now on bbc news, it s 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 welc
more than £8 billion the second largest result in its history. and australia s national football team criticises qatar s human rights record less than a month before the emirate hosts the world cup. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has accused russian commanders of craziness in their efforts to capture a town in the east of the country. bakhmut which sits in the donetsk region has been the centre of russian attacks for months. meanwhile, in the south, ukrainian forces advancing on the city of kherson have been hampered by heavy rain. russian forces are building fortifications and bringing in extra reinforcements. the area has been at the centre of the fiercest clashes in recent weeks. our correspondent hugo bachega is in kyiv and hejoins me now. let s start off with the comments from president zelensky about the tactics of russian commanders. what does he mean by craziness? he said the most sev
and out west, two people dead in their cars as an explosive wildfire in california rips through a national forest. crews struggle to contain the blaze. and it s primary day in five key states with just three months till the november midterms. in kansas today is the first direct vote on abortions post-roe. sharice davids will join us today. and we begin this morning with a strike that took out one of the world s most wanted terrorists while still in isolation from covid, president biden announced that al qaeda leader ayman al zawahiri was killed in a drone strike in kabul, afghanistan, where he and his family had been hiding. justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more. people around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer no matter how long it takes. no matter where you hide. if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. this morning the white house released this picture of the pr
it s100 years since women were allowed tojoin it s100 years since women were allowed to join the uk armed forces. we found out what has changed between their women who served them and those who serve now. good morning. it s friday 7th july. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. president trump has met russia s president vladimir putin face to face for the first time. the two leaders shook hands at the 620 summit in the german city of hamburg. they are due to hold further talks later. ros atkins is in hamburg. welcome to the vast conference centre in hamburg, where the g20 s summit is taking place. the leaders are here and ready to start negotiations, moving to what they hope will be a communique on saturday afternoon with commitments on some of the most pressing issues oui’ on some of the most pressing issues our world is facing. there had been broke out last night and into this morning. the german authorities are telling us that over 70 police officers have bee
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