in the himalayas are creating a water crisis we have a special report on getting tap water to villages. hey, josh, it s gillian, how are you doing? very well, thank you. how are you? and the glasses allowing deaf people to see real time conversations right before their eyes. she knew it would antagonise beijing but that hasn t stopped nancy pelosi america s third highest ranking politician from paying a high level visit to taiwan. in the past hour she s been at the taiwanese parliament but before arriving there the chinese foreign ministry summoned the us ambassador, nicholas burns, to beijing to protest against the visit. during her meeting with taiwanese politicians she insisted that she had come to taiwan in what she called peace for the region . we come in friendship to taiwan. we come in peace for the region and our chair of the veterans affairs committee, representing our veterans, understanding the value of peace and the avoidance of conflict. i am sure he will
because beijing itself believes that there needs to be reunification between taiwan and china, and that taiwan is a part of course of the chinese nation. so it is a meeting, which is high in symbolism, but it also has had, as a result, some more significant moments. we have seen military manoeuvres, both by the chinese and american vessels being sent into the region as well. low level, in terms of that military operation, and it is not engagement, it is just operations in and around the seeds of around taiwan. but nonetheless, it has ratcheted up nonetheless, it has ratcheted up further the very difficult relations that currently exist between beijing and washington. it has been an awkward scenario for the white house because they do not have control over nancy pelosi, there were some effort to persuade her not to make this journey, effort to persuade her not to make thisjourney, but effort to persuade her not to make this journey, but it has been made and they will stand sup
so, yeah, i think the point is this agreement was very flawed, it is a very weak agreement, it doesn t protect us national security interests, and it is meaningless. really, the biden administration should have scrapped the deal when they came to power injanuary 2021, and now it is clear that there is no need for it, and, in fact, if i canjust make one last point. 0k, briefly. yeah, i think the us needs to halt its engagement with the taliban, and it needs to reinstate the travel ban on the taliban, because that s only allowing them to gain legitimacy, when they do things like attend international conferences, which they did in uzbekistan just two weeks ago. some other news for you now.
there is no need for it, and, in fact, if i canjust make one last point. in fact, if i can ust make one last point. in fact, if i can ust make one last pointh yeah, last point. 0k, briefly. yeah, ithink last point. 0k, briefly. yeah, i think the last point. 0k, briefly. yeah, | think the us last point. 0k, briefly. yeah, i think the us needs - last point. 0k, briefly. yeah, i think the us needs to - last point. 0k, briefly. yeah, i think the us needs to halt l i think the us needs to halt its engagement with the taliban, and it needs to reinstate the travel ban on the taliban, because that s only allowing them to gain legitimacy, when they do things like attend international conferences, which they did in uzbekistan just two weeks ago. the views they are of lisa curtis who worked there during the trump administration. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the new glasses allowing deaf people to see conversations through real time subtitles. the question was whether we wanted
they do not have control over nancy pelosi, there were some effort to persuade her not to make this journey, effort to persuade her not to make thisjourney, but effort to persuade her not to make this journey, but it has been made and they will stand supportive behind, of course the woman who is after all the third most powerful politician the united states. but to that point let s just hear from the white house spokesmanjohn white house spokesman john kirby white house spokesmanjohn kirby explained the american situation. the united states will not and does not, will not seek and does not want a crisis. we are prepared to manage what beijing chooses to do. at the same time, we will not engage in sabre rattling. we will continue to operate in the seas and the skies of the western pacific as we have done for decades. we will continue to support taiwan. that s john that sjohn kirby that s john kirby i that sjohn kirby i want to show you the image because we have the family photo if i can