on the issues about taiwan, so both mccarthy and president tsai ing-wen had brief remarks and had a closed-dooreeting to reporters. president tsai ing-wen thank the house speaker at for his invitation to the bipartisan group of lawmakers. she said that unwavering support from the u.s. left by one feel we are not isolated and we are not alone and she reiterated during the meeting with lawmakers that taiwan is committed and determined to defend the peaceful status quo of the taiwan straits so people in type one can be freely and openly. she also concluded her speech by saying that taiwan will strive to be a reliable partner to the world and a cornerstone of stability in the region, so the trip of president tsai ing-wen so far is sending the message that the security of the world hinges on the security of taiwan , and taiwan is determined to defend the freedom and democracy and is willing to reach out to embrace the world, despite the threats and pressure from china. haslinda: cindy, there is probably a price to pay, china and dignity, saying this will raise the ante a notch. how prepared is taiwa

-- tsai ing-wen. she did not— assurances from the us? -- tsai ing-wen. k - assurances from the us? -- tsai ing-wen. she did not ask any i ing—wen. she did not ask any change in our long—standing policy, but she did ask that we accelerate our deliveries of weapons systems and things that taiwan has and we are looking to provide. our goal here is peace and we're sitting at the reagan library, we understand that you achieve peace through strength. we want to make it clear to the chinese communist party and to xi jinping, clear to the chinese communist party and to xijinping, their leader, that invading taiwan is a bad idea and that there is going to be a united airlines that will oppose that. just as the west has stood together to oppose vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. the leaders are meeting at the great hall of the people. present macron is expected to press xi jinping present macron is expected to press xijinping and other high—level officials to do more for peace in ukraine. summer comes tensions between china and the west are running high and, as

an historic meeting, taiwanese president tsai ing—wen meets with house speaker kevin mccarthy amid risingensions with china. meanwhile, emmanuel macron and the eu chief ursula von der leyen are in beijing, and will meet the chinese president on thursday. we'rejoined by susan thornton, former us acting assistant secretary of state, to look at the big picture on a very busy day of diplomacy. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. we begin tonight in california where speaker kevin mccarthy has become the most senior elected official to meet a taiwanese president on us soil in decades. here's taiwanese persident tsai ing—wen meeting mccarthy and a group of bipartisan lawmakers near los angeles earlier today, despite objections from china. mccarthy stressed the need to speed up arms deliveries to taiwan. china — which has long considered taiwan as part of its country — denounced the meeting, accusing the us of seeking taiwanese independence. it comes on the heels of other high profile summits, including then—speaker of the house nancy pelosi's trip to taiwan last year. speaking after the meeting, mccarth

china's foreign ministry has condemned a meeting between tsai ing—wen and the us speaker of the housernia. it vowed a resolute response. mr mccarthy as the most senior american politician to meet a taiwanese leader on us soil since 1979. the meeting took place at the ronald reagan presidential library during a stopover on president tsai journey home from latin america. climate —— china claims it as part of its own territory. here is what was said at a press conference. the friendship _ said at a press conference. tue: friendship between said at a press conference. tte: friendship between the people of taiwan and america is a matter of profound importance to the free world and it is critical to maintain economic freedom, peace, and regional stability. we will honour our obligations and reiterate our commitment to our shared values behind which all americans are united. t behind which all americans are united. ., ., ., ~ united. i want to thank speaker mccarthy for— united. i want to thank speaker mccarthy for his _ united. i want to thank speaker mccarthy for his warm - mccarthy for hi

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we are seeing a bit of a measured response, and i think that is because tsai ing—wen travelled through contrast to the visit of nancy posey we saw last august, when she travelled to taiwan for a meeting. that's interesting. just looking at the interviews in taiwan, ordinary folk, they seemed phlegmatic about it, almost like they are used to it. we see it a lot in taiwan where people are used to the rhetoric that goes on, the back—and—forth between taipei and beijing. they have kind of grown up to this, with this. also, this is an response of the fact these drills aren't that unusual these days. people in taiwan are getting used to hearing planes crossing the median line, ships crossing the median line. i think one thing that will raise alarm bells is china's state media with the use of the word encirclement describing these drills. the end idea that the chinese military could encircle the entire island and cut off supplies being delivered to the island, that kind of thing. that is what really worries people in taiwan when we think about the potential for some kind of military invasion.

