and punish australia _ make an example of australia and punish australia with _ make an example of australia and punish australia with billions - make an example of australia and punish australia with billions of. punish australia with billions of dollars— punish australia with billions of dollars in— punish australia with billions of dollars in trade _ punish australia with billions of dollars in trade tariffs, - punish australia with billions of dollars in trade tariffs, just - dollars in trade tariffs, just unilaterally— dollars in trade tariffs, just unilaterally slept _ dollars in trade tariffs, just unilaterally slept on - dollars in trade tariffs, just unilaterally slept on wine, i dollars in trade tariffs, just - unilaterally slept on wine, barley, coal, _ unilaterally slept on wine, barley, coal. you — unilaterally slept on wine, barley, coal. you name _ unilaterally slept on wine, barley, coal, you name it. _ unilaterally slept on wine, barley, coal, you name it. for— unilaterally slept on wine, barley, coal, you name it. for the - unilaterally slept on wine, barley, i co

and australia. it reverses a multibillion-dollar agreement for australia to buy some marines from france. >military leader say that they will not yield to pressure say they will not yield to pressure. -- the u.s. has temporarily close the border crossing of mexico. 10,000 migrants waiting to be processed by immigration authorities. they are providing basic services. those are the headlines and stay with us your al jazeera. inside stories commitment. ♪ the u.s., australia, u.k. have announced a major defense agreement in the pacific. many say is an attempt by the u.s. to contain china's influence in the region. it is an echo of the cold war? this is inside story. ♪ hello and welcome to the program. i am emily. it is a new military alliance that has reaction from around the world. china has strongly criticized the u.s., australia, u.k. after they announced a new deal that would see australia get nuclear powered summaries. they have met us trillion officials and accused -- australian officials and

although the australia, u.k., u.s. partnership, aukus, which sounds strange, we will enhance our shared abilities to take on the threats of the 21st century just as we did in the 20th century. our nations and our brave fighting forces have stood shoulder to shoulder for more than 100 years to the trench fighting in world war i, island hopping in world war ii, and the scorching heat of the persian gulf. the united states, australia and united kingdom have been faithful and capable partners and are even closer today. today we take another historic step to formalize cooperations along our nations. we recognize the imperative of assuring peace and stability in the indo pacific over the long-term. we need to address both the current strategic environment and how it may evolve. the future of each of our nations, and the world, depends on free -- on a free indo pacific. this is about investing in our greatest source of strength. our alliances. updating them to better meet the threats of today and tomorrow. it's about connecti

or tackle railey australia. does not have a border with china. it does, it is not some, some kind of a territorial dispute against china. so why does australia even need to, to acquire such kind of much more secretive submarines that's just totally out of people's understanding. and if you think, if you look at the relationship between china and australia that it's already been pretty bad over the past few years in chinese, wherever saying if you have a job that has a crack in it, do you want to kick at it still, or do you want to handle with k? and i think that is the most important thing here. now the un secretary general, antonio gutierrez, just urged china the united states to have dialogue in the late ok hold that thought there were going to get a hold. get to go over a short break and after that short break, we'll continue our discussion on tensions in the pacific state with our to the me i the, i don't know. i mean, there are some steps in there were rescuing the food that they were not scavenging or were

k and australia gives friends a stab in the back and they feel a deal between france and australia and gave that to the united states. and you pay, so it's a trail of your closest allies or partners and then they try to package it if they tried to present the deal as some kind of something like a tool for peas for the asia pacific region. the whereas indeed, as you have fed already, great divide has emerged and contamination has emerged from various countries in that region. it's about money, look the united states and the defense contractors as well as the united, the u. k. they're going to continue to make profit out of the business. expected to be something like $100.00 bidding us dollars over the years. let's not forget what kind of profiteering was taking place in the 20 year us war on in afghanistan, according to some latest report over 20 years, depending on budget, went up to 14 trading us dollars. and one 3rd and one half of that went to defense contractors. so it's a lot of money to be made out of this. and it's about probably cation. yeah. well, the defense spending is alway

