delegation has visited taipei to reiterate support for its pacific partner. i think confidence that the united states partnership with one is stronger than ever we share deep economic ties. democratic values and a critically important security partnership where i'd like to take this opportunity to thank the biden administration for repeating the importance of peace and stability across the taiwan strait recently china has frequently dispatched military vessels and aircraft this action also has the status quo in the independence ific and threatens regional peace and stability taiwan's military is dwarfed by china's that's not stopped it from some saber rattling of its own. this the recent unveiling of a new taiwanese amphibious transport ship china sees taiwan as part of its territory and is trying to head off any ideas of independence the u.s. visit has. the taiwan issue concerns china's sovereignty and territorial integrity and china's core interests china has no room for compromise the us to have a clear understanding of the situation and initially abide by

delegation has visited taipei to reiterate support for its pacific partner. i can say with confidence that the united states partnership with one is stronger than ever we share deep economic ties. to democratic values and a critically important security partnership where i'd like to take this opportunity to thank the biden administration for repeating the importance of peace and stability across the taiwan strait recently china has frequently dispatched military vessels and aircraft this action also has the status quo in the india pacific and threatens regional peace and stability taiwan's militaries dwarfed by china's that's not stopped it from some saber rattling of its own. the recent unveiling of a new taiwanese amphibious transport ship. china sees taiwan as part of its territory and is trying to head off any ideas of independence the u.s. visit has. the taiwan issue concerns china's sovereignty and territorial integrity and china's core interests china has no room for compromise the us to have a clear understanding of the situation and history abide by

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in taipei it was a pleasure and we go down to some of the other business stories making headlines. the u.s. economic recovery picked up speed in the 1st quarter growing at an annual rate of 6.4 percent rebound largely driven by consumers who had stimulus checks to spend the u.s. is vaccination rollout also allowed many businesses to reopen their doors again. amazon's pandemic boom isn't showing signs of slowing down the company saying its 1st quarter profit more than tripled from a year ago to $8100000000.00 fueled by the surge in online shopping revenue came in at over 100000000000 dollars the 2nd quarter in a row that the company has passed that milestone. pfizer has begun exporting its coke in 1000 vaccine from the u.s. 1st batches were sent to mexico it's possible now the troubled ministration rule barring exports has expired many countries where the virus is still rampant are struggling to acquire supplies. germany and france were c. $300000000.00 euros from the european union to cope with the effects of the pandemic germany says it will go to approving distance learning for s

delegation has visited taipei to reiterate support for its pacific partner.i can say with confidence that the united states partnership with one is stronger than ever we share deep economic ties. to democratic values and a critically important security partnership where i'd like to take this opportunity to thank the biden administration for repeating the importance of peace and stability across the taiwan strait recently china has frequently dispatched military vessels and aircraft this action also has the status quo in the in deposit pick and threatens regional peace and stability taiwan's military is dwarfed by china's that's not stopped it from some saber rattling of its own. the recent unveiling of a new taiwanese amphibious transport ship. china sees taiwan as part of its territory and is trying to head off any ideas of independence the u.s. visit has. the taiwan issue concerns china's sovereignty and territorial integrity and china's core interests china has no room for compromise the us to have a clear understanding of the situation and history abide b

delegation has visited taipei to reiterate support for its pacific partner. i can say with confidence that the united states partnership with one is stronger than ever we share deep economic ties. to democratic values and a critically important security partnership where i'd like to take this opportunity to thank the biden administration for repeating the importance of peace and stability across the taiwan strait recently china has frequently dispatched military vessels and aircraft this action also has the status quo in the in depressive fic and threatens regional peace and stability taiwan's military is dwarfed by china's that's not stopped it from some saber rattling of its own. the recent unveiling of a new taiwanese amphibious transport ship. china sees taiwan as part of its territory and is trying to head off any ideas of independence the u.s. visit has. the taiwan issue concerns china's sovereignty and territorial integrity and china's core interests china has no room for compromise the us to have a clear understanding of the situation and history abid

yang joins me from taipei for more william what's the word from beijing on all of this. so beijing described washington's attempt to block them from accessing american technology as a phony. national security reason and then they said that the move is only going to push beijing and to become even more determined to develop their own technology and beijing also use their examples to show that even though the united states has been trying to stop aging from developing its the supercomputer sector but beijing still has one of the world's most advanced and most developed a supercomputer sector in the world and. the spokesperson of the foreign ministry basically just said that this shows that the u.s. attempt to really contain china is not really working the united states and china have been out of for quite some while for quite a while now what is washington's thinking behind this. so the most clear concern from washington site is definitely the potential capability of china using these super computers to really advance and modernize its military because as we know these sup

