hello and welcome. a potential visit to taiwan by the us house speaker nancy pelosi is stirring alarm in presidentjoe biden s administration. officials are concerned the trip may cross red lines for china, and fears there s no potential exit path . beijing, which claims sovereignty over the island, has already issued harsh warnings even suggesting a possible military response. against this backdrop, president biden is expected to call president shee on thursday for the first time in months. gareth barlow reports. this is taiwan. to beijing it is the breakaway province that must become part of the country, if need be by force. to washington, it s the territory of the us has pledged to help defend, if it ever comes under attack. an island nation of 23 million, at the centre of a struggle between two global superpowers, and it s the potential visit to taiwan by nancy pelosi, second in line to the us presidency, who, if the trip goes ahead, will be the highest ranking american
that tune will be in your head all afternoon! time for a look at the weather. we need it to be fine over birmingham. yes, it s not going to be bathed in sunshine for the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games but it is looking dry and timbers easing down from 20 degrees during the course of the ceremony. where we are seeing sunshine today is to the north and north west of scotland. very limited elsewhere. whilst there is a lot of dry weather around, we have also seen some heavy rain so far today, impacting parts of northern england, into southern scotland, thundery rain through the isle of man for a time and it is edging further north. we have high pressure close by so overall, a lot of dry weather and also a weather disturbance has been brought into that wiltshire will continue to feed these outbreaks of rain, slowly a little further north in scotland but still holding the sunny spells in the north and north west. a few patches of rain or showers in wales and south west
national attention. late last night the state s supreme court ruled to temporarily block kate cox s attempt to obtain an emergency abortion. cox says her unborn baby has a fatal genetic condition that results in the baby not living more than a few days outside the womb. that s according to the lawsuit she has filed against texas. cnn s camila bernal is following this story. how big of a setback is this for her? reporter: it s very significant, fred, and that s because kate cox is 20 weeks pregnant at the moment. she s just 31 years old. as you mentioned, her fetus has a fatal genetic condition, and she says the complications of this pregnancy have essentially put her life in danger, and she says not only is her health at risk here, but she also says that her future fertility is also at risk if she doesn t get an abortion. so that is why she sued the state of texas asking for her to be allowed to get a legal abortion in the state of texas. a judge in the state granted that a
the next big name recruit to golf s controversial saudi backed liv series. his signing is likely to be confirmed on thursday, when the third event on the tour gets underway in bedminster, newjersey. england s paul casey will make his liv debut in the event, knowing that it could jeopardise his chances of playing in future ryder cups. the rules and decisions that are going to be put in place are going to be put in place are out of my hands. i was still love to be a part of that but if i am not than i guess there is nothing i can do. i am not going to. yes, i would love to be a part of it. england and south africa meet for the second time in 2a hours later, fresh from a match that produced 29 sixes and a convincing win for the home side in the first of their t20 series. england posted their second highest total in this format, 23a for 6, withjonny bairstow continuing his impressive summer with 90. moeen ali reached his 50 off a record breaking 16 balls.