india japan and australia is held in the shadow of beijing's growing influence so what can they achieve and can 4 nations with very different priorities really work together this isn't side story. hello and welcome to the program i'm ted to you a free and open indo-pacific that was the promise after the 1st summit between the leaders of the us india japan and australia the so-called quad group agreed to cooperate on the pandemic on climate change and security although china wasn't mentioned in the final communique it became clear that beijing's growing influence in the asia pacific was driving the discussions well the summit voiced support for the rule of law democratic values and a region unconstrained by coersion will bring in our guests at a moment but 1st this report by our white house correspondent kimberly haokip. a virtual meeting with his indian australian and japanese counterparts a group also known as the quad us president joe biden told the group free and open indo-pacific is essential to each of our future the quad was formed to cope with the devastation following the 2004 i

what does this initiative from the united states japan australia and india mean for the region and how does it tie in with high level u.s. visits to japan and south korea later in the week. to one cent street kitchen that's a lifeline for the hungry and in the indian capital. i'm british babaji welcome to news asia glad you could join us it's an important week in the pacific as the united states seeks to reinvigorate its alliances with partners in the region secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin travelling to japan and south korea to meet their counterparts in the shadow of growing chinese influence in the region it's an outreach that began last week when president joe biden met his counterparts from india australia and japan the so-called quad grouping of nations the 1st ever meeting of leaders of the cord ended with a commitment to ensure a free and open into pacific and the pledge to produce $1000000000.00 of covert 1000 vaccines for the region the leaders also agreed to cooperate in the field of emerging technologies and climate change. predicted that

vaccines to countries in the in the pacific what does this initiative from the united states japan australia and india mean for the region and how does it tie in with high level u.s. visits to japan and south korea later in the week plus. one cent street kitchen that's a lifeline for the hungry and poor in the indian capital delhi. i'm british comedy welcome to do the news asia glad you could join us it's an important week in the pacific as the united states seeks to reinvigorate its alliances with bought nos in the region secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin traveling to japan and south korea to meet their counterparts in the shadow of growing chinese influence in the region it's an outreach that began in earnest last week when president joe biden met his counterparts from india australia and japan the so-called quad grouping of nations the 1st ever meeting of leaders of the chord. ended with a commitment to ensure a free and open into pacific and the pledge to produce $1000000000.00 of covert $1000.00 vets scenes for the region the leaders also agreed to cooperate in

australia, india, japan, and the united states, the so-called quad. because we have to have democracies working together. before too long, i'm going to have -- i'm going to invite an alliance of democracies to come here to discuss the future, and so we're going to make it clear that in order to deal with these things, we are going to hold china accountable to follow the rules. to follow the rules. whether it relates to the south china sea or the north china sea or the agreement made on taiwan or a whole range of other things. and the third thing, and the thing that i admire about dealing with xi is he understands, he makes no pretense about not understanding what i'm saying any more than i do him. i pointed out to him, no leader can be sustained in his position or her position unless they represent the values of the country. and i said, as -- and

india japan and australia. the leaders agreed to ramp up covert 19 vaccine supplies in asia and to work more closely on security and climate change. and we've launched into a vicious new joint partnership that is going to boost vaccine manufacturing and for global benefit and strengthen vaccinations to benefit the entire indo-pacific were establishing a new mechanism to enhance our cooperation and raise our mutual ambitions as we address the accelerating climate change this is where we live this is where japan leaves this is where india lives and of course with the united states across the pacific has had a long term presence and so this is about and i think if the peace and stability in the in diapers civic and that benefits all license have been deficit. but it's china that is the real target biden sees the quad as vital to countering beijing's growing might and influence on the asia pacific stage and that means also strengthening alliances beyond to the core of full. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken he

