hello and welcome. let s begin with the tensions around taiwan where chinese military forces are conducting drills for a third day. taiwan s defence ministry says it has detected 11 chinese warships and 59 aircraft around the island, 39 entered taiwan s air defence zones on monday morning. these are some of the latest images of the drills released by china s military and shown on the country s state television. the chinese display of force has added to tension between china and the united states. and the us navy says it has sailed a guided missile destroyer through contested waters claimed by china near the spratly islands to assert navigational passage rights. with the latest on the drills, here s our correspondent shaimaa khalil in tokyo. this is the third day of military drills. drills which china calls operationjoint sword. it is surrounding taiwan, a self governing island. china s military exercises happened hours within the return of the taiwanese president from her
of foreign powers, namely qatar and morocco, in exchange for money which he denies. qatar and morocco have also hit back at the claims. belgian prosecutors want andrea cozzolino detained in brussels, but his lawyers are contesting the european arrest warrant. translation: if the belgian prosecutor has the proof - of cozzolino s guilt, why don t they show it? the fact they don t leads us to think that cozzolino s arrest is aimed to get him injail and see if he cracks, if he confesses to a crime, even though he didn t do it. concerns about the state of belgium s prisons have also been raised. in our opinion, in belgium, there isn t a prison that could guarantee his health rights. he suffers from heart problems. he needs intensive treatment and could risk his own life if he doesn t receive the appropriate care in a crisis. belgium s federal prosecutor s office declined to comment, but some legal experts aren t so reticent. seems to be yet another attempt at delaying,