taiwan for its part is determined to prove it's prepared to defend itself. this live fire exercise in july is 1 of a number this year simulating a response to a chinese invasion. relations between beijing and taipei have become strained since the election in 2016 of president sighing when in part over her rejection of beijing's view that taiwan is part of one china. yet tensions have also been fueled by the presence of this man in taiwan in august u.s. health secretary alex is our became the highest ranking american official it's a visit taiwan since $979.00. his visit comes as the trump administration increases its support for taipei its ties with beijing sour chinese reaction was furious. that they do then which is a political provocation to china it encourages the arrogance of the separatist forces to taiwan independence and undermines sino u.s. relations and peace and stability china firmly opposed this i'm strongly condemns that. taiwan's leader has warned china to back off but there's little sign that beijing will comply with her wishes. joining us is

midline of the taiwan straits china begun military drills close to taiwan after the arrival there of a top u.s. state department official well china is accusing the us. party of colluding to stir up trouble and says the exercises in the taiwan strait are to protect what it sees as its territorial sovereignty and the u.s. undersecretary for economic affairs keith crocker is the most senior state department official to land in taiwan in decades and it also marks the 2nd visit by a u.s. official in 2 months the chinese government condemned the trip and says diplomatic relations between taiwan and the u.s. will lead to a dead end let's talk about all of this with rob mcbride he's following the story for us from seoul tense times around the taiwan straits what more do we know about what happened and what china is saying about the incidents. that's right this intense military activity in and around the taiwan strait really ratcheting up the tension level in this part of the world at the china's defense ministry has said that this exercise is necessary and reasonable but we know now from ta

taiwan tells china to back off a major growing military tension in the taiwan strait what's this conflict mean for the time when his economy and the global supply of computer chips it's all to authors on that in taipei to find out more. also coming up delivery euro wants to make it big in south korea but sols restaurants are not exactly waiting for the. and delivers that. element to get jones and this is the business good to have you with us tensions between china and taiwan are heating up china claims sovereignty of the small island and the stepped up military activities in the air and waters around it taiwan is determined to resist the pressure and demands china back off the saber rattling also has economic implications taiwan is a major source of computer chips for the global economy. the world would grind to a halt without taiwan's computer chips they're inside t.v. smartphones computers the globe's producers rely on a small island electronic component supplies most deliveries go to china which regards taiwan as a breakaway province under its one china policy but recently tensions in

is no medline the in the taiwan strait because all of it the strait and taiwan included belong to china and of course there is a complex economic component to all of this taiwan china and the united states all do a tremendous amount of business with each other right. that's right yeah the relationship between those 33 places the u.s. china and taiwan his ex is extremely close economically you have a situation where some of the very top products by top u.s. companies apple i phones i now call i pads dell laptops the list goes on they are produced in china by very very large type he's suppliers companies like foxconn packet tron and wish stron in very large factories there in china at the same time you have many of the top u.s. multinationals companies like intel micron general motors qualcomm starbucks the list goes on that are deeply reliance on the chinese market for their their growth so they would simply be much smaller companies if they did not have this very significant market in china and then the final thing is you have literally tens of thousands of mainly business people from t

taiwan tells china to back off a bit to growing military tension in the taiwan strait this conflict made for the time when these economy and the global supply of computer chips the talk shop responded in taipei to find out more. also coming up a national travel times by a thread on the powers of globalization on the coronavirus pandemic could need in the end for diversity and i'm glad you. also. must promise is cheaper and better electric cars within 3 years thanks to a more efficient battery technology. and to devastating wildfires along the west coast threaten this year's wine harvest. hello i'm monica jones and this is your business good to have you with us tensions between china and taiwan heating up china has stepped up military activities while taiwan demands china back off of the saber rattling has economic implications taiwan is a major source of computer chips for the global economy. the world would grind to a halt without taiwan's computer chips or inside t.v. smart phones computers the globe's producers rely on the small island electronic component supplies most deliveries go

