u. k. industry we're seeing as an attempt to counter beijing less cross live now to our u. k. correspondence. shoddy edwards dusty for more on this. show the front, clearly upset by the agreement. take us through why and what it's about. well, put it this way for the french, it seems like australia was only with fraud until a better deal offer came along, which invariably it has australia originally asked france to help with its submarine mission, but has now walked away and walking away also comes with scrapping a 90000000 year road deal instead, australia now wants to assign this tax with the united kingdom and the united states, which for the french, they say it's a stop in the back. the world is a jungle. france has just been reminded this bitter truth by the way, the u. s. and the u. k of stopped her in the back in australia fil a v. the american choice to exclude the european ally and partner such as franz from restructuring partnership with australia at the time when we are facing unprecedented challenges in the, in the pacific region shows a lack of coherence that fr

u. k. and australia seen as an attempt to counter beijing less cross live now to our u. k. correspondence show the adverse dusty for more on this shudder. good to see you. can you take us through the main points indeed of the agreement and why from this so upset by it? well, put it this way for the french, it seems like australia was only with it till a better offer came along, which invariably it has in fact, australia, originally off france to help with something marine mission and it's just walked away, scrapping a 90000000 euro deal with the french to sign this, instead, with the united kingdom and the united states, which was now being described by the french as a stop in the back strong foundation, the will did the jungle. france has just been reminded this bitter truth by the way, the u. s and the u. k. of stub to in the back in australia, the american choice to exclude the european ally and partner such as franz from a structuring partnership with australia at the time when we're facing unprecedented challenges in the, in the pacific region showed the lack of cohe

so now we're learning from the u . k. police. they believe there was a 3rd man who was in charge of the whole thing. and again, they're saying his name was dennis, sir. give. okay, right. the big news that its been using on the live and in case wise, is way bought from 2006. tell us about that update, right. the case of alexander, let me name cole, of former russian spy who became a british citizen. somewhat of a similar background. we remember that 15 years ago, it was all over the headlines. it was a huge story, which caused back then serious cracks in london. moscow times or so, it took the investigators 10 years to conclude that crumbling, quote, unquote, probably approved the killing of mitchell and then co in london. the investigation found that to washington nationals, one of them a former k g b body guard deliberately poisoned alexander live in ankle by adding polonium to the drink. well, now a top european human rights court is saying that there is additional evidence that the 2 russian nationals were acting as agents of

u. k. under what they call the arab scheme, not so repatriation skiing for people who work directly with the british military forces or the u. k. governments. but right now in the admission of the government, there are still hundreds of people who are less behind. some people say that the overall figure is thousands, if you take into account, not just those who work directly with british organizations untruths, but those who are most at risk and recognize as such by the foreign office. so the prime minister's office says you can, officials are now in talks in doha with taller bond officials on how to facilitate the evacuation in future. all those most at risk people that government doesn't want to recognize the taliban government right now, but it has no option other than to try to deal with people who could influence the taller bond in cobble try to facilitate people at least to get to the countries borders and on that the u. k is also sending 15 what it calls as crisis response specialists to pakistan was becky stone. and tajikistan to work with british diplomat is bad to ensure that anybody who does arrive can quickly travel to the u . k. if they have

u. k. now has yet another energy crisis on it sounds like a laurie drivers has left petrol stations up and down the country. running an empty ortiz, shiny address, dusty thought the 1st time that the pump, the u. k. is running on empty right now, is hundreds of patches stations in britain like this one have run out of fuel. just to give you an idea this time freed, sorry, out of you, sorry, out of these, sorry, out reviews on every single pump. and this station says exactly the same, why? when so, because the country is run out of fuel. but because there's not enough laurie drivers to get the fuel to these patches station. but as usual, the government's messages keep calm and drive on. the advice would be to carry on his normal and that is what b p saying as well. well, he may say carry on as normal, but empty tank just isn't normal. phoebe admit it's running dry and hundreds of stations and now affected. were even seeing cars back top outside, open cultural stations, up and down the country to

