stories: taiwan sends up flares to deter aircraft, hours after beijing protested at the visit by the us house speaker nancy pelosi. the un secretary general describes oil and gas companies making record profits on the backs of the world's poorest people as immoral. iurge i urge all governments to tax these excessive profits and use these excessive profits and use the funds to support the most vulnerable people through these difficult times. in a major victory for pro—choice groups, the conservative state of kansas, votes to keep its abortion services. and, tributes to roy hackett, one of britain's most influential civil rights campaigners, who's died, at the age of 93. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. taiwan has scrambled fighter planes after chinese military aircraft entered its air defence zone. beijing is protesting against the visit by the us house speaker nancy pelosi — who vowed her country would never abandon the island china has also begun manoeuvres around taiwan that are affecting air and shipping links. taiwan is self governing, and lies about 160 kilo

ms pelosi — the speaker of the us house representatives — arrived in taiwan at around ”pm local time she is the highest—ranking us official to visit the island since 1997. taiwan's presidential office says she will visit taiwan's parliament, and meet the taiwanese president on wednesday morning. it comes as beijing aggressively warned against the visit, with china's defence ministry saying beijing will launch "targeted military operations" in response to pelosi's visit. taiwan is a self—ruled island, but claimed by china, which sees it as a breakaway province. from taiwan, rupert wingfield—hayes begins our coverage the speculation has been swirling for days, but it wasn't until this moment with her plane on final approach that we were sure nancy pelosi would defy beijing and become the most senior us politician to visit taiwan in a quarter of a century. for days, china has been making ominous threats that it would not stand by and allow it to happen. we are now beginning to see china's response. large—scale military exercises. in the seas around the island, starting around thursday. t

: we view the unannounced visit of us house speaker pelosi to - visit of us house speaker pelosi to taiwanaction by the us administration wishing to exert additional pressure on beijing. we consider the settlement of the situation in the taiwan strait to be a purely internal affair of china. we've also heard from taiwan's presidential office. it says... let's get a flavour of how this visit has been received in taipei — this is taiwanese politican, kolos yotaka. pelosi just landed in taipei. we are very heavy that herjourney was safe and she arrived safely. ——we are very happy that herjourney was safe and she arrived safely. our people are very heavy. we hope that china can calm down. taiwan is a sovereign and independent country. they don't have any right to interfere in anything related to taiwan. our correspondent in beijing, stephen mcdonell, has more. now, i know there have been visits in the past from speakers, but that's a long time ago. xi jinping is now in power here, and the administration here has really been talking up its intention to one day grab taiwan back, even using milit

of the piece. instability of the taiwan strait and people in taiwan itself are anxious over the us house because trip, members of the public told us the us just wants to spread its power and influence. not help them for the hello see touch china's bottom line. she touched the red line . so both the u. s. and china have to take actions accordingly. they just used tie one to get our attention with the mastic market life he's visit will add tension to close the taiwan strait, which has no benefit at all for the taiwan people with it's just gone, steve and i am in moscow mid day in taipei, taiwan and hello and welcome. this is our t international coming to live from the russian capital. i'm policy clear, thanks so much for joining us. china has the gun military drills and areas surrounding tie. one. the move comes in response to the visit of us house be can nancy pelosi to taipei, which kicked off earlier with her meeting high ranking. taiwanese officials, including the deputy elect, a slit, a speaker and president. he has some of the latest footage shaped by chinese media . 21 chinese war p

well, just a few hours ago us house speaker. hours ago us house speaker nancy pelosi had called for peacet and he also reiterated the us commitment, long—standing commitment, long—standing commitment, of the status quo. that is beijing's i—china policy, however, she said that beijing will not be isolating taiwan and preventing them from visiting there. now, china claims taiwan is part of its territory and it views of visitors of foreign officials is recognising the island sovereignty. taiwan said the chinese military fired ii sovereignty. taiwan said the chinese military fired 11 parts list dick missiles yesterday and said that this undermines regional peace. they said that this exercise was necessary and just, pinning the blame on the escalation of the united states and its allies. military analyst said that beijing's state broadcaster cctv, that the goal was to practise a possible blockade of the island in the attempt that pro—independence forces try to make their way across the state. they say that leadership is the key to protect strength, rather, ahead of this crucial meeting that is

