of the us secretary of state antony bank and has opened america's newest embassy in tongue of the trip to the pacific. all the nation is seen as washington's latest move to counter chinese influence in the region. they can relate to travel to new zealand and australia. so o'clock has more from president tours, the 1st stop on the secretary of state pacific to its possible why to visit to the region. the next stuff is new zealand and then estrada. it's a secretary state's 3rd visit to the pacific in just 2 months. it's also a sign that the united states is trying to re engage with the pacific to account of china is growing influence the tongue to is an important ally of the united states and a wednesday anthony, blinking, dedicated the embassy in the tongue and capital. it's part of a diplomatic push across the region with the secretary state warning, all the nations of being moved out by china's predatory age. the concerns that we've had really go to a few things that um, i think we've seen across the board in some of the investments and the imperative and making sure that they're done

bank australia. his term is due to finish on the 17th of september and marks the end of his 43 year career at the rba. us secretary of state antony told china's top diplomat in a meeting at jakarta that washington will take action to hold hackers accountable. it comes after microsoft said china—based hackers gained access to the e—mail accounts of around 25 organisations. the software giant has not provided details of where those government agencies are based but the us department of commerce has confirmed to the bbc that microsoft notified it about the attack. now to thailand where businesses are watching and waiting for a new government to be in place. it has been two months after that national calls which signals strongly for change. the progessive alliance that won general election has been blocked from forming a government after the military appointed senate rejected its candidate for prime minister. earlier i spoke with a fellow at the kennedy school of government at harvard and told me this situation is creating a great deal of uncertainty for businesses. i think businesses, like many people, are disappointed the governmen

bank closed nigel farage's account. mr farage has provided documents suggesting that coutts, which is owned by natwest, closed his account because of his political views. us secretary of state antonyof the pacific. earlier he was in new zealand. where defence issues were prominent. his visit is viewed in part as an effort to counter china's influence in the region. live now to matt brazil, senior fellow at the jamestown foundation in washington and is the co—author of the book: chinese communist espionage, an intelligence primer. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. it seems like the us is trying to show its commitment to the south pacific after china targeted the region with its built—in root initiative. the region with its built-in root initiative.— root initiative. yes, that is true, root initiative. yes, that is true. the _ root initiative. yes, that is true, the initiative - root initiative. yes, that is true, the initiative of - root initiative. yes, that is i true, the initiative of course is wide—ranging and it involves quite a bit of money and one of the places that the secretary visited on this trip, tonga, finds itself in debt. to china to a significant deg

antony blinken, the secretary of state, did it last month. ten hours is roughly what she had in terms of meetings and high-level talks. she met with finance ministers, the heads of the bankeements between these two countries, but that communication lines have to and should remain open. by the way, this was a sentiment echoed for the record by former remarks by china's ministry of finance. it seems like this was a productive trip. i don't believe anybody characterized any breakthrough happening, but it's still a move in the right direction. >> cnbc's dom chu, thank you very much. >>> still ahead, a "morning joe" exclusive. we're bringing you a behind the scenes look at the making of christopher nolan's new epic black buster "oppenheimer" next right here on "morning joe." "o right here on "morning joe." nexium 24hr prevents heartburn acid for twic long as pepcid. get all-day and all-night hen acid prevention with just one pill a day. choose acid prevention. choose nexium. the promise of america is freedom, equality, but right now, those pillars of our democracy are fragile and our rights are under attack. reproductive rights, voting rights, the right to make your own choic