in the himalayas are creating a water crisis we have a special report on getting tap water to villages. hey, josh, it s gillian, how are you doing? very well, thank you. how are you? and the glasses allowing deaf people to see real time conversations right before their eyes. she knew it would antagonise beijing but that hasn t stopped nancy pelosi america s third highest ranking politician from paying a high level visit to taiwan. in the past hour she s been at the taiwanese parliament but before arriving there the chinese foreign ministry summoned the us ambassador, nicholas burns, to beijing to protest against the visit. during her meeting with taiwanese politicians she insisted that she had come to taiwan in what she called peace for the region . we come in friendship to taiwan. we come in peace for the region and our chair of the veterans affairs committee, representing our veterans, understanding the value of peace and the avoidance of conflict. i am sure he will
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
an agreement not to allow foreign militants on afghan soil. the rebuke came after a us drone strike in kabul killed ayman al zawahiri, the leader of al-qaeda. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. i m at the firstsite gallery, in colchester, in the east of england. my guests are the contemporary artists the singh twins, who have a major exhibition of their work here. the singh twins combine their dual british and indian heritage to make provocative art that has a strong political message. but sometimes, do these two traditions collide? singh twins, welcome to hardtalk. now, you were born in england, but you took a trip for the first time to india when you were teenagers in 1980, and that s when you were first exposed to indian miniature paintings. you describe that as a turning point in your lives why? well, the trip to india was a turning point in our lives for a couple of reasons, really. we were born and brought up
but sometimes, do these two traditions collide? singh twins, welcome to hardtalk. now, you were born in england, but you took a trip for the first time to india when you were teenagers in 1980, and that s when you were first exposed to indian miniature paintings. you describe that as a turning point in your lives why? well, the trip to india was a turning point in our lives for a couple of reasons, really. we were born and brought up in britain. we were aware of our indian heritage, but i don t think we really felt so deeply attached to it until we went to india and we had the opportunity to travel around india and experience that culture in all its diversity, and we really connected with that. and as part of that interest in our heritage, we also came across the style of painting called indian miniature painting, which is a very detailed, exquisite style of artwork full of satire and symbolism and narrative. and that was the style that we both adopted as our formal artisti
of a climate change catastrophe, including human extinction, are not being taken seriously by scientists. the authors say that the consequences of warming beyond three degrees celsius have been dangerously underexplored . now it is time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am the first site gallery in the east of england. my guests are the contemporary artist, twins, who have a major exhibition of their work here. they combined their work here. they combined theirjewel british and indian heritage to make provocative art that has a strong political message but sometimes do these two traditions collide? the trip to india was a turning point in our lives for a couple of reasons. we were born and brought up in britain and aware of the indian heritage but we did not feel deeply attached to it until we went to india and the opportunity to travel and experience that culture in all its diversity. we really connected with that and as part of that interest in our heritage came across