this is bbc world news: i'm lucy grey. our top stories: after australia, the us and britain agree a new security partnership, france recalls its ambassadors to washington and canberra. the us military admits one of its drone strikes in afghanistan killed 10 innocent civilians, including seven children. we now assess that it is unlikely that the vehicle and those that died were associated with islamic state or were a direct threat against our forces. england eases restrictions for international travel, scrapping the need for expensive covid tests for fully—vaccinated people arriving from abroad. and algeria's former president, abdelaziz bouteflika, dies at the age of 8a.