the start from the plesetsk cosmodrome to pull the whiskers of the chinese tiger speaker of the us house of representatives nancy pelosiped, it looks like she will visit taiwan despite all the warnings of the prc, ukrainian nationalists have already begun to react , and resumed shelling of settlements in donbass in the morning. they are calmly in several districts of donetsk hitting them from heavy weapons, as well as shells of nato caliber, and in the lpr from american systems into salvo. fire hummers attacked, pervomaisk fired 12 rockets around the city damaged residential buildings, a sports school culture center, as well as an industrial enterprise in pervomaisk coal. because of the same western weapons, the apu struck at stakhanov, meanwhile , our ministry of defense spoke about new facts of the inhuman treatment of the kiev security forces towards the civilian population, the militants continue to place their points on social infrastructure facilities in schools hospital kindergartens. x houses, such cases were revealed in seversk odessa cherkassy meanwhile , russia sent out additi

europe blueprints and data on american intelligence operations got into the network member of the us house of representatives greek, syb. claims that aid to ukraine will go into your pocket we spent a total of $54 billion on ukraine i had no restrictions on how the money would be spent as citizens received no information whether the money went to the oligarch in ukraine we do not know the administration does not answer questions. there is no control over the last tranche of $40 billion. this is more than funded. customs border guards and coast guard combined. we need to focus on america first and not on other issues around the world, as if you forgot your order. with corruption in ukraine, the head of the

to asia now, as us house speaker nancy pelosi is visiting the continent this week. singapore, malaysia, japan and south korea, but there is no mention of a stopover in taiwan which has, over the past week, been a huge source of tension for the united states and china. alexander huang, professor at tamkang university in the taipei region of taiwan. to my knowledge, that it was the original intention that speaker pelosi won't visit taipei. but in the past week or so, there was no direct communication, no further, you know, messaging coming out from washington, so we don't know until about — until yesterday, when the speaker's office released the official travel plan and taiwan is not included. of course, it shows a sign of ease, but i believe that both beijing and taipei are still watching closely and get everything prepared, should there be any chance that the speaker's plan would have a sudden decision or travel plan change. chinese had said they will react fiercely, forcefully. 0ur calculation is that it could be in diplomatic front as well as military front. so fa

these villas used to house some embassies, but mainly they used to house and politicians and leaders of the former african government, as well as rock lords and warlords. now to day to get even close to the compound where the strike happened. that proved impossible when we tried in the afternoon. we were immediately surrounded by 3 to 4 taliban fighters who told us, you must leave, you must go stop. and if we were to come back, they taught us this would have serious consequences. are the journalists who tried before us, especially those once in the early morning, they received the same kind of treatment and at least one african colleague got beaten up and the area is now completely sealed off. so we couldn't even ask around, let's say, speak to local residents, ask them what have you heard? what have you seen? that was impossible because we were really followed and i'm in the mean time the u . s. and the taliban are trading accusations. the u. s. is accusing the taliban of hosting the arcade, a leader in the heart of kabul. why the taliban are accusing the u. s. of conducting this dr

the us house speaker says the world faces the choice between democracy and autocracy. that'll have far reaching effects on the global economy and generations to come. and the war in ukraine drives millions of civilians out of the country, but working on line allows many ukrainians to keep their jobs. i've been fossil than let's do business tensions arising between the 2 biggest economies. china had warned the us against house of representatives. speaker nancy pelosi is trip to taiwan. but on tuesday, that's precisely where she landed by jane views taiwan as a brake white chinese province. that opposes international recognition of its government and visits from officials by pelosi says her trip is a show of support for ty once democracy. nancy pelosi surprise visit to taiwan threatened to throw off course washington's find balancing act, neither affirming nor denying beijing's claim to the territory. a wesson chinese stock sank on the news policies retention to visit investors worry. it could inflame tensions between the 2 powers stability and taiwan. is important for g

this new escalation comes as beijing hits back for us house baker, nancy pelosi visit to tie pe. pelosi reaffirmed us commitment to defending ty, ones, democracy as the islands government scramble jets to water of chinese aircraft encroaching on the air space. what would infill like? our government is even more resolute to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our nation. in light of the current situation, our government will not only actively strengthen its self defense capabilities, but will also maintain close ties with like minded countries. like the united states, what the issue has dominated a meeting of the association of southeast asian nations in cambodia is capital non pen with china and the united states joining the summit. in his opening remarks, china's foreign minister emphasized the political and security ties between china and assy on countries ruler. we have guarded the peace facing the turbulence of the national security. the 2 sides have strengthened to strategic communication, jointly tackled the challenges of various spillover effects and jointly ma

