the, the, the, the stone is the quaking 25 is rocks taiwan and has triggered his anatomy in the wind up region. casualties aren't being reported around in syria. come up. fighting up to you in security council saying us is stirring up tensions in the middle leaves fine stain line too, as well as lines with the russian own voice, echoing this message. so you understood this view as always has 1st hand information on any master. look how amazing it is this time. washington still has no confirmed information about the strike on the radio and comes to the general pod to believe a grave mistake. that's what it is. well, is cooling the killing of $78.00 workers,

including 6 for nationals and health deliver food, things on. so the, this is all the international coming to live from us. did you in moscow all the latest news from across the globe? thank you very much for your company. this time on what we're going to start with that breaking news. we've at least one person that has being reported dead and 50 more injured. this comes off to the strongest scrape in 25 years, hit the eastern coast of taiwan. assume the only warning has also been issued in the region. and so one of several of his grades reached a magnitude of $7.00, causing major land slides. other off the shops continuing to shake the island and they are expected to go on the next $3.00 to $4.00 days. people of faith to be

stuck inside collapse buildings around $26.00 buildings apparently are the tools, it will collapse, and some $87000.00 people have been less without power. so i ones last is quite of this scale left thousands said and injured with an army. warnings were issued in the philippines and in southern japan, urging residents to evacuate from hyatt to higher ground or further away from the coast. now, minor waves did reach to japanese islands, but reports are coming and then all of the affected countries have informed the citizens that that's right. task now, largely cost. well we had chance to talk to ross, find gold is in asia, political risk and less to witness 0. it's quite 1st time he says that the severity of the quakes impact was immediately clear. a summer slate,

so they start out small and they got stronger. over the succeeding seconds. these are quite just started out strong and got stronger. and anyone with experience with earthquakes. sure. who lives in a earthquake. so we'd know immediately that you're a quake, which was a very big one. very, very serious. so we're seeing reports, as you mentioned, the building collapses. briggs or tiles falling off the facades of buildings, land slides, keeping in mind that the center center of taiwan pretty much from the top to the bottom of the island is, is a very mountainous area. so a lot of images have a very large land slide. so we're coming across, i was actually, we did my flat at the sides and uh, the window frame started to shake the, the curtains or shades started to shake violently. even in my flight, i have several things, fell off shelves onto the floor. and i, i immediately ran to the doorway because the experts say it safer to be in a doorway because things like light fixtures,

or things on higher shelves might fall down. and similar in the way the local news is reporting images of, of the school children, for example, being quickly ushered outside of the building into the athletics field. to again choose to try and mitigate the risk that things would fall down and hurt them. okay . it's now about 3 hours since the earthquake here, but we've had a lot of after shops over the past 3 hours and some of the after shops are very, very strong as well. let's stay with this story now. of course, live to political unless done blow got alex for $4.00 to $5.00. joining us from the mainland in china. thanks very much for your time this morning on this breaking news story. we've already heard from beijing saying it's ready to get in that to provide relief services. the tie 1 may need at the moment. do you expect that the island will look to accept that kind of help? well, naturally they're going to have to accept this. i mean, we can just think back a few years back. we're um, you know,

a very deadly earthquake did hit the island years ago, killing approximately 2400 people. i think one of the most deadly is natural disasters on the island. this is a, you know, the island, a province here. it is in a earthquake zone and it can't come on steve, if this continues, if the after, uh, you know, the aftershocks. uh, are you know, heavy and it could really cause a considerable damage to the infrastructure in the island. so of course, looking at the mainland is something that they're going to have to accept for sure . yeah, yeah, that's why lots of infrastructure damage being reported already. some 26 buildings tilted, we'll have collapse and we all hearing that some 87000 people with out any energy electricity at the moment. and obviously we're in a couple of hours in to this. you're over on the mainland in china. i just want to