congress for taiwan it the taiwanese people, expands taiwan's links with the international community and its presence in global organizations. you talked about that in your opening statement. how important is something like a bilateral trade agreement with taiwan? what are the economic benefits? could we see progress from that -- on that in the coming weeks ahead? >> that's a very important point. >> [inaudible] >> keith kroc is in taiwan right now to celebrate the life and legacy of the former president. the relationship with taiwan. our goal is to get high with the law. that law is the taiwan relations act. sure that wemake allow taiwan the international space to deal with its larger neighbor to the west in a way that resolves their differences through dialogue and not through coercion. we mentioned picking off partners in the past. not through coercion or use of first -- force. cooperation on things like arms sales and the rest is in line with all of our agreements and insurers that the issue between the mainland and taiwan is resolved easily. thanks. >> how my doing on time? >> n

military tension between taiwan and china as a high level u.s. official lands in the disputed territory. watching al-jazeera lie from a headquarters and. also ahead taking all they possess to a new temporary home the 2nd day of a mass movement of refugees on the greek island of lesbos. little risk by insight the number of coronavirus cases around the world is now 30000000 and climbing. and will it be a waste of space wales keeps building offices but covert 19 is prompting a push to get more people working from home permanently. hello china has begun military drills close to taiwan the visit off another top u.s. official further phrase relations between the superpowers it's accusing the u.s. on taiwan's ruling party of colluding to stir up trouble and says the exercises are to protect what it sees as its territorial sovereignty there taking place near the taiwan strait that lies between china and the islands all taiwanese media are reporting that taiwanese fighter jets were scrambled multiple times on friday morning that's after chinese aircraft w

china and taiwan may be beat her rivals but trade across the strait of taiwan has never been better. in august u.s. president donald trump expanded u.s. curbs on huawei and banned suppliers from selling chips made using u.s. tech to the chinese company without a special license this prompted a stampede to stockpile goods before the restrictions come in to the tune of between $1.00 and $2000000000.00. taiwan says exports rose 8.3 percent from a year earlier to just over $31000000000.00 in august that's the highest monthly tally on record and much higher than analysts had expected exports in july edged up 0.4 percent following 4 months of foals taiwan semiconductor at the world's largest contract chip maker said in july it had already stopped taking new orders from wall way and it does not plan to ship wafers after the middle of this month china is taiwan's largest trading partner taiwanese manufacturers are a key part of the global supply chain for tech giants such as apple that's despite a longstanding political rivalry beijing has failed to take control of taiwan the 2 sides split i

the midline of the taiwan strait china began military drills close to taiwan after the arrival there of a top u.s. state department official well china is accusing the u.s. on taiwan's ruling party of colluding to stir up trouble and says the exercises in the taiwan strait are to protect what it sees as its territorial sovereignty and the u.s. undersecretary for economic affairs keith crocker is the most senior state department official to land in taiwan and decades marks the 2nd visit by a u.s. official in 2 months the chinese government condemned the trips and says diplomatic relations between taiwan on the u.s. will lead to a dead end road mcbride is following the story for us from seoul so how tense is the situation around the taiwan strait rob. i mean all of this military activity friday really ratcheting up the tension level in this part of the world the china's defense ministry says its exercise was reasonable and necessary it says but it was necessary for them to from taiwan's point of view to scramble its interceptor jets when it says it detected multiple military aircraft f

in how taiwan is >>> welcome back. in contrast with the number of covid cases in the u.s., one place that has held the pandemic at bay where life is essentially normal is taiwan. despitnd beingred miles off the china, taiwan with its 23 million people has had only 500 cases and seven deaths. it's been averaging one or two new cases a day since april. joining us now from taiwan is the bay area author who penned the best-selling novelbest-selll >> thank you so much for having me. >> long overdue. where exactly are you in taiwan and why are you there? >> i am staying in a hotel in tye way. it's one of the government approved quarantine hotels, here 14 days part of the process for keeping the country safe or taiwan safe. >> right, okay. so i want to talk more about the whole elaborate protocol there. you'll show us around the hotel room but last time you saw us here, march 11st, the last guest studio bore everything locked down and we n n to the reconnecting, there it is. we're showing folks our interview, we had on tape a

