Evening Wire: China Attacks U.S. Ally’s Fishing Vessel & Diesel Prices Hit All-Time High | 9.18.26
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China attacks a fishing boat in a confrontation with a US ally, diesel prices hit an all-time high, and Interpol uses AI to identify over 100 terror suspects. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley. It's Friday, September 18th, and this is Evening Wire. A Chinese Coast Guard vessel intentionally struck a Philippine fishing vessel today, raising tensions in the South China Sea. Contributor Tim Pierce has more.
A spokesman for the Philippine Coast Guard accused Beijing on Friday of deliberately targeting a civilian government vessel. According to the spokesman, about 50 nautical miles off the coast of the Philippine island of Palawan, a Chinese Coast Guard vessel cut close to the Philippine boat's rear before it made contact on a second pass. The collision caused damage to the Philippine boat's starboard side and sent debris scattered across the deck. The spokesman posted videos of the Chinese vessel. Following closely behind the Philippine boat, though they didn't show the actual collision. Chinese officials have claimed that it was the Philippine boat at fault. The incident has roiled relations that were already strained over Chinese encroachment on key waterways around the Philippines.
The feud has the potential to draw on the US as well because of treaties it has with the Philippines.
Diesel prices have hit an all time high, and Saudi Arabia says it won't be sending any crude oil next month to some European refineries. Associate producer Garrett Van Team has the latest.
The national average price for diesel hit a record $6.40 per gallon on Thursday. That's up nearly 73% from last year. It's the highest national average AAA has recorded. At a campaign rally in North Carolina on Wednesday, President Trump described the higher fuel prices as a relatively small quote price to pay compared to the prospect of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon. But the prices, he said, Said, quote, are going to come tumbling down like rocket ships in reverse. Diesel prices began climbing after the war began earlier this year. At the beginning of February, prices hovered around 368, but by mid-March, diesel prices jumped to 480. The increase has accelerated again in recent weeks with more flare-ups in the Hormuz Strait, disruptions to Russian fuel supplies, and damage to a major Saudi pipe.
Meanwhile, South Korea's president said Friday that his country will not be sending military assets to the Middle East, at least not in a way that, quote, would involve or enter war. President Li Zhai Myung said that while they, quote, won't deploy military assets in any form to that end, he added that it's also clear that we, quote, must do the minimum as other countries do to protect our commercial shipping and crude shipments and also the safety of our peers. People. This comes after President Trump said last month that he reached out to Lee to request support for U.S. efforts to keep the Strait of Hormuz open.
The University of Texas at Austin is backing off of woke and cutting several majors that focus on gender and race. Here's Daily Wire reporter Drew Berkmeyer with more.
Some of the majors that UT Austin plans to cut include African and African diaspora studies, Mexican American and Latino studies, and women's sexualities and gender studies. Students who are currently pursuing those majors will be able to complete them, but future students will have to pick different degrees.
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