ask, you mentioned that this entire region is appropriate last week when it comes to quakes . how is china doing in terms of its general infrastructure on any early warning systems that it has in place? and is there a clear protocol in place for you i think since the 2008 session on earthquake, the killed approximately 87000 people here near my region. i'm in the junction south west trying to reach in here and um, special on provinces just neighboring us. uh, you know, a few hours away by car. uh, we understand, uh and are very uh, educated in this part of china. and of course, the island of taiwan there, they understand that, you know, readiness preparedness is a model. these are zones that are, you know, very common. they have tremors throughout the year, and they are very close. this one was very close. i mean, 7.4, and the richter scale, i mean, you get up to around 7.67.8 and the casualties will escalate. so yes,

so china has prepared for this, the blurt uh, from uh, you know, some of these natural disasters. and of course, china is one of the 1st countries to get involved uh, in other countries that require aid or support during a difficult time like this. i think we're hearing in regards to this particular risk, like the japanese authorities, the saying that they've mentioned this as being 7.7 on the richter scale. so certainly off that way to just discuss and eliza said this is a region that has lots of problems. it's only a few weeks ago. we were talking about the earthquake and snowing me in the know to peninsula in japan with 214 people were killed by. so we know this is proper magic. what sort of regional cooperation is that to tackle these kind of catastrophes as well. right now, i mean hits early time here. i mean,

we're just approaching a new here in beijing or china time i will say on the island this just happened a few hours ago. so i think we have to wait for the authorities to evaluate the situation. i'm expecting, we will hear that shortly. and as we get more information from the island, it's, you know, a wait and see situation. unfortunately, when you start seeing building starting to tilt infrastructure coming to a standstill, airports affected people trapped in tunnels. we have to just take it to moment by moment here and to evaluate the situation. there are still a after shot after shot going on on the island right now. so once again it's, it's going to be a wait and see here for that. probably, you know, we're into the minutes here, we have to see to evaluate, to see what the next step is going to be. yeah, i think over the next few days, we'll get a clearer picture of what the situation is. this is the strongest,

so it's quite to have hit the island to taiwan in a quarter of a century. you mentioned that is because uh, 2400 people died in the last 1. $10000.00 people would insure it. what kind of residents do expect this sort of event to have in mainland china when they're looking across towards taiwan? will solidarity. uh, you know, the mainlanders um are very aware of that. this island sits between, you know, 2 tectonic plates. the understanding is vulnerability and its history. i have dealing with catastrophes uh every single chinese person here is concerned about all the brothers and sisters and aunts and uncles on the island of taiwan. i cannot stress that everybody is extremely concerned about it. and we're gonna have to take a deep breath here and hope that everyone is safe and that we can get help

there as soon as possible. well, alex will be staying across the story. thanks very much for joining us. this is alex with 4 to 5. he's a political analyst and blogger over on the mainland in china. well, it was attend special session of the un security council ways, accusations that both the u. k. i'm the us the trying to destabilize syria on the whole middle east region by supporting is why the crimes. this was the claim that came not just from iran, but also from syria. that session was called to address the asteroid on monday. bonnie's way, the forces on the re, new quote slipped in damascus. the representative of the united states and united kingdom. once again, it's right to deny its responsibility for the current situation in syria. broad, the region by false, see blaming your on your, on the strong, the rejects these allegations you're on, he's never speaking to contribute to the spillover of the conflict in the region,

nor does it to escalate or esper, the pension to the entire region. despite expressing concern over this below, over the up, the pensions and the region, the united states, tries to misuse the situation to destabilize, syria and the region look design on the as rarely occupation authorities would not have committed this aggression against a protected diplomatic headquarters. protected under international law, had it not been for the blind support of the united states to you and my country syria holds the war criminals of the israeli occupation government and their partners in the united states administration. fully responsible for these attacks and their repercussions on regional and international peace and security shock, b and b, not the meeting took place in the un security council chamber of the 15 member body leads. the united nations convened to discuss the recent attack carried out by israel that resulted in the death of 7 iranian officials, including

