Live from our studio in singapore. This is bbc news. It s newsday. It s 6am in singapore, 6pm in washington, and 6am in beijing where the security and intelligence deal announced just 2a hours ago between the us, the uk, and australia has been greeted in very different ways. The white house has been outlining the advantages of closer ties in the western pacific canberra is pleased to have a global super power making deals, and the uk sees it as a win win deal. But for china, the extension of us power into what it sees as its sphere of influence is somewhat provocative. And there s been some collateral damage coming from france, which is furious at the deal which replaces its sale of submarines to australia with ones made in america. We ll be live in washington in a moment but first, here s our defence correspondent, jonathan beale. Britain s making its mark in the pacific. The royal navy s new aircraft carrier s been flying the flag there, on exercise with the us and allies pro
sunday, for most of us, is census day the once in a decade compulsory survey that aims to provide an up to date picture of much of the population. and this time there s a new voluntary question on sexuality for over 16s. there s also one asking whether your gender identity matches your sex registered at birth. jessica parker reports. census 1951, this snapshot usually takes place every ten years. archive: thus, it will be - possible to answer mechanically are doing part time work? running for over two centuries, things have moved on. thank you, babe. welcoming the new questions, keland lisa. we are counted now in a way that we haven t been previously. yes, it does feel that statistics have been guestimated, to some extent, but now we re going to have, hopefully, accurate representation. do you think it s a bit nosy? it sjust representative of life in britain. yeah. it might feel nosy, but the census in itself is a nosy document, isn t it? yeah, how are those two new questio
# maria callas is one of the most extraordinary and influentialfigures in the history of opera. # ..anima viva. # you must serve music- because music is so enormous and can envelop you into such a state of. ..of perpetual anxiety and torture. when music fails to agree to the ear in other words, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses then it has missed its point. she enjoyed the bright lights of fame and endured its dark side. her every word and move scrutinised by press and public. when a public loves you so much, you want to do so much more. they can t just applaud the legend if you don t give them something. and after all, what is the legend? the public made me. maria callas was born in new york in december 1923 and christened cecilia sofia anna maria kalogeropoulos. her parents, george and evangelia, left greece for america shortly before her birth, where they abbreviated the family name to callas. in 1937, after the marriage broke down, evangelia moved back to
uk officials in france are preparing to fly home a british teenager who was found after being missing for six years. alex batty, now 17, disappeared after travelling to spain with his mother and grandfather. the boy was discovered on wednesday near the city of toulouse. in the past hour, manchester police gave a short update to the media. i think ithinki i think i speak on behalf of the whole of the greater manchester police when we say we are relieved and overjoyed to say we received the news from the french authorities they believe alex batty has been found safe and well. it has been six years since his disappearance. this is a huge moment for alex, his family and the community in oldham. alex went missing whilst on holiday in 2017 when he was just 11 years old. on wednesday, a member of the public reported a potential cycling in toulouse area of france. the young man identified as alan alex was taken to a french police station. the young man and alex s, the spoke on a vide