This morning. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a statement saying this, american leaders highest priority to protect american lives and interest but we cannot put the lives of American Service members dye mr. Mats and others further at risk for engaging in provocative and disproportionate actions, tonights actions further dangerous escalation of violence; 2020 candidate and former Vice President joe biden also issuing a statement saying he supported terror and sub chaos, none of us negates the cause that this is escalation move, deter future attacks by iran and almost certainly will have the opposite effect. Joining me now white house fox strategic defense adviser and Army Special Operation shoulder bret and foxs military colonel david hunt. Good morning p. Thanks for having us. Cheryl to you first, big concern and investors are concern about possible escalation of tensions between u. S. And iran, how concerned should we be this morning . First of all we did accurate job with the investig
The citys chief minister says the air has become unbearable. Lewis hamilton will start the us formula one grand prix in fifth position on the grid, but is still poised to win the world drivers championship. And click checks out what made in taiwan means now in the 21st century. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon. The leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has announced he wont be a candidate at next months general election. Mr farage, who has tried to become an mp seven times, says hell focus instead on touring the country to support his pa rtys candidates. The announcement comes after he offered an Electoral Alliance with the conservative party, an offer which was quickly rejected by the Prime Minister borisjohnson. Heres our political correspondentjessica parker. Walking into this election, nigel farage says that borisjohnsons deal is a gigantic con and that the brexit party is ready to field hundreds of candidates but he wont be one of them. Do you think is a
An island shaped like a leaf at the Meeting Point of four seas. Between the 1960s and the 1990s, taiwan underwent massive industrialisation in what has become known as the taiwan miracle. Huge tech firms grew, becoming household names asus, htc, acer. At the centre of this was the semiconductor industry, led by a company you have probably never heard of tsmc. It is one of the Largest Semiconductor manufacturers in the world, producing the chips inside some of the best phones, including the iphone 11. It is most likely if you have a smartphone, you have something made by tsmc. And these chips were only made possible thanks to the discovery of semiconductors. Why are Semiconductors Important or interesting . Because it changes your life. With factories, or fabs as they are known across the globe, the largest is here in taiwan. And we have been granted exclusive access to see just how those chips that form the heart of our Electronic Devices are created. But before we could go into the fa
Now its time for click. Taiwan. An island shaped like a leaf but the Meeting Point of four seas. Many around the world came to know it from the words made in taiwan stamped on electronics, toys and bikes. It became a brand people recognised. But the world has changed again. Hardware is out, software is in. Ai is the future, handsets are the past. Stephen and i have been to find out what made in taiwan means in the 21st century. Welcome to taiwan. 500 years back, taiwan was known as a pirate kingdom, a base for chinese and japanese entrepreneurs who traded in the south china sea. But more recently, its chased legitimate business but still with an entrepreneurial zeal, leading the world of Technology Manufacturing since the 1960s. Over 30 years, taiwan underwent massive industrialisation in what has become known as the taiwan miracle. Huge tech firms grew, becoming household names. Asus, htc, acer. At the centre of this was the semiconductor industry, led by a company you have probably n
Have been arrested in connection with last weeks deaths. Excitement is building ahead of the Rugby World Cup final between england and south africa in japan on saturday, as new zealand beat wales for third place. Now on bbc news, its time for a special edition of click. Taiwan. An island shaped like a leaf but the Meeting Point of four seas. Many around the world came to know it from the words made in taiwan and stamped on electronics, toys and bikes. It became a brand people recognised. But the world has changed again. Hardware is out, softwa re changed again. Hardware is out, software is in. Al is the future, handsets of the past. Stephen and i have been on to find out what made in taiwan means in the 21st century. Welcome to taiwan. 500 years back, taiwan was known as a pirate kingdom, a base for chinese and japanese entrepreneurs who traded in the south china sea. But more recently, its chased legitimate business but still, with an entrepreneurial zeal, leading the world of Technol