a top general. now the un meeting indicated clear differences as the united states and it's al. 4 as we would not condemn israel actions now, russia was pretty harsh and it's words showing that what israel did was a flagrant violation of international law. however, the united states that it couldn't confirm where the attack took place and that prompted a rather interesting exchange between the united states and russia. here's some of what we heard on the floor of the un security council meeting. i want to be clear, we do not yet have confirmation of the status of the building that was struck in damascus. any confirmed attack on property that was in fact a diplomatic facility would be of concern to the united states. but as you see, so in use and we listened attentively to the speeches of all western colleagues and will once again struck by this cynicism and double standards from the level of

balancing act. so it was difficult to understand why we're here until the representative for from say anything except for what if condemnation or another is ready, violation of international law, kona east. if it was your embassy consulate in the regional tanks, would you react to the same way as your rules are based on an old is evidence. the us always has 1st hand information on any master. look how amazing it is this time . washington still has no confirmed information about the strike on the radio and comes to the general, hard to believe. and the speeches of the u. k. on the us that we're not hints, but direct references to the fact that iran m series themselves were to blame for israel's attack on the radian comes to light. it's difficult to imagine. the grades and blasts were made. there was no need to call on others to de escalate and labeled. the victims office attacked as aggressive in this context. any possible escalation of the situation will be entirely on your conscience. that was russia,

referring specifically to the fact that france said that the entire situation was the fault of the iran, that the strike took place in the context of an escalation that france says, was iran salt making iran responsible for the incident? it's also important to note that china spoke about how important it is not to attack diplomatic missions and consulates and china reference to an attack on its own diplomatic facility that took place 25 years a go. this is the representative of china. go to and then m dot 125 years ago. the chinese embassy in the south china sea was hit, a us led nato air raid causing casualties and damage to personnel. we are deeply moved by the grief of the iranian government and the people, and deeply sympathized with them. according to the vienna convention on foreign relations and the recognized basic principles of international relations. the

security of diplomatic institutions cannot be violated when, if we let this kind of act go without a bottom line, and without consequences, we will all be guilty. siegel and the red line between international law and international relations has been broken again. and again, it was a chance meeting in the un security council chamber as iran says, it plans to retaliate against the israel strike that violated not only serious, territorial or integrity, but also he had an iranian diplomatic facility. now at this point, many are looking on the meeting and seeing clear differences as the united states, france and other nato countries would not condemn this action by israel, which many are noting the hypocrisy of when we hear so much from these western leaders about a so called rules based global order. at the meeting, the french delegation put the responsibility over the regions escalation on iran

and syria. while we discussed these accusations with journalist daniel as all who says that is well is pushing the us to join the will by instigating more conflict in the middle east. there's no evidence that syria or a or a ran had anything to do with the october 7th attack. absolutely no evidence whatsoever. in fact, it ran has tried to reduce the level of hostility, according to, to american news outlets like the new york times. and there's no interest on the part of syria or iran, i in whitening the war. uh so this is completely a red herring. the us has a that has 40 years of hostility towards the, towards the ran on it's record. uh, the us launch the proxy war on syria that just devastated that country. uh, you know, sense in fact, you know. ready in terms of economic development,

the us is extremely hostile that has boss so therefore the is the us does not mind terribly. if israel terry's at a strike like us to western post countries are very closely or allied with the israel, they're not going to condemn is real there. that i think it's warns awesome. they are also hospitals who were ran and so they are full and, and as well as syria, of course is real, has every intention of whitening the war because the more the more assessed. so the more it was the us into the cop. and that's what is real. so is this comes as iran has reacted with, feel re all these re latest is really attack on it's consulate in syria to which resulted in the depths of 13 people. this included several high ranking offices strikes against diplomatic permits is of course do violate the gene at the vienna convention. eye witnesses describe the scale of the devastation. i didn't know