it was simply reversing what we have seen as far as ticking off taiwan partners as far as keeping taiwan from attending the world health assembly. the one place that figured out corona first and understood it best and where the people that could have helped out if they were allowed to participate. and any other multilateral activities taiwan is allowed to participate in meaningfully. we are working hard to clarify that. thank you. >> if i might, you mentioned the dfc being on track to deploy 12 billion in financing to central america and the caribbean. tell me how state and usaid are coordinating. opec was long a piece of development strategy. dfc has a broader range of tools and resources and reach. if we were to use the dfc to advance our values and sims of transparency and high labor standards and environmental standards, there has to be internally coordination with the usaid. how do you see that proceeding? do you see any role for the dfc and our presence in the region to directly to combat digital authoritarianism and strengthen civil society, as is urged in the bipartisan legislati

strait that separates taiwan from mainland china also deploying taiwan says its missiles and defense missiles before those aircraft turned back china taiwan presidential office has called for self restraint has been very critical of this action this sort of military exercise is often used by mainland china to show its displeasure and of course it comes as this visit takes place by keith crack from the u.s. state department one of the most senior officials to visit taiwan it is the visit is meant for the u.s. to pay respects at a memorial service to the don't way a former president of taiwan but during this visit cracked will be meeting with the current president sighing way in which does not please mainland china the ministry the chinese defense ministry spokes person who is very critical of u.s. policy did not refer specifically to this visit but talked about the what they china sees as a very worrying trend of increased diplomatic exchanges. 15 pro-democracy activists in hong kong are back in court for their role in last year's protests among them as newspaper publisher and busines

taiwan for its part is determined to prove it's prepared to defend itself. this live fire exercise in july is 1 of a number this year simulating a response to a chinese invasion. relations between beijing and taipei have become strained since the election in 2016 of president sighing when in part over her rejection of beijing's view that taiwan is part of one china. yet tensions have also been fueled by the presence of this man in taiwan in august u.s. health secretary of exes are became the highest ranking american officials who visit taiwan since 979. his visit comes as a trump administration increases its support for taipei its ties with beijing sour chinese reaction was furious. that they do congress as a political provocation to china it encourages the arrogance of the separatist forces to taiwan independence and undermines sino u.s. relations and peace and stability china firmly opposed this i'm strongly condemns that. taiwan's leader has warned china to back off but there's little sign that beijing will comply with her wishes. joining us is dexter rob

and taiwan. it comes as u.s. undersecretary keith kroc, the most senior state department official in decades, continues his visit to the island. that follows another visit last month by u.s. health secretary alex azar as part of what beijing has condemned as a dangerous trend. whether it's the control china using taiwan as leverage or solicit foreign support, it's all wishful thinking and destined to be a dead-end. those who play with fire will burn themselves. reporter: once again, taiwan is caught in the middle of worsening china u.s. relations. >> increasingly, the u.s. is stepping up to back taiwan for a range of regions. to counter china regionally, mainly. taiwan is a democracy as well as its critical geographic location. an increasingly more important role in u.s. strategy in the indo pacific. we are likely to see an increasing ratcheting up of tension in the taiwan strait. reporter: diplomacy with taiwan seems to be part of a wider effort by the u.s. to rally an international coalition against what it see

so visit to taiwan by a high ranking u.s. official has led to fighter jets being scrambled and it seemed china launch major military drills taiwan's defense ministry says it had to send up jets to track approaching chinese air force planes if they cross the sensitive mid line of the taiwan strait which lies between china and the island china's mistreated. justified friday's new drills saying they were necessary to protect what it calls national sovereignty and territorial integrity it accuses united states and taiwan's ruling party of colluding to stir up trouble. me with recently the united states and the democratic progressive party authorities have set up their collusion and frequently stir up trouble whether it's using taiwan to contain china or rely on foreign powers to threaten others it is wishful thinking and is destined to be a dead end who plays with fire will get burnt the chinese people's liberation army has firm will full confidence in sufficient ability to pour it all external interference and separatist acts of

taiwan decided it couldn't afford to wait for the w.h.o. on december 31st began implementing its own emergency containment measures their response was to prove highly effective taiwan has a population of 25000000 and sits only 93 miles from the chinese mainland to date it has had 498 pieces of corona virus and only 7 deaths meanwhile louis chan says the chinese authorities kept denying the problem. press release on these numbers 31st and said well it's not it's not stars and there's no evidence of human to human transmission but we still think ahead we cannot risk the possibility that it's really sars. so after all these question internally at the agency the. as the prime minister's office we decided to start on board. inspection of all the direct flights coming from things that day and those who do not count we had the wrong 12 the right plies a weekly basis down. by now the residents and mohan were also becoming alarmed. by. the border. shock of course. you want to reach him so much and come at the back door. check. out. some of the. shut

