the north and south. north korea s military said it responded by firing ten artillery shots. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome hardtalk with zeinab badawi. to the special editio of welcome to the special edition of hard tour from the taiwanese capital, taipei. people here in taiwan which is self governed live under constant threat from china which lies about 160 kilometres across the waters. beijing claims taiwan as part of its territory, and in the past few months has carried out hundreds of military sorties near taiwan, hundreds of military sorties neartaiwan, leading hundreds of military sorties near taiwan, leading to speculation that it is preparing for an invasion. taiwan has also been subjected to cyber attacks from china, my guest is the taiwanese digital minister, audrey tang. can taiwan really forge its own path? minister, audrey tang and taipei welcome to hardtalk. thank you, happy to be here. xi jinping reiterated at the recent china party
o donnell: and, india s prime minister tells putin, this is not the time for war. how putin responded. immigration fight. the latest on those migrants shipped to martha s vineyard, and why florida governor ron desantis isn t backing down. tracking the storm. tropical storm fiona barrels towards puerto rico, bringing high winds and heavy rain. and, on the road. how a family opened their hearts to adoption and let in a lot more than just a child. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west. there are a number of developing stories tonight as we come on the air. first, tropical storm fiona is heading for puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands, bringing heavy rain, and we ll have more on that in just a moment. but first, we want to begin in ukraine, because today was significant for many reasons. the war has raged for nearly seven months, with russia s aggression devastat
my guest is the taiwanese digital minister, audrey tang. can taiwan really forge its own path? minister audrey tang in taipei, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. really happy to be here. president xi of china reiterated at the recent chinese communist party congress that china wants to strive for the prospect of peaceful unification with taiwan, but that he will never promise to give up the option to use force. just sum up briefly the mood for us, the reaction to that possibly new threat. well, there s a familiar message. we ve been hearing that for quite some time. of course, we have to prepare ourselves to face the authoritarian expansionism, but that has been the case for as long as i can remember. so people have not been at all worried by this renewed threat? not especially worried. of course, we ve been seeing renewed interest in, for example, countering disinformation, cybersecurity attacks and so on. but i think the overall mood is quite calm. ok, because china has claime
beings. good morning to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world i m brianna keilar is john berman. the migrant battle getting more heated with president biden now weighing in. he ripped gop governors of florida and texas for flying and busing more migrants to liberal areas in the northeast. the president speaking at a congressional hispanic caucus event last night. instead of working with us on solu solution, republicans are playing politics with human beings using them as props. what they re doing is wrong, un-am un-american, reckless. he said there s a process saying republicans should not use political stunts to interfere. this comes after florida governor ron desantis took credit for sending migrants to martha s vineyard. abbott and desantis are strident critics of the biden administration. it s not clear why they organized flights for migrants from texas but he made clear he doesn t want them in his state. we are not a sanctuary state, it s better to go
unlike anything since world war ii. o donnell: and india s prime minister tells putin this is not the time for war. how putin responded. immigration fight: the latest on those migrants shipped to martha s vineyard, and why florida governor yukon denali isn t backing down. tracking the storm. tropical storm fiona barrels towards puerto rico, bringing high winds and heavy rain. and on the road. how a family opened their hearts to adoption and let in a lot more than just a child. o donnell: good evening. there are a number of developing stories tonight as we come on the air. tropical storm fiona is headed for puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands bringing heavy rain, and we ll sahave more on najust a moment. first, we want to begin in ukraine, because today was significant for so many reasons. the war has raged for nearly seven months with russia s aggression, devastating families and many parts of the global economy. and today, vladimir putin was confronted directly. in