russia s invasion of ukraine only heightens the goals of fundamental principles of national order. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show. it is tuesday, may 24th. and right now, u.s. president joe biden is wrapping up his diplomatic tour in asia. earlier mr. biden kicked off the second in-person quad summit alongside leaders of japan, india and australia. the controversy was over the summit after controversial subjects. he later clarified that the issue is unchanged. and biden also spoke one-on-one with narendra modi, one key topic, russia s war on ukraine which mr. modi has been reluctant to condemn. the war was a major topic, mr. biden addressing it in his opening remarks. have a listen. russia s assault of ukraine heightens the importance of fundamental principles of international order, international law, human rights must always be defended regardless of where they are violated in the world. so the quad has a lot of work ahea
a russian soldier is sentenced to life in prison in the first war crimes trial of this now three-month long invasion. the soldier admitted to killing one man but ukrainian president zelenskyy says as many as 100 ukrainians are now dying each day near the frontlines. we re tracking developments there, but first, let s go to japan where president biden is on the second leg of his trip to asia, and will ripley is in tokyo for us. will, the president wanted to send a strong message to china on this trip. but today a bit of a mixed message. yeah. and it certainly is a mixed message when it comes to the white house staffers but not a mixed message from president biden because as you mentioned, this is at least the third time he s publicly stated the united states would come to taiwan s defense militarily if thigh china were to attack. for more than 40 years the united states has had a policy of strategic ambiguity, leaving it an open question whether the u.s. would get involved m
militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s the commitment we made. now, a white house official be the pentagon tried to walk back the president s comments, insisting the decades old policy of strategic ambiguity has not changed. but the defense secretary had a different explanation than the president when asked if biden s comments could mean putting troops on the ground. putting troops on the ground defend taiwan? our one china policy has not changed. we reiterated that policy in our commitment to peace and stability across the taiwan strait. cnn s jeremy diamond is in tokyo. this is not the first time that president biden said something like this about taiwan. reporter: that s right, alison. it s certainly not, and that is what is is critical to understanding biden s words here. back in august, president biden said we would respond if there s an attack on taiwan. two months after that, he said the u.s. had a commitment to if it were
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