she is well—liked in australia. fourth—most favoured foreign politician, number one - isjacinda ardern. her big moment was accepting so many syrian refugees. - many in australia saw that - as the sort of big risk they expect from a german leader. i don't see her as risk—free, . i see her as somebody who has endured in a very unstable time, at a time when my own country's politics has been driven - | by instability, and she has dealtl with far greater crises than some of the politicians who have not managed to see out stable - terms in their countries i and in their governments. david, we're not quite there on the climate question. interestingly, i think internationally she will be credited with the calming effect we have just been hearing about, and there were two moments in particular — the four years of donald trump. he pulled america out of the paris agreement, and angela merkel was among those who provided a steadying hand to keep the process on the road. and then thinking further back, the disastrious sum

australia has been trying... china, sorry, has been trying to retaliate - against australia for huawei. we were one of the first - to block huawei from building our national broadband network and our 56 and we got americal and the united kingdom to do the same thing. . china is very bitter- towards australia, and most view china's behaviour. as unreasonable and that the actions are justified here somewhat and... i tensions within the region? this is a really fascinating relationship to watch. - new zealand has taken a very different course | to australia on china. new zealand is part of this intelligence sharing... - the three countries that . contribute are australia... what you're seeing here, canada and new zealand| are largely considered - the freeloaders of the five is. what has angered australia is jacinda ardern's public. posture, where she was seen to undermine australia - when china was retaliating with these trade sentientsj after the who inquiry dust up. there is anger- towards new zealand. they are se

k and australia. leave it out of a pacific security pack that is seen as an effort to count to china. go by and make the rather embarrassing flip up while announcing that deal apparently forgetting the name of the australian prime minister. thank you bores and i want to thank that fell down under. thank you very much. i appreciate your time is also you are the program here on our team while european markets real from when the phase record search and the natural gas price. critics off where the policy missteps are harming energy security and russia parliamentary election is now just a day away here on our students and i will bring you the full breakdown this hour and throughout the 3 days of voting ah, quite a mid morning on coast here. at moscow, this is the very warm welcome to you. we do start this program with some breaking news now from western russia. we understand man hunt is underway. currently in ivonya region, offer a man stormed a police station, injuring an officer and fled the scene. we un

for australia's foreign investment. were connected by people to people tied stretching back generations and priding today. you know, the 5000 and australian students came to american universities in 2019 and more than 12000 american, studied in australia, discovering for themselves, australia's great natural beauty, multicultural society. and it's easy going, friendliness and beyond these bilateral ties, the partnership between our countries underpins stability and prosperity in the pacific region. as a whole. we share a commitment to democracy in the rule of law. we stand up for human rights stand together against threats to democratic governance, including state sponsored disinformation. we work together to help neighbors in the pacific and to take on urgent global challenges. for example, working together both bilaterally and through the quad and other global for to stop the cobra. 1900 pandemic. today, we also discussed the urgent need to respond to the climate crisis by making giving progress in cutting emissions b

about australia.— state could not be more effusive about australia. very much so and also pretty — about australia. very much so and also pretty effusive _ about australia. very much so and also pretty effusive about - about australia. very much so and also pretty effusive about his - about australia. very much so and| also pretty effusive about his other allies. those that have been completely blindsided and angered by this new pact and new security so some warm words from the french and the north atlantic partners as well as warm words for australia but this is a very significant development and i think what you seeing here is australia finally in some sense being forced to its nature of its relationship with china to choose and it seems to have chosen a relationship with america and united kingdom that will put it at odds with china in the coming decades. presumably also we are seeing the americans acknowledge is not directly that they also need australia as part of their efforts to counter chi

