Philippines sends ships to disputed atoll, says China building 'artificial island'
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FILE - In this April 27, 2021, photo provided by the Philippine coast guard, its personnel patrol beside ships said to be Chinese militia vessels at Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea. The Philippines said on May 11, 2024, China is building "an artificial island" at the shoal.
The Philippines said Saturday it has deployed ships to a disputed area in the South China Sea, where it accused China of building "an artificial island" in an escalating maritime row.
FILE - In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korean army soldiers, wearing helmets, prepare to cross the Military Demarcation Line as North Korean army soldiers stand inside the Demilitarized Zone in Cheorwon, on Dec. 12, 2018. FILE - This handout photo taken by the South Korean Defense Ministry between the night of June 1 and 2, 2024 and released on June 2, 2024 shows South Korean military officers check unidentified objects believed to be North Korean trash from balloons.
Supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), celebrate after a high court in Pakistan overturned Khan's conviction on charges of leaking state secrets, in Karachi, Pakistan, June 3, 2024. FILE - Shah Mahmood Qureshi, center, a top leader of Pakistan's former prime pinister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, leaves with his lawyers after appearing in a court in his case, in Lahore, Pakistan, Aug. 8, 2023. FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 24, 2022. (Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via Reuters)
Police keep watch on a street in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong on June 4, 2024. FILE - In this June 4, 2020, file photo, from left, pro-democracy activists Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang Tung, and Cheung Man-kwong attend a gathering to mourn for those killed in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown at Victoria Park, in Hong Kong. FILE - A dissident Chinese student speaks to soldiers as crowds gather in central Beijing on June 3, 1989. Performance artist Sanmu Chen gestures to trace the Chinese characters of 8964 referring to the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, along the Causeway Bay in Hong Kong on June 3, 2024 on the eve of the 35th anniversary of Beijing’s 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
Smoke rises following Israeli strikes during an Israeli military operation, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, June 3, 2024. A Palestinian child pulls water containers, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in southern Gaza City, June 3, 2024. A Palestinian man holds the hand of a little boy as they walk past the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip on June 3, 2024.
The historic part of Heidelberg is flooded during high water of the Neckar river in Heidelberg, southwestern Germany, June 3, 2024. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks to Bavaria State Prime Minister Markus Soeder as they visit Reichertshofen, in the aftermath of severe flooding, near Ingolstadt, Germany, June 3, 2024.