Narrative and berlin. Thank you very much for tuning in the United States president has pledge to uphold mutual defense agreements with the philippines in japan. In the face of growing military assertiveness by china, joe biden made the promise to add a summit. With philippine president friedman, marcos junior and japanese Prime Minister from your tissue at the white house, is the 1st such summit between 3 nations. Vision has made territorial claims on disputed waters in the South China Sea between the philippines and japan. Lets listen now just a moment by that to say that summit i want to be clear, the United States, United States defense competitors to japan and to the philippines, our iron clad or our class. As i said before, any attack on filipino aircraft specials are armed forces and South China Sea would invoke our mutual defense treaty to our washington dc correspond janelle do milan explained what upholding the defense agreements in the event of a conflict with china would ac
Cope as winter keeps piling on the pressure. One in three young women in the uk is avoiding smear tests for Cervical Cancer, because of issues with body image. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Henry bolton has insisted he will not quit as leader of ukip, despite a string of resignations of senior members. The local government, education, trade and immigration spokesmen have all resigned, along with the deputy leader and assistant deputy leader. The 12 resignations come after the National Executive committee backed a vote of no confidence in mr bolton. Mr bolton has been under pressure since it emerged his ex girlfriend had sent offensive texts. Our Political Correspondent alex forsyth has this report. Despite the clamour of voices calling for him to go, henry bolton emerged today with a defiant message. I will not be resigning as party leader. Instead, during the next four weeks, i shall be calling for the Co Ordination and mobilisation of all leave campaigns, to ensure that the g
University of aleppo today ready for the first day of exams. What they got instead was two massive explosions. Twin blasts rocked the school, killing at least 80 people. Rebel forces as the government bombed the campus deliberately. From neighboring turkey, James Reynolds reports. The university of aleppo was thought to be one of the last safe places in syria ofs largest city. But two explosions changed that. These pictures were filmed just after the blasts. The side of this building was blown away. The university was home to both students and ordinary people who had taken refuge from fighting elsewhere in aleppo. The browns are in an area of grounds nt control brow are in an area under government control, but activists say it was the government to fired. This is the signal of the government. The government denies this. It says that the explosions were carried out by terrorists. It has been almost two years of fighting in syria. Aleppo has been the scene of intense conflicts between th
Grounds nt control brow are in an area under government control, but activists say it was the government to fired. This is the signal of the government. The government denies this. It says that the explosions were carried out by terrorists. It has been almost two years of fighting in syria. Aleppo has been the scene of intense conflicts between the government and rebels. Neither have been able to force the other to retreat for good. No corner of the city is safe. James reynolds, bbc news, is double. Istanbul. Lance armstrong has already been stripped of his titles and reputation. He is sitting down to chat with oprah winfrey. She is not revealing what he said about allegations that he routinely used performance enhancing drugs, but she did say that he did not come clean and perhaps the way she expected. Lance armstrong sitting down with oprah for the biggest interview of her career and possibly the most difficult of his. The what he said about taking drugs remains unclear, despite wide