mariana islands and gave us this update earlier. they said he will be landing in australia wants to hearing wraps up. his plan is committed to depart inside three hours time, that he would land around 6:1i1pm australian eastern time. that is later today. our correspondent shaimaa khalil was at the northern mariana islands and gave us this update earlier. julian assange is in the us district court house behind me where the final steps of the legal proceedings for his guilty plea are under way, his pleading guilty for one felony thatis pleading guilty for one felony that is illegally obtaining and disclosing classified national security material, no for him because as for the deal that was agreed the usjustice department, he will get credit for time served in the uk. he is here because crucially, this is here because crucially, this is continental usa, julian assange refused to go to mainland us because he deeply distrust the us government. in the past, he accused him of plotti
two themes did seem to be linked in his speech, how technological upgrading could benefit from cooperation with other countries rather than conflict. , . ~ other countries rather than conflict. , . ~ . conflict. let s talk about decoupling. conflict. let s talk about decoupling. countries i conflict. let s talk about i decoupling. countries have conflict. let s talk about - decoupling. countries have been talking about it for awhile now. is it a significant concern for china? for china, it is an important concern for china? for china, it is an important matter- it is an important matter because they are trying to move into these new industries and they need foreign technology, because they have been trying to put in place a programme of domestic innovation. but the reality is china is much better at commercialising innovations from other countries, rather than creating innovations of its own to a significant extent, so they really need the new technology, they need acc