we are seeing a bit of a measured response, and i think that is because tsai ing—wen travelled through contrast to the visit of nancy pelosi, when she travelled to taiwan for a meeting. just looking at the interviews in taiwan, ordinary folk, they seemed phlegmatic about it, they are used to it. we see it a lot in taiwan where people are used to the rhetoric that goes on, the back—and—forth between taipei and beijing. they have grown up to this with read. also, this is an response of the fact these drills aren't that unusual. people in taiwan are getting used to hearing planes crossing the line, ships crossing i think one thing that will raise alarm bells is china's state media with the use of the word in supplement describing these drills. us supreme courtjustice clarence thomas says he believed luxury trips he took with a billionaire republican donor followed guidelines. a report from investigative website propublica earlier this week said justice thomas had accepted vacations from real estate mogul harlan crow nearly every year for two decades. the report has not been independently

we are seeing a bit of a measured response, and i think that is because tsai ing—wen travelled throughtravelled to taiwan for a meeting. just posey, when she travelled to taiwan for a meeting-— for a meeting. just looking at the interviews in _ for a meeting. just looking at the interviews in taiwan, _ for a meeting. just looking at the interviews in taiwan, ordinary - for a meeting. just looking at the l interviews in taiwan, ordinary folk, they seemed phlegmatic about it, they seemed phlegmatic about it, they are used to it. we they seemed phlegmatic about it, they are used to it.— they seemed phlegmatic about it, they are used to it. we see it a lot in taiwan where _ they are used to it. we see it a lot in taiwan where people _ they are used to it. we see it a lot in taiwan where people are - they are used to it. we see it a lot in taiwan where people are used l they are used to it. we see it a lot | in taiwan where people are used to the rhetoric that goes on, the back—and—forth between taipei and beijing. they have grown up to this with read. also, this is an response of the fact

clearly, tsai ing—wen has to maintain warm relations with the house speaker.iwan, much to beijing's fury. at the same time, we have the european union at the same time, president macron of france with 50 important businessmen, and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, both visiting china. president macron was rather warmly received, ursula von der leyen rather less warmly received because she's conspicuously more critical of china's position on russia and in fact in general, and the relationship between the eu and china. the operator of ukraine's electricity network says russia has launched more than 1,200 missiles and drones at its energy facilities so far during the war. the operator described it as the largest attempt ever to destroy a european country's energy system. on friday, ukraine said it could start exporting electricity again, having overcome what it called �*the most difficult winter'. it's waterproofs for both players and patrons at augusta right now as the masters plays catch up in the bad weather. after completing roun

clearly, tsai ing—wen has to maintain warm relations with the house speaker.pport taiwan, much to beijing's fury. we are the european union at the same time, president macron of france with 50 important businessmen, and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, both visiting china. president macron was rather warmly received, ursula von der leyen rather less warmly received because she's conspicuously more critical of china's position on russia and in fact in general, and the relationship between the eu and china. indeed, this is a very difficult line to tread for, simply because of china's rather opaque role in this war. indeed, china is providing substantial support to russia. if you look at the trade figures, trade has increased hugely. china's been picking up the slack on a lot of energy exports and it's been sending drone supplies and digital information, which is used in the front line. so, china tries to say it's neutral, but actually, it sactions tell you but actually, its actions tell you something different. it's trying to posit

tsai ing—wen won't be running again, but her party certainly will. coming out around these drills is also looking forward to what's going to be happening injanuary. but if you look on social media, people in taiwan are alarmed, they're not happy about this, but life is continuing as normal. so, we sort of have to take what's being released about these drills with a little bit of a grain of salt. our asia—pacific regional editor. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. there are people, both young and old, who simply do not know that people of colour fought and died alongside their british counterparts in both world wars. a large crowd gathered to remember a generation who crossed oceans to help britain during world war ii. nothing short of a disgrace that the service of these brave men who came all those thousand miles from the caribbean to help this country in its hour of need has been pretty much erased from the history books. glen's uncles came over from the caribbean to train with the raf. he wanted a memorial for them and thousands

