It is its own backyard the Chinese claim. Is based on almost 2000 years of history had some fairly aggressive naval maneuvers near ships to the color demonstrate that they are in control but the sea is a strategic importance to countries far beyond Southeast Asia it was estimated $3.00 trillion us dollars of trade flowed through the South China Sea And experts say it s becoming one of the world s most dangerous flashpoints What does China want in the South China Sea That s the inquiry after the news Hello I m Gerri Smith with the babysitting news Syria has strongly condemned the new u.s. Policy towards the country under which it will keep an open ended military presence there Syria s deputy foreign minister Faisal Mekdad described the move announced by the u.s. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson as a devastating mistake he said it was 100 percent difference to Donald Trump s election campaign promises and would be treated as a hostile act longtail presence of the American troops would b
Welcome to the inquiry on the b.b.c. World Service I m Ruth Alexander this week we tell the story of how a pristine coral reef became a Chinese military base China has quite literally sunk millions and millions of kilos of concrete into the South China Sea mortars which are contested by 6 Nations but which China considers its own backyard the Chinese claim very sorry used based on almost 2000 years of history had some fairly aggressive naval maneuvers ships 3 demonstrate that they are in control but the sea is a strategic importance to countries far beyond Southeast Asia it was estimated $3.00 trillion us dollars of trade flow through the South China Sea And experts say it s becoming one of the world s most dangerous flashpoints What does China want in the South China Sea That s the inquiry after the news. Hello I m Gerri Smith with the b.b.c. News Syria has strongly condemned the new u.s. Policy towards the country under which it will keep an open ended military presence there Syria
Trump to say yes and learn how to execute the rudiments of government shutdown coincides with the anniversary of Mr Trump taking office Andrew Walker Luke said it s potential economic costs the most immediate impact to shutting down large parts of the u.s. Government will be on the workers who have their paychecks coming in they may get paid retrospectively when the shutdown ends but that will be a decision for Congress in the meantime there will be a mounting impact on their spending as the shutdown continues is likely to especially affect their spending or less essential items such as entertainment or holidays private sector suppliers and contract as will also find their business and payment for it disrupted national parks and monuments are particularly affected by shutdowns and they re very important for local called us in some areas of the country time police have arrested a man accused of running a wildlife smuggling ring across Asia and Africa for more than a decade been China b
Korea have agreed to form a combined women s ice hockey team and March under the same flag at next month s Winter Olympics in South Korea the arrangement marks of Foreign Relations Sophie Long is in Seoul North Korea is sending a large delegation including $230.00 cheerleaders $140.00 artistic performers and a 30 strong taekwondo demonstration team but it s the announcement of a joint team for the sport of ice hockey that has the most symbolic importance it s the 1st time athletes from both Koreas will compete together in the same team at an Olympics but while diplomatic progress seems to be evident in a sporting context many other issues between the 2 countries remain at a meeting in Vancouver the South Korean foreign minister said sustained improvements in relations could not take place without efforts to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue trainers top diplomat in the Netherlands has been declared persona non grata and asked to leave the country the decision follows reports that
C.b.s. News on the hour I m going on a big section of the country in shiver and survive mode it s bone chilling cold out there across much of the nation that Rick Berke of The Weather Prediction Center the cold wave expected to linger for at least another week more snow is forecast for Erie Pennsylvania paralyzed 5 days ago by $65.00 inches of snow in the big out in slow nobody less e.t.v. Reporter Matt Going to the bone chilling with this snow blower gassed up then border in his group and see Rubicon went to work digging out feet of snow launching ferryman s in Old Westbury how soon as we rode in they give me a truck a crew and said get out of here and get to work this over to their good Friday afternoon group all volunteers mostly military veterans coming from. All corners of the country to help out and it didn t take long to clear the snow the wharf way the driveway even here it s more had been touched since Christmas Eve investigation continues following New York city s deadliest