is going to help australia and the uk are going to help australia get nuclear-powered submarines. that doesn't mean a nuclear-armed submarine, right? >> it does not. that's a very important distinction, which, as we note, the president took care to make. it is a big deal no matter how you look at it on several levels. first, in my mind, it really breathes life into the notion of a pivot to asia, which we've been talking about for a long time. >> for decades. >> and it's a very bold step for the australian government and the australian people to take. it conveys -- >> why is it a bold step? >> the notion of a nuclear capability are somewhat controversial. they certainly weren't in new zealand, which of course is not part of this. so i just think -- and the fact that given the dependence that australia has on china for its economy, it's a bold step because clearly the chinese will view this as provocative. and they should. it also, i think, demonstrates a real pivot away from the distractions that you mentioned, afghanistan, counterterrorism, into a strategic relationship that we've

— earthquake like this in australia? ., ., �* australia? no, i mean, i've felt a small— australia? no, i mean, i've felt a small earthquake - australia? no, i mean, i've- felt a small earthquake before, but not whilst operating. and obviously in cardiac surgery we are doing a lot of microsurgery with fine movements, so when you have any movement at the table which is not anticipated, it's really exacerbated. so an earthquake, which i think i understand was fairly sizeable in magnitude, it was definitely extrapolated and we could feel the effects of that. fortunately we were at a stage of the operation where we could sort of come to a halt and just wait for that to pass, and subsequently carried on and finished the surgery. just briefl , finished the surgery. just briefly. in _ finished the surgery. just briefly, in terms - finished the surgery. just briefly, in terms of- finished the surgery. just briefly, in terms of what authorities are telling you, can you carry on with your work? what are officials saying to you about where you need to be now? irate to you about where you need

and the new k is empowering australia to have the nuclear submarine. i think the under one key reason for this empowerment is the us in the ability to provide more defense budgets to support this large spending of nuclear power, some variance. so it says it is forcing australia to share the cost of maintaining such ships and also strategic positions. and also. ready forces into soap toilet and also in the pacific region, especially now that there is increasing tension between china and australia. so china is watching very closely. the next steps of this free country alliance. another of our headline stories today, europe is really from a price shock on its energy markets. natural gas rates hit an all time record on wednesday of almost a $1000.00 per 1000 cubic meters. let's see how that looks like. really a roller coaster wednesday. the priest picked up $980.00 that's more than 50 percent higher than 2 weeks ago. by late evening, things had come down somewhat, but analysts are warning of further volatility. the current crisis is being played partly on

australia ties up with the u.s. and u.k. on a massive security deal that could see an acquirements of a nuclear summary. spacex getting set to sand the civilian crew into orbit. the historic landmark a new area -- sheriff or commercial space travel. pfizer and moderna pushing for booster shots after saying the efficacy of their vaccines diminishes over time. we are seeing a u.s. futures slightly higher on the open but this after the s&p 500 already saw the best day in almost three weeks. we had the nasdaq 100 grainy ground for the first time in more than a week. a little bit of pressure for chinese adrs, dragging the chinese index down for a fifth session. the doppler weakening again. we are seeing unchanged with a bond at seven dollars -- $70 a barrel. hurricane ida, storm nicholas, all being felt across the oil markets. nicholas knocking out power in texas and you can see the hurricane impact on the manufacturing side of things. factory output, expanding last month but more slowly at the .4% pace for august but still worth

the company said the new programme would be shown in the us, australia and the uk. still to come a bit later in the programme: we'll find out about those amateur astronauts who have blasted off from florida. if you were watching yesterday, you would remember we were talking about them. but first, an indonesian court has ordered president joko widodo and other senior government officials to improve the hazardous air quality of the capital, jakarta. frustrated residents concerned about the impact of the air pollution on their health launched the legal action back in 2019. bbc�*s asia editor rebecca henschke has the details. jakarta residents are forced to breathe some of the world's most toxic air. the mega—city amongst the top ten most polluted cities in the world. and a group of frustrated residents say it's taking a serious toll on their families' health. translation: my youngest child, she's eight years old, _ and it affects her health quite significantly. we've been to several paediatricians, and one says she suffers inflammation in the nose. every morning, h

