Drought they could leave chiles biggest city without Drinking Water and a little more than a decade. After weeks of mass rallies and pressure from protesters hong kongs chief executive has announced a controversial extradition bill is now dead carol lam admitted her governments work on the proposed law had been a total failure it would have allowed criminal suspects to be extradited to Mainland China anger over that bill lets for weeks of widespread protests but there are still a. Lot of the governments sincerity all wary of whether the government will restart the process in the legislative council. So i retreat here. There is no such plan the bill is spent. Robin wright has the latest from hong kong. It does seem as though this concession by chief executive kerry has not gone nearly far enough for the organizers of these unprecedented protests who are promising that there will be yet more rallies they are demanding still the complete withdrawal of this extradition bill and they have o
A little more than a decade. Top story Chinas Foreign Ministry is asking the u. S. To immediately cancel a potential sale of arms to taiwan the u. S. State Department Approved the sale of over 100. 00 tanks 250. 00 missiles and related equipment the deal will be worth around 2000000000. 00 wainaina from beijing. Taiwans military is built on equipment from the United States its main supply of arms announcements from washington of sales are always met by an angry response from china and this was no difference its a crude interference in chinas internal affairs and a harms chinas servant and a security interest china is strong least dissensions far and thoroughly opposed to this and has already made a stern representations to the u. S. Side and. China regards taiwan as a breakaway province that it will one day retake that threat is why taipei feels the need to regularly upgrade its weaponry this deal may be viewed by beijing as particularly provocative if its approved by the United States
Eliminates the controversial extradition bill. Along with sports arena williams just 32 or 12 wimbledon 70 foreign the last hour shes been allison risk increase at all the cool for 24 grand slam title. China is demanding the u. S. Cancels a 2200000000. 00 weapons deal with taiwan hundreds of anti aircraft missiles a fleet of abrams tanks would be sold to taipei under the deal beijing insists its a gross violation of the one china policy thats meant to maintain control over all of what china considers to be its territory including taiwan it could further risk u. S. China relations as they try to negotiate their way out of a trade war which is costing both countries hundreds of billions of dollars when haye has more from beijing. Taiwans military is built on equipment from the United States its main supply of arms announcements from washington of sales are always met by an angry response from china and this was no difference its a crude interference in chinas internal affairs and a harms
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Call for an urgent meeting of the parties to the agreement plus the bill is stet hong kongs leader kerry says shes killed the extradition bill that sparked mass protests but fails to convince her critics and why flying out of france is about to get a little bit more expensive. In sports arena williamss through to her 12th wimbledon semifinal williams beating out of risk in 3 sets to start on course for a 24 grand slam tart. U. S. President on trump has ramped up his diplomatic row with the u. K. In his latest tweets he called british Prime Minister to resume a foolish and branded her ambassador in washington wacky and pompous this comes 2 days after the publication of leaked diplomatic cables which criticized the white house the British Foreign secretary jeremy hunt has hit back calling trumps comments disrespectful and wrong get more now from alan fischer in washington d. C. Alan its quite extraordinary especially considering how close a relationship the u. K. And the u. S. Have histo