and you see on has a history of doing that in the solomon islands of building here. solomon island switch, diplomatic ties from taiwan to beijing in 2019, which party fuel discontent that led to riots in the capital hon yara, in november last year. chinese businesses were attacked in the unrest. solomon islands prime minister, manette. they suck of our dismisses critics of the treaty with china as lunatics disrespectful of the island sovereignty. we have no intention, mr. pig of pitching into any geopolitical power struggle. the suggested mrs. figure is simply ludicrous. as a sovereign come from is to speak. we will continue to collaborate to ensure that what so when i was nice and insecure, this face a dress collector without developing pos, china wants to build a blue water navy capable of projecting power around the world to make this work. it needs basses from which to service the strike force. china tries to play, dancers wants to expand in the region and blames australia for promoting us. lead competition goes all so alien as to independent and sovereign countries. china and solomon

specifically the solomon islands. it is planning a secure deal with china, and the idea of chinese war ships based less than 2000 kilometers off the australian coast. off it's north east, has set alarm bells ringing. in fact, even the united states is worried. the white house has plans to send its top asia official campbell to the small nation later this month. the ongoing battle for influence between china and the west is shifting to the south pacific. beijing is helping its presence. a draft agreement would allow chinese police and soldiers to patrol the solomon islands. the 5 ice intelligence alliance, britain, canada, australia, new zealand, fierce china is eyeing a naval base there. the solomons have long been seen as australia's backyard. the archipelago was a long way from china, but it's just a 3 hour flight from brisbin. australian anew zealand. leaders are not happy the what the reports that we've seen, and not a surprise to us at a remind of the constant pressure and threats that present in our region to ou

this as a response to china's potential military presence on the solomon islands. the prospect of a chinese vice, less than 2000 kilometers from australia's coastline, is dramatically detrimental to australia, security interests. and that is occurred on mr. morrison's watch. the labor party is criticizing prime minister scott morrison over a security pack announced last week between china and the solomon islands. a leak of the draft deal in march indicates that chinese military personnel and naval ships could be permitted to land or dock here. that has sent shock waves across the region, but china denies seeking a military fruit haute there. wonderful. the corporation aims to help the solomon islands maintain social order, respond to natural disasters and carry out communitarian assistance. or martha gore the island nation has also defended to pack to his public. let me assure the people of homeowners that we entered into an arrangement with china, with our eyes wide open, guided by oh, marston, his interests that the solomon islands is far from united about the de

the solomon island, he's very strategically significant. you might remember that one of them, i savage battles of the pacific war was guadalcanal, which of course, is part of the solomon islands. so it's absolutely understandable from china's purposes they would want to secure a significant foothold ultimately, perhaps a major military base in the solomon islands. likewise, as far as the strike is concerned, as the prime minister said, this is really a red line that shouldn't be crossed. when you ask about that, as you say, primary cup, morrison, is that a regular? what does that mean? if china crosses that red line? what happens? well, that's a very good question. and one of the things that sensible statesman try to ensure is that we dined over telegraph. what might happen? i am very confident i did. the entire australian apparatus is bending every energy right now to ensure that this chinese base doesn't happen. and that the solomon islands and the people appreciate at the day a long term best interest lie and maintaining a long and happy

sash what kind of collision with the solomon islands? what for? of china if china refutes the information that there will be a military base, how does the relationship of the very collective west that opposes russia and china look like now? beijing well, look at the chinese threat, the americans are their allies. and here , first of all, australia is now intimidating the entire pacific region and it would be strange if the australians did not pay attention to the security treaty that beijing signed with the government of the solomon islands. but , which actually gives the chinese the right to send. well, if, of course, he asks about it from the country's authorities the chinese military and police to enforce law and order. it is understood that by themselves the chinese military into the archipelago. uh, they won't show up in archeology. to do this, you need to somehow deliver them there and, accordingly, chinese warships automatically turn out to be practically at hand. australia has a distance of only 2,000 km. well, hence this panic, which cove