host: france also recalled its envoy to australia. president emmanuel macron did not take a call from australia's prime minister. scott morrison says he will be patient in mending ties with france. >> we understand that the disappointment and that is the way you manage disappointment. it was a difficult decision, and we had to wait what would be the obvious disappointment to france , but at the end of the day is a government we have to do with this right for australia and secure australia's national security interests. i will always choose australia's national security entrance first. host: the british prime minister urged emmanuel macron to get over it. prime minister johnson: this is fundamentally a great step forward for global security. it is three very like-minded allies standing shoulder to shoulder creating a new partnership for the sharing of technology. it is nonexclusive, not adversarial toward china. host: leaders have rallied behind france seen by german leaders as the wake-up call by the bloc on the importance of showing

the submarines in| australia._ let australia. snp leader ian black. let me beain australia. snp leader ian black. let me begin by — australia. snp leader ian black. let me begin by thanking _ australia. snp leader ian black. let me begin by thanking the _ australia. snp leader ian black. let me begin by thanking the prime - me begin by thanking the prime ministerfor advance me begin by thanking the prime minister for advance sight of the statement and a briefing from a national security adviser that was arranged last night. as the speaker, over the course of the past couple of weeks and months we have all witnessed on the streets of kabul, the devastating consequences of failure in international cooperation, and deepening cooperation, and deepening cooperation with allies and seeking to aid stability and security is an important step, especially if past mistakes are never to be repeated and i welcome this announcement, and in particular, the recognition of the growing cyber threat may be overdue but it is nonetheless welcome. i

k, australia security partnership. again at a time when e. u. member states are also struggling to meet the funding commitments in nato as well. so that could be a why did your political backlash than just that of china? so to get reaction to this story, we had the streets of parents. me see, but i mean, this is not the 1st time that united states has taken contracts from us. they are very good at that. we do not respect anyone apart from themselves. they act like masters of the world. they shouldn't have done because i think it fronted on the same. they would have complained it they wouldn't have liked. we'll see if the current president is better than the last one. it represents a lot of money, a lot of jobs, but it would be better if these jobs were for making other things. but it's a little dishonest, i suppose. and the other hand, they were closest which allowed them to break the contract before they start making the submarines. no, it's never good for a person to see that a contract has been broken. it's happened to me personally. they're

>> good morning and welcome to "daybreak australia." i'm paul allen. >> we are counting down to the major market open. shery: volatility continues to hunt wall street. u.s. stocks seeing their biggest monthly selloff since march 2020. >> china orders its top energy companies to secure supplies at all cost saying power blackouts will not be tolerated. shery: nancy pelosi may push ahead with a vote despite democrats threatening to defeat the bill. this is a picture across wall street. we are seeing u.s. futures marginally higher after the s&p 500 finished at the lowest level -- level since july. we saw volatility remaining height with the vix above 23. the 10 year yield retreating a little bit. we also had wti marginally higher. it cap the biggest monthly gain since june. that would be a gain of about 10% given the global energy shortages. we have the s&p 500 turning green slightly in the session as we saw the stopgap spending bill passing the senate, but that wasn't enough to keep the momentum going through the closed. let's look at the

well, i think australia, you know, issues. well, i think australia, you know. sees — issues. well, i think australia, you know, sees this _ issues. well, i think australia, you know, sees this as, _ issues. well, i think australia, you know, sees this as, in _ issues. well, i think australia, you know, sees this as, in no - issues. well, i think australia, you| know, sees this as, in no uncertain terms, its position in the uk and the us�*s interests, military interests in the region. i think two things come out for australia from this joint statement and things come out for australia from thisjoint statement and joint things come out for australia from this joint statement and joint press conference — one i think is the practical issue, if you will, so the boost to its defence system and the nuclear powered submarines, but also the statement says that it will be a sharing of other technologies, cyber technologies and capabilities, artificial intelligence, and official undersea capabilities it mentions, though it gives no details. so all of that no doubt gives australia a