and taiwan. it comes as u.s. undersecretary keith crock the most senior state department official in decades continues his visit to the island that follows another visit last month by u.s. health secretary alex asia as part of what beijing has condemned as a dangerous trend. far whether it's to control china using taiwan as leverage or solicit foreign support it's all wishful thinking and destined to be a dead end those who play with fire will burn themselves. once again taiwan is caught in the middle of worsening china u.s. relations increasingly the u.s. is stepping up to back taiwan for a whole range of reasons but to counter china regionally mainly want democracy as well as its critical job graphic location has assumed an increasingly more important role in u.s. strategy ending up sick so we're likely to see an increasing retching up of tension in the tarrasch rates. diplomacy with taiwan seems to be part of a wider wreford by the u.s. to rally an international coalition against what it sees as increasing chi

and taiwan it comes as u.s. undersecretary keith crock the most senior state department official in decades continues his visit to the island that follows another visit last month by u.s. health secretary alex asia as part of what beijing has condemned as a dangerous trend. of our whether it is to control china using taiwan as leverage or solicit foreign support it's all wishful thinking and destined to be a dead end those who play with fire will burn themselves. once again taiwan is caught in the middle of worsening china u.s. relations increasingly the u.s. is stepping up to back taiwan for a whole range of reasons but to counter china regionally mainly. want a democracy as well as its critical job graphic location has assumed an increasingly more important role in u.s. strategy ending the syfy so we're likely to see an increasing retching up of tension in the tarrasch rates. diplomacy with taiwan seems to be part of a wider wreford by the u.s. to rally an international coalition against what it sees as increa

this intense military activity in and around the taiwan strait really ratcheting up the tension level in this part of the world of the china's defense ministry has said that this exercise is necessary and reasonable but we know now from taiwan's military that in response they have had to scramble friday their intercept jets when they say that they detected a number multiple chinese and military aircraft crossing over the how half way line in the straits of taiwan that separates taiwan from mainland china 15 pro-democracy activists in hong kong are back in court for their role in last year's protests among them is newspaper publisher and businessman she lay there facing charges of inciting organizing or participating in an authorized demonstrations so the tension facilities at the new refugee camp in greece have already started to break down and have begun to settle into the camp on the island of lesbos but they fear the conditions will be as poor as they were in the old camp which burned down last week 12000 people had been living there but it was only designed to hold a quarter of th

it debuted o the taiwan exchange on thursday. the president and some emploloys watched a debut ceremonony throh vivideo link through an office the p parent company in osaka. >> translator: our subsidiary hahas now officially become a taiwanese company. our aim is for our company to be recognized worldwide in various locations. >> reporter: they started business in asia in 2014. its 29 restaurants make it the biggest conveyor belt japanese sushi chain, planning to open more than 20 new outlets. the company hopes the stock listing will help raise its profile and corporate image in asia and make financing easier. >>> let's have a look at the markets. >>> from the "newsline biz" team in tokyo, i'm gene otani. thanks very much for joining us. ♪ onthanks for joining us "france 24." in operation thoususands of migrants afterer their camamp ws destroyed by fire last week. the leader ofof libya's u.n. backed goverentt says he's ready to hand over power in october. talks are underway to put an end to the conflict that has gone on for yea

