commonwealth of australia, in the office commonwealth of australia, in the office of prime minister. anthony albanese becomes australia s 31st prime minister, before heading to tokyo for talks with president biden, and the other quad leaders. thousands of kilos of powdered baby milk arrives in the united states, to help relieve a critical shortage of infant formula. and we meet the pampered pooches, riding japan s iconic bullet train in style. hello, thanks for joining hello, thanks forjoining us here on bbc news. how to keep a lid on china s ambitions in the pacific: that is the key issue confronting president biden as he has arrived injapan for his first visit to asia since becoming president. it s also his first summit with america s asian allies since the russian invasion of ukraine. in tokyo he will hold talks with the prime ministers of japan, india and australia. the fallout from ukraine appears set to dominate discussions, but much of the focus will be on china s te
War complacency. What is this la la land youre talking about . Well, its probably. I think, in international relations, there is always a time when a big change happens. 1918, 1945, 1989. And 1989 was, for me and many of my kin, The End Of History the thought that all 200 Nation States in the world would revert to the best form of governance, which is democracy, Market Economy and globalisation. But that ended, in my mind, in February 2022, when putin attacked ukraine. All the International Institutions rules are being challenged. So the la la land that we used to live in doesnt exist any more, and we have to readjust. I mean, in the most literal sense, you seem to be saying that europe needs to learn from some of the things that finland does in terms of preparation and readiness for the worst case scenario. Yeah. For example, this country, although its fewer than six million people, has an extraordinary number of military reservists, up to 900,000 men and women, who are ready to serve
Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Let me begin with something you said just last month. Europe, you said, hasjust a few years to change its thinking from the la la land of post cold war complacency. What is this la la land youre talking about . Well, its probably. I think, in international relations, there is always a time when a big change happens. 1918, 1945, 1989. And 1989 was, for me and many of my kin, The End Of History the thought that all 200 Nation States in the world would revert to the best form of governance, which is democracy, Market Economy and globalisation. But that ended in my mind in February 2022 when putin attacked ukraine. All the International Institutions rules are being challenged. So the la la land that we used to live in doesnt exist any more, and we have to readjust. I mean, in the most literal sense, you seem to be saying that europe needs to learn from some of the things that finland does in terms of preparation and readiness for the worst case scenario. Yea
Israel says that since monday, about 300,000 palestinians have already fled rafah. The us is still urging israel not to mount a full scale assault on the city. And in the north there are evacuations in the city of jabalia as the idf says that it has been carrying out air strikes. It says hamas fighters are regrouping there. From jerusalem, heres our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. Another desperate exodus. Palestinians fleeing in their thousands, as israel signals it is now set to push further into the gazas southernmost city, issuing new evacuation orders. What should we do . Hanan asks. Do we wait until we all die on top of each other . Weve decided it is better to leave. Israel has said its taking action against hamas in one of its last strongholds and trying to bring home hostages. But today hamas said british israeli captured from his home last october had died of wounds from an israeli air strike. Meanwhile, with israels capture of one main Border Crossing and another b
Election that theyre trying to put a difference between their reaching net zero in a way which doesnt hurt people and blaming the opposition for wanting to reach net zero in a way which does hurt people. I think its a pretty barmy way of dealing with it. But in the end, of course, its also damaging, notjust to the earth, but the fact is, its very bad for the cost of living because the sort of things that mr sunak wants to do will hold up reducing energy prices, getting things to people in a cheaper way. But rishi sunak s entire logic is that what he is doing by adapting the way in which the uk is committing itself to the net zero target of 2050, what hes doing is protecting the interests of, as he puts it, Working Families. It is not right, says the pm, that Working Families should face significant costs as part of this transition to net zero. Do you agree with that proposition or not . Of course its right, but what hes doing is the opposite. The fact is that this is the first year for