is coming here to interfere in taiwan. you happy with these bullying turnouts because that's what they are not happy about bullying thing but i'm not what i was doing i'm happy about you know we can do business with each other we can't ask of china to make changes we are the only people on earth believe that we can make that happen we can make china a peaceful country where you look back at the history who are the invaders who are the invaders japan right who participated the wars in asia. if you want to live in history you want to live in the now i want you were living in modern humans i assure people i want you i want to make history clear who are the invaders ok if you want to be someone's enemy then they will be your enemy if you want to be someone's friend always phone you even if you have friends if only. let me tell you one thing while think why us is selling our 16 to taiwan instead of 35 and the us is selling at 35 to korea to japan to singapore to other countries why the united states gave the early island to to

it was our territory why the us is doing that to taiwan. kitchen vice president of the taiwan foundation for democracy said last month minimum or taiwanese feel their nation is now on the existential stret and you seem to be out of touch with that feeling totally you don't feel and i think i'll follow the reality i feel the reality i know how to deal with the chinese in mainland. i know what's the fact i know you haven't had to give your you from your home have to do with them as a politician i tried to deal with them when i was the mayor here the depicts the city mayor i work with the city in one gene i try to communicate with them i try to work with them try to ameliorate carbon emission ensues environmental issues education e.c.s. will work with them provided adequate mattick front where they continue to squeeze you where they ramp up the pressure where they try to persuade countries to drop their recognition diplomatic recognition that you did that you not curiosity china didn't remember this you lost indian 28 $150.00 right to chinese

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relations and harming peace and stability in the taiwan strait. of him let's go live now long a specialist in a lot of things but for our purposes today we're going to concentrate on that region and china in particular good to see you i would arm sales to taiwan help to ensure the region's security because that is what the pentagon is arguing here. well from the all of the all the united states one of the not just i want it's part of a chess board all asia pacific security all the other states in which the united states is seeing as being at the moment is being challenged by the rising china so that the in the pacific strategy taiwan plays applaud you know this this is going to strengthen the military capabilities of some together with by one strain. and other areas in other countries in the area. but as far as the laws. although. of the united states pays lip service to the one choice. one china policy there is the taiwan relations act which of the legalizers does arms sales. to arms sales. the united states is trumping up the. changes at the hig

retain its sovereignty over taiwan and control that situation and also the message to the u.s. but there's also a lot of holes busy i think in the white paper that was issued today there's a lot of there's a lot of ambiguity and there's a lot of areas that china doesn't really come provide any d. many details on for example military bases international military bases it talks a little bit about the one in the whole of africa but very nothing else. other examples include the scope of military modernization and capabilities that china is looking to deploy very little information about the main thrust certainly is that that taiwan aspect that the taiwan situation was not apparent in the 2015 white paper only passing reference and so this is. the real mind takeaway in this in this 2019 white paper and the reason for that is because the united states has played a much stronger role as president trump i think in certainly in supporting taiwan. and that is the main message here but our cause so there is a number of ambiguities in the white paper you know trying to use is the white pap

cancel a $2000000000.00 arms deal with taiwan saying the proposed sale but undermine beijing's security. and we shall carry this is al jazeera life from doha also coming at reports that the united arab emirates is reducing the number of forces in yemen these questions over whether saudi arabia can fight the war on its own. talks when afghan leaders and the taliban and with a promise to reduce violence and what's being called a 1st step towards peace. for the occupied west bank for a look at how 15 years on a separation wall is creating ghost towns and blighting thousands of lives. china's foreign ministry is asking the united states to immediately counsel of potential sale of arms to taiwan the u.s. state department approved the sale of over $100.00 tanks $250.00 anti-aircraft missiles and related equipment the deal would be worth around $2000000000.00 does not accept taiwan's independence and argues it's a breakaway province it's get more now for a reaction out of beijing when he is there for us to weigh in we knew this was likely coming. yes we did it was 1st mooted last month that th