the leaders of australia, india, japan and the united states call themselves the quad, and the first you are not seeing double. there are more twins being born than ever before. ♪ hello and welcome to bbc new we start with brexit and an indication of how much affect the u.k. leaving the european union has had on trade in both directions across the english channel. figures show how british exports to the eu fell by just over 40% inanuary, the first month when the post by exit rules came into force. imports from the eu were down by nearly 30%. there are contribute in factors like stockpiling and pandemic lockdowns. our economics correspondent has the details. reporter: this manchester exporter of clothing,uster corporate events, has gone through a nightmare year staying in business and keeping staff safe. now his boss told me, far from the frictionless fate, it has become difficult to export to europe. transporters are charging extra fees to cover much more complex paperwork,ushing up costs so high it had to stop exporting to european consumers. >> we had a 15 pound order. the customer

the leaders of australia, india, japan and the united states have ended their first ever summit with a pledge to "re—double their commitment" to their alliance, known as the quad. translation: sundays, we are united by our democratic values and our commitment to a free, open and inclusive and a pacific. covering areas like vaccines, common change in emerging technology. —— indo pacific. it makes the quad global cause for good. the former chief doctor of british cycling and team sky has been found guilty of ordering performance—enhancing testosterone, knowing or believing it was to be given to an unnamed rider. exports of goods to the european union dropped by more than 40% injanuary — the largest monthly fall since records began. good evening. the metropolitan police has confirmed that a body found in woodland on wednesday, is that of sarah everard. she disappeared while walking home from a friend's house in clapham in south london last week. detectives have been given more time to question a serving police officer, on suspicion of the kidnap and murder of the 33 year old marketing e

the leaders of australia, india, japan and the united states end their first—ever summit with a pledge"re—double their commitment" to the alliance. we start in the american city of minneapolis and what's thought to be one of the largest pre—trial settlements in us history. lawyers for george floyd, the african american man who died while being restrained by police officers in may of last year, say the city has agreed a settlement of $27 million for their civil case for damages. the money will be paid to mr floyd's family. a former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, is standing trial on charges including third degree murder, following the incident. here's the floyd family lawyer, ben crump. the financial compensation most directly impacts george floyd and his family, the future of their family. but it is the policy reforms that affects all of us. our correspondent, david willis, in la says it's one of the largest sums of its kind. george floyd's death at the hands of minneapolis police officers sparked the black lives matter movement, one of the largest protest movements at this

japan, america, australia and india to push back on china . china is a hegemon area they're attacking us militarily and diplomatically and of course they're attacking us diplomatically and we have the best trade negotiator in the world with us did so much with china and japan, about like kaiser so we have significant challenges today and i couldn't be more honored to be here to talk to you with ambassador like kaiser about what we're facing. >> this whole idea of uniting these countries with american foreign-policy and economic policy, with india, japan, theseother countries in the region . it's kind of a break from this idea that we always turn to europe. the ambassador is like we always got to be, it's a different way of thinking. give us the inputs of your thinking about changing our entire focus to not just china so much of it was reorienting our thinking on china from an economic and trade perspective. >> thank you for small and i want to congratulate you, i've been a cpac fan forever and i believe thework you do is important . it's like

the leaders of australia, india, japan and the united states — who call themselves �*the quad' — endirst—ever summit with a pledge to "re—double their commitment" to the alliance. a serving british police officer, has been charged with the kidnap and murder, of sarah everard — whose disappeared in london last week. another kidnapping in northern nigeria, this time dozens of students are taken from a college in kaduna state at gunpoint. and, turns out you're not seeing double — researchers reveal there are more twins being born than ever before. we start in the american city of minneapolis and what's thought to be one of the largest pre—trial settlements in us history. lawyers for george floyd, the african american man who died while being restrained by police officers in may of last year, say the city has agreed a settlement of 27 million dollars for their civil case for damages. the money will be paid to mr floyd's family. a former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, is standing trial on charges including third degree murder, following the incident. here's the floyd family la

