Welcome to do double news isha glad you could join us the United States says there is no reason for tensions between china and taiwan to escalate to confrontation the remarks come as a senior chinese official warned that any moves towards Taiwan Independence could mean war the sharpened rhetoric from beijing matches increased military activity by its forces against taiwan the aim analysts believe is to place a new u. S. Administration and taiwan on track. Taiwanese air force pilots are on high alert this may be just a simulated thrill to show how fast they can take to the skies parts of recent months theyve been doing it for real the president laid bare the threat from their nearest neighbor. Who are in the past year our radar stations have detected the incursions of nearly 2000 Chinese Military aircrafts and over 400 vessels this allowed us to intercept and drive them away and secure our maritime an airspace. A Record Number of incursions came on january 23rd china sent 13 warplanes i
this is al jazeera ah hello, i m sorry, i m noisy. welcome to the news our life from london coming up in the next 60 minutes. ukraine s president accuses moscow of deliberately targeting civilians off the russian missiles hit residential buildings near odessa killing at least 21 people skirmishes in saddam as people return to the streets. undeterred a day of denying protest as were killed her 25 years off to hong kong, handover from burson changing things was in a new governor and says, china has saved the territory from traces. and el salvador presidents vows to crack down even harder on the gangs after the police. after the killing of 3 police officers, even though more than one percent of the population is already in prison. and i far as small with his sport as the man s top seed reaches the wimbledon round of 16. novak jock of edge dazzles on center court with a st said victory as he looks to win the grand slam for a 4th time. ah, hello and welcome to the news. we begin i
Have to be in vain. Democrats have introduced legislation on Police Reforms in congress. The british Prime Minister borisjohnson has announced an easing of the lockdown restrictions for single people but only in england. From saturday, theyll be able to form support bubbles with one other household allowing them to stay at each others homes without having to social distance. The authorities in the indian capital delhi have warned that Coronavirus Infections in the city could shoot up to more than half a million by the end ofjuly. They said the city would need eighty thousand hospital beds by that time, compared with its current capacity of just nine thousand. Thats it for me will have much more news at the top of the hour. Now here on the bbc news its time for hardtop. Welcome to hardtack. Im stephen sackur. A year ago seriously rattled the Chinese Government. A little later in the series delete next summer of 2019 my guest today simon cheng who was in employee of the uk consulate in h