welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. taiwan has scrambled fighter planes after chinese military aircraft entered its air defence zone. beijing is protesting against the visit by the us house speaker nancy pelosi who vowed her country would never abandon the island china has also begun manoeuvres around taiwan that are affecting air and shipping links. taiwan is self governing, and lies about 160 kilometres across the taiwan strait. it sees itself as independent, but china views it as its own. from taiwan, here s rupert wingfield hayes. despite what china has been saying, today s meeting between nancy pelosi and taiwan president ing wen didn t look terribly sinister. president tsai began by presenting ms pelosi with taiwan s highest civilian honour. she in turn praised taiwan s democracy and promised america would stand by the island. our solidarity with you is more important than ever, as you defend taiwan and your freedom. we are supporters of the
before its release. hello and welcome. china is preparing to begin a series of large scale military exercises in the air and sea around taiwan. it s a response to a visit to the island by the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi. the exercises will include live fire drills. mrs pelosi vowed the us would never abandon taiwan. taiwan is self governing, and lies about 160 kilometres across the taiwan strait. it sees itself as independent, but china views it as its own. this is solely nancy pelosi is due to hold a joint press conference the next few minute with the south korean national assembly speaker. as soon as she does take to the stage we will bring that to you, for now let s talk about the latest developments. with me is our news reporter azadeh moshiri. we are waiting to see her appear in south korea but the most controversial visit was this time yesterday when she was in taiwan. was in taiwan. she is on this next leg was in taiwan. she is on this n
commitment to taiwanese democracy. our delegation, of which i m very proud, came to taiwan to make unequivocally clear we will not abandon our commitment to taiwan, and we are proud of our enduring friendship. but china sees taiwan as a renegade province. it s armed forces are on high alert. this is a complete farce. the united states is violating china s sovereignty under the guise of so called democracy . .. those who offend china will be punished. we ll have the very latest live from washington and taipei. also tonight. the european court refuses an application by the parents of archie battersbee to postpone the removal of his life support. parched gardens and lawns will have to wait. a hosepipe ban is coming, to more parts of southern england. to secure its energy needs, germany considers keeping its nuclear power stations open to thwart a russian threat to suppliers. she s going to emulate her mum. eilish mccolgan is the commonwealth champion. and, keeping it in the fam
and how do countries adapt to climate change? we ll be looking at new zealand s plan to deal with the impact of global warming could it lead to costal communities being abandoned as the sea level rises? welcome to bbc news. we begin in taiwan and the continued fury from beijing after the visit from the us speaker nancy pelosi. in the last few hours taiwan s defence ministry says it scrambled jets to warn off twenty seven chinese warplanes in its defence zone. nancy pelosi says her delegation s visit was intended to make it clear that the us won t abandon the island. taiwan is self governing and lies about 160 kilometres across the taiwan strait. it sees itself as independent, but china views it as its own and has said it will carry out several days of live fire, military drills, in the sea and air around the island. from taiwan, here s rupert wingfield hayes despite what china has been saying, today s meeting between nancy pelosi and taiwan president ing w