what happened. one moment i was standing on the sidewalk and the next i found myself on the opposite one. i thought i was hallucinating. i didn't know what to do, but i, every time i become a little optimistic and think things are okay, i find that things are growing significantly worse. we've never seen entire buildings collapse and homes exploding a building, collapsing on it. civilian inhabitants. it's a lot around this president has vowed to take action against these well following off attack. he said that such escalation will not go unpunished. once again, in a terrorist crime, and engross, violation of international regulations, the dirty hands of design. this regime have been stained with the blood of generals and officers of our country. design history team has put blind assassinations on its agenda, but it should know that it will never achieve its sinister goals with such in

humane measures. this cowardly crime will not go on, answered if one is infuriated by these, where the air strike on monday that i killed 2 high ranking, aren't you see generals and 5 officers and it's consulate and syria among them was . i forget it are general how much was all heavy senior commander in the least awards for so these womic revolution, gar score, which is of course the for an operation arm of the r g c. so he was one of the longest serving members of the r g z 1st joined the forces in 1980 during the iran iraq war, when he demonstrated exceptional leadership skills and rapidly as son did the ranks of just 20. he was leading a battalion of soldiers and b h here iran, iraq war and 2005. he got his 1st high ranking position as the commander of the r gcse ground, for she later became the head of the thoughts force and syria and lebanon. so he

reportedly played a pivotal role in coordinating with his ball law and other pro. iranian miller shows, in lebanon and syria, which led to these top, which meant all, once we know today as the access for existence that's engaged in fighting israel and attacking us spaces recently, i'm at the gaza war. so it's safe to say that he was a heavy weight military figure, not only for one, but for the whole resistance, access many describe him as the highest ranking iranian general to be killed since that he was assassinated. general voss since all imani, backend. 2020. now, while it runs mission to the united nations has labeled the incident as a terror attack. a wave of condemnation has also poured in from across the world, calling these way the attack a breach of international law to china condemns the attack on the and on an embassy in syria. the security of people medic, institutions cannot be violated in serious subbing to independence and tutorial

integrity should be respected. the current situation in the middle east is turbulence, and we oppose any options that lead to an escalation of tensions. the government of guitar completely rejects the targeting of diplomatic and consular emissions and states its firm position and rejecting violence and terrorism regardless of its motives and reasons. the attack is an unacceptable violation of the sovereignty of syria and undermines its stability and security. the irresponsible act of the israeli forces is a major escalation in an already volatile region. the head of the russian for an intelligence service has also called these radio attack. on the iranian consulate, an ugly and criminal step, the russian foreign ministry has also condemned this. right. and now moscow has called for a un security council meeting on the issue upon a wrong request, which has to take place later on tuesday. everyone has uh, also place the blame,

mainly on washington saying that id was full and unwavering support for israel has led to quote, as wells insolence and overstepping all international conventions after the attack . the iranian foreign ministry summoned a swiss embassy official, who represents washington intertwine during the meeting. it runs a foreign minister, a whole saying, i mean, i've done a lot here on said that the us as a supporter of as well must be held accountable for this latest incident. however, washington has reportedly denied its involvement and the back and said that it didn't, didn't have any information, it was going to happen in general. so have you had been until of use headless for a long time and the idea of use any opportunity to take down the top i r g c commander of course, it's not the 1st time as well has targeted iranian military advisors and syria. back in january 5, all our team members lost our lives in any way the air raid on

a residential building and serious capital, damascus one been responded by targeting a most sides center in your box, curtis down region now as tensions escalate. this 52 to one is us speaking about a hard fatality ation against this lee. this is really strike which has raised fears out of the cycle of violence would intensify across the whole middle east. meanwhile, following the serious flank, israel threatened daily attacks on its enemies roughly the same every day. we gain further evidence that we find ourselves in a multi front war that is both offensively and defensively. we see evidence of this every day, including over the last few days. we operate everywhere every day in order to prevent our enemies from gaining strength. and in order to make it clear to anyone who acts against us all over the middle east, that the price for action against israel will be a heavy one. for men,

