the back. that's how a french diplomat has described. a pacific security pack between 3 of its allies, the u. s. the u. k. and australia seen as an attempt to counter china. 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 are facing unprecedented challenges in the, in the pacific region shows a lack of coherence that france can only note and regret the new agreement is called the office. the 3 nations will show data on strategic areas, including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, on nuclear defense. and under the times, australia would acquire a nuclear power submarine fleet with a use of american and british technology. well, and a further stop to paris australia has scrapped a $66000000000.00 deal with a french firm to build 12 military submarines. and that's just the latest blow to the u. arms industry at the moment. at a time when member states are struggling to mee

and the americans. just in case you miss that, he's a recap of what happened on wednesday, australia, the u. k and the u. s. signed a pacific security packed called orchestra seen as countering china and involves cooperation in the realms of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and nuclear defense. australia will acquire a nuclear power submarine fleet with american and british technology. china, which is the dominant power in the indo pacific region, as can done deal, is being cold war mentality. neither washington nor london have explicitly linked the new deal to the supposed threat from basing the remarks from the us defense secretary left little room for doubt. we spoke in detail about china, the stabilizing activities in beijing is efforts to course and intimidate other countries. this agreement, this relationship does not aim that anything or anyone. while china and friends of angry about the new pact, others are asking what it could mean to nato. katrinka sons the latest reactions. when donald trump left office and joe biden took charge, it could have been a sigh of relief for some of washington's

the bag from events. it's frustration, those 3 of its allies, the u. s. the u. k and australia. read the pacific security alliance, seen those countries, china garza, joe biden, mc southern bar thing. slip up while another thing the deal, apparently forgetting the name of the extraneous board. and i want to thank that total down under thank you very much. appreciate your time is also ahead while european markets, real from wedding phase record storage and natural gas prices with a knock on effect on the pockets of customers. we look at the root causes of the crisis and rushes parliamentary election is just the day away. will bring you the full bricks on this, our, on the brought the 3 the news from moscow to the world. this is our to hello and welcome to the news are, i mean the newly i stop in the buck diplomats in front didn't hold back this week in describing a pacific security park between 3 of its allies, the u. s. the u. k. industry, liam, seeing an attempt to contact basing our u. k. correspondent, shabby edwards. she is following developments. well, put it this way for th

the u. s. u. k, and austria. leave it out of a specific security allows the same to come to china. job either makes an embarrassing flip of well another thing that deal apparently guessing that i am of the australian prime minister. thank you bores. when i want to thank that fell down under thank you very much. appreciate it. just previous and on the eve of russia's parliamentary election, the threats of potential meddling is raised to bring you the full breakdown later this hour throughout the 3 days of voting in our special couple awe . thanks so much for joining us. know about it today. i assure you, our russian election coverage that will be coming up for you very shortly. make sure you stay with us for that to start off though, we're going to focus on the 1st of those long stories i just mentioned. i stop in the bag. that is how senior french officials have described a pacific security packed between 3 of its allies, the united states, britain and australia, seen as an attempt to counter beijing, u. k. correspondence chevy

the u. k. and australia. it is seen as an attempt to counter china. the will to the 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, the american choice to exclude the european ally and partner such as franz from a structuring partnership with australia at the time when we are facing unprecedented challenges in the, in the pacific region shows a lack of coherence that franz can only note and regret the new agreement is called arcos. the 3 nations will share data on strategic areas, including that of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and nuclear defense. and under the terms, australia will acquire a nuclear powered submarine fleet with the use of american and british technology. now, in a further snub to paris, aust, australia has not scrapped a 66000000000 euro deal with a french firm to build 12 nuclear submarines. now that's just the latest blow to the u. arms industry. at a time when members states are struggling to meet that funding commitments, the nato are also long running divisions in the block of creating its own army to ensure strategical, tommy, from the trans

and bitter . this is not something allies do to each other. the will do, the 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. still a v e readers are still really over what the biden and ministration did of ghana, stan. and now paris has been stunned by washington's announcement of a new partnership with australia and the u. k. called all cas, but haven't the u. s. the u. k. and all these been calls allied for ages. what's the problem? well, thanks to august, australia will now be hooked up with us technology to build nuclear submarines while france waves goodbye to its own multi $1000000000.00 contract to build 12 diesel subs for a camera. now, for some damage control by senior american officials, after that deal was to repeat ode. there are a range of partnerships that include the french and some partnerships that don't. and they have partnerships with other countries that don't include us. that is part of how global diplomacy works are such words enough to calm the fury in paris, which is even called off a gala, at the french embassy in washington to celebrate histori

