sophisticated weaponry is helping ukraine challenge for key cities, in the south and the east. us presidentjoe biden and china s president xijinping held a phone call today, and there were warnings and assurances about the us position on taiwan. taiwan is an island off china s south east coast. it behaves like an independent state but beijing considers it part of china, and says it will re take it, by force if necessary. there have been tensions between the us and china over that possibility. and today, xijinping told joe biden that the us should abide by the 0ne china principle with regard to taiwan according to chinese state media. with regard to taiwan and president xi said: those who play with fire will only get burnt. joe biden responded that on taiwan. the us policy has not changed. let s remind ourselves what this is all about. back in may, this happened. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan, if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s t
Hello, im Christian Fraser in paris. Katty kay is in washington. There are important stories on both sides of the atlantic. Very shortly, we will turn to the heated debate last night and television between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. We will talk to guests in paris as well. Before that, lets focus on washington. In the next few minutes we will have Breaking News as republicans start to vote on repealing and replacing 0bamacare. Yes, the House Of Representatives will start that vote shortly. There seems to have been some glitch. We expected it in the last few hours. It isa expected it in the last few hours. It is a vote on president 0bamas most important legacy. President trump promised to get rid of it. In the end of those members of congress are taking a vote, not knowing how much the Replacement Bill would cost are Many Americans will lose their health insurance. Here is a democrat and republican. Any Health Care Bill that came to this floor should be about expanding coverage
The istanbul attack on new years eve. We do, though, have new footage. We just showed you it briefly. Lets have a look in detail. It shows the moment is the attack happened outside the nightclub. You can see the bullets coming off the tarmac. And a few moments later, the gunmen, who arrived by taxi, arrivesjust moments later, the gunmen, who arrived by taxi, arrives just the right of shot. He is already firing. Then he turns to his left and makes his way into the club. He killed 39 people. Is are saying this particular attack was retaliation to turkish air strikes against is positions in syria. It is worth noting how it claimed responsibility. We were talking about this early in the programme. Charlie winter said it claimed it through its central media channel, which suggests, in his assessment, that it which suggests, in his assessment, Thatitis Which suggests, in his assessment, that it is trying to say it directed this. It coordinated this attack. This wasnt just somebody who was in
The istanbul attack on new years eve. We do, though, have new footage. We just showed you it briefly. Lets have a look in detail. It shows the moment is the attack happened outside the nightclub. You can see the bullets coming off the tarmac. And a few moments later, the gunmen, who arrived by taxi, arrivesjust moments later, the gunmen, who arrived by taxi, arrives just the right of shot. He is already firing. Then he turns to his left and makes his way into the club. He killed 39 people. Is are saying this particular attack was retaliation to turkish air strikes against is positions in syria. It is worth noting how it claimed responsibility. We were talking about this early in the programme. Charlie winter said it claimed it through its central media channel, which suggests, in his assessment, that it which suggests, in his assessment, Thatitis Which suggests, in his assessment, that it is trying to say it directed this. It coordinated this attack. This wasnt just somebody who was in
Edmunds 22nd birthday Britains Laura Robson has been selected for tenniss Fed Cup Match in estonia next month. Robson has been chosen for her experience, even though tara moore is higher in the world rankings. Its anne keothavongs first Team Announcement since she took over as captain shes selected johanna konta, Heather Watson and jocelyn rae to make up the team. That is all, coming up in a moment, the papers, see you later. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the former conservative pensions minister ros altmann and the Sports Journalist mihir bose. Tomorrows front pages, starting with the i, it leads on the political crisis in Northern Ireland. It says new elections are likely. The telegraph says a review has found that britains most senior militaryjudge mishandled the trial of a royal marine, who was found guilty of murdering a wounded taliban fighter. The mail leads on the pressures on a e. It says the Health Secreta