and correspondent william yang has the latest for us from taipei wm thanks for joining us dozens of death deaths already reported is that number expected to increase. yeah i think the next few hours will be critical at least the only good news so far is the no one is still trapped in the train which means that all passengers have been evacuated but the death toll could increase if those in critical condition now in the hospital might not be able to make it through the night there are also actually more information about why and how the accident happened so apparently the railway authorities informed construction site the around the tunnel since it's a long weekend so they don't expect any constructions to happen during this time so they just told media now that they are not sure why a construction worker still went up to the site to inspect and he you know his mistake of not properly parked in the truck caused it to slide down the slope and run into the train and caused the accident do we have any more details about this this truck i mean this just it was not supposed to be there did some

cindy sui reports from taipei.sland has seen in seven decades. translation: this accident | is distressing and has caused heavy casualties. i have come to visit our wounded and express my sympathy to the families of the victims. we will do our utmost to help with funerals. questions are being asked on how a lorry from a nearby construction site could have slid onto the tracks, causing the accident. the driver, who is also the construction site manager, is suspected of not applying the emergency brakes before walking away from his truck. there are also questions on whether the government—run taiwan railway administration, which outsourced the maintenance project, should have exercised more caution. local media says it has awarded many contracts to this company. translation: we are cooperating with the prosecution team and the | national transport safety investigation commission, but first we need to ensure safety of the tracks at the north end of the tunnel. rescue workers described it as a living hell as they tried

of the crash because there are only 2 main highways reaching quali enter from bigger cities like taipei and new take the city and that proved to be a little more difficult but i think right now the. the injured have been rushed to 6 different hospitals in the region and. so far no more people trapped well ok so it's obviously a recovery operation now perhaps for the rescue services taiwan has very difficult terrain a island country and the rail system is very important to the way people travel around the country this particular line is very busy and as adrian said it is a special holiday weekend at the moment how much or how many questions will be asked about the way that that train was filled not with just seated passengers but with passengers standing in the aisles. right so this takes us back to back to 2 years ago when the taiwan railway administration had announced that for these newer model trains traveling down taiwan's east coast which is now more. heavily mountainous areas in taiwan there will be standing tickets available and i think it is approximately $120.00 standing ticket

soo reporting from the taiwanese capital taipei. vaccine. the medicines regulator, the mhra, is reviewing 30 cases of clots out of more than 18 million vaccinations, but insists the jab is safe. rebecca morelle has more. the astrazeneca jab has been rolled out across the uk, providing vital protection against covid—19. no link between rare blood clots and the jab has been proven, but the uk medical regulator is investigating. the clots are unusual. they're accompanied by low levels of platelets, which are a type of blood cell. 30 cases have been reported and seven deaths. this is out of 18 million doses, so the incidence is extremely low. now scientists are trying to establish whether the clots have occurred naturally or are very rare reactions to the astrazeneca jab. because something has been reported, does that mean that it's a side effect? well, if we look at all the side—effects that have been reported, or possible side effects that have been reported, they include excess wind, alcohol poisoning, getting pregnant. there are so

cindy sui is in taipei examining the political fallout so far.and to the victims' families. the president went out today to visit some of the survivors, but there are definitely a lot of questions among the public that, you know, could the government have prevented this accident from happening? because this is notjust any construction site. it was actually outsourced by the taiwan railway administration to build another tunnel next to the tunnel where the accident happened to make travel safer for the taiwanese public. so, you know, there are questions about whether the taiwan railway administration should have perhaps exercised more oversight over this construction project, it should have, you know, placed more requirements on safety, and, again, this construction company is no stranger to government contracts. it has won many government contracts in the past. so, again, there are more questions about whether this country about whether this company was an appropriate choice to do this project. it has a record of safety issues, apparently, accord

