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| | Solidarity with Taiwan crucial, says Pelosi, as China brands visit 'dangerous' | |  | | | | | | | | | In the past 25 years, no top-ranking US elected official has visited Taiwan - until now. Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, is in the country as part of a tour of the region, and the trip to the self-ruled island roughly 100 miles from the coast of south east China is ramping up tensions. In the run up to the trip, China - which sees Taiwan as a breakaway province that must become a part of the country - issued repeated warnings against the visit. It has not been backed by US President Biden but Ms Pelosi, who has long opposed Beijing, says: "Now, more than ever, America's solidarity with Taiwan is crucial."
Tensions between the US and China have been rising for years. And following Ms Pelosi's arrival in Taiwan, China has branded the landmark visit "extremely dangerous". More than 20 Chinese military planes have entered Taiwan’s air defence zone and a series of live-fire military drills will take place this week. China accuses Ms Pelosi of "playing with fire", adding: "Those who play with fire will perish by it." But Ms Pelosi said she had come "in peace to the region", and US national security spokesman John Kirby said there was "no reason for this visit to become a spurring event for a crisis or conflict". Ms Pelosi has met Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and is expected to have lunch, then leave the island. | | | | | |
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| | Security fears delay Tory leadership ballot papers | | | | | | | | | Conservative Party members are due to start voting for their new leader, but worries over hackers changing votes have delayed the process. Voting is starting a little later than first planned because changes have had to be made after security fears were highlighted by GCHQ. As first reported in the Daily Telegraph, the security agency issued a warning and the Conservative Party has acted on the advice. It means when choosing leadership hopefuls Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss, online voting codes will be deactivated once the ballot company receives a postal vote. It's aimed at reducing the risk of fraud and, though there is a delay, the winner, who will also become prime minister, will be announced on 5 September. | | | | | |
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| | Concerns for some renters over energy rebate payments | | | | | | | | | Do you rent your home? If you do and your rent includes bills, there's a chance you could miss out on the government's £400 energy rebate. Charities have raised concerns because in these cases energy payments will be paid to landlords instead of tenants. This would, according to Shelter, leave some "at the mercy of their landlord passing on this much-needed support". The National Residential Landlords Association said "they should be passing on the savings to their tenant in line with Ofgem's requirements". Read more here. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | "All of a sudden, there was a group of young men, skinheads, who just literally ran across the path. They pulled out the stakes from the ground and then started to hit the people and families with young children. It was just horrible and my brother just grabbed my hand and we ran and ran like mad. It was very scary and I was concerned about the people who might have got hurt."
Nisha Popat recalls, 50 years later, how she was chased by skinheads, after arriving in the UK, aged nine. Fleeing persecution in their home, in Jinja - after President Gen Idi Amin gave Asians 90 days to leave Uganda - she had travelled to Leicester with her younger brother and three older sisters. Her parents joined them four weeks later. But swapping the serenity of life in Uganda, where climbing mango trees was the norm, for "strange, cold Leicester" took some getting used to. | | | | | | | | | | | | Navtej Johal and Katie Thompson | | BBC News | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | Profits made by oil giant BP, the Tory leadership contest and Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan are some of the stories making this morning's front pages. The Guardian says there's "outrage" about BP's latest results which saw profits of £6.9bn in three months, while the Daily Star mocks up a picture of chief executive Bernard Looney saying: "We've got you over a barrel". Meanwhile, papers like the Daily Telegraph carry the latest developments in the Tory leadership contest. It reports that voting has been delayed due to hacking fears. The Times has a different story on the topic as does the Daily Express. A comment piece appears in the Daily Mail, which focuses on China's "chilling threat" to the US over its visit to Taiwan. It, like many of the papers, pictures Princess Charlotte at the Commonwealth Games. Read the newspaper review in full here. | | | | | |
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| | Need something different? | | | | | | | | | A huge sinkhole has appeared in a mining area in the north of Chile. It’s already 25m (82ft) wide and nearly 200m (656ft) deep and, according to authorities, is still active and growing. There's an investigation into the mysterious hole. See it for yourself here.
A changing landscape also appears in the next one. It's the title of one of the artworks created by students for the Planet Future exhibition. They've reflected on sustainability and the challenges facing the environment to come up with their pieces. Doomsday, hands, the ocean and a tiger are among the artworks that feature. Take a look.
And finally, let's move to another big cat - the cheetah. Last month we told you that the world's fastest land animal will be reintroduced to India after a 70-year absence. It's just a week away, so we've taken the opportunity to look at how at least 16 of them will make a long journey from Africa and what challenges they face when they arrive - leopards being one. Here's the full story. | | | | | |
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| | On this day | | | | | | | 2001 A car bomb explodes in a busy west London street, injuring seven people. | | | | | | | | |
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