community under scrutiny from the senate intelligence committee this morning, as they deliver their annual report on the major global threats to the nation topped by mounting concerns over china and its authoritarian leader. the ccp represents both the leading and most consequential threat to u.s. national security and leadership globally, and its intelligence specific capabilities made it the most serious and consequential intelligence rival. judiciary committee chairman dick durban. and the push by a congressional majority, backed by president biden, to overrule a local washington, d.c. criminal code. the first challenge to home rule for the nation s capital in three decades. on this international women s day, the groundbreaking story of navy captain janet days, the first african american woman to be commander of the naval station in norfolk, virginia. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington where the senate intelligence committee is putting the decisi
Now on bbc news, its time for a special programme. Global questions the taiwan, china conflict. Hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from Liberty Square in taipei, the capital city of taiwan. The main island of taiwan lies about 160 kilometres across the waters from china. In the past few months, china has stepped up its military exercises, and fired missiles over taiwan, in growing tensions with the government here. The chinese president , xijinping, has reiterated the claim that taiwan belongs to china, and he says he does not rule out the use of force to take it over. Meanwhile, the United States, which supports taiwan, has hardened its position with President Biden saying he would send american troops to defend it. So, if china did invade taiwan, it would be a conflict with huge global dimensions, one that involves the two superpowers, the United States and china. That is global questions, taiwan, a flashpoint with china and the world . Applause welcome to the
Singapore, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Welcome. It is midnight in london, 7am in singapore, and 2am in moscow, where the us Secretary Of State has been trying to improve faltering relations between two of the worlds biggest powers, but in the end, there was no hiding the differences. After nearly two hours of talks with his russian counterpart and even Vladimir Putin himself, sakho tim Rex Tillerson said there was a disparity between the two countries. We will get the view from Washington A Little later on newsday, but first of all, from a place in moscow, here is our reporter. The last time he was in russia, Rex Tillerson was an oil man, doing multi Million Dollar deals with the kremlin, Drinking Champagne with Vladimir Putin. He even got an award from him. But in moscow, today, it was a political deal Secretary Of State tillerson was seeking over syria, not easy with Us Russian Relations at their worst since the end of the cold war. He met his russian counterpart, sergei lav
Singapore, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Welcome. It is midnight in london, 7am in singapore, and 2am in moscow, where the us Secretary Of State has been trying to improve faltering relations between two of the worlds biggest powers, but in the end, there was no hiding the differences. After nearly two hours of talks with his russian counterpart and even Vladimir Putin himself, sakho tim Rex Tillerson said there was a disparity between the two countries. We will get the view from Washington A Little later on newsday, but first of all, from a place in moscow, here is our reporter. The last time he was in russia, Rex Tillerson was an oil man, doing multi Million Dollar deals with the kremlin, Drinking Champagne with Vladimir Putin. He even got an award from him. But in moscow, today, it was a political deal Secretary Of State tillerson was seeking over syria, not easy with Us Russian Relations at their worst since the end of the cold war. He met his russian counterpart, sergei lav
Cultural. it s a big basket of concern out there. we gotta address it. ben, my colleague here, who covers intelligence and the pentagon, has a story up now on our digital platform that china has become a really difficult intelligence target. they are our largest superpower rival and adversary in so many ways. the admiral knows better than i what s going on in the south china sea. now it s so hard to discern what is happening at the senior levels. we saw it with the spy balloon and all the arguments over did president xi know, did he not know, did he approve it? the power of the communist party, right? that s exactly right, andrea. the reality is, our insight into the leadership thinking and decision making of the chinese communist party is quite limited. they are a tough intelligence