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
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us and chinese militaries. i don t think that is going to happen this time around. the united states is very focused on preserving peace and stability in the region. china is going to take these fairly dramatic actions, an act of aggression, some would say under the un charter. and i don t think there will be a response other than from the taiwanese military. so hopefully a couple of days will pass, china will feel it has sent its message through those drills, through cyberattacks, through economic coercion on taiwan, and things will resume to where they were previously. which was not exactly comfortable, but it was relatively stable. exactly comfortable, but it was relatively stable. natasha kassam from the lowy relatively stable. natasha kassam from the lowy institute, - relatively stable. natasha kassam from the lowy institute, thank- relatively stable. natasha kassam| from the lowy institute, thank you for talking to us. fifty years ago, the former ugandan dictator idi amin gave
our first report comes from our correspondent mark lobel. side by side with taiwan s president, america s third most powerful politician. an act of provocation or a necessary show of support. nancy pelosi s delayed high profile visit was never without risk. china s anger has led to the us ambassador there being summoned, as pelosi is handed an award for her strong ties to taiwan. today our delegation, of which i m very proud, came to taiwan to make unequivocally clear we will not abandon our commitment to taiwan, and we are proud of our enduring friendship. president tsai thanking speaker pelosi for her unwavering support. translation: facing deliberately heightened military threats, - taiwan will not back down. we will firmly uphold our nation s sovereignty and continue to hold the line of defence for democracy. china insists the self ruled democratic island is in fact part
today it sees itself as an independent country, with its own constitution and democratically elected leaders. only 13 nations recognise taiwan as sovereign and china exerts diplomatic pressure on other countries not to recognise taiwan. in response to nancy pelosi s trip, china has sent warships and warplanes right up to its dividing line with the island. taiwan says the military drills amount to a blockade and violate its sovereignty. taiwan s economy is hugely important to the global market as much of our everyday electronic equipment, including phones, laptops, watches and games consoles, is powered by computer chips made in taiwan. ourfirst report comes from our correspondent, mark lobel. side by side with taiwan s president, america s third most powerful politician. an act of provocation or a necessary show of support.