u. s. burson and australia. seen as an attempt to counter beijing on seeds. shonda edwards dashti is following developers for us. 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 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, i'll stray and now wants to sign this tax with the united kingdom and the united states, which for the french, they say it's a stop in the back. but it's a stab in the back. we had established a trusting relationship with a trailer and mistrust was betrayed, probably less, feels the american choice to exclude a 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 of failure has find this security parks with the united kingdom and the united states overgrown and con

u. s. australian burson, have announced a new indo pacific security alliance, known as orchestra, and being seen as part of a strategy to counter china's influence in the region. august will bring together our sailors, our scientist, and our industries maintain and expand our edge and military capabilities and critical technology such as cyber artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, and undersea domains. now as a key project under august, we are launching consultations with australia acquisition of conventionally arm nuclear powered submarines. as valez as a shipment of fuel from iran has arrived in lebanon to help ease widespread shortages. the group says 20 tonka trunks and to through the syrian border as well as, as it will share the fuel free of charge with state hospitals and nursing homes. as roles, defense minister says he's willing to accept a new us negotiated nuclear deal with iran flexing a major shift in israeli policy. and the gun says, israel accepts the biden administration's efforts to get back to an agreement. but he did warn washington to have a viable plan b, that

and the latest fallout after the 2 countries joined burson in a new alliance. the u. s. actually is a state and defense met australian officials on thursday accuse china of making expansive and legal maritime claims. while many see the new security agreement as part of efforts by the west to contain china's growing influence in the region, australia's prime minister is struggling off paging. 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 around that. all countries will take decisions in the national interest. we believe this will lead to the peace instability and security of the region. and that is, i think, a view that is widely shared about the impact of this arrangement. and we encourage all countries in the region to engage in that way. well, australia will also tear up contracts french made submarines in favor of subs with us, develops nuclear power. and that's ri