the long awaited publication of a report into lockdown breaches in downing street is expected this week, after a deadline passed for responses and objections. monkeypox is detected in three more countries as scientists say they are still unsure what is causing the outbreak. and the heir to the throne in britain is to appear in one of the country s best loved soap operas as part of queen s platinum jubilee celebrations. it s 6am in singapore and 7am in tokyo where president biden is visiting to meet the prime ministers ofjapan, australia and india for the first such talks since the invasion of ukraine and amid ongoing concerns about china s territorial ambitions, particularly its claim on taiwan. the buildup of the chinese military has led to fears it now has the ability to invade taiwan and defeat the us and its allies if they try to intervene. from tokyo our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes reports. this is something that hasn t been seen since world war ii, a fighte
australia was changing its approach on climate policy. our correspondent shaima khalil has more from sydney. it s been a very busy time for australia s new leader. in the last couple of days anthony albanese won the federal election just before his trip to tokyo. and he s been speaking about how important the quad meeting is for his country he described it as an absolute priority for australia, a chance to send a message to the world that there is a new government and there will be new policies, especially on things like climate action. but this also comes at a very crucial time globally, of course because of the war in ukraine but also because of the increasing chinese influence in the region and the very tense relationship that australia has with china. it s been getting worse in the last few years. recent chinese security pact in the solomon islands is really worrying for australia, it is seen as a threat
i think whoever is in power in china, be it xijingping or whomever comes after him, it is baked into the cake inside the communist party that china must get taiwan back. it is impossible to see any leaders stepping back from that position, and if they did step back from that position they would be out of a job. as he arrived in tokyo this evening, the challenge facing president biden and his allies is how do they persuade president xi jingping that using force to take taiwan would be as big a mistake as invading ukraine has been for president putin? rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. australia s new prime minister will travel to tokyo on monday to meet with world leaders, after promising to take action on climate change. anthony albanese, who will be sworn in on monday will hold talks with the leaders ofjapan, india and the us. he said the summit would send a message to the world that
particularly its claim on taiwan. the buildup of the chinese military has led to fears it now has the ability to invade taiwan and defeat the us and its allies if they try to intervene. from tokyo our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes reports. this is something that hasn t been seen since world war ii, a fighterjet landing on board a japanese aircraft carrier. yes, japan has an aircraft carrier, and soon it will have a0 of these jets to put on board. japan is quietly abandoning pacifism, and the reason is simple china. following russia s invasion of ukraine, former prime minister shinzo abe is warning a chinese invasion of taiwan could be next. translation: a taiwan emergency is our emergency, forjapan - and for the us japan alliance.
president xi jingping should not make any mistake in recognising this. just south of tokyo, ships of the us seventh fleet lie at anchor. for decades, these ships have a guaranteed american domination of the western pacific, but not any more. russia s invasion of ukraine has highlighted two very uncomfortable truths for the united states and its allies here in asia. the first is that when china says it is determined to reunify taiwan, by force if necessary, it actually means it. the second is that if china did try and invade taiwan, despite all of the impressive naval power on display here in tokyo bay, it is not clear at all whether the united states and its japanese allies now have the ability to stop them. for 20 years china has been building a military force designed specifically to retake taiwan and to defeat any us attempt to stop them.