k and australia. as a stop in the back the world is a jungle. france has just been reminded this bitter truth by the way, the u. s. and the u. k of stopped her in the back in australia, the american choice to exclude the european ally and partner such as franz from a structuring partnership with australia at the time when we are facing unprecedented challenges in the, in the pacific region shows a lack of coherence that frans can only note and regret. so the new agreement is called our cos. the 3 nations will show data on strategic areas including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and nuclear defense. and under the times, australia will acquire a nuclear power submarine fleet with the use of american and british technology. now, when a further stop to paris, australia has now scrapped a 66000000000 euro deal with a french firm to build 12 military submarines. and that's just the latest blow to the u. arms industry at a time when members states are struggling to meet the funding commitments to na

china responds with fury to a new security deal between the us, britain, and australia, saying the move shows a cold war mentality. translation: cooperation between the united states, the uk, and australia over nuclear submarines has seriously undermined regional peace and stability. a landmark case in indonesia, as a court finds the country's president and his cabinet negligent in tackling air pollution in the capital, jakarta. the supermodel naomi campbell talks exclusively to the bbc about her experience of racism. and sir clive sinclair, the home computing pionneer, has died at the age of 81. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. the security and intelligence deal announced just 2a hours ago between the us, the uk, and australia has been greeted in very different ways. the white house has been outlining the advantages of closer ties in the western pacific. but for china, the extension of us power into what it sees as its sphere of influence is somewhat provocative. and there's been some collateral damage coming from f

it taliban decision by australia on this test match.— taliban decision by australia on this test match. it is and it was a hiuhl this test match. it is and it was a highly anticipated _ this test match. it is and it was a highly anticipated test _ this test match. it is and it was a highly anticipated test match, i this test match. it is and it was a | highly anticipated test match, the first one between these two sides. the international community in general has wanted to encourage afghanistan ever since they became full members and were able to play test, it has been a feel—good story in cricket in the past ten years. but with those comments you heard coming from an official with the taliban, if cricket australia substantiates those comments, and it does appear that women will be banned from laying that cricket, they've take on what i guess you would have to say is a political stand in deciding not to play a test match. it’s stand in deciding not to play a test match. �* , . , , ., match. it's a terrible shame, because cricket _ match. it's a terrible shame, because cricket has

and australia against china. for australia the u.s. becomes closer to them, the alliance with the u.s. becomes more resilient, and the u.s. gets an ally that is more capable of deterring china on its own. judy: how is the united states doing that militarily? nick: this is the announcement, nuclear powered conventionally armed submarines for australia. some of the u.s.'s most secret technology. the u.s. historically has refused to provide this technology to anyone, including its partners. the only time the u.s. ever shared this technology was with the uk more than 70 years ago. australia currently has diesel electric submarines, so it is a big investment to switch to nuclear powered submarines. they will allow them to deploy further, more stealthily, state in strategically more important areas like the southeast china sea, and even as far as taiwan that china has been using territorial claims in that region, as tidwell said. >> so it could be that one day china decides it wants to curtail shipment of australian ships or other vessels in

on australia. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken trying to ease french anger over the deal, he says the friendship with france's valued, called it a vital partner. but the agreement scuppered a major submarine deal between the french and australians. mr. blinken says he wants to deepen transatlantic cooperation in the indo pacific area and around the world. that ends this addition. thanks for watching. i will narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪ narrator: you're watching pbs. ♪ da-da-da-duh-da-da-da♪ ♪ da-da-da-da-da-da ♪♪ is your family ready for an emergency? you can prepare by mapping out two ways to escape your home, creating a supply kit, and including your whole f