china condemns the meeting between taiwanese president tsai ing—wen and kevin mccarthy in california.e sit down with the head of sri lanka airlines is the state carrier looks to privatise to ease the burden on colombo. there hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm karishma vaswani. our top story this morning, china has about a resolute response following a high level meeting between the taiwanese president tsai ing—wen and the us house speaker kevin mccarthy in california, in an early—morning statement, the ea rly—morning statement, the spokesperson early—morning statement, the spokesperson for the chinese ministry accused washington of colluding with taiwan, especially over the issue of arms sales, earlier mr mccarthy said washington must strengthen in economic cooperation with the island that china has claimed as its own. whether it is our deep — claimed as its own. whether it is our deep commercial- claimed as its own. whether it is our deep commercial ties, l is our deep commercial ties, strong people to people relationships, our shared values, our cooperation with the peop

president tsai ing-wen of taiwan is meeting with speaker mccarthy today in california. do you support this meeting? how do you feel about china vowing it will retaliate? my second question has to do with politics at home. yesterday the world watched as former president trump was arrested. he is now the first corn -- current or former president to face criminal charges and is running for reelection as president. have any of your allies ask you about this year at beto? what if you response to a concerns among allies that many of us have heard about the long-term reliability of the united states given the polarized nature of politics at home? sec. blinken: last question first. as you know well, i do not do politics. but i can tell you that the question you raised about the proceedings in new york actually did not come up in my conversations with nato colleagues. nor did i get questions about the durability of our approach. i think people are focused on what we are actually doing. what we are doing is a lot, including what we just through. in terms of the outcomes from this

focused on this, the house select committee is an excellent first step, the bipartisan nature of the tsai ing-wener mccarthy have handled it so nicely and gracefully i thought was brilliant to give a platform to tsai ing-wen for her to share i think a very heart felt and important message and for speaker pelosi to endorse the entire thing and the risks she took last summer. we are seeing bipartisan leadership here. even if the white house is slow, even if the ceos are out to lunch, we need congress to step up and we're going to have to make a turn here as a country and begin to realize that this is going to be about economics, military you power, and ultimately a diplomatic strategy that allows us to reconstruct the world with far less reliance on the peoples' republic of china. we can get all of that done. maria: by the way, the ceos of the major banks were not on that open letter. jp morgan ceo ja jamie dimon mentioned the china threat in his annual letter, in they that letter this week, saying that across the globe 2022 is another year of significant challenges from a terrible war in ukraine a

tsai ing-wen spoke with u.s. house speaker kevin mccarthy. he said the challenges facing taiwan's democracy unprecedented. tsai was returning from visits to central america and made a stopover in california. she met with mccarthy and other lawmakers both republicans and democrats orchestrated to show solidarity. >> to preserve peace we must be strong. i would like to add that when we are together. >> mccarthsy is the most senior lawmaker to meet with a taiwanese leader on u.s. soil. >> the partnership is a matter of profund importance to the free world, and it is critical to mainten economic freedom, peace, and regional stability. >> mccarthy says the u.s. needs to maintain armed sales to taiwan and ensure those deliveries arrive on time. and earlier kitagawa keiko spoke with our washington correspondent who's been following the trip. >> let's look at the bigger picture here. what's the message mccarthy is trying to send? >> it's a support for taiwan from both sides of the aisle. mccarthy a republican shared much of the spotlight. he emphasize

in comparison to taiwan —— to tsai ing—wen and her party, the dpp. is to voice their anger, which is what they have done. relations between china and the us certainly are not very rosy right now. but i don't think that things are getting measurably worse. in fact, i think china will be holding its breath a little bit untiljanuary. little bit until january. interesting. little bit untiljanuary. interesting. thanks so much for that. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. people call me toad girl around here. they usually see me out and about at night. i guess they think i'm a bit weird for doing it, but i think they're awesome creatures. each year, the toads will follow an ancestral route to their breeding ponds, and they won't deviate from that, even if there's a housing estate or roads, so hundreds get squashed every day. we're in the area where all the toad crossing signs are that i asked the council to put up. every night, i'll come up here and do my toad patrol. i think i've rescued almost 200 toads and about a0 frogs. if there's an

china angry at what is taking place, but say england -- tsai ing-wen seeing it as a ringing endorsement. and joe biden committed to defend taiwan back in december should china make their move on the territory. we, of course, watching ■all developments. emmanuel macron is in china to put himself between xi jinping and vladimir putin. the french president has been speaking to members of the press shortly after arriving. he condemned the recent visit to moscow by china's president. he plans to say supporting russia is the same as being an accomplice in the war in ukraine . >> a potentialame changer -- that is france's view on china's role in the ukraine war. as he kick started at three-day state visit, the french president said beijing could hold the keys to ending the conflict. >> they were led by russia and ukraine has profoundly affected the international order as we have known it -- the war led by russia and ukraine. >> the countries are not quite on the same page. eu leaders have criticized china for friendly ties with russia's president putin and for strengthening support to moscow.

