written about his wife s alzheimer s, be chosen to represent ireland at the eurovision song contest? hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news. the australian tennis star nick kyrgios has admitted assaulting a former girlfriend, but has escaped conviction. his guilty plea in a court in canberra came after his lawyers failed to have the charge dismissed on mental health grounds. the court was told that kyrgios pushed his then partner to the ground, during an argument in december 2021. the magistrate called the incident a single act of stupidity or frustration , when sparing him a criminal record. our correspondent phil mercer is outside the court in canberra. take us through the facts of this case. well, next krygios s lawyer said that the assault, in january 2021 on his former partner, was completely out of character, and genuinely an isolated incident. his legal team had tried to have the charges against him overturned on mental health grounds. that f
welcome to bbc news. a potential visit to taiwan by the us house speaker nancy pelosi is stirring alarm in presidentjoe biden s administration. officials fear the trip may cross red lines for china, and that there s no exit path. beijing, which claims sovereignty over the island, has already issued harsh warnings even suggesting a possible military response. against this backdrop, president biden is expected to call president xi on thursday for the first time in months. well earlier i spoke to oriana skylar mastro who s a center fellow at stanford university s freeman spogli institute for international studies. i began by asking whether she thought us house speaker nancy pelosi was right to plan a visit to taiwan. my my personal view is these types of political manoeuvring is whether it is nancy pelosi going to taiwan or president biden saying that the united states is definitely going to defend taiwan only exacerbates tensions and doesn t help the united states with the fu
very well, thank you. how are you? and the glasses allowing deaf people to see real time conversations right before their eyes. hello and welcome to the programme. 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. she s just met the taiwanese president after addressing parliament and made it clear that the us would not abandon the island. china views taiwan as its own and the foreign ministry summoned the us ambassador in beijing to protest against pelosi s high profile trip. mark lobel has the latest. side by side with the taiwanese president america s third most powerful politician and actor provocation or a necessary show of support? nancy pelosi delayed high profile visit was never without risk, the anger of chinese has led to the us ambassador being summoned, nancy pelosi was handed an award for her strong ties to taiwan. ., , . , taiwan. today i am my delegati
Even Senate Republicans are now warning trump is in a downward spiral. We will get the latest. Then as the ninth Circuit Court of appeals hears arguments over trumps second muslim travel ban, we will go to seattle to speak with Washington State attorney general bob ferguson. He filed the first suit against comes travel ban, sparking a nationwide firestorm of legal resistance. We are a nation of laws. As i said, as we have said, from day one, those laws applied everybody in our country, and that includes the president of the United States. Amy all of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The beginning of the end. Thats what many are saying about the Trump Presidency following the Washington Posts explosive article revealing how President Trump disclosed highly classified intelligence during his sitdown meeting with Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak at the white house la