what benefits do you think the solomon islands are expecting to get from dealing with china? well, there are many benefits, but the most noteworthy are billions in investment trade, diplomatic support. and now a security agreement, a china has also shown it's a reliable friend when emergency aid is needed. but to be clear, although the solomon's resent australian had to many more than they feared china, what they really want is security support unrelated to either australia or the u. s . and they want the sort of investment in trade. why neither of those countries have provided. consequently, his ex, this pack idea speaks directly to their security needs pity and reinforces the economic interest. do you think the u. s. allegations visit to the solomon islands can be seen as an attempt to influence the foreign policy of this country? certainly, but additionally, it's show voting for australian and american voters and signaling to others in australia and asia. that even if the solomons don't abandon the deal, other countries including australia, can count on the u. s. to ride t

deployment of prc military forces to the solomon islands.signing such an agreement could increase destabilization and said concerning precedent for the wider pacific island region. >> violent protests in november against unemployment, the prime minister, and warming relations with beijing, left the solomon islands's chinatown region in ruins. -- turned to papua new guinea to restore order. about 50 australian police remain there. >> as a friend of solomon islands, we remain to their first court for security. >> it is likely to become an election issue for scott morrison who is facing criticism for not doing more. his counterpart sought to reassure -- the islands will not become embroiled in any political game. >> there is no intention whatsoever to ask china to build a military base in solomon islands. >> a remarkable turnaround since 2019 when the islands switched able medic recognition from taiwan to beijing and unblocked millions of dollars for the developing country. it has now positioned itself 38 has now positioned itself (sophie fouro

i think that the solomons will be extremely grateful to us for the support of the solomon islands, butply, in fact, australia and the collective west. in this case, it says exactly the same thing as russia she said, before the ukrainian crisis began, and they didn’t hear us, they really told us about open doors and all sorts of rubbish, which now they probably don’t want to hear from the solomon islands, but why is this happening, uh, this is containment, this is pressure on china, but when we are still australia for us, it’s such an exotic, few people were there in russia, but let’s remember that australia canada great britain, that is, most of this very aux or jaus, if you add japan there, it’s essentially the same the anglo-saxon world moreover, these are not just territories inhabited by people of the same culture of one of the languages ​​and, probably, of the same mentality. they are essentially controlled from one center and let me remind you that canada and australia are monarchies, their monarchs are elizabeth ii, just the british empire, she is a little bit disguised. and whe

c. military forces to the solomon islands. a. we believe that signing such an agreement could increase destabilization within the solomon islands. and we'll set a concerning precedent for the wider pacific island region. violent protests in november against unemployment, the prime minister, manase sog of ari and warming relations with beijing, left the solomon islands chinatown area, and ruins. so have already turned to australia, new zealand, and papa new guinea to send peacekeepers and restore order about 50 australian police remain there as a friend of solomon islands. we remain their 1st full for security, but now it's likely to become an election issue for prime minister scott morrison who's facing criticism for not doing more to scuttle the deal. his counterpart sought to reassure a camera in his own parliament. the islands won't become embroiled in any geopolitical game. there is no pencil whatsoever. missus dig into aust taylor to build a military base in some wireless. it's a remarkable turnaround since 2019, when the so

it is, in general, melanesia e solomon islands, listen to the works together with our partners in newland and of course in the usa i stick to the same red lines that the us does when it comes to solomon islands issues. we will not have chinese naval bases in our region on our doorstep, meaning there will be no chinese military base in the solomon islands. although, as i understand it, the chinese have already agreed on everything, but at the same time, a red line is being established for china. uh, where else are the red lines drawn for china and what are the red lines of china itself well, it seems to me that the most important thing is that the red line for china is drawn not even in geopolitical military terms, but in geo-economic terms the united states and its the allies believe that they missed the moment of china's development, he was assigned, a certain niche in the world food chain means a certain place in the division of labor, they say. you are chinese you are a lot of you scurry around and a manufacturer for us, uh, cheap goods. but china did. uh, such a very interesting h