puts on its biggest show a force around the island in decades following a controversial visit by us house speaker. nancy pelosi also coming up for a german chancellor, got screwed up faces, renewed criticism over his links to russian leader blood america ah . under control, it's good to have you with us. china is stepping up its military activity around taiwan as tensions rise following the u. s. hell speaker nancy pelosi visit beijing as preparing its biggest show of force around taiwan. in decades the government in taipei says in scramble jets to warn off chinese aircraft that entered its air defense zone. a number of taiwanese ministry. websites have come under cyber attack . pelosi left taiwan pledging washington's iron clad commitment to defending democracy there. a trip that has set the region on edge the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi arrives in taiwan, making her the highest level american official to visit the island in 25 years. pelosi stopover was kept deliberately ambiguous, amid stock warnings from china, and the threat of a military response. despit

in other news — us house speaker nancy pelosi prepares for a tour of asia amid strong warnings from beijingsit taiwan. hailing frequencies open, sir. and the american actress, nichelle nichols, best known for her ground—breaking role as lieutenant uhura in the original star trek, has died, age 89. england have won the european women's football championship — beating germany 2—1 at wembley. the lionesses as they are known had never won a major trophy before and this is the first senior football honour for england since the men's world cup victory in 1966. a crowd of almost 90,000 people were at the stadium, with millions more following the game on television and radio. mark lobel reports. a euphoric moment for english sport with a pitch—perfect performance from the lionesses, bringing football in front of a record crowd of over 87,000 at wembley and many more watching on around the country and world. let's hear it for england! cheering. i said to harriet in the ground, she's got to do all she can to try and rememberthis because i said, "the last time england won a tournament was when nanny w

now, the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, advise —— the speaker of the us house of representativesbacked by the white house — marks the highest—ranking visit by an us official to the self—ruled island in twenty—five years. beijing has repeatedly warned against the visit , labelling it extremely dangerous. china has sent warplanes into the taiwan strait and warships right up to its dividing line with the island. taiwan's defence ministry says it is determined to defend itself. 0ur chinese editor howard zhang explained the significance of pelosi's visit. the biggest question now in everybody�*s head is what is going to happen next? yes, the plane touched down, and china has said all the harsh words and loud warnings, and now we see the planes sent, circling. what next? from beijing's perspective, they claim this is a continued us salami slicing, "the one china policy", hallowing out the one china policy, but from washington's perspective, although there is no white house direct approval of this flight and no authorisation, but for most us politicians, especially since the ukraine war

puts on its biggest show of force around the island in decades following of controversial visit by us house speaker. nancy pelosi also coming up below fees visit cast, a shadow over a summit of the association of south east asian nations in cambodia. the regional block calls for d escalation to avoid a quote miscalculation and serious confrontation. ah, i'm to go further. it's good to have you with us. china is stepping up. it's military activity around taiwan as tensions rise following the u. s. house speaker nancy pelosi visit beijing is currently carrying out its biggest show of force around taiwan. in decades the government in taipei says it scrambled jets to warn off chinese aircraft that entered its air defense zone. a number of taiwanese ministry websites have come under cyber attack. pelosi left taiwan pledging washington's iron clad commitment to defending democracy there. a trip that has set the region on edge the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi arrives in taiwan, making her the highest level american official to visit the island in 25 years. pelosi stopov

the us house speaker has promised america will not abandon the island. a visit has enraged beijing, which is now staging military drills. also in the program. the ship carrying ukrainian grain is heading for lebanon after passing inspection checks under a deal with russia to resort exports. plus a mystery sink hole. that's baffling. officials in chile it's opened up in a remote mining area in the desert. the company working the lamps as that has no idea why. ah, i'm really mohammed walking to the program. you as how speaker nancy pelosi has ended her controversial visit to ty one with the pledge of solidarity. she says america's commitment to the islands, democracy is iron clad. closely was given a warm welcome, but had trip enraged china, which sees taiwan as its own territory. beijing has reacted by launching military drills in the region. taipei says chinese fighter jets have crossed the line, dividing the taiwan straits ministers from the g 7 group of leading nation say close his visit is their excuse for china's aggressive response. a trip that has

the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi arrives in taiwan, making her the highest level american official to visit the island in 25 years. pelosi stopover was kept deliberately ambiguous, amid stock warnings from china, and the threat of a military response. despite reservations in the biden administration, the white house insisted that pelosi had a right to choose whether to visit and choose. she did to day our delegation of some very crowd came to taiwan to make unequivocally clear. we will not abandon our commitment to taiwan. and we are proud of our enduring friendship. today the world say is the choice between democracy and autocracy. america's determination to preserve democracy here in taiwan and around the world. we may, iron clad, beijing's response was furious. paylosity, so what pelosi has done this by no means a defense or protection of democracy, but a provocation and violation of china sovereignty and territorial integrity. which in fact, china has vowed punishment under the one china principal. beijing views the self governing island as a break away

