britain s generational commitment to the security of the indo pacific and showing exactly how we can help one of our oldest friends to preserve regional stability. the labour leader, keir starmer, said his party welcomed the agreement but did ask the prime minister that more information on the agreement was needed. the strategic review identified china as a systemic competitor, and china s assertiveness does pose risks to uk interests in a secure pacific region, in stable trading environments, and in democracy and human rights. we need to deal with those risks, defend our values and defend our interests. but the same review also rightly stated that the uk must maintain a commercial relationship with china and we must work with them on the defining global issues of the day, like climate change and pandemic preparedness. without diplomatic strategy
nato? . , nato? the difficulties in here is while there nato? the difficulties in here is while there is nato? the difficulties in here is while there is only nato? the difficulties in here is while there is only three - nato? the difficulties in here is| while there is only three english speaking countries involved, secondly, regarding the g7, the uk also talked to the so called e3 together with france, the position of france and germany have also agreed to participate in the so called indo pacific initiative, and their voice in the european union, the interesting role as what japan will play, perhaps going further, as time develops, japan might formally alsojoin further, as time develops, japan might formally also join the so called three countries together. how do you see the breakdown between the portion of this alliance that is dealing with the submarines, the portion dealing with cyber security and so on? cyber warfare. hagar portion dealing with cyber security and so on?
region for the very good political, security and economic reasons that i have given the house. studio: the uk foreign minister borisjohnson making that statement boris johnson making that statement to the house of commons about the new alliance, akaus, as it is known, between britain, the united states and australia, and you defence and security partnership to counter china s drawing military presence. china s drawing military presence. china calling it irresponsible . borisjohnson said there would be an 18 month collaboration to determine the best way to deliver the new nuclear powered submarines to australia. he emphasised that these were powered by nuclear reactors, not armed with nuclear weapons. he said that they would deter adversaries and garb trade routes. this is also about cyber security as well. guard trade routes. he said it opens a new chapter in britain s friendship with our closest allies,
hello, this is bbc news with geeta guru murthy. the headlines. britain, the united states and australia have agreed a new defence and security partnership to counter china s growing military presence china calls it irresponsible . the prime minister is expected to announce more ministerial appointments in the biggest shake up of his government since he entered downing street. today is the deadline for care staff or volunteers who work in residential and nursing homes in england to have their first dose of a covid vaccine. most workers say they d rather not return to their offices full time, according to new research and over a fifth would like to work from home for good. four amateur astronauts have blasted off from florida on their private mission to orbit the earth for the next three days. also coming up campaigners in the south pennines demand an alternative to areas being granted national park status.
this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: britain, the united states and australia agree a new defence and security partnership to counter china s growing military presence. the united kingdom remains determined to defend international law, and that is the strong advice we would give to our friends across the world and the strong advice we would give to the government in beijing. the prime minister is expected to announce more ministerial appointments in the biggest shake up of his government since he entered downing street. today is the deadline for care staff or volunteers who work in residential and nursing homes in england to have their first dose of the covid vaccine. and, most workers say they d rather not return to their offices full time,