced the talks as quote collusion. greece is on high alert as a rare hurricane like storm approaches its western coast storm yamas known as a mediterranean hurricane or maybe cain is expected to bring winds exceeding 100 kilometers per hour there are worries that heavy rainfall could lead to flash flooding. was day in greece where some 5000 migrants have moved into a new temporary camp on the island of lesbos. $30000.00 rooms sleeping out in the open since fires destroyed the island's overcrowded morea migrant. company in those willing to go to the new town but so far the majority of people remain outside the new facility many say they fear getting stuck in the new camp for years to come. your correspondents must sunda is all lesbos and he's met one man who set up a makeshift soup kitchen in the wake of the moria to show solidarity with the thousands of people left without shelter. it's 2 hours until lunch time cost us

we are likely to see an increasing ratcheting up of tension in the taiwan strait.lomacy with taiwan seems to be part of a wider effort by the u.s. to rally an international coalition against what it sees as increasing chinese belligerence. mounting criticism of beijing's actions in xinjiang and hong kong and its response to covid-19 as well as territorial disputes with its neighbors as a growing list of countries sharing an anti-china grievance. china has shown it is ready to push back and with growing military power, it can call upon. al jazeera. anchor: a human investigator looking at possible human rights violations in belarus has warned of another iron curtain descending on europe. an urgent debate has been held over allegations of torture and other abuses following last month's disputed presidential election. one of the victims of violence in minsk has spoken to us. reporter: praying to stop the violence in belarus, sergei knows what government forces are capable of. he says he was on his way to pray the night after last month's presidential election. he was d

china has begun a live fire military drills near the taiwan strait which is the day after a u.s. official visited taipei in the finds of warnings from beijing. taiwan later said the chinese air force jets had crossed the mid line of the strait and that it had scrambled its fighter jets to monitor. greece is on high alert as a rare hurricane like storm approaches its western coast warm yana was known as a mediterranean hurricane or medicaid is expected to bring winds exceeding 100 kilometers per hour there are worries that heavy rainfall could lead to flash flooding. well let's stay in greece now where some 5000 migrants have moved into new temporary camps on the island of lesbos there are estimated 13000 migrants sleeping out in the open so as fires destroyed the island's morea migrant camp where they've been staying police have been accompanying them some of them at least into the new camp with migrants concerned that they could remain there for months if not years. let's go straight to les mis now and max zander covering the story for us could take you max it can you tell us ab

hebrew]g in from the narrow straits, i call out to you. you, god, answered me with expanse.ustice ginsburg hangs a framed piece of art that reads -- "justice, justice, you must pursue" -- a command in the 16th chapter of deuteronomy. the traditions finds meaning to every single word in the torah. so there must be a reason why "justice" is written twice. the repetition here teaches even ezra, a medieval rabbi, that time and time again, all of the days of your life, you must pursue justice. this was how justice ginsburg lived her life. justice did not arrive like a lightning bolt, but rather, through dogged persistence. all the days of her life. real change, she said, enduring change, happens one step at a time. she faced many obstacles in her life, even from a young age. though chosen as the valedictorian of her high school class, she gave no graduation speech. instead, she grieved at home with her father after burying her beloved mother one day before graduation. her family had already suffered terrible loss with the death of her sister, when justice ginsburg was only 14 mon

by chinese aircraft taiwan's defense ministry says the aircraft crossed the mid line of the taiwan strait an air defense system was deployed the military tension coincides with a visit by a senior u.s. official to taiwan. a u.n. investigator on human rights violations in belarus is warning of another quote iron curtain descending on europe and the u.n. human rights council wants an independent investigation into allegations of torture and other abuses after last month's disputed election results one of the many victims has been speaking to out of serious correspondent step in a conversation took place in the capital minsk. praying to stop the violence in bella ruth said again 1000000 it's felt firsthand what government forces are capable off the baptists community members as he was on his way to pray denied after last month's presidential election when he was dragged out of his car by mass policeman and crammed into a detention truck police force him to crawl on top of other men and he sassed a torture began. i told them again and again i just came here to pray i'm religious person but ev