the same decisions as does other countries within our region. and however, the new deal stands increased tension even further, as china responded by calling the move, highly irresponsible, and accusing the u. s. and the u. k. of using nuclear exports as a tool for ju, political games made us the u. k. and australia is cooperation in nuclear submarine, severely damages regional peace and stability, intensify the arm of race and jeopardize the international efforts and promoting the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. and rachel, it seems like the bite administration has talked about improving this relationship with china, improving the diplomacy between the 2 side. is this helping any, it doesn't seem to be and you know, it's interesting because just last week we were talking about how talks were being carried out between the united states and china. and when it comes to that, where diplomacy, that's where the binding ministration is said they want to do, especially when comparing themselves to the trumpet administration. but yet, at the same time, when you look at the south, see, you see that that military build up has only continued. and one of the things that we've heard from the united states is for them

what the vitamin ministration did of ghana. stan, and now paris has been stunned by washington's announcement of a new partnership with australia and the u. k. called all because, but haven't the u. s. the u. k. and all these been calls allies for ages? what's the problem? well, thanks to august, australia will now be hooked up with us technology to build nuclear submarines while france waves goodbye to its own multi 1000000000 dollar contract to build 12 diesel subs for camera. now, for some damage control by senior american officials, after that deal was to repeat ode. there are a range of partnerships that include the french and some partnerships that don't. and they have partnerships with other countries that don't include us. that is part of how global diplomacy works are such words enough to calm the fury in paris, which is even called of a gala, at the french embassy in washington to celebrate historic ties with the u. s. good question. anyway, the french government has shown they're not willing to just swallow that bitter pill. plus there's solidarity with paris from b, e. u on the matter. you know, as you hi, billy it is a good opportunity to recall to reflect on the need

and the americans. a recap of what happened on wedding to say a street near the u. k. am the u. s. signed a pacific security pack called orchestra scenic, country china. it involves cooperation and artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and nuclear defense. while it's truly will acquire a nuclear power at submarine fleet with american unpredicted technology. china, which is the dominant power in the indoor pacific region house, condemns a deal of cold war mentality. neither washington or london have explicitly lengthened. you deal to the suppose that threat from beijing, but remarks from the us defense secretary, left little room for died. we spoke in detail about china's d stabilizing activities and beijing efforts to course and intimidate other countries. this agreement, this relationship does not aim that anything or anyone. while china and france are angered by the new pact, others are asking what this could mean for nato elliot. pet ranko sums up the latest reactions when donald trump left office and joe biden took charge. it could have been a side relief for some of washing

u. s. the, you can stream the scene of an attempt to conservation the world is a jungle. france has just been reminded this bitter truth by the way, the u. s. and the u. k. of stub through 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 coherence that france can only notes and regret let's go through the new agreement. it's called orcus and the 3 nations will sure data on strategic areas including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and nuclear defense. now, under the terms is truly will acquire a nuclear powered submarine fleet with the use of american and british technology. not in a further snub to paris history has scrapped a 66000000000 dollar deal with a french firm to build it doesn't military submarines. now, that's just the latest blow to the use defense industry, really at the time when members states are struggling to meet their financial commitment to nate. so now there's also long running divisions in the block over creating its own army

and the u. k, which french officials have dubbed a stab in the back. however, the u. s. secretary of state insists all is well. france in particular, is a vital partner on this and so many other issues stretching back generations. and we want to find every opportunity to deepen our trans atlantic cooperation in the pacific and around the world. and so i'll give you a quick recap now of exactly what happened. it was on wednesday, australia, the u. k. in the us, they signed a pacific security pack called orchestra. it's seen as a move to counter china. it involves data sharing with, for example, the artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, nuclear, defense, australia will also acquire a nuclear power submarine fleet with american and british technology. and that's why can bro scrapped its previous submarine deal worth $66000000000.00 with france? we got reaction to the story on the streets of paris, missy, but finally, this is not the 1st time at united states has taken contracts from us. they are very good at that. we do not respect anyone apart from themselves. they act like masters o

and the united states, which for the french, they say it's a stop in the back. the will do the 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 still 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 france can only note and regret. so instead of failure have find the security parks with the united kingdom and the united states overgrown concerns over china and its regional dominance on this deal. then what it all really entails is that all 3 nations will be sharing secrets and data and information on a strategic level on areas, including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and also nuclear defense. part of this, we'll see that australia will now acquire a nuclear submarine making the 7 the country in the world to get a nuclear saw just the last time that the united states allowed such capabilities was right here to the united kingdom some decades ago. so very grand gesture, indeed. however, it's no