cindy sui, bbc news, taipei.he streets of cairo later on saturday to be transferred to a new museum in the south of the city. crowds are expected to witness the lavish "pharaohs' golden parade" of 18 kings and four queens being transported in gold coffins, amid great fanfare, in chronological order of their reigns. security will be tight, befitting their royal blood and status as national treasures. dr monica hanna is an egyptologist and the acting dean of the college of archaeology and cultural heritage at the arab academy in aswan. thank you very much for being with us, dr monica hanna. first of all, this must be the first time we have had an event of this kind, isn't it? a parade of the heads of state of ancient egypt? i a parade of the heads of state of ancient egypt?— ancient egypt? i think it is the first time in _ ancient egypt? i think it is the first time in the _ ancient egypt? i think it is the first time in the 21st-century, | ancient egypt? i think it is the . first time in the 21st-century, but firs

has confirmed his attendance so i guess actions speak louder than words here or so it's on han from taipei always a pleasure. artificial intelligence is a term that for some can still be a bit frightening for many businesses around the world even smaller ones it's become a part of daily life a way to comb through the un and understand vast amounts of information to optimize or get better results now ai's are screwed by e.u. lawmakers and businesses are wondering what that will mean for them. to fishel until it gets it's a poorly understood phenomenon which is a cause of concern for me. but not him. p.s. shuttle is the founder of the belgian startup x. bioethics together with his team he's developing a revolutionary form of prosthetics with the help of ai what is clearly seen here is that the joint is being articulate that you can see that walking it changes it the priest is just going to adopt to the grounds they're walking on in a natural way like a natural foot with. sophisticated probiotics and smart software let this prestige this adapt instantaneously to its environment whereas a trad

this is the first high-level delegation between washington and taipei since the u.s.te department restored rules governing official contact with taiwan. they were lifted near the end of the trump presidency. china claims taiwan is part of its own territory, all part of the one china policy as well. it's an assertion the government in taipei resists, insisting they are a sovereign nation. very few countries recognizing its status as that. let's get back to csmc. let's have a look at what is going on, and back to kirk yang. but intel, if they are going to take on tsmc, this move into the foundry business you were just alluding to. kirk: actually, it's quite interesting you show the previous clip. there is some political tension in taiwan from china. there is one main reason you are seeing the u.s. government aggressively getting semi conductor ring back to the u.s. intel is the only one. intel is working closely with the u.s. government to build manufacturing capacity that includes -- going forward, i do think intel's ambition, especially with the new ceo, he developed

ok doobies william yang reporting for us from taipei thanks so much for that. myanmar's military has shut down wireless internet services across the country until further notice protesters have responded with marches and events remembering those killed by the army daily protests against the hunter's takeover have become increasingly deadly more than 500 people have been killed in the past 2 months the u.n. security council is expressing deep concern about the deteriorating situation in myanmar as worries spread of a potential civil war. after 2 months of daily street protests a symbolic act brings new hope to the cause of protesters in cities around me and the 2008 constitution a constitution that was designed by the military opponents of the one to have declared void and have written an alternative charta but with members of the democratically elected government detained finding a diplomatic resolution is becoming increasingly difficult elected leader aung sun suu kyi now faces new charges if convicted she could be barred from ever holding office again. her la

dramatic images there correspondent william yang has the view from taipei is following these developments for us as we've heard there dozens of deaths have already been confirmed by the police is that toll expected to rise. fortunately i think we're going to expect that told to continue to rise at least 61 have been hospitalized and some of them has pretty serious injuries and at least 72000 fold half injuries are still trapped in some of the carriages like you just mentioned and one of those that's already come from the conductor of the train the head of the train basically half of it is totally destroyed and he was originally not found it was later found on the street like inside the tunnel. and we heard that a truck actually caused this accident walk us through what exactly happened so initial inspection showed the truck which is actually owned by the time when rail way of gordie's contractor did not part properly on a slope that's nearby the train track and so it's. only slow and then ran into the train that's emerging from the tunnel and then causing the tunnel some of the carriages

and taipei and it has he delayed in trying for a good morning and hello to both of you and i would like to start with you so because. so china seems unstoppable but has his day in apple is its economic rebound monocle let's let look at the 2 numbers that imports rose 38 point one percent much higher than if the tensions it shows china's domestic demand is solid after recovery with its people working as normal as before but the consumption is not at a high enough level to drive growth and we look at that export number the rebound of overseas demand for chinese goods continued yes but the current strength of export growth is unsustainable when we see the resurgent calling of ours infections abroad and constraints in global trade overall speaking there are many positive factors because journal challenges have not diminished so china's foreign trade still has a long way to go to ensure steady growth all right and i mean it's interesting what you're saying that imports are higher than exports chelsea who are selling to china . really everyone is selling to china right now one of the big incr

