of newjersey christine todd whitman and miles taylor who served in the trump administration as chief of staff at homeland security. welcome to the programme: there was a moment this afternoon when the website, flightradar, crashed because so many people were following the progress of a plane that was tracking a circuitous route from malaysia to taiwan. and that is because flight spar 19, was carrying nancy pelosi, house speaker, and the highest ranking us visitor to taiwan, in some 25 years. she landed safelyjust after 11pm, accompanied by a senior delegation of house committee chairmen, in defiance of escalating chinese threats. just after landing, the washington post published the speakers opinion piece, in which she explains some of her thinking. in the face of the chinese communist party s that might be the official white house position, but at such a delicate moment in us china relations, the pentagon was not in favour of the visit. remember china views taiwan as a brea
after an israeli air strike on the southern city of rafah, where more than a million displaced palestinians are sheltering. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 3a,000 people have died since the start of the war in october. emergency workers in khan younis say they ve uncovered nearly 200 bodies buried in the courtyard of a hospital. al nasser had been at the centre of an israeli military operation until two weeks ago. the world health organization has previously said bodies were being buried within hospitals under israeli siege, but palestinians have accused israeli forces of killing some of the victims. israel accuses hamas of using medical facilities in gaza as command centres. here s our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, with more. major general aharon haliva is the most senior israeli official we have had so far to step down from his role in connection with the failings that led to the october seven attacks by hamas that really shocked israel and
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