the leaders of australia, india, japan and the united states — who call themselves �*the quad' — endst—ever summit with a pledge to "re—double their commitment" to the alliance. and what's life like at the top of the world? we meet the last of the himalayan shepherds. we start with brexit — and an indication of how much effect the uk leaving the european union has had on trade in both directions across the english channel. figures compiled by the uk government show how british exports to the eu fell byjust over 40% injanuary — the first month when the post—brexit rules came into force. and imports from the eu were down by nearly 30%. there are of course contributing factors, like earlier stockpiling, and pandemic lockdowns. our economics correspondent, andy verity, has the details. this manchester exporter of branded clothing, much of it for corporate events that haven't been happening, has gone through what it describes as a nightmare yearjust staying in business and keeping staff safe. but now, its boss told me, far from the promised frictionless trade, it's become very difficult t

a week earlier, the u.s., india, japan held a summit.hina's growing influence in the asia-pacific region drove much of the discussion. the final communique did not mention beijing, but voiced support for the rule of law, democracy, and a region unconstrained by coercion. let's bring in our guest. from washington dc, scott snyder, senior fellow for korea studies and director of the u.s.-korea policy program at the council on foreign relations. in beijing, the beijing bureau chief for newsweek. and the founder of strategic pan indo pacific arena and former director of political and security community in the asean secretary and. scott, let me start with you. it was quite a tense confrontation at the beginning of the meeting between the u.s. and china. how unexpected was that? >> i don't know that it was necessarily that unexpected. the biden administration has spent a week framing its engagements in asia and towards china, with the expectation that there are areas of concentration -- confrontation, there are areas of cooperation, and there

cooperation involving india and japan and spoken about technology about emerging technologies it has spoken about. humanitarian relief and. infrastructure construction so this is not our lead a different strategy from the one that will adopted by the trumpet ministration and what the the us is trying to do is not always to fill in those kind of blanks that are out there and tried to get everyone together and that's one of india's concern india's is very important because of its size and off its economic potential there is no other country in the pacific region which matches india so what exactly is india's role in this in new emerging partnership and alliance network in now the in the pacific the one issue is of course about i said that in your size because when you look at other partners when you look at japan when you look at australia simply not up to it in the sense step japan has historical issues with china it just doesn't have the kind of heft that that india has at times past its constitution restricted in some ways not in play or security at all but in partnership with vario

it wants to get japan not to sign too closely with australia and india. ina is havin some kind of issues. and of course with the united states, china is competing very directly. china is putting on a charm offensive with japan. julia: is that working? is japan responsive to china's charm offensive? steve: japan is responding -- is responding with eyes wide open. japan is concerned about the way but then japan also does not want to get into a situation of direct confrontations with china , whether on its own or with its allies. julia: what do you think china's strategy is in the indo pacific region, and particularly in hong kong? steve: in terms of the indo pacific, the chinese don't really look at it in terms of thindo pacific. we s it as part of the initiative that h a dimension that goes into the into pacific. they also then looked at the asia-pacific situations in a different light. over hong kong, china isimply going to tighten its control. they will not tolerate any kind of democratic development in hong kong, nor any effective opposition being mounte

india australia and japan have vowed to work together to restore democracy there how is that going to help it is a pretty significant development because it's been quite isolated since it took power it's not really receiving support from anybody and if they can't even rely on constraints like india and japan which have been willing to overlook human rights abuses in the past then it's going to be going down to happen increasing isolation even more than it already is. and saturday also marks the anniversary as you know of the 1988 killing of a student that sparked widespread protests the 888 movement and led to the emergence of functioning suchi as a democracy icon and she still play a role in all this so we have seen the protest movement move a little bit past the need to be completely dependent on some sushi which i think is a good thing any movement that relies weakly on one person can be problematic but she still plays a massive massive role ringback if anything you know bad were to happen to her while she was in custody that would change the dynamics a lot it would rage a lot of p

japan australia and india how was that perceived by chinese officials. well the propaganda in china was all that you know this this attempt to make the quad a real sort of security group is is doomed to fail they see it as a vehicle for containing china but our vehicle without many wheels because it it had a you know look let's just say it's insensitive inception a number of years ago it hadn't really got off the ground very very very assertively. the issue now is that. washington and the biden administration you know are declaring america is back but we can't just erase what 4 years of. almost isolate the cause of the isolationism. quixotic foreign policy making. and all that under the trump administration in 4 years china in its own relentless way. did what it could to take advantage of. the default position of the trumpet ministration which was you know we don't really care about the rest of the world it's america 1st and so the allies of course there are some very traditional strong allies in the pacific but you know when when china is right there on

the leaders of australia, india, japan and the united states — who call themselves �*the quad' — end sarah everard — whose disappeared in london last week.

