u. s. destroyer in the area of the south china sea. it claims beijing said the u . s. s. ben fold pass near the parasol islands, which china occupies, but also claimed by ty went to vietnam. the u. s. 7th fleet said unlawful and sweeping claims in the south china sea pose a serious threat to the freedom of the sea. the u. s. government has pledged to triple its funding for pacific island nations, us vice president cabella harris made the announcement during a meeting of the regents leaders and fiji is seen as the latest attempt to count a. china's growing influence. wayne, hey, reports from super an empty chair at the table isn't the show of unity. pacific leaders wanted at their 1st in person meeting in 3 years curable, decided to leave the group over. a dispute about who should lead the forum. it's been suggested that china was behind the decision after a period of increased diplomatic activity in the region. and it was in that light of geopolitical rivalry that the u. s. stepped up with an unprecedented address at a time when we think back seeking to undermine the rule as

u. s. destroyer in an area of the south china sea. it claims beijing said the u. s. s. ben full party of the potter cell islands, which china occupies, but are also claimed by taiwan and vietnam. the u. s. 7 fleet said unlawful and sweeping claims in the south china sea pose a serious threat to the freedom of the seas. so that and hong kong, active as known as a grandma wong has been jailed for 8 months. the 66 year old pleaded guilty to charges of unlawful assembly is one of more than 10000 people who been arrested during riley's calling for political reform. adrian brown reports from hong kong, another day, another hong kong activist on trial. this time an elderly woman whose often taunted police by waving the flag of britain, the former colonial power her grandma wong is the nickname she was given by protested during the unrest in 2019. she also stood out because of her age 66. wong, whose real name is alexandra, began demonstrating more than a decade ago since then. she's been arrested and imprisoned multiple times. he wants track 3 again, 3 again. anyhow, 6 months ago

u. s. president is hoping to make history by i'm leaving ben gory an airport in israel. he'll be the 1st u. s. president to make that flight on air force one to jetta directly. so this is significant and the president has been anxious to do that, but when he lands, he is going to have a bit of a ceremony, a welcoming ceremony. and everyone's going to be watching very carefully as the president does. this, the real crux of the visit is about oil prices and getting the saudi king to pump more oil. but what americans are really going to be watching is how he is received by the saudi kingdom. specifically, will there be a handshake with the saudi crown prince? we do know that in fact, that the king will meet with the u. s. president for about 30 minutes, and then we know that there is going to be more of us sit down, that's going to be extended with the saudi crown prince. and why is this significant? well, of recently you, us media is focused on this is because the intelligence report by the cia back in the united states has suggested that the saudi crown prince may have ordered the killing of t

why left on the 12th of april, 1975 on a helicopter from been on ben off into the gulf of thailand, onto the u. s. s. okay, our one of a number of american ships that were there for the cambodians evacuation, who were then later repositioned for the vietnam, evacuation journalist shuttle between vietnam and cambodia. despite warnings of the impending danger, john swayne arrived back in pen. i arrived to the hotel plum and i immediately bumped into sydney shamburger the new york times our rock of freelance photographer who done a lot of work for sydney the new york times and said in his interpreter to prom. so he teamed up as a band and covered the the last days of non pen as the carriage moved and o as the siege got tighter. in the last 3 or 4 days, refugees started crowding around the hotel because they felt safer in the presence of westerners. and the red cross took over the hotel and declared as an international zone. and then started letting cambodians in who wanted to shelter. and so the hotel suddenly, the grounds, very spacious grounds, were occupied by a mass of people. here, though it's out