including addressing the threat posed by the democratic people s republic of korea. warnings from doctors that monkeypox could have a massive impact on access to sexual health services. australia goes to the polls in an election pitting two political veterans for the country s top job. and could this be the first of a record breaking heatwave across europe? hello and welcome if you are watching here in the uk or around the world. relations were already difficult after finland applied tojoin nato prompted by the war in ukraine. now moscow has taken action against its neighbour over energy supplies. russia s energy giant, gazprom has switched off gas deliveries it says finland is refusing to comply with a demand that it pay for energy in roubles. meanwhile, the british foreign secretary has said she wants to see ukraine s neighbour moldova armed with nato standard military equipment, to guard it against potential russian aggression. in ukraine itself, russian forces are int
engagement and working together to take on challenges of regional security including addressing the threat posed by the democratic people s republic of korea. as monkeypox spreads worldwide, uk doctors say it could have a massive impact on access to sexual health services. polls close in parts of australia as two political veterans battle it out for the country s top job. and could this be the first of record breaking heatwaves across europe? hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. relations were already difficult after finland applied to join nato, prompted by the war in ukraine. now moscow has taken action against its neighbour over energy supplies. russia s energy giant, gazprom has switched off gas deliveries it says finland is refusing to comply with a demand that it pay for energy in roubles. meanwhile, the british foreign secretary has said she wants to see ukraine s neighbour moldova armed with nato standard military equipment to guard
to sexual health services. polls close in parts of australia as two political veterans battle it out for the country s top job. and could this be the first of record breaking heatwaves across europe? hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. to australia, where polls have closed in the country s first election since 2019. it sees prime minister scott morrison go up against one of the country s longest serving politicians, labor leader anthony albanese. more than 17 million people were enrolled to vote which is compulsory for over 18s. either party will need to win at least 76 of the 151 seats in the house of representatives where the prime minister sits to form a majority government. let s take a closer look at the two main candidates. scott morrison has been the prime minister since 2018. he has been taking credit for adopting a tough closed borders approach to covid 19, which helped australia achieve one of the lowest death rates globally. an
ceremony at the south korean cemetery on friday. he said the future of the world will be written in asia and the region will prove to be critical in the years and decades to come. the president made those comments after touring a samsung factory making semiconductors alongside his south korean counterpart. the decisions we make today will have far-reaching impacts on the world we leave our children tomorrow. so just to give you an indication how this is going to unfold, later today joe biden will hold talks with south korea s new president with the threat, of course, being posed by pyongyang. that will be expected the main focus of the meeting. beijing is holding military drills in the south china sea during this visit. now, the u.s. says there is still concern meantime that pronging could conduct a missile test while the president is in the region, but even then the war in ukraine is still on mr. biden s mind. listen. putin s brutal and unprovoked war in ukraine furthe
at this hour the u.s. president is holding talks with his newly inaugurated south korean counterpart on his first trip to asia as commander in chief. last hour joe biden participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the south korean national cemetery. before arriving at the korean ministry of national defense for his meeting with yoon seok-youl. we re expecting them to give their remarks soon. on friday mr. biden says the future of the world will be written in asia, and the region will prove to be critical in the years and decades to come. we re standing on a reflection point in history where the decisions we make today will have far-reaching impacts on the world we leave to our children tomorrow. now, the threat posed by pyongyang is expected to be a main focus of mr. biden s bilateral meeting with south korea s leader. we ve also learned that beijing is holding military drills in the south china sea during this visit. the u.s. says pyongyang could conduct a missile test w