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Now on bbc news, its time for a special programme. Global questions the taiwan, china conflict. Hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from Liberty Square in taipei, the capital city of taiwan. The main island of taiwan lies about 160 kilometres across the waters from china. In the past few months, china has stepped up its military exercises, and fired missiles over taiwan, in growing tensions with the government here. The chinese president , xijinping, has reiterated the claim that taiwan belongs to china, and he says he does not rule out the use of force to take it over. Meanwhile, the United States, which supports taiwan, has hardened its position with President Biden saying he would send american troops to defend it. So, if china did invade taiwan, it would be a conflict with huge global dimension ....
i get accused of all kinds of things every single day as does every member that serves in the public eye. but that doesn t stop you from doing your job. it is our duty, and it is my duty. the fbi just seized my phone. oh, yes, congressman scott perry under investigation by the doj for his role in the plot to over turn the 2020 election, will now be part of the investigation into his own investigation. just the latest in a long history of republican oversight madness. also tonight, two big depositions. fox s main man, rupert murdoch, under oath today about his network s role in pushing false election riggling theories as donald trump makes a very telling mistake in the e. jean carroll rape allegation lawsuit. plus, florida students can take a.p. courses in italian culture, german culture, and japanese culture, but ron desantis has decided learning about african americans, quote, lacks educational value. but we begin the reidout tonight with the republican circus ....
and aircraft. all kidding aside, he s come off the sidelines. he s retired, helped us identify and get ahead of the challenges that arise at our ports, our railroads, and on the road. this is about reducing costs for families. you know, i have to admit to you, a lot of the elected officials have been in office for a while. every once in a while something you learn makes you viscerally angry, like if you had the person in front of you, you would want to pop them. i really mean it. there are nine major ocean line companies that ship from asia to the united states. they form three consortiums. these companies have raised their prices by as much as 1000%. so everything coming from asia, 90 some percent of it is stuff coming from asia. they ve raised it by 1000%. that s why i called on congress to crack down. they re foreign-owned shipping companies that raised their prices, while raking in just last year $190 billion in profit. a sevenfold increase in one year. sevenfold in ....
Resilience and redemption on the band book club. Another hour of velshi begins right now. Right now. Good morning to you, it is saturday, may the fourth. Week three has wrapped in the first criminal trial of donald trump. The Republican Partys twice impeached for four times impacted presumptive president ial nominee. He is the first former president to find himself facing a criminal trial and the possibility of spending time in jail. Even though hes in this precarious position right now he continues to be the same abrasive man he has always been, someone who thinks the rules dont apply to him. On tuesday, the judge presiding over his criminal trial, judge juan merchan, ruled trump has violated his Gag Order Nine Times so far. He ordered the former president to pay a total fine of 9000. 00 and if necessary, he would impose a cursory tory punishment. Trump could face mo ....
Before. Now, according to screenshots made available to the a. P. , gibson and her husband have been filming and posting their sex can a paid online for cash. More shocking her reaction to this story. She told the Washington Post that this revelation is illegal invasion of my privacy and designed to humiliate me and my family. Sweetheart, i think you did a pretty good job of that yourself. How is this an invasion of privacy when the post is reporting that gibson is said to have posted more than a dozen videos in september 2022, which is after she officially entered the race she now turned defiant. It wont intimidate me and silence me. There is no line political opponents wont cross to silence women when they speak up. What . Who is trying to silence her . She is the one who originally put the videos online for profit. Yet, we are now supposed to be offended by republicans who are talking about it . Yeah, okay. Gibson called the e ....