The crowds in paris. Frances most senior diplomat says relations with australia and the united states are in crisis because of what he called their duplicity and lies over a new security alliance. The pact resulted in australia cancelling a multi billion Dollar Contract to buy french submarines. Hugh schofield reports. For the americans, the australians and the british, its a new alliance to ensure stability in the pacific and thwart the strategic ambitions of china. But Australias Decision to buy nuclear submarines from the us has left the french feeling stunned and humiliated. Their contract with australia has been simply binned. Ordered back home by President Macron, the french ambassador to canberra was as polite as he could be about the reasons for frances anger. I think this has been a huge mistake, a very, very bad handling of a partnership because it was not a contract, it was a partnership. This evening the Foreign Minister, jean yves Le Drian, spoke again on national televisi
us more vulnerable. that is the reason why we have been so clear on the following, that ukraine has the right to choose its own path and what kind of security arrangement it once. that is the first line in the paragraph today. and this is a fundamental right. therefore, you can other allow that moscow started to decide who can or cannot be member of nato. russia has been against every part of nato. it is for nato allies and ukraine to decide when to become a member. moscow doesn t have a say on. we are moving ukraine closer to membership, we make the decisions today, which is the most united message on the path towards membership. and of course, we do it knowing moscow will protest, as they did when finland, sweden or north macedonia joint. ukraine has the right to choose their path, allies will decide, not moscow. , ., , . . . , moscow. just one sentence. what is very important moscow. just one sentence. what is very important is moscow. just one sentence. what is very i
at the nato summit in vilnius, germany has already announced a multi million euro military aid package, france has promised long range cruise missiles and the uk has announced more ammunition and military vehicles. us presidentjoe biden has told president zelensky, who s also at the summit, that ukraine s courage is an example to whole world . president biden pledged unwavering support to ukraine in its ongoing conflict to russia. today, the members of the g7 are launching a joint declaration of support for ukraine to make it clear that our support will last long into the future. this starts a process by which each of our nations and any other nation who wishes to participate will negotiate long term bilateral security commitments with and to ukraine. we re going to help ukraine build a strong, capable. across land, air and sea, which will be a force of stability in the region and deter against any and all threats. to lewis in vilnius. what are they actually mean in real ter
the west bank sjenin refugee camp, ending the actions that left 12 palestinians and one israeli soldier dead. gunfire and explosions continued to be heard acrossjenin as news of the withdrawl broke earlier. israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the mission was an attempt to root out terrorists, while palestinian leaders accused israel of mounting an invasion . an estimated 3,000 people left thejenin refugee camp since the attacks started. jenin has become a stronghold of a new generation of palestinian militants are frustrated by the west bank based palestinian authority s aging leadership, and the restrictions of israeli occupation. the united nations, meanwhile, has decried the violence in tel aviv and jenin. the united states said its ally israel had a right to defend its people against terrorist groups but called for the protection of civilians. former israeli prime minister naftali bennett spoke to the bbc earlier. he echoed netanyahu s statements about terro
are taking place in thejenin refugee camp for some of the 12 palestinians killed during an intense 48 hour operation by the israeli military. hours after the israeli forces withdrew, crowds gathered outside the hospital to carry the dead to the mosque for prayers. earlier in the day, a different kind of march. hundreds of palestinians flashed victory signs and chanted support for armed groups through the streets ofjenin. it comes after israel said its air defence system had intercepted five rockets fired from gaza into southern israel in the early hours of wednesday. in response, the israeli defence forces said theirjets hit what they said was an underground hamas weapons manufacturing facility. the idf s two day military operation in the town ofjenin left one israeli soldier dead, as well as the 12 palestinians. israel says the action was an attempt to root out terrorists inside the refugee camp. palestinian leaders accused israel of mounting an invasion . live now to yolan