its officials to meet their taiwanese counterparts washington's hoping to strengthen relations with taipei after an increase in chinese military and the activity there around the island china says the u.s. is colluding with taiwan to challenge beijing those are your headlines the news continues after investigations. i. don't think they were i mean if you don't believe that. it's a signal for the 2nd. episode to generation hate al-jazeera is investigative unit infiltrate france's phone right. for you because we both work with. not just this sort of. person race i think there's something. to call our undercover investigator joins generation identity a movement calling for the expulsion of muslims from europe. to look up to 3. groups up. the face you've. got so that the marine le pen's close allies attends a new fascist brownie. to tell them. about all. the problems. through pseudo new political defeat to c.v. . and we revere links between generation i gen c. and leaders of marine le pen's national front for. the rescue. gravity. i have gotten. to know. something not just yet. for 6 months an

boost its defenses on monday $25.00 chinese fighter jets on bombers entered taiwan's airspace in what taipei says is the biggest incursion yet brazil senate has agreed to launch a congressional inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic it's the most severe political consequences yet for president joe your boss and there is a probe stick over 19 he's repeatedly downplayed its impact and undermined restrictions imposed by state governments the virus has killed more than 358000 people in brazil and argentina has reported a record number of new cases more than 27000 but with millions struggling to put food on the table the government is reluctant to impose more restrictions so risible reports from one to cyrus. food is a human right see these people in the center of would have cited the government in argentina as capital to demand more government help. so i guess we separate the us is poverty rates are on the rice and millions of people are struggling to survive. we understand the way out is with work in the we're in a complex situation but there are resources the government will ha

our correspondent is in taipei with historical context.indiscernible] she spent most of her pastor trying to convince the u.s. that china is the threat that recent tensions are a beijing's fall. the relations between the 2 sides were at their best since the end of the civil war in 1949. what is interesting is president biden seems to be continuing president trump strong support for taiwan. he has sent a warship over here to the taiwan sait basically once a month. that is working to beijing. they are not seeing relief from what happened during the 12 years -- trump years. that is troubling for beijing. ♪ anchor: the goal of america's coronavirus vaccination effort is to vaccinate everyone including those who are undocumented. reaching this group is not easy because of fear of authority and being deported. it is the undocumented who are so often essential workers in america's economy and they were hit hard by the virus. we are in brooklyn new york where a drive is underway to vaccinate the undocumented. reporter: sunday morning, it is time f

by comparison, again, great foreign capital taipei, 96% of the parents are married. this is a government city and it would do a horrible job as a state. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. maloney: mr. speaker, under the admissions clause of the constitution, congress has the authority to admit new states. and that's why all 37 new states have been admitted by simple legislation. no state has ever been admitted by a constitutional amendment. and the republicans want d.c. to use an admissions process that has never been used in the history of this country. the district clause of the constitution gives congress authority over the federal district and establishes a maximum size of the federal district, 100 square miles. it does not establish a minimum size. h.r. 51 would maintain a two square mile federal district. and with that i reserve and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves from new york. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. com

on taiwan the chinese military conducts military exercises around the island sending a warning to taipei and its supporters.

and taipei and it has a delay in frankfurt a good morning and hello to both of you and i would like to start with you so because. so china seems unstoppable but has a stain of all its economic rebound. monocle les let's look at the 2 numbers that imports rose 38 point one percent much higher than expectations it shows china still missing demand is solid after recovery with its people working as normal before but the consumption is not at a high enough level to drive growth and if you look at the export number the rebound overseas demand for chinese goods continued yes but the current strength of export growth is unsustainable when we see the resurgent poland of ours infections abroad and constraints in global trade overall speaking there are many positive factors but his journal challenges have not diminished so china's foreign trade still has a long way to go to ensure steady growth all right. i mean it's interesting what you're saying that imports a high as an exports chelsea who are selling to china. really everyone is selling to china right now one of the big increases in and impor

registered doctors a quarter work in a cosmetic industry or screen i saw locator telling jones how isro 10 taipei but doctors say the manas now is so high that getting an appointment won't be easy as long as the mosque mandate is in plays. during a pandemic people are diving f.-o. more deeply into social media and because everyone naturally wants to look their best the demand for plastic surgery has been driven up. cosmetic surgery consultant andrea home promotes treatments on instagram she notice a drastic change after. that. before the pandemic when i post an instagram story i usually only get 500 views now it's at least 1000 to 2000 shoes i get more inquiries than i used to i think people are more aware of how they look on social media and they're desperate for a quick fix so they come to get cosmetic treatment that. and for many getting treatment it's not just about their love but the way to find happiness during the pandemic issues or ends a voice cove it has brought so many uncertainties to the world. at least i can control how i look and i feel good if i look good in it cheers me up and bo

