Hello and welcome to Ammonpur. Here's what's coming up. Taiwan's president

Sa'ing Wen meets with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California. We have the latest from

Taipei and I'm joined by Arthur and China expert Jessica Chen Weiss. Then the

dust is far from settling after the historic arraignment of Donald Trump.

What we can expect next, former Republican Congressman Francis Rooney, on how it all plays out politically as Trump is now a

defendant in a criminal case and a presidential candidate. I'll dig in with

CNN Senior Political Analysts Ron Brownstein Plus.

Unrest in Israel.

Police Storm Jerusalem's Ahh, the mosque

with extreme forces.

Fireworks are launched at them.

We have a special report. Welcome to the program. I'm Sarah Sidner in New York sitting in for Christian

Amanpur. Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen is meeting with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at this hour.

There are the pictures there from just a few moments ago.

It's taking place in McCarthy's home state of California and comes on the tail and a sized trip to New York and Central America.

There are fears of Chinese retribution for these meetings. Beijing had threatened to

quote, resolutely fight back if it went ahead and it did. Meantime, French President

Emmanuel Macron and European Commission Chief Ursula von der Leiden are visiting

Beijing.

It's a sour, both leaders will meet with Chinese leader Je Xin Ping on Thursday.

The visit comes as Europe tries to re-engage with China and pressure Asia's greatest power

to help end Russia's war in Ukraine.

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