u. k is running on empty right now. as hundreds of patches stations in britain like this one have run out of fuel. just to give you an idea this time freed, sorry, out to view, sorry out of these, sorry attributes on every single pump. and this station says exactly the same. why? what is so because the country is run out of fuel but because there's not enough was already drivers to get the fuel to these patches station. but as usual, the government's messages keep calm and drive on the advice would be to carry on his normal and that is what b p 's saying as well. well, he may say carry on as normal, but empty tank just isn't normal. phoebe admit it's running dry and hundreds of stations and now affected. we're even seeing cars back top outside, open stations, up and down the country to get the last drops of petrol. of people go back into the panic buying mentality that we saw at the beginning of the pan demik. i just saw the big q in the morning as well now as well. and i was just told that there was no deal now. so i'm

u. k. now, at this time, hoping australia develop a nuclear power suite of submarines and then turning around and saying this will advance the world peace. clearly this is about another war. this is about a war that is being prepared against china. the us leaders, they talk about the endo pacific, which is of course the term was made up to enable us to explain us leaders explain, bringing more countries into the anti china alliance, surrounded china. and when i'm moving to the heart of moscow and our election h t, as a looking red squares on his new holidays that to bring you out in depth coverage of the elections to the stay de my, which is russia low house of parliament. voting will be over 3 days, it will run from friday to sunday and across the way, we're introducing you to the different policies in the race, giving you an insight into the world of russian politics. for now, let's just quickly take you through how the entire election process works. ah, the news will continue without deep di

u. k. now, because a court in the country has ruled that children on the age of 16 can take puberty blockers without parental consent. the court of appeal over time to judgement last year by the high court. i'll t shante with cash the brings us the details. trans rights in the u. k is back in the spotlight again as doctors are now able to prescribe puberty blockers to on the 16th. and again, central london, which runs the u. k. only use gender identity clinic has one the appeal which refers to the 2020 ruling that under 16 lack the capacity to give that own consent . the judgment upholds established legal principles, which respect the ability of our clinicians to engage actively and thoughtfully with our patients in decisions about their care and futures. it's a firms that is for doctors not judges to decide on the capacity of um, the 16th to consent to medical treatment. the case was brought by di, transitional care, a bell who started taking puberty blockers at 16 prescribed mail home and tes

as ortiz down off now explains the new august security packed between us trailer, the u. k, and the u. s. was designed to counted chinese aggression. and china has indeed gone on the offensive a charm offensive. the ging is now trying to france who was not by its allies by being left out of the deal as permanent members of the un security council, china and france shoulder the responsibility of maintaining international peace and stability, promoting global development and multilateralism. so we can and should strengthen our cooperation, which is in the interest of the whole world. arms deals on such a large scale are not conducive to world peace. we should not get involved in an arms race. a trailer is counting on the u. k, to provide cutting edge nuclear submarine technology. problem is camera might be a century to lay to britain's maritime party. they are real that we will life the capability to maintain the vessels and that we will be increasingly handed on us or support the terms of the all because deal are vague with nothing concrete agreed. but it's far from obvious

u k? now, at this time helping australia develop a nuclear power suite of submarines and then turning around and saying this will advance the world peace. clearly this is about another war. this is about a war that is being prepared against china. the us leaders, they talk about the endo pacific, which is of course, a know term was made up to enable us to explain us leaders explain, bringing more countries into the anti china alliance surrounding china. on the surface, we see that the u. s. and the k is empowering australia to have the nuclear submarine . i think the under one key reason for this empowerment is the us in the ability to provide more defense budgets to support this a large spending of nuclear power summaries. so it says it is forcing australia to share the cost of maintaining such ships and also strategic positions and also forces into soap toilet and also indo pacific region, especially now that there is increasing tension between china and australia. so china is watching very

