Now on bbc news, its time for a special programme. Global questions the taiwan, china conflict. Hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from Liberty Square in taipei, the capital city of taiwan. The main island of taiwan lies about 160 kilometres across the waters from china. In the past few months, china has stepped up its military exercises, and fired missiles over taiwan, in growing tensions with the government here. The chinese president , xijinping, has reiterated the claim that taiwan belongs to china, and he says he does not rule out the use of force to take it over. Meanwhile, the United States, which supports taiwan, has hardened its position with President Biden saying he would send american troops to defend it. So, if china did invade taiwan, it would be a conflict with huge global dimensions, one that involves the two superpowers, the United States and china. That is global questions, taiwan, a flashpoint with china and the world . Applause welcome to the
Going to last a lot longer and nothing short of absolute conquest of the south will end it. Today well talk about a Campaign Going on at the exact same moment over in the eastern theatre or virginia in this case. We will talk about the peninsula and the seven Days Campaign today. It starts in late march, early april, 1862 and is going to go until july of 1862. And it was the campaign that could have ended the war in the summer of 1862. The Union Strategy this time was if you can knock the confederate capitol out of the war, richmond, only 90 miles from washington, d. C. , if the Union General George Mcclellan can capture the confederate capital at richmond by the summer of 1862 the confederacy may throw in the towel. We cant know for sure. It is speculation. It could very well be that the confederacy decides, ok, they took our capital but well keep on fighting. The war has been going on about a year. If the confederacy loses their National Capital within a year it very well could be th
Police officer on foot had hands on car and trying to communicate but is he not stopping at that point, but a Police Source tells us they shoot at the car and the driver leaves again the area, there is a pursuit and he has finally located the burgundy car are located in the 1900 block of colonial that driver was struck in the chest we are told and taken to einstein hospital and we do not have a condition on him. Police are here at stenton avenue. Always at this stage of the investigation there is a bit of confusion and this is no exception. Police are trying to sort out what happened in this incident. John rawlins channel 6 action news. Thank you john. Now, lets go to dann cuellar, he is at einstein hospital. The officers at the 34th district are are listed as stable and one officer is getting a cat scan to look at the extent of his injuries. I talked to all four officers including the officer about to have a cat scan, he had a neck brace on the other three officers are basically toget
Located along the 1900 block of colonial street. Cannot tell you why this male did this, what prompted it hopefully well get to the bottom of it. One peculiar almost the suspect went to colonial and then parallel parked his car and got out of the car and collapsed on a set of steps he was apparently headed to a house there on that location and police scooped him up and brought him to einstein hospital where he remains in Critical Condition. Thank you john. Now lets switch live to dann cuellar, outside of einstein medical with the latest there. Reporter all the indications we are getting is that the four officers all from the 35th district are pretty banged up but their injuries arep nonlifethreatening one officer is wearing a neck brace and undergoing a cat scan. Talked to and have seen all four Police Officers they are pretty banged up but in good spirits the four district officers were injured as the suspect used his vehicle as a weapon to flee the scene mayor nutter says they suffer
London for last months storms with his russian counterpart to head all write me and its referendum best friend in the next six months to get the needle this is russ announces new trio breach of the mountain range. This installation Airlines Flight seventy seven she travels west and reports that smith may have been deliberately towards the undermanned identity and unix. As the verdict is due today in the first seventy people in front of her events and around at the time of the nineteen ninety four genocide. The prosecution is seeking a life sentence. As the headlines this weekend featuring a scare on a false front of our top story this morning the american and Russian Foreign ministers are meeting in london today to discuss the crisis in ukraine so why did john kerry a riot at downing street. Just ahead all that meeting is expected to warn Sergei Lavrov today although consequences from moscow this minute intervention in crimea and the referendum was held there on sunday. United states h