the solomon islands see themselves free to invite those trailers to provide security. so what is the difference between the very same agreement? it will side with china with a strategy. yeah, i don't understand. was still the big fuss about it. you have the u. s. on the street gal as while talking about their concerns over chinese, them to the side security packs in the region. but at the same time, of course, orcus was created not very long ago, much to china's anger cannot only be looked at as double standards. yes, there are various degrees of double standards and triple standards actually also. but again, let's look at what happened. all that happened is solomon island has the option should be fine and stuff in dire situation to invite foreign countries be china or australia to intervene. that's i wouldn't say common practice, but it's something that we've seen in many other parts of the world just recently this year. context on invited russia to russian forces to intervene and that sort of the uprising on the attempted. the instability that took place there in jan

s. lashes out against china's efforts to provide security for the south pacific nation of the solomon islands. as washington's allies, australia and new zealand consider the region to be firmly within their sphere of influence. we are concerned by the lack of transparency and unspecified nature of this agreement, which follows a pattern of china offering shadowy, vague deals with little regional consultation in fishing, resource management, development assistance, and now security practices. the u. s. delegation plans to raise the issue of an upcoming visit to the solomon islands while discussing the planned reopening of its embassy. there after a 3 decade hiatus, china's security deal reportedly allows it to send police and naval forces to the solomon islands to maintain peace there. the exact details have yet to be made public last week, as senior australian official went to the solomon islands to try to dissuade it from signing the pact as cambra is concerned about arising. chinese military presence in the region, china for its part says western powers have been whipping up hysteri

so australia called the red line, china's new military base in the solomon islands, australian primeis, he noted that there would be no chinese naval bases on australia's doorstep. yes, australia and nato, this is too dangerous to become a red line, in general, the pacific ocean is the backyard of australia and the usa. well, here i want to remember what the same americans said about our russian red lines in ukraine, but they said that russia no need to worry. in general, the west no longer recognizes any red lines. after all, this is a relic of the cold war, but then suddenly everything changed dramatically and it’s even incomprehensible. whether they are diagnosed with schizophrenia - is it dementia - is it pathological hypocrisy, look, the prime minister significantly increased the rhetoric in connection with the solomon islands security deal with beijing, saying that he would not allow it. for china to place a base on our doorstep, the prime minister warns the solomon islands not to allow the chinese. build a military base on my own land i share the us red line on these issues. t

so how do you expect officials from solomon islands to react to these threats from washington? well, we don't know. i think we are we, we don't read also in the, in the media, the solomon islands, state government as expressed their openness and transparency for forming an alliance with china. all the security matters on the island, but also it is open for discussion with other countries including australia. what do you make of the recent deal between china and the sullivan? i mean, do you think the concerns of australia, new zealand on justified? well, i think her people can always analyze the impact of an incident of her happening according to their own willingness, their own understanding and perception. but by the end of the day, you still have to face the reality. it's the reality that would be it's the security matters of the island country that is under concern of john as a sovereign country at the invitation of the local government to solomon islands. have agreed to sign this agreement to provide assistance in terms of police falls in terms of on to police force. and so

the solomons explicitly, both new zealand and australia have heeded the call of the solomons for supportption. we begin highlighting that should any extended need exist we are there to help and support. so that does then lend the question what yet remains that require such an agreement with china? would you consider forging closer links, military links with the us the way australia has done? joining aukus, for instance? in an attempt to ward off the influence in the region from china? we've been clear that for some time now we have seen a growing assertiveness in our region, growing interest in our region. from china? explicitly from china but also greater collaboration from an economic or humanitarian perspective from other nations as well. we have to look to the good that can be gained from greater collaboration in our region. there is need. we can work together on those areas of natural mutual interest. has this been a wake—up call for you when it comes to beijing? i don't consider it a wake—up call at all. for some time we have been pointing to the fact that we are in a highly contes