australia is being done cometentl. �* competently. and as you say, australia _ competently. and as you say, australia has _ competently. and as you say, australia has been _ competently. and as you say, australia has been closed - competently. and as you say, australia has been closed to l australia has been closed to international travel since march 2020, so the country opening up is a huge dealfor the entire industry. how important is it for the testing at our ports to be done right, right from the beginning? i think it is hugely important to the confidence, notjust of travellers, but also confidence of airlines for their own personnel, for cabin crew, for pilots, for client facing personnel of airlines, so it is a huge deal and personnel of airlines, so it is a huge dealand i personnel of airlines, so it is a huge deal and i think it is necessary, but if testing is part of our strategy here in australia, consumers and airlines and travel companies can have the confidence that it is being performed capably. the addition to that is that if the testing laboratories are accre

australia will be keen to say _ australians? australia will be keen to say that _ australians? australia will be keen to say that france - australians? australia will be | keen to say that france didn't hold up its side of the deal with the delays, it is likely that a court will have to decide whether they constitute grounds to scrap the deal. of course, billions of dollars have already been spent, and the french are saying, you have made an agreement and you have to make good on that. australia may end up still having to pay out some of that deal. but australia says it's still better than investing billions and billions more into what will become outdated technology by the time it is eventually delivered.— by the time it is eventually delivered. ., ~ . now to the us, where the department of homeland security has moved around 2,000 people from a camp in a border town in texas to other immigration detention and processing centres. around 12,000 mainly haitian migrants have arrived at the border town, many after travelling from south america in an effort to request asylum in th

it already had a multi $1000000000.00 deal to build submarines for australia. but now that's gone away and a move that they say is a breach of contract and the stub in the back. natasha butler reports from paris. the french president emanuel macro greeted anglo merkle at the least a palace for farewell dinner. and she prepared to step down as german chancellor, but he chose not to mention the diplomatic crisis that has shaken his government, leaving that with foreign minister to them all, both as we say in france, it's radius dive in the back, we created a relationship of trust with australia and today that trust has been broken, australia has pulled out of a 5 year old multi $1000000000.00 submarine deal with paris after signing a new defense packed with the us and u. k. aimed at countering china's influence in the indo pacific region. the white house says that a discuss the defense packed with paris before it was announced by the french authorities contest that this union lateral, brutal, unpredictable decision reminds me. a lot of what mr. trump used to do.

you do not have visits here from australia leaders. the speed and -- in collapse of relatis has been quite spectacular. around when year ago there was xi jinping going to football and australia. now you have australia developing nuclear powered submarines to counter its number one trading partner, quite remarkable. anchor: stephen mcdonald reporting from beijing. on the other side of the break france is also outraged, as the french have been pushed out of their deal to provide australia with submarines. >> i have never seen it speak it with such clarity this morning when he said it was like a stab in the back. there are all sorts of reasons why they are cross. part of it is the loss of the contract with billions of euros, which they signed into 1016 -- 2016. it was the manner in which they found out. by all accounts they did not know this was going to happen until they had the press conference yesterday. above all, it is a strategic, diplomatic body blow to th french, who have been trying to build up their own alliances, lie the europe

tensions with australia could be a stumbling block from the outset. china's application to join comes a day after australia signed a historic defense pact with the u.s. and u.k., countering beijing's growing military strength, a move some analysts say could risk drawing australia and china into deepening conflict. brian: checking on trading action. the european ind is losing ground friday as soft u.s. inflation data and lackluster retail sales lead to fears of global slowdown. u.k. retail sales fell unexpectedly in august and cac in paris falling as renault preparing to cut jobs. wall street ending the day and the week in the red. with friday a big day for futures and options contract expirations. investors looking ahead to next week's federal reserve meeting for signs of tapering in the bond buying program. the dow down around .5% and s&p and nasdaq both down at the close. labor unions prepared to challenge official pns to reform employment benefits. the government released a decree to trim jobless payouts. reforms would see benefits for over 1.1 mil

