In putting together firstclass programs looking at the region and particularly chinas role in it and todays program countering china in the indo pacific is very much in keeping with his the thrust of his work here at the Hudson Institute. So congratulations on bringing this to fruition. And hes also assembled an absolutely firstrate gripe of group of experts. Starting immediately from my left in the order they will in , richard, currently taiwan, has just completed a new book and hell touch a bit on that. Hes one of the foremost authorities on Southeast Asia and the philippines and particularly the philippinechina relationship. To his left, just returned to washington to become the head of the u. S. Effort of the Observer Research foundation. I first met him almost 30 years ago in japan. Delighted to see how youve developed into an absolute firstclass institute leader, but also a scholar and analyst on the region. And i met today lisolette, a senior fellow here at the institute. Whats
A very warm welcome to you youre watching arsing international with me nick allen its great to have you with us our top story this hour general Election Campaigning in the u. K. Has got off to a bad tempered start this wednesday with Boris Johnson launching a series of scathing attacks on the Opposition Leader the Prime Minister appealed to the public to vote for his conservative party rather than jeremy corbins labor which he claimed has failed to take a tough enough line on russia. Come with us a government that believes britain should stand in the world good with generally good being in the labor party who sided with putin when russia poisonings the streets. Prime minister there in the grab that years referring to the script poisoning case back in march 28th seen of course russia did get the blame for this consistently denied all the allegations ever since because the Prime Minister theyre bringing up the scandal to basically discredit Jeremy Corbyn as part of the Campaign Going for
Seniors but they got knocked down from that corn and. Reporter four men were seen fleeing two of the three victims were taken to the hospital. Since the attack sfpd upped patrols and the Groups Community as one which focus on crimes against chinese seniors organized a silent protest calling for peace and unity. We doesnt note identities of the victims but the Police Department says they suffered nonlifethreatening injuries. In San Francisco, elissa harrington. Now to some veg now is after a deadly shooting in vallejo. Investigators say an offduty Richmond Police officer shot and killed man near a valoro gas station a short distance from six flags discovery kingdom. East bay times reports the officer is a 27 year veteran of the richmond Police Department. This happened around 5 30 last night. Witnesses say there was a confrontation but police are not saying if they know exactly what that confrontation was about. Neighbors told us they heard a number of gunshots. The kid just came back f
Is feeling like it was just a publicity stunt. On the uk government site. A man opens fire outside a synagogue in germany at least two people have been killed. All thomas cooks stores are bought by hayes travel, in a move that could save 20,500 jobs. Coming up, ive been speaking to some of the People Living in one london borough thats been hit hard by knife violence. And also coming up, well speak to a former sun journalist about Coleen Rooney accusing rebeka vardy of using her private instagram to obtain stories about her,and selling them to tabloid newspapers. The fighting in syria has taken a new turn with turkey launching airstrikes and us allies accusing america of betrayal. Turkey has begun a major offensive against Kurdish Forces who control the north east of the country. The kurds are currently involved in joint military operations with american troops in syria and have played a key role capturing thousands of is fighters. Its unclear what will now happen to those fighters. The
Against the Islamic State group. Also tonight. For the first time in nearly a0 years, the house of commons will sit in emergency session on a saturday, to try to resolve the brexit crisis. Encouraging news for some thomas cook staff, as their high street shops are bought by an independent travel firm. And, at the Rugby World Cup, wales fight off a strong challenge by fiji to reach the quarter finals. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. Scotland run in nine tries to thrash russia at the Rugby World Cup, to keep them in the running to qualify for the quarter finals. Good evening. The long planned Turkish Military operation in north east syria has been launched, as kurdish forces, which control the area, report heavy air strikes and the start of a ground offensive, amid widespread panic. The turkish decision was prompted by President Trumps announcement that us troops would withdraw from the region, where thousands of captured fighters from the Islamic State group are being held by ku