and this was, as there were a lot of civilians there on the street, we didn t see any sort of military installations. it was right in the heart of the town of kramatorsk. and then of course we then decided to leave that area as fast as possible after we realized the coast was cleared. wow, fred pleitgen and crew, stay safe out there. and just days after an american general warned that a war with china could be possible in a couple of years, there s a new spike in tensions. the u.s. has announced its military will get access to four more bases in the philippines. and that could put american forces within 200 miles of taiwan as fears grow that china could invade that self-governing island. cnn s oren lieberman is at the pentagon. how is china responding to this? china appears to be furious, lashing out saying it s part of washington s, quote, selfish agenda and accusing the u.s. of being the one to endanger regional peace and stability. similar to language we ve seen from china befor
military in the region in decades. tensions between china and taiwan escalate and there are fears of a potential china invasion. oren is live at the pentagon. so what are you hearing? reporter: this is part of an expansion of military reegsz between the u.s. and the philippines. access to more bases in the philippines. from china s perspective that means perhaps a greater u.s. military presence close to china and close to taiwan. this is where the u.s. currently has access to military bases this is lloyd austin in the philippines where the agreement was reached. this is the map where the u.s. currently has access. this will expand for four more basis. neither the u.s. or philippines will name those bases. but we know the u.s. was interested in the north closer to taiwan as well as in the western philippines. that s why china has accused the
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december since the year 2012. and this is because of philippines being very vulnerable to climate change because of the warm oceans, and that is due to global warming, and thus the reason for the record typhoons in the area that keep slamming the coast line, which obviously also is a huge worry when it comes to the aftermath of this super typhoon because the worry is not only covid, as you mentioned, and these people being in these evacuation centers, but also landslides and storm surges, isa. absolutely. thinking of everyone in the philippines right now. very worrying indeed. in new delhi, thank you very much. let s get more on this. meteorologist derek van dam is tracking this. he joins me now. good morning to you. the storm has weakened a little since then, but you have officials warning of flooding as well as landslides. that remains a threat clearly, right? yes, clearly it does. the storm is still impacting portions of western philippines,