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already said that any kind of relations with taiwan must end. but this is very much not only about the economics, but it also has to do with the geopolitics. a sign that the us is taking the threat of a potential. potentially china coming into taiwan, as a real threat. and so a lot of people are taking lessons from what they are seen happening in ukraine and starting to make some strengthening within their own borders. absolutely. and while you are with us, let s talk about that the debt ceiling deal. passing a very big hurdle last night, but still a lot of work to do if they are to meet that deadline injune the 6th? absolutely. they re going to have. now that it s passed one chamber of congress, it now has to pass the senate. andy thinking has been that they would be able to get it into they would be able to get it into the senate, but now we re hearing from a lot of senators are saying they are going to try. it s not going to be an easy ride, it s going to be a lot of ....
narges mohammadi has been arrested 13 times, convicted five times and sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison. the committee said her brave struggle has come with tremendous personal cost. iran s state news agency says the decision is politicising the human rights issue . caroline hawley reports. in iran last year, spearheaded by women, an extraordinary rebellion set off by the death in police custody of a young woman detained for allegedly not wearing her veil properly. the nobel committee said this award was for the hundreds of thousands of iranians who have stood up against the theocratic regime s policies of discrimination and oppression against women. narges mohammadi is iran s most prominent human rights activist. here she was several years ago, criticising the regime for forcing women to wear the hijab while allowing corruption to run rampant. she s currently serving a ten year sentence. her brave struggle has come with tremendous personal cost. altogether, t ....
hello, i m anita mcveigh, welcome to verified live. there have been dramatic political developments in edinburgh, where scotland s first minister, humza yousaf, has announced that he s resigning. he s been under growing pressure after he ripped up a power sharing deal with the scottish green party. as a result, he was facing two separate votes of no confidence. in an emotional statement earlier today, mr yousaf said he was not willing to trade his values and principles, simply to hold on to power. let s take a listen to the moment he announced his resignation. i am not willing to trade my values and principles or do deals with whomever simply for retaining power. therefore, after spending the weekend reflecting on what is best for my party, for the government, and for the country i lead, i have concluded that repairing our relationship across the political divide can only be done with someone else at the helm. i have therefore informed the snp s national secretary of my ....
hello, i m annita mcveigh, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has said he s hopeful that hamas will accept what he described as an extraordinarily generous gaza ceasefire offer from israel. mr blinken, who is attending talks with his regional counterparts in saudi arabia, was speaking as a delegation from hamas attended parallel ceasefire negotiations in cairo. after weeks of impasse, hamas is reported to have no major issues with a revised plan approved by israel. it s said to include new wording on a cessation of hostilities. mr blinken reaffirmed us opposition to a planned israeli offensive on rafah city, saying he s seen no plan that protects civilians there. 20 people died in the latest israeli airstrikes. at this moment, the only thing standing between the people of gaza and a ceasefire is hamas. they have to decide, and they have to decide quickly. so we ....
in case of an emergency. on sunday, suella braverman called for a review into armed policing. her intervention was welcomed by the metropolitan police commissioner, sir mark rowley. in an open letter, he called for an urgent reset, writing that improvements to the met police were being undermined by a system not set up to help officers succeed, identifying police pursuits and the use of force as areas of the most glaring unfairness. he said officers need sufficient legal protection to do theirjob and keep the public safe, because they re now more afraid of years of uncertainty for them and theirfamilies in the legal system than they are of confronting dangerous or armed criminals and terrorists. it all comes after a met police officer was charged on thursday with the murder of unarmed chris kaba last year. the 24 year old was fatally shot in a borrowed car in south london, a car the police say was linked to an incident involving a gun. the met police are keen to stress ....