it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with china and taiwan because china s military has carried out another day of simulated attacks on the self ruled ireland of taiwan. chinese state media say operation joint sword is using all elements of the military to prac s simulated precision strikes on key targets. meanwhile, the darwin s defence ministry says it has spotted 70 fighterjets and bombers and ii fighterjets and bombers and 11 navy vessels on sunday. the drills began shortly after taiwan s leader angered beijing by meeting the us house speaker gavin mccarthy in california, a move that china considers to be fuelling calls for independence for the island that it considers its own. for more on this story we can speak to katie silver who has been looking into the details of this for us will not grow to get you on newsday. i understand there has been reaction from the united states about these drills, whatever they said. about these drills, whatever they
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
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