haslinda: when you take a look at the activity, it is mainly focused on china, india, japan. be any different? >> china was the number one market last year, $97 billion, accounting for about half the market, followed by india, and japan and australia also saw an increase in activity. if you look at sectors, across asian markets, internet technology and health care accounted for 55% of the market. the pandemic pushed it across different markets, across different sectors, and we think those are going to be the sectors going forward this year, as well. haslinda: do you think southeast asia can play catch-up? we saw a 16% decline of a five-year average. what would it take for that to be reversed? kiki: that is a really good question. i think a lot of the investors are looking at the newer trends, and we have looked at, there are six different archetypes in terms of the sectors and how those sectors are responding near term and longer term in the covid condition. for any investor, it's a matter of looking for not only benefiting in the near term, but also prolong the growth in the

britain shifts its foreign policy focus after brexit towards countries like india and japan.tumn trial for the police officer accused of killing sarah everard. from woodwind to woodwork — how thousands of performers have changed roles since theatre curtains came down a year ago today. and coming up on bbc news. history is made at the cheltenham festival, as rachel blackmore becomes the first female jockey to win the champion hurdle. reaction from the opening day coming up. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the duke of edinburgh has left hospital in central london after receiving treatment for an infection and surgery for a pre—existing heart condition. prince philip, who's 99, spent a month in hospital and has now returned to windsor to be reunited with the queen. the prince of wales said he was thrilled with the news. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. shielded by a screen, a patient, evidently in a wheelchair, was brought out from the king edward vii hospital to a waiting vehicle. moments later, the vehicle left with the duke of edinburgh safe

government report, called global britain, focuses on the indo—pacific — suggesting closer ties with india, japantralia. what does this mean for the relationship with china? a question faced at the moment by president biden. meanwhile, nations all over the world continue to grapple with their vaccination programmes. what do the diplomatic skirmishes over covid tell us about where power lies today? with me are isobel hilton, founder of china dialogue, jeffrey koffman, a us—canadian journalist and formerly war correspondent for abc news, and the bbc�*s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. welcome, and thanks so much forjoining me today. borisjohnson launched a new foreign policy direction, global britain — the integrated review this week. it was driven by professorjohn bew, a historian known across the political landscape here and author of a much—read biography of labour's post—war prime minister, clement attlee. seen in that light, the focus on nato, a renewed comittment to nuclear and a tilt to the indo—pacific, with more interest in space, cyber and technology are perhaps unsurprisin

modi, and -- it is a great honor to realize the japan-australia-india-u.s.eaders' summit with all of you working together to realize a free and open indo-pacific. starting with the response to the tsunami disaster that we just saw on the video, the quad four countries transformed into a forum for diplomatic dialogue in 2007. since then, after overcoming some difficult circumstances from around 2017, we gained a fresh momentum. in october, last year, we reached the stage of holding the foreign ministers meeting here in tokyo. less than half a year since then, we are now holding this first leaders' summit. and i do feel emotional about the development. i thank joe for your initiative. with the four countries working together, i wish to firmly advance our cooperation to realize a free and open indo-pacific and to make visible and tangible contribution to the peace, stability, and prosperity of the region, including overcoming covid-19. yesterday was the 10th anniversary of the great east japan earthquake. we received massive support from the u.s., australia, an