ah, the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi has been meeting the president of taiwan despite warnings of severe consequences from china. pelosi is the most senior us official to visit the self governing island and 25 years. china, which considers tie one part of its territory, says it is going to launch what it calls. targeted military actions around the island islands defense ministries accused chinese drills of violating its territorial space. i delegation came here to send an unequivocal message. america stand with taiwan and i, i just hope of that. it's really clear that while china has stood in the way of taiwan participating and going to certain meetings that they understand that they will not stand in the way of people coming to taiwan. hello. so looking at rushes, invasion of ukraine earlier this year has made security over the taiwan straits. another focus of worldwide attention aggression against democratic taiwan would have a tremendous impact on the security of the entire into pacific, facing deliberately heightened to military threats. ta one will not bac

ah hello em. claire richardson, thanks so much for joining us. us house speaker. nancy pelosi has used her visit to taiwan to deliver a statement of solidarity. she said her country would do whatever it takes to boot, ty, one's ability to defend itself, and policy departed from the capital tie. pay a short while ago, she spent less than a day on the self governing island during which she met with the president and addressed parliament. although she was not there as an official, us representative of pelosi visited, despite stark warnings from china, which responded by boosting its military drills in the seas around tie one a trip that has set the region on edge the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi arrives in taiwan, making her the highest level american official to visit the island in 25 years. pelosi stop over was kept deliberately ambiguous, amid stock warnings from china, and the threat of a military response. despite reservations in the biden administration, the white house insisted that pelosi had a right to choose whether to visit and c

the drills were launched in response to a visit to taiwan this week by us house beacon nancy pelosi, which has angered beijing, speaking at a summit of southeast asian foreign ministers in cambodia. lincoln was that the chinese exercises could destabilize the region. these provocative actions are a significant escalation. we've seen how beijing has attempted to change the status quan taiwan for some time. for example, more than doubling the number of aircraft flown over the center line that separates china and taiwan over the past 2 years. pursuing economic word, political interference, cyber attacks against i, why? now they've taken dangerous acts to a new love. united states is conveyed to the p r c consistently and repeatedly that we do not speak and will not provoke a crisis call should go out. no one country and no force should ever imagine that they can separate taiwan from china, hutch with using taiwan to contain china or seeking help from the united states for taiwan. independence, all these political moves will not succeed well, it won't change the mega trend of tyrants uni

a record figure for the service, the us house because said her visit is, is evidence of the u. s. commitment to support time when needs democracy. policy has become the highest ranking american official to visit the self world island in 25 years. the white house, meanwhile, has stated that a dialogue between washington and beijing will be kept open and the u. s. won't be involved in any military conflict with china. the united states will not and does not, will not seek and does not want a crisis. we are prepared to manage, we're basing chooses to do at the same time, we will not engage in saber rattling. we will continue to operate in the seas in the skies of the western pacific. as we have done for decade, we will continue to support taiwan, defend a free and open indo pacific and seek to maintain communication with beijing. since it's switched recognition from ty paid to beijing, washington has held an ambivalent position on china and tell one, officially acknowledge as beijing as the only legitimate government for the whole of china, including tie one in line with the one c

the latest headlines: the us house speaker — nancy pelosi — is in taiwan, for a hugely controversial ences for america. the consequences foramerica. us the consequences for america. us state of kansas has voted the us state of kansas has voted against lastjune's voted against last june's supreme court voted against lastjune's supreme court decision to restrict abortion rights. the american government claims the taliban broke an agreement not to allow foreign militants on afghan soil by sheltering the afghan soil by sheltering the afghan leader —— the al-qaeda leader ayman al—zawahiri. he was killed by us drone strike in kabul. he was one of the masterminds of the 9—11 attacks and one of america's most wanted. one of america's most wanted. ayman al—zawahiri, right—hand man and successor to osama bin laden. this was the drone strike that american officials say killed him as he stood on the balcony of this family home in an upmarket kabul neighbourhood. we can hear debris still being cleared up, but then we are told to stop filming. we are in the centre of the city. the house that was ta