china won't like it, but, frankly, australia makes its defence policy based on the needs of australia, not on what pleases china. so the chinese will no doubt make statements decrying the "cold war mentality" but frankly, they are the ones that are causing a lot of tension in the region and we have to respond to that. we cannotjust ignore that. doctor malcolm davis there. now some history's been made in the past few hours. the first space mission crewed entirely by civilians has taken off from cape canaveral in florida. four amateur astronauts blasted into orbit on board a spacex rocket. the trip has been paid for by one of the crew billionaire businessman jared isaacman. for about three days, the inspiration4 crew will orbit earth at an altitude higher than the international space station. earlier i spoke to space journalist emilee speck, host of the space curious podcast. she was there. this launch was unlike any other that i have covered or experienced. you know, it kind of had a party feel to it, if that makes sense. space x hosted a viewing party near the press, so did others. wh

in the pacific. australia's message is that we are an ally. that is looking for opportunities to work together across the region. well, rosalind jordan is live for us at the state department of rosalind this definitely charts, new waters in u. s. foreign policy. yesterday the announcement was made by the 3 countries leaders. what about this press conference of the foreign ministers? what were the main key takeaways do you think? well, some of the main points were that the united states, the united kingdom, and certainly australia remain the right retain the right to chart their own security course and deciding to how this new was 3 heart alliance focused on the end of pacific region is a key way of guaranteeing all 3 countries security in the 21st century. they also made a point of saying that this was not an effort to destroy all ties all relationships . particularly with members of nato, of which these countries are part. and certainly not in a matter of rupturing relationships and ties that go back decades. and in the case of the united sta

this is a loss of sovereignty for australia. and of course, the snubbing of france as well as new zealand is something that is being recognized here in the united states. some even wondering what this means, given the fact that joe biden promised that foreign policy. * defense policy would be done in conjunction with allies, and yet there are some significant allies that appear to be left out. and what does this say? what does it tell us about american priorities in the the endo pacific region? well, what it says is that china is still of grave concern to the united states, and those tensions have been ratcheting up. in fact, they've been rashed up even before joe biden came into office. but if you go back 10 years, this is a priority for the obama whitehouse as well. brock obama identifying that there was a need for reshaping of the in the pacific region when joe biden was vice president . so this is something that joe biden was really a part of early on, but what's important to note here is that when it comes to china policy i

we heard from the government tracker agency geoscience australia that there were _ geoscience australia that there were three tremors within the hour, — were three tremors within the hour, 58, _ were three tremors within the hour, 5.8, then 4.1 and a further— hour, 5.8, then 4.1 and a further after—shock. the epicentre was the further regional town of mansfield near melbourne. really strongly felt across — melbourne. really strongly felt across australia's second city melbourne, currently in lockdown because of a wave of coviii-19— lockdown because of a wave of covid—19. and experiencing some protests— covid—19. and experiencing some protests on the street. but we did see _ protests on the street. but we did see footage on social media of people showing some damage in areas. — of people showing some damage in areas, including chapel street, _ in areas, including chapel street, a _ in areas, including chapel street, a central shopping street— street, a central shopping street with restaurants and shops _ street with restaurants and shops. we saw some rubble there. —

their contract with australia has been simply binned. ordered back home by president macron, the french ambassador to canberra was as polite as he could be about the reasons for france's anger. i think this has been a huge mistake, a very, very bad handling of a partnership — because it was not a contract, it was a partnership. this evening the foreign minister, jean—yves le drian, spoke again on national television. translation: there has been lying, duplicity, - a major breach of trust and contempt. this will not do. things are not going well between us. it means there is a crisis. i'm with the president of france. it makes me feel better. laughs. just a few months ago, it was all smiles at the g7 summit in cornwall between presidents biden and macron, and all talk of cooperation and shared challenges. but behind the scenes, the french are convinced that the three english—speaking nations were hatching the plan to cut them out. the fallout is potentially very great. britain needs a functioning nato alliance and my worry is that t

