live from singapore, this is bbc news. uk will purchase fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons in an effort to bolster nuclear capability as leaders of the airlines meet for a key summit in the hague. a preliminary assessment seen reveals that the us strikes on iran 's nuclear sites may have only set the programme back by months. the commander of a british aircraft carrier in a rare pacific deployment tells the bbc he expects the warship to be monitored by the chinese military. thailand exposes instant restrictions on travellers headed to cambodia as both countries remain locked in a bitter border dispute. i'm suranjana tewari with a special

edition of business today from china. turmoil in the middle east and trade tensions continue to weigh on participants of this key economic meeting but there is some hope for optimism for the global economy. welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. uk government says it will purchase fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons in a move that would significantly expand the uk nuclear deterrent. the decision to purchase 12 us made f 305a fighter jets will be announced at a key nato summit happening in the netherlands this week. 32 member countries including the uk are expected to agree to a new nato target to spend 5% of gdp on defence. ahead of the summit, president donald trump

revealed private messages from the nato secretary general appearing to praise him for his criticism of the block and his push for more defence spending from european allies. our editor has this report. russia has been busy in ukraine while the world was distracted watching iran. it is un- thinkable that russia within economy 25 times smaller than nato should be able to out produce and outgun us. we must spend more to prevent war. this is the man who holds peace in his hands. he says europe relies heavily on us troops and military capabilities. leaders worry that donald trump could pull them out of the continent. he is a known nato sceptic. this whole summit was essentially designed around willing donald trump, trying to get him to commit to nato and to the defence of all of its

allies, trying so hard that the nato secretary general used almost excruciatingly fawning language and even imitated donald trump's use of capital letters in a private message that the us president made public just before he got here. you will achieve something no american president in decades could get done, wrote mark rutte. europe will pay in a big way. as they should. and it will be your win. 100,000 us troops are stationed in europe. many, like these, on a nato training exercise are based in the east close to russia to protect nato allies. donald trump is not the first president to complain that europe must do more for its own defence. this time europe is listening. we are here at the nato summit at a crucial time because, i think, everybody recognises that the world is

more volatile now than it has been for a long time. nato is stronger now. that is what the ukrainian president fervently hopes. and to get donald trump's buy in, the uk and others here, bar spain, will serve donald trump what he ordered. a pledge to spend 5% of national income on defence within ten years. nato leaders believe they have no choice. that the cash will be hard to come by. as the summit begins an aircraft carrier has docked here in singapore as part of a redeployment to asia-pacific. the ship is part of an eight month deployment involving other uk allies and comes one week after china criticised the passage of another british warship through the taiwan strait. i spoke with the carrier strike group's amanda and asked him what the signals

to regional powers. to our partners allies it is about reassurance and our commitment to the region as well and about our absolute commitment to uphold a rules -based international order. £286 billion worth of trade between the uk and the indo pacific is about 20% of it maritime trade routes are so important and part of our reason to be here is to demonstrate our commitment to maintaining a free and open indo pacific. china may take a different view of your presence here in the region. how are you looking to manage that potential interaction question might we operate in international waters with a strike group in the same way that china has every right to sale its ships in international sea space. i almost expect they will want to watch what we are doing. this is a highly capable fifth-generation carrier and many other parties want to witness what doing. but i recognise it will be safe and professional and that is the way we operate in the maritime, it is clear and we will respect

each other and observe what each other is doing. in practical terms are their communication lines and information being shared about movements and what you are doing to avoid potential escalations? on a basic level between ships bridge to bridge communication we always make sure that we offer a hello to each other and make it clear what our intentions are so we avoid any kind of misunderstanding. the world are significantly changed since last time you carried out this operation. as with sophomores in the ukraine and the middle warfare itself has changed. how do operations such as this change with the times, given the introduction of drone warfare and hypersonic missiles? we all recognise that warfare and the way warfare occurs is evolving rapidly so we have to evolve with it. we have to learn the lessons and implement them. during this deployment we will be operating

under crude aircraft, initially on their own bit increasingly with crude aircraft so you'll have manned and unmanned. that sets us on pathway to get closer to a position where increasingly under crude we are able but only crude where we must. we set those conditions now and this is a perfect place to do it, both with the strike group and the ships, the escorts and the air wing. a truce between israel and iran appears to be holding for now with both countries claiming to have secured a victory in the war. the israeli prime minister says existential threats to his country had been removed and the iranian president said today ryan had ended the conflict with a great victory. this comes after president trump accused both sides of initially violating the fragile ceasefire. our north america editor has more from washington. israel launched a barrage of airstrikes on tyrone. as the

ceasefire deadline approached. also striking iranian missile launchers in a last-minute all-out assault. donald trump was furious with both iran and particularly israel for not respecting the deal. i am not happy with israel. when i say ok, now you have 12 hours, you do not go out on the first hour and drop everything you have on them. i am not happy with them and i am not happy with iran iv but i am very unhappy if israel is going out this morning because the one rocket that did not land that was shot. we often see president trump exasperated. but never actually swearing like this. we basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the bleep they are doing. do you understand that? understanding that israel has pushed into father's time just as you step back to take a