nancy pelosi, the us house speaker, whose visit sparked china's drills around the island, has defendedrip. we will not allowed china to isolate taiwan. they have taken part in the world health organization and other things were taiwan could make a very valued contribution. british farmers fear their harvests will fail as a heatwave and drought conditions have a devastating impact on the agriculture industry. # walking in the air...# and the author and illustrator raymond briggs — best known for the children's book the snowman — has died at the age of 88. hello. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the former us president, donald trump, has declined to answer questions under oath as part of an investigation into his family's business practices, at a hearing in new york. mr trump described the inquiry by the state's attorney general, letitia james, as a witch—hunt. she's investigating whether the trump organization tried to acquire loans and avoid taxes by misleading the authorities. mr trump's deposition comes just days after the fbi carried out an unprecedente

us. white house has announced a c i a lead us missile drawn strike launch from within afghanistan has killed achieve. i'm in our harry as i was here, he was thought to be one of the main planners of the attack on the u. s. s. cole and 2000 as well as 911. a $25000000.00 bounty had been placed on his head. president joe biden, still under isolation from testing positive a 2nd time for cove. it actually delivered remarks and a prime time announcement. the news in a rear sure of bipartisanship, gained, appraised from both a democrat and republican lawmakers all for the death of the al qaeda leader. however, the strike also exposed the substantial power that al qaeda garners in afghanistan, as well as the continued strength of the terrorist group in 20 years later. maybe it's because over the last 20 years, united states actually found al qaeda to be an ally in regards to the conflict and syria. don't take my word for it. this is actually articulated in 2012 by an e mail from a jake sullivan to his boss at the time. secretary of state hillary clinton, where he says, al qaeda is on our side and s

besides the military maneuvers relations between beijing and washington have nose dive says the us house speaker. nancy pelosi visited taiwan early this week. the engines that i won street have put the region on the edge. this is the 1st time the chinese military rules have beacon place so close to the self. government island by one says the chinese army appears to be practicing for in a dark. chinese officials are clear on the message they want to send along. our military exercises have been conducted in an open, transparent, and professional manner, and are in line with a domestic law, international law and international practice. the drills are aimed at issue a warning to the perpetrators and punishing the taiwan independence. secessionist forces. china seized, i one as a breakaway province and visits to the island by foreign officials like us house because nancy pelosi has an affront to its sovereignty. as a consequence, china is now also spending cooperation with the us on issues including law enforcement and climate change going by. the u. s. secretary of state addressed the issue

us house speaker nancy pelosi, whose visit sparked china's drills around the island, defends her trip. we will not allow china to isolate taiwan. they have kept taiwan from participating in the world health organization, other things, where taiwan can make a very valued contribution. foreign ministers in the g7 group of nations demand russia hand back ukraine's main nuclear power plant after it was shelled this week. they say moscow's actions are increasing the risk of a terrible accident. # we're locking in the air... # we're walking in the air... and the author and illustrator raymond briggs, best known for the children's book the snowman, has died at the age of 88. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start in the us, where donald trump has declined to answer questions under oath as part of an investigation into his family's business practices. mr trump described the inquiry by the new york attorney general, letitia james, as a witch hunt. ms james is looking into whether t

to asia now, where us house speaker nancy pelosi is visiting this week. a stopover in taiwan, which has, over the past week, been a huge source of tension for the united states and china. a short time ago i spoke to alexander huang, professor at tamkang university. to my acknowledge it was the original intention that speaker pelosi won't visit taipei. but in the past week or so there was no direct communication, no further messaging coming out from washington. so we don't know until yesterday when the speakers office released the official travel plan for that and taiwan is not included. of course it shows a sign of ease but i believe that both beijing and taipei are still watching closely and get everything prepared. should there be any chance that the speakers plan would have a sudden decision or travel plan change. so we are still very vigilant in watching this, as her trip develops. on that, if indeed there is in unofficial trip to taiwan, how do you think the chinese might react? well, chinese head said they will react fiercely, forcefully. 0ur calcul

around taiwan. tensions remained high with china, which is furious over the us house. dick and nancy pelosi visit to taiwan to pick apart from taiwan, plus, explains why the situation is a wider security threat. i'd like island say the closest point you can get to mainland china. in fact, one of them kenman. it's only about 10 kilometers away from put young, proven. now they used to seeing this kind of activity around military activity from china and seeing that kind of intimidation in that area. but this time, china is also focusing, as we know, as military drills, not just in those areas, but also on the main island. in fact, this morning, the ministry of defense said that the trying to create for the scenario with his exercises right? stimulating an attack on the main, on the fly. one, which is where the capital is. and this all comes to as anthony blanket and has confirmed and the u. s. is announced that china is broken off all communications on certain issues with the u. s. and those issues include military, that's a great worry, of course for taiwan. because the us is time want