>> and that was taiwan stacia minister. speaking with our chief north asia correspondent stephen engle. we are getting these live coming from china's taiwan affairs office. a spokesperson in this briefing and talking more about this straits form that will be happening this weekend and shaman. an annual meeting between the two to talk about unification with china. there has been a lot of controversy surrounding all this but acyclic the spokesperson party isat the jpp using it as an excuse for the u.s. side in the party is obstructing people from joining straits form this weekend. we are hearing some of the more beijing friendly allies are not attending this. have come out and said clearly for the first time since 2009 we are not going to be attending this straits form on the mainland because they said there were some coverage from cctv, the state media, that accuse them of coming to the form to beg for peace with the mainland and that was basically too much for them to stomach. even they are not going to be at the form. that

china and taiwan may be bitter rivals but trade across the strait of taiwan has never been better. in august u.s. president donald trump expanded u.s. curbs on huawei and banned suppliers from selling chips made using u.s. tech to the chinese company without a special license this prompted a stampede to stockpile goods before the restrictions come in to the tune of between $1.00 and $2000000000.00. taiwan says exports rose 8.3 percent from a year earlier to just over $31000000000.00 in august that's the highest monthly tally on record and much higher than analysts had expected. exports in july edged up 0.4 percent following 4 months of foals. taiwan semiconductor and the world's largest contract chip maker said in july it had already stopped taking new orders from while away and it does not plan to ship wafers after the middle of this month china is taiwan's largest trading partner taiwanese manufacturers are a key part of the global supply chain for tech giants such as apple that's despite a long standing political rivalry beijing has failed to take control of taiwan the 2 sides s

beijing's constant high ranking trips to taiwan could become unknown. czech republic, the visit runs counter to the one china principle which states taiwan is part of china. so why did the czech president decide to visit taiwan anyway knowing it would provoke beijing? one possible motivation comes down to history. during the cold war, the communist party wrote about what was then czechoslovakia. in 1 1968, the mass protest movement began, only to be brutally suppressed by the soviet union with tanks and d troops. many civilians w were killed. the e current czech leaders of e generation for democracy, a generation b between the former soviet union and modern day china. >> translator: i hope to express support for taiwan and its value of freedom. >> reporter: it is also part of the delegation to taiwan and hasn't held back from expressing his views. >> we really cannot remain silent about the human rights problems in china. >> reporter: another possible reason for risking displeasure, confidence in economic ties with china. he became the first chinese pre

force and navy held a two-day exercise off the taiwan's south western coast through thursday. the ministry said the chinese fighter jets were flying about 160 kilometers from the taiwanese mainland. chinese military aircraft have often entered the air defense identification zone in the past. the ministry said china's latest drills were intended to put military pressure on taiwan. >> translator: we call on the beijing authorities to order its people's liberation army to exercise restraint. the recent harassment actions have drawn the resentment of the taiwananese people. china should stop being a troublemaker and make contributions instead to regional peace and stability. >> china has made no announcement about the exercises, but it's believed to be stepping up pressure on taiwan. taiwan has been closely coordinating with the united states amid rising tensions between washington and beijing. >>> u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo has hinted senior officials in moscow were behind the suspected poisoning of russian opposition leader alexei navalny. pompeo said in a video intervi

how did taiwan do it? well, many point to taiwan's great good fortune of having had a vice president, who is also an epidemiologist. his name is chen chien-jen, and he joins me now from taipei. welcome, sir. >> it's really my pleasure and honor to join. >> you're an american-trained epidemiologist, johns hopkins trained epidemiologist. were you surprised at how poorly america handled covid-19? >> at the very beginning, the probability had not been well recognized. that's maybe the reason why at the very beginning people ignore it and also didn't see personal hygiene and social distancing and avoidance of carrier is very important. unfortunately, you took very strong effort to lockdown a city, but city lockdown is not a good way. the contact tracing and very stringent quarantine of close contact are the best way to contain this covid-19. and i think that we always learn from this -- from disasters. and i think the situation in the united states is getting better and better because a lot of the general publi

with china as in like the one china policy is obsolete because the people's republic is threatening taiwan which is like not part of the one china deal we have seen what happened in hong kong which is also like a breaking on international contract like international law we see like the horrendous things that happened in changing and now to cracking down on in among golyer so literally as. i hope agreeing that genocide is not an opinion it's just literally before we talk about trade and the modalities of trade it's just literally a dog what country do you want to be china. also economy has changed the relationship . also between europe especially germany and china has changed and i sometimes doubt the people here in germany especially the government if they have realized how much it has changed i mean china is not longer just a big huge market where you can sell german machines but china china has become a rival on on a lot of terms and. the difference is that behind chinese companies there's always the strong communist party and the strong communist government and sometimes i have a feelin