aspect that the taiwan situation was not apparent in the 2015 white paper. only passing reference and so this is. the real mind to take away in this in this 2019 white paper and the reason for that is because the united states has played a much stronger role as president trump i think in certainly in supporting taiwan. and that is the main message here but our cause so there is a number of ambiguities in the white paper you know trying to use is the white paper i think really to show that it is becoming more transparent a more open about its military objectives but i think it doesn't really it's failed to do that i think certainly. not though i think it will be a notice of all aspects of it in the united states and abyssinia if i could come to you mentioned that the focus on this white paper it has. the contrast with the previous white paper in 2015 which is more focused on an external perspective now the focus one could interpret it as being more in sorrow one focusing on china's domestic stability what it uses its territories do you think in some way there

aspect that the taiwan situation was not apparent in the 2015 white paper. only passing reference and so this is. the real mind to take away in this in this 2019 white paper and the reason for that is because the united states has played a much stronger role as president trump i think in certainly in supporting taiwan. and that is the main message here a lot because so there is a number of ambiguities in the white paper you know trying to use is the white paper i think really to show that it is becoming more transparent more open about its military objectives but i think it doesn't really it's failed to do that i think certainly. i think it will be a notice of all aspects of it in the united states and abyssinia if i could come to you you mentioned that the focus on this white paper it has. the contrast with the previous white paper in 2015 which is more focused on an external perspective now the focus one could interpret it as being more in sorrow one focusing on china's domestic stability what it uses its territories do you think in some way there is it si

retain its sovereignty over taiwan and control that situation and also the message to the u.s. but there's also a lot of holes busy i think in the white paper that was issued today there's a lot of there's a lot of ambiguity and there's a lot of areas that china doesn't really come provide any d. many details on for example military bases international military bases it talks a little bit about the one in the whole of africa but very nothing else. other examples include the scope of military modernization and capabilities that that china is looking to deploy very little information about the mind thrust certainly is that that taiwan aspect that the taiwan situation was not apparent in the 2015 white paper only passing reference and so this is. the real mind takeaway in this in this 2019 white paper and the reason for that is because the united states has played a much stronger role on the president trump i think in certainly in supporting taiwan. and that is the main message here but our cause so there is a number of ambiguities in the white paper you know trying to use is the

so this is where we are at in taiwan, and it is nota so this is where we are at in taiwan, and it iskong protest, because they feel that they are in a similar situation as hong kong people. china after a ll situation as hong kong people. china after all claims taiwan as a province to be reunified one day, and it has not given up use of force, of taking it back. so taiwan sees itself in a similar situation as hong kong and sees the benefits of the two sides supporting each other and working together to unite against ageing's pressures. now, taiwan next year will have elections. do you think the president, by continuing to resist baiting's pressure for political unification, will that help in the elections next year? well, definitely. we have already seen that her approval ratings have gone from very low to increasingly higher and higher as the process progress, and higher as the process progress, and that is because she has long campaigned on the china threat. she has long warned of the threat of china, and she has promised that, by electing her, she will protect taiwan's sovereignty

if you look at the 25th defense white paper taiwan tibet and john is not explicitly mention although it is implied. but in this case they have been incorporated into the tasks emissions of the chinese military so it's very clear that this has elevated importance for the chinese party state you know the thing is that there is at language with reference to maintaining political security maintaining social stability so very much code a language for maintaining the control of the party ok one of the other big messages from this was the fact that the u.s. is undermining global stability i'd like to examine that. saying with you in what way is the u.s. on so many global stability according to this white paper in this report. yes so in beijing's view the u.s. is pursuing what it what it called hedge monism so essentially security a security at the cost of others and being able to exercise a degree of power that is seized as illegitimate. but also in the region in beijing's view that the united states is increasingly antagonistic towards beijing whether that be in the south china sea a with

with taiwan saying it would undermine beijing security interests. come on peter you're watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up reports that the united arab emirates is reducing the number of forces in yemen raise questions over the saudi arabia can fight the war on its own.