this is all course happening presumably in response to that meeting with the president tsai ing- wen kevin mccarthy earlier this week with all the bipartisan delegation visit with tsai ing- wen in taipei during the three-day visit to the island house foreign affairs michael mccaul telling fox news the goal of their trip was to rally ally support and they pacific, south korea, japan and tried to deter an invasion. but, he also told me at that date came sending u.s. troops was not out of the question. now, why does taiwan matter? it is the biggest producer of advanced chips around the world and lawmakers are emphasizing it is critical americans understand what happens to taiwan can quickly ripple into their daily lives. >> if you do not like inflation now wait until you have 60% of global trade passes through the street that 80 miles between china and taiwan. is not just a military issue it's a way of life issue for the united states and that's why deterrence is so important. ross eric, those lawmakers are now headed back home to washington. and they get back to capitol hill they tell m

but between kevin mccarthy and president tsai ing—wen, saying that actions have broken the commitmentks for watching. hello there. the easter weekend just around the corner, a heads—up for what to expect coming shortly, but first of all, let's take a look at wednesday's weather. best of the sunshine was certainly across eastern england. yes, it clouded over into the afternoon, but most of us had skies like this — fairly grey with outbreaks of rain at times. now, that rain is pushing its way east and it will clear over the next few hours and allow this ridge of high pressure to build and quieten things down. so, first thing thursday, it's a rather grey, damp, dreary start across the east, but it's a mild one with the cloud around, temperatures holding up above freezing, so that early rain will ease away. mist and fog patches lift to sunny spells and scattered showers into the afternoon. maybe some of those showers filtering down through the cheshire gap could be quite heavy, maybe with the odd rumble of thunder mixed in there as well. so, by the middle part of the afternoon, it's sunny

clearly, tsai ing—wen has to maintain warm relations with the house speaker.fury. we are the european union at the same time, president macron of france with 50 important businessmen, and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, both visiting china. president macron was rather warmly received, ursula von der leyen rather less warmly received because she's conspicuously more critical of china's position on russia and in fact in general, and the relationship between the eu and china. the former first minister of scotland nicola sturgeon has vowed to "fully cooperate" with police after the arrest of her husband, the snp�*s former chief executive — during an investigation into the party's finances. in her first public comments since peter murrell�*s arrest, ms sturgeon said recent days had "obviously been difficult" as she gave a short statement outside the couple's glasgow home. there is obviously nothing i can say about the ongoing investigation. much as there are things i might want to say, i'm not able to do so, other than to say that as

. ♪ ♪ >> house speaker kevin mccarthy's historic meeting with taiwanese president tsai ing-wen. >> wees in a world where democracy is under threat. >> israeli police clashed with palestinian worshipers at the al-aqsa mosque in jerusalem. >> both sides are bracing for increased tensions. ♪ ♪ >> looks good. >> norah: and back-to-back holes-in-one in augusta on the eve of the masters. ♪ ♪ good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. we begin with a startling new development in the federal investigation of donald trump that could mark a turning point. it comes after the former president launched a new round of attacks on the fbi and justice department, both at mar-a-lago last night and again today on truth social. well, for months, the special counsel right here in washington has waged a behind-the-scenes legal battle to get trump's closest advisors to testify. the president's lawyers ave tried to limit that testimony, and they have repeatedly failed. and yesterday, we learned trump's chief of staff will have to testify. today, we learned m

