it is obvious the a day with her arrival in taipei.olitical stability is great for travel, inspires traveler confidence. the converse is political instability. it can have an impact on our business. obviously we have seen what has happened in russia-ukraine, although interestingly, the impact of that conflict has been largely limited to our hotels across russia. clearly we are going to be watching in real time, as i think most of the business world is, exactly what is happening in taiwan. guy: let's focus more on europe, then, and get an idea what is happening. actually, let's broaden out more broadly and talk about what is happening globally. we've seen a huge demand for travel over the last few months. it is making life very difficult for the hotel sector, airline sector. capacity is a massive factor here. talk to me about how sustainable you think this demand is. tony: i think it is quite sustainable. i think for a few reasons. number one, the industry continues to benefit from two years worth pent-up demand. we are seeing a real ps

(kuanying chao) mostly, people come to taipei for work, so the people who work and study in taipei, mostof them are from different cities. they move a lot to go back, so high-speed railway is the most efficient way for people to travel (sophie fouron) high-speed train. which one is it? the orange one. - oh, the orange one. the second one. - yes. - okay. here. we're in car 2. - okay. - so we have to wait here. we follow the line. you're not allowed to go over. - this is not good. - no. - it's so well organized! - we're the best in the world to know how to wait in line. - well, that's quite a feature. that's quite a feature. here we are. how long does it take you by train to go to your mom's? - an hour and forty minutes. - and by car? - oh! 5 hours. - okay. - there are 12 stations. we're going to tainan at a really good speed, nearly 400 at the fastest. - 400 km per hour? - yes. but not all the way, right? otherwise, you'll stay at about 300. - there are no different speeds in taiwan. it's just always high-speed. - go! go! go! go! everything's done with speed. - yes. it's expected. - yes.

you are looking at a live shot from taipei.rstand that nancy pelosi's jet -- we think it is nancy pelosi's jet -- it is now in taiwanese airspace. we are getting cctv reports that a fighter jet is flying across the taiwanese straight, taiwan s trait. we will keep an eye on both of these aircraft. kishore mahbubani, distinct fellow at the asia research institute, joining us from singapore. he was singapore's ambassador to the un, sat as president of the un security council. he has watched situations like this unfold. we are interested in his point of view. thank you for your time, sir. how big an escalation is this, if nancy pelosi is about to touch down in taipei? kishore: is very, very serious. i think it is very important for americans to take a very long-term perspective with china. here is a 4000-year-old dragon that went to sleep for 100 years or so, and now is finally making up. and when this 4000-year-old dragon is waking up, it decided to poke it in the eye and say we don't care what you think, we will do what we want t

in taipei, vincent chao, former director of the political division, taipei economic and cultural representative the u.s., and a former chief of staff to both the taiwan national security council, and foreign minister. in miami, june teufel dreyer, a professor of political science at the university of miami, and editor of the book "taiwan in the era of tsai ing-wen: changes and challenges." and in beijing, henry huiyao wang, founder and president of the center for china and globalization, and director of the chinese people's institute of foreign affairs. a very warm welcome to you all. i'd like to start with you henry huiyao wang in beijing with your thoughts on nancy pelosi's visit, and the reaction that we've seen so far to that visit. guest: well, i think this is a very bad move, actually, on the part of nancy pelosi, because she came at -- the bilateral relations between china and the u.s. are already at their lowest point. also, the world is facing a pandemic and the ukraine-russian crisis and the energy crisis and many other crises as well. just had president biden talking last week and we

how speaker nancy pelosi to taipei. yes. some of the latest footage shared by chinese media $21.00 chinese warplanes passed through ty, once a defense identification zone, and according to beijing, military sources drills will include non nuclear missile launches on the see east of the island territory. del include live, fire exercises and coordination between ownership and find to aircraft. anti ones islands also have been put on full combat alert. as chinese media are flooded by left footages of military preparation. awful. china had already warned washington of serious consequences of us because visit china will definitely take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguarded sovereignty and territorial integrity . in response to the us speakers visit, all the consequences arising there from must be borne by the us side and the taiwan independence separatist forces. ah, these are pictures from function airport in taipei regional and military air base where nancy pelosi arrived earlier. the flight tracking website flight r