it is a big deal for australia - australia in particular? it 3 a big deal for australia and a a big dealfor australia and a substantial boost to its defence capabilities. it is also a substantial and significant step by the united states and the uk. this is a clear message of how seriously they take the security and stability in the indo pacific and the positioning of australia as a strategic partner in that making sure that the us, the americas and written�*s interest in the region are well defended. in a separate press conference earlier we heard from the prime minister scott morrison who said that this is a game changing technology for game changing technology for game changing developments that he says will enter a new era with new challenges. he also said that the relatively benign environment that this invite —— region has enjoyed is now behind it. he described the announcement as a forever partnership that will ensure that australia's security that also the security of partners in the region is well defended. so a big step and a

china won't like it but frankly, australia makes its defence policy based on the needs of australia, not on what pleases china. so the chinese will no doubt make statements decrying the "cold war mentality" but frankly, they are the ones that are causing a lot of tension in the region and we have to respond to that. it is exactly a month since the taliban swept to power in afghanistan, and declared the country an islamic emirate. as the international community grapples with the scale of the change, how are things changing in afghanistan under taliban rule? our correspondent secunder kermani and camera journalist malik mudassir sent report from one of afghanistan's largest cities, mazari sharif. crossing into the islamic emirate, a cargo train from uzbekistan. this is now passport control. the taliban even have their own stamps. an hour's drive away, the city of mazar—i—sharif. on the surface, life appears to be continuing as normal, though many are suffering, with a shortage of cash in banks. this was the blue mosque, the city's cultural heart, shortly before the taliban takeover

this was a big a long, feathery partnership between france and australia. and it will have a huge, so on friends as relations, not only with australia, every also with the u. s. and potentially with the u. k. dr. young french minister told me this morning that the administrative bite and administration acted like the previous administration by not caught anything consulting its close his eyes, france, which is a key actor indian diabetic. so we can expect that they will be tense relations in the coming weeks and months between them. paris, washington come there and given the unprecedented challenges in their best, it makes no sense that the u. s. u. k. and australia acts on their own without the cooperating closely with a key actor suggests friends with also in japan and we cannot have such a limited corporation. france is a nation of the best to speak with others is there is there is there more than 7000 soldiers permanent deployed in the region? we sentence submarines for gates aircraft carrier in the region. so we are an actor . we have to play a role, a

we created a relationship of trust with australia and today that trust has been broken. australia has pulled out of a 5 year old multi $1000000000.00 submarine deal with paris after signing a new defense packed with the us and u. k. aimed at counter in china's influence in the indo pacific region. the white house discussed the defense packed with paris before it was announced by the french authorities contest that disunion, lateral, brutal, unpredictable decision reminds me a lot of what mr. trump used to do. biden's decision to sign the pact and exclude key allies is likely to further strain transatlantic relations. it may also both the growing sentiment in the e u that the u. s. has an increasingly unreliable partner and the block must become more autonomous. today, do you adopted and delicious 1st in the vast strategies which had a straight to that's your benz wants to tell you wrong in that region. and france is katie driving actor in that matter. it's unclear what action the french government could take over. cambra scrapping of the contract. the agreement was known in france as

k and australia. read the pacific security alliance, seen those countries, china garza, joe biden, mc southern bar thing. slip up while another thing the deal, apparently forgetting the name of the extraneous board. and i want to thank that total down under thank you very much. appreciate your time is also ahead while european markets, real from wedding phase record storage and natural gas prices with a knock on effect on the pockets of customers. we look at the root causes of the crisis and rushes parliamentary election is just the day away. will bring you the full bricks on this, our, on the brought the 3 the news from moscow to the world. this is our to hello and welcome to the news are, i mean the newly i stop in the buck diplomats in front didn't hold back this week in describing a pacific security park between 3 of its allies, the u. s. the u. k. industry, liam, seeing an attempt to contact basing our u. k. correspondent, shabby edwards. she is following developments. well, put it this way for t