of hormuz and the strait of hormuz is very strategic 20 percent of the world's oil passes through those busy shipping lanes at its narrowest point it's around 39 kilometers wide so we could see something taking place there but also parliamentarians here are saying that if the u.s. is successful in reinstating those sanctions then iran could possibly pull out of that 2015 nuclear deal or stop i.a.e.a. inspectors from inspecting nuclear sites here in iran and that's something that the europeans don't want to see but iran considers that the odds are in its favor because they have very little to lose currently if those sanctions are put back in place out 0 said big reporting live from tehran i said many thanks indeed france germany and the u.k. say that the u.s. doesn't have the right to reimpose sanctions on iran in a joint statement they emphasize that the u.s. seems to be a participant to the iran nuclear deal after its withdraw 2 years ago and that washington's move to reimpose sanctions will not have legal effect the u.s. ally has explained that they are committed fully to implementing

by chinese aircraft taiwan's defense ministry says the aircraft crossed the mid line of the taiwan straits and their defense missile system was deployed the military tension coincides with a visit by a senior u.s. official to taiwan. a growing number of coronavirus cases among refugees on the greek out of less bosses causing concern at least 214 infections have been confirmed that's 9000 refugees have been moved into a new camp the previous one which was europe's largest but down 10 days ago al-jazeera stephanie deca reports now from less boss. it's a very windy day here on the island and the elements are a concern when it comes to this new camp you can see it's right on the water's edge open to the wind the sea the rain that might come in the winter a lot of people were concerned about entering this camp we understand around 9000 people have entered in the last couple of days as a result of that police operation they were concerned about the conditions they were concerned that they would be locked inside describing it potentially as a jail but certainly what we've seen this morning we've

a 2nd straight day taiwan's defense ministry says the aircraft crossed the mid line of the taiwan straits an air defense missile system has been deployed in question comes during a visit by a senior u.s. official to taiwan. still to come for you here on this program europe struggles to contain a surge in corona virus infections with record cases in the u.k. france and spain plus. i'm charlie onslow on the river in southwest england for an animal hunted to extinction 400 years ago is making a comeback a track to tourists helping to just flooding. hello there's some pretty good weather across central europe but not the same across the north of being some pretty ferocious storms across areas of scotland idea and then also we watching this embassy this is called a medicaid and this is the damage already that's it's has done it's literally a hearkens fall into the mediterranean and look at this on the greek island already the ways have been coming through on the winds sustained at about 120 kilometers an hour and then a physical as well look at this it's almost like storm surge of that comes i

one of the consequences for the many people who are being pulled off the straits by the military and police. well on average though that the kind of ever since we're seeing here 10 to 15 days in jail but some are let out the same day but i think it's why didn't they see people being stopped falling as they're losing their jobs they're being told by their employers state employees as well as also private sector employees that if they're just again they'll have to be awfully that jobs we've seen an activist last week who was deprived of a child for a few days she was kept in the police questioning wasn't able to pick up. your horses with the streets this week pick up a child take it to a children's home without even trying to contact her relatives so that was definitely a warning shot just as even if they don't turn out to protest with their children just by being a protest at what is known as an unsanctioned protest no opposition protest of sleep section of this country is a direct threat to children and i think important. here is even if you don't picked up on the day of the protest

china and taiwan may be beat her rivals but trade across the strait of taiwan has never been better. in august u.s. president donald trump expanded u.s. curbs on huawei and banned suppliers from selling chips made using u.s. tech to the chinese company without a special license this prompted a stampede to stockpile goods before the restrictions come in to the tune of between $1.00 and $2000000000.00. taiwan says exports rose 8.3 percent from a year earlier to just over $31000000000.00 in august that's the highest monthly tally on record and much higher than analysts had expected exports in july edged up 0.4 percent following 4 months of foals taiwan semiconductor at the world's largest contract chip maker said in july it had already stopped taking new orders from wall way and it does not plan to ship wafers after the middle of this month china is taiwan's largest trading partner taiwanese manufacturers are a key part of the global supply chain for tech giants such as apple that's despite a longstanding political rivalry beijing has failed to take control of taiwan the 2 sides split i