immediately cancel a $2200000000.00 on sale to taiwan plus the bill is stet. on kong's leader kerry lamb says she's killed the extradition bill that sparked mass protests but fails to convince her critics and the italy's hardline interior minister of officially closes what was once europe's biggest migrant reception center. hello welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has ramped up his twitter tirade against the british prime minister and the u.k. bassett are in washington it comes 2 days after the publication of leaked diplomatic cables which criticized the trump white house in his latest tweets trump called britain's ambassador wacky and a very stupid guy he also lashed out at the u.k. prime minister again attacking her brakes and negotiation and calling it failed and the disaster but this time he went even further calling to reason made foolish and ambassador king. barrick appalled. well the u.k. foreign secretary jeremy hunt has hit back describing trump's coleman says this respectful and droll emma haywood has more now on the british reaction

approves the $2000000000.00 weapons deal to taiwan. after 4 years of fighting reports the u.a.e. is withdrawing some forces from yemen. calls the british ambassador to washington a pompous fall off to the u.k. envoy says trump's white house is dysfunctional. the emir of qatar is meeting the u.s. president at the white house chef i mean been hammered and fanny and donald trump oversaw the signing of commercial and military agreements are also discussing regional security and economic ties the u.s. had deployed extra troops and weapons to the gulf citing what it calls threats from iran the president and the emir also discussed several business ventures between the 2 countries. great honor to be with the amir of qatar a highly respected man a real leader in a large part of the world in a very important part of the world and we've known each other for a long time we've been friends for a long time and we're doing a lot of work now and they're investing very heavily in our country they're creating a lot of jobs they're buying tremendous amounts of military equipment including planes a

taiwan's military is built on equipment from the united states its main supply of arms announcements from washington of sales are always met by an angry response from china and this was no difference it's a crude interference in china's internal affairs and a harms china's servant and a security interest china is strong least dissensions far and firmly opposed to this and has already made a stern representations to the u.s. side and. china regards taiwan as a breakaway province that it will one day retake that threat is why taipei feels the need to regularly upgrade its weaponry this deal may be viewed by beijing as particularly provocative if it's approved by the united states congress at $2200000000.00 it would be the largest since donald trump took over as president taiwan in the u.s. continue to consolidate our security partnership together will guard the democracy and freedom of the taiwan strait and stability in the indo-pacific region the type of equipment included in the deal is likely to further anger china in a bid to modernize its defenses taiwan will buy n.t.a. craft miss

relations and harming peace and stability in the taiwan straits. you know i got the thoughts of china expert on 3 long who says the move is part of a wider u.s. strategy to contain beijing. from the point of view of the united states taiwan it's not just i want it's part of a chess board of asia pacific security for the other states in which the united states is seeing self as being dominant and that dominance is being challenged by a rising china but as far as the law is concerned there is the taiwan relations act which a legitimate basis legalize as does arm sales the idea is to create taiwan as a kind of unsinkable abqaiq area. as a kind of. a fortress. to contain china so i think that the arms sales must be seen that context as far as united states is. a leading u.s. presidential candidate has been forced to go on the defensive by members of his own party house door and plenty more just moments away 90 seconds in fact. and you try and be professional you try and leave it outside the door you try and put in the comma compartments and. and so you

fled to taiwan and also we're hearing reports off there could be a couple more to flee to taiwan as well. yes how we're not sure but you don't see he has been in town for a couple months and when his government has been making exceptions for him to extend staying in taiwan so far. as an amnesty international we're not sure if he could at that residence the refugee i.d. or not but as that has got me there's a big. but i mentioned there's this act that they could exercise ok we thank you annie crying for speaking to us from taipei and you still had on the al-jazeera news hour containing a crisis we'll look at the struggle to protect people from the ebola virus one of the tools depicted is actually a homeless woman that is a frequent to this corner and arts imitating life a large mural is showcased illustrating all sides of los angeles coming up in support the world's best female cyclists continue to challenge tour de france organizers to give them their own version of the race. hello having broken a few records the last couple of days in the lower ground of the levant we now look to s

