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
Applause and well always stand with israel and the threats against its security. Mr khan alleges there is evidence to suggest starvation has been used by the Prime Minister and his Defence Minister as a method of war against civilians. He also alleges israeli leaders killed wilfully, intentionally directing attacks against civilians. Mr netanyahu has described the allegations as absurd. In respect of hamas, the prosecutor alleges there is clear evidence they ordered mass murder, rape and the Inhumane Treatment of hostages. A panel of iccjudges must now decide whether they believe the evidence is sufficient to issue warrants, something which could take weeks or months. The bbc s Anna Holligan has more from the hague. This is a catalogue of devastating allegations presented by the icc prosecutor, mr khan. Starvation as a weapon of warfare, deliberate attacks, military attacks on the civilian population. He says Benjamin Netanyahu and yoav gallant are responsible as co perpetrators. On