morning she has confirmed his attendance so i guess actions speak louder than words here or so from taipei always a pleasure. businesses across europe are increasingly finding new applications for artificial intelligence ai now the e.u. wants to create a framework or rule book for practices leaving many wondering whether it will limit the industry or give it a further boost. artificial intelligence it's a poorly understood phenomenon which is a cause of concern for many. but not him p.s. it'll is the founder of the belgian startup bioethics together with his team he's developing a revolutionary form of prosthetics with the help of ai what is clearly seen here is that the ankle joint is being articulate that you can see that tearing is walking it changes it moves the person is just going to adapt to the grounds they're walking on in a natural way like a natural foot would do in areas such as energy agriculture and medicine artificial intelligence is playing a bigger and bigger role regulation so far has been limited but you commission president chose to change this and to bring about the bl

and correspondent william yang is joining us live from taipei william thanks for being here we know of dozens of people being killed. are those numbers expected to get worse in the next few hours will be very critical because a lot of the passengers are sent to hospitals are still in critical condition and we know the fortunate thing we know is no injury is still inside the carriages and that as we have mentioned in the report this is a very family oriented holiday so a lot of the families have to witness unfortunately their other family members either die in front of them or instead into operation for very critical injuries i mean i want to ask you how is how are people reacting but i imagine it's just a nation in shock. as we know that this is the 1st day of a 4 day holiday so people were originally relatively expecting a very easy and chill weekend early morning this morning we received the news and then as the death toll continues to rise a lot of the condolences are being shared instant online and people were checking in with each other especially to those who know my actually be

its officials to meet their taiwanese counterparts washington's hoping to strengthen relations with taipei after an increase in chinese military activity around the island the white house calls beijing's actions potentially destabilizing china says the u.s. is colluding with taiwan to challenge beijing and giving support to people who want the island to declare formal independence from china about 200 rebel fighters have been killed by security forces in central african republic last according to the president's security advisor valarie a car of witnesses told al jazeera that government troops and russian forces surrounded the town of name and attacked rebel bases several fighters have been arrested the rebels have been fighting the government of the president kong since israel action in december. soldiers have been killed in what the nigerian army is calling an unprovoked attack that happened in the north. and punish those responsible people have been killed over the past 6 years in violence between farmers and cattle herders in this region. campaigning. of sunday's presidential election

correspondent lilian gang has the latest for us from taipei william dozens of deaths have already been confirmed by police what more do we know we know that most of the deaths and the serious injured are all in car 78 and that's initially where the inspectors believe the truck hit the head of the car ate the train and caused some of its trains to hit the wall in kano and then called there to drill in the end. so what is the situation then right now william. so rescuers are still trying to evacuate those that are still trapped in cars than in england where we know a lot of the bodies are still lying on the ground according to some of the passengers who got out safely and then also at the same time they were still trying to clear the carriages because as we know the training of gearing imports in train rail line goes down the north and the south in time once east coast and this is the 1st day of a long weekend where a lot of the passengers are expected to be relying on the roadway to go home to the eastern part of taiwan so they cannot. clear out all the trains from the tracks in time it

the crash because there are only 2 main highways reaching quality and from the bigger cities like taipei and new take the city and that proved to be a little more difficult but i think right now the. the injured have been rushed to 6 different hospitals in the region and yeah so far no more people chopped this takes us back back to 2 years ago when the taiwan railway and ministration announced that for these newer model trains traveling down taiwan's east coast which is there are more. heavily mountainous areas in taiwan there will be standing tickets available and i think it is approximately $120.00 standing tickets for each train so that would be about a quarter of people if the train fills up a quarter of people would be standing up and people had objected in 2018 then they said it wasn't saved but the administration said they had. they had an adequate exams and tests for it carrying a load for these trains and it should be safe but also in 2018 a train derailed. it was for different reasons and it was not because there were many people standing up but it also added to the concern tha

