the people risking their lives to get aid packages to remote ukrainian communites, as russian forces try to stop them. and trouble on the streets of the city of love, as tourists dodge rubbish bags due to strikes. a very warm welcome to the programme. we begin in california. the leaders of the us, britain and australia, meeting in california, have given details of a defence pact that will provide australia with nuclear powered attack submarines. president biden said the aukus pact would boost security in the indo pacific region for decades to come. the agreement comes in response to china s growing military strength and territorial claims. our political editor, chris mason, has more from san diego. a pact of old democracies, coming together to counter a new and growing adversary china. australia and the united kingdom are two of america s most stalwart and capable allies. our common values, ourshared vision for a peaceful, prosperous future unite us all across the atlantic
the tiny data centre that has been used to keep this uk pool at the perfect temperature. welcome to world news america, in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. we begin tonight with the news that an american surveillance drone has crashed in the black sea, after an incident involving two russian fighter jets. the us and russia have given very different accounts of what happened. here is the us account, given by pentagon s press secretary air force brigadier general pat ryder. at approximately 7:03am central european at approximately 7:03am central european time one at approximately 7:03am central european time one of at approximately 7:03am central european time one of the at approximately 7:03am central european time one of the russian at approximately 7:03am central european time one of the russian su 27 aircraft european time one of the russian su 27 aircraft struck the propeller of the mh 27 aircraft struck the propeller of the mq 9 causing us forces have to bring it
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international waters. stock markets in europe and the us rebound after days of turmoil between police and supporters of the opposition leader, imran khan, as they try to arrest him at his home. we start in the us, where washington has summoned ambassador after a russian jet fighter collided with an american drone over the black sea. the us military s european command says the russian fighter plane struck the propeller of the unmanned us aircraft, causing it to crash. president biden has been briefed about the invasion of ukraine more than a year ago. the bbc s gary o donoghue is in washington, dc. lets bring you some details of this incident that have been revealed in the statement from we have just heard from pentagon press secretary and just the last few minutes. press secretary and “ust the last few want few minutes. at approximately 703 one of the russian aircraft - one of the russian aircraft struck the propeller of the m 29, causing us forces to have to bring the down
mexico s former security chief is found guilty of taking bribes in return for helping drug dealers. and empty food shelves in the uk why are some supermarkets having to limit sales of fruit and veg? live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we have a tale of two presidents for you this hour from the us and russia. we ll get to the american presidentjoe biden in a moment but first russian leader vladimir putin. he s announced he s suspending russian participation in the last major nuclear arms control agreement with the us. in his two hour state of the nation address, mr putin accused the west of starting the war in ukraine and seeking to destroy russia in a global confrontation. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. the world according to vladimir putin feels like a parallel universe. who started the war in ukraine? not russia, he says. translation: responsibility for fuelling the ukrainian - conflict, for i