restore public confidence in the complaints process. the home office has also sent a statement acknowledging that the reputation of british policing has been damaged. it is asking to root out current offices that are unfit to serve. thank you very much, hayley. the us and the philippines are holding their largest everjoint military drills a day after china concluded large scale exercises around taiwan. beijing simulated attacks on taiwan in response to the island s leader meeting the us house speaker last week. plans for the joint exercises between the us and philippines pre dated china s activities but won t do anything to calm already simmering tensions in the region. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil has more details. security personnel will remain in their posts, they will continue to defend the nation, that s what the taiwanese president tsai ing wen has said.
london, back to you. the us and the philippines are holding their largest everjoint military drills a day after china concluded large scale exercises around taiwan. beijing simulated attacks on taiwan in response to the island s leader meeting the us house speaker last week. plans for the joint exercises between the us and philippines pre dated china s activities but won t do anything to calm already simmering tensions in the region. our correspondent shaimaa khalil has more details. security personnel will remain in their posts, they will continue to defend the nation, that s what the taiwanese president tsai ing wen has said. and even though china announced that these military exercises which started on saturday right after she came back from the united states, have ended on monday, we have at least eight warships still in taiwanese water, eight chinese warships. so the drills may have concluded but the presence, the chinese presence is still there,
of widespread unrest. taiwan s president tsai ing wen has pledged to bolster the island s combat power and defences in a major speech on taiwan s national day. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. there is one question which haunts the chancellor, haunts any chancellor of any political party stopping it is, what will the iss say? because the verdict of the institute for fiscal studies on whether the numbers add up, any budget or what we these days have to call fiscal event can be
the taliban says it will observe a peace agreement negotiated with the united states last year. the announcements, which includes a pledge to prevent al-qaeda from operating in afghanistan, follows face to face talks with the us in doha. lebanon has been hit by a nationwide power cut caused by the electricity grid shutting down. the authorities have blamed ongoing fuel shortages amid a severe economic crisis. electricity supplies are unlikely to resume before monday. taiwan s president tsai ing wen has vowed to uphold democracy and freedom at home amid growing tensions with beijing, responding to a speech from president xijinping, saying that reunification with china is inevitable. she said there should be no illusions that time when these people would bow to pressure. no illusions that the
this is bbc news. the headlines: the taliban says it will observe a peace agreement negotiated with the united states last year. the announcements, which includes a pledge to prevent al-qaeda from operating in afghanistan, follows face to face talks with the us in doha. lebanon has been hit by a nationwide power cut caused by the electricity grid shutting down. the authorities have blamed ongoing fuel shortages amid a severe economic crisis. electricity supplies are unlikely to resume before monday. taiwan s president tsai ing wen has vowed to uphold democracy and freedom at home amid growing tensions with beijing, responding to a speech from president xijinping, saying that reunification with china is inevitable. she said there should be no illusions that time when these people would bow to pressure. no illusions that the