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 france can only notes and regret. so instead of failure has signed this security parks with the united kingdom and the united states overgrown consent over china and its regional dominance. although quite interestingly, none of the 3 leaders of those states even mentioned the word china. although they did say it wasn't directed up any one country in particular, but when the deal was struck, all 3 leaders of the nations talked about shared values, shed interest on the need to secure peace and stability and the endo pacific region . now under this deal then what it all really entails is that all 3 nations will be sharing secrets and data and information on a strategic level on areas, including artificial int

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 coherence that france can only note and regret. so instead, australia has signed this new security packed with the united kingdom and the united states over growing concerns over china. now when that deal was struck, all of the leaders talked about shared values, shared interest, and the need to secure peace and stability and the indo pacific region. now, under the best deal, all 3 nations will share the defense. state are and secrets you name it on strategic areas including artificial intelligence, a cyber security and of course, and you can defend now of radia will acquire a new killer submarine, make it the 7th country in the world to acquire. and you can a sub, in fact, the only other time that the united states offered such c

the e, u and u. k to continue to work together. but because of what just happened, it's clear that the u. k is working far more closely with the u. s. and australia. so i think that was kind of reeling from that as well. and today at the account touted europeans endo pacific strategy. all of the questions. all of them were about the new strategic because the u. k. u. s. so it seems that they're picking me that on the international stage when it comes to defense issue. teresa, i do want to dig into some of the pacific stuff in just a moment as plenty to discuss that. but nicholas, i want to bring you in here because we're talking about you political well, not just in terms of finding money to do all of this, but also in terms of spending it on the right things and also dealing with the whole nature issue. so in your mind, nicholas, what's actually holding this hold on there are a couple of things. one of them has been mentioned by both my colleagues already, which is the fear of duplication between the resorts already go into a show. the results of my going to you on a little bit skeptical about this, to be honest because actually t

the alex simon show. lobby, thanks so much i. in recent weeks, 2 of the highest back committed countries in the world. the u. s. and e u. k. have record of the highest rates of corona virus. it is true that the vaccines have weakened the link between infection and hospitalizations, but the u. s. a store recording the highest number of deaths in the world and over 10000 per week, while the u. k. as one of the highest, in fact typically dates per head of population. they almost block a reaction of substantial sections of the population and media to this continuing level of infection and loss speaks to people bravely and the societal restriction. however, both countries are heading into northern winter, where conditions are conducive not just to cruel a virus but to other winter killers. and both countries have health services already buckling under the pressure of the virus. in the circumstances, the news to mister vaccine shorts and further protection from other therapies such as the antibody cocktail developed by the general and it's understandable. other policy decisions, however, seem inexplicable. as many parts of the pl

and for you know about such an issue. oh, could it be possible? well, rory, challenge is live for us in london, rory publicly the u. s. u k doesn't seem to have suffered quite as much of an indignity if you like, least diplomatically speaking is the u. s. and stillia have what's the reaction in the u. k to all of this? well, i think the reaction in the u. k. depends on ready which parts of the cohens area you're looking at and how they feel about france and how they feel about the current british government. there are sections of society and political life in the u. k. that likes getting out the nose is the french and therefore is, i think, amused by what's been going on. certainly thing. so the french being a little over hysterical throwing that toys out of the prime box. i'd say there are a great many people here who also think that the french have been very hard done by and this new situation. and that's the, the deal that's been done between the united states, the u. k. and australia. although it has advantages for the certainly has not perhaps been the best handled. and the french could be considered to be rightly aggrieved to having lost numerous things. they've

and actually bring this new cold war under the water as well as on top of it. and mike, that had been announcement between the, the us leaders of the u. s. u k and the united states, they're all very careful not to mention china. they do seem like the elephant in the room here. i see. think this is likely to effect relations between washington emerging a very large elephant indeed. and you are correct to mention that not one of them said the name china during the addresses that in veiling this particular lions. but there's little doubt, according to most analysts, that the motivating force behind forging this alliance with focus on the specific is what these western nations regard. as of china's expansionism, particularly it's control of the in the pacific, some parts of which it claims that its own particular areas. and there's already been a reaction from china, the embassy here in washington, as issued an angry statement saying, and i quote, country should shake off the cold war mentality and i do logical prejudice. but there are other international ramifications as well. there's been absolute theory from france, which had concluded to de

