Ankur Desai

And so despite all the bluster from Beijing, it doesn't seem like it's had any impact in terms of convincing the vast majority of people in there that their lives would be better if they were to unify with mainland China.

What can we expect next in terms of either a retaliation or a response from either side, really?

Well, we've had the government in Taipei straight away criticising these drills, saying that they're potentially in breach of international law because of the disruptions to commercial aviation.

In China, I think, again, for ordinary people, they're kind of used to these drills.

Now we've seen them.

And although they're getting bigger, it's kind of the same.

And then in a couple of days time, when the shooting's over, things will go back to normal in inverted commas.

And yet it is increasing the pressure, though.

As I said earlier, there has been a lot of tension around the Taiwan issue.

And no doubt having big war games like this, it'll only increase that pressure.

Our China correspondent Stephen McDonald.

Now to India, where a decision by the High Court in Delhi last week to suspend a life sentence given to a former regional BJP legislator for rape was met with big protests.

Kuldeep Sengar was sentenced to life in 2019 after being found guilty of luring the 17-year-old girl to his home and then attacking her.

Demonstrators outside Delhi's High Court voiced their anger over the turnaround.

Well, now the Supreme Court has stepped in to halt the suspension of the man's sentence.

Our South Asia specialist Ambarasan Ethirajan told me more about the case.

What was it put on hold in the first place then?

Ambarasan Ethirajan reporting.

Next, Israel's announcement last week that it will formally recognise Somalia's breakaway region, Somaliland, as an independent state has been condemned by regional blocs and neighbouring countries.

The United Nations Security Council will gather later to debate the issue.