this is bbc news. i'm lisa—marie misztak. our top stories: the us, britain and australia reveal details of a security pact to counter china's increasing military strength in the pacific. president biden says americans should feel confident in the banking system despite two historic bank colla pses. more than 100 people have been killed as storm freddy returns to mozambique and malawi. the us government approves a controversial oil project in alaska — activists respond on social media. biden just approved the willow project with 92% of what conocophillips originally wanted. millions of young people, millions, asked him not to do this.

and dick fosbury, the man who made the highjump with the fosbury flop has died at the age of 76. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the leaders of the us, britain and australia, meeting in california, have given details of a defence pact that will provide australia with nuclear—powered submarines. president biden, uk prime minister rishi sunak and the australian prime minister, anthony albanese, have met to confirm the aukus security agreement. the deal is aimed at countering what the three nations see as china's threat in the indo—pacific region. our political editor, chris mason, has more from san diego. a pact of old democracies,

coming together to counter a new and growing adversary — china. australia and the united kingdom are two of america's most stalwart and capable allies. our common values, ourshared vision for a peaceful, prosperous future unite us all across the atlantic and pacific. this is about projecting power and resolve. the backdrop, a naval base. the images and the words intended to work in unison. the aukus agreement, we confirm here in san diego, represents the biggest single investment in australia's defence capability in all of our history. joe, antony, we represent three allies, who have stood _ shoulder—to—shoulder together for more than a century, - three peoples who have shed

blood together in defence - of our shared values, i and three democracies that are coming together again to fulfil that higher purpose - of maintaining freedom, | peace and security, now, and for generations to come. compare and contrast what you've just heard and seen with this — china's leader xijinping also promising to modernise its military, to turn it, he said, into a great wall of steel. prime minister, is china dangerous? china is a country with fundamentally different values to ours, and represents a challenge to the world order, and that is why it is right that we are alert to that, and take steps to protect ourselves, protect both our values, stand up for our values, and protect our interests. the main announcement

here today was an agreement to build australia nuclear—powered, but not nuclear—armed, submarines, built in shipyards the uk and australia, over the next 20 years. it is expected to create thousands ofjobs in the uk. chris mason, bbc news, in san diego. our correspondent phil mercer's explained how significant this deal is to australia. here in australia it has been viewed as monumental. a history—making decision that will make australia only the seventh country to operate nuclear—powered submarines. the australian government is also keen to point out to voters in this country that the aukus submarine deal could generate up to 20,000 jobs, but all of this comes with an enormous price tag for australia, estimated that it could reach us $2“; billion over several decades.

but certainly, the australian government believes that the aukus accord will be at the centre of its national security strategy. australia is very mindful of criticism of the alliance coming out of beijing and worth noting as well that the australian prime minister anthony albanese is insisting that on the one hand australia can have powerful friends and allies with united states, for example, but also pursue deeper economic and diplomatic relations with china. china is australia's most important trading partner. you mentioned china. how concerned is australia about china's growing military activity in the pacific? that's one reason or the very big reason why australia has signed up to the aukus alliance, signed in september 2021, so we have had 18 months of pretty secretive negotiations between the three

countries to arrive at the fact that in the next decade or so australia will take delivery of at least three us nuclear—powered submarines. australia is increasingly wary of china was not the prime minister says it is not contradictory to pursue these military alliances with the uk and the united states while also pursuing a better relations with china. mr albanese did point out in his speech in san diego that australia was also investing heavily in the relationship with china and others in the indo—pacific region but once again china will be furious that australia has participated in this. it has accused beijing, it has accused the us, australia and the united kingdom of lapsing back into a cold war mentality.

let's get some of the day's other news. two people have been killed and nine others injured after they were hit by a truck in canada. north of quebec city. a 38—year—old man has been taken into custody as police investigate whether the incident was deliberate or not. prime ministerjustin trudeau has sent his condolences to the people of amqui. donald trump's former fixer, michael cohen, has testified before a grand jury in new york that's investigating a payment to a porn star, stormy daniels, shortly before the 2016 presidential election. his appearance comes as prosecutors consider whether to file criminal charges against the former us president. police in wales have recovered the body of a man from the scene of a suspected gas explosion in swansea. three other people were taken to hospital after the blast, which caused a house to collapse. around 100 people have had to leave homes. the disgraced paedophile

pop star, gary glitter, has been recalled to prison in the uk for breaking the conditions of his release. the 78—year—old was freed last month after serving half of his 16—year sentence for sexually abusing three school girls. the boss of silicon valley bank has announced that the bank is conducting "business as usual within the us", and to expect the resumption of cross—border transactions in the coming days. that announcement follows the slump in shares in banks around the world on monday, despite reassurances from the us government that it would guarantee the customer deposits of two collapsed lenders — silicon valley bank and signature bank. it was the biggest such failure for 15 years. earlier, i spoke to mark douglas who is the ceo of mountain a venture—funded start up in which svb owns a small percentage. this is what he makes of the crisis. so i think a lot of this crisis in retrospect came from a bit of an irrational panic.