don't mess with taiwan. to arm taiwan so she can defend herself from what's become a very aggressive chinese communist party right on their doorstep. maria: some of those systems we should point out are made by lockheed martin. the president was with lockheed martin, the ceo, last week, i guess there's even further alliance between lockheed and the government given the fact they are going to keep some of their production in pennsylvania, which was a big deal to the president. look, i have got to get into taiwan with you, congressman, let's take a short break and then i want to ask you why we are also selling to taiwan we're also selling to turkey, but turkey is doing something that's raising some eyebrows. we're selling them military equipment, but they are also buying from russia. quick break and we will talk about that. about that. chugga-chugga, charles! my man! hilda, i like the new do. got some layers in there, huh? the more, the merrier. got to have this stuff in the morning. oh, that's too hot. act yo

i on thet see i to question of taiwan's political status.ust the latest measure from beijing aimed at putting pressure on taiwan, putting pressure on the taiwanese economy from china. we have seen an increase in the number of military patrols around taiwan. we have seen china put pressure on multinational companies, never to refer to taiwan as a country. this ban on tourists looks like it is timed to coincide perfectly with the election in january. paul: i guess the key question is, will it work? the president has been trying to diversify where tourists come from when they visit taiwan. is it going to affect the domestic economy much? samson: it does not appear it will have an enormous impact on the economy. yes, chinese tourists make up the majority of the foreign businesses that come to taiwan, but tourism and the chinese context is a relatively small part of the economy. overall, tourism makes just over 4% of the economy. the amount foreign visitors spends in the economy makes up just about 2% of the economy. if you then factor in the chi

principles taiwan has had its. government since 1989 and is opposed to reunification with mainland china beijing sees taiwan as part of its territory taiwan has no formal refugee law but amnesty international says taiwan's government can provide hong kong protesters refuge based on existing regulations in article 18 saying the necessary assistance should be provided to hunker down in macau residents who safety and liberty i mean for political reasons so we believe there is actually a way that taiwan tony's government could step those those of syrians the protest as a hoping to follow in the footsteps of hong kong bookseller lam when he was held in china for almost 8 months for selling books critical of the chinese government he fled to taiwan in april the protesters who've arrived in taiwan may not be the last at least 30 others are reportedly preparing to leave hong kong fearing for their safety victoria gazin be al-jazeera. now regional elections are being held in pakistan's northern travel rage in the 1st voice

firms that are planning to sell arms to taiwan. of an issue could taiwan get in u.s.na trade talks. korea,iwan, north potentially the protests in hong kong, there are a number of hotspots in mainland china and around the region that could potentially bubble up to the level of significance where they start impacting u.s.-china relations and start becoming a factor in trade talks. so far, that has not happened. the trade talks are staying relatively overly focused on trade talks -- focused on tariffs and around issues on companies like huawei. what if -- one of the other issues could bubble up to that level of sniffing and. jon: you referenced hong kong. and we think and hong kong and their economic performance versus singapore and south korea, there was a point where they were all lumped together. we have seen a difference in economic performance over the last decade. tom: one commonality around the region is the way in which these companies interact with china. at one level, clearly, there is a huge benefit. fast-growing economy a source of revenue, a source of excite

approves a $2000000000.00 weapons deal with taiwan. sam is a bad this is al jazeera live from coming up after 4 years of fighting reports the u.a.e. is withdrawing some forces from yemen. donald trump calls the british ambassador to washington a pose for after the u.k. envoy says trump's white house was this.