now, it is night in taipei.est building flashing the words speaker pelosi, welcome to t.w. that's for taiwan. flight tracking website this morning have been following a military aircraft that is believed to be carrying house speaker nancy pelosi after she wraps up her visit to malaysia. and those sites indicate that plane took the long way around the philippines avoiding the south china sea as it approaches taiwan from the east. just waiting and watching to see if it might land in taipei any moment now. chinese spokesperson saying such a visit would lead to serious consequences. yesterday the white house indicated china could even fire missiles into the taiwan strait and taiwan announced a siesh attack this morning of some of its government websites. the white house has been trying to tamp down the rhetoric. some say it all started with the president's comments about the u.s. military not thinking that this visit was a good idea. i was there just about a week ago when speaker pelosi was asked about this. the pre

will ripley in taipei for us.ow the next hours will play out and how long this visit will be? >> reporter: so what we believe, none of this is official on the schedule, i have to give you that caveat. there will be overnighting at the hotel at taipei 101 after these greetings at the airport. which may be never. we believe the speaker will have an early day. we'll get up early and have meetings with parliament and meet with working committees, people handling defense issues. she'll want to hear what she has to say and learn how their work flows are similar and different. this is a young democracy, a very vibrant democracy and for speaker pelosi also very much active in politics at the time this was a dictatorship in taijuan up until the 1980s there was martial law and the people who are the leaders of this country were meeting in basements illegally and now they're -- you have them in positions of power i'm sure. they would love to share stories with each other. moving on from that ex we spect m -- expect meetings

all right, that store see speaking to us in taipei, thank you very much indeed. and you're crazy, president devoted me as lensky has condemned comments by the forward german chancellor. gerhard schroeder suggesting that russia wants to negotiate a solution to the wall. shorter is confused, is refusing to cut ties with the rush and lead up and is facing investigation by his own party. it was a so style diplomatic mission to the criminal and vladimir putin spokesman confirmed that former german chancellor, gerhard schroeder, metro russian president on the moscow visit last week in an interview with german media. schroeder said that put in once a negotiated solution to the war in ukraine, and that the recent grain deal could be slowly expanded into a ceasefire. damages ukraine's president followed him as a lensky made clear what he thought of the former chancellor's diplomatic efforts. moves old rust or it is simply disgusting when former leaders of major states with european values worked for russia, which is at war against these values. he yeah, cowboys, property

now d w 's that joyce lee is in taipei. she told me more about china's drills and the reaction to them in tie one and japan. well, it's not just about china and taiwan now, but regional stability. on thursday evening japan's defense ministry released a map showing 5 ballistic missiles fired by china to was taiwan. though within japan's exclusive economic zone, this is the 1st time such thing had happened, and not japan has so strongly condemned china's act and the mon debating to stop that drew immediately. another thing to be aware of is that out of the 5 miss sosa, falling into japan's exclusive economic zone. 4 of them appeared to have flown over tie pe. this has caused panic in taiwan. however, the islands, the fans, ministry declined to confirm if the, if the miss ost it over fly taipei, it only southern us damon, late at night that i missed those flight path, had been outside the atmosphere, which posed no threat to their ground area. saw some military experts in taiwan that the over fly has no direct impact on taiwan

he w joyce lee from taipei, thank you. the association of south east asian nations is meeting income body as capital non pen china in the u. s. are also joining the summit. the meeting has been overshadowed by nancy pelosi visit to taiwan in chair combo. dea has urged all sides to deescalate tensioned in the taiwan strait. the original block warned on thursday that there could be a quote miscalculation and serious confrontation. richard, hey, darian is a political scientist and has written extensively about china relations with south east asian nations. and i asked him earlier, how much the tensions over taiwan would actually overshadow this meeting? well, it's element of geography, right? i mean, taiwan is actually perched at the interest pieces of northeast asia and saw asia. you know, the philippines, the northern versions of philippines are separate from ty, one by just, you know, a very narrow street and is on street or in number of countries in the region, thailand, philippines, which are us street, the allies. some

so nancy pelosi goes to taipei. what's the effect of that? well, we don't need to guess the chinese government has said repeatedly and clearly that if nancy pelosi lands in taiwan, it could trigger a global war. watch a chinese spokesperson said there would be serious consequences for the visit over the weekend conducting military drills at sea if house speaker pelosi insists on visiting taiwan, china will take resolute and strong measures to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