soil in decades. >> reporter: president tsai ing-wen arrived at the reagan library to a warm welcomecarthy and lawmakers from both parties in a show of democratic solidarity. >> taiwan is grateful to have the united states of america on our side. >> reporter: taiwan is counting on the u.s. to protect it from china. and speaker mccarthy served up strong encouragement. >> we must continue the arms sails to taiwan and make sure such sails reach taiwan. >> reporter: china had warned against the meeting, which the foreign ministry spokeswoman said gravely undermined its sovereignty. last time, taiwan's president met with a senior american politician, it was nancy pelosi in taipei. and china was furious p.r. coup it responded sending more ships, planes, and even missiles around and over taiwan. an intimidating reminder that china has the muscle to try to seize the island by force. taiwan's military can fight back with modern weapons supplied by the u.s. but many analysts think it would be overwhelmed by the most likely scenario. that is a chinese naval blockade to cut the island off. retir

china called these drills a "stern warning", after the taiwanese president, tsai ing wen, visited thethy. let's get more on taiwan — live now to tokyo and our correspondent shaimaa khalil. good to see you. we heard that taiwanese defence minister say there are still eight chinese ships in the waters around taiwan. tell us what is happening. taiwan. tell us what is happening-— taiwan. tell us what is haueninu. ,, ., , happening. well, essentially the military _ happening. well, essentially the military exercises - happening. well, essentially the military exercises have l the military exercises have ended but as you said this basically indicates that the chinese presence in the waters hasn't. china announced that the military drills, what they called operation joy and the military drills, what they called operationjoy and sort, have ended successfully three days from saturday until monday and in that china's military practice precision strikes on taiwanese targets, essentially practised sealing off the island by naval and aerial blockade and there was also that dramatic video that the

china says it will make a resolute response after taiwan's president tsai ing—wen met the the speakerthe us house of representatives in california. serving london metropolitan police officers are moved from tackling serious crime to investigating wrongdoing in the force. and a pair of sneakers worn by michaeljordan are expected to break records at auction next week. a very warm welcome to th programme. president macron of france and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, are in beijing, where they're holding talks the chinese leadership. the joint trip is the latest push by europe to engage with china, and they are expected to urge it to use its influence on russia to halt the war in ukraine. this was a short time ago at the great hall of the people. the europeans meeting china's premier, li qiang. in his first comments, president macron said the visit would focus on economic ties as well as international stability. he and ursula von der leyen will also have talks with prseident xijinping, that meeting is expected in a couple of hours. let's go live to our asi

clearly, tsai ing—wen has to maintain warm relations with the house speaker.ing to support taiwan, much to beijing's fury. we are the european union at the same time, president macron of france, 50 important businessmen, and the president of the european commission ursula von der leyen visiting china. president macron was warmly received, ursula von der leyen rather less warmly because she's conspicuously more critical of china's position on russia and in general and the relationship between the eu and china. this general and the relationship between the eu and china.— the eu and china. this is a very difficult line _ the eu and china. this is a very difficult line to _ the eu and china. this is a very difficult line to tread _ the eu and china. this is a very difficult line to tread for. - the eu and china. this is a very| difficult line to tread for. simply because of china's opaque role in this war. ., , , ., this war. indeed, china is providing substantial support _ this war. indeed, china is providing substantial support to _ this war. indeed, china is pr

now, president tsai ing—wen is set to meet with the current house speaker in the us.formation in a battle for hearts and minds. translation: we sometimes think that for china it is cheaper _ for the communist party to buy taiwan rather than go to war with taiwan. but the use of misinformation and disinformation is even cheaper for the communist party. it means they can use the democratic system against itself. the taiwanese have been living under the threat of warfor decades. they must now decide how to best prepare for what beijing says is inevitable. danny vincent, bbc news taipei. in other stories for you today, nasa has announced that the crew of its artemis ii mission which will fly around the moon, and it will include the first woman and the first african—american ever to make a lunar trip. african—american ever to make a lunartrip. now, if all goes african—american ever to make a lunar trip. now, if all goes to plan, they will blast off next year and could help establish a permanent base camp on the moon. ourscience permanent base camp on the moon. our science