protest , the chinese media report this, citing intelligence data so far, that the speaker of the us houseesentatives landed in singapore, whether she dares to fly to taiwan, anastasia dolgova figured out well, in the indo-pacific region, american congressmen led by nancy pelosi became scandalous and provocative even before takeoff. aircraft passengers from a military base in maryland, the american media claimed the airliner defiantly landed in taiwan , ostensibly for refueling, but actually show beijing, washington will always decide everything in its own way, they even wrote that the aircraft would be escorted by us air force fighters for intimidation. as a result, the plane sang. at first, she quietly and modestly sat down at the honolulu airport. apparently, she just needed a gas station, and then the question arrived in singapore. whether a third party in us politics ventures to visit taiwan for the first time in 25 years hangs in the air of its success, the potential visit of the speaker of the us house of representatives to taiwan is a dangerous arrangement. she is only in the inter

beijing has protested against the visit by the us house speaker nancy pelosi, who vowed her country would never abandon the island. china has also begun manoeuvres around taiwan that are affecting air and shipping links. the head of the united nations, antonio guterres, has accused oil and gas companies of making huge profits at the expense of the world's poorest people. he said the energy industry had displayed "grotesque greed". president biden has hailed a vote in the conservative state of kansas to uphold access to abortion services. it's a major victory for pro—choice groups after the us supreme court overturned roe v wade two months ago, ending federal protection for the procedure. a hosepipe ban is to be imposed in parts of southern england after months of dry wet up a mistake and not be used to water gardens or cars. this is arlington reservoir in sussex. part of the region the environment agency describes as seriously what it stressed following the driest first six months in the year in england since 1966. we months in the year in england since 1966-— since 1966. we monitor water

our top stories: nancy pelosi, the us house speaker, is in taiwan, much to the annoyance of china. the white house tries to manage the mounting tensions. the united states will not and does not, will not seek and does not want a crisis. we are prepared to manage what beijing chooses to do. the killing of ayman al—zawahiri — washington says the taliban broke an agreement to keep foreign militants off afghan soil. the house that was targeted in the drone strike is just a few minutes away. but the taliban are not allowing anyone to film nearby, insisting there is nothing to see. shrinking glacier streams in the himalayas are creating a water crisis — we have a special report on getting tap water to villages. hey, josh, it's gillian, how are you doing? very well, thank you. how are you? and the glasses allowing deaf people to see real—time conversations right before their eyes. she knew it would antagonise beijing but that hasn't stopped nancy pelosi — america's third—highest ranking politician — from paying a high—level visit to taiwan. in the past hour she's been at the taiwanese par

regular" drills on the eastern side of the taiwan strait, following the visit to the island by the us housepractising for an invasion, while the us has accused beijing of using military exercises to change the status quo. 0ur correspondent stephen mcdonell is in beijing. hardliners in the upper echelons of the chinese communist party here in beijing must be pretty happy with where nancy pelosi�*s visit has left them. for example, more extreme military measures have now entered what we might consider as acceptable in terms of how the mainland deals with taiwan. are we going to see every year now beijing ordering the pla to fire missiles over taiwanese territory? are we going to see a test run of a blockade of taiwan now? every year as the pla prepares for what some would no doubt think is the inevitable attack on taiwan as a means of trying to claim that island and reunifying it with the mainland. there have been, though, significant short term problems. for example, commercial shipping has been disrupted. that�*s a very busy shipping lane there, the taiwan strait, that�*s been significantly

nancy pelosi, the us house speaker, meets the taiwanese president after addressing parliament despite china's warning of grave consequences. voters in the conservative us state of kansas vote to keep the right to abortion. can india complete an ambitious scheme to bring piped water to remote villages? we have a special report. this is the tail end of the ambitious project. india's largest. hey, josh, it's gillian, how are you doing? very well, thank you. how are you? and the glasses allowing deaf people to see real—time conversations right before their eyes. hello and welcome to the programme. she knew it would antagonise beijing, but that hasn't stopped nancy pelosi, america's third highest ranking politician, from paying a high level visit to taiwan. she's just met the taiwanese president after addressing parliament and made it clear that the us would not abandon the island. china views taiwan as its own and the foreign ministry summoned the us ambassador in beijing to protest against pelosi's high—profile trip. mark lobel has the latest. side—by—side with the taiwanese president am