victory lap at the hague but only if the truth holds. on social media he posted israel, do not drop those bombs. if you do it as a major violation. your pilots home now. from on-board air force one in a call to the israeli prime minister with the white house described as exceptionally famine direct, donald trump demanded he stick to the ceasefire. then posted again saying that israel is not going to attack iran. all planes will turn around and head home while doing a friendly plane wave to iran. no-one will be heard in the ceasefire is in effect. the nato secretary general is hosting donald trump in the hague. they get on well but he may be very surprised to find text messages he sent praising the president posted on social media. mr president, dear donald, congratulations and thank you for your decisive action in iran. that was truly extraordinary, something no-one

else dead to do. it makes us all safer. on air force one, mr trump is already talking about his desire to agree a ceasefire in ukraine. i would like to see a deal with russia, as you know, vladimir pulled me up and said can i help you with iran, i said i do not need help with iran, i need help with you. donald trump insists that iran's nuclear sites are, quote, completely destroyed. both the president and the pentagon have dismissed as false us media reports of the bombing of iran's nuclear facilities did not destroy core components of the country 's atomic programme. several media outlets were quoting a preliminary assessment. but president trump said sites were completely destroyed. john donelson has more on what these reports detail. this was three intelligence officials who spoke initially to cnn and also to the new york times. they

spoke anonymously but they will referring to a preliminary report, as you were saying, into the level of damage suffered by these nuclear facilities in that attack on saturday and the early hours of sunday morning and what this report says, apparently, is that while the facilities were badly damaged it has not significantly set back iran's nuclear ambitions. it said it pushed them back by up to three months. before the attack the american assessment was that, at best, at a push, iran could build a nuclear weapon within three months so they now think that is been pushed back to six months but, really, what these officials are saying, basically completely contradicts what the white house has been saying ever since those attacks unfolded on saturday night. and the white house has been quick to rubbish them, including the

secretary of defense, pete hegseth. phil is more about how they have responded. he has outright rubbish them and said that nuclear facilities have been completely obliterated. the white house press secretary said you cannot drop 14 £30,000 bombs onto some facilities and not have them completely destroyed. the truth is i just think we don't actually know the extent of the damage but i do think over time we will know and that is because the israelis, their intelligence services have infiltrated iran's six security system so successfully and they will no doubt be trying to find out to what extent those ambitions have been set back. israel's prime minister on tuesday evening in an address to the nation on tv said that they have been completely destroyed. but he's trying to sell his actions over the past 12 days

as a victory to the israeli public. so it will take time to see the extent of the damage but certainly there are concerns among intelligence officials here in the united states that it has not really been a significant setback and where that leaves us in terms of future relations between iran and israel and where this may go in the coming months and years, well, it leaves many questions to be answered. it seems like the battle for the narrative as well is just as contentious as the battle, the physical battle as well. is there any way to independently verify, besides relying on israel and relying on the pentagon and what has actually happened? no, there isn't, to be honest. all intelligence agencies, i am sure most western unpaid intelligence agencies will be working to try and assess the extent of the damage but it is very, very difficult. iran is not going to

be allowing the iaea inspectors into inspect these sites so it is very difficult to know and iran will probably want to keep secrets, the extent of the damage. but what these officials were saying, crucially those 500 kilograms or so of enriched uranium which is what is essential in order to build a nuclear weapon, they have been moved from

heading into cambodia, as the two countries remain locked in a bitter border dispute. the ban applies to any vehicle or person trying to cross into cambodia from checkpoints across several thai provinces, as well as foreign tourists flying into siem reap.

let's get more on this with our reporter katie silver, here in our singapore newsroom. more about this growing feud between these two neighbours? sure. this date back the french occupation of indochina in the 20th century when the borders were drawn and since then there has been some ambiguity and discussion about exactly whether or not these borders were in the right place. since these borders were closed we have seen scenes of dozens of tourists and workers stranded. the crossing points are closed across seven different border provinces and the exceptions for those who can cross our students or those seeking medical treatment. the stories are many reporter site for example cambodian workers who are unable to return home for the night and having to sleep at a checkpoint there. we also heard stories of families stranded with one father having to change a child's nappy and sleep the night because they were unable to cross into their country. foreign tourists stranded as well but we also

hear that they have to deploy riot police on this border. this dates back a long time and has been a contested border for a long time between 2008 and now we have seen 28 deaths across the border due to the conflict but it was quiet for a number of years until may when we saw a soldier killed in clashes on the border and as a result in recent weeks we have seen cambodia, for example, banning the importing of any thai fuel oil fruit vegetable even thai movies so it has well and truly leaked out across and has economic implications as well. and the type prime minister is not just having problems with her neighbour, domestically she is also under pressure. yes. and much of this stems from a leaked phone call between paetongtarn and a

