come. . ~ more protests in the months to come. . ~ ,, more protests in the months to come. . ~ i. more protests in the months to come. . ~ . ., come. thank you so much for our come. thank you so much for your time- come. thank you so much for your time. thank come. thank you so much for your time. thank you - come. thank you so much for your time. thank you for - come. thank you so much for i your time. thank you for having me. let s turn to taiwan now, which says it s detected nine warships and more than 71 military aircraft since china announced it would hold three days of live military drills around it. these are the latest pictures of those drills, released by chinese state media. here s a reminder now of the context for all this: taiwan is a self ruled island off china which beijing claims as part of its territory. the drills began just hours after taiwan s president tsai ing wen returned from the us, where she met the house speaker, kevin mccarthy. china warned against t
as part of its territory. the drills began just hours after taiwan s president tsai ing wen returned from the us, where she met the house speaker, kevin mccarthy. china warned against that meeting. despite that, us politicians returned the visit. today in the capital taipei, a delegation is being hosted by president tsai. among them is michael mccaul, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. he said washington was working to quickly supply weapons to taiwan. the house foreign affairs committee chairman, i sign off on all foreign military sales, including weapons to taiwan. and i promise you, madam president, we will deliver those weapons and we will provide training to your military. not for war, but for peace. since russia s full scale invasion of ukraine in february last year, over 70,000 possible war crimes have been committed by the russian armed forces.
of those drills, released by chinese state media. here s a reminder now of the context for all this. taiwan is a self ruled island off china which beijing claims as part of its territory. the drills began just hours after taiwan s president tsai ing wen returned from the us, where she met the house speaker, kevin mccarthy. china warned against that meeting. despite that, us politicians returned the visit. today in the capital taipei, a delegation is being hosted by president tsai. among them is michael mccaul, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. here s what he had to say. as the house foreign affairs committee chairman, i sign off on all foreign military sales, including weapons to taiwan. and i promise you, madam president, we will deliver those weapons and we will provide training to your military. not for war, but for peace.
the speaker of the us house of representatives nancy pelosi has met the taiwanese president during a visit that s been strongly condemned by the chinese government. taiwan is self ruled, but beijng sees it as a breakaway province that will eventually unite with it. you can see pictures of the senior us politician on the tarmac at songshan airport near the capital taipei. she will be continuing her visit of the region, travelling to south korea and japan next. taiwan is an island roughly 100 miles from the coast of south east china. china took the island from japan in 1945 after world war two, but after a civil war in china, defeated nationalist forces fled to taiwan.
archie was found injured at home in april and the 12 year old of argued he needs more time to recover and that he is stable in the day believe he is still in there. please see his organs are failing that he has no chance of recovery, something that the high courts in the court of appeal agreed with. his family said his best interest should be left in their hands. nancy pelosi the third highest ranking us official and us house speaker has arrived in taiwan. in a statement released as she landed in the capital taipei, ms pelosi said she wanted to honour america s unwavering commitment to taiwan s vibrant democracy. china, which claims taiwan as its own swiftly denounced the visit, calling it extremely dangerous. tensions are high china flew warplanes close to the island, ahead of her controversial visit. 4 us warships have also been deployed to the region. our correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes reports from taiwan.