so svb, silicon valley bank, is really unlike any other bank in the world. so you think of a typical bank, they hold a few thousand dollars or pounds in deposits, and then they use their money to make loans to sometimes other businesses but often for things like mortgages. those mortgages can be risky over time. silicon valley bank did not operate like that at all. they didn't have branches, they only worked with venture—funded companies, so vc—backed companies, or the vcs themselves and then they would hold cash that those companies had just raised and then loan them additional cash for things like receivables, lines of credits to get in office, things like that, services that a new young company could not typically get but they could get because they were depositing all that money that was raised in silicon valley bank. so then what's the problem? the money sits there, the start—ups don't want

to risk it, they only want to risk it on themselves. the customers almost really are essentially the venture capitalists, and what happened is that silicon valley bank needed to raise a bit more money and that set off a panic and the panic became the problem, not the actual financial state of silicon valley bank. given the bank is backed by the us government and it's now conducting business as usual, this must be one of the safest banks to bank with in the us right now, right? actually, i had a call a little bit earlier and i was talking to a pretty prominent venture capitalist and i was making that point, which they agreed with which is that arguably silicon valley bank is at this moment, the safest bank that you could bank with. i don't think that's going to last forever. the us, in the united states, deposits are insured for up to $250,000, but for right now, essentially you are banking directly with the

us government almost, and there is essentially no safer place to put your money but, over time, i think svb will go back to being one of many banks, although they have a very unique business model and, ironically, a very safe model. one thing that is really confusing about this crisis is normally when you have a banking crisis, the bank might�*ve made bad loans or made risky investments, but none of that happened here. it was, to a certain extent, an irrational panic that set off a run on the bank, and the panic was the problem. mark douglas, ceo of mountain. he spoke to me a little earlier. a state of emergency�*s been declared in malawi after tropical storm freddy struck the country for a second time, killing more than a hundred people. rescue workers describe being completely overwhelmed by the rainfall and mudslides. the cyclone�*s one of the longest running in history and has caused havoc across parts of southern

africa. the bbc�*s shingai nyoka has more. after leaving a trail of destruction in madagascar and mozambique, tropical storm freddy travelled westwards and is now pummelling southern malawi, felling trees and power lines. dozens of people are now confirmed dead and at least 200 are hospitalised. homes and infrastructure destroyed by the sheer force of the water and mudslides. in the suburb of blantyre, of the second—largest city, a desperate search for those trapped beneath the rubble. translation: so far we have recovered 30 bodies - but we are not yet done. we're still looking for more victims. i'm using this hope at least to find someone. since the storm struck over the weekend, the death toll has risen sharply and is expected to increase further as search efforts expand to other affected districts. meanwhile survivors say they witnessed distressing scenes.

translation: it was too bad on the night, but now in day i i feel the loss. i've never seen something terrible like this. my neighbours' houses are all gone, theirfamily members are gone, they're missing. in some instances the father is alive but their wife and children are gone. scientists say climate change is making tropical storms stronger, and as oceans absorb heat from greenhouse gas emissions, that heat is being transferred to the atmosphere. translation: this is the second time. | in 2015, we also experienced some disaster, but this is the worst. as of now i have seen 12 dead people and the figures could be rising. malawi is currently battled the deadliest cholera outbreak in its history and un agencies have warned the situation could worsen because of freddy's heavy rains. the storm, which formed over a month ago, is one of the longest—running cyclones in history. it struck mozambique and madagascar twice,

leaving over 30 people dead. the true extent of damage is yet to be revealed and incessant rains are hindering rescue efforts. tropical storm freddy is expected to dissipate over the next few days but it will take longer for these communities to recover. shingai nyoka, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: gary lineker agrees a deal that will see him back on bbc channels after being taken off air over a controversial tweet. today, we have closed the book on apartheid and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and a dimming of vision — all of this caused by an apparently organised attack.

