you re watching the context on bbc news. five months since the war began, the first ship carrying grain has left ukraine under the watchful eye of the russians patrolling the black sea. the ship is bound for lebanon. we will get the thoughts tonight from odesa, where further ships are being loaded. germany turns back to coal as the gas shortages threaten a winter of blackouts and economic misery. but why are they not returning to nuclear? another weekend of extreme weather in the us as california s biggest wildfire this year continues to burn out of control. tonight with the context, nathalie tocci, former eu foreign policy advisor. and hagar chemali, former us government advisor, host of the political satire series oh my world. a warm welcome to the programme. rarely has a ship set sail from ukraine with so much hope, and so much anticipation, riding on it. the sierre leone registered razoni left the port of odesa at 09:30 this morning and into the black sea, bound for t
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bend it like beckham. now look my god, we did it! cheering live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s 6am in singapore, and 1am in kyiv where the first shipment of grain since the russian invasion of ukraine in february has left the southern port of odesa. the ship, the razoni, has left ukrainian waters and is making its way south on the black sea, carrying 26,000 tonnes of corn. it will be inspected off the coast of istanbul by un organised co ordinators who are managing the movement of vessels out of ukraine. then it will make its way out of the bosphorous strait and through the mediterranean, finally arriving in the port of tripoli in northern lebanon, in about a week s time. the shipment is part of efforts to ease a growing global food crisis. 0ur correspondent james waterhouse sent this report from 0desa. a familiar yet unfamiliar sight. for the first time in a l
taiwan, despite these warnings we have been discussing from beijing. the biden administration showed support for her decision. we want to make sure that when she travels overseas, she can do so safely and securely. we ll make sure of that. there s no reason for the chinese rhetoric. there s no reason for any actions to be taken. it is not uncommon for congressional leaders to travel to taiwan. it is very much in keeping with our policy. our will ripley is in taipei, the capital taipei, taiwan, this morning. and will, i wonder, we ve heard, as we discussed, rhetoric like this, inflammatory rhetoric often from china as it regards taiwan. they amped it up, but i wonder what taiwan is feeling about this visit, particularly from such a high level? reporter: well, there s certainly a difference probably what they re feeling at the president s office versus what we would be observing evidence folks, this is pretty universal, don t care much about it. they re not following it
doubling down on a warning saying quote china has made clear to the u.s. serious concern over pelosi s visit to taiwan, if the u.s. challenges china s red line, the u.s. must bear all consequences arising thereof. speaker pelosi will be appeasing president biden who said military officials calling it not a good ideas and demands from china. here is former secretary of state mike pompeo. we shouldn t allow chinese to tell speaker pelosi where she can and can t go the self-governing island china claims control of. in singapore, malaysia, we will hold high-level meetings to discuss shared interests and values. it is not unheard of for trips to happen not scheduled, indonesia is considered a likely stop. one goal for the speaker and democratic members of the delegation is to discuss security and democratic governance in the region. republicans feel catering to china does the opposite. if we want deterrence, we need to provide weapon systems to taiwan. if pelosi makes