we start with some breaking news from the us now. police confirming that there has been a shooting incident, multiple casualties, the operation continuing with large areas cordoned off and a heavy police presence. in the last ten minutes, we have had an update from officers on the ground confirming that five people have been killed, and six more have been taken to hospital in louisville. no detail on the nature of the attack yet, but when this was first reported, a0 minutes ago, police on twitter had talked about an active aggressor. they told people to stay away from the area and said that the fbi where they re working on the ground. you saw that police officer talking to the camera ten minutes ago, saying that, the threat was no longer active, neutralised he said. the perpetrator has been shot and killed, but five people have been killed, but five people have been killed, six more taken to hospital. those are some of the latest details, some of the latest pictures. the late
island that it claims as its own. in other ways, this has been a bit of a neutered response in comparison to what we saw in august, when nancy pelosi visited taiwan. she had a one day visit in taipei, and after that, china unleashed an unprecedented war game, shutting down shipping routes, civilian air routes. it made the entire region very nervous. then they extended them. this time, we have had three days of war games, china has announced that they will end. it will be interesting to see what happens next. so far, they have not shut down trade routes as part of those war games, they have not shut down air travel, in that respect, they are more measured than last year. they are more measured than last ear. , ., , ., , year. remind people what china s oli is year. remind people what china s policy is on year. remind people what china s policy is on taiwan, year. remind people what china s policy is on taiwan, and year. remind people what china s
. the island of taiwan are a serious i warning against the provocations of taiwan independence separatist forces, in collusion with external forces, and a necessary action to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity. let s get more on this now with our asia pacific regional editor. it is interesting, on the one hand, we have china issuing a real display of force on all sides of taiwan. for the first time, they used an aircraft carrier in drills near taiwan. the first time, chinese state media has been talking about mock strikes on taiwan. it is a huge propaganda effort, releasing animated videos about how china could carry out strikes on the
taiwan, they supply taiwan with defensive weapons. but, the americans have been vague in terms of what they would do if taiwan was actually attacked by china. even though at times, joe biden has promised to fully defend taiwan. it is a tricky one, i think, what we need to do is put our attention forward to january when there is a presidential election in taiwan. under those elections, china really wants the more pro china party to win it. it is possible that the incumbent party will win. thank you very much- incumbent party will win. thank you very much- we incumbent party will win. thank you very much. we will incumbent party will win. thank you very much. we will end incumbent party will win. thank you very much. we will end this - incumbent party will win. thank you very much. we will end this hour. very much. we will end this hour where we began in kentucky, are shooting their at least five people have been killed and six injured in a shooting in the us city
all, you are meeting. i have always loved animals, particularly the ones other people do not like. now to the tensions around taiwan where china has carried out a third day of drills effectively rehearing sealing off taiwan . taiwan s defence ministry says, it detected 11 chinese warships and 59 aircraft around the island 39 entered taiwan s air defence zones, on monday morning. these are some of the latest images of the drills, released by china s military, and shown on the country s state television. the chinese display of force has added to tension between china and the united states. (biv)and the us navy says it has sailed a guided missile destroyer, through contested waters claimed by china near the spratly islands to assert navigational passage rights. here s china s foreign ministry. translation: joint exercises around