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donald trump is the winner of the republican iowa caucuses by landslide. the former president 20 delegates closer to clenching the republican nomination. ron desantis inches past nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy susopinioneds his campaign, endorsing trump after finishing a distant fourth. we ll make america great again. iowa, we love you. go out and buy larger tractors and more land, don t worry about it. this is the first, the big night is going to be in november, when we take back our country and truly make our country great again. we have our marching orders. our marching orders are to do all we can to preserve what george washington called sacred fire of liberty, same fire that burned in philadelphia in 1776 when our founding fathers signed declaration of independence. punditting analyze from every angle, we get that. when you look at how we are doing in new hampshire, in south carolina and beyond. [cheering] i can safely say tonight iowa made this republican ....
trade and political tensions with china. the move sparked a warning from beijing, which considers taiwan part of chinese territory. samira hussain has more. trade between the united states and taiwan amounts to about $75 billion a year. that number is dwarfed by china s trade with taiwan, which stands at a massive $120 billion a year. by signing this trade deal, the us is looking to build its presence in asia and rival china. taiwan for its part is looking to reduce its economic dependence on china, especially in light of the geopolitical tensions between it and beijing. unsurprisingly, china did not react well, saying the united states should stop any form of official exchanges with taiwan under the guise of trade. beijing has stepped up threats and rhetoric against taiwan in recent years, increasing military drills in the seas around the island, and working to cut off its official ties with countries around the world. discussions between washington and taipei began in ....
against taiwan in recent years, increasing military drills in the seas around the island, and working to cut off its official ties with countries around the world. discussions between washington and taipei began in august of last year. this current agreement covers issues like customs with regard to trade, anti corruption measures, and investment opportunities for small and medium sized enterprises. let s stay on the topic of tensions between the us and china asia s biggest annual security summit gets under way later in singapore. defence leaders from more than a0 countries will meet at the shangri la hotel. as tensions continue to grow between the two countries, their defence spending is following a similar trend. monica miller reports. the escalating tension between the two countries is turning out to be costly for the us and china. beijing has increased its military spending by more than 7% this year as they try to modernise their military. however, the americans h ....
taiwan in recent years, increased military drills in the seas around the island, and working to cut off its official ties with countries around the world. discussions between washington and taipei began in august of last year. this current agreement covers issues like customs with regard to trade, anti corruption measures, and investment opportunities for a small and medium sized enterprises. let s stay on the topic of tensions between the us and china asia s biggest annual security summit gets under way later in singapore. defence leaders from more than a0 countries will meet at the shangri la hotel. as tensions continue to grow between the two countries, their defence spending is following a similar trend. monica miller reports. the escalating tension between the two countries is turning out to be costly for the us and china. beijing has increased its military spending by more than 7% this year as they try to modernise their military. however, the americans have rou ....
cloudy in the west, brighter towards these, but i ll have all the details for the day and the all important christmas forecast on bbc breakfast. good morning. it s saturday the 23rd of december. a day of national mourning is being held in the czech republic, following thursday s mass shooting at a university in prague. david kozak killed 1a people at charles university before shooting himself as police approached him on the roof of the faculty of arts building. our foreign correspondent, bethan bell, reports. the people of prague are mourning their dad. they ve been lighting candles and laying flowers to commemorate the victims of the attack on the faculty of arts building of charles university. police say students barricaded themselves into rooms at the university building and the police had to go floor by floor to get them out. they showed body come footage of officers as they hunted for the gunman who died on the roof of the building. the checkmark interior minister said t ....