taim both were in dire straits last season with braman only surviving after beating hard and haim in the playoff on away goals. florian corfield and david wagner both kept their jobs but both were immediately feeling the heat after losing last weekend. and those nerves showed on the pitch with plenty of tackles but not much in the way of chances i and with little creativity from open play it took a set piece to break the deadlock. midway through the 1st half the visitors seized a rare opportunity from a corner i was i a nice not down by just sergeant fine in the class fuku can make use of space to bury the loose ball. shuck a struggle to respond with a side full of players they loaned out last season and wants to sell in the summer . and so it was left to players like. mark and not bill bennett celeb to get the shock engine going. i was on car but was unable to hide his frustration spitting at livi cowardice team so i the referee didn't spot the offense of the footballing or thirty's of now charged him with unsporting behavior . the opening goal a given braman a new lease of life and

rick perlstein, how strait is the line you can draw from ronald reagan to donald trump? >> guest: it is crooked, but there's a definite line. i think of the revelations right now the donald trump paid $750,000 in taxes last year and a zero in the years before. it was revealed he paid no estate taxes because of the business reverses into "the new york times" revealed today they were paper losses created by the company that created tax shelters for people that advertised it as individuals wouldn't have to pay income taxes. then when he was caught up in that he said we fought a revolution in our papers and once again he charmed his way out of the crisis. that is only one example in which the parallels between [inaudible] are real and striking differences. reagan revered emigrants. even in the texas primary against of george w. bush he saithings aboutundocumented imm. he declared an amnesty that was pretty profound. the both of them are working very hard now in the case of donald trump to weaken the protections of the government offers and to make life safer and healthier fo

after beijing confirmed that had begun live fire military drills near the strait the fear came a day after a u.s. official visit to taipei for talks china denounced the visit as old collusion. tropical storm noel has made landfall in vietnam killing at least one person according to state media the storm hit the east coast before being later downgraded to a low pressure system but that number's weather agency warned that heavy rain could still trigger floods and landslides. those presidents martin beach are faces an impeachment vote amid corruption allegations though lawmakers look short of the 2 thirds majority required to remove him from office the timing of the vote has been criticized with true among the countries hit hardest by the coronavirus and. bellerose opposition leaders said lao tsu can also has demanded that her country's government end violence against protesters and set up an election it's going to stay on delivered as a speech to the united nations human rights council which is holding an urgent debate on the situation a bill or rose she called for an international mon

taiwan says 18 chinese air force jets cross 'd the midline of the taiwan strait after beijing confirmed it had begun live fire military drills near the state the move came a day after a u.s. official visited taipei for talks trying to douse those. oxes quote collusion. it's to greece now where some 5000 migrants have moved into a new temporary camp on the island of lesbos they're among the 13000 migrants sleeping out in the open since fires destroyed the island's overcrowded morea migrant camp please or company those willing to go to the new camp and so far the majority remains outside the new facility. correspondent back sanders lesbos in greece is met one man who set up a makeshift soup kitchen in the wake of the fire to show solidarity with the thousands of people left without a shelter there. it's 2 hours until lunch time cost us policeman openness and his team have to hurry they're cooking for about 2000 people today outdoors and with the most basic equipment not an easy task. that is why there's been no i often have difficulties with the high winds and we need more helpers to come

after beijing come from that have begun live fire military drills near the strait who came a day after a u.s. official visited tarde paid for talks china denounced the talks as quote collusion . tropical storm noel has made landfall in vietnam killing at least one person according to state media the storm hit the east coast before being later downgraded to a low pressure system it numbs weather agency wanted heavy rains could still trigger floods and landslides. bruce president martin the charter faces an impeachment vote amid corruption allegations though lawmakers short of the 2 thirds majority required to move him from office the timing of the vote has been criticized it's true among the countries it's hardest by the pandemic. positionally those red lana. demanded that her country's government end violence against protesters and set up new elections 2nd oscar had delivered a speech to the united nations human rights council which is holding an urgent debate on the situation and will a rose she calls for an international monitoring mission to document atrocities committed since the d

we don't know when this will come, the straits times has been speaking to express and quoting the world talking about having containment measures needed. the one silver lining in all of this is there has been such incredible cooperation between different organisations and research facilities right across the world and the vast amount of countries that have signed up to this international vaccine programme with some notable exceptions like the united states who possibly would not be so keen to share their findings with everyone else until they have released it first. the vast majority of the international population and science committee are working together and that is quite an amazing silver lining. it's nice to find a silver lining in what is a difficult time, hasn't it? a really complicated story. the ft financial times looking back at focusing again on the northeast going into lockdown. john and i was talking to a pub landlord, i have to give a shout out to the schooner pub in gateshead. .. the landlord shout out to the schooner pub in gateshead... the landlord was just saying how f

