i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. the us, britain and australia reveal details of a security pact to counter china's increasing military strength in the pacific. including nuclear powered submarines from the us. we are showing again how democracies can deliver our own security and prosperity and not just for us but for the entire world. gary lineker agrees a deal that will see him back on bbc channels, after being taken off air over a tweet critcising the government. the us government approves a controversial oil project in alaska. and, the oscars gets its first �*best actress�* from an asian background. michelle yeoh!

for all the little boys and girls _ for all the little boys and girls look like me this is a beacon _ girls look like me this is a beacon of hope and possibilities! hello and welcome to the programme — the leaders of the us, britain and australia, meeting in california, have given details of a defence pact that will provide australia with nuclear—powered attack submarines. president biden, uk prime minister rishi sunak and the australian prime minister, anthony albanese, have met to confirm the aukus security agreement. the deal is aimed at countering what the three nations see as china's threat in the indo—pacific region. our political editor, chris mason, has more from san diego.

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thing today _ stand up for a values. the main thing today was _ stand up for a values. the main thing today was to _ stand up for a values. the main thing today was to develop - stand up for a values. the main thing today was to develop a i thing today was to develop a nuclear power but not nuclear armed submarine put in ship around the uk over the next 20 years. it is expected to create thousands ofjobs in the uk but as global threats escalate, for the uk military cope stop what they said it was hollowed out and underfunded was he right? they were talking about things that happened _ they were talking about things that happened in _ they were talking about things that happened in the - they were talking about things that happened in the past - they were talking about things that happened in the past andl that happened in the past and as chancellor, _ that happened in the past and as chancellor, work— that happened in the past and as chancellor, work with - that happened in the past and as chancellor, work with the i as chancellor, work with the defence _ as chancellor, work with the defence secretary _ as chancellor, work with the defence secretary to - as chancellor, work with the i defence secretary to increase the funding _ defence secretary to increase the funding for— defence secretary to increase the funding for armed - defence secretary to increase the funding for armed forces| defence secretary to increase i the funding for armed forces by record _ the funding for armed forces by record amount _ the funding for armed forces by record amount since _ the funding for armed forces by record amount since the - the funding for armed forces by record amount since the end - the funding for armed forces by record amount since the end ofl record amount since the end of the cold — record amount since the end of the cold war~ _ record amount since the end of the cold war.— the cold war. record amount since the _ the cold war. record amount since the end _ the cold war. record amount since the end of— the cold war. record amount since the end of the - the cold war. record amount since the end of the cold - the cold war. record amount since the end of the cold war and those is what i announced as chancellor and what we have announced today is 5 billion more pounds for a fantastic armed forces and the ambition over time to increase defence spending. over time to increase defence

spending-— over time to increase defence sendina. �*, ., ., spending. there's no timeframe on it? on _ spending. there's no timeframe on it? on her— spending. there's no timeframe on it? on her we _ spending. there's no timeframe on it? on her we the _ spending. there's no timeframe on it? on her we the largest - on it? on her we the largest ulift in on it? on her we the largest uplift in defence _ on it? on her we the largest uplift in defence spending i uplift in defence spending since the end of the cold war and the increased defence spending since then. labours of the last time — spending since then. labours of the last time military _ spending since then. labours of the last time military spending | the last time military spending reached this national income, they were in power. in our future defence is a domestic political tussle with the prime minister on the world stage. i'm joined now byjohn blaxland — professor of international security and intelligence studies, at the australian national university — in canberra. were listening to chris mason's interview with the british prime minister and getting a sense of how significant is this dealfor sense of how significant is this deal for australia? the aukus deal _ this deal for australia? the aukus deal is _ this deal for australia? tue: aukus deal is profound this deal for australia? tte: aukus deal is profound for australia in transformