from home for good. let me know if you think working practices have changed for ever and if so, whether that s a good thing or not on twitter, it s @annita mcveigh or #bbcyourquestions. also coming up this hour. out of this world four amateur astronauts, including a billionaire will spend the next three days circling the earth in the latest milestone for space tourism. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk, the us and australia have launched a new security partnership with plans to develop a fleet of nuclear powered submarines. the pact, to be known as aukus, will also cover artificial intelligence, cyber and quantum technologies. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, says the project will be crucial for the protection of their shared interests in the indo pacific region but china has accused them of having a cold war mentality. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. britain s decision to send its aircraft carrier hms q
iran has promised severe revenge for the assassination of its top nuclear scientist blaming israel for his murder. mohsen fakhrizadeh died in hospital after gunmen attacked his car outside tehran. israel has previously accused him of masterminding a covert nuclear weapons programme, though it hasn t commented on his assassination. our security correspondent gordon corera has more. the scene of an ambush. the highway where gunmen targeted a vehicle carrying one of the most important figures in iran s nuclear programme. mohsen fakhrizadeh was a scientist and senior defence official. but western intelligence services have long believed he was the driving force in iran s quest for a nuclear bomb. iran has always said its nuclear programme was peaceful but it s been claimed fakhrizadeh was leading work on project amad to develop a weapon. in 2018, he was singled out by israel s prime minister. this is how dr mohsen fakhrizadeh, head of project amad, put it remember that name
the sudanese army has deployed tanks and heavy artillery in preparation for launching a large scale offensive. the deployment of the artillery as part of an effort to recapture areas held by the viable forces. the army has urged people to remain indoors and stay away from windows. it comes as the uk s final evacuation flight is due to depart in the coming hours. the foreign office confirmed the move earlier and said they have flown out 1900 people since tuesday. the former prime minister has also warned that the conflict will be a nightmare for the world if it continues and could become worse than those in syria and libya. this is khartoum earlier. the ceasefire between warring generals and sedan has been repeatedly violated. our diplomatic correspondent reports now. hello, everyone, we have just landed at stansted london airport. for dr abdulrahman babiker, a welcome return to british soil a return that almost didn t happen. thank you to the government for helping this and
a new agreement called the washington declaration aimed at deterring an attack on seoul. the bbc s seoul correspondent jean mackenzie explained what this agreement involves. so this deal is the us stepping up so this deal is the us stepping up its commitment to use nuclear weapons to defend south korea from north korea. you know, the us is responsible for south korea s event and are always up implied it would use nuclear weapons if necessary but recently people here in seoul have questioned that commitment and they needed part of this deal is the us is going to send one of its armed with nuclear weapons to the peninsular. it will be stationed here continually but it will come periodically. they will form the joint nuclear planning group and this allows south korea to be more involved in understanding how and when the us would use its nuclear weapons. politicians here essentially have been kept in the dark with little understanding of what would actually trigger the us pre
the washington declaration aimed at deterring an attack on seoul. the bbc s seoul correspondent jean mackenzie explained what this agreement involves. so this deal is the us stepping up its commitment to use nuclear weapons to defend south korea from north korea. you know, the us is responsible for south korea s defence and are always up implied it would use nuclear weapons if necessary but recently people here in seoul have questioned that commitment and they needed part of its submarines, armed with nuclear weapons to the peninsular. it will be stationed here continually but it will come periodically. they will form the joint nuclear planning group and this allows south korea to be more involved in understanding how and when the us would use its nuclear weapons. politicians here essentially have been kept in the dark with little understanding of what would actually trigger the us president to trigger the nuclear button on its behalf, but in return for these us commitmen