universities across the country are in dire financial straits, take your customs and fees elsewhere tozen and short set. let me just say manchester men say they are making sure that all of their stu d e nts making sure that all of their students are in this position. 1700 of them are being supportive. —— manchester met university. and they are being given food parcels to make sure nobody is going without food. they have said they cannot insist that people stay and they are just requesting that they do. so the vaccine just briefly. we will be running at a time. mass vaccination programmes turned out not that straightforward a logistical challenge come as government putting in place a procedure necessary? isn't ordering the kit that it needs. we saw the shortages of masking ppe. is it doing the things they need for when a vaccine exists we can have that mass national vaccination effort. no it is not. it is not talking to the right people are prepared and that is really whirring in terms of getting the population back even if there is a breakthrough. that's really whirring. the next one i

side in the party is obstructing people from joining straits form this weekend. of the more beijing friendly allies are not attending this. have come out and said clearly for the first time since 2009 we are not going to be attending this straits form on the mainland because they said there were some coverage from cctv, the state media, that accuse them of coming to the form to beg for peace with the mainland and that was basically too much for them to stomach. even they are not going to be at the form. that is a party that has traditionally had ties with the mainland. of course, in terms of taiwan and the u.s., and the u.s. is trying to push for a trade deal with the island. and you have the health secretary visiting in august. and in terms of military activity you're seeing a tick up activity andla airspace claimed by taiwan. tensions across the board there. yvonne: and certainly taiwan being put in the middle of the u.s.-china debate. coming up we talk about apple doubling down on a pivot toward services as it debuts subscription bundles. details of the new ap

china is ratcheting up tensions in the taiwan strait, hoping to deter taipei from deeper ties with the. in a series of exercises, china repeatedly breached the median line. separating the countries. try to regards the island as part of its territory even though it has been ruled separately for 70 years. says he willmp announce his picture a place supreme court justice ginsburg by the end of this week. he says he wants to see a senate confirmation vote before the november election. he says he will likely pick a woman. died -- [noburg audio] david: last week, it was arizona we looked at. this week, it is north carolina. to give us a sense of the politics of the state, we welcome professor michael bitzer, chair of politics at catawba college. give us your sense, a snapshot, of north carolina and what is it? is it blue, red, purple? dr. bitzer: we are a purple state with a very slight attendance -- tend to read. it is dependent on who shows up. what happened in north carolina after two thousand and thousand 10 is north carolinians have sorted themselves into respective partisan camps. in 2

northeast winds up to 20 could be gusting up to 50 and wind advisory for the strait, the delta including vallejo the possibility of power outages, down tree limbs and very warm air. already winds out of the north above 1,000 feet from mt. atm to mt. diablo and even the east foothills and looking at a pretty quick warmup today. still be nice getting hazy in our inland east bay and then 70 around the bay, but afternoon highs in the low # 0es inland. still 60s at the coast. that all changes tomorrow. a closer look at the warm temperatures coming up. liz? >> all right, lisa, thank you. and pg&e says nearly 100,000 customers could be impacted by a public safety power shutoff this weekend. but in the bay area only about 300 customers right now in napa county could lose power. the shutoff is expected to start tomorrow morning in an effort to prevent wildfires. and a red flag warning goes into effect tomorrow. abc 7 reporter luz pena reports that has firefighters in the east bay now on high >> reporter: signs like this one are hopefully not prophetic. it's been close to 29 years. >> in the oakla

and despite dire financial straits, $8.8 billion in losses last year alone, some like new yorker writerasey cep argue, "we can't afford to lose the postal service." >> that is absolutely true. joie: her mom is retired carrier sandy cep. but she also points out that even the founding fathers understood the value of the postal service. >> you say that, but sometimes history is just quaint. >> and the history of the postal service is incredibly quaint and full of americana. >> but is it outmoded? >> absolutely not. a lot of our lives have moved online, but not all of it. the pandemic has been a fine example of that. joie: even during the pandemic, the postal service has delivered. safety guidelines, mail in votes, and the 2020 census, along with the uandemic has cuto and junk mail. the major sources of revenue. contrary to what many believe, taxpayers don't fund postal service operations. stamps and packages do. supporters argue if congress would just lift the demands it put on the usps to fund worker health care and retirement seven decades in advance, the postal service could even be pro

