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notified congress of the proposed sales on friday which includes up to 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air to air missiles. mainland s china s reaction to the news, typical fashion, warning the u.s. of potential countermeasures if it doesn t change course. cnn s will ripley has more from taiwan. reporter: it didn t take long after the announcement of this more than $1 billion arms package for the chinese government to make its displeasure known. more than half of this package includes a more than $600 million upgrade to an early radar warning system that s been operating here in taiwan for almost a decade and 330 million plus for anti-warship missiles, 85 million for air to air missiles and all of this the united states says help taiwan enhance its defenses as tensions continue to soar with beijing. this comes after an unidentified drone was shot down on an outlying island from the coast of mainland china. taiwan s ministry of foreign affairs points out this is the
approved more than $1.1 billion in arm sales to taiwan and china isn t happy about it. beijing is warning washington of potential counter measures and says the deal could both seriously jeopardize u.s.-china relations. cnn s will ripley has details from taipei. reporter: it didn t take long after the announcement of this more than $1 billion arms package for the chinese government to make its displeasure known. more than half of this package includes more than $600 million upgrade to an early radar warning system that has been operating here in taiwan for almost a decade. there is also 330 million plus for anti-warship missiles, 85 million for air to air missiles, and all of this the united states says is to help taiwan enhance its defenses as tensions continue to soar with beijing. this comes one day after an unidentified drone was shot down on taiwan s outlying island, a matter of 10 kilometers from the coast of mainland china. taiwan s ministry of foreign affairs points out this i
goirbachev to get rid of some of the people he said were responsible. the headlines on bbc news: mourners pay their respects to the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev, whose funeral is taking place. the head of the international atomic energy agency says the physical integrity of ukraine s zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been violated several times by military activity. china warns of counter measures after the us approves a $1 billion arms package to taiwan saying it s to maintain its self defence capabilities. china has warned it ll take counter measures unless the united states revokes a one point one billion dollar arms deal with taiwan. it comes amid rising tensions between washington and beijing over the island. the deal includes anti ship missiles, air to air missiles and support for taiwan s surveillance radar programme. our north america correspondent peter bowes has more details about the deal. this is a major investment in the
china warns of counter measures after the us approves a $1 billion arms package to taiwan saying it s to maintain its self defence capabilities. millions of people in england and scotland will be invited for their autumn covid booster vaccine from monday with care home residents first in line for the jab. ready for lift off again. nasa prepares to make a second attempt later to launch its most powerful rocket to the moon five days after technical problems scuppered its first attempt. it s not unusual for a it s not unusualfor a new it s not unusual for a new rocket to experience setbacks and delays but the team is confident they can overcome this and all eyes will be on at the launch pad as the countdown clock ticks down.