isolated and we are not alone. i was joined earlier by our north america correspondent, david willis. i began by asking him to give us the highlights of the meeting. well, karishma, the backdrop could hardly have been more american, could it? the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california, and the two speaking there against the backdrop of the blue and white boeing aeroplane that ronald reagan used to fly on when he was president back in the 1980s. as far as president tsai is concerned, well, i would have thought she would ve been very pleased with the mood music, with the pleasantries that were exchanged between these two
welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. the speaker of the us house of representatives meets taiwan s president in california, despite threats of retaliation from china. i believe our bond is stronger now than at any time or point in my lifetime. and of course, president tsai is a great champion of that bond. western leaders are on a state visit to china as they try to get beijing to play a bigger role in ending the war in ukraine. ukraine s president gets the red carpet treatment in poland and a pledge of fighterjets.
we head onto san diego in california, shortly after arriving the prime minister will meet his australian opposite number and a big focus welch b china, he talked to reporters on the flight over the atlantic and i asked him especially about china, and thatis especially about china, and that is why this defence alliance has come together the united states, uk and to increase the fingerprint of the allies in the indo pacific region. the prime minister describing china as an epoque defining challenge to the global order and a regime as he puts it that is increasingly authoritarian at home and indeed assertive abroad. it might sound like strong language, it s not strong enough for some conservative in these. it details the next 24 hour is, before the prime minister dashes back to the uk for the budget.
all depositors in the failed silicon valley bank can to retrieve their funds at the start of the next working day. the uk prime minister flies to california to discuss defence and the potential threat from china with leaders of the us and australia. and hopes of a deal in the next 2a hours between gary lineker and the bbc in a row over impartiality which disrupted sports programmes over the weekend. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. some of hollywood s biggest stars are at the 95th oscars ceremony in los angeles. the main films in contention include everything everywhere all at once, all quiet on the western front and the banshees of inisherin. we ve already had the winners for best animation, best supporting actress