w. suits on hand in taipei, thanks to you. as well, and now we can move on to ukraine, the 1st ship to export grain from a ukraine port since the russian invasion has been cleared to continue on its journey after passing inspections. the ship called the rezone was inspected today while anchored in turkish waters. its cargo was scrutinized by monitors from the un ukraine, turkey, and russia, which demanded inspections to ensure ships on not carrying arms. others only deposit odessa in ukraine on monday, carrying 26000 tons of corn. it can travel through the boss for a straight now and onto its final destination tripoli in lebanon. are you current president says regular export shipments need to be established to export grain to the world and help resolve a food supply crisis. earlier we spoke to the w door in jones is in a stumble and he told us more about turkey's role in restarting exports. will take you paying a pivotal role not only in helping to broker the initial agreement, but to it's ministration. the, the whole organiza

how sick, how speaker nancy pelosi to taipei. she kicked off her to an earlier meeting with high ranking taiwanese officials, including the deputy legislature speaker and president. ty one's defense ministry has already accused mainland china of immediately encroaching on the islands territory and threatened to respond. china hasn't yet commented on those allegations. yes, some of the latest footage shaped by chinese media. 21 chinese warplanes pos to tie ones, aid defense identification zone. and according to basing military sources drills will include a non nuclear missile launches from the see east of the island territory. they'll include alive, fire exercises, and coordination between warships and fine to a coughed tie, one's islands. all states have been put on for combat alert. as chinese media are flooded by foot, feet of alleged military preparations. china had already warned washington of serious consequences of us because visit with him in china will definitely take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguarded sover

then in taipei. and if washington this time remains deaf to warnings, beijing promised to take tough measures about how the chinese military had already responded to us actions in alexander baletsky's report. it was like a blueprint with pelosi, a late evening minimum of lighting, flirting with traffic scraping, the fourth in a month for the ice of american senators on taiwan, this time, republican blackber marches and new provocations, to which beijing, which considers the island its own, also traditionally responded with new live firing, while training . beijing exercise area designated the water area of ​​the island of muyu near the city of fuqing, involved by force and means the ministry of defense did not specify taiwanese separatist forces did not hesitate to abandon the legal basis for their own selfish interests and colluded with external forces to carry out provocations. in this root cause of the escalating tensions in the taiwan strait, we warn the separatists that if they continue to opera

so nancy pelosi goes to taipei, what's the effect of that? well, we don't need to guess the chinese government has said repeatedly and clearly that if nancy pelosi lands in taiwan, it could trigger a global war. are you here to provoke a wool or to start a wall? what the hell are you doing here? hello, see? so now we continue to wait for what that overall international reaction is going to be, especially from beijing, and also to see what the united states has to say as that visit goes on where you are. you talk about international reaction. rachel, i mean i, i just read a headline a short time ago coming out of london that london saying, oh, we're going to do a similar visit to taipei and the next couple of months as well. it's well entirely surprising to hear that i guess, but i guess that that seem to be some western political figures who are enjoying the, the amount of reaction and response is coming out of this. what about international reaction? you mentioned some of it. i know moscow has already a voice. it's view on this. what do we k

reagan is watched, both in beijing and in taipei, discussing every mile and course change.ow, an aircraft carrier east of taiwan and white house indo-pacific coordinator cam has already promised that states will soon enter the taiwan strait area to ensure freedom of navigation there. another step towards a direct clash with the chinese fleet, plus the arms race that taiwan is starting at the request of washington, taipei television has already reported an increase in the island military budget for the production of anti-ship cruise missiles, summing up in the network for the missiles produced. there will be 1.5 pieces. in addition, taiwan will purchase another 400 us harpoon missiles to be deployed along the coast, which will strengthen taiwan's overall potential and ensure the implementation of the american porcupine strategy and taiwan's porcupine strategy. the beijing newspapers were portrayed as such, and the taiwanese politicians, who had not yet succumbed to the influence of washington, were told on the air, how pro-american forces in the taiga are trying to split the

ok, that was d w out some hand in taipei. thank you. let's take a look now at some of the stories making headlines today, at least 2 people had been killed and 22 others injured in a bomb blast in afghanistan, capital capital. the device exploded in a shopping area. popular with members of the shia community. it's the 2nd day of lee last targeting the minority group in as many days. the so called islamic state has claimed responsibility for the attack. cuban authorities say 17 fire fighters and missing after lightning strike, an oil storage facility, causing explosions and a huge fire helicopters and fire cruises struggling to bring the place under control. at the depot in the northern city of my towns, us over 80 people were injured. some serious birds former us president donald trump has given a speech at this year's edition of c pac. now this is one of the country's top gatherings of political conservatives. looking to fire out voters ahead of the mid term elections this autumn, trump repeated the lie that he won the 2020 election. h