china beijing sees taiwan as part of its territory taiwan has no formal refugee law but amnesty international says taiwan's government can provide hong kong protesters refuge based on existing regulations in article 18 there's saying the necessary assistance should be provided to hunker down in macau residents who safety and i mean for political reasons so we believe there is actually a way that one how and his government could step those those of syrians the protest is a hoping to follow in the footsteps of hong kong bookseller lam winkie he was held in china for almost 8 months for selling books critical of the chinese government he fled to taiwan in april the protesters who arrived in taiwan may not be the last at least 30 others are reportedly preparing to leave hong kong fearing for their safety victoria gave him be out there. turkey saying its war planes and drones hit multiple targets in the kurdish region of northern iraq in response to the murder of one of its diplomats on wednesday a gunman shot and killed turkey's deputy consul general and 2 other people in a restaurant in erbil th

arms sales to taiwan and urged the u.s. to stop doing it to avoid harming bilateral ties so again no surprise in terms of the reaction from the chinese to this possible sale and given that as you mentioned china views taiwan as a breakaway province one that is willing to use force to retake taiwan on the other hand feels that it is coming under increasing military threat from mainland china and it needs the support of the united states both in the form of hardware military equipment but also logistics so this is certainly a provocative move from the united states but one that we've seen many times before ok wayne hale live there in beijing wayne thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera and i'll be live from turkey for the latest developments on the investigation into the failed coup 3 years ago. and running dry the drought that cuddling chile's biggest city without drinking water in a little more than a decade. hello again it's good to have you back we are watching what is happening here across the by because we do have a front

approves a $2000000000.00 weapons deal to taiwan plus. it's been really a great honor to work with my friend the strengthening of time between the u.s. and qatar as the country's leaders hold talks at the white house and sign military commercial agreements. the conditions are appalling that the u.n. says human rights chief describes housing for migrants and refugees in u.s. detention facilities of the mexican border. i'm barbara starr in london with the top stories from europe including a foolish and failed president trump launches a tirade against u.k. prime minister to resign may as the diplomatic route one leaked memos ramps up a notch. in sports arena williams is through to wealth wimbledon semifinal williams beating alison risk in 3 sets to strike on course for a 24th grand slam talk. china is demanding the u.s. council's a $2200000000.00 weapons deal with taiwan hundreds of men. aircraft missiles and the fleet of abrams tanks would be sold to taipei under the deal beijing insists it's a gross violation of the one china policy that's

turkey and the kurdistan regional government the heads on al-jazeera extending a humanitarian hand taiwan's president says the self really island could give refuge to protesters from hong kong and. open for business the world's 2 largest economies try to end their yearlong trade war as they announce a new round of talks. hello having broken a few records the last couple of days in the lower ground of the levant we now look to see anything happening in iran or turkmenistan as breeze in fact quite a strong breeze i'll bring the dust down is still quite hot in tehran it was near record values cooler maybe a little bit because the strength of that wind otherwise it's just sunshine of course it should be hotter than the plains of iraq but 46 is no record breaking that he has been brought south and we've got typically middle or lower forty's from west and south east with this drop down to below 40 in doha implies more of a humid air that's true through us as well temps in the highs thirty's rather than the low forty's and it's $27.00 pretty regular now this is a hobby for this is the monsoon the

to immediately cancel a potential sale of arms to taiwan the u.s. state department approved the sale of over $100.00 tanks $250.00 missiles and related equipment the deal will be worth around $2000000000.00 wainaina from beijing. taiwan's military is built on equipment from the united states its main supply of arms announcements from washington of sales are always met by an angry response from china and this was no difference it's a crude interference in china's internal affairs and a harms china's servant and a security interest china is strong least dissensions far and thoroughly opposed to this and has already made a stern representations to the u.s. side and. china regards taiwan as a breakaway province that it will one day retake that threat is why taipei feels the need to regularly upgrade its weaponry this deal may be viewed by beijing as particularly provocative if it's approved by the united states congress at $2200000000.00 it would be the largest since donald trump took over as president taiwan in the u.s. continue to consolidate our secu

