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we wont let beijing temper tantrum dictate. kevin court has the latest. >> good to be with you, americas solidarity with taiwan is more important today as the world faces choice says between democracy. nancy pelosi is just about to depart after a brief stop in tapei taiwan. she said this trip is about americas unwaivering commitment to the country. >> in terms of governance we commend taiwan for being one of the freest societies in the world. we come in friendship and leadership and wa...

Hello, im lewis vaughanjones. Welcome to The Programme. We start in the middle east, where the palestinian president says only the us can prevent an Israeli Attack on rafah, where more than a million have fled. Mahmoud abbas is at the World Economic forum summit in riyadh. He will be joined there on monday by the us Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken. Other Key International figures are expected in the saudi city and Sideline Meetings are expected to discuss the war in gaza and the way forward. ...

Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Threats of legal challenges and a new warning from businesses over president trumps revised travel ban. Activewear. The Fashion Phenomenon that is grabbing australia by the seat of its pants and is now heading to asia. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. This is Asia Business report. I am rico hizon. Its a tuesday. Us President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order, a scaled back version of his controversial travel ban. It ...

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But missing from their statements or any calls for police reform. and thats because the last time we saw real effort to fix our policing system in this country, it was in 2021, after the killing of george floyd. and i remember covering that effort and, it was viewed as a very serious one. between senator tim scott, a republican, an african american man man in the senate, and also cory booker, at that time, they were the only two black men in the senate. and they were negotiating in good faith. t...

Prescription drug costs could help families in the country struggling with rising inflation so theres that piece of it. on the marriage equality piece we heard from the white house that this is personal to the president, urging congress to pass this as soon as possible and something to see on the desk. and then on the chips legislation we saw the president do this event, virtually he still has covid and gathered the advisers and people in the industry to talk about the importance of the will egs...

Care, thats a big deal and it will cut through the inflation narrative, the ukraine narrative, the afghan narrative, the border narrative, et cetera. >> so, thats a whole -- thats a long list of maybe if you can do something, but can anything get done. >> thats a great question. i think democrats think one of their chances to turn things around is passing a scaled back version of build back better that would address climate change and some other social spending issues. thats a tough task. they t...

So this will be the -- certainly the most substantial speech hes given on voting rights yet. the question is, is anything different in washington? >> so jeff zeleny, thank you so much. republicans in state legislatures around the country have been, since the 2020 election, tightening election laws. in many cases making it more difficult to vote. in some states, they have given more power to partisans and less to election officials. a lot of trump believers in the big lie have been out there camp...

Their wages but we know those increases in wages have not kept up with the higher price of goods. >> reporter: facing her own midterm election battle, she believes her fellow democrats should turn to a scaled back version of bidens economic agenda, like lowering prescription drug costs. >> lets not just keep knocking our heads against the wall and trying to pass a massive bill if what we can get done are smaller bills that will really make a difference in peoples lives. >> reporter: don cunningh...

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