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that's the idea behind the group of countries we call “the quad” -- australia, india, japan, and theted states. president biden recently hosted the quad's first ever leader-level summit. we share a vision of a free, open, inclusive, and healthy indo-pacific region, unconstrained by coercion, and anchored by democratic values. we make a good team. and our cooperation will strengthen parallel efforts to ensure security in the east and south china seas and to expand safe, affordable, and effective vaccine production and equitable access. deepening nato-eu cooperation is another example. greater collaboration on issues like cybersecurity, energy security, health security, and safeguarding critical infrastructure will help build our resilience and preparedness against present-day threats. it also makes us stronger when we stand up for our values. consider the sanctions that the united states just imposed in unity with canada, the european union, and the united kingdom on individuals engaged in the atrocities being committed against uyghurs in xinjiang. the retaliatory sanctions that china

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. >>> also leaders from the u.s., japan, india, and australia discussing china's growing influence inhe pacific region at the first ever quad summit. we'll have details on that as well when we come back. >>> new zealand held a national remembrance service to mark the second anniversary of the christchurch terror attack. 51 people, you'll remember, were killed when a gunman opened fire at two separate mosques on march 15, 2019. dozens more people were injured in the shooting, which was livestreamed by the attacker. >>> now, we're hearing more reports of deadly violence in myanmar today. witnesses telling cnn at least two people have been killed in mandalay after police fired on pro-democracy protesters. several others were injured. now, that's after a night of more police brutality. security forces firing at protesters in yangon, killing two people. the u.n. special rapporteur to myanmar says the military junta is unleashing terror and lawlessness against civilians. but that's not been enough to force the u.n. security council into actual action. richard roth explains what's holding th

wants to build deeper trade and security links with india japan australia boys johnson's heading to india next month and the u.k.'s new state of the art aircraft carrier will deploy to the region in may where warships go trade has historically followed but the proverbial elephant in the room is china. and 2015 on a state visit president xi promised to invest heavily in the u.k. brics it's made britain even more in need of new trade ties with the u.k. he's under pressure from the u.s. and others to toughen its stance on the chinese government. china's tightening controls over hong kong has made it increasingly difficult to find and do business with. the massed attention of the we get minority described as torture by the british government china's military expansion into international waters in the south china sea is also a major cause for concern what might happen actually in china there might be a recognition that britain is finally being a bit more straightforward with china and saying yes. we do want to trade with but on some points we're going to disagree which actually is an approach

japan australia and india a group known as the quad holding talks and the timing is significant china is in a trade war with the u.s. is engaged in a diplomatic war with australia there's been tension with india over the order and in the south china sea their ongoing disputes with several states the quad was formed after the 2004 indian ocean is quake and tsunami but concerns from australia and india over how much to push china without impacting ties meant it fell apart but in this in november all 4 nations held military trails china has accused the quad of undermining it's legitimate rise as an asian powerhouse while in his opening remarks u.s. president joe biden stressed the need for corporation and stability in the region a free and open indo-pacific is essential to each of our future countries the united states is committed to working with you our partners all around allies in the region to achieve stability and this is a group of particularly important because it's dedicated to the practical solutions and concrete results let's bring in our white house correspondent kimberly hau

government report, called global britain, focuses on the indo—pacific — suggesting closer ties with india, japaneanwhile, nations all over the world continue to grapple with their vaccination programmes. what do the diplomatic skirmishes over covid tell us about where power lies today? with me are isobel hilton, founder of china dialogue, jeffrey koffman, a us—canadian journalist and formerly war correspondent for abc news, and the bbc�*s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. welcome, and thanks so much forjoining me today. borisjohnson launched a new foreign policy direction, global britain — the integrated review this week. it was driven by professorjohn bew, a historian known across the political landscape here and author of a much—read

review which proposes a new focus for the uk, away from the eu, looking eastwards to countries like india, japan raises the prospect of the uk increasing its stockpile of nuclear weapons by the middle of the decade. this report by our diplomatic correspondent james landale includes some flash photography. for years britain's place in the world was defined by its relationship with the european union and the united states. but brexit changed that. now the government's promising a new approach to foreign affairs, one the prime minister said would keep people safe at home. for us, there are no far away countries of which we know little. global britain is not a reflection of old obligations, still less a vainglorious gesture, but a necessity for the safety and prosperity of the british people in the decades ahead. one new idea is for britain to focus more on the indo—pacific, boosting ties with growing economies like india, where borisjohnson will travel next month. new partnerships with regional groups of south—east asian countries and membership of a trans—pacific free trade agreement. and the new

