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welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it's seven in the morning in singapore, and in manila — where there's been a big strategic development in the pacific rivalry between the us and china, with america sealing a deal to greatly increase its military presence in the philippines. it's seven in the morning in singapore, and in manila — the agreement was signed off by the us defence secretary lloyd austin, after talks in the capital of the philippines. it represents a change in approach by president marcos. previous adminstrations tended to weak...

welcome to the programme. there are tentative signs that inflation is coming under control, and the recession forecast last year will be shallower and shorter than expected. butjust to make sure, the central banks are raising the interest rates again. yesterday it was the fed, today the bank of england increased the base rate, half a point, to 4% — the highest it has been in m years. we think inflation will come down rapidly, and a lot of that is down to energy prices, which have fallen rapidly. but i'm afraid there are big risks out there which mean that it may not happen in that ...

hello and welcome. the united states says it has shot down a "high—altitude object" flying over the state of alaska. the white house said it was much smaller than the recently downed chinese balloon, but was still the size of a small car and could have posed a threat to commercial planes. let's get more now from our correspondent nomia iqbal. she is in washington. nomia. yes, this ress she is in washington. nomia. yes, this press conference _ she is in washington. nomia. yes, this press conference was - she is in washington. nomia. 133 this press conference was held a short while a...

for international aid to be sent to rebel—held areas, it follows days of appeals by aid agencies. sports ministers from thirty—five countries meet online to discuss whether athletes from russia and belarus should participate in next year's olympic games. hello and welcome. the united states says it has shot down a "high altitude object" flying over the state of alaska. the white house said it was much smaller than the recently downed chinese balloon, but was still the size of a small car and could have posed a threat to commercial planes. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqb...

being there for us. let's bring in brigadier general patrick ryder. thanks so much for being here. it was just a few days ago that we heard about how these m1 abrams tanks were too labor-intensive, too complex, too hard to refuel, and too hard to send to ukraine. what changed in the past couple of days? >> well, it's important to highlight too, that what we have been focused on is the near-term ri requirements for ukraine on the battlefield, the capabilities that they need to be immediately effective to address the things that sam highlighted. however, we do assess that ukraine req...