respects a stabilisation of the relationship. note that both sides referred to stabilisation rather than normalisation, which i think in many respects contains the genesis of this. slowly perhaps the steps towards normalisation. china proposed it would halt all australian wine tariffs, ending a three year year dispute. is this a sign of things to come, especially on the trade front that there is room for progress? a lot of room for progress. we ve come a long way from when the former government put in place the trade agreement between australia and china. some backsliding that took place over a number of years. consistent with the fact that the bilateral relationship was under significant pressure. a lot of those pressures still exist today. much of china s more assertive posture in the south china sea continues. since then, we ve seen australia move forward with aukus, putting pressure on relationships. the fact that both sides are doing what they can to try to stabilise the
and new overnight, it appears writers on the picket lines are about to get some reinforcements as failed negotiations set the stage for another strike in the entertainment industry. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, january 13th. i m ali vitali in washington along with jonathan lemire who has another location change, this time in helsinki, finland, where he s still covering the president s trip overseas. lemere, i hope you re drinking coffee and all this travel doesn t have you too jet lagged. but once again set the scene where you are this morning on this next leg of the president s trip. reporter: well, it s not way too early here. it s actually noon. a pretty easy time to do this show, ali. yes, today is the final day of the president s trip to europe, and we re going to get into it. yesterday in many ways was the center piece. he met with president zelenskyy who had been so upset ukraine was not going to be given an immediate entry into nato.
i m fredricka whitfield. thank you so much for joining us. new today, iraq is now summoning a top u.s. diplomatic official in protest of a barrage of punishing u.s. air strikes in the middle east. the u.s. says those strikes hit 85 targets linked to iran s islamic revolutionary guard quds force and affiliated militia groups in iraq and syria. the strikes a response to a drone attack in jordan which killed three american soldiers on sunday. iraq is claiming the explosions that just happened involving the u.s. killing 16 people, including civilians. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin says the strikes are just the beginning of the u.s. response. iran says the u.s. has made a strategic mistake, while iraq and syria say the u.s. actions could inflame more conflict in the region. cnn has teams around the globe covering all of these developments. let s go first to cnn s ben wedeman in jordan. ben, these strikes were sudden, devastating. how are officials on the ground? how are thos
my guest, no guests, this week used to face each other in the house of commons. their clashes were memorable. tony blair, now sir tony, was notjust a leader of the labour party, he was of course prime minister. william, now lord hague, was leader of the conservative party. hard then to imagine that they would be as they are now, working together to outline what they say should be the country s new national purpose. but they are, and they are here together. so welcome, sir tony and lord hague, to poltical thinking. thank you. thanks. i am still getting used to this. now, how should i think of you? do i think of you as friends, allies, colleagues, partners in crime? i don t know, partners i think in saying what we have been saying about science, innovation, ai, biotech, in our latest reports. we haven t set up a new political party, we are not changing the landscape in that sense, but definitely partners in thinking about what any political party has got to do in the future t
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