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
and at the commonwealth games it was gold for scotland s eilish mccolgan, in the 10,000 metres last night, and for england s katarina johnson thompson, who became hepathlon champion. hello and welcome to bbc news. the mother of 12 year old archie battersbee says the legal battle to postpone the withdrawal of her son s life support has come to an end. it comes after the european court of human rights refused an application to delay the withdrawal of his treatment. his family now wants him to be taken to a hospice as louisa pilbeam reports. she says she ll fight for him until the end. but archie s mum accepts she s now at the end of her legal fight for her son s life. 12 year old archie has been in a coma on life support since he was found unconscious in april. last night, the european court of human rights refused to intervene to stop that life support being withdrawn, ending the family s last hope. absolutely devastated. frustrated, angry. let down. so many emotions. hollie
you d think the movie would have to be pretty bad, although there could be other factors as involved, as claudia redmond reports. batgirl has had her wings dramatically clipped by warner brothers discovery. the adaptation of the dc comics character starring lesley grace and michael keaton because more than $70 million to make and was due to be released in cinemas and on the streaming platform hbo max later this year. it is reported that following test screenings the studio decided to shelve the production completely. this ear it production completely. this year it is production completely. this year it is one production completely. this year it is one of production completely. this year it is one of the - production completely. tt 3 year it is one of the crown jewels dc is one of the crown jewels of the warner brothers library and the new management is hoping to release films and series that are really of a high calibre in hopes of matching the economic performance of the walt
why would you spend $70 million on making a film, and then decide not to release it? that s what the movie world is wondering after warner brothers scrapped their new batgirl release filmed in glasgow in scotland. you d think the movie would have to pretty bad, although there could be other factors as involved. reporting scotland s david farrell has the story. kelvingrove, george square and glasgow s merchant city were just some of the locations used for what should have been the latest dc comics movie, batgirl. the film, starring leslie grace and michael keaton, was due to be released in cinemas and on the streaming platform hbo max later this year, until overnight warner brothers scrapped its release, leaving fans disappointed. i am very disappointed as a dc fan and a fan of the character, hoping to see this character