reporter: this flexing of muscles follows nancy pelosi's visit to taipei. which china says disputes their claim to the island. they argue they are using a diplomatic visit to start a fight. >> clearly, they are trying to coerce the international community. we are not going to take the bait and it is not going to work. it is a manufactured crisis. that does not mean we have to play into it. that would play to beijing's advantage. what we will do is continue to fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows us, and that includes the taiwan strait. we will stand by our allies and partners in the region. reporter: wargames have disrupted travel in a region crucial to trade. more worrying, beijing and taipei are turning up the heat on another brewing global conflict. jonah: at least nine people killed in the south korean capital seoul after some of the heaviest rain in decades. several people drowned and flooded buildings. reporter: these rains have been expected with forecasters predicting around 300 millimeters of rainfall spread over the best part of

she says, policies visit will not help ease tensions between beijing and taipei. i can definitely say one thing with or without the low season relations between china and taiwan. haven't really had a historic low so obviously, hutchinson, taiwan doesn't improve or repair cross street relations. but that's it really sets the stage for our bilateral relations between china and taiwan. i'm going to proceed from now what you're going to write ration. we're going to see an increase in intensity and frequency economic coercion. increasingly that will be to know how space interests trees tie one. the question right now is can again, for now what we've seen is china is also quite capital. not sure, as we'll also have to best some, if not most of the consequences in the military does happen well, has a look at some other stories making news around the world. yo, as president joe biden has signed an executive order to make it easier for women seeking abortions to travel between different states. if the latest in a series of actions taken by biden, since the supreme court tr

on the ground in the capital, taipei opinions were divided. some feared retaliation from china. and by the way, after pillows, his visit, what i want is not targeted. i think she is making trouble for us. of course i am worried about military confrontation, ma'am. while others were less concerned? the hotel ye? yeah, i used to china threats. my feel numb. i don't feel particularly nervous, but i think that the media is exaggerating the matter. yet yet. young. that with taiwan now effectively surrounded by chinese military fears of a new crisis in the taiwan straits are rising all eyes and now on beijing. all did of these joyce lee told me more about cells, military drills that china is conducting in the waters of anti one. so on wednesday evening, china strong go over taiwan. what's 10 cayman islands? the taiwanese military fired to each of them, which is in line with sand. a practice today trying to go into your conduct life i address with in 6 stone surrounding taiwan, jones steward on north north, east and south west oak. taiwan appear particularly close to a territorial wate

thank you. joyce. deed abuse joyously in taipei . let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. 10 workers are trapped under grand after a mind collapsed in northern mexico rescue teams or working around the clock to get them out. 5 other minors escaped. authorities are still trying to make contact with the man. the u. s. government has declared to monkey pox, a public health emergency, the announcement freeze of money and other resources to fight the virus. monkey pox can cause fever, aches, chills, and fatigue. more than 7000 americans have become infected. an american conspiracy theorist has been ordered to pay over $4000000.00 in damages to the parents of a child killed in a us school shooting the family say they suffered years of harassment because alex jones spread false claims that the sandy hook massacre was a hoax. hungary far right leader, victor or van has urged us conservatives to reject l g b t q writes, he also called for a tougher approach to immigration. speaking at a political gath

let's big now to d w's so on hand in taipei. welcome to the program. how is taiwan responding to china's military drills? well, both on china and taiwan release photo just then revealing the image of the other sites worships. i'm showing how close they are monitoring each other. well, in china's pictures, we can see how was mountains and even a smoke pipe of what major taiwanese par plan. it's estimated that the chinese army is about 30 kilometers away from thailand, shoreline, and earlier this morning, multiple chinese war plans and worships. not only just come in to the tower straight across the media line again. and here's a response to this. how has air force made rare deployment of for the, like the most martin at 16, the war place with 8 missiles to prepare for battle. it also uses a long range air defense system to monitor and defend the aerospace at any time in response to unsuspected situations. now they've been military drills before, but where does this rank in terms of the level of what we've seen before? well, as you have mentioned, as pro