australia, india, japan, and the united states. the so-called quad. because we have to have democracies working together. before too long i'm going to have, i'm going to invite an alliance of democracies to come here to discuss the future. and so i'm going to make it clear that in order to deal with these things, we are going to hold china accountable to follow the rules. follow the rules. whether relateds to the south china sea or the north china sea or the agreement made on whole things. and the third thing, and the thing that i, i admire about dealing with xi is he understands. he make nos pretext about understanding what i'm saying anymore than i do him. i pointed out no leader can be sustained in his or her position unless he represent the values of the country, and i said, mr. president, as i've told you before, americans value the notion of freedom. america values human rights. we don't always live up to our expectations but it's a value system. we are founded on that principle. and as long as you and your country continues to so blatantly viol

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cooperation involving india and japan and spoken about technology about emerging technologies it has been spoken about. humanitarian relief and. infrastructure construction so this is not our lead a different strategy from the one that will adopted by the trumpet ministration and what the the us is trying to do is not always to fill in those kind of blanks that are there and tried to get everyone together and that's one of india's concern india's is very important because of its size and off its economic potential there is no other country in the pacific region which matches india so what exactly is india's role in this in new emerging partnership and alliance network in now the in the pacific. there are one issue is of course what i said in your size because when you look at the other partners when you look at japan when you look at australia simply not up to it in the sense that japan has historical issues with china it just doesn't have the kind of effort that that india has a time past its constitution restricted in some ways not in clear security at all but in partnership with v

corporation involving india in japan spoken about technology about emerging technologies it has been spoken about. humanitarian relief and etc infrastructure construction so this is the raid a different strategy from the one that will adopted by the trumpet ministration and what the the us is trying to do is not always to fill in those kind of blanks that are there and try to get everyone together and that's one of india's concern india's is very important because of its size and off its economic potential there is no other country in the pacific region which matches india so what exactly is india's role in this in new emerging partnership and alliance network in now the in the pacific. there one issue is of course about i said in your size because when you look at the other partners when you look at japan when you look at australia simply not up to it in the sense that japan has historical issues with china it just doesn't have the kind of heft that that india has at times past its constitution restricted in some ways not to implement security at all but in partnership with various

on friday president biden met with the leaders of india, japan and australia.r collective focus is countering china. at the end of this week, secretary of state blinken and adviser solomon will meet with their chinese counterparts face to face for the first time in alaska. joining me now to talk about results and expectations is susan horton. she was acting secretary of state for east asia pacific affairs under secretary of state rex tillerson. good afternoon. let me ask you, they have had a coalition for a while. it appears that india is taking a much more active role and at a higher level. does this signal that india has finally decided to join a kind of explicitly anti-chinese or countering chinese camp? >> i think it's interesting, fareed, that india has finally stepped up and shown more willingness to engage with this so-called quad grouping of countries. it's been reluctant in the past to join with the group because of its pretty explicit symbolism against china. i think now, of course, with the border clashes that we saw between india and china, they hav

japan and india. there is an enormous strategic opportunity there.nce our allies have the supplies they need, i would be fine with exporting lng to china. it would help reduce our trade deficit with them. it could bring cooperation on an important issue. when you look at the numbers, their numbers on greenhouse gas emissions are going through the roof. ours are declining. there's and india's are going to the roof. this will help that issue globally as well. you focus on our allies first but if there is interest from china? and i know there is, i think it would make sense to do that as well. >> thank you so much, senator. thank you for your question. senator, some interesting news today. the u.s., the u.k., the eu, and canada all announced sanctions against chinese officials involved in human rights abuses against the uighur muslim community in china. they started officials associated with the production and construction core, the military organization, public security which contracted numerous chinese companies. this is the first time china has -- th