speaker of the house kevin mccarthy, and taiwanese president tsai ing-wen met for two hours with morelawmakers of both parties. re mccarthy: i'm optimistic that we will continue to find ways for the people of america and taiwan to work together to promote economic freedom, democracy, peace, and stability in the region. nick: after the meeting, mccarthy and tsai swore solidarity against an unnamed beijing. pres. tsai: the peace that we have maintained and the democracy which we have worked hard to build are facing unprecedented challenges. we once again find ourselves in a world where democracy is under threat. nick: tsai has visited the u.s. six times previously since becoming president in 2016. the biden administration calls the u.s. visits transits, between tsai's visits to latin american countries with diplomatic relations with taip. today, secretary of state antony blinken urged china not to overreact. sec. blinken: beijing should not use the transits as an excuse to take any actions to ratchet up tensions. nick: but, 6500 miles away, beijing has hinted at a military response. and

soil in decades. >> reporter: president tsai ing-wen arrived at the reagan library to a warm welcomen mccarthy and lawmakers from both parties in a show of democratic solidarity. >> taiwan is grateful to have the united states of america by our side. >> reporter: taiwan is counting on the u.s. to protect it from china. and speaker mccarthy served up strong encouragement. >> we must continue the arms sales to taiwan and make sure such sales reach taiwan. >> reporter: china had warned against the meeting, which the foreign ministry spokeswoman said gravely undermines its sovereignty. last time taiwan's president met with a senior american politician it was nancyosin d c. it responded by sending warships, planes and even missiles around and over taiwan. an intimidating reminder that china has the muscle to try to seize the island by force. taiwan's military can fight back with modern weapons supplied by the u.s. but many analysts think it would be overwhelmed by the most likely scenario, that is a chinese naval blockade to cut the island off. retired u.s. air force officer germantes lei

meanwhile, taiwan's president, tsai ing-wen, was in the u.s., openly calling for independence.'s playing with fire. it makes you worry that that will provoke china into attacking? >> yes. >> yeah. >> reporter: the current chinese exercises in the skies and on the sea are due to finish. to everyone's relief, this round was just practice, but there is still a potential for war for taiwan though at the moment, all sides insist they do want to avoid it. >> that was elizabeth palmer in taiwan. >>> the justice department is working to track down the source of a trove of highly classified documents leaked on the internet. some of them contain information about the war comes as ukrainia prepare to celebrate orthodox easter next sunday. the next few weeks, and the fear is those leaked documents could hamper them by revealing details about their forces to russia. but spring has also brought holy week celebrations here in ukraine, and we marked it by visiting a war-torn house of worship. the church in the village of lukashivka is shattered and charred. it was used by russian occupiers for

president tsai ing-wen condemned the attack saying they are not the actions of responsible major asian, house speaker kevin mccarthy, the congressional delegation came and went, the last few days and the chinese drills only began when french president emmanuel macron wrapped up his cordial 3 day visit with xi jinping. macron suggested they should not get involved. back home, voices in washington are growing louder that president biden should get more involved. take a listen to how the white house handled that. >> the president looks forward to have another conversation with president xi. i will keep you apprised of that. >> reporter: in the next couple days, president biden will be otherwise occupied in northern ireland, our call to china after that. stuart: otherwise occupied, thanks very much. retired navy seal commander david sears joins us. in your view, how far should america go to defend taiwan? >> they need to give taiwan the ability to deny china the ability to take the odd. we need to help them defensively, informationwise, in terms of intelligence. it's a key bellwether for t

now, president tsai ing—wen is set to meet with the current house speaker in the us.munist party to buy taiwan rather than go to war with taiwan. but the use of misinformation and disinformation is even cheaper for the communist party. it means they can use the democratic system against itself. the taiwanese have been living under the threat of warfor decades. they must now decide how to best prepare for what beijing says is inevitable. danny vincent, bbc news taipei. before we go, let's return to new york, these are the live pictures of trump tower, where donald trump is spending the night. he has been meeting with his advisers, no doubt discussing the charges he is set to face ahead of his appearance at the manhattan criminal court on tuesday, that is where he will be arraigned on those charges linked to a hush money payment made to a porn star ahead of the 2016 election stopping new york city police have erected barricades around trump tower, also around that courthouse. they are on high alert ahead of that appearance so we will continue watching these pictures for

