because beijing itself believes that there needs to be reunification between taiwan and china, and that taiwan is a part of course of the chinese nation. so it is a meeting, which is high in symbolism, but it also has had, as a result, some more significant moments. we have seen military manoeuvres, both by the chinese and american vessels being sent into the region as well. low level, in terms of that military operation, and it is not engagement, it is just operations in and around the seeds of around taiwan. but nonetheless, it has ratcheted up nonetheless, it has ratcheted up further the very difficult relations that currently exist between beijing and washington. it has been an awkward scenario for the white house because they do not have control over nancy pelosi, there were some effort to persuade her not to make this journey, effort to persuade her not to make thisjourney, but effort to persuade her not to make this journey, but it has been made and they will stand sup
that ll be the case on friday, but another cooler start, temperatures in single figures for some to begin the day. sunny start, a bit of cloud bubbling up, one or two isolated light showers, most will be dry. still with temperatures in the mid 20s in the very far south east, but most actually high teens, low 20s. and then, as we go through into the weekend, high pressure building in across southern areas does mean we ll see some wet and windy weather push across scotland for the start of the weekend. and temperatures will rise here into sunday. but for many, still a lot of dry weather around, but a good deal more comfortable across some southern parts. that s how it s looking. see you soon.
there is some suggestion, and we are talking about harbouring foreign terrorists here, and the point has been made that the taliban, 21 years ago in fact, granted al zawahiri citizenship within afghanistan, so again perhaps that is bouncing around on the head of a pain a little perhaps that is bouncing around on the head of a pin a little bit as to who is or isn t eligible for bohar bit as to who is or isn t eligible for doha arrangements. but i suppose the point about the agreement if was that it was going to be the model that allowed the current situation to develop, for the united states to get out? yes, i think that s right. i think this shows the doha agreement was meaningless. you can drive a truck through it, and that is exactly what the taliban has done, and anybody who is following the situation closely, who is reading about what is happening, the united nations has been very clear that the taliban remains allied with al-qaeda, that al-qaeda is rebuilding its strength in afgha