immediately counsellor $2200000000.00 sale to taiwan. on the internet finally get switched back on in savannah month after the military crackdown that killed more than $100.00 people. the u.s. says it's attempting to form a military coalition to protect shipping off the coast of iran and yemen the trumpet ministration has blamed terror and on its proxies for several attacks on tankers in the gulf in the past few months a 5th of the world's oil is traded through the area only a commander in iran has revolutionary guard issued a new threat against u.s. bases and aircraft carriers stationed in the region saying they'd be destroyed if they made a mistake you know iraq's prime minister says any disruption to shipping in the strait of hormuz could hurt the country's economy the strait provides the only sea passage from the gulf to the rest of the world oil exports make up 95 percent of iraq's exports most of which a ship through the gulf baghdad has been investigating alternative routes for exports in case tensions between the u.s. and iran le

to taiwan. really a great honor to work with my friend. between qatar and the u.s. the country's 3 leaders signed military and business deals and the e.u. calls for an urgent sit down with all involved urging iran to return to full compliance with the nuclear deal. so the us president has ramped up his twitter attacks on the british ambassador as well as outgoing prime minister theresa may on tuesday trump called may's handling of brags that foolish and said the british envoy kim the rock is quote very stupid guy u.k.'s top diplomat has hit back calling trump's comments disrespectful all of this of course triggered by that leaked memo from britain's top diplomat in the u.s. referring to the trumpet ministration as inept the supporters from alan fischer. president friends it was a high profile jennifer qatar's amir she brought together political and business leaders as well as washington's top diplomats press missing the uki. disinvited by the white house after the publication of leaked memos sharply critical of president donald trump a career diplomat has been the u

president it comes at a time of course as taiwan prepares for presidential elections so local politics could be at play here but it also further complicates the relationship between mainland china hong kong and taiwan beijing will be infuriated at the prospect of taiwan interfering in what it considers its internal affairs here in hong kong and the way that hong kong is reintegrated into mainland china rafter years as a british colony is meant to be a possible model for the future reintegration of taiwan in a you defied china obviously the way that the unrest has unfolded on the streets here of aung kong over the past couple of months will give ammunition to the very many vocal parties in taiwan who say that at all costs they should be keeping a distance from beijing. japan has summoned the south korean ambassador to settle a dispute over world war 2 compensation the 2 countries are at all does over a court decision ordering japanese companies to compensate south korean victims of forced labor during japan's colonial rule at the same time a trade or our high tech exports between the 2

he fled to taiwan in april. the protesters that have arrived in taiwan may not be the last.t 30 others are preparing to leave hong kong fearing for their safety. turkey is saying it's warplanes and drones hit multiple targets in the kurdish region of northern iraq in response to the murder of one of its diplomats. on wednesday, a gunman shot and killed turkey's deputy consul general at a restaurant in the capital of iraqi kurdistan. assassination of the turkish chaplain met -- turkish diplomat was filmed by restaurant security cameras. two iraqi kurdish civilians also died in the shootings. police are widely distribute in photos of a man they say is the primary suspect in what they are describing as a terrorist attack. the 27-year-old turkish citizen's cover was working at a cafe waiter, but he was really a member of the armed pkk,stan workers party, or deemed a terrorist group by turkey and the united states. on friday morning, turkey conducted airstrikes on a pkk camp in northern iraq, were sources say the suspect trained. he allegedly visited the camp four times last week