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what everyone is discussing is, of course this visit by us house speaker, nancy pelosi to taiwan. china has called the said pro vacation what, what do you think is the reason for what, why this is happening? is this a failure of us policy? i don't know. i'm not really in a position to talk about what their motivation was, but it does reflect the lines that i've mentioned regarding ukraine. and i have no doubt about that. this is yet again, their desire to prove that they are immune and that they have free reign. they can do whatever they want. i don't see any other reason behind this, behind creating this much flash point out of nowhere. while we're very well understanding what this means to china, level of mr. biden has recently said that us and he's prepared to discuss a new treaty on strategic offensive weapons. if this format is reinvigorated, is rushing prepared to engage with china. so guess as you go of as far as negotiations on a possible new start treaty, i can send when the current start expires. last year, i believe it was in july or in september the were 2 rounds of negotiat

us have been critical of it. i presume there is a sense from, nancy pelosi's office or the white house but if we should choose to ell us not to. absolutely. and look, i believe _ tell us not to. absolutely. and look, i believe that _ tell us not to. absolutely. and look, i believe that as - tell us not to. absolutely. and look, i believe that as well. i l look, i believe that as well. i think it's important that if us leaders decide that they are going to do something, that they not be deterred simply because china doesn't want them to. i think we also have to take a step back and see if you are thinking about this from the chinese point of view, you've had a string of actions that have really begun to question the us one china policy. you had a recent secretary of defeat delight defence and state go to taipei and so the us shouldn't embrace notjust the and so the us shouldn't embrace not just the strategic ambiguity policy on taiwan but also the one china policy. you've had joe biden make several statements on taiwan policy, you've got something called the taiwan policy acts going through congress just this week

the wider fallout from us house speaker nancy pelosi is visit to taiwan. china is our military maneuvers and announces military drills. se asia nations in don have gold for com. but could the renew tensions across the taiwan straits affect their security? plus i made warnings of climate change. the impact residents of fiji are already facing rising sea levels, forcing many to abandon their cherished homes. ah . i british energy. welcome to d w. news asia. glad you could join us. china is conducting military maneuvers in response to us. how speaker nancy pelosi is visit to taiwan. these are taking place in the skies and waters around taiwan. and i said to expand to live fire drills from thursday, but they are being watched by countries in the wider region for ministers of southeast asia grouping of nations. i'll see on a beginning a series of meetings in cambodia to discuss current issues in the region. and it is already cavities. tensions over taiwan tie are set to figured in the talks. oh, we hold that, you know, concerned, but these do not take actions that may not deteriorate escalade

the headlines: the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has met the taiwanese president after addressing parliament. china's foreign ministry has summoned the us ambassador to beijing to protest against the trip. the white house has said mrs pelosi's visit was consistent with the one china policy. pro choice advocates in kansas are celebrating after the us state voted against lastjune�*s supreme court decision to restrict abortion rights. the proposed amendment would have removed the guaranteed right to the procedure and could have paved the way for stricter regulations. president biden�*s administration has accused the taliban of breaking an agreement not to allow foreign militants on afghan soil. the rebuke came after a us drone strike in kabul killed ayman al—zawahiri, the leader of al-qaeda. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. i'm at the firstsite gallery, in colchester, in the east of england. my guests are the contemporary artists the singh twins, who have a major exhibition of their work here. the singh tw

taking the politics out of it, the people in taiwan itself, pretty anxious over the trip of the us house speaker. amend was of the public told us the u. s. is just trying to spread its power and influence from the lucy touch, china's bottom line. she touched the red line. so both the u. s. in china have to take actions accordingly. they just use high want to get their attention for domestic market hello sees visit will add tensions across the taiwan strait. i really hope the americans won't come around to mess things up so that we can live a peaceful life with time to update you on our special coverage of nancy pelosi in taiwan because she got that as we understand. she's in a hotel room right now at roughly $38.00, and type pay time. well, the chinese foreign ministry is now summoned the u. s. ambassador and protest over the visit of the us, how speak of nancy pelosi to tie one. and it comes off to china had already worn washington of serious consequences. china will definitely take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguarded sovereignty and territorial integrity. in response to th

around taiwan. tensions remain high with china, which is furious over the visit to the island by us house speaker. nancy pelosi, the philippines, foreign minister, and became another, has told us secretary of state, his region cannot afford an escalation intentions. antony blink and his in manila, and has met the philippines president fed. and marcus junior. it comes as tensions of the taiwan strait high. the us house because visit to tie pate and go to china bulk of described us philippines, ties as a special relationship on the below. as well. for manila, this meeting is happening against the backdrop of tension happening in the pilot street, which is just north of the philippines. currently, china is conducting military drills in that area. and the other day japan's defense ministry had said that the live missiles had dropped into japan's exclusive economic zone. and so understandably, there is concern here that that conflict there could to the area because the filipino has its own territorial with china in the south china sea until understandably, again, the discussions between presid

