Prepping to set sail again right the total time to boost their new i. Q. So as u. S. China relations deteriorate decades old tensions in the South China Sea are ramping up between both countries well a number of nations have conflicting territorial claims in the region in the United States seems eager to strike that fire to the detriment of china our case alex one hell of it has that story. There from the United States armed forces are patrolling the South China Sea were conducting a lot of surveillance flights we have conducted a number of the Taiwan Strait transits we are continue to watch closely what the chinese are doing and the u. S. Is keeping an eye on china in its own neighborhood using intimidating military hardware such as b. One b. Supersonic bombers in the sky and warships in the water. The trumpet ministration also plans on deploying long range cruise missiles in the Asia Pacific Region china has called americas maneuvering and illegal trespass and has put the u. S. On no
south west england. the odd isolated shower elsewhere but skies will brighten a bit, i9 shower elsewhere but skies will brighten a bit, 19 in the south east. highest temperatures western scotland at our northern ireland 20 22. this evening and overnight, certainly this evening showers possible across southern counties of england ten the day, clearing through to tomorrow morning, heavy rain in northern england which pictures towards east anglia. clearest conditions across scotland and wales. monday itself, outbreaks of rain drizzled across eastern parts of england, brisk and rather chilly north north easterly wind easing through the day. mostly a dry day on monday, a few showers in the south and wales but in the sunshine starting to feel a touch warmer again. hello, this is bbc news. we ll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment, first the headlines. a platinum party at the palace to celebrate an historic 70 year reign. prince charles pays a heartfelt tribute
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House continue to strongly support the faa Contract Tower Program on a bipartisan basis and request you to comment on the record about any recommendation recommendations faa may have for reauthorization bill to insure that this program is enhanced and protected. Thank you. Madam chair. Thank you, senator wicker. I think certainly after our hearing last week, its important, many members of the committee share the support for the Contract Tower Program so i look forward to the answer to senator wickers question. Thank you. Now i would like to call on senator klobuchar. Thank you very much. A lot of interest in the hearing. Im pretending those are lines of people trying to get in that you just heard. Thank you so much, and i also wanted to welcome the colgan flight people who are here today. Members of the families. We worked with you, especially on the bill on pilot fatigue. And captain sullenberger, i want to thank you for your continued attention to improving the fatigue standards, and
A flooded case but four boys and their soccer coach are still trapped and rescuers are now racing against the clock to save them after eighteen days underground pulled their locks. Culture makes a place for history out the world cup in tonights first semifinal they look to knock out their neighbor france and reach the final for the first time. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us we start with some breaking news from china who has learned that the widow of the Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner lucia has left china. Boarded a finnish airliner a few hours ago when this expected in berlin later today lou had been under house arrest since two thousand and ten when her husband was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize she died of cancer while in prison one year ago the German Government has been pushing for lous release since that. Her departure from beijing today comes as Chinese Premier League wraps up a short visit to berlin. And our correspondent kong when ye is in taipei following