u k? now, at this time helping australia develop a nuclear power suite of submarines and then turning around and saying this will advance the, the world peace. clearly this is about another war. this is about a war that is being prepared against china. the us leaders, they talk about the endo pacific just of course no term was made up to enable us to explain us leaders explain, bringing more countries into the anti china alliance, surrounded china. on the surface, we see that the u. s. and the k is empowering australia to have the nuclear submarine. i think the under one key reason for this empowerment is the us in ability to provide more defense budgets to support these large spending nuclear power summaries. and so it is forcing australia to share the costs of maintaining such ships and also strategic positions. and also in the hope china region, especially now that there is increasing strong china and china once you're very closely the next steps of free country alliance down on europe is r

u. k. now, at this time, hoping australia develop a nuclear power. good morning, mr. and then turning around in advance to be well, she's, she's among the people's, i mean, you can tell how more like it actually was drawn by the fact that went by the spoke about the relationship between the u. s. u. k. and australia. and how that relationship is developed over the last century. he only reference lawrence, i'm honored to be angry. clearly this is another one, was about a war compared against china. we have to do all that. we try to prevent it because it would be total insanity for the people who china been for the people of the world with unknowable consequences. by keep building up, you know, we're talking in your segment about people going without food, not having adequate foods. and yet hundreds of billions, trillions of dollars is being pumped into more and more and more military equipment of more and, and effectively more dangerous types of weaponry. so as far as i understand briefly, you think the, these all chris pox could actually ship the balance of power in t

didn't democratic society caused by floss, hey, and we'll get to this all, but we're going to had to u k, now full, the latest episode of going on the ground. enjoy and have a great day. the what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy foundation, let it be an arms race is on often very dramatic development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very political time. time to sit down and talk with me. ah i will the join me every 1st bit on the alex silent show and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics sport business. i'm show business. i'll see you then in the the was time action or to senior what's going underground, the team and i are away at the moment, but we'll be back for a new series on september the 8th until then we'll be playing some of your favorite episodes of this season coming up on this show over the past week, so called mainstream media has been waking up to the potential extinction of humanity. after landmark, i dcc report issued a warning of hell on earth because of climate change. while

u. k. now seen a sharp drop in organ transplants because of it, since the pandemic took hold across the world, it's called introduce study at organ transplants. there were down a but a quarter last year. it resulted in about 7000 people waiting for an operation of figuring out seated 9 years. unfortunately, sadly 500 patients died while waiting for a transplant terrible scene to go through 30 percent more than the previous year. that was, we spoke to policy director, kidney k, u k. believes it's going to take years to, to catch up with pre pandemic numbers. what has been happening because of the pandemic, was that a lot of transplant systems across the whole world had to stop. well, not completely stopped, but how to partially felt. what matters meant is that there are now more people on the trans flush waiting list, hoping to receive a translator and colleagues in the medical professionals say that it could take up to 3 years for the numbers to be able to fully catch up again. although many co

u. k. now of course that will involve them getting to the borders, we understand, and that's why britain sending officials to do how to talk with taliban officials on how to facilitate the thing for the update. thanks very much. we'll come back to you once that story develops a little bit more. as we've been hearing castle has become a focal point for international diplomatic activity. the calorie foreign minister has been holding a series of meetings to mala. cheryl has more for me because our capital how they've approached the situation here in afghanistan and what's that has yielded so far as far as the facilities are concerned, is that it's been able to bring the taliban from the fall device, elation. and actually, at least even from an optics perspective, see a shift in their narrative in the way they have been talking on the promises that they have given in terms of amnesty to those who worked with a former african government in the form of commitment to providing education and so forth.

u. k. now, when it comes is ongoing conflict. we heard 2 weeks ago, irish prime minister, michael martin, said he believed the issues of northern island could be resolved with the right political will if he referred to it. yeah. so what is it going to take for the situation to get worked out for once and for all? do we have until christmas? all right, so we have the political will for the it's a very, very complex issue. a couple of things that have been talked about a few things. number one, don't forget the swiss. on the e, you have an agreement with the swiss and someone is right in the heart of europe, and they've always managed to deal with the rest of europe. and with the you, those agreements could be given an extended every single one of them to the british right to the, to the u. k. and when i say you k, i mean northern ireland as well. and those are called a sanatorium photo sanitary re relations. and those pertain to everything veterinarian veterinarians cover with regard to meat products, which is of course sausages,