it is not the case that miss philosophy made this decision to go. finally decided to go to taipei and advice. there were conversations between pentagon, whitehouse and the staff off the speaker of the house all through the last few weeks and month and yes, she was told the white house wouldn't advise on her. go in there, but i didn't went so far then go so far that anybody told her your should really not go because you are endangering the lives of americans or other or, or taiwanese or, or would wretched up. for example, a conflict with china, that is not the case here. and cabby was also very clear that this does not change the u. s. position on the one china policy. so where does that leave things well, on the, from the perspective of the americas are from this side here, at least with the hope that the chinese are not. they taking it too badly under the u. s. understands that may be stable, rary, a rattling or, or rhetoric as practiced by the chinese, the last few days is part of the game. but um, the u. s. is more turn war china does and expects china to be, let's say, upset and m

on the ground in the capital, taipei opinions were divided. some feared retaliation from china. and by the way, after pillows, his visit, what i want is not targeted. i think she is making trouble for us. of course i am worried about military confrontation. while others were less concerned? the hotel ye? yeah. i used to china's threats. i feel numb. i don't feel particularly nervous, but i think that the media is exaggerating the matter. yet yet young dog with taiwan now effectively surrounded by chinese military fears of a new crisis in the taiwan straits, arising all eyes and now on beijing, valerie tan isn't unless, with the more cato institute for china studies in berlin, she says close his visit will not help ease tensions between beijing and taipei. i can definitely say one thing with relations between china and taiwan has already had a historic low. so obviously her trip to taiwan does little to improve or repair cross street relations. but that's, it really sets the stage for our bilateral relations between china and taiwan. i'm going to proceed from now on what you're g

see we're wrapping taipei on tuesday night. we can also see that i was armed forces enter a higher state of preparedness from tuesday morning to thursday. in addition this morning, according to reuters several chinese plains flew close to the median line, dividing tiwana trade. those could be indications, nancy pelosi is likely to arrive in taiwan soon. according to one of my sources in a taiwanese government, pelosi is likely to arrive in taipei at 10 p. m. local time. and she's expected to stay here overnight and meet with taiwan presidents, how you win on wednesday. and again, this is not official statement met by the us government, only taiwanese authorities come for me pillow the fee, the we will just need to wait and see a people in type one worried zachary, about by genes reaction. how closely of a listening to what chinese officials are saying on the matter frankly, town is people here are very used to the threats from china. so i don't see many concerns funding local people. however, china has made clear warning of con

how big are fears of an escalation in taipei where you are. but you've been talking to people well, hey, anti pay said she on the mood is generally calm because of people choose to the dress from china, but people in the south, especially those near the coast, like a fisherman's dow ferry, very worried about their safety. always leave from day pay. thank you so much. the association of southeast asia nations is meeting income body us capitol from pen china and the u. s. are also joining the summit. the meeting has been overshadowed by nancy pelosi visit to taiwan. as in chair, cambodia has urged all sides to de escalate attention in the taiwan strait. the regional block warned on thursday that there could be a quote miscalculation and serious confrontation. and joining me now from manila is richard. hey darian, he's a political scientist and has written extensively about china's relations with south east asian nations. richard, we just heard it also present at this meeting top, diplomats from china and the us. how much are the tensions over ta

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rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei.t of the tensions over taiwan, is the fact that beijing, hasn't ruled out using force to take control of the island. so why is america caught in the middle? well, taiwan sits here, in the so—called "first island chain," close to several us friendly territories crucial to american foreign policy. if china took taiwan, there's concern over beijing extending it's influence right across the region, maybe even threatening us military bases as far away as guam and hawaii. china insists its intentions are peaceful, and it could opt for reunification in the form of closer economic ties with tapei. but if push comes to shove... look at this. from naval power to aircraft to sheer manpower, china's military capabilities dwarf those of taiwan. tapei would need help defending itself, and that help could come from america. and in may, president biden gave the clearest indication yet that the us would defend the island, if it's attacked. in a moment, we'll be hearing from robert wingfield hayes from

of nancy pelosi lannigan, taipei. it's about ha phosphor in the morning that more details the come when we return soon. oh ah . what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy even foundation. let it be an arms race is often very dramatic. development only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successfully, very critical time time to sit down and talk with with . mm welcome to the part the american approach did it well could be reduced to one bumper sticker? it could be, this perception is reality going to in the early ninety's by the come then republican strategy. we ask what it may ample use of both codes and did a treats, but nonetheless, through very effective in securing the presidential victories of reagan and george h. w. bush, 40 years on how big is the gap between american perception and global reality? to discuss that i'm now joined by luke sheen, an anchor with china state drum tv on channel. she has great pleasure for me to talk to you. are you big for

