Condemned the chinese drills as irrational provocations, and released these images of mr lai inspecting the troops for the first time as taiwan president. Mr lai called on china to stop threatening the island and accept the existence of its democracy. What is the difference between this exercise and previous drills . You can see they ratcheted up a little bit. Overall it is still about posturing. If you look at it, the overall land over two days compared to last time when nancy pelosi the us Congressional Leader who went and visited taiwan triggered nearly a week of self by the chinese in terms of military drill. This time it is still more of posturing. We will seak more of posturing. We will speak to. More of posturing. We will speak to, joining more of posturing. We will speak to, joining us more of posturing. We will speak to, joining us now. More of posturing. We will. Speak to, joining us now from taipei. He said on social media this round of Military Drills feels like a prelude t
Keir starmer is quite the fan of visiting Lower League Football grounds in places he hopes labour can win. He was in gillingham, in kent this morning. His deputy with him, too. Thank you. Whatever Service People try and access these days, they find its like wading through treacle. Red cards arent usually welcome for folk on a football pitch, but expect to see plenty of these in the next month or so, spelling out labours core message. Weve had 14 years of going round and round in circles, getting absolutely nowhere. Chaos and Division Feeding Chaos and division. If you want change, you have to vote for it. And if you vote labour, its a vote to the chaos. Its a vote to turn the page and its a vote to rebuild our country together. Thank you very much, thank you a General Election is about winning seats and staying in them. Rishi sunakjust about managed that in ilkeston, in derbyshire, as he made the case the economy is on the up. Inflation down from 11 when i got thisjob, down back to nor
Campaigning marathon has started in earnest with Rishi Sunak Clocking up the miles in england, wales and scotland and sir keir starmer heading to labour target territory in kent. Amid the handshakes, placards and babies, the economy and immigration emerged as the main early battle lines, with mr sunak confirming that flights to rwanda to remove people who arrive on small boats wont set off before polling day. Meanwhile, nigel farage confirmed he wont stand in the election, but he will help the reform uk campaign. With our first report tonight, heres our Political Editor chris mason. Cheering placards and cheers and babies getting attention from politicians. Keir starmer is quite the fan of visiting Lower League Football grounds in places he hopes labour can win. He was in gillingham in kent this morning. His deputy with him, too. Thank you. Whatever Service People try and access these days, they find its like wading through treacle. Red cards arent usually welcome for folk on a footbal
a revolution is rising across myanmar. hidden from the world by its remoteness and the military s determination to keep journalists out. we arrive by river under a haze of wood smoke from burning crop fires. the journey ahead is long. there s no easy way to reach this conflict. we re entering dangerous waters. the river traffic thins out. not farfrom here, the boats will be in range of the army s mortars. so everything that s needed is ferried across. a bridgejust upriver is too risky for most. the tide is turning here, and it s the young carrying the burden. they are the power behind the insurgency. their effort is to drive out the military here in karenni state, and across myanmar. it s tough going. we spent a month with the insurgents. they are pushing back against the army. they ve forced them out of most of their territory, but main roads are still in range of the military s guns and warplanes. so we take the long way round. it s a gruelling wilderness. myanmar s been un
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