policy is still to be considered in the next few weeks. policy is still to be considered in the next few weeks. james wilson, from detention the next few weeks. james wilson, from detention action, the next few weeks. james wilson, from detention action, thank- the next few weeks. james wilson, from detention action, thank you l from detention action, thank you so much speaking to us. the us and china have been trading words over security in the asia pacific region, particularly over taiwan. washington and beijing have sent their most senior defence officials to a conference in singapore and have already met on the sidelines. the meeting seems to have gone well, but china s defence minister told journalists that beijing would not hesitate to start a war if anyone tried to split taiwan, which it sees as a rebel province from china. 0ur correspondent nick marsh reports. he is at the shangri la dialogue. this was the first of a doubleheader here in singapore. today, it was the us
so, as it stands, theirfuture is still very uncertain. the president of the european commission ursula von der leyen is visiting ukraine for talks on its proposal tojoin the european union. she s pictured here shaking hands with ukraine s deputy prime minister for european and euro atlantic integration of ukraine. ms von der leyen said she would also discuss ukraine s reconstruction with the country s president. the us and china have been trading words over security in the asia pacific region, particularly over taiwan. washington and beijing have sent their most senior defence officials to a conference in singapore and have already met on the sidelines. the meeting seems to have gone well, but china s defence minister told journalists that beijing would not hesitate to start a war if anyone tried to split taiwan, which it sees as a rebel province from china. our correspondent nick marsh reports. this was the first of
a doubleheader here in singapore. today, it was the us secretary of defence, lloyd austin, who got the top billing. tomorrow, it will be his chinese counterpart, the defence minister wei fenghe, who will be addressing the delegates. now yesterday, the two men did meet on the sidelines. it was the first top level military encounter of its kind since 2019, a small thaw in a relationship that has reached worrying levels of hostility for countries in this region. now, mr austin said he was in singapore to listen, that the united states did not seek conflict and that it wasn t seeking a new cold war. but he did criticise china for what he calls a more coercive and more aggressive approach it was taking with regards to its territorial disputes in the region. now, that means the south china sea and that means taiwan. on taiwan, mr austin also criticised the increased military operations