taiwan in recent years, increased 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 a 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 roughly $
Were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live, and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today eu leaders are expected to formally agree to start the next phase of brexit negotiations later. Talks on a transition deal could begin as early as next week. At a dinner in brussels last night, theresa may was applauded by her fellow leaders after stressing her desire for a smooth departure. Christian fraser is in brussels for us. Christian, what can we expect today . First, the thing to say is, we have all been surprised by the sort of reaction to theresa may after the defeat in the commons on wednesday night. There has been another round of goodwill, the leaders putting their arm around theresa may and seeing her as the person they want to deal with. That was reflected with the round of applause in the room last night as she set out what she wants from the future relationship. Apparently there was also a drink between emmanuel macron, a
In bolivia a city in dispute over government investment. And the cheap gold still lacking the midas touch in about aindia india. We begin with the news hour. 37 people have been killed. A busy market killing at least 18 people at double bombing killed eight others including four soldiers and a fourth explosion has killed another 11 people. Hi there, four bombs. Were seeing these car bombs attacks more and more. There have been a number of them this week. The attacks have not been claimed but they do follow a pattern, and it looks to be the work of Islamic State in iraq and the levant, who has taken responsibility in the back for bombs like these. There is a real tactic that these guys use all the time. They developed humvees and Iraqi Security check points. Here they use ordinary saloon cars. Its difficult to protect yourself from these types of attacks. Its very there is an atmosphere rear that they simple arent cant protect themselves. But given there were two suicidebombings against
Core iran quran be the old in the world. Lets go to iraq where 37 have been killed in four explosions in baghdad. They took place in a bus which markety market killing at least 18 people, and a fourth explosion has killed another 11 people. Our correspondent in baghdad sent us this update a little earlier. Responsibility has not been claimed by any particular group at the moment, but they do follow a pattern and its likely to be the work of the Islamic State in iraq and the levant also the type of attacks were seeing car bombs suicide bombs are the tactics that these guys tuesday all the time. They developed in Anbar Province where they used humvees at check points, but here in the capital of baghdad and other civilian neighborhoods they use ordinary cars. Its very difficult to defend yourself from this kind of attack when someone parks a car in a busy marketplace, we saw two of those this evening its very difficult to protect against that. But what we are seeing are a number of Neighb
To take in 40,000 Asylum Seekers arriving in italy and greece. And do animals have the same rights as humans . A court is asked to decide that. Officials were arrested. The starting point of a scandal thats threatening. Hello there. A warm welcome to the program. Footballs governing bold is being accused of ram pant and systemic corruption. Seven top feverra top fifa executives were arrested, charged with bribes of 100 million. And separately, switzerland has start its own criminal investigation into mismanagement and money laundering. With the world cup tournament between rush and qatar in 2022. The president , who is not under investigation, admitted that the World Organization faced a difficult time. And anyone proven to corrupt would be removed from the game. It will go on friday as planned, despite calls. It came after no warning and after a shock, there will abe surprise. Criminal allegations have been swirling around fifa for years. They were expected to uphold rules to keep soc