victim and the suspect later this hour, but begin with a fox news alert. a handshake on u.s. soil in nighting the fury of xi jinping, aircraft carrier sent to the coast as the taiwan president meets with kevin mccarthy in california. we are waiting to hear from the white house and the pentagon, beijing warned the u.s. and mccarthy not to do this. gillian: the big question is how president biden is responding. remember, xi jinping told his military to be ready to take taiwan by 2027. just last fall, biden seemed to commit sending u.s. men and women into harm s way if it does happen. would u.s. forces defend the island? yes, if in fact there was an unprecedented attack. to be clear, sir, u.s. forces, u.s. men and women would defend taiwan in the event of a china invasion. yes. john: the white house walked it back almost immediately saying the policy has not changed on taiwan. will the white house be pressed on this today? we will speak with mark esper. gillian:
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we will prepare all the options, ready for the incoming prime minister on the 5th of september to hit the ground running. liz truss and rishi sunak answer questions at a tory leadership hustings in northern ireland as they vie for votes to become the next party leader and prime minister. more than 4,000 people given contaminated blood in the 70s and 80s will receive compensation of £100,000 each but campaigners say many grieving families have been ignored. horrific and shocking police describe how 87 year old thomas 0 halloran rode 75 feet on his mobility scooter in west london after being stabbed in what officers say was an unprovoked attack. voters in a republican primary in the us state of wyoming oust trump critic, congresswoman liz cheney, in favour of a candidate backed by the former president. good afternoon. an increase in food and drink prices has pushed inflation to double digits as the cost of living crisis intensifies. the office for national statistics says
as we thing about how close we came to losing our democracy. last thursday it was june 16th a day forever branded in our memory a day that is joined the pantheon of tragic turning points in human history. where are you on six, 16 and neither will we. at the time they are preparing a show and tony fauci has pushed for another for kids. seems so trivial now as we were speaking on air at that very moment a team of seven saboteurs had entered the capital grounds and then proceeded to saboteurs do to breach the capital itself. inside those hollow grounds within the very womb of democracy these records began their hunt for standing members of congress. that happened ladies and showman it sounds shocking to you it gets worse from there. this is not some spontaneous outbreak of insurrection, no. this was a meticulously planned coup from afar. the group in the capital was under direct control of an extreme called stephen colbert definition is a white extremist. this white extremist st
swimming s world governing body votes to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women s events. and judo for peace why the ancient martial art could bring harmony to the townships to south africa. hello, thanks very much for joining us. from left wing guerilla to colombia s first ever left wing president. the former rebel, gustavo petro, once jailed for his role with the m i9 rebel movement, has won 51% of the vote, compared to 47% for his right wing anti establishment opponent, rodolfo hernandez. this was his third presidential campaign and victory comes some 20 years after he was first elected to congress. with more here s the bbc s south america correspondent, katy watson, in the capital, bogota. the atmosphere here in gustavo petro s h0 is electric. people here almost didn t believe it. it was a nailbiter until the very end. this is a historic vote in so many ways that s often used as a real cliche but it s really true he is the first leftist pr