nearby, insisting there is nothing to see. one even pointing his gun threateningly towards us. shrinking glacier streams in the himalayas are creating a water crisis we have a special report on getting tap water to villages. hey, josh, it s gillian, how are you doing? very well, thank you. how are you? and the glasses allowing deaf people to see real time conversations, right in front of their eyes. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. nancy pelosi, america s third highest ranking politician, is right now in taiwan, on a visit that s infuriated beijing. ms pelosi is due to visit taiwan s parliament and meet the taiwanese president on wednesday morning. tensions are high. china considers self ruled, democratic taiwan as its own territory, and it s been flying warplanes close to the island. four us warships have also been deployed to the region. our correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes, reports from taiwan. t
in the himalayas are creating a water crisis we have a special report on getting tap water to villages. hey, josh, it s gillian, how are you doing? very well, thank you. how are you? and the glasses allowing deaf people to see real time conversations right before their eyes. she knew it would antagonise beijing but that hasn t stopped nancy pelosi america s third highest ranking politician from paying a high level visit to taiwan. in the past hour she s been at the taiwanese parliament but before arriving there the chinese foreign ministry summoned the us ambassador, nicholas burns, to beijing to protest against the visit. during her meeting with taiwanese politicians she insisted that she had come to taiwan in what she called peace for the region . we come in friendship to taiwan. we come in peace for the region and our chair of the veterans affairs committee, representing our veterans, understanding the value of peace and the avoidance of conflict. i am sure he will
election has been delayed, after concerns were raised that hackers could influence the outcome. a stark warning that the number of households with no savings is set to double to 5.3 million by 2024 due to the rising cost of living. and it s 50 years since nearly 30,000 ugandan asians began to arrive in the uk after being forced to flee their homes by uganda s then military ruler. we ve been hearing some of their stories. the speaker of the us house of representatives nancy pelosi has met the taiwanese president during a visit that s been strongly condemned by the chinese government. taiwan is self ruled, but beijng sees it as a breakaway province that will eventually unite with it. it s an island roughly 100 miles from the coast of south east china. china took the island from japan in 1945 after world war two, but after a civil war in china, defeated nationalist forces fled to taiwan. today it sees itself as an independent country, with its own constitution and democratical
developments, nancy pelosi s trip in taiwan throughout the day. stay tuned for that. but for now, let s leave taiwan. let s take a look at some other stories in the headlines: the first grain ship to have sailed from a ukrainian controlled port since russia invaded the country has reached turkish waters. the cargo vessel razoni is waiting north of the bosphorus strait. it s hoped that resuming grain exports from ukraine will help ease a globalfood crisis that was compounded by russia s blockade of ukrainian black sea ports. a man s been charged with treason after being arrested in the grounds of windsor castle on christmas day, allegedly with a crossbow. jaswant singh chail, who s 20, is accused of intending to injure the queen. he s also been charged with threats to kill and having an offensive weapon. the american novelist, stephen king, has appeared in court to support the us government s case against the merger of two of the country s biggest publishers. the justice department want
the sierra leone flagged cargo vessel razoni is waiting north of the bosphorus strait. it s due to be inspected for prohibited goods, in a joint operation involving russian, ukrainian, turkish and un officials. the boat is carrying 26,000 tonnes of grain that was loaded in 0desa. we can now go to our international correspondent 0rla guerin who is in istanbul. has the inspection begun? we have seen pictures has the inspection begun? we have seen pictures from has the inspection begun? we have seen pictures from turkey s - has the inspection begun? we have| seen pictures from turkey s defence ministry shown a team of inspectors on board the vessel, wearing their hard hats, clambering up ladders, carrying out various checks. we are told the inspection will be finished in 14 minutes. this is a joint team, representatives from both of the war