Ankur Desai

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.

The question of Somaliland's independence from Somalia has long divided the region.

While the territory declared its sovereignty in the 1990s, it is not recognised by Mogadishu or any other world government apart from Israel.

Israel's decision sparked protests in Somalia's capital last night, with hundreds of people taken to the streets.

Protesters waved the light blue flag of Somalia and some people held posters saying Somalia will not be an alternative homeland to Palestine.

This is in reference to rumours that Israel plans to resettle Palestinians from Gaza in Somalia.

But in Somaliland this weekend, people rejoiced in Israel's recognition of the territory in its self-declared capital of Har Hisa.