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
aren t so reticent. seems to be yet another attempt at delaying, gaining time and perhaps leveraging on the health status of mr cozzolino in order to somehow tarnish or complicate further a very difficult and very silent investigation across europe. so i would say this is not very fair. news of this investigation first broke back in december last year. it was a bombshell moment. months later, the case continues to fizzle, but it s become more complicated. all the while, it s a cloud hanging over the european parliament. this place is the eu s only directly elected institution. nevertheless, it sometimes struggles for relevance and recognition. this story s certainly got it in the headlines, but in a way it s feared is damaging to public trust. this case is playing out in the open, before a possible trial has even begun. eu discomfort is palpable, whichever way you look. jessica parker, bbc news, in brussels. some breaking news and the mother of two israeli sisters killed last
through a huge security cordon known as the ring of steel. these days, a bus service called the glider makes a relatively easy trip between the east and west of the city several times a day. we ve taken thatjourney with some of northern ireland s so called peace generation , born after the agreement. sarah girvin reports. if the good friday agreement was the start of a journey, what s the direction of travel 25 years later? during the troubles, it wasn t possible to travel on just one bus between largely unionist east and largely nationalist west belfast. and even if it had been, not many people would have felt safe enough to do so. the free movement of today is a big change. you can see from these photographs. these are of the entity which was known as the ring of steel. this is to go shopping, this is to go to work. this is everyday civilian life. we encountered these search points and checkpoints, and this goes on for a quarter of a century. so what do our passengers make
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ten people are now confirmed to have died, after a huge explosion at a petrol station in county donegal in ireland. a search operation is continuing as some people are still thought to be missing, eight people were also taken to hospital. police say the cause remains under investigation but are describing what happened as a tragic accident . the explosion happened at an applegreen service station in the village of creeslough. from there, our ireland correspondent chris page reports. a rescue effort has now become a recovery operation, a sad sign that the emergency services don t expect to find anyone else alive. blown out walls, a crumpled roof, and tonnes of rubble showed this was a lethal explosion. the blast triggered a wave of devastation and desperation. local people hurried to what was left of the petrol station to see who amongst their friends and relatives may have been caught up in the incident. there were several flats above the garage shop which largely collapse