john sudworth, bbc news, taipei.of 30 cases of rare blood clotting in people who've had the oxford/astrazeneca jab, seven people have died. that's out of a total of 18 million administered doses. the mhra said a review was ongoing, but that no link to the vaccine had been proven. it stated that people should continue to get their vaccines when invited to do so because the benefits outweigh any risks. our science correspondent rebecca morelle explains more. these clots are unusual in that they're associated with low platelet levels, and platelets are a type of blood cell that normally cause bleeding, not clotting, and these clots can affect the brain, too. so, what needs to be unpicked is whether these are happening naturally or whether they're a really rare reaction to the astrazeneca jab. the incidence is low, so 30 cases out of 18 million jobs. so that's about one event in every 600,000 astrazeneca vaccines. and the uk regulator said there have been two cases of brain blood clots with the pfizer vaccine, too, but t

john sudworth, bbc news, taipei. let's get some of the day's other news.ienna next week as part of efforts with other world powers to revive the 2015 iranian nuclear deal. the us and iran are not expected to hold direct talks, but russia has said the talks are on the right track. the iran nuclear deal was scrapped by president trump's administration after he accused tehran of breaking the conditions. major oil—producing countries are increasing output in an attempt to stop fuel prices rising. the group opec plus said there had been improvements in the market because of global vaccination programmes and stimulus packages, but production will still remain well below pre—pandemic levels. the japanese scientist isamu akasaki, who won a nobel prize for developing energy efficient led lighting, has died at the age of 92. professor akasaki was jointly awarded the prize for physics in 2014 along with two other scientists. the nobeljury described their invention of the blue light—emitting diode as revolutionary. the uk's medical regulator has said that out of 30 ca

its officials to meet their taiwanese counterparts washington's hoping to strengthen relations with taipei after an increase in chinese military activity around the island the white house calls beijing's actions potentially destabilizing china says the u.s. is colluding with taiwan to challenge beijing and giving support to people who want the island to declare formal independence from china. a landmark push by workers to unionize an amazon warehouse in the u.s. state of alabama has failed more than 3000 workers voted on whether they should form the company's 1st workers union but a majority decided against it organizers say they'll challenge the results but hundreds of votes are being contested amazon has been accused many times of unsafe working conditions and union busting which the online giant denies. pfizer and biotech have applied for approval to use their coded 19 vaccine on 12 to 15 year olds in the u.s. the company's saying phase 3 trials for younger teenagers have been affected if they plan to make similar requests around the world in the coming days the european union's drug re

entrance exams next year then their tent that does not have a door does not make you feel safe in cairo taipei we have a container and you can close it when you go to bed at night they have covered $1000.00 cases which we don't have a car to pay and i think that will make parents writing about us travelling from the camp to go to school with their children this afghan family already lives that mother of the year they say there's no daycare or school for their daughters aged 6 and 9 doctors without borders say they've had patients raped at the new camp despite government assurances that it's safe in the nighttime. you feel too scared to go outside of yours and. certainly if you're a woman you will go to the dialysis every aspect of this damn for me is set up in a way to deter people who saw the human eyes and saw to pretend that they don't have basic human needs the government didn't allow us to film inside the camp apparently due to covert restrictions but an aid worker confirms talk of discomfort here there's no proper drainage that's no proper heating. the electricity is insufficient to keep

while travelling from taipei to thai tongue adrian brown reports. it was the rescue team scramble to reach passengers trapped in the front carriages carriages that folded into each other after coming off the rails as the train entered a tunnel. this woman yells carriage for carriage for has everyone come out 350 passengers paid for seats with more than 100 others reportedly standing with them up for double duty here or i could feel the emergency brake was put on and the train just shook and then stopped it and i didn't i felt the make sense and sometimes you don't know we're fine but some of the passengers in our compartment were injured. on the inside the narrow tunnel emergency workers struggled to reach the indra feeling that there was no other way for us to get out so we had to climb to the top of the train and then climb down i was sitting on the aisle side and i was thrown to the floor. the spokesman for the rail network says the accident was caused by one of its construction trucks sliding from a work site above the truck the fire department

john sudworth, bbc news, taipei.across on the coast over the easter weekend. it's part of a government—backed campaign by the seal alliance, which says getting too close can lead to seals being injured and even dying. john maguire has this report. clearly fearful and distressed, a herd of seals is fleeing the land, heading for the safety of the sea. it's not always an easy journey, but seals can be spooked easily by people — or their dogs — getting too close. it's the youngest seals that are the most vulnerable, with only around a quarter of them surviving to adulthood. injury—wise, they're either the young pups who get bashed around in the storms and separated from their mums, orfrom litter — so entanglements in fishing lines, nets. and one of the worst injuries we see is actually the dog frisbee hoops — the seals play with them, they put them over their necks and then they grow into them and they can be really severe injuries. and as the latest lockdown restrictions ease, conservationists are asking people out walk

