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A senior US government official has refused to rule out military action against the Solomon Islands if it were to allow China to establish a military base in the South Pacific country.

Russia is part of europe. if you think about western literature, music, art, mass, all of that, that is the russian people. and were not going to have security in this century, nor are we going to be able to work on the global problems that menace all of us unless we can at least imagine a security architecture that includes russia. this moment of possibility expansion of nato should be a trigger for rethinking, not for simplemindedly expanding. >> quick thought on that and then i want to ask yo...

Menace all of us unless we can at least imagine a security architecture that includes russia. this moment of possibility expansion of nato should be a trigger for rethinking, not for simply mindly expanding. >> quick thought on that and then i want to ask you, macron seems like he will win in france but with a much lower margin than he did the last time, this chirac did against marie le pens father. how trouble are you by the rise of this far right populism in france? >> look, if you were a swed...

The Biden administration has warned the Solomon Islands that it will take action against the South Pacific nation if its new cooperation agreement with China poses a threat to US or allied interests.

Understand the risks from communism and what it means to us here in the united states. the american left has apologized. they think america is in decline. they think xi and our nation are the same, they do not see the difference. you talked about this a bit ago, it is about money. the left has deep ties into the chinese communist party and their businesses, americas biggest financial institutions have deep ties into china and they do not want to walk away from that, so they both punish americans...

Welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, im karishma vaswani. the headlines: with the port city of mariupol still under heavy russian bombardment, ukraine offers to send negotiators into the city. a guarantee of safe passage for ukrainians is the condition for an exchange of russian prisoners of war, as the people of mariupol try to flee to safety. also coming up on newsday: in an exclusive broadcast interview with the bbc, the prime minister of new zealand has expressed disappointment...

Peter Dutton has defended the handling of a security pact between the Solomon Islands and China and says the Morrison Government acted in a “coordinated and strategic fashion” despite accusations from Labor claiming the deal was bungled.

The Solomon Islands security pact with China has been labelled as "unnecessary and not needed" by an Opposition MP of the Pacific nation who is against the move. 

Australia declared it is "deeply disappointed" after the Solomon Islands signed a security pact with China, sparking fears Beijing will establish a military presence in the region.

The US, Japan, New Zealand and Australia shared concerns a security pact signed by China and the Solomon Islands, which could increase China's influence on one of the Pacific Islands closest to Australia.