of trade is done. this is viewed as a boost post to the u. k. economy and the u. s. economy. of course nancy pelosi is over in the u. k. traffic house and she's been barking on about the fact that she's going to, obviously for the u. k. u. s tre. deal in the northern protocol as hell too, but that's another issue why i wanted to hit on that. why is that? an issue that an american law maker would start to criticize and say, such a thing. you should remember that over a 1000000000 dollars with a trade is conducted between just california, her district and the u. k alone. so she's actually the british and she's been very small about this. the british embassy is going to congress with a report by congressional district and state state congressional district of how many american jobs are in those respective u. k. jobs and american jobs are dependent on u. k. business. so it's very smart move by the british empathy. but what it is, is that in colors you have a lot of american politicians that have irish roots and don't want to see that protocol broken, but not to does anybody in the

the top headlines are through it and optional to describe it in the back and front event. it's frustration. this 3 of it lies the u. s. the u. k. and australia. leave it out of a pacific security alliance, seen as an effort to counter china and all of that is drove by it and make the rather embarrassing flip up while announcing the deal, apparently forgetting the name of the australian prime minister. thank you bores and i want to thank that fell down under. thank you very much. appreciate it. just prime is russia is a part of a to re election kicks off the polling stations open their doors now to the.

the u. s. and u. k. the deal between the u. k. u. s. in austria is widely seen as an effort to count of china's influence in the region. recalling ambassadors in the carefully coded language of diplomatic relations is, is a pretty serious move. it's not the breaking off of diplomatic relations, but it's what you do, what you want to show to a country that you really are not happy with the way it's behave. and let's not forget that france is the united states oldest allies, allies, a relationship that goes back to 1778. when france recognized the independence of these breakaway colonial states. and help them in that war of independence against the british b, u. s. military, as i mentioned, a drone strike and i've kinda sounds capital last month, kill civilians of not isolate sciences. 10 people including 7 children, died in the attack. in cobble top us commander has apologized guineas. military leaders say that they will not bow to international pressure to let detained president of a condo fly into exile. the west african regional block echo was expelled guinea after candy was overthrow

yes. climate and yes, that route over the deal between the u. s. and australia, the u. k. also part of the strategic partnership, which is so angered, the french and the coming out, the french foreign minister to be here is on, even though the real will be addressing reporters. we expect more anger from him about the situation. also, i'm telling you this got morrison the, the australian prime minister wasn't supposed to come to new york. he was going to submit a pre recorded video. well, we're told he's hurrying on a plane and will be here in the next 24 hours. he will be speaking, we believe, to the un general assembly, he will be meeting key allies. will he have a meeting with the french? well, president macro is not attending. will he speak to the french foreign minister? that's not entirely clear. but it seems that they are in damage limitation mode of course. other key issues are going to be discussed during the week. another one where some of the u. s. is allies are little concerned about the way things have played out and that is afghanistan, the taliban takeover. we have a meet

the u. s. and its partners across the world of somewhat tense, but that hasn't been helped by the latest announcements of a new license, if you will, between the u. k, the united states and australia a u. k. u. s. is being dubbed, and part of that is the analysis of a multi $1000000000.00 submarine deal. the only snag is australia had already agreed to deal with the french, according to paris. and now renee, going on that deal. of course, that means pirates losing out on billions in contracts and, but also of course on the status on the world stage are being shunned in such a way and it's having political consequences. the french defense ministry cancelling summit that was due to be held a bilateral summit with the brits. we understand the reports of florence, paula, who is the french defense minister personally called for that meeting to be council . the british side are denying it. they say that this is merely a postponement, it's not a cancellation of that. 3 meeting the french side, haven't commented on those reports yet, but that it all comes, of course, as tensions continue. and some of the words coming out from the french side really harsh w

the pandemic, tackling climate change and cyber security. the recent 9 spence of the orchestra fence packs between the u. s. u k. and the street. of course the needs among some who fear an arms race with china. where younger ursula is director of the asia program at the european council on foreign relations. she says, though it may seem european allies for being excluded, their interests are aligns with the aims of the summit. europe is obviously in the military sphere, slightly more detached from the ongoing battle. that is, that is emerging there from the security challenges that are emerging in the region . but it is economically incredibly important for the region. and the region is incredibly important for europe. the europe have interest in the endo pacific and this has been underlined by publishing its own into pacific strategy for the region . so i would say there is a complementarity of the effort of europe and united states. and that was underlined today also by dec sullivan, by the national security, by the rad, close talk with europe in leaders as well. that how important it is also for the united states to work toge

