election has been delayed, after concerns were raised that hackers could influence the outcome. a stark warning that the number of households with no savings is set to double to 5.3 million by 2024 due to the rising cost of living. and it s 50 years since nearly 30,000 ugandan asians began to arrive in the uk after being forced to flee their homes by uganda s then military ruler. we ve been hearing some of their stories. the speaker of the us house of representatives nancy pelosi has met the taiwanese president during a visit that s been strongly condemned by the chinese government. taiwan is self ruled, but beijng sees it as a breakaway province that will eventually unite with it. it s an island roughly 100 miles from the coast of south east china. china took the island from japan in 1945 after world war two, but after a civil war in china, defeated nationalist forces fled to taiwan. today it sees itself as an independent country, with its own constitution and democratical
election has been delayed, after concerns were raised that hackers could influence the outcome. and it s 50 years since nearly 30,000 ugandan asians began to arrive in the uk after being forced to flee their homes by uganda s then military ruler. we ve been hearing some of their stories. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the speaker of the us house of representatives nancy pelosi has met the taiwanese president during a visit that s been strongly condemned by the chinese government. taiwan is self ruled, but beijng sees it as a breakaway province that will eventually unite with it. it s an island roughly 100 miles from the coast of south east china. china took the island from japan in 1945 after world war two, but after a civil war in china, defeated nationalist forces fled to taiwan. today it sees itself as an independent country, with its own constitution and democratically elected leaders. only 13 nations recognise taiwan as sovereign
Been speaking for a few minutes. We will hear more on what he says later. If no deal is in place by the end of today, Government Agencies will begin shutting down injust under ten hours time thats midnight local time. It would mean hundreds of thousands of federal employees sent home without pay. Much of the attention is focused on the republican speaker Kevin Mccarthy. Heres what he had to say earlier. Because the senate cannot act in time, the government would shut down. The house is going to act so government will not shut down. We will put a clean funding stop gap on the floor to keep government open for 45 days for the house and senate to get their work done. The house is debating over the Funding Plans now. And Hakeem Jefferies, democratic Minority Leaders has been speaking in the last few minutes. We are here at this moment on the brink of a shutdown that was entirely unavoidable and has been brought to us by the extreme Maga Republicans who have decided that rather than pursue
and that s. .. they re basically saying this is in effect the us or a very us senior us politician coming here and openly supporting what they consider to be a split east regime, a separatist regime that s taken a chunk of of chinese territory and split it away from the rest of china. let s talk to our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell. lets pick up on the final point that was made there. i would be interested on your take why china views this as it has being so provocative. views this as it has being so provocative- views this as it has being so provocative. views this as it has being so rovocative. 1, , , ., , provocative. basically, china says this is part provocative. basically, china says this is part of provocative. basically, china says this is part of our provocative. basically, china says this is part of our territory, - provocative. basically, china says this is part of our territory, howl this is part of our territory, how on earth can the us government be sending
a split east regime, a separatist regime that s taken a chunk of of chinese territory and split it away from the rest of china. jade guan is a lecturer in strategic studies at the centre for defence, deakin university, victoria, australia. shejoins us now. welcome to bbc news. there are, i suppose, two questions here. what can happen? and what may happen? first of all, i want to ask you how seriously you take these chinese threats, threats that america would pay the price for this visit, or whether you think there is a degree of bluster here? nice to speak to you. i categorise us china relations a movement from