i m karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines. an extraordinary day in washington as congress fails to elect a house speaker in the first ballot for the first time in 100 years. in brazil, thousands of people line the streets to say farewell to the football legend pele who has been laid to rest. philippine president ferdinand marcoer is in china for a three day visit and is due to hold direct talks with xijinping. the pair met in november at the apec summit in thailand. they are expected to discuss ways of boosting economic relations and also security concerns over the south china sea. the meeting comes as the philippines continues to balance relations with both washington and beijing. for more on this we can cross live to metro manila and join herman kraft who s a professor at the department of political science at the university of the philippines.
concerned. although, of course, thoseissues concerned. although, of course, those issues that concern covid as well as the security issues are actually going to be part of that agenda. are actually going to be part of that agenda. herman kraft, the department of that agenda. herman kraft, the department of of that agenda. herman kraft, the department of political- the department of political science at the university of philippines. thank you so much forjoining us on newsday. thank you. the european commission says there s majority support for eu wide travel restrictions for people arriving from china amid a surge of covid cases there. beijing has threatened reciprocal action against countries that impose restrictions. the picture in shanghai is getting worse officials there say that cases in the city are up to 30 times higher than the previous wave, and that 70% of residents may have contracted the illness. all of this comes as covid continues to spread globally, and reports of
"Ceding ground to China by claiming that we are not capable of winning a war against them falls into the trap of looking at the issue from the Chinese perspective," UP political science professor Herman Kraft said.