Live from our studio in singapore. This is bbc news. Its newsday. Hello, and welcome to the programme. The Security And Intelligence deal announced just 2a hours ago between the us, the uk, and australia has been greeted in very different ways. The White House has been outlining the advantages of closer ties in the western pacific. But for china, the extension of us power into what it sees as its sphere of influence is somewhat provocative. And theres been some Collateral Damage coming from france, which is furious at the deal which replaces its sale of submarines to australia with ones made in america. Heres our defence correspondent, jonathan beale. Britains making its mark in the pacific. The royal navys new aircraft carriers been flying the flag there, on exercise with the us and Allies Proof of the increasing importance of the region, and the focus for this new defence agreement. So what is the threat . China is the rising power in the region notjust an economic giant, but a Milit
in a video address, mr netanyahu said he told joe biden in their latest phone call that it is impossible to complete the victory without the idf entering rafah. the bbc s mark lowen has more from jerusalem. once again, israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu has declared his intention and determination to send the israeli army into rafah in southern gaza, where some 1.5 million people are thought to be sheltering. it is a plan that has drawn international condemnation and warnings of atrocities that could take place there. he has said that he has approved the operational plan for rafah and that he will soon approve the evacuation of civilians, but added that it would take time for the incursion to begin. now, it doesn t spell much hope really for the continuing ceasefire talks that are ongoing in the qatari capital, doha. and a senior hamas official has said that israel s response to the latest proposals there seemed negative and constituted a step backwards. now, all o
let s go live tojerusalem and our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. this knell. is mr blank and s six the trip to this is mr blank and s six the trip to the region. is he having much success mr blinken. we to the region. is he having much success mr blinken. to the region. is he having much success mr blinken. we will have to unaue success mr blinken. we will have to gauge that success mr blinken. we will have to gauge that at success mr blinken. we will have to gauge that at the success mr blinken. we will have to gauge that at the end success mr blinken. we will have to gauge that at the end he - success mr blinken. we will have to gauge that at the end he is - to gauge that at the end he is planning to talk to these arab leaders about, he says he wants an immediate increase in humanitarian aid going into gaza, he s going to talk to them about the ongoing ceasefire talks, we have the egyptians and the qataris among those present, they hav
in the country s civil war share graphic accounts to the bbc of rape, ethnic violence and street executions at the hands of the paramilitary group rsf. we will shortly show you first hand testimonies you first hand testimonies but before that, top united nations officials met today, saying the war has plunged the country into one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history . edem wosornu, director of operations and advocacy at the un office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs, told the un security council of the severity of the situation in sudan. sudan is on course to become the world possibly worse hunger crisis. ~ ., ., the world possibly worse hunger crisis. a, ., ., ., crisis. more than one third of the country s crisis. more than one third of the country s population - crisis. more than one third of the country s population is - the country s population is facing food insecurity. by may, some people could face what we term ipc phase five level