its officials to meet their taiwanese counterparts washington's hoping to strengthen relations with taipei after an increase in chinese military activity around the island china says the u.s. is colluding with taiwan to challenge beijing. and biotech have applied for approval to use their covert 19 vaccine on 12 to 15 year olds in the united states the drug companies say phase 3 trials for younger teenagers have been effective they plan to make similar requests around the world in the coming days those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after studio b. unscripted more news in 30 minutes i'll see that. talked to al just. tell me what the government you represent is now illegitimate and we listen we do not sell the fence material to any country during the conflict and yet we meet with the global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on syria. biology and anthropology and genetics is really founded in a racist ideology my name's adam rather 3rd i'm a geneticist author and broadcaster i will inevitably get loads of racism i'm being called a racist because i'm

delegation arrives in taipei president joe biden sent a former senator and 2 former deputy secretaries of state to taiwan to meet its leaders the visit comes a day after taiwan launched a new watch and while monday $25.00 chinese fighter jets and bombers entered taiwan says space in what type 8 says is the biggest incursion yet. the chinese government has condemned the visit has warned washington to stop sending what it calls wrong signals about taiwanese independence. china firmly opposes any type of official contacts between the us and taiwan this is china's clear and consistent position we urge the u.s. to truly observe the one china principle cautiously deal with issues related to taiwan and not send any wrong signals to taiwan separatist forces that's in order to avoid further damaging u.s. china relations and to preserve the peace and stability of the taiwan strait harvell practices against women undermining gender equality in developing countries detailed in the u.n. population fund's flagship report found almost half of the women in nearly 60 countries are denied the right to d

mountains and deep valleys the train derailed just north of the city of haile en while traveling from taipei to thai tongue adrian brown reports. it was the rescue team scramble to reach passengers trapped in the front are accused carriages that folded into each other after coming off the rails as the train into a tunnel. this woman yells carriage for carriage for has everyone come out $350.00.

delegation arrived in taipei president joe biden sent a former senator and 2 former deputy secretaries of state to meet the island's leadership the visit comes at a time of tense relations with china and just one day after taiwan launched a new warship to boost its defenses on monday $25.00 chinese fighter jets and bombers entered taiwan's airspace and what type a says is the biggest incursion yet its grease and libya's internationally recognized governments have agreed to hold talks over a contentious maritime agreement between libya and turkey greece says the deal isn't legal must be canceled but libya and turkey this week renewed their commitment to it's it's part of a wider dispute over territory and energy exploration rights between greece and turkey in the eastern mediterranean johnson ruppel this is an athame where prime minister so tuckey's met with libyan officials. greece and libya announced they will negotiate a new maritime treaty that treaty will divide the mediterranean waters between their coasts into 2 exclusive economic zones where each may authorize oil and gas explor

john sudworth, bbc news, taipei.its are allowed in exceptional circumstances, says the government, and that it is looking to open up more safe options. here�*s our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. after the toughest of years, care homes are slowly, cautiously beginning to reopen. nearly all residents have had at least one dose of the vaccine, and they�*re allowed a single named visitor indoors. but government guidance says a trip out is still too risky for older residents. and that�*s what�*s being challenged. a legal letter�*s been sent to the department of health and social care byjohn�*s campaign — which represents residents, families and friends. it argues that guidance in respect to visits out is unlawful, and that the ban on outings by residents aged 65 or over is in breach of human rights and equality laws. it also challenges the need for residents who have been out to self—isolate for 14 days, saying vaccinations and testing make it unnecessary. people living in care homes — people who are in the la

john sudworth, bbc news, taipei.n have shot and killed a man who drove his car into two police officers. one of the officers has died. a minneapolis homicide investigator has said police officer, derek chauvin, used "totally unnecessary" deadly force when kneeling on george floyd's neck during an arrest last may. to new york now, where the city's famous broadway theatres, art and entertainment venues are beginning to reopen with limited visitor numbers. theatres have been closed as the city battled against the covid pandemic, but from friday, they are allowed to reopen at 33% capacity. new york city's mayor, bill de blasio, says he's keen to get theatres back up and running again with a full reopening by the end of 2021. daniel dunlow is the director of programming for the green room 42, one of the first three venues in new york to reopen this weekend. 04 q4 coming on the programme. thank you for having me. haunt q4 coming on the programme. thank you for having me. how do ou feel thank you for having me. how do you f