with china as in like the one china policy is obsolete because the people's republic is threatening taiwan which is like not part of the one china deal we have seen what happened in hong kong which is also like a breaking on international contract like international law we see like the horrendous things that happen in changing and now to cracking down on in among golyer so literally as i hope agreeing that genocide is not an opinion it's just literally before we talk about trade and the modalities of trade it's just literally the dog what country do you want to be china. also economy have changed the relationship. also between europe especially germany and china has changed and i sometimes doubt the people here in germany especially the government if they have realized how much it has changed i mean china is not to longer just be cute market where you can sell german machines but china china has become a rival on on a lot of terms and. the difference is that behind chinese companies there's always a strong communist party and a strong communist government and sometimes i have a feeling tha

bit in hong kong and dealing with taiwan i think. i would totally agree. i would call it is not a partner is an enemy and so i have i would say ok and if she is not willing to to to compromise on any terms i would say the west the europe or and also germany has to has to consider heart of measurements what can the europeans learn from the americans on dealing with beijing oh i think they i think they have a lot to learn from the americans this extraordinary level of research and knowledge going on in the us into china that i simply don't see in europe. i do see some of the europeans underestimate the chinese do we not taking them seriously because the chinese often give signals that they feel misunderstood oh yeah well of course they would i mean it's very helpful to argue that one is misunderstood and therefore to gain sympathy and that's of course what that's about is that you know . any sympathy changing the atmosphere in democracies to set the rules for additional civ the no i think it's a fact we can see how it happens through propaganda through the s

bit in hong kong and dealing with taiwan i think. i would totally agree. i would call it is not a partner is an enemy and so i have i would say ok and if she is not willing to to to compromise on any terms i would say the west or the europe or and also germany has to has to consider heart of measurements what can the europeans learn from the americans on dealing with beijing oh i think they i think they have a lot to learn from the americans this extraordinary level of research and knowledge going on in the us into china that i simply don't see in europe. i do see some of the europeans underestimate the chinese so we're not taking them seriously because the chinese often give signals that they feel misunderstood oh yeah well of course they would i mean it's very helpful to argue that one is misunderstood and therefore to gain sympathy and that's of course what that's about is that you know . any sympathy changing the atmosphere in democracies to settle for a dismissive of the no i think it's a fact we can see how it happens through propaganda through the s

official to taiwan. a growing number of coronavirus cases among refugees on the greek out of less bosses causing concern at least 214 infections have been confirmed that's 9000 refugees have been moved into a new camp the previous one which was europe's largest but down 10 days ago al-jazeera stephanie deca reports now from less boss. it's a very windy day here on the island and the elements are a concern when it comes to this new camp you can see it's right on the water's edge open to the wind the sea the rain that might come in the winter a lot of people were concerned about entering this camp we understand around 9000 people have entered in the last couple of days as a result of that police operation they were concerned about the conditions they were concerned that they would be locked inside describing it potentially as a jail but certainly what we've seen this morning we've seen people walking along this road from the camp towards one of the main supermarkets and we're told by the authorities runnin

the name taiwan will be more prominent. taiwan's foreign minister joseph wu announced the change on wednesdaday. >> translator: since the coronavirus outbreak in january, taiwanese tourists have often been mistaken for chinese and subject to unnecessary measures. >> the front of the passports will feature "taiwan" written in english featured in large lettering. the official the republic of china will be significantly smaller. the design will go into use in january. taiwan's leaders say the response to the outbreak has been a success, but that hasn't been recognized internationally. observers say authorities in taipei want to stress the difference between taiwan and mamainland china. >>> pope francis has held his first public general audience in six months. the event usually takes place pilut had been halted due to the coronavirus pandemic. the audience is normally conducted every wednesday, but the vatican stopped inviting >> translator: we resume our encounters face to face not screen to screen, and this is beautiful. >> i

