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counterpart, rishi sunak, will sign a new defence pact to deploy a uk carrier strike group to the indo pacific in 2025. shaimaa khalil reports from hiroshima. at 0kinawa s naha air base, these routine military exercises have become more urgent. japan s southwestern islands are on the front line of any potential conflict between taiwan and china, a threat that s becoming more real by the day for the self defence forces, or the sdf. captain ura and his colleagues know that any response would have to involve their american counterparts. 0kinawa is home to the biggest concentration of us military presence in japan. but the young pilot tells me, as china s capabilities increase, so too should his squadron s readiness to retaliate. translate: when i scramble. to intercept the planes and see chinese aircraft in front
translate: geographically speaking, we are very close to taiwan and southeast asia. we are in a situation where chinese ships are patrolling very closely. the equipment we have in terms of missile launches is for defending ourselves. it s not for attacking other countries. we re not looking for war. japan has not fired a single shot in battle since the end of world war ii, but this country that has spent decades avoiding war might find itself being pulled into one. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, 0kinawa. let s get some of the day s other news now. montana has become the first state in the us to ban the chinese owned video sharing app tiktok, after governor greg gianforte signed into law a bill passed my montana s legislature last month. lawmakers are concerned that the chinese government could use the app for surveillance and accessing information. tiktok said in a statement that the ban infringed montanans
nearly 600 troops have moved here earlier this year, including squads capable of launching land to ship and land to air missiles into the east china sea and beyond. but the base has split a once close knit community. many fear their island might now be a target. every week, veteran activist tetsuya masato stands in the fields outside the base to protest. translate: as a person who has experienced - the second world war, i don t want the tragic situation to be repeated. i don t want this island to become a battlefield. we ve been nurtured by nature and culture of this island. i don t want that to be destroyed or stolen by war. ishigaki is close to two volatile frontiers taiwan and its growing tension with china and the senkaku diaoyu islands, which tokyo controls and beijing claims.