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Washington post, the highly sensitive documents that we all now know about that leaked from the pentagon show that taiwan is highly vulnerable to a chinese air attack. a top washington thinktank warned that the u.s. military, in the event of a war involving china s navy, would be crippled. so, where do you stand on this? do you think it is important that the united states make it clear that it is willing to back taiwan militarily? well, the relationship between taiwan and the united states, of course, is one that, for years, has been at the heart of the one china policy. as a governor, i am deeply focused on the economic opportunities here. but, of course, president tsai has so many other deep concerns about their future. and that s why i think building these relationships that we have really embarked on with a state ....
Dr. Mariana Budjeryn, Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom (MTA) at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center: The announcement of Russia’s decision to deploy nuclear weapons to Belarus is the continuation of Russia’s tactic to use nuclear saber-rattling to induce nuclear anxieties in the West. In terms of military utility, Russian nuclear deployments to Belarus don’t change anything. Russia has plenty of bases, delivery systems and nuclear weapons deployed on its own territory, some of them very close to the Ukrainian border, that could serve the same mission as anything deployed to Belarus. So the move is purely political. Dr. Stephen Herzog, Senior Researcher, ETH Zurich, Center for Security Studies: Putin's statement about moving Russian tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus is, of course, concerning. The forward deployment of nuclear weapons to regions close to conflict zones increases risks of escalation, nuclear weapons use, and misperceptio ....
Defending his budget saying it will get people back to work and won tjust benefit the rich. but labour says the move to abolish the cap on the lifetimes pensions allowance is a tax cut for the top 1% of earners. it s planning to force a vote in parliament on the issue next week. meanwhile, the independent economic thinktank the ifs has warned households will feel continuing pain over the coming year, with incomes squeezed amid a freeze on tax thresholds. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. 0k, damian grammaticas reports. on your marks, get: promise ok, on your marks, get set, go. the promise of ok, on your marks, get set, go. the promise of free ok, on your marks, get set, go. the promise of free childcare in this budget marks a major expansion in the scope of the welfare state, but already there are questions. where will the staff come from? is there enough funding? enough funding? they are saying childcare wants enough funding? they are saying childcare wa ....
That s according to government figures. that s up from around 300 in 2018. more on this from the migration 0bservatory a thinktank here in the uk. it s very difficult to see how. i mean, the uk detention state at the moment has a calf wristed capacity for 2500 individuals. well, last year, we saw around 45,000 people entered by small boat. so, clearly, that would have to be substantially upscaled to be able to detain people in those numbers. i think they would have to be detained because they are being threatened with deportation. it wouldn t be sufficient to house them in hotels or local communities because there would be a high risk of absconding. the plan also relies on the co operation of the uk s neighbours particularly france. jean paul mulot is a councillor for the hauts de france region , which includes the port of calais. what i hope is that the british pm and emmanuel macron will take the measure of the problem ....
A thinktank here in the uk. it s very difficult to see how. i mean, the uk detention state at the moment has a capacity for 2500 individuals. well, last year, we saw around 45,000 people entered by small boat. so, clearly, that would have to be substantially upscaled to be able to detain people in those numbers. i think they would have to be detained because they are being threatened with deportation. it wouldn t be sufficient to house them in hotels or local communities because there would be a high risk of absconding. the plan also relies on the co operation of the uk s neighbours particularly france. jean paul mulot is a councillor for the hauts de france region, which includes the port of calais. what europa said, and emmanuel macron will take the measure of the ....