family member and former leader of cambodia. in this leaked 17 minute phone call she called him uncle, a term of reverence and the ference and indeed respect. she also says that she accuses one of the senior commanders of the thai military of trying to look cool and says that she is going to work to make her uncle happy. this clip was leaked by horne send himself to about 80 different parliamentarians into phnom penh and he then placed the entire 17 minute clip on his facebook. basically this has caused a huge political storm for paetongtarn. she already held a week 11 party coalition and she saw the second member of that party, the bj t quitting the alliance and she has since had to engage in a cabinet reshuffle and she says that this is settled although the bj t says it will seek a no-confidence vote in parliament next tuesday when it

reopens. we heard from the thai tourism minister saying they are not worried that saying this no-confidence vote is the job of an opposition but she also faces pressure form senators who petition for her to be investigated. this coupled with the fact that they were expecting to seek mass protests planned this saturday and demanding her resident nation. well and truly a time of high pressure for her indeed. much to keep an eye on in days ahead. thank you for that, katie. rescuers in gaza say at least 46 people waiting to aid have been killed by israeli fire into incidents in central and southern gaza. un agencies have condemned the us and israel-backed food distribution system, with one official calling it 'a death trap'. such deadly incidents have recently become a near daily occurrence since the gaza humanitarian foundation began work in late may. the israeli military said it had received reports of 'injured individuals as a result of idf fire' - the military added that it was reviewing the incident.

it's time to turn our focus to business and market news with suranjana tiwari in business today. and welcomed from china, the world economic forum. a second day of claims on the markets in the united states, oil prices are just about inching up now because of the turmoil in the middle east and trade tensions which continue to weigh on leaders and policymakers who are here. but there are some reasons for optimism. i have been speaking to the managing director of the world economic forum. what we are seeing, of course, fracture, sections of trade

and investment but we are also seeing diplomacy. what is quite interesting, geopolitics and geoeconomics aside, you have some secular trends, you just have more attention being paid by investors from around the world to the china ai eco- system. are they enough to be able to lift global growth or given a boost going forward? i think it is very important because trade has been an important engine of growth over the past decade or two and so it is very important that we keep working at it. having said that, of course, it is clear, particulate certain technologies are now deployed to industry and markets and they have a huge potential to help us with new sources of growth and competitiveness. obviously, they need to be deployed responsibly, which is also something that for example, when it comes to ai,

we tend to work a lot on. what is your sense, is china willing to accept the investment and interest from foreign companies to do business here and set up their manufacturing here? at this summit, which is a global summit, but there has always been a section where people just come here from around the world to also understand what is going on with the chinese economy. obviously, there is the move towards an innovation driven trajectory and for example end of the field of the energy transition, if you look at the different technologies, batteries, solar, it is well known they are leaders of the commercial side and global leaders in those technologies, but that has been also discussions around how you particularly make consumption and the demand driven part of the economy better.

despite that inflation continues to weigh on global business and as long as those figures remain high, central banks around the world cannot bring down interest rates. many people are looking to the united states federal reserve now to find out when the next rate cut will be. the federal reserve chairman and has been testifying in congress and it does not look good for interest rates coming down in the us. there are growing divisions inside the american central bank. two officials appointed by donald trump are calling for a rate cut as early as next month but seven others say there is no need to move this year. on capitol hill the fed chair push back on the idea of a july rate cut. i would not want point to a particular meeting, i don't think we need to be rash because the economy

is still strong. mr powell defended that stands saying that the fed needs more time to understand how prices are reacting to the president's trade policies. still, lawmakers pressed him on why the fed remain so focused on tariffs especially with inflation looking modest. for months now heard that the sky is falling but it seems at this point at least that the inflation rate is steady. how many months of steadiness do you need? that testimony came as donald trump once again lashed out at the fed chair, writing on social media that he hopes congress works him over. the president argues that other central banks are already lowering rates and the fed should follow suit. mr powell returns to capitol hill on wednesday morning to face more questions, this time from the senate banking committee. i think we can bring you some live pictures from the world economic forum here in china.

china's premier is speaking at the moment and it is a rare opportunity to hear from china's leaders. they have much riding on this event. there is a record participation, more than 1800 people are attending, they are trying to navigate ways to deal with tariffs and the tensions in the middle east and, also, how to use ai to boost global growth. that is something that china is really investing in. so far he has said that the trade system has become more diverse and that all country economies will have to adjust to deal with the global scenario. of course china faces a slowdown as well and needs something to boost the economy so there is much riding on this event. we will have plenty more from china throughout the day. stay with bbc news, more on our website as well. thank you for

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hello, i'm katie razzall. and i'm ros atkins. this week on the media show, we'll look at how the international media has covered the conflict between israel and iran. and as netflix releases a new documentary about the grenfell tower fire in london, we speak to its director. we'll also talk about the social media platform reddit. it's turning 20, and we're going to learn how its communities moderate themselves and how ai may change that. that's all coming up on the media show. the conflict between israel and iran has been dominating the news this week, and we've been looking at the challenges for journalists who are covering the story. on wednesday, we spoke to shaina oppenheimer from bbc monitoring in tel aviv and to shashank joshi, defence editor at the economist.