charles: support of taiwan is another senior u.s. official visits the country talking trade and defense. well this is obviously angering china, which is threatening to retaliate. forget a coal war. could we soon see a hot war in the region? i want to bring in "wall street journal" opinion writer jillian melchior. jillian, undersecretary of state keith crotch arriving in taiwan. america switched focus away from china and taiwan. obviously china is not happy. what exactly is going on here? >> i think what we've seen here is that, the united states, it makes sense for us to have a good relationship with taiwan and strategically they're a huge trade partner, they have semiconductor chips which are really strategically important for us but china doesn't like this. i think they will continue to bluster about it. i don't think that should deter the trump administration from standing with a small democracy. charles: more recently we're reading about china's navy which caught up quickly, a lot quicker than we thought. they have created milita

official to taiwan. a u.n. investigator on human rights violations in belarus is warning of another quote iron curtain descending on europe and the u.n. human rights council wants an independent investigation into allegations of torture and other abuses after last month's disputed election results one of the many victims has been speaking to out of serious correspondent step in a conversation took place in the capital minsk. praying to stop the violence in bella ruth said again 1000000 it's felt firsthand what government forces are capable off the baptists community members as he was on his way to pray denied after last month's presidential election when he was dragged out of his car by mass policeman and crammed into a detention truck police force him to crawl on top of other men and he sassed a torture began. i told them again and again i just came here to pray i'm religious person but every time i gave this answer they gave me an electric shock i only wore too short so it was very painful of the usage of my

the global institutions what happened with the world health organization is horrendous and it's still taiwan on from this from distance from this entity it's surrenders and it's part of a of an ethnic sort of chauvinism slash racism sort of idea that came into being through pings reign where he like i mean it was not certainly not a free country before but it has been going down that alley of more openness but she reverted the policies of openness to an extended china before 2013 and china now is just like not recognize it and she wants to scrap entirely liberal democracy i have a few days he does want to and i think that it is a difference i mean of course china has in the last 7 decades has been an author tearing communist country but in the eighty's in the ninety's and even in the beginning of 2002 until 2010 everyone or a lot of people had the feeling ok it's opening up and maybe not it's not fully democracy becoming a fully democracy in a western style but somehow it makes a china finds its way under see this. the opposite is happening and. to the question if china is a rival or a partn

tool to express its displeasure with taiwan. one particularly concerning point about last week's incursions was the fact that according to local media when taiwanese jets went out to counter the chinese military or -- military airplanes in order them to cross back to their side of the line, the chinese pilot said, we do not recognize the median line. there is no median line. this is a case that there could be furthe further incursions to come. haslinda: some say that the risk of war is considerably higher. how has the u.s. responded to this? has been noere concrete actions from the u.s. yet, but what the u.s. has done is it has said for every chinese action intended to pressure or intimidate taiwan, there will be a u.s. action to counter that. the u.s. views itself as something of a peacekeeper here. it views itself as its main role maintaining the status quo, this fragile balance between the two sides of the taiwan strait. it views china as having unilaterally altered the status quo over the last few years. they have said they

official to taiwan. still to come for you here on this program europe struggles to contain a surge in corona virus infections with record cases in the u.k. france and spain plus. i'm charlie onslow on the river in southwest england for an animal hunted to extinction 400 years ago is making a comeback a track to tourists helping to just flooding. hello there's some pretty good weather across central europe but not the same across the north of being some pretty ferocious storms across areas of scotland idea and then also we watching this embassy this is called a medicaid and this is the damage already that's it's has done it's literally a hearkens fall into the mediterranean and look at this on the greek island already the ways have been coming through on the winds sustained at about 120 kilometers an hour and then a physical as well look at this it's almost like storm surge of that comes in as well as the rain you see here on the front in this marina the boats have been damaged and just look how high the

why is keep up the demand to go to taiwan war. what counted up your business i'm going to johnson the lender to have you with us now there's nothing wrong with money wherever it comes from and whatever it's used for at least that seems to have been the motto for some of the world's biggest lenders including germany stacia bank a network of journalists has uncovered trillions of dollars of suspicious cash making its way through the financial system and that despite a strict anti money laundering regulations but apparently those regulations don't work across national borders. 2 trillion dollars but so much the international consortium of investigative journalists say deutsche bank j.p. morgan h.s.b.c. and several other large global banks laundered on their clients' behalf the report comes after gaining access to thousands of suspicious activity reports which banks have to file with u.s. regulators when red flags are raised the journalists say parents often delayed the report effectively giving a blank check to money launderers. obvi