War, because, erm, the democracies seem to be able to get together to form a meaningful deterrence, so whenever there is invasion contemplated. So if we deal with the matter very carefully, theres still a great possibility for us to maintain peace as we all need. Cheering. Tsais predecessor, president ma ying jeou, had tried to negotiate with china, even holding a meeting with president xi jinping in singapore. Tsais strategy has been completely different. Instead of trying to conciliate china, shes built up taiwans own defences. Nearly doubling spending, buying new fighterjets and developing taiwans first indigenous submarines. Today, the lion dance is to celebrate the opening of a new Special Forces Training Base on the outskirts of taipei. Another tangible example of where this new Military Spending is going. So i guess for president tsai, this is a sort of demonstration of what shes been trying to achieve in Defence Policy over the last eight years, because, you know, part of her b
The yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk Union Calendar number 211 a bill to amend the Financial Stability act of 2010 to modify the term of the independent member of the Financial Stability oversight council. The speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill . Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore 2 3 being in the affirmative. And without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. The speaker pro tempore the ouse will come to order. The house will come to order. Please, members, take conversations out of the well and out of
Ukraine shaky. A look at ebola im phil lavelle in hollywood. We dont have long to wait to see who won what. The question asked by some who do the award really represent . The Syrian Government has condemned a Turkish Military operation into morne syria, calling it an act of flagrant aggression. Hundreds of turkish soldiers were to move an otto man tomb given to turkey in 1921. Damascus said it was informed but did not give its permission. Bernard smith has the details from istanbul under the cover the night the Turkish Military crossed the border into syria. Moving through territory controlled by i. S. I. L. They were headed to a piece of turkish soil the size of a football pitch. The tomb of suleman was left under turkish control when the french drew the borders in 1921. Suleman was the first otto man shrine. They stationed 40 or so troops at the shrine. Translation turkish troops entered with armoured vehicles and soldiers. 2230 g. M. T. Our troops reached suleyman completed the miss
Flood survivors while thousands remain trapped. No fumes, less noise could the electric cars be the future for formula 1 . Hello, the u. S. Secretary of state says egypt has a key role to play in countering the Islamic State group in iraq and syria. John kerry met the egyptian president in the capital of cairo. John kerry has been on a tour of the middle east, trying to shore up Regional Support for the u. S. Led fight against the Islamic State. I. S. , controlling large areas of iraq and syria has been targeted by u. S. Air strikes in recent weeks, and 10 arab countries, including egypt have given their support. As an intellect sul intellectual and Cultural Capital of the world, egypt has a role to play. This is an important feature of our discussions in jeddah, and again today, here in cairo, and it is something that the egyptian religious establishments they both fully support and understand. John hendren joins us from erbil in iraq to talk to us about the tour that john kerry has b
Welcome to the programme. The u. S. Secretary of state is on his way to egypt to shore up International Support in a fight against the Islamic State group. 10 arab countries agreed to help. John kerry ruled out iran helping. No one called and asked with respect to the presence of iran. But i think under the circumstances, at this moment in time, it would not be right for any number of reasons, it would not be appropriate given the many other issues that are on the table with respect to their engagement in syria and elsewhere. But shia militia said aligned with iran have been fighting in northern iraq. Now al jazeera heard accusations that some of those militia have been carrying out revenge attacks. Sunni vimagers have been blamed for harbouring fighters. Sue turton reports. Reporter a shia militia checkpoint in an arab sunni area. We have been told men from this group are looting and torching villagers here allowed the Islamic State fighters to hide out. Nine days earlier the same mil