more than 5,000 athletes from 72 nations and territories will compete over the next 11 days. and the return of the tiger, why nepal kept its promise to double numbers in the last decade. it s 8am in singapore, and eight in the evening in washington, where presidentjoe biden has spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. taiwan emerged once again as a key point of tension between the two leaders, this time sparked by a possible visit there by the us house speaker, nancy pelosi. although the visit hasn t yet been confirmed, mr biden told xijinping, that washington strongly opposed any unilateral moves that would change the island s status, or undermine stability across the taiwan straits. president xi said: those who play with fire will only get burnt. joe biden responded to that with on taiwan the us policy has not changed. so where does that leave diplomatic relations? well, with an assessment of that phone call, here s the bbc s barba
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for an extension in order to bring more hostages home. and in the last hour the palestinian foreign minister has warned that once the deal expires, it is important that innocent civilians are protected. hamas freed more hostages, including 14 israelis, in exchange for 39 palestinian prisoners on sunday. but both israel and hamas are reported to have raised concerns over the lists of hostages and prisoners set to be released today. qatari mediators are said to be working with both sides to resolve the problems. meanwhile tech billionaire elon musk is in israel to discuss tackling anti semitism online with prime minister benjamin netanyahu after a rise of hate speech on his platform x. also in the past hour, israeli government spokesperson eylon levy has given a press conference. he was asked what happens when the current four day pause ends. the campaign to end hamas and bring our hostages home will resume immediately with the end of the hostage release pause. i m not going to
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