john sudworth, bbc news, taipei. the pandemic, and that there could be yet more damage if short—haul flights to europe are not allowed this summer. uk airports are losing £5.3 million every day, and research suggests that local communities have seen greater unemployment than the national average. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies reports. no holiday excitement. no last—minute suncream purchases or pre—flight pints. apart from a skeleton staff for today's one flight in and out, southampton airport stands near empty, waiting. as does martin, one of the only taxi drivers still coming here for work. lucky if we get one trip a day. it's not enough, and the savings are right at the end now, so you're sort of looking, thinking, blimey, what am i going to do now? you know, there's lots of people that are on furlough at the moment. they are all in the same boat as i am, you know, they're thinking, if this airport doesn't stay, what am i going to do? southampton airport, like many smaller airports, was hit twice last

our taipei correspondent cindy sui sent this report.at its driest in years. reservoirs in tyrone are thirsty, including this one up north, which is one of the primary sources of water for taiwan's $100 billion semiconductor industry. in good rainy years, the water level is right under where those rocks are, but now, it is more than 30 metres below full capacity. if this reservoir and others in taiwan dry up, it could have a detrimental impact on taiwan's semiconductor industry, and the global high—tech sector, because so many of the products we use, from smartphones to computers, are powered by micah made in taiwan. located a short distance away are the world's largest contract chipmaker, tsmc, and other semiconductor companies. they need a lot of water to spray clean the wafers inside tech gadgets. they up to 170,000 tons of water each day. the government has stopped irrigating tens of thousands of hectares of farmland. that has left farmers worried about their fields. translation: you can give us waterfor translation: you can give us

john sudworth, bbc news, taipei.ting positive to coronavirus earlier this week. the former captain wrote on twitter that he had decided to go to a hospital in mumbai �*as a matter of abundant precaution under medical advice', and he added that he was hoping to be back home in a few days. our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent us this update from delhi. sachin tendulkar tested positive for coronavirus at the end of last week and was isolated at home. now we know that he is moved to in his statement to his fans on twitter he said this was at out of an abundance of caution. and that he hoped to be home in the next few days. so no immediate cause for a serious concern. but given that he is eight megastar in this part of the world with hundreds of millions of fans there are many many people who will be watching his condition very closely. this all comes as india itself is seeing a huge spike in coronavirus cases. in the last 2a hours more than 82,000 coronavirus cases reported in more than 530 deaths. that's the highe

john sudworth, bbc news, taipei.ator, the mhra, says it has identified 30 cases of rare blood clots in people who've had the astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine. it said the british cases were out of a total of more than 18 million doses, and the benefits of vaccines continued to outweigh any risks. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle is here with me. what is the mhra saying? that the first thin it what is the mhra saying? that the first thing it is _ what is the mhra saying? that the first thing it is important _ what is the mhra saying? that the first thing it is important to - what is the mhra saying? that the first thing it is important to say - first thing it is important to say is that a link between these rare clots in the brain and astrazeneca dab isn't proven, but the uk regulator is investigating. these clots do occur naturally. they are quite rare. the first thing you need to unpick is, is this just a coincidence or is it a very rare side—effect of the astrazeneca jab? and the incidence is low, 30 cases

president biden according to voters, senator chris dodd and the debbie secretary of state was sent to taipei and when one official calls a personal signal of abides commitment to the island. this comes as -- on the anniversary of something biden voted for as a senator. iran is booking up it's a rainy enrichment -- uranium enrichment program. toronto will start to reduce highly and reached for iridium first time. the move will add to tensions as arad prepares to resume talks in vienna in reviving the landmark 2015 accord. those were the first word headlines, heidi. haidi: coming up next, the vaccine rollout we have been talking about will be impacting the outlook for recovery. we will speak with. plus, you don't want to miss out on a big interview later this hour. brazil's president joining us expressively at half past the hour. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: u.s. stocks climbed to record highs, bond yields, higher forecast rising inflation. markets also with the negative exposes while the pandemic front, that cause the johnson & johnson coven vaccine amid concerns of blood clots. great to have