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towards any other power. but china has called the pact extremely irresponsible and france says the decision to scrap its submarine deal with australia is a stab in the back . 0ur security correspondent frank gardner reports. silent and stealthy. a nuclear powered submarine on patrol, 0nly only six countries have them but now the uk and united states be helping australia build one of its own. they won t be carrying nuclear weapons. western nations have been stepping up their naval presence in the indo pacific region, concerned about what they see as aggressive actions by china. the new pact, called aukus, is being called one of the most significant security partnerships in decades. one of the great prizes of this project is
frank gardner reports. silent and stealthy. a nuclear powered submarine on patrol. only six countries in the world have them but now, under a new pact, britain and the us will help australia build its own fleet of them. they won t be carrying nuclear weapons. western nations have been stepping up their naval presence in the indo pacific region concerned about what they see as aggressive actions by china. the new pact, called aukus, is being called one of the most significant security partnerships in decades. one of the great prizes of this enterprise is that australia, the uk, and the us will become involved in a project that will last for decades. today, we re taking another historic step to deepen cooperation among all three of our nations. because we all recognise the imperative of ensuring peace and stability in the indo pacific
he will be doing that again next week at the united nations. but clearly australia for the first time will have this nuclear powered submarine system to keep an eye more on the south china sea and the aggressive steps china has been making there. so a unique partnership by a group of allies certainly, but by these three leaders coming together to do a joint announcement of this group called aukus, they are making the case to try to stop or slow or certainly keep an eye on china s rise. jeff zeleny, cnn, the white house. and kristie lu stout is joining us. china is not too thrilled by this development. reporter: and chaina s ministry of foreign affairs have reacted angrily to this new pact
in france for not having a covid 19 vaccine before a set deadline. and then mike is proposing to ban prisoners serving life sentences from having romantic relationships. this is to discourage groupies. we will hearfrom the this is to discourage groupies. we will hear from the group who broke the story in copenhagen copenhagen. china has hit out at a new security and defence pact between the us, britain and australia accusing the trio of playing geopolitical games . last night us presidentjoe biden, british prime minister borisjohnson and australiam prime minister scott morrison announced a new partnership called aukus. we re told the aim is to strenghten security in the indo pacific , many see it as a way of countering china s growing influence. here s how borisjohnson sold it in parliament. it amounts to a new pillar of our strategy by demonstrating british let me take a left to the state department where defence secretary