short term and long term the short term is to prevent people from embarking in dangerous perilous straits there might and we had that deaths that's the situation in the mediterranean we need a predictable mechanism of these embarkation of those who are rescued in ability to read and but there is also the long term issue which is addressing the deep root causes that the drivers of the movement and that is above all a question of these security communities sterilization and economic gold development and tony with really no direct in general the international organization for migration thank you very much for joining us today here on news. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today at least 11 people have died in 2 nights of violent protests in the colombian capital hundreds more injured the trouble was sparked by a video of police tasing a man who later died in hospital. the chief executive of rio tinto is quitting over the mining giants destruction of sacred aboriginal science and western australia the group triggered outrage by blowing up 46

syria and yemen then there's the economy straight to us sanctions have left iran in dire economic straits fragging oil revenues rising inflation recession even before the pandemic the economy was struggling now it's hit rock bottom. and then there's the health crisis iran was one of the. first countries outside china to face high coronavirus infection figures. 6 months later the virus is still under control. how are you mania coping with all of this. after every customer disinfect his car inside and out he tells us that no one would get into his taxi otherwise despite this most people are still avoiding taxes for fear of getting infected business is bad today hammett will drive us around tehran all day finally a good assignment for him. i have a few customers who still haven't gone out because of the coronavirus crisis i go to the bank for them or shopping in the supermarket but i still only earn half as much as before the coronavirus crisis. is tehran's grand bazaar here you'll understand why the numbers are going up again he says how many stops at the entrance gate saying he'll go no fu

sanctions have left iran in dire economic straits flagging oil revenues rising inflation recession even before the pandemic the economy was struggling now it's hit rock bottom. and then there's the health crisis iran was one of the. first countries outside china to face high corona virus infection figures. 6 months later the virus is still not under control. how are you mania coping with all of this. after every customer disinfect his car inside and out he tells us that no one would get into his taxi otherwise despite this most people are still avoiding taxes for fear of getting infected business is bad today hammett will drive us around tehran all day finally a good assignment for him. i have a few customers who still haven't gone out because of the coronavirus crisis i go to the bank for them or shopping in the supermarket but i still only earn half as much as before the coronavirus crisis. rance grand bazaar here you'll understand why the numbers are going up again he says how many stops at the entrance gate saying he'll go no further than here. i don't go in there it's very narrow a

taim both were in dire straits last season with braman only surviving after beating hard and haim in the play off on away goals. florian corps failed and david wagner both kept their jobs but both were immediately feeling the heat after losing last weekend. and those nerves showed on the pitch with plenty of tackles but not much in the way of chances and with little creativity from open play it took a set piece to break the deadlock. midway through the 1st half the visitors seized a rare opportunity from a corner i was i a nice not down by just sergeant fine in the class fukuoka acres of space to bury the loose ball. shuck a struggle to respond with aside for the players they loaned out last season and wants to sell in the summer. and so it was left to players like. mark and not be a pencil lead to get the shock engine going. i was on car but was unable to hide his frustration spitting and. i the referee didn't spot the offense of the footballing or thirty's have now charged him with unsporting behavior. the opening goal a given braman a new lease of life and they made their superior

sanctions have left iran in diet economic straits tracking oil revenues rising inflation recession even before the pandemic the economy was struggling now it's hit rock bottom. and then there's the health crisis iran was one of the 1st countries outside. china to face high coronavirus infection figures. 6 months later the virus is still not under control. how are you brainy and coping with all of this. after every customer disinfect his car inside and out he tells us that no one would get into his taxi otherwise despite this most people are still avoiding taxes for fear of getting infected business is bad today hammett will drive us around tehran all day finally a good assignment for him. i have a few customers who still haven't gone out because of the coronavirus crisis i go to the bank for them or shopping in the supermarket but i still only earn half as much as before the coronavirus crisis. rance grand bazaar here you'll understand why the numbers are going up again he says have made stops at the entrance gate saying he'll go no further than here. i don't go in there it's very narro

