of asian men is jailed for eight and a half years. china and russia have denounced a defence pact, agreed by the us, uk and australia, that will provide australia with nuclear powered attack submarines. russia said the pact would bring years of confrontation to asia. the chinese foreign ministry said the three countries were on a path of error and danger, calling the deal a violation of the aims of the international non proliferation treaty. here s the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson wang wenbin speaking at the daily press briefing. translation: china has repeatedly stressed that the aukus pact - and the three countries efforts to advance cooperation on nuclear submarines and other cutting edge military technology is typical cold war mentality. it will only spur an arms race and undermine the international nonproliferation regime and harm regional peace and stability. peace loving countries have expressed their serious concern and opposition. the three countries lates
is unshakeable as he arrives there on his first middle east tour. protestors gather in washington to demand more action on gun legislation as newly released video of the texas school shooting sparks more anger about the police response. welcome to newsday. it s sevenin the morning in singapore, and four thirty in the morning in sri lanka where president gotabaya has not honoured his promise to resign. he flew out of the country, to the maldives, about 2k hours ago. but in a public letter, he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state while he was absent. that s led to anger among protestors, who wanted both men to quit. meanwhile, a curfew is in force and the prime minister and now acting president ranil wickremesinghe has told the military to do whatever is necessary to restore order. from colombo, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports. their target heavily guarded. their mood determined. as news spread that prime
Part of President Trump in terms of defeating terror, but scant information or scant detail was really shared with us about how that might be accomplished short of some promises particularly those that he managed to secure in saudi arabia for all efforts being made to restrict and cut off the funding to terror groups. Now, of course, that horrific attack in manchester happened just days before the g7 summit near sicily began, and so a declaration of solidarity and unity in the face of fighting and dealing with terrorism was signed. Other than that, trump and his interlocutors from the worlds seven wealthiest industrialized countries haggled over definitions of fair trade and discussed how to stimulate growth. Trump called the meetings all tremendously successful. I attended the g7 right here in sicily and made great progress toward very, very vital goals. I laid out my vision for Economic Growth and fair trade, and i called for much greater security and cooperation on matters of both t
interference, they clipped it. but it shows just how dangerous this part of the world is now. there are an awful lot ofjets and warplanes from all sides and those guys. clearly, an incident has now taken place. clearly, an incident has now taken lace. ., , ., , clearly, an incident has now taken place. james, any reaction yet from the ukrainian place. james, any reaction yet from the ukrainian government? - place. james, any reaction yet from the ukrainian government? no, - place. james, any reaction yet from | the ukrainian government? no, they have said that the ukrainian government? no, they have said that they the ukrainian government? no, they have said that they are the ukrainian government? no, they have said that they are looking - the ukrainian government? no, they have said that they are looking into l have said that they are looking into it. they are looking for confirmation as to what happened over there. they obviously are hugely reliant on western intelligence,