Looking forward to talking to our pAnel very shortly. First, the latest bbc news. The french Interior Minister says at least 12 people have died And two are still missing, after a Boat Carrying migrAnts capsized in the english chAnnel. Ten of them were female, six of them said to be young girls. Theres been a large Search And Rescue operation under way since this morning. Ukraines president , volodymyr zelensky, says 51 people have been killed And more thAn 200 injured by a russiAn Missile Strike in the city of poltova. He said two ballistic missiles partially destroyed a building belonging to the institute of communications. It is one of the deadliest single strikes of the war to date. Five children have been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of An 80 year old mAn who was attacked in a park. Bhim kohli died in hospital after being assaulted while walking his dog at FrAnklin Park in leicestershire on sunday evening. You are very welcome to the programme. Shameful is h
ukraine s president gets the red carpet treatment in poland and a pledge of fighterjets. one of the world s biggest online, crime websites is shut down by police in 17 countries. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. china s foreign ministry has condemned a meeting between tsai ing wen and the us speaker of the house in california. it vowed a resolute response. mr mccarthy as the most senior american politician to meet a taiwanese leader on us soil since 1979. the meeting took place at the ronald reagan presidential library during a stopover on president tsai journey home from latin america. climate china claims it as part of its own territory. here is what was said at a press conference. the friendship said at a press conference. tue: friendship between said at a press conference. tte: friendship between the people of taiwan and america is a matter of profound importance to the free world and it is criti
Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Besieged by tourists, venice starts charging day trippers to visit. Is this the way forward for overwhelmed cities . In fact, we are going to start in europe. The french president , emmanuel macron, has painted a rather bleak picture of the European Union today. Despite the big strides he believes the eu made towards closer integration post covid and in response to the war in ukraine, it needs to be much more aggressive, he said, in defending its own interests. The wake up, he said, has been too slow and there is mortal danger, as he put it, if the union becomes a vassal of the United States and fails to stand up for itself on trade. Translation we must be lucid to the fact that our europe today is mortal. She can die. Echoing his past calls for europe to plot a third way between the us and china, the french president called for a scaling up stronger, more integrated European Defences, a more sustainable economic model
china if not more so, has managed to make some progress but really slow, stuck in the senate. a new idea is being proposed. combine the tiktok band bill with a bill on more funding on foreign aid to ukraine and israel and taiwan. the idea is basically if you passed this, the republicans will get the tiktok band they like, the democrats will get the funding to ukraine they like and be biden administration get everything it likes. i did basically say to this heartland republicans either support us on more funding to ukraine or you don t give the tiktok band you want. kind of how it works in washington. kind of how it works in washington. kind of how it works in washinrton. ., , , ., washington. how is this going down in china? washington. how is this going down in china? we washington. how is this going down in china? we have i washington. how is this going down in china? we have not l washington. how is this going i down in china? we have not had a secific down in china? we have no
worry about the impact of these visits on relations with china. in the current administration is more supportive of these kinds of interactions and visits. generally speaking, the public supports these kinds of visits but we do see a partisan difference. visits but we do see a partisan difference- difference. james, how do eo - le difference. james, how do peeple in difference. james, how do people in taiwan - difference. james, how do people in taiwan feel- difference. james, how do | people in taiwan feel about difference. james, how do - people in taiwan feel about the united states? is it as simple as a feeling that china bad, the united states good? are they looking closer ties with washington? tt’s they looking closer ties with washington? they looking closer ties with washinrton? , ., ., washington? it s not quite that simle. washington? it s not quite that simple- in washington? it s not quite that simple. in our washington? it s not quite that simple. in our survey,