starting a new life. so they re out of afghanistan. now how refugee families are adjusting to their new life in america. taiwan put its military on full display sunday in an extraordinary show of defiance toward beijing. a parade marking the anniversary of the chinese revolution allowed taiwan to showcase some of the island s most advanced and sophisticated weapons. and there was nothing subtle about the message. just the day before, chinese president xi jinping had infuriated taipei when he again called for taiwan s peaceful reunification with the mainland. cnn s will ripley was at the national day parade and has more from taipei. reporter: this may not match the massive scale of military parades in mainland china, but for taiwan this is an extraordinary sight. four kinds of domestically produced missiles rolling through the capital in front of taiwan s presidential palace, an ominous sign of escalating regional tensions. taiwan s military has never played a more promi
back in december, the optimism of the ukrainian forces was fading. there were fears it would be a bad winter and the russians were targeting generating stations and heating plants. but ukrainian engineers worked like crazy to restore power. and anyway, the winter wasn t that bad. now some military experts in the west are even daring to suggest that the russian army might simply collapse over the next few months. who knows? president xi jinping of china has presented himself as a deal maker in the war, but his proposals have so far been pretty vague and, perhaps not surprisingly, much more favourable to his friend vladimir putin than to ukraine. there s less noise about a chinese invasion of taiwan, but many taiwanese leaders think it ll happen by 2029. in the us, since december, ex president trump has been accused of various crimes and been sued successfully for one of them. yet his popularity with the republican party has soared, while his main rival, ron desantis, has faded
protests have been held overnight in several cities in iran in response to the execution of three men on friday, who were convicted in connection with the recent wave of mass anti government demonstrations. the executions have been condemned internationally. those are the latest headlines here on bbc news. now on bbc news, it s unspun world withjohn simpson. hello. it is good to see you again at the start of a new season of unspun world. we have been off air since december, and a lot has happened since then. the ukraine walk first. back in december, the optimism of the ukrainian forces was fading, there were fears it would be a bad winter, and the russians were targeting generating stations and heating plants. but, ukrainian engineers worked like crazy to restore power, and anyway, the winter was not that bad. now, some military experts in the west are even daring to suggest that the russian army might soon collapse over the next few months. who knows. president xijinping of
back in december, the optimism of the ukrainian forces was fading. there were fears it would be a bad winter and the russians were targeting generating stations and heating plants. but ukrainian engineers worked like crazy to restore power. and anyway, the winter wasn t that bad. now some military experts in the west are even daring to suggest that the russian army might simply collapse over the next few months. who knows? president xi jinping of china has presented himself as a deal maker in the war, but his proposals have so far been pretty vague and, perhaps not surprisingly, much more favourable to his friend vladimir putin than to ukraine. there s less noise about a chinese invasion of taiwan, but many taiwanese leaders think it ll happen by 2029. in the us, since december, ex president trump has been accused of various crimes and been sued successfully for one of them. yet his popularity with the republican party has soared, while his main rival, ron desantis, has faded
i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. three weeks from election day, and today president biden is putting abortion rights front and center for voters. this afternoon he promised to make roe v wade the law of the land. promising to send a bill to congress to codify the law. they re hoping this could galvanize voters. if you care about the right to choose, then you ve got to vote. that s why in these midterm elections, it s so critical to elect more democrats to keep control of the house of representatives. folks, if we do that, here s the promise i make to you and the american people the first bill i will send to the congress will be to codify roe v. wade. when congress passes it, i ll sign it in january 50 years after roe was first decided as the law of the land. cnn s phil mattingly is at the white house this afternoon. what s behind the strategy here of making abortion a focus of the mid terms. polling is showing that it s not the boost it was a few weeks ago