we have asked solomon islands respectfully, to consider not signing the agreement and to consult the pacific family in the spirit of regional openness and transparency. consistent with our region security frameworks. the solomon islands initiated a security deal with china 2 weeks ago, but could allow chinese navy ships the fence forces to be based in the south pacific territory. the move is designed to offer protection for chinese infrastructure investment in the developing nation. however, critic say such a deal could undermine australias position, which is considered the most influential state in the pacific region of response to the younger over the move chinese foreign ministry spokesman accused the streaming media of coat smearing paging through broadness attacks, which only of course 2 regional tensions at play politics. professor joseph gregory mahoney, police australia, aggression in the area is far more important than china's i don't think most countries in okay, i would consider china to be aggressive compared with their experiences with us. we're also, the biggest concern

although the solomon's resent australian had to many more than they feared china. what they really want is security support unrelated to either australia or the u. s. and they want to sort of investment in trade that neither of those countries have provided. consequently, this pack speaks directly to their security needs and reinforces their economic interest. i pakistan's new prime minister who recently replaced the ashton to iran con, as called a for better cooperation with the countries neighbor and long time. rival, india. we believe that peaceful and cooperative ties between pakistan and india are imperative for the progress and socio economic uplift of our people. and for the region. this can be best achieved through meaningful engagement and peaceful resolution of all outstanding disputes, including the core issue of jumbo in kashmir. the disputed region of kashmir has been a key point of contention between india and pakistan for the past 75 years. the countries have fought several large scale conflicts for control of the region, even sparking fears of a nuc

the security packed allows paging to san police and military personnel to the solomon islands quote, to assist in maintaining social order. on wild chinese warships could stop in port for what they called the just the cal replenishment, the local government insist there won't be a base there. all the talk from the u. s. red lines when it comes to security stands in stark contrast to washington's dismissing of russia's concerns a bite was helping in ukraine just months ago, gal lift 2 heads, a global security. think tank. believe such double standards are all about a new cold war agreement is really being blown out of proportion only does is basically allows the local government of the solomon islands should it find itself in a situation that it loses control or it's some dire circumstances could call the china to provide the police a military assistance. the very same agreement, almost the battle almost word by word was signed between sullivan islands and australia in 2017. of course, this, everything is viewed today as for an interference and see and ends hit the off button on its n

additionally, because the solomons are only 2000 kilometers from the queensland coast. and because australia has preceded an aggressive stance against china, the august canberra worries and might soon have a chinese naval base. it's too close for comfort and china has extensive relations with many countries and has been a lifeline of development and indefinite support for several and has been in the 1st or among the 1st to respond in times of crises. as we saw earlier this year with the massive volcanic eruption i talked to solomon likes the investment from china and appears to be enjoying sea and australian minister. make an emergency run to visit them to appeal against this deal with china. but ultimately, if we talk about aggression, then australia building a nuclear force in the south pacific is incredibly aggressive and stabilizing for these smaller countries that have long paid a price for being out of the way. but may also pay a bigger price for being too close to escape the sort of madness they were once a man to burst johnson should resign over the party. gates

and solomon officials have adamantly defended the deal . but the u. s. ready close allies in the region, australia and new zealand have issued raised alarms against an expanded chinese presence. meanwhile, taiwan seems to be taking its security into its own hands, saying it is going to test its readiness to defend against a hypothetical attack from china, as beijing is said to conduct military drills next month. since the outbreak of the war in ukraine, taiwan has been on alert over a potential chinese offensive us top diplomat. anthony, blinking has emphasized a vital importance for taiwan to possess its own means of defense. but the vice chairman of a private thing tank in china nelson wong. so the u. s. should take a closer look at the possible negative effects of its ambitions in the pacific region. every country has its right to express their concern. this is the metro to sovereign countries. i think people can always analyze the impact of an incident of happening according to their own willingness, their own understanding and perception. but by the

interview with the bbc, the prime minister of new zealand has expressed disappointment after the solomonslands signed a security pact with china. and we begin highlighted should any extending need exists we are there to help and support. so that does then the question what remains that require such an agreement with china? head to head for the only time before sunday's french presidential election. marine le pen and emmanual macron clash in a tough televised debate. in a virginia courtroom — the actorjohnny depp says he felt driven to drugs and alcohol because of clashes with his then—partner amber heard. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news, it's news day. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. in his latest initiative to save the lives of thousands of people trapped in the ukrainian city of mariupol, president zelensky has offered to exchange russian prisoners of war for a guarantee of safe passage for his fellow citizens. the city is still under heavy bombardment — as russia intensifies attacks on the wider region of the donbas. it'