china beijing sees taiwan as part of its territory taiwan has no formal refugee law but amnesty international says taiwan's government can provide hong kong protesters refuge based on existing regulations in article 18 there's saying the necessary assistance should be provided to hunker down in macau residents who safety and i mean for political reasons so we believe there is actually a way that one how and his government could step those those a cd ends the protest is a hoping to follow in the footsteps of hong kong bookseller lam winky he was held in china for almost 8 months for selling books critical of the chinese government he fled to taiwan in april the protesters who arrived in taiwan may not be the last at least 30 others are reportedly preparing to leave hong kong fearing for their safety victoria gave him be out there. the 41 year old man suspected of an arson attack on an animation studio in japan is said to have accused the company of stealing his ideas. fans have been laying flowers outside the kyoto studio for the 34 people who died far officials say the building did not have a

china beijing sees taiwan as part of its territory taiwan has no formal refugee law but amnesty international says taiwan's government can provide hong kong protesters refuge based on existing regulations in article 18 there's saying the necessary assistance should be provided to hunker down in macau residents who safety and i mean for political reasons so we believe there is actually a way that one how and his government could step those those a cd ends the protest is a hoping to follow in the footsteps of hong kong bookseller lam when key he was held in china for almost 8 months for selling books critical of the chinese government he fled to taiwan in april the protesters who arrived in thailand may not be the last at least 30 others are reportedly preparing to leave hong kong fearing for their safety victoria is there and the world health organization has warned countries bordering the democratic republic of congo to be on. high alert for ebola on wednesday the un agency declared the latest international health emergency a rare designation only used for severe epidemics more than 1600 peop

the sale of weapons by the united states to taiwan seriously violates the one china principle grossly interferes in china's internal affairs and undermines china's sovereignty and security interests china which is the u.s. to immediately canceled a planned arms seo and stop military relations with taipei to avoid damaging sino u.s. relations and harming peace and stability in the taiwan strait ok well a little earlier we spoke to china but andrew young who says the move is part of a wider u.s. strategy to contain beijing. on the all of the all the. while it's not just. all a chess board all. the security. seeing as being all the. big challenge but i was in china but as far as the laws busy. there is the relations act which are the legalizers. the ideas that create. a fortress. to contain china so i think. this is in the context. this is a leading us presidential candidate is being forced to go on the defensive by members of his own party among our story when we come back. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. here in dramatic

approves a $2000000000.00 weapons deal with taiwan. sam is a that this is al-jazeera live from coming up after 4 years of fighting reports the u.a.e. is withdrawing some forces from yemen. donald trump calls the british ambassador to washington a pompous fall after the u.k. envoy says trump's white house was dysfunctional. running dry the drought could leave chile's biggest city without drinking water little more than a decade. china's foreign ministry is asking the united states to immediately cancel a potential sale of ons to taiwan the u.s. state department approve the sale of over $100.00 tanks $250.00 and crossed missiles and related equipment the deal would be worth around $2000000000.00 when haye has more from beijing. taiwan's military is built on equipment from the united states its main supply of arms announcements from washington of sales are always met by an angry response from china and this was no difference it's a crude interference in china's internal affairs and a harms china's servant and a security interest china is

of beijing will be infuriated at the prospect of taiwan interfering in what it considers its internal affairs here in hong kong and the way that hong kong is reintegrated into mainland china after years as a british colony is meant to be a possible model for the future reintegration of taiwan in a unified china obviously the way that the unrest has unfolded on the streets here of on kong over the past couple of months will give ammunition to the very many vocal parties in taiwan who say that at all costs they should be keeping a distance from beijing. new details have emerged about face a suspected arson attack in japan that killed 33 people the police have identified a 41 year old man as the main suspect he was arrested soon after the attack fire officials say the kyoto animation studio didn't have sprinklers nor indoor hydrants it's japan's worst incident of mass killing in almost 2 decades. and japan has some in the south korean ambassador to try to settle the own going dispute over wartime compensation but soul rejected japan's call for a meeting the 2 countries are at all over a

