ayman al zawahiri, less than 500 metres from the swimming pool in a bar where british diplomats were relaxing, adam. relaxing, adam. yeah, it s extraordinary. relaxing, adam. yeah, it s extraordinary. it s - relaxing, adam. yeah, it s extraordinary. it s not - relaxing, adam. yeah, it s extraordinary. it s not the | relaxing, adam. yeah, it s - extraordinary. it s not the first time that the us government has moved to take action like this to kill what the us sees as an important target in the middle east. i guess it sjust to remind that we re just discussing russia s attack, what s going on with china, but of course we had the of actuation of kabul last year, which was a humiliating moment for certainly our government, the uk government and other western governments. the taliban and take over and instability. it ll be interesting to see, but not that this is the most important issue, joe biden isn t particularly popular in the us at the moment. it ll be interesting to see
but the taliban aren t allowing anyone to fill nearby, insisting there s nothing to see one even pointing his gun threateningly towards us. and shrinking glacier streams in the himalayas are creating a worsening water crisis in the region. we have a special report on what s unfolding there. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and the same time in taiwan where nancy pelosi, the third highest ranking american official, has arrived in taiwan on a visit that s infuriated beijing. tensions are high china has been flying warplanes close to the island. four us warships have also been deployed to the region. here s what we know. ms pelosi the speaker of the us house representatives arrived in taiwan at around ”pm local time on tuesday evening. she is the highest ranking us official to visit the island since 1997. taiwan s presidential office says she will visit taiwan s parliament, and meet the taiwanese president on w
we will continue to operate in the seas and the skies of the western pacific, as we have done for decades, and we will continue to support taiwan. our north america correspondent john sudworth says there is a lot at stake here for the biden administration. they have been warning against the wisdom of this trip for days and weeks. now that it s gone ahead, as you heard from john kirby, they re taking a more neutral tone, as you might suggest. but those concerns remain not over the risk of invasion, most analysts believe the risk of that for now remain small but simply because i think the american government feels it has enough on its plate, in terms of foreign policy russia s war in the centre of europe, and the idea of intensifying a diplomatic and geopolitical dispute with another authoritarian superpower doesn t feel particularly helpful.
house representatives arrived in taiwan at around ”pm local time on tuesday evening. she is the highest ranking us official to visit the island since 1997. taiwan s presidential office says she will visit taiwan s parliament, and meet the taiwanese president on wednesday morning. it comes as beijing aggressively warned against the visit, with china s defence ministry saying beijing will launch targeted military operations in response to pelosi s visit. taiwan is a self ruled island, but claimed by china, which sees it as a breakaway province. from taiwan, rupert wingfield hayes begins our coverage the speculation has been swirling for days, but it wasn t until this moment with her plane on final approach that we were sure nancy pelosi would defy beijing and become the most senior us politician to visit taiwan
welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. nancy pelosi, the us house speaker, lands in taiwan for a hugely controversial visit. china warns it could have serious consequences for america the white house is keen to de escalate the situation. the united states does not seek and does not want a crisis. we are prepared to manage what beijing chooses to do. washington says the taliban broke an agreement not to allow foreign militants on afghan soil by sheltering the al-qaeda leader ayman al zawahiri, who s been killed in a us drone strike in kabul. the house that was targeted in the drone strike is just a few minutes away.