berlin's 0 hour in the summer of $945.00 nor photographer robert kapper roams the straits documenting destruction and new beginnings. these beaches can now be seen for the 1st time at the new synagogue berlin. is one that is i know this city was of course in ruins and how over 2000000 people had to start a new life you really get an impression of that when you look at these photos. that's because the mind is a 4 door seat. kapur fled the german capital to escape the nazis in 1933 he became a us citizen and the most famous war photographer of his time and life magazine sent kapur back to berlin to get the photographer's impression of the end of the war. this is about him out of an distance it's still a distance to view because kapil was jewish and the people he observed were not necessarily resistance fighters or anti fascists. is it but his gaze is not one of malice nor is it one of a victor. deceived us people who have lost everything searching for the missing for work and for food on the black market. some also looking for escape in a bar allied soldiers celebrate with german fraule

wind advisory is going up for the carquinez strait. it's 2:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on sunday. and when you look at the humidity, the concern is as humidity goes from 3:00 p.m. saturday 26% in places like fairfield, now watch what happens with that very drying wind. you have single digit humidities in places like clearlake, 15% in fairfield that is a big concern. more on this heatwave and the fire danger coming right up. dion? >> all right. we appreciate it, sandhya. thanks. >>> pg&e says nearly 100,000 customers could be impacted by a public safety power shutoff this weekend. but in the bay area, only about 180 customers in napa conty could lose power. the shutoff is expected to start sunday morning. >>> and as sandhya just mentioned, a red flag warning goes into effect tomorrow, dan. >> that's right, dion. abc7 news reporter luz pena explains firefighters are now on high alert in the east bay. >> reporter: signs like this one are hopefully not prophetic. >> i'm very concerned. >> reporter: it's been close to 29 years. >> in the open hills fire, we were here that weekend with

incoming traffic into iran maybe in the straits of hormuz or something but it's all about the election and the received wisdom is that during elections electorates flock to incumbents in times of war and that's been widespread speculation that this is what the administration is up to. i mean some bellers have felt the detaining protesters have been gathering in the capital minsk babblings and getting on the way across the country demonstrators the mon thing the president president i found in the following last month's disputed election there is a large clinics presence immense can the internet has been shut down boston joins me now on the phone from minsk due to the fact we can't get out live because of that internet caught step just tell us where are you what's happening there. well some and 10 she's here now after the rally marched through the fake the floor around 3 hours they came to a police block a very large police luck with police trying the gates unless i'm with police 1st production alemao a stand off 'd putting they are police are back to their posts act broke and have let t

such and so still people for example in sao paulo who lose their jobs are still in dire economic straits so there is a social protection floor in brazil but of course it doesn't mitigate all the devastating effects of the economic crisis and this is being pushed by the opposition rather than the government what have we seen covert really take off in latin america seems like a comparison to some other regions there is a bit more of a delay before cases really took off and still things have been pretty bad in countries like brazil. policies or on or what do you see. well i'm not an epitome ologist but i can tell you this that part of humans are vectors of transmission and so social distancing measures have really helped to mitigate the spread of the virus however if you implement social distancing you absolutely have to also especially important countries make sure their families have the means to feed themselves while they stay at home and in countries that can't do that you can't expect people to stay at home a starve or watch their kids go hungry or not go out on the streets and try to

to track approaching chinese air force planes if they cross the sensitive mid line of the taiwan strait which lies between china and the island china's mistreated. justified friday's new drills saying they were necessary to protect what it calls national sovereignty and territorial integrity it accuses united states and taiwan's ruling party of colluding to stir up trouble. me with recently the united states and the democratic progressive party authorities have set up their collusion and frequently stir up trouble whether it's using taiwan to contain china or rely on foreign powers to threaten others it is wishful thinking and is destined to be a dead end who plays with fire will get burnt the chinese people's liberation army has firm will full confidence in sufficient ability to pour it all external interference and separatist acts of taiwan independence and resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity well u.s. undersecretary for economic affairs at crocker arrived in taiwan all thursday he is the most senior state department official to travel there in 40 years an

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