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china vowed to take unspecified actions after taiwanese president tsai ing-wen met with house speaker kevin mccarthy and a bipartisan congressional delegation in california wednesday. speaking from the ronald reagan presidential library, he urged to expedite its arms deliveries to taiwan. this is tsai ing-wen speaking from a joint press conference with mccarthy. >> i reiterated taiwan's commitment to defending the peaceful status quo. which president reagan championed, that to preserve peace, we must be strong. amy: ahead of that meeting, chinese aircraft carrier group was spotted in the waters off taiwan's coast. china views any official meetings with taiwan as a challenge to its sovereignty. former vice president mike pence says he will not -- donald trump's legal team could try to appeal the decision to this comes after a d.c. appeals court rejected an emergency request by trump to block former aides from testifying before the grand jury citing executive privilege. those officials include former chief of staff mark meadows, former white house advisor stephen miller, and ken cuccine

tsai ing- wen, do they have everyone now they have been looking for?hey have reported to me that they have got their man. late this afternoon i spoke with lieutenant paul bloom the public information officer for the marion county sheriff's department who told me the lake county sheriff's department along with the united states marshals made an arrest of the third suspect in the killing of these three young people are here in this area. the arrest was without incident from what i have been told. it was on friday that sheriff billy woods of the marion county police department announced that he had made two arrests of two teens. 112 years of age another 117. and that one was on the run. and sheriff woods made a promise that he would get that third person. and i can now reports that third person has been arrested. one of the outstanding things about this third person is that he was on a warrant for aggravated assault, carjacking with a firearm, tampering with an electronic device, jon. jon: what does that all tell you? those are previous offenses that the

the meeting reflects anger at the meeting between tsai ing-wen and house speaker kevin mccarthy lastk in los angeles. it reenforced signals that if china tries to seize taiwan, which it claims as its own, america would protect the island's independence. >> the friendship between america and taiwan is of profound importance to the free world. >> reporter: after the drilling started, taiwan's ministry of defense released a slick video of its own to show that even outmanned and outgunned by the chinese, its forces are on duty and it said would respond calmly and rationally. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, taipei. >>> staying overseas, pope francis returned to public view today. the pontiff presided over easter vigil mass in st. peter's basilica. on good friday unseasonably cold weather in rome pushed the pope to skip a nighttime procession at the coliseum. the 86-year-old is recovering from bronchitis after being hospitalized for three days. >>> today we learned of the death of the last living prosecutor of the neuroburg trials that helped document and prosecute nazi crimes and helped secur

in 2019 in the last election, days before president tsai ing-wen's trip, he declared he wanted to joined to tension between tsai and lai. president tsai ing-wen defeated him in the primary and decided to appoint him as his running mate. last year, both of them won the 2020 position election. so right now, this is the first time that vice president lai will be finally able to realize his dream to run as presidential candidate. lai is a harvard educated doctor who decided to ditch his medical career in the 1990's and turn to politics. he would later become a lawmaker in taiwan and then was elected as mayor of a southern city in taiwan, twice. so he was actually very famous in taiwan. his most famous quote was in 2017 when he was a taiwanese premiere and told lawmakers in the legislature that he is a practical worker for taiwanese independence. but he recently walked back his stance on taiwanese independence and said he would be in line with the international relations as there is no need for tier 1 to declare independence because taiwan is already an independent country. it will be inter

an historic meeting, taiwanese president tsai ing—wen meets with house speaker kevin mccarthy amid risingsident on thursday. we'rejoined by susan thornton, former us acting assistant secretary of state, to look at the big picture on a very busy day of diplomacy. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. we begin tonight in california where speaker kevin mccarthy has become the most senior elected official to meet

lawmakers met with president tsai ing-wen. president tsai said support assured taiwan it wasn't alone but says its democracy is still under threat. china criticized the meeting as a violation of u.s. agreement to consider taiwan part of china. >>> a show of solidarity amidst the war in ukraine. president zelenskyy met with his polish counterpart aimed to help boost ukraine's relationship with poland's military and increase its economic aid. president zelenskyy said he spent time with the ukrainian refugees as well who fled to poland. zelenskyy was awarded with the order of the white eagle which is poland's highest civilian honor. >>> u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is in brussels today meeting with foreign ministers. they posed for that photo on day two of the meeting. blinken discussed the alliance's support for ukraine. >> the nato/ukraine commission met for the first time in five years. to talk about ways to help ukraine in the weeks, the months and, indeed, the years ahead. >> finland was formally accepted as nato's

