Now on bbc news, its 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 welcome to the
an immigration centre in southern england has been firebombed, with the suspect reported to have killed himself. officials in india say at least 68 people have died after a suspension bridge collapsed in western india. at least 150 people were thought to be on the bridge in morbi in gujarat state at the time, but it s feared that number could have been far higher. the bridge had onlyjust re opened to the public following extensive renovations. in a tweet, the prime minister of india, narendra modi said he had spoken to local officials regarding the incident and that the rescue operation was ongoing. he pledged to give all possible help to those affected. our south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan gave us the latest a short while ago. it isa it is a very tragic and unfortunate incident in the state of gujarat because hundreds of people were out on a holiday, today is a sunday and also a hindu religious festival, the post diwali period, people still enjoying their holidays and t
halloween event. i lost my friend. and i turned around and i told the| and i turned around and i told the crowd, you ve got to come this way. people are dying. find crowd, you ve got to come this way. peeple are dying- people are dying. and immigration centre has been people are dying. and immigration centre has been firebombed - people are dying. and immigration centre has been firebombed in - people are dying. and immigration centre has been firebombed in the| centre has been firebombed in the last few minutes. a suspect is confirmed to have died. hello and a warm welcome. the opposing brazil s election have literallyjust opposing brazil s election have literally just closed opposing brazil s election have literallyjust closed in the second round of voting. a left wing candidate and former president de silva came first in the first round. but the contest with his rivaljair bolsonaro is said to be tighter than expected. katy watson is in san pablo and joins me now. it
at the same time, more questions for the home secretary about her account of sending government documents to unauthorised people. brazil s presidential election this is the scene in sao paulo tonight as votes are counted and as england reach the rugby world cup semi final, captain sarah hunter becomes the most capped england player in the women s or men s game. good evening. there is shock and disbelief in south korea about what should have been a joyful saturday night out ending in tragedy, with more than 150 people crushed to death. most were young including teenagers out in the capital seoul in large numbers because of halloween. disaster struck in the itaewon district, known for its nightlife and restaurants, when people converged from different directions onto a narrow alley that runs along from a shopping mall. it was that area which became dangerously overcrowded. our seoul correspondent jean mckenzie has the story you may find her report distressing. as the bo