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 have ro
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 roughly $
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the hollywood star alec baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter over the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins. she was killed on a film set when mr baldwin fired a prop gun. the actor had been rehearsing a scene for the western film rust when the shooting happened at a ranch near sante fe, new mexico. hannah gutierrez reed, the film s armourer, has also been charged. our west coast correspondent, sophie long, sent this update from los angeles. just under two weeks ago, we learned that they were intending to file these formal charges. and along with that several documents have been filed to the court, a statement of probable cause and it really details what they alleged or how they allege alec baldwin had failed in his duty of care, both as an actor and producer. he faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter and the list is long, and the reasons they say put forward accusing h
stands in for ukraine. hello and welcome to the programme. the hollywood star, alec baldwin, has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter over the fatal shooting of cinematographer, halyna hutchins. she was killed on a film set, when mr baldwin fired a prop gun in 2021. the actor had been rehearsing a scene for the western film, rust, when the shooting happened, at a ranch near sante fe, new mexico. hannah gutierrez reed, the film s armourer, has also been charged. our west coast correspondent sophie long sent this update from los angeles. through on through on her, do the test. through on through on her, do the test, and one on the over there the test, and one on the over there. ., . the test, and one on the over there. . . , ., , ., there. the frantic efforts to save the there. the frantic efforts to save the cinematographer. | there. the frantic efforts to l save the cinematographer. in the moments after a rehearsal became a real life horror story. halyna
stands in for ukraine. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the hollywood star alec baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter over the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins. she was killed on a film set when mr baldwin fired a prop gun in 2021. the actor had been rehearsing a scene for the western film rust when the shooting happened at a ranch near sante fe, new mexico. hannah gutierrez reed, the film s armourer, has also been charged. our west coast correspondent sophie long sent this update from los angeles. through on through on her, do the test, and one on the arm over there. the frantic efforts to save the cinematographer. in the moments after a rehearsal became a real life horror story. halyna hutchins left behind a husband and young son, and an industry asking why live ammunition was ever on a film set. alec baldwin was the actor on set that pulled the trigger. alec baldwin was holding the gun but he denies p