Appearing at the Shangri-La Dialogue, a security conference where world leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron and Ministers for Defense from Japan, Australia and several other countries were also in attendance, Hegseth issued his most assertive statement on Taiwan to date, warning that threats from China could be “imminent.”

The US defence secretary has warned that China is rehearsing for a potential invasion of Taiwan. Speaking at a security conference in Singapore, Pete Hegseth says the threat from Beijing is could be "imminent". He believes any attack would have consequences for the rest of the world.