taipei scrambling jets as chinese planes enter its zone. a ship carrying vital ukrainian grain makes progress towards lebanon after successful inspection in turkey. and joe biden signs an executive order to make it easier for women to cross state lines for an abortion. this in the aftermath of a pro-abortion vote in kansas. those are the headlines on france 24, join us. i am nadia. our top story, nancy pelosi, the speaker of the u.s. house of representatives has left taiwan after a brief but controversial visit. it angered the government in beijing, which sees taiwan as a breakaway province of china in the chinese military is planning drills close to the island in retaliation for her visit. in taipei itself, the president thanked pelosi for making the trip and says her staunch support for taiwan was welcome. antonio reports. >> in the weeks leading up t nay pelosi's visit to taiwan, china threaning military action if a trip were to go ahead. mere hours after the speaker of the house left taipei, china lost no time in preparing military dril

can you give us an update with the latest from taipei on this visit? as you have mentioned shortly after nancy pelosi lenders, she issue a press release to her office announcing her visit to taiwan. joso said the visit to town is in keeping with that your united face commitment to support. how has democracy pelosi now has on safely arrive at the hotel outside the hotel, hundreds of people were shouting, welcome to taiwan to her holding different welcome in size. but there were also small clashes between the tie wine and pendant supporters and people who support unification with china and on taipei one o one. we can see lighting of the word tie, one in the u. s. and the red heart between them. the atmosphere is rather calm and peaceful, gave a warm reception. in that case, richard, this trip has been so controversial. what do we know about polos these motives to go to tie one now of all times? yes. is we just heard there, so it pelosi has, has released a statement. she's also released to an opinion piece in the washington post sort of framing the reason

now in taipei close, he's finally touched down there. you know, even an, even in the face of all of this rhetoric from china. hello, she apparently had to make a visit. what are your expectations now that she's here? you know, she released that statement right after she touched down and which she claim that she was there to support. she referred to as taiwan, the vibrant democracy. she also went as far as to say that she does not believe that she is in violation of the one china policy, which is absolutely not how beijing sees it is not what they have worn again and again, when it came to the lead up to this proposed visit now as far as her itinerary for while she's there, there are a lot of questions about what it's going to look like because her team did not initially say that this was the plan, right? they gave her list of places that she was going to visit in asia, and taiwan was not on that list. so there are some questions about who she's going to talk to when it comes to officials. and of course, what she's going to say while she'

now dw correspondence, zachary lee is in taipei. he told us what he has learned about policies. possible visit to table were according to civil associate from taiwan, the town his government as worth local media, nancy pelosi may arrive in taiwan in few hours. the arrival time is likely to be $1020.00 p. m. local time. is this expected to meet taiwan president? how you weren't? well this morning, a report shows that server chinese war plains flew close to the median line, dividing the tower trade. besides thailand, defense ministry has reinforced combat alertness label from tuesday to thursday, los, or indicate the high possibility of hello this trip to taiwan. but again, this is nadia come for publicly or any officials here in taiwan or in the us. now everyone is watching closely. pelosi will make a stop over here. they're watching close the up people in taiwan worried. zachary about beijing's reaction. how closely are they listening to what chinese officials a saying on that? were you could talk to people on the street. no one is

thank you. joyce. deed abuse joyfully in taipei. now to the war in ukraine where the countries presidents as sharply criticized the human rights organization, amnesty international volunteers, zelinski has accused it of victim blaming. after amnesty alleged ukrainian troops had endangered civilians while fighting russian soldiers on the ground in ukraine. there's reported to be heavy fighting in the south close to the russian held city of harrison. and in the eastern on ask region. ukrainian civilians have fled their homes, forced to leave by incessant russian shouting a train station and done at sc. evacuating the old and the young all exhausted westward. ordinary ukrainians caught up in fierce fighting and forced to leave their homes with whatever they can carry with. but we are from a village near lucy chance kits between the live hans can donuts regions have village has been ruined. does no gas, no water, no electricity. we were sitting in the basement for a month. the army brought us here to the the government has ordered civil

