has that story. it s 6am and this fighter base on the coast of taiwan is already a hive of activity. on the apron, mirage 2000 fighter jets from taiwan s rapid reaction squadrons, theirjob to meet any incoming threats taiwan s airspace. these taiwanese fighter jets being scrambled behind me here are heading out into the taiwan strait to confront chinese aircraft that are coming across the strait and probing taiwan s airspace. this is now happening multiple times every day. these pictures are from chinese television, showing their fighter jets, and that down below is the coast of taiwan. just over the horizon, there is another game of cat and mouse. this man puts up a long antenna to eavesdrop on the radio traffic coming from china s navy. radio chatter that s the chinese navy talking to the taiwanese navy, saying, your territorial waters, that you claim, do not exist, that the people s republic of china is the only legitimate government of china and taiwan is an inseparable
have a windfall tax on the oil and gas companies. the taliban are celebrating the first anniversary of their return to power in afghanistan but not everybody is cheering, especially women and girls. here as flash floods hit cornwall, the text alerts that will give you a direct warning about severe weather and other life threatening events. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the uk has become the first country to approve what its manufacturers are calling a next generation covid vaccine. the uk s medicines regulator has approved a new version of moderna s coronavirus vaccine the first to target both the omicron variant as well as the original strain of the virus. ministers say the vaccine will now form part of the autumn booster campaign. our medical editor fergus walsh is here with more details. this is the start of a new era of covid vaccines. until now, they ve all been designed against the original form of the virus which emerged in wuhan in china at the end 2019. t
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