Discussing business promises. Prince andrew faces new calls to talk to the us authorities about his friendship with sex offenderjeffrey epstein from a woman who says she was a victim of the american financier. It is a huge day for wales. Beat hungary tonight, and gareth bale and co will qualify for the european championships for only the second time. Good morning from southampton docks, you are looking at steamships yield hole. Some similarities to the titanic, all will be revealed this morning. But its a cold and frosty start, england and well in particular have dense fog, rain coming in from the west. Ill have more details in 15 minutes. Good morning and welcome to breakfast. This welcome to breakfast. Is going to be our base throughout this is going to be our base throughout tuesday morning. We are in the constituency of southampton, itchen, it was decided byjust 31 votes, it was a conservative seat then and is a key battleground now. Good morning to you all, very early start. Sean
In eastern india after three trains crashed, making it the countrys deadliest rail accident in more than two decades. A passenger train went off the tracks and hit an oncoming train before colliding with a parked freight train. The with a parked freight train. The army has been deployed to help evacuate the injured with an extensive search and rescue operation ongoing. Prime operation ongoing. Prime minister Narendra Modi is also set to visit the site in odisha state Phillip Schofield says he fears being spat on in the street after it was revealed that he had an affair with a younger colleague whilst presenting this morning. In a new interview with the sun, he admitted hes afraid to leave his house after resigning from itv last week and being dropped by his talent agency. Schofield by his talent agency. Schofield says hes getting by hour by hour with support from his daughters and friends. Hour with support from his daughters and friends. Animal daughters and friends. Animal rights act
trade and political tensions with china. the move sparked a warning from beijing, which considers taiwan part of chinese territory. samira hussain has more. trade between the united states and taiwan amounts to about $75 billion a year. that number is dwarfed by china s trade with taiwan, which stands at a massive $120 billion a year. by signing this trade deal, the us is looking to build its presence in asia and rival china. taiwan for its part is looking to reduce its economic dependence on china, especially in light of the geopolitical tensions between it and beijing. unsurprisingly, china did not react well, saying the united states should stop any form of official exchanges with taiwan under the guise of trade. beijing has stepped up threats and rhetoric against taiwan in recent years, increasing military drills in the seas around the island, and working to cut off its official ties with countries around the world. discussions between washington and taipei began in augus
against taiwan in recent years, increasing military drills in the seas around the island, and working to cut off its official ties with countries around the world. discussions between washington and taipei began in august of last year. this current agreement covers issues like customs with regard to trade, anti corruption measures, and investment opportunities for small and medium sized enterprises. let s stay on the topic of tensions between the us and china asia s biggest annual security summit gets under way later in singapore. defence leaders from more than a0 countries will meet at the shangri la hotel. as tensions continue to grow between the two countries, their defence spending is following a similar trend. monica miller reports. the escalating tension between the two countries is turning out to be costly for the us and china. beijing has increased its military spending by more than 7% this year as they try to modernise their military. however, the americans have ro