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Show how precarious international stability can be. new challenges can emerge, and issues in far—away corners of the globe can quickly turn into threats at home, so labour welcomes increased cooperation with our allies. australia and america are two of our closest security partners, and sharing resources and intelligence with them, and enhancing capabilities makes them safer, makes britain safe, and makes the world safer. the lessons of the past few weeks is that britain must look after our mo...

Nuclear submarines. australia had originally asked france to modernise its submarines but the deal is now dead. it isnt yet clear how the work will be shared, but britain hopes it will be boosting its defence industry. the system already builds the submarines and the nuclear reactors. officials insist the defence partnership isnt a response to any one country but about stability and security in at the indo—pacific. it will not be welcomed by china. im joined now by our correspondent shaimaa kh...

This partnership with australia and at the us. australia already has an alliance with the us, the uk already has a defence relationship with australia. the prime minister said in the eyes of china, it should understand that this was not a fundamental change, it is a deepening of that. he did talk about this, saying that this was part of this, saying that this was part of this tilt to the indo—pacific that the governor has talked about following brexit. really at the heart of it are these conce...

81. lets get more now on the the diplomatic row that has broken out following the announcement of a new security and defence partnership between the uk, the us and australia. the prime minister says the deal isnt intended to be adversarial 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". the pact, which will also cover ai and other technologies, is one of the biggest d...

Their nuclear—powered engines makes them faster. they can stay submerged for longer, shoot missiles further and are harder to detect. australia will become just the seventh country in the world to have these subs. the new deal is aimed at helping address concerns about chinas belligerence in the region and its increasing military capabilities; the size of its navy has trebled in the last 20 years and china is spending billions each year developing advanced weapons and smart technologies like a...

The pentagon and our counterparts in china. it took ten years. it wasnt until the chinese agreed to have a hotline. and that was put in in order to make sure that they not miscalculate or we miscalculate about what our intentions are. we certainly know what our capabilities are. it was important to be in touch with allies and potential adversaries around the world. so i dont rule that to be in any way a criticism of general milley. so did he overstep his bounds by suggesting he was in any way cu...

Of trust with australia, _ but that trust has been broken. theres a lot of bitterness about the cancellation. i this matter is not over. the backdrop to all of this is a massive military build—up by china. its invested billions of dollars in expanding its navy, its nuclear arsenal, and hypersonic weapons that can sink a warship. frank gardner, bbc news. lets get more from our security correspondent frank gardner. its reaction is not at all surprising?— its reaction is not at all surprising? ...

Where they could offer australia as something which in some ways they could not refuse.— could not refuse. thank you very much. could not refuse. thank you very much- we _ could not refuse. thank you very much. we have _ could not refuse. thank you very much. we have heard _ could not refuse. thank you very much. we have heard from - could not refuse. thank you very much. we have heard from the l much. we have heard from the americans and australians. now let us hear from the americans and aus...

Weaken intelligence capabilities by producing a two tier 5 eyes operation? and this brings potential economic opportunities for britain. we need the well—paid high skill jobs that the defence industry provides in every corner britain. the prime minister said this project will create hundreds of skilled jobs, so can the prime minister give more detail of what he has done to ensure that britain gets its fair share of any contracts come out of these arrangements, and what will he do to ensure tha...

Even the prime minister, you know of the uk and australian leader all avoid using the word china in their speeches yesterday when they were talking about this new cooperation. the sub text, of course, is china. this is all about china. right? and so i think its very clear that thats the case even though the white house is saying this isnt about any one country. i do want to hone in on the fact that these nuclear powered submarines are much more advanced than traditional submarines. they can move...