in the last decade. president biden has spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the two leaders both issued warnings about taiwan, which has once again emerged as a key point of tension, following reports of a possible visit there by the us house speaker nancy pelosi. although the visit hasn t been confirmed, mr biden told mr xi that washington strongly opposed any unilateral moves that would change the island s status, or undermine stability across the taiwan straits. president xi said: joe biden responded to that by saying, 0n taiwan, the us policy has not changed. so where does that leave us? with an assessment of that phone call, here s the bbc s barbara plett usher in washington. the chinese are pretty blunt about their position on taiwan and that readout said that xijinping had emphasised that position, which is that taiwan is part of china and there is no room for taiwanese independence, that he had told president biden that
commonwealth games. and the return of the tiger. why nepal kept its promise to double its numbers in the last decade. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the two leaders both issued warnings about taiwan which has once again emerged as a key point of tension, following reports of a possible visit there by the us house speaker nancy pelosi. although the visit hasn t been confirmed, mr biden told mr xi 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 by saying 0n taiwan, the us policy has not changed. so where does that leave diplomatic relations? with an assessment of that phone call, here s the bbc s barbara plett usher in washington. the chinese are pretty b
i want to thank you for joining us late tonight from tel aviv, laura coates live starts right now! good evening, it is a special two hour edition of laura coates live, abby has the night off. i want to begin tonight, not with words but with the images and the sounds of the moment that hostages finally came face to face with their loved ones. seven hole weeks after being ripped away by hamas. watch. [inaudible] [laughter] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [muted] [inaudible] [muted] [inaudible] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [crying] [crying] [inaudible] [crying] [crying] [inaudible] [crying] [crying] [crying] [crying] [speaking in a non-english language] [inaudible] you know when you watch that, what really strikes me? how little words are actually exchange between those who are holding each other. the faces, what it is like for the parents to see t
Wine at bars and restaurants. Derrick ward has reaction from local bar owners. Reporter you can enlist in the military at 18 but you have to serve three more years before you can legally take a drink in the u. S. Here in maryland some folks at the statehouse want to change that. They at least ought to be able to go into a legion restaurant or bar and have a glass of wine or beer. Reporter that would mean places like cafe normandy in annapolis. I understand why. I dont think its really a good idea. Reporter the owner says he renders the dare before 1984 when you could legally drink at 18. Now that the 21yearold rir789 has been in place for a while. Going back i just dont think its a good idea. Reporter a few doors up this owner believes if you can spill your blood for your country, you should be able to pour a drink in it. The 21yearold requirement in place now has always been a condition for getting federal highway money. That doesnt go down easy with everyone. Passing this bill would