Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers wIll be brIngIng us toMorrow. WIth me Is Broadcaster Penny SmIth and former conservatIve advIser Mo husseIn. Well, well, well, nobody predIcted thIs level of blood on the walls after mrjohnson s day of the long knIves. A ruthless purge of senIor members of hIs cabInet, once trusted lIeutenants, cocks of the walk, now roadkIll polItIcal casualtIes of a PrIme MInIster wIth an eye on the next electIon and a desIre to level up. Most, but not all the papers have coverage of the gory detaIls of the reshuffle. Check out The TImes johnson wIelds axe In cabInet reshuffle. The guardIan says the PrIme MInIsters changes are layIng the groundwork for the next general electIon, wIth a focus on levellIng up. The ft says the reshuffle Is an attempt by the PrIme MInIster to revIve hIs reform agenda, and Improve the uks standIng on the world stage. The telegraph says the reshuffle was More extensIve than expected, wIth numerous tory heavyweIghts deM
The bbc reports from one of afghanistans biggest cities on how taliban rule is having a profound effect on everyday life. Live from our studio in singapore. This is Bbc News. Its newsday. Its 7am in singapore, 7pm in washington, midnight in london, and 9am in canberra where the us, the uk, and australia have just announced a landmark security pact. It will see more shared intelligence, pooling of some resources, and new deals on providing military hardware. But hovering in the background seems to be the growing military power of china. More on that in just a moment but first, heres how us president Joe Biden and uk prime Minister Borisjohnson characterised the new pact we all recognise the imperative of ensuring Peace And Stability in the Indo Pacific over the long term. We need to be able to address both the current strategic environment in the region and how it may evolve. Because the future of each of our nations, and indeed the world, depends on a free and open Indo Pacific endurin
Welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. the us, britain, and australia agree a closer military alliance. president biden makes it clear the focus will be on boosting their influence in the indo pacific. the future of each of our nations, and indeed, the world, depends on a free and open indo pacific enduring and flourishing in the decades ahead. america s most decorated gymnast, simone biles, breaks down as she talks about the abuse she and her colleagues suffered at the hands of their team doctor. to be clear, i blame larry nassar, and i also blame. ..an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse.
Were losing before, we re really going to start losing to china now. what he s trying to build, you might have noticed that they changed the language of how they refer to the region. they call it indopacific. they call it the quad and it s the u.s., india, japan, us australia. and the short-term objective is to constrain north korea and in a long term had has to do with china. with president trump, you have the military objectives saying that you ve been beating us at trade and at the same time he wants to forge a closer military alliance. japan is unshackling itself. they put huge shackles around their military. huge shift for them. huge shift. so this is an important dynamic