sandra: begin with house speaker nancy pelosi arriving in taiwan, it happened a short time ago for her trip there, raising concerns of how china could, and could still respond. and already beijing issuing a series of threats. hello, welcome, everyone. john, great to be with you. john: happy tuesday to you, i m john roberts in new york. chinese fighter jets flew nearby, the speaker arriving safely but the u.s. and taiwan remain on high alert, as four u.s. warships have been repositioned east of taiwan in an effort to deter chinese action. sandra: chinese state media is reporting beijing will conduct live fire military exercises surrounding taiwan over the next few days, and is warning of severe punishment to the united states. congressional correspondent. china is coming out with really strong words, they are calling this trip by speaker nancy pelosi to taiwan a serious violation of the one china principle, and they are saying it infringes on china s sovereignty, and t
Hundreds are injured near pakistans capital as Police Crackdown on protesters blocking a major highway the military is called in to restore calm. And are. Live from london also coming up. Gyptian warplanes target suspected fighters after fridays most attack that killed hundreds of people in sinai. The doctors in syria forced to work underground and treat their patients in secret. And facing the force of the law zimbabwes new government is in on the moment with old allies. I know pakistan has called in its military and ordered a partial media blackout as pretty struggle to disperse hundreds. Protesters near the capital islamabad offices have fired tear gas and water cannon to clear the protest camp injuring more than one hundred fifty people the demonstrators have been blocking a major highway for two weeks and are refusing to leave until the law minister steps down because the minister emitted a reference to the prophet mohammed in a parliamentary bill you are hired to has more from ne
Antigovernment protests in iran the Supreme Leader says foreign agencies are behind the violence pakistan targets the assets and charities a half is saeed among the United States says was behind the two thousand and eight mumbai attacks that claimed one hundred sixty five lives and we look at how an erupting volcano is decimating tourist numbers to bali and the indonesian government. People back. And im far as small have all the days sport including andy murray is the latest top tennis player to be hit with an injury and a new season already ravaged by withdrawal. We begin in iran where at least eighty raney and some being killed overnight and on to government protests according to state media overall at least twenty chain people all known to have died since the. Began on thursday a supremely blames what he calls irans enemies for the trouble u. S. President donald trump has tweeted his support for the protesters and called on the iranian government to one block social media. Has. Guns
Im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. Add iran to the list of countries grappling with a populist wave. The violent demonstrations of the past six days surprised everyone, but their roots look familiar. Protestors are fed up with the establishment in tehran spending money on foreign ventures that cause Economic Hardship at home. The Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has blamed irans enemies, the United States and saudi arabia. President trump certainly sees opportunity. But there is no leader of this movement, no obvious manifesto, so where does it lead and what it can actually accomplish . Our middle east editor jeremy bowen reports. In tehran, squads of Motorbike Police are cruising the streets to break up groups of demonstrators. The protests have changed since they started last thursday. To begin with, they were about the economy. Most of the protesters are young men. More than 50 of iranians are under 30. And perhaps 40 of them are unemployed. That pe
Afghan capital kills at least eleven people. Scrambling to fix a bug found in computer chips tech firms rushed to patch a security flaw which could affect billions of devices worldwide. A socalled bomb cyclon sweeps into the eastern part of north america with states bracing for record breaking cold. The white house is fighting back with threats of lawsuits over a damning book about u. S. President s donald trump the upcoming book fire and fury inside the tom white house paints a highly critical picture of life inside the oval office and the president s described as a mentally unfit for the job i asked him brooke as more. President Donald Trumps press secretary came swinging out. Thursday saying americans are more concerned about policy than a new book on the white house i dont think they really care about some trash that an author that no one had ever heard of until today or a fired employee wants to peddle earlier attorneys for the president sent a cease and desist letter to the publi