the w correspondence south zone hahn is in taipei. he earlier he told me more about china's latest military jills and what taiwan is doing in response shirt. this is the 1st time the chinese military has been so close to taiwan. the close this area of the drill is less than 20 kilometers from time was men island. this exercise provide the basis for long standing speculation that the chinese army may prefer an island locked down strategy designed to prevent any merchant ships worships an aircraft from entry as well as to prevent the entry of u. s. forces stationed in this area. the chinese military clearly has all the military capabilities to enforce such a blockade. in response, the taiwanese army monitored the situation closely and deployed on their most the cutting edge defense system and weapons to counter the threat. okay, when do you expect these military exercises might end? it was set to be the commune, monday, august, the 8th, but the chinese authorities just announced on the thing that they are going to conduct another life v

pelosi looks like she is going to be to taipei.se speaker looks like she will arrive tomorrow. that's going to have a geopolitical impact. we also saw the chinese data. you can see that quite clearly in terms of the data we are getting on the sector breakdown stories. oil at the bottom. energy is right there. down there at the bottom is the energy story. thanks at the top. quite a significant beat. it's kind of what the story looks like here in europe. cars are doing relatively well as well. luxury having a fairly good day as well as is technology relative to the overall market. heineken down a little bit today. the numbers at the moment look fairly good. there was the expectation that we were going to be in a position where we were going to see higher prices pushed onto the consumer. that doesn't seem to be happening at the moment. it may have been going further forward. kaylee is more of a belgian beer drinker. the outlook for 2023. pearson out with some cracking numbers. and then we come to the hsbc story. really quite good numb

nancy pelosi touched on just a couple of hours ago in taipei. what's going on now? china is launching overnight drills. in fact, if you go to various r t a telegram channels and, and otherwise you will see some amazing footage right now. pretty concerning footage of wargames late at night over the island of ty want. is it possible here that this is the closest that washington or beijing of come in real life to some sort of real head on conflict? do you think? yes and no on parts of this. ah, it seemed a call to read what the chinese are trying to convey with these images, which i could not see when you show them. i think that there is no doubt that you will will do things in response to it, which will be more political and economic. i mean, they could help prevent from landing it too. but one of the what, what i see is the american or u. s. i should say, incrementalism in problem. a sure dumpling, you've seen with the, with the rush, also in the engine mazda of all the time, each one of them, not that serious. but then that comes, you know, the, the, the last one wh

he dudley's correspondent in taipei sued. soon hon says the taiwanese government is increasingly worried about the chinese military incursions. anya, the town is government is now very concerned about the uncertainties. and one of the biggest concern is how close china's worship had been and would be in the continuing drills. towers, ministry of defense only said they would not allow any chinese worship to come in to tie was territorial, see, which is the route 20 kilometers from the shore. and they claimed that the chinese army was pinned down by tony's troops when they were around 44 kilometers from taiwan. so if the chinese army comes closer to one has to decide how to respond. when asked whether there are criteria for opening fire, they just said the matter is confidential and would depend on how big the threat is . in case of really precarious situation, taiwan said today it will be holding its own military life fire drills this week. and how much is that gonna inflame tensions further? all the town is military. clarify

w sits on hun, reporting from taipei. columbia has opened a new chapter in its history with a former leftist rebel being sworn in as president. gustavo petro has pledged to fight in equality to achieve peace and to rethink the war on drugs. columbia's new vice president also represents a new start, a black woman from an underprivileged community erotic. therefore, it's an inaugurated like no other in columbia history. and it's marked many 1st order oil, even where to god and promise to the people to faithfully comply with the constitution and the laws of columbia. gustavo petro is the country's 1st left as president. and the 1st former gorilla fighter to lead columbia, his election mirrors, a transition and politics sweeping across latin america. one that is more left leaning. one where those elected are a reflection of the people who put them in office. i would get which is a day when we see ourselves represented battle and the, and the fight for social equity is one. i got equity that we all aim for and a fought for for so many years. thank you that and columbia. second highest off

visit to taipei. toner is already taking action as it warned. it would fall out from pelosi as well when trip has been swift and brutal to quite rightly. people are asking the question, we have seen the chinese authorities take multiple economic actions against individual chinese companies. an entire sectors of the economy. taiwan has already paid a field and is likely to continue to do so. the coming days and weeks. what concrete tangible benefits can you promised high one offset the cost of your trip. a tricky question. slickly deflected because she knew exactly what she'd done and americans have made a bit of a habit of doing things like this, throwing others under the bus in service of their own goals and the consequences over this brief trip are already taking hold. global markets all spooked and the largest military drills around tie one in decades. ah but it might prove that the economic measures imposed by china will hurt taiwan. the most fading has already banned imports from $35.00 taiwanese exports plus restrictions on some fruit and

