welcome to bbc news. a potential visit to taiwan by the us house speaker nancy pelosi is stirring alarm in presidentjoe biden s administration. officials fear the trip may cross red lines for china, and that there s no exit path. beijing, which claims sovereignty over the island, has already issued harsh warnings even suggesting a possible military response. against this backdrop, president biden is expected to call president xi on thursday for the first time in months. well earlier i spoke to oriana skylar mastro who s a center fellow at stanford university s freeman spogli institute for international studies. i began by asking whether she thought us house speaker nancy pelosi was right to plan a visit to taiwan. my my personal view is these types of political manoeuvring is whether it is nancy pelosi going to taiwan or president biden saying that the united states is definitely going to defend taiwan only exacerbates tensions and doesn t help the united states with the fu
Now its time for World Business report. To stay or to leave . Yep, the big boss of one of the Worlds Largest banks, Goldman Sachs, tells the bbc about his preparations for a world after brexit thats coming up in an exclusive interview. And are you ready for round two . Its a biggie for europe, with one of them being knocked out. Yep, its the last day of campaigning before france elects their next president. So were going to look at how each ones plans to run the eurozones 2nd biggest economy. Welcome to World Business report. Im aaron heslehurst. If you dont like waving hands and high energy, i suggest you switch the channel right now. The rest of you who are staying with us, thank you. The Chief Executive of Goldman Sachs has warned that london will stall because of the risks from the brexit process. Lloyd blankfein told the bbc that the company was developing Contingency Plans to move some of its 6,500 employees out of the capital depending on the outcome of the negotiations. Mr blan
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He is expected to talk about the ongoing and controversial war on drugs, the conflict in marawi against islamist militants and economic policy. Howard johnson has more from manila. This will be Anya Shrubsole second State Of The Nation address. It is a chance to him to set out his vision for the philippines in the years ahead. A spokesperson said he will be speaking about terrorism, he will be speaking about terrorism, he will be looking at the conflict in morale we, on the island of mindanao. Marawi. There have been more than 570 deaths. His extension of martial law on minder now. Minder now Opposition Groups will be speaking out as well, putting together an alternative State Of The Nation address and that is likely to heavily criticise Rodrigo Duterte for his record on human rights during his campaign on his war on drugs. Howard johnson in manila, and we will have more analysis on that State Of The Nation address in the philippines very shortly. But first, lets take a look at some of