you re live with bbc news. the us as it opened a new embassy tonga this month, to counter chinese influence in the region. it s also been made known that the us is exploring embassies in vanuatu and kiribati. tensions were heightened after beijing signed a security pack with the solomon islands. we cross live to wellington right now. thank you very much forjoining us in the programme. thank you for having me. there is talk now that the us is going to start investing diplomatically in that region but what has the relationship then with the us and these countries? for
would get pulled in to that war, there s a lot of concern for what s happening. the influence that china is as the japanese officials and people here would say is feel like they re forcing it on other countries in the region. you have the security pack that was signed with the solomon islands. a major concern for country ins this region where they see china furthering to expand their influence in the south pacific. the east and south china sea obviously a big concern the territorial dispute with china and the islands. japanese believe it s theirs and china is known believe it s theirs. and you have coast guard ships that are constantly in those waters entering those waters. almost on daily basis at this point. threatening the livelihoods of fishermen, to come from places like trying to make a living.
polish government has signed security pack with ukraine and united kingdom promise to go work together as the threat of russian invasion of ukraine and concern about vladimir putin s larger ambitions grow. mike tobin live in southern poland. mike: one of the places which u.s. forces have been deployed. most of from the 82nd airborne and some from 101st. given their history in europe the mere presence of the paratroopers and soldiers is intended to send a message that the u.s. stands with its nato allies. their task is described as multimission capable. they could help u.s. citizens out here who get in trouble. they very well could provide manpower in the event that the polish border gets overwhelmed with ukrainian refugees and that potential is something that has polish government officials losing sleep.