in the last decade. president biden has spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the two leaders both issued warnings about taiwan, which has once again emerged as a key point of tension, following reports of a possible visit there by the us house speaker nancy pelosi. although the visit hasn t been confirmed, mr biden told mr xi that washington strongly opposed any unilateral moves that would change the island s status, or undermine stability across the taiwan straits. president xi said: joe biden responded to that by saying, 0n taiwan, the us policy has not changed. so where does that leave us? with an assessment of that phone call, here s the bbc s barbara plett usher in washington. the chinese are pretty blunt about their position on taiwan and that readout said that xijinping had emphasised that position, which is that taiwan is part of china and there is no room for taiwanese independence, that he had told president biden that
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everyone, and welcome to sunday morning futures. i m sean duffy in for maria bartiromo. today, hope for more hostages released in israel today, 13 israelis and 4 foreign citizens are back in israel after hamas terrorist es put the deal on hold for over 6 hours. israel has received the third list of hostages to be released, so for now, the deal seems to be back on. national security adviser jake sullivan said this morning he has, quote, reason the believe at least one of those released today will be an american. up to 10 americans are believed to be held by hamas. here s what president biden said friday when asked about the kidnapped and missing americans. we don t know when that ll occur, but we re going to be expecting it to occur. we know the numbers hard going to be released, it s my hope andation it ll be soon expectation it ll be soon. reporter: of the ten american, are they all alive? we don t know all their conditions. saw. sean: plus, china calls the u.s. a
morning futures. i m sean duffy in for maria bartiromo. today, more hostages to be released by hamas after a nail-biting exchange yesterday.s 13 israelis and 4 foreign citizens are back in israel afte cr hamas terrorists put the deal on hold for over 6 hours. israel has received the third hs list of hostages to be released, so for now the deal seems to be back on. national security advisor jakeit sullivan said this morning he has, quote, reason to believe at least one of those released today will be an american. up to ten americans are believed to be held by hamas. here s what president biden sai friday when asked about the kidnapped and missing americans. we don t know when that will occur, but we expect it to occur. we know thpecte numbers when thr going to be released, so it s my hope and expectation it ll be soon. and of the americans [inaudible] do you know all of their - conditions? are they all alive? we don t know all their conditions. seanican: plus, days af