u. k is now in the perfect storm, perfect storm and a negative weight. because to watch it, many your workers who work inside the u. k. left the u. k already far, because it was in the stable but the fuel cases, the problem at the moment. but it's to do with the general public, they are the ones who are causing that issue a shortage of fuel, but it's a shortage of drive. most people simply buying too much fuel and the same goes on. sure. but even the worst sort of jumping. now this person has got to realize that they can get sure no problem as a genuine concern for ki, walk us through, can all get better stations genuine. we need to get fuel to get to the what the government well talking about. and it was almost like the government. and then while the case mobilizes the army to candidates fuel crisis across in mainland europe, the u has decided to keep funding fossil fuel projects until 2027 parent li, going against the box policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. we'll have the details just after the break. ah, i join me every thursday on the alex salm

u. k. now nadine bob joins us from london. so he's getting a grilling in palm on. how exposed dizzy was. i mean, it wasn't easy going the session of the foreign affairs committee here in parliament and exceptional one because parliaments in recess ended around half an hour ago. so around an hour and a half of questions to the foreign secretary and the committee was chaired by a conservative m p. tom to get hat, who actually served the forces in afghanistan. he's being one of the 1st is critics of dominic ra peach. previously spoken favorably about germany's foreign minister high, tomas and his contacts are the counterparts in the region before the couple take over by the tyler bond. well, in the last few hours tom to get hot actually repeated his assessment. this was the biggest foreign policy disaster since the soon as crisis in the 1950s for britain, specifically on the intelligence dominant. rob you heard saying that the prediction was that there would be a slow deterioration. his stress that there was contingency planning for a rapid escalation. he put it befor

u. k. the un security council expands its mission and the part of the resolution, referring to women and girls, was watered down before the boat and after briggs, it's the u. k. now, the faces, so that's most severe food supply, shortages and decades made worse by the pandemic. ah, the united states is threatening more sanctions against the warring sides in ethiopia with the goal of ending the fighting. a new executive order opens the door to sanction members of the ethiopian an era tray and governments to grow people's liberation front. and the hot regional government, the by the administration is trying to pressure them into negotiations. the war which started in northern degree region last month, last november, i'm sorry, has killed thousands of people left almost a 1000000 in famine like conditions al jazeera chaper tunzia. washington says the bible ministration is keen to show. it doesn't just blame the ethiopian government . it's. it's a theme that we've seen from the white us out from congress in the last few months as the crisis intensifies in that range. and that the bike administration, particularly trying to be seen as being, having an even hound and b

u. k. now has actually completed, i think it's $69.00 trade agreements with all the countries around the world doing rather well in the pacific region. and we could do the same thing, so they don't want the dock doing the things that we don't want next. it, that one sex with a swedish doing the same thing. so it's in the interest of the e, you to perpetuate these, these negotiations to make it seem so onerous and so difficult, but no other countries to remember swiss have an agreement and it could be just the scene of us with the same thing with the norwegians it could be just like with norwegians, it could be like a no way deal, but they don't want to make this easy. they don't want to let anybody else out of the club in hillary. i have about 30 seconds. we know this is really affecting small businesses, how is it affecting them? it is affecting small businesses and also affecting the big businesses. i'm the chairman of marks and spencers, which is a big business. i had said he basically just

u. k. now facing some of its most severe food and supply shortages in decades made worse by the pandemic. i'm going to go with the sport as new zealand abandons it's cricket or pakistan over security concerns just before the teams 1st scheduled much impact on in 18 years. ah, china has accused the us industry of colluding to smear its reputation. the latest fall out of the 2 countries joined person in a new alliance. the us secretary of state and defense meant to a stranger and officials on thursday. the queue of china, of making expensive and illegal maritime claims. many season you security arrangement as part of efforts by the west to contain china's growing influence in the region. australia is prime minister is shrugging off beijing zango. we're just doing what we need to do to keep the straight insights and protect our national interests. i mean, china do the same thing. they have massive investments in the military capabilities, including the in this area and strike doesn't rise issues a