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei.ing the family of archie battersbee have said his life support will be switched off on saturday morning. christian concern says the 12—year—old's parents had exhausted all legal routes to delay the ending of his treatment, including an attempt to move him to a hospice. the royal london hospital has not confirmed if or when his life support will be ended. the nhs in england is increasingly reliant on doctors and nurses recruited from outside the uk and eu, analysis by the bbc has found. some 34% of doctors joining the health service last year came from overseas, a rise from 18% in 2014. the government said overseas recruitment had always been part of its strategy. but unions have warned it is an unsustainable way of recruiting in the long—term. 0ur health editor hugh pym has been looking at the figures. lynette is a paediatric nurse. she came to the uk injune from barbados. hi, charlotte. how are you doing today? she moved here to gain new nursing skills and join her husband who already

does supply weapons to taipei and it's 1979. taiwan relations act. the island is a major economic and technology partner to the u. s. it supplies more than half of the world. semiconductors, china seas, taiwan as a breakaway province. that will eventually be united and hasn't rolled out using force. ah, let's bring in our guests in taipei, vincent chow form a director of the political division at the time pe, economic and cultural representative office in the u. s. and a former chief of staff to both the taiwan national security council and foreign minister in miami, june 24 drayer, professor political science at the university of miami and editor of the book taiwan in the area of science. when changes and challenges. and in beijing, henry who yeah, when founder and president of the center for china and globalization and director of the chinese people's institute of foreign affairs, a variable and welcome to you. all. i'd like to start with you in re we are wang in beijing with your thoughts on nancy pelosi visit and the reaction that we've seen so f

so nancy pelosi goes to taipei, what's the effect of that? well, we don't need to guess the chinese government has, has said repeatedly and clearly that if nancy pelosi lands in taiwan, it could trigger a global war. are you here to provoke a wool or to start a wall? what the hell are you doing here? hello c. there are now reports of taiwanese plans escorting nancy pelosi is playing that are being shared across social media. so again, we will continue to keep an eye on this and to see when that plane does land, and of course, what the international responses to it. look, the implications of this are truly global. we have to say that in terms of international reaction, what's, what's being said, moscow offered its view earlier. i know that's right. a spokesperson for the kremlin, spoke out and refer to this as a very provocative moved by the united states, condemn it all together, and also said that russia understands where china's standpoint is here and why they have had such a strong reaction to those take a listener in to say, we should jus

now these saw pictures from the sunshine airport in taipei. it's a regional and military base, and that is nancy pelosi is playing right. that was her touching down a bit earlier. the flight tracking website, a flight re dos at the number of people who are following her jet online, reached 700000. we understand that's a record figure for that online trucking service. a wearing a face mask and coming down the stairs and her pink suit. the u. s. how speak. i stepped off the plane just before 11 p. m. local time. what do you do when you get off the plane? yep. yeah. first, post the photos with a group of time when he's officials now, she said her visit is evidence of the u. s. commitment to support taiwanese democracy on fellows. he has become the highest ranking american official to visit the self ruled island in 25 years. but in response to her visit, china's military has not begun drills in at least 3 areas around taiwan. and $21.00 chinese wall plains have now end to tie one's ad defense identification zone. military drills will include non n

so nancy pelosi goes to taipei. what's the effect of that? well, we don't need to guess the chinese government has, has said repeatedly and clearly that if nancy pelosi lands in taiwan, it could trigger a global war. but you here to provoke a wall or to start a wall. what the hell are you doing here? hello. see, so we've heard a reaction out of beijing. we've heard a bit of muffled reaction out of washington dc. what about the rest of the world? it's rather quiet at the moment. we have any other international reaction to that. yeah, you know, is interesting because earlier this week when policy was in singapore, the premier, there actually said that the focus needed to be on maintaining stable relations between the united states and china. that that was something that was in all of their best interest in the region. at the same time, we've also heard from moscow a spokesperson for the kremlin, spoke out and referred to this trip as extremely provocative, noting that russia stands with china and also that moscow understands that frustration th

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