actually, it's a minor security outpost protect chinese interest in the solomons. that's all it is . russia's become production of a new super heavy intercontinental ballistic sol mots missile? ah. according to the russian defense ministry, the saw much miss al can carry several hypersonic warheads. but officials claiming there are no analogues in the world. the missile is made in saudi from russian components and will be put into service later this year. a survey for now my name is peter scott. i'll be back again to the top of the hour with all the latest news and views out scenes. national ah a ah. is your media reflection of reality? in the world transformed what will make you feel safer? isolation, whole community, are you going the right way? where are you being led to some with direct? what is true, what is great? in the world corrupted, you need to descend a join us in the depths. will remain in the shallows. ah with ah, to welcome to worlds apart in that efforts to isolate a salad to west, comparing it to a parkway to dial south after claiming that depressi

from jerusalem and back in the x century bc menik at the prices of the queen, the royal and king solomony in every church. you can see the symbolic ark used in worship. we call it tobacco. this mysterious story is described in detail in the holy book of the ethiopians, kebranie gas, which translates as a book of glory, the kings, it describes the relationship of king solomon and the queen of sheba, the birth of a mini-face. after the return of the sovereign from jerusalem the book tells about his trip already in adulthood to his father about the recognition of the melik by the king of solomon as a son, and his triumphant return with a shrine and a large retinue. after that, the melik formed a new kingdom in the likeness of israel, which later turned into the aksumite empire. christianity was adopted in ethiopia, or rather in aksum, in the 4th century. just a few decades later. after it became the state religion of the roman empire, they talk a lot about it, but the fact that the duet of this for many centuries, dominant religion. ethiopia was judaism. they say much less. but he, as these

the us warning comes in response to a recent security pack between beijing and the solomon islands to allow chinese police forces to be stationed in the pacific nation. beijing says the deal aims to promote peace and security, and solomon officials have adequately defended the deal. but the u. s. close allies in the region, austria, australia, excuse me. and new zealand have raised alarms against an expanded chinese presence . meanwhile, taiwan, that seems to be taking its security into its own hands, saying that it is going to test its readiness to defend against a hypothetical attack from china as beijing is set to conduct military drills next month since the outbreak of the war in ukraine, taiwan has been on alert over a potential chinese offensive us top diplomat. anthony, blinking has emphasized a vital importance for taiwan to possess its own means of defense. but the vice chairman of a private thing tank in china. nelson wong says the u. s. should take a closer look at the possible negative effects of his ambitions in the pacific region. every country has its right to express t

and yes, the china has criticized australia's concerns about the deal between beijing and the solomon islands. that could lead to a chinese naval based on the territory earlier. they are still in prime minister, said any bass would be a red line, foster alia on the united states. i shared the same red line that the united states has when it comes to these issues. and we are very aware of that. and actions that could be needed working together with our partners to ensure regional security. not just restrict you that for the whole region working together to ensure that we don't have any negative influences here. we don't go there for the so called chinese military base in the solomon islands is completely fabricated with this information by few people with terry motives. i know that the u. s. and australia have accused the framework agreement to china, solomon island security cooperation of lacking transparency. the trilateral security partnership between the u. s. u k, in australia, u. k, u s. is precisely a back room deal that is not open. all transparent island countries in the south

a chinese naval base in the solomon islands would be a red line fris, truly the united states. that's according to the australian prime minister. and that stands has been flung by beijing, which sees it's up to the independent side, pacific nation itself to make its own decisions. i shared the same red line that the united states has when it comes to these issues. and we are very aware of that . and actions that could be needed working together with our partners to ensure regional security, not just restrict you to the whole region working together to ensure that we don't have any negative influences here. or what, what, what, what australian politicians should do is to honestly heed the cause of the regional countries for maintaining regional security and stability and sustainable development. respect the island countries rights to decide bilateral corporation independently, and seriously reflects on their coercive diplomacy that brought grave impacts to the people of the island country. some concerns were raised by cambra after the solomon islands recently signed a security p