us marine co intelligence of cisco, right. to believe that such an attack can only mean that is where it is looking for a serious escalation. the 1st well, israel has been striking targets in syria for some time. now, for the purpose of interdicting your ronnie and capabilities in syria, and so to have such a senior, a rainy and revolutionary guard commander in syria of together with, you know, a country of other persons in one place was i think just too tempting of a target for israel, and the fact that they chose to strike a building that is protected under diplomatic convention shows that is real. i no longer cares about the rule of law about international law. and this brings us to the deal. i think there ultimate motiv, benjamin danielle,

who understands that he is only viable as a leader of israel, so long as he is in war. he's a wartime leader right now. the moment the current conflict stops, he loses his ability to stay in power. he'll be removed from bower. we're looking at a situation where israel is under tremendous pressure to try and wrap up the, the, the, the conflict and gaza with from us. and israel is looking to expand police benjamin netanyahu. his government is looking to expand his conflict. and therefore, his taking the extraordinarily bold and irresponsible actions in hopes that iran will quite, you know, find its way to carry out actions that could be your be get a larger complex. so i think this is part and parcel. the broader is really strategy of expanding the scope and scale of the conflict in the region. the audience has admitted to making a grave mistake by killing 78 workers,

6 of whom were foreign nationals in a strike on garza. so i cause not carried out with the intention of homie w. c. k, a work if it was a mistake that followed me. so you didn't, if occasion, night during the war in a very complex conditions it shouldn't have happened. this incident was a grave mistake. an independent body will investigate the incidental already. we would have completed in the next coming days. we will then from the conclusions and the implement them immediately. the 7 victims represented the us non profit organization will central church and the farm volunteers came from poland, canada, australia, the u. k. m, the us now the world central kitchen cole,

the incident a tragedy. i think that aid workers on civilians should never be targeted. joe biden is also called for swift investigation into the incident on the line that is well is failing to protect civilians as this tragedy is not a standalone case. the us present during the long list of officials who's not commented on those killings to expect the broader investigation to be conducted and to be done. so in a swift and comprehensive manner. us will continue to process rule to do more as well to ensure the safety of humanitarian workers and will continue to do all we can to deliver this assistance to palestinian civilians and gosh, the seaside human tragedy that should never have a that is completely unacceptable. and australia will say full improper accountability as you would expect for how this could have a good. we certainly have already contacted this rally government directly

way of contacting these riley ambassador to ask for accountability here. uh, the truth is that, that this is beyond beyond any reasonable circumstance that someone going about providing aid and humanitarian assistance should lose their loss. rendition nationals are reported to have been killed. it is essential that humanitarian workers are protected and able to carry out their work. we have called on the east realtor immediately investigating provide the full transparent explanation of what happened. well, these are the latest statistics published by the world bank. i'm the un which show that hoff of the population in gauze is on the verge of starvation. more than a 1000000 people have been left homeless and 75 percent of those who live in garza

. i've become internally displaced. oaks from policy lead, boucher kelly de says a workers should never be talking to an immediate cease. fire is needed. health workers have been systematically targeted or attack indiscriminately attacked hospital top bakeries, water and sanitation infrastructure, telecom as was, i mean the list goes on. uh and i mean they do, we have 70 percent of civilian infrastructure decimated in casa, we have almost 60 percent of homes of people's homes. more than half we're talking about people's homes, either destroyed or damaged. my own family actually in the us. um are now displaced in the living in a tent in the far from gosh, the city have been internally displaced 4 times now. their house was burnt. i mean this situation is just hellish. the vote is long gone. long

gone. bouchard people are stopping to death. there is a fine man already in effect across gaza and here we have more foreign nationals being killed for nationals working for an engineer who simply trying to deliver food and to gaza. we also have this un resolution quoting for an immediate cease fire. israel is not paying attention to that resolution for a ceasefire. israel's really not paying attention to the aid workers who are doing to monetary and work and gaza. my question to you blueshot is at what point is, is real. going to start listening to the global community. we have been calling for a cease fire from week one, um and a permanent one because it's the only way for us to be able to operate. it's the only way for us to be able to send our teams to the fields and so the to the ground and to reach the most effective community.