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pledging americas unwavering support for democracy in taiwan. the ccp is not taking that lying down. >> china putting out a new saber rattling video this morning showing missiles at the ready and fighter jets moving into position as beijing prepares to hold its largest taiwan military drills. they will go on for six days. we havent seen them at this magnitude in 30 years. >> bill: theyre set to surround the island while conducting live fire exercises. some of those drills will happen i...

to a western alliance reinvigorated by that ukraine war, are chinas vulnerabilities suddenly in sharperfocus? henry wang, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, steve. its a pleasure to have you on our show. im mindful that you were the founder, the creator of a think tank, the center for china and globalization. you said you wanted it to be a bridge between east and west. right now, it seems many of those bridges are being burned. would you agree? well, i think its... yeah, absolutely. we se...

reports suggest a man opened fire during a family dispute. at 10pm, tina deheley will be here with a full round—up of the days news. but before that, a bracing dose of hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. a year on from the re—imposition of taliban rule, afghanistan is facing a humanitarian calamity. half the population is facing serious food insecurity, more than 1 million children are at risk from acute malnutrition. as for the taliban, well, they seem focused on snu...

>> i am a professor, i am trying to seek a meaningful life. >> she had a prestigious career, a loving husband, a young daughter, but she also had a secret. >> i lived with this nightmare for 18 years. >> and it centered on murder. >> they followed him, they kidnapped him, and then they dumped his body. it was clearly planned. >> but did she know? >> i was in complete shock. they were dangerous and they were violent. >> why did she do it? >> i didnt realize she was involved as deep as s...

but sometimes, do these two traditions collide? singh twins, welcome to hardtalk. now, you were born in england, but you took a trip for the first time to india when you were teenagers in 1980, and thats when you were first exposed to indian miniature paintings. you describe that as a turning point in your lives — why? well, the trip to india was a turning point in our lives for a couple of reasons, really. we were born and brought up in britain. we were aware of our indian heritage,...

of a climate change catastrophe, including human extinction, are not being taken seriously by scientists. the authors say that the consequences of warming beyond three degrees celsius have been "dangerously underexplored". now it is time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am the first site gallery in the east of england. my guests are the contemporary artist, twins, who have a major exhibition of their work here. they combined their work here. they combined theirjewel british and ind...

change catastrophe, including human extinction, are not being taken seriously by scientists. now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. im at the firstsite gallery, in colchester, in the east of england. my guests are the contemporary artists, the singh twins, who have a major exhibition of their work here. the singh twins combine their dual british and indian heritage to make provocative art that has a strong political messag...

there are calls for the government to do more to help families with the cost of living. well have the latest. i mean, itsjust frightening really. becuase its such a huge amount of money, and you cant get round it. theres things that you cant change. also this lunchtime. the leader of al qaeda, ayman al—zawahiri, is killed by an us drone strike in afghanistan. 12—year—old archie battersbee. the supreme court has received an appeal to postpone the withdrawal of his treatment, which...

its highest in m years. the parents of archie battersbee have lodged another appeal with the supreme court against the decision to end the 12—year—olds life support treatment. a bit ofa a bit of a waiting game now, but we are hopeful that they will hopefully hear the case and we will get to put our points across. british airways halts sales of tickets on short—haul flights from heathrow for a week as disruption for travellers continues. mps are calling for non—surgical cosmetic...

in afghanistan. and englands katarina johnson—thompson leads the heptathalon as track and field events get under way at the commonwealth games. we begin with us house speaker nancy pelosis visit to taiwan. its a historic moment, marking the highest—ranking visit by an american official to the self—ruled island in 25 years. this is the moment she arrived — theres nancy pelosi leaving the plane at the airport, being met by a small delegation. in a statement, ms pelosi said americ...