more than 5,000 athletes from 72 nations and territories will compete over the next 11 days. and the return of the tiger, why nepal kept its promise to double numbers in the last decade. it s 8am in singapore, and eight in the evening in washington, where presidentjoe biden has spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. taiwan emerged once again as a key point of tension between the two leaders, this time sparked by a possible visit there by the us house speaker, nancy pelosi. although the visit hasn t yet been confirmed, mr biden told xijinping, that washington strongly opposed any unilateral moves that would change the island s status, or undermine stability across the taiwan straits. president xi said: those who play with fire will only get burnt. joe biden responded to that with on taiwan the us policy has not changed. so where does that leave diplomatic relations? well, with an assessment of that phone call, here s the bbc s barba
in the last decade. president biden has spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the two leaders both issued warnings about taiwan, which has once again emerged as a key point of tension, following reports of a possible visit there by the us house speaker nancy pelosi. although the visit hasn t been confirmed, mr biden told mr xi that washington strongly opposed any unilateral moves that would change the island s status, or undermine stability across the taiwan straits. president xi said: joe biden responded to that by saying, 0n taiwan, the us policy has not changed. so where does that leave us? with an assessment of that phone call, here s the bbc s barbara plett usher in washington. the chinese are pretty blunt about their position on taiwan and that readout said that xijinping had emphasised that position, which is that taiwan is part of china and there is no room for taiwanese independence, that he had told president biden that
to double its numbers in the last decade. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the two leaders both issued warnings about taiwan, which has once again emerged as a key point of tension, following reports of a possible visit there by the us house speaker nancy pelosi. although the visit hasn t been confirmed, mr biden told xi jinping, that washington strongly opposed any unilateral moves that would change the island s status, or undermine stability across the taiwan straits. president xi said: those who play with fire will only get burned. joe biden responded to that with on taiwan, the us policy has not changed. let s speak now to craig singleton, a national security expert, and former us diplomat, who s a senior china fellow at the foundation for the defense of democracies. thank you forjoining here on bbc world news. it was something of a marat
commonwealth games. and the return of the tiger. why nepal kept its promise to double its numbers in the last decade. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the two leaders both issued warnings about taiwan which has once again emerged as a key point of tension, following reports of a possible visit there by the us house speaker nancy pelosi. although the visit hasn t been confirmed, mr biden told mr xi that washington strongly opposed any unilateral moves that would change the island s status or undermine stability across the taiwan straits. president xi said: those who play with fire will only get burnt. joe biden responded to that by saying 0n taiwan, the us policy has not changed. so where does that leave diplomatic relations? with an assessment of that phone call, here s the bbc s barbara plett usher in washington. the chinese are pretty b
of cheer on wall street: amazon shares soar as it racks up sales of $121 billion in the last three months. hello there. we start in the us, with fears of a recession in the world s biggest economy. in the world s biggest economy are rattling people. official figures out on thursday show it shrinking for the second quarter in a row. two quarters of negative growth are what many countries around the world would define as a recession. not so in the us, as we ll show you why in a minute. us gross domestic product declined at an annual rate ofjust under 1% between april and june. that comes after a steeper 1.6% decline in the first three months of the year. but that hasn t hit the labour market yet. us treasury secretary janet yellen said the economy is now at full employment with the unemployment ratejust 3.6%. meanwhile, prices for groceries, petrol and other basics are rising at the fastest pace since 1981. he s what president biden had to say. both chairman powell and many