china views taiwan as a breakaway province that one day or will retake with force if necessary and we saw recently another arms sale from the united states to taiwan more than $2000000000.00 worth of military equipment it was condemned at the time of course by beijing and they mentioned it in the white paper specifically saying the united states is undermining global strategic stability by making that arms sale specifically to taiwan so again it is about according to the chinese that about protecting sovereignty so when you mentioned sovereignty it was of course always going to talk about taiwan specifically when they're with a view from beijing thank you elaine. well still ahead on al-jazeera a day that much of washington has been waiting for a preview of the congressional testimony by former special counsel robert mueller due in the coming hours. and why cutting taxes to create jobs in greece is more complicated than it seems. hello it's getting hotter again in both iran and iraq the tension turnarounds could be 40 or 41 of the next day or so it's not much different or way trustor a

and taiwan? are the big military deals in question?ve seen an informal alliance between taiwan and the u.s. grow. sales ton of u.s. arms taiwan that the state department approved last week. obviously, china not happy about this. the foreign minister at one point said the u.s. is playing with fire. despite this, sources are telling us the sale of $2 billion of arms to taiwan could include tanks. caroline: fascinating. story you will continue to cover. she is on starting at 6:00 p.m. weisenthal has an important new addition to the family. over the weekend, he and his wife welcomed baby number two coming in at eight pounds, nine ounces. all are doing very well. taylor: i get to hang out with you guys for a few weeks. we certainly miss joe. congratulations again. romaine: do you think he is already indoctrinating her with blockchain? taylor: they are on twitter for sure. caroline: don't miss this. j.p. morgan and goldman sachs report second-quarter earnings. taylor: i'm looking at economic data for retail sales for june come back at 8:30 a

of undermining global stability by trying to sell arms to taiwan. now south korea has warned japan against its plan to take it off the list of trusted trading partners japan plans to remove south korea from its white list of trusted importers claiming that thought has inadequate export control measures in a press conference on wednesday south korea's industry minister songen lawyer said the move would undermine the country's economic and security partnership while our correspondent robert bride is in solon now joins me live rob talk us through what we've been hearing today from south korea and what kind of concrete impact this ongoing spat might have. like this does here this is been a typically strongly worded response we were expecting this from the south koreans saying that it undermines the security and economic cooperation between these 2 neighbors between japan and south korea also saying that potentially it could impact the stability of the north east asia region this was a so-called white list this is a list of countries that receive prefere

immediately cancel a $2200000000.00 sale to taiwan and how france's environmental ambitions will see travelers paying more to fly out of the country. so the u.s. says it is attempting to form a military coalition to protect shipping off the coast of iran and yemen they trumpet ministration has blamed teheran and its proxies for several attacks on tankers in the gulf in the past few months remember a 5th of the world's oil is traded through the area. i know they're a commander in iran's revolutionary guard issued a new threat against u.s. bases and aircraft carriers in the region saying they would be destroyed if they made a mistake iraq's prime minister of those says any disruption to shipping in the strait of hormuz homo's could hurt the country's economy the strait provides the only see passage from the gulf to the rest of the world and oil exports make up 95 percent of iraq's total explodes most of which are shipped through the gulf baghdad has been investigating alternative routes for exports in case tensions between the u.s. and iran lead to disruptions more or less with 100 yea

foreign ministry is demanding the united states immediately counsels a potential sale of arms to taiwan the u.s. state department approve the deal worth more than $2000000000.00 beijing does not accept taiwan's independence and argues it's a breakaway province move on to the us selling of arms to taiwan is a serious violation of international law and the norms of international relations it seriously breaches the one china principle and the rules of the 3 joints in the u.s. communiques it is a crude interference in china's internal affairs and harms china's sovereignty and security interests china is strongly dissatisfied and firmly opposed to the us has already made stern representation is to the u.s. side when a has more from beijing. we're not surprisingly there was a very strong response from the government here in beijing following the announcement of the potential sale another potential sale of arms by the united states to taiwan the condemnation came in a daily ministry of foreign affairs briefing the spokesman saying this is a serious violation of international more and the norms