This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Andrew Peach and at 13 hours GMT on Wednesday the 24th of April.

These are our main stories.

America's top diplomat is visiting China with a warning against

support for Russia. President Biden promises more weapons for Ukraine after the

Senate approved a multi-billion dollar aid package and Australian police arrest seven

teenagers in counter-terrorism operations. Also in this podcast it's bosses say they

lead a sustainable company but now Brazil iron has been

taken to court over its environmental record.

This was a lake three meters deep where we had a project to raise fish. After the mine started

extracting there, waste came down and fell into the spring. And did artificial intelligence help to

discover the grave of the father of Western philosophy?

The status of Taiwan, the war in Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East, just some of the issues the

world's two biggest economies the US and China don't agree on.

So it's not going to be an easy trip for the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin, who's in China for key talks.

While Mr. Blinkin was on his way to Shanghai, Congress in Washington approved a major U.S.

Foreign Aid Package which included more help for Taiwan and that's angered the Chinese.

It's their foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wen bin.

I'd like to emphasize that the strengthening of military ties between the United States

and Taiwan will not bring about security for Taiwan, nor can it save the doomed fate of Taiwan

independence. It will only increase tensions and the risk

of conflict across the Taiwan Strait and will ultimately be an act of shooting oneself in the

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