thanks forjoining us on the programme. lots to get through but we start with football on a busy night of action around europe. in the premier league there s been two huge matches with implications at both ends of the table. manchester united moved back into the top four, after a 1 0 win over brentford at old trafford. marcus rashford with the goal in the first half. it s a victory that lifts united back above tottenham in the race for champions league places. i think we played very good foot tall, especially the first half, it s not easy against this very brentford good team. we took great chances, dominant, the first half especially. the second half it was better but we saw what i missed on the sunday, determined, passion and desire, and we draw it over the line. and manchester united are level on points with newcastle who stay third but improved their goal difference even further with a 5 1 demolition of west ham at the london stadium. callum wilson and joelinton
earlier today, despite objections from china. mccarthy stressed the need to speed up arms deliveries to taiwan. china, which has long considered taiwan as part of its country, denounced the meeting, accusing the us of seeking taiwanese independence. it comes on the heels of other high profile summits, including then speaker of the house nancy pelosi s trip to taiwan last year. speaking after the meeting, mccarthy responded to warnings from china of escalating tensions. well, my first message to china, there is no need for retaliation. the one thing i will say to china, at no time, ims speaker of the house, there is no time that china is going to tell me where i can go and who can speak to, whether you be so all you befriend. the california visit is not the first stop on president tsai s trip. last week, she flew to new york where she met with three us senators. tsai then made her way to central america for official visits to guatemala and belize, two of taiwan s few allies on
live from washington, this is bbc news. taiwan s president meets some of america s top lawmakers. in beijing, france s president touches down for a high stakes visit with president xi. and coming up, we ll bring you a bbc investigation into one of the ukraine war s most notorious crimes. hello, i m sumi somaskanda. we start tonight in the us, where speaker kevin mccarthy has become the most senior elected official to meet a taiwanese president on us soil in decades. here s taiwanese president tsai ing wen meeting mccarthy and a group of bipartisan lawmakers near los angeles
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