and the return of the tiger why nepal kept its promise to double numbers in the last decade. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 7 in the evening in washington where president joe biden spent more than 2 hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the two leaders warned each other over taiwan which again emerged as a key point of tension. this time the tensions started because of a possible visit there by the us house speaker nancy pelosi. although the visit hasn t yet been confirmed mr biden told xijinping, that washington strongly opposed any unilateral moves that would change the island s status or undermine stability across the taiwan straits. president xi said: those who play with fire will only get burnt. joe biden responded to that with on taiwan. the us policy has not changed. so where does that leave us? well, with an assessment of that phone call here s the bbc s barbara plett usher i
over the next 11 days. and the return of the tiger how nepal has kept its promise to double its population of the wild animals in the last decade. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, ”pm in london and six in the evening in washington where presidentjoe biden spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the two leaders warned each other over taiwan which again emerged as a key point of tension. this time the tensions started because of a possible visit there by the us house speaker nancy pelosi. although the visit hasn t yet been confirmed mr biden told xijinping, that washington strongly opposed any unilateral moves that would change the island s status or undermine stability across the taiwan straits. president xi said: those who play with fire will only get burnt. joe biden responded that on taiwan, the us policy has not changed. so where does that leave us? well, with an ass
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