general gregson, if you're okay to bat clean-up there. we'll begin first with you, general. >> thank you very much, general mcmaster and distinguished ladies and gentlemen. it is a great honor for me to be here. this is a privilege for me. as a soldier i would like to do my presentation by using the power points. so i would like the introduce three points. one is the japanese strategic environment. number two, the japanese effort. third is how to strengthen our alliance. this is a globe. where is japan? japan is here from northern territory, hokkaido, kyushu, and southwestern islands. so the distance itself is 3,500 kilometers from north to south. and located between the european continent and the pacific ocean. and especially it is located between those important areas to control the pathways from the continent. so the sea of japan, east china sea, south china sea. and this yellow belt. i think japan archipelago is very important location and plays a very important role in taking a power balance in the indo-pacific region. according to t

as gregson officially comes into effect but the road ahead for britain is still on the clear. they sweeping new study by academics at the university of cambridge following discontent.

hospital is crucial to stopping the spread of new infections also coming up it is the return of the gregson battle britain and the e.u. go head to head on trade.

you're watching news still to come actress helen mirren talks showbiz gregson and what it means to be honored with a lifetime achievement award at the portland international film festival. but 1st the death toll from religious riots in the indian capital delhi has risen to $32.00 police say sporadic violence has continued in the aftermath of grass that left north western parts of the city badly scarred the clashes broke out early this week between thousands protesting for and against a new citizenship law right police in paramilitaries have been deployed in the affected area. let's bring in. wolf from delhi for more on the story behind the misha what is the situation like in delhi today. well it's already the situation continues to be tens there aren't the shocking visuals of running dry it's that he was seeing coming out of the location on monday and tuesday so it has been carmel yesterday the police took out a massive flag marches through the ego do you assure people that there is police presses but once again in the evening we heard reports of targeted violence against muslims the

on the israeli bombing of a nearby syria how stable is lebanon the 1st arab country to sign a post gregson trade deal with the u.k. . thanks so much for inviting us here to the u.k. government it's trade websites and how does proudly the u.k. companies are going to benefit from your liberal economic system and growing u.k. trade links what is the scale of bilateral trade between britain and the. well to to have you thank you for having me with you on trade i think we started from from a kind of modest figure but the potential is a high and we're trying to work towards announcing this relationship and we think that there are opportunities in the lebanese market for u.k. companies us for other national companies so we're trying to work on that we have now a trade and boy prime minister as u.k. prime minister as trade and boy who have been was been appointed the last july and we think that with him and with all the bought months of course h m g we can work on identifying these our ports and it kind of one way though it's britain exporting to lebanon not much from lebanon over here it's not on

armed israeli bombing of a nearby syria how stable is lebanon the 1st arab country to sign a post gregson trade deal with the u.k. . thanks so much for inviting us here to the u.k. government it's trade webs.