submarines. the house will understand how australia s future possession of this capability will help to safeguard the peace and security of the indo pacific. so what s the reaction? this week, london has been hosting one of the world s largest arms fairs, where there s fierce competition for lucrative defence contracts. the plan is to build this new fleet of submarines in australia, but the government here hopes it will boost britain s defence but this wider defence pact has already angered both an ally in france and a powerful rival in the region. france, which had hoped to build the submarines, has called the deal a stab in the back . but china sees it as more of a threat. translation: cooperation between the united states, the uk and australia has seriously undermined regional peace and stability, intensified the arms race, and undermined international nuclear
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with president donald j. trump and then tries to stab him in the back on the way out the door. all right. stab in the back, david. a special place in hell. let s assume the words were essentially dictated by the president of the united states, if not spoken and repeated. so what does that tell you what he s thinking as he sits down in singapore in about 12 hours. to he me it s a sign of a lack of confidence. i don t know if he dictated these terms to his aides, but there is clearly an effort in this administration to go on tv and saw things that will impress the president. the overall reaction trudeau s statements show president trump is nervous about this meeting. he felt that trudeau might have undermined his toughness somehow. this isn t a good sign before these critical negotiations with north korea. the president should be sort of calm and very, very confident. yeah. looking strong is so important to this president and not
presidents made similar statements. listen to this. translator: the committed crime is obviously a provocation designed to spoil russia/turkey relations. and derailing peace process in syria. after the incident during the talk with mr. putin, we agreed this was a provocation and on behalf of my country and my nation, i repeat my condolences to mr. putin and all the russian people. it seemed there was a conscious effort to show there s no daylight between these two leaders right now? absolutely, a year ago at this time, they were at each other s throats especially vladimir putin, right after the turks had shot down the russian military plane, putin said it was a stab in the back by
understandably furious. president putin calling it the incident a stab in the back. reporter: this year the world watched the biggest escalation of the military campaign against isis to date. i will not put american boots on the ground in syria. the u.s. stepping up its presence on the ground. president obama putting combat boots on the ground in iraq and syria, the first time sending special forces in to syria to fight isis. [ cheers ] reporter: rounding out the top five, a rock star welcome for pope francis as he toured the united states and cuba. the masses before millions. this man is employing extraordinarily well on the new york stage. i want to listen in a little bit. the crowds are so excited. reporter: off-the-cuff moments and tiny glimpse into the life of the catholic leader so many have come to love. god bless reporter: he went to a war zone in the central african republic, part of the pontiff s historic visit to africa.