c, military forces to the solomon islands. a we believe that signing such an agreement could increase destabilization within the solomon islands. and we'll set a concerning precedent for the wider pacific island region. violent protests in november against unemployment, the prime minister manase. so guevara and warming relations with beijing left the solomon islands, chinatown area, and ruins. so have already turned to australia, new zealand, and papa new guinea, to send peacekeepers and restore order. about 50 australian police, remain there. as a friend of solomon islands, we remain there fiscal for security, but now it's likely to become an election issue for prime minister scott morrison who's facing criticism for not doing more to scuttle the deal. his counterpart sought to reassure a camera in his own parliament. the islands won't become embroiled in any geopolitical game. there is no tension whatsoever, mrs. figured to australia to build a military base in someone else. it's a remarkable turnaround since 2019, when the

here we smoothly move on to the story of the solomon islands. no, it's not schizophrenia either.direct manifestation of the idea of ​​​​one's own superiority over everyone else . you can’t do it. not only possible, but also necessary, but from the solomon islands to the territory of the united states yes, california 6,000 nautical miles 11,000 km, if anything, well, anyway, of course, a threat. this is definitely a threat to the united states. not to mention unfortunate australia here. and by the way, if we look at the trade balance of the solomon islands, china exports 66% of the broken islands, and they import mainly from australia and new zealand, that is, directly a colony, the market for these countries is an issue. but then why did these comrades get worried. will china set up their base there? the ministry of foreign affairs of china with all this, early this morning denied the fact that the chinese are going to organize their military base in the solomon islands, but in washington, china is still already judged, we'll be back in a minute. in ukraine , it still remains the

solomon? particularly not in your across the country -- i don't know if we can even say come out of this pandemic, but what is happened in the last few years? >> what has happened has exasperated underlying problems of mental health a done so through a number of mechanisms, the primary has been people getting sick and dying. the secondary one has been the isolation in which people have been operating. along with that isolation, the forced intimates with people with whom they have sheltered or quarantined during the pandemic. there is a sense of instability in the world which is to do with the pandemic and black lives matter and ukraine and other things going on -- all of these forms of instability are likely to exacerbe underlying mental health conditions. many mental health problems result from the conjunction of an underlying vulnerability to mental health problems and external circumstances that trigger those problems. that does not explain everything but it explains many of these problems.

interview with the bbc, the prime minister of new zealand has expressed disappointment after the solomon islands signed a security pact with china. we began highlighted should any extent didn't exist we are there to help and support. just then the question, what remains that require such are in agreement with china? and prince harry tells american television he wants to make sure the queen is protected and surrounded by the right people. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in ukraine where to save the lives of thousands of people trapped in the port city of mariupol, president zelensky has offered to exchange russian prisoners of war for a guarantee of safe passage for his fellow citizens. the city of mariupol is still under heavy bombardment — as the russians intensify their attacks on the wider region of the donbas. it's believed 100 thousand people remain trapped there. ukrainian officials have now offered to travel to the city for talks on the evacuation of civilians and military personnel. the last of the ukrainian resistance can be

is also moving to reopen an embassy in the solomon islands. state department press secretary -- spokesperson ned price addressed the issue on monday. >> that signing such an agreement could increase destabilization within the solomon islands and will set a concerning precedent for the wider pacific island region. amy: in east timor, the nobel peace laureate josÉ ramos-horta has taken a commanding lead in tuesday's presidential election over incumbent francisco "lÚ-olo" guterres. with almost half of the votes counted, ramos-horta has about 59% of the vote. ramos-horta previously led east timor from 2007 to 2012. a catholic diocese in southern new jersey has agreed to pay $87.5 million to settle hundreds of sexual abuse claims dating back to the 1950's. thsettlement comes three years after the diocese of camden, new jersey, acknowledged that of its priests and one deacon had been credibly accused of sexual abuse. the u.s. education department has announced changes to two student loan programs to fix what the department described as long-standing