the trophy itself was - on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. now, this was an international trophy, and we understand - now that the search for it has i become an international search. above all, this was a triumph for the christian democrats of the west, offering reunification as quickly as possible, and that's what the voters wanted. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines. the us, britain and australia reveal details of a security pact to counter china's increasing military strength in the pacific. president biden says americans should feel confident in the banking system, despite two

historic bank collapses. the us has given the go—ahead for an $8 billion oil drilling scheme in alaska that's been fiercely opposed by environmentalists. the energy giant, conocophillips, will drill at three sites on alaska's north slope in what critics describe as a carbon bomb. but others are welcoming the investment saying it will create much needed jobs. 0ur north america correspondent gary 0'donogue reports. alaska — home to some of america's last remaining undisturbed landscapes. but one oil company says, under the freezing expanse lies decades of untapped oil, and the potential to ensure us energy security into the future. the company, conocophillips, has already begun exploratory work, after receiving a grant from the biden administration. it means over 200 wells will be sunk and hundreds of miles

of new roads. we are already in a climate emergency. so every single drop at it to our carbon emissions is sending us into a direction of complete, irreversible climate impact. the campaign to stop willow generated more than a million letters to the white house and a backlash among campaigners on social media. we will not accept the willow project moving forward. one of the most powerful movements, ever. bullying, or activism, works. in an attempt to offset criticism, the biden administration has announced drilling bans on nearly 16 million acres of land and sea in alaska as well as curbing the scale of development. this is putting us in the direction of complete climate collapse. this is sending us into a direct move of irreversible climate collapse. the campaign to stop willow generated more than a million letters to the white house, with a backlash from campaigners on social media.

in a statement, the department of the interior said it was "substantially reducing the size of the willow project "by denying two of the five drill sites proposed by conocophillips", and it said "the actions will create "an additional buffer from exploration and development "near the teshekpuk lake caribou herd. this could costjoe biden, politically. in his 2020 election campaign, he vowed to end new drilling on his own land, and some in his own party will see this as a betrayal. gary 0'donoghue, bbc news, washington. dick fosbury — the man who revolutionised the high jump has died at the age of 76. he was the first athlete to go over the bar backwards and it won him an olympic gold in 1968. four years later almost all competitors had adopted his style, a technique that is still used today by most of the athletes dick fosbury — the man who revolutionised the high louisa pilbeam is our news correspondent and can tell us more. what is known about the specific style he created? i

will take you back to the 1968 mexico 0lympics will take you back to the 1968 mexico olympics and what happened was this 21—year—old from oregon in the united states strode up to the high jump states strode up to the high jump and he went over backwards. it's a style we're used to seeing now. he went over headfirst but incredibly i didn't realise this, at up until that time used to go over in a hurdle style, a scissors style which seems odd to us now. he revolutionised the sport because this is the style that athletes take on today but there was a furore at the time and the spectators and journalists thought it was a crazy way to do things. one journalist at the time said he looked like a guy falling off the back of a truck. he perfected this technique in high school and admitted in the interviews later that it looked kinda as he said at first but it felt so natural and like all good ideas, you just wonder why no—one had done it before.

people from the world of sport have been paying tribute to him. what have they been saying? him. what have they been sa in: ? , ., him. what have they been sa in. ? , ., ., saying? yes, he won the gold medal, saying? yes, he won the gold medal. he — saying? yes, he won the gold medal, he won _ saying? yes, he won the gold medal, he won the _ saying? yes, he won the gold medal, he won the olympic. medal, he won the olympic record and the agent said it is with a very heavy heart that he has to release the news that his long—term friend and client passed away peacefully early sunday morning after a battle, a recurrence of lymphoma. also bbc pundit michaeljohnson, who was such a successful sprinter of course, paid tribute to him and said he changed the course of sport, with a technique that looked crazy at the time but the result made it standard and thatis the result made it standard and that is the legacy, that he changed history. thank you very much for that update. the bbc has announced that gary lineker, one its best known presenters, will be allowed back on air.

three days ago he was told to step back from presenting because of a tweet in which he criticised uk government policy. the corporation says it will now hold a review of its impartiality guidelines. in the meantime, the presenter would abide by its current rules. mr lineker said he was delighted to get back to presenting, and thanked his colleagues at bbc sport for backing him. here's our media correspondent david sillito. morning, gary. morning, mr lineker. how do you feel about being reinstated? as gary lineker left home this morning, the weekend's dramas that saw him taken off air, chaos brought to the bbc�*s sporting output, looked to have been resolved. this was match of the day 2 yesterday, after presenters, pundits and commentators downed microphones in protest at his treatment. but the bbc says there was good reason for its actions, he had broken guidelines with tweets in which he described government asylum policy as "immeasurably cruel" and the language "not dissimilar to that used by germany in the 30s". however, he's made no apology,