house, or civilians in the area. it is that kind of meticulous approach that the us officials have been stressing to place throughout resident biden was sat down with the cia director and national intelligence and counterterrorism directors, basically shown a model of this house and even asking questions about the constructions to find out himself exactly how the operation would work to make sure there was no collateral damage. it seems like this has been a successful operation from the america's point of view that they took their time on. ., ~' view that they took their time on. ., ~ , ., y view that they took their time on. ., ~' , ., , . on. thank you very much indeed, the detail of— on. thank you very much indeed, the detail of what _ on. thank you very much indeed, the detail of what happened. - earlier i spoke to retired lieutenant general david deptula. he is dean of the mitchell institute of aerospace studies. he was in charge of the desert storm campaign in 1991 he was in charge of the desert storm campaign in 1991 and commander of the air operations over afghanistan and iraq after 9/11. i asked if this was

the us house be tested her as it has evidence of the u. s. commitment to support tie when he's democracy. pelosi has become the highest ranking american official to visit the sell fooled island in 25 years. the white house, meanwhile, has stated that a dialogue between washington and beijing will be kept open and that the us does not want a crisis with china. the united states will not and does not, will not seek and does not want a crisis. we are prepared to manage wellbeing chooses to do at the same time, we will not engage in sabre rattling. we will continue to operate in the seas and the skies of the western pacific. as we have done for decades. we will continue to support taiwan, defend a free and open in the pacific, and seek to maintain communication with beijing. meanwhile, nancy pelosi seems to see nothing special in her visit. when it comes to china's reaction, our delegation came here to send an unequivocal message. america stand with taiwan, while china has stood in the way of taiwan participating. and going to certain meetings

that's after the us house b can. nancy pelosi touched down in taipei, despite numerous warnings from beijing. china strongly condemned to visit saying it will with a lucky defend its. busy territorial integrity and urges the united states against violations of the wine china. principal. china strongly urges the united states to stop playing the taiwan card and using to i want to contain china. and people in taiwan itself are anxious over the u. s. house because trip members of the public told us the u. s. just wants to spread its power and influence. not help them with lucy, touch china's bottom line. she touched the red line. so both the us and china have to take actions accordingly. they just use, tie one to get our attention for domestic market flow. she's to visit with attention across the taiwan straits, which has no benefit at all for the taiwan people with it's just gone 3 o'clock in the morning here in the russian capital. it's 8 a in type pie, and we're coming to live from moscow studios. thank you so much f

8th of the biggest show of force around the island in decades following a controversial visit by us house speaker, nancy pelosi coming up on the show concern over rushes, treatment of ukrainian prisoners of war keeps as moscow is behaving illegally with prisoners being sentenced to death on spurious grounds, we meet the parents of one man being held by russia who they fear might face a similar fate. was a forest fire rages here in berlin, firefighters struggle amid a heat wave to contain the uncontrollable blaze, which has broken out at a police munitions depot. ah. hello, i'm clare richardson. thank so much for joining us. china is stepping up its military activity around, ty, one as tensions rise. following the visit of u. s. house speaker nancy pelosi. beijing is preparing its biggest show of force around taiwan. in decades. the government in taipei says it scrambled to warn off chinese aircraft that entered its air defense zone. and a number of taiwanese ministry. websites have come under cyber attack. hello, see left to tie? one pledging. washington's iron clad commitment to defendin

just a day after us house speaker, nancy pelosi ended her controversial visit to to pay the drills are encircling the island tie. one says china. chinese naval ships and military aircraft have made several incursions into its territorial waters. a senior chinese diplomat described posies trip as manic, irresponsible, and irrational. the series of drills are focused in 6 exclusions. veins surround taiwan, 3 of the zines overland areas where taiwan says a part of its territorial waters and in some places just 20 kilometers of shore. the drills include long range light, i munition shooting into the taiwan strait. china has warned that all vessels or should avoid the area for 72 hours, maybe half of the global contain the fleet passes through this waterway every year . we'll try to foreign ministry has address policies trip to tie one than it's accused. washington, a stirring up trouble in the region. to me make was sure, hoping that said apple headed the u. s. is the biggest saboteur of peace in the taiwan strait and the biggest troublemaker of regional stability issues. that is the asia