and the british prime minister bar is johnson announcing the creation of this partnership called orchestra between the u. s. u. k and australia. now some of the top lines, they said that this partnership will promote deeper information and technology sharing deeper integration of security and defense related science. and also crucially that the 3 leaders were going to support a screen in acquiring nuclear powered submarines but not nuclear arms. so conventionally armed the submarine, so that video meeting between the 3 leaders just finishing. now let's go to al jazeera mike, hannah, who joins us live now from washington, d. c. and the was also listening to that. now, these 3 countries of obviously, historically had cordial relation to so why the need for this partnership now? well, it's interesting that there was one word not mentioned by any of the 3 leaders. and that single word is china. there is no doubt that this new alliance is in response to what the us and its allies, but the as a mountain chinese threat in the, in the region. and what you have is now a formalization off alliance between these 3 countrie

the us and u. k. seem to be operating independently of ne, to hear that divisions inside the block. oh, no doubt, no doubt. and the u. s. and the u. k. since world war 2, especially the u. k. a few years afterwards, especially after their misadventure is more against egypt and $956.00. the, the ruling ally in, in the united kingdom decided they have a position as the junior partner of the united states. and so they operate that way . they operated that way and regard to the iraq war, 2003, when there was a position within there. there's a lot of there's a lot of differences they had to do with huge amounts of money. the contracts for our summer, but they also have to do with what i think it's called inter, into realist rivalry between the us and frank taking that most of that plays out in africa. but it also is playing out to do richard becca. and he will activist at coalition. mr. becker, thank you very much indeed for your time. thank you. and we're now moving to the heart of moscow and our special coverage of the force coming elementary election voting will be held over 3 days. it will run from friday to sunday and

and i guess the kind of impact it's hoping to have well, it's a very important to strategic alliance that has just been announced between australia, the u. k. and the u. s. in terms of sharing advance technology but top of the list and the 1st practical expression of this new alliance is going to be to manufacture and nuclear driven submarine for the australians using u. k. and us technology. now this is deeply significant because u. s. has only share the technology in the past with the u. k. and that was way back in 1958. but underlying all of this as well, is that us relationship with china. know china was not mentioned at all by any of the 3 leaders who spoke announcing this alliance. but that was the subtext this alliance is essentially sending a signal to china that the us and its allies are going to step up a presence in the, in the pacific region in a bit to come to what they feed as chinese expansion of them. so all these issues coming to a head for the bite in administration, this new alliance is that another level, in terms of a way in which the u. s. can maintain its influence over the in the pacific region without at the same time and taggin

and the region. there's no explanation, why are the u. s. and the 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 dive into the 14 parties who are running for the state duma. let's

welcome to the program. nato members are calling for review of the lines of strategy as a crisis grows over a new security agreement between the u. s. and the u. k. on australia with france unceremoniously nudged out of the deal is defense chief says political dialogue within the block has all but disappeared. let you to does it as you need the attitude of the united states. one of the submarine program is a further investigation of the zation that we have been making for months today. political dialogue is non existent within the atlantic lions. a quarter looks at the growing rift within the military block made was by the british from, enters the seemingly laughing off the damage done by the new yorkers deal. what, what do you say? you have going on to say every mutual protection, a greater common purpose, all this seems to go out the window and there's a bit of money to be made. the recent controversy surrounding the u. s. u. k and australia is new security pack has left, you leaders scratching their heads about what even means to be in nato anymore. the reason for nato existence is transatlantic security. this is what we want to remind do you

stop in the back front . spencer's frustration is 3 of its allies, the u. s. u. k, and australia. leave it out of a pacific security. a lot of the seen a counselor in china. jose either makes a rather embarrassing slip up while announcing the deal, apparently forgetting the name of the australian prime minister. thank you course and i want to thank that fell down under thank you very much. appreciated just premiers and on the eve of russia's parliamentary election, the threat of potential meddling has raised his head will bring you the full breakdown later, the sour throughout the 3 days of voting with our special coverage. ah, leaving for it really appreciate your company. our russian election coverage is coming up for you very shortly. indeed. make sure you stick around for that. we're going to start things off though with a. busy look at the 1st of those headline stories i mentioned that a stop in the back is how senior french officials have described a pacific security part between 3 of its allies, namely america, britain, and australia, which is seen as an attempt to counter b