In france for not having a Covid 19 vaccine before a set deadline. And then mike is proposing to ban prisoners serving Life Sentences from having romantic relationships. This is to discourage groupies. We will hearfrom the this is to discourage groupies. We will hear from the group who broke the story in copenhagen copenhagen. China has hit out at a new Security And Defence pact between the us, Britain And Australia accusing the trio of playing geopolitical games. Last night us president Joe Biden, british prime Minister Borisjohnson and australiam prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a new partnership called aukus. Were told the aim is to strenghten security in the Indo Pacific , many see it as a way of countering chinas growing influence. Heres how borisjohnson sold it in parliament. It amounts to a new pillar of our strategy by demonstrating british let me take a left to the State Department where Defence Secretary our meeting their australian counterparts and We Can listen in.
more we can avoid the misunderstandings and miscalculations that could lead to crisis or conflict. you know, i am deeply concerned that the prc has been unwilling to engage more seriously on better mechanisms for crisis management between our two militaries. but i hope that will change, and soon. in response, general li said, the string of mistaken words and deeds on the us side have left no condition and atmosphere for the communication and exchanges between the two armies . live now to our correspondent, monica miller, in singapore. great to see you there, monica. monica, ahead of this summit, us presidentjoe biden had been talking about a thaw in relations between china and the us it doesn t appear to have happened there? as you ve just aptly described, his hopes were kind of dashed going into the weekend, and we did see the handshake, which some people, especially some geopolitical people who got excited about because really there hasn t been some face to face conversa
of her reent calf injury, as she beat the italian lucia bronzetti, 6 4, 6 1. last year s runner up coco gauff recovered from losing the first set against spain s rebeka masarova. the american sixth seed battled back to take it 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. italian football authorities say they have reached a settlement withjuventus in a case over alleged irregularities in the club s payment of players salaries. based on the agreement, juventus will pay a fine of 718,000 euro and stop any appeals in ongoing sport cases. the deal comes after the club were docked 10 points earlier this year over a separate case on player transfer accounting and it doesn t include any further point deductions. england are preparing for theirfirst test chelsea have a new head coach. speaking, he says he does not have plans. he went on to score four goals in 20 appearances for the blues. england are preparing for theirfirst test match of the summer. they face ireland at lord s on thursday ahead of the ashes seri
and extreme poverty. hello and welcome to bbc news. us defence chiefs have identified what they say is a second chinese surveillance balloon, this time over latin america. the first balloon is floating across the us mid west. antony blinken, the us secretary of state, has cancelled a trip to beijing, and accused the chinese authorities of being irresponsible. china insists the balloon is a weather monitoring device which has blown off course amd has called for tensions between the washington and beijing to be handled in a cool headed and prudent manner. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a surreal but increasingly serious international row. this speck in the sky could be spying on the us the chinese balloon that s been hovering over the country for several days. china insists it s a platform to conduct weather related research that s deviated from its route. beijing has apologised but the us state department says it stands by its assessment that the ball