nor is there a sanction, merely an agreement to abide by guidelines while the bbc re—examines those guidelines. this looks like a complete climb—down of the bbc. i don't think so. i think i've always said we need to take proportionate action. for some people, by the way, we've taken too severe action. others think we've been too lenient. re—examining guidance and guidelines sounds like kicking the can down the road. has gary lineker agreed to stop tweeting about politics, which is what you asked on friday? we've agreed, and i've spent time talking to gary and we've had lots of discussion. between now and when the review reports, gary will abide by the editorial guidelines. that's where we are. how are you so out of touch with your own corporation, your own organisation, your own staff, your own programmes, that you didn't foresee this complete chaos

that's happened to the organisation? look, i respect the views of the sports teams. they obviously were put in a very difficult situation. i think people across the bbc, if you talk to them, are all very passionate about our standing as an impartial broadcaster. that's a really important thing. that word, impartiality, does raise a few questions, though. for instance, the man at the top of the bbc, chairman richard sharp, is a former conservative donor and the subject of an ongoing inquiry into what role he played in a loan guaranteed to borisjohnson. and tim davie was also himself at one point an active member of the conservative party. there are many people and all they see here is a conservative director—general and a conservative chairman bowing to pressure from conservative mps and the conservative press. i can tell you, anyone

who knows me knows that yes, 30 years ago, some political involvement. but absolutely not affected by pressure from one party or the other. that is not how we work, editorially in the bbc. 0n the question regarding the chairman, one of the people i don't appoint is the chairman. and gary lineker isn't the only famous bbc face to recently express political opinions. what about alan sugar on the rail unions? deborah on brexit? chris packham on hunting? 0ne former architect of bbc guidelines has a few doubts that a review will solve it all. it's not remotely a problem solved. it's a problem shelved for the time being. gary will be back, we are all pleased about that. gary will continue to hold his views, he says he will continue to abide by the bbc�*s guidelines until they're rewritten, but he was supposed to be abiding by bbc guidelines last week he tweeted what he tweeted. one thing is certain, his tweets will be scrutinised. today he gave thanks to those that supported him

and expressed sympathies for refugees. and before we go ijust want to show you some remarkable images. these are from a site in the uk near the northern city of leeds — the remains of a high—status roman woman. they're among dozens that were unearthed in what's thought to be the first anglo—saxon cemetery found in west yorkshire. the skeletons date back 1600 years. you will find lots more detail about the stories we're covering on our website — including our top story — the deal to provide nuclear—powered submarines to australia. just head to bbc.com/news — or use the bbc news app. that's all for now.

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lmmisztak. there's a weather battle going on this week, a battle between mild air and cold air. the mild air clung on for many on monday. in fact, parts of eastern england got all the way up to 16 degrees. compare that with just 1 degree in parts of northern scotland. and for tuesday, the cold air wins out for now. those parts of eastern england, just eight degrees on tuesday afternoon, and some spots in the highlands will struggle to get above freezing. with that, it will be breezy, not quite as windy as it was on monday. and there will be some wintry showers around as well, some ice to start the day. the cold air working in behind this band of rain and some hill snow pushing across southern england first thing.

behind that, yes, some spells of sunshine, but some showers. and many of these showers will be wintry. the showers tending to clump together, actually, through the afternoon across parts of northern ireland, southern scotland, getting down into northern england, north wales and the north midlands. these showers will be a mixture of rain, sleet, hail and snow. some of the showers could be pretty heavy. there could even be some flashes of lightning, some rumbles of thunder mixing in. temperatures, well, they are set to struggle. just three degrees there in aberdeen, perhaps nine for london and for plymouth, so a chilly day wherever you're spending it. as we go through tuesday night, some wintry showers pushed across the south. we'll keep a feed of wintry showers into northern scotland,

where it will stay quite windy, but for many, a slice of clear sky and some really cold weather for tuesday night, wednesday morning. those are the temperatures in the towns and cities. some places in the countryside will be colder than that. so a frosty start to wednesday. however, we start to see things changing from the west. we'll see cloud rolling in, some outbreaks of rain, briefly some snow over high ground, perhaps very briefly to low levels. but it will tend to turn back to rain because it is going to start to turn milder. and for the end of the week, it looks like mild air is going to start to win the battle for most of us. maybe that cold air clinging on in the north of scotland. but for thursday and friday, some much milder weather on the way, temperatures of 1a, maybe 15 degrees. but with that, some wet and windy weather at times.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the us, britain and australia sign a security pact to counter china's military strength in the pacific — including new nuclear—powered submarines. after the leaders met in southern california, president biden said the aukus pact would boost stability in the asia—pacific region for decades. one of the strongest storms recorded in the southern hemisphere has hit the region for second time in a month, killing 100 people. storm freddy has left destruction in malawi and mozambique, ripping rooves off buildings and bringing widespread flooding. those are the latest headlines from bbc news.