show restraint after it launched the exercises around taiwan, hours after the taiwanese president tsai ing—wenome from a trip to the united states. chinese state tv�*s been broadcasting images like these showing its forces carrying out exercises around taiwan. saudi and 0mani negotiators have joined yemen's houthi rebels in the country's capital, sana. they're holding talks in the houthi—controlled city on a new and potentially permanent ceasefire. saudi arabia has backed yemeni government forces against the rebels during the devastating eight—year civil war. the bbc world service's middle east editor sebastian usherjoins us from the newsroom. some positive signs that a deal may be possible?— be possible? yes, i think the most ositive be possible? yes, i think the most positive signs _ be possible? yes, i think the most positive signs we _ be possible? yes, i think the most positive signs we have _ be possible? yes, i think the most positive signs we have seen - be possible? yes, i think the most positive signs we have seen for. be possible? yes, i think the most positive signs we have seen fo

president tsai ing—wen has accused china of staging instability in the region by having military drillsational security team will stick to their posts and defend taiwan. the us navy says it has send a guided missile destroyer through contested waters claimed by china near the spratly islands to assert navigational passage rights. a show of force and fury. for a third day, china's military continued what it calls 0perationjoint sword — aerial and naval blockade drills to seal off the island. and practising precision strikes on taiwanese targets. the chinese army showed this short video of simulated attacks on taiwan, with missiles fired from land, sea and air into the island's territory. it also confirmed that its aircraft carrier, the shandong, has taken part in monday's exercises. chinese officials said fighter planes, loaded with live ammunition, had carried out multiple waves of simulated strikes on important targets. these drills were expected. china is infuriated by the taiwanese president's visit to the us. this is beijing's promised robust response to what it says was a serious a

china begins three days of military excercises off the coast opposite taiwan, following president tsai ing—wentrip to the united states. and, buckingham palace has invited more than 850 community and charity representatives from across the uk to attend the coronation of king charles, which will take place on the sixth of may at westminster abbey in london. you're watching bbc news. now its time for — our world: our tribe's addiction. drums and chanting. the great spirit, whose voice i hear in the wind, hear me. i need your strength and wisdom. you're watching bbc news. we are kind of an invisible culture, because people know about native americans, but people don't know about native americans. i'm tired of being homeless, man. i'm tired of being alone. i'm tired of being too scared to kill myself. law enforcement, search warrant! come to the door! go ahead. violence, murder, overdoses from drugs, and we have to protect our people. it's ok. it's like trying to stop _ a haemorrhage with a band—aid. our communities are sick. we are trying to heal them, but it's a slow, hard process. strength lies

it could be when tsai ing-wen returns to taiwan.ht now, xi has high profile visitors here in beijing with france's president, a very important state visit for both sides with the economy and trade ties topping the agenda but also with macron wanting to try to exert some sort of pressure to win xi in order to use some pressure on vladimir putin over the war in ukraine. >> at a time when the u.s. and beijing have almost no communications, no relationship. courtney, i don't know if the military to military communications are going on. the presidential level, president biden said he would talk to president xi soon. secretary of state blinken canceled the trip because of the balloon. that has not been rescheduled, which we thought it would have been by now. you, courtney, and carol lee, reported this week that, in fact, the u.s. attempts to downplay the importance of what the chinese may have obtained in terms of spying from that balloon is completely incorrect. china was downloading from the balloon in real time and did get intelligence

ruled island of taiwan, this comes after a meeting between the tae—hwi's just taiwanese president tsai ing—wen kevin mccarthy last week. the tensions, the international monetary fund warns of severe weakness in the global economy over the next half a decade. the fund says its outlook for global economic growth for the next five years is the weakest it's seen in a while. earlier on spoke to peter mwai, chief executive of xm australia and he told me situations like these are when investors may look to rebalance their portfolios. —— peter mwai. look to rebalance their portfolios. -- peter mwai. they look at market _ portfolios. —— peter mwai. tie: look at market interpretation, rhetoric, they said there and they say ride, are there other opportunities, the certain sectors of the markets removed from or other markets to look stronger out, gold or retail versus institution or mining, so we have a degree of concern and we need to wear this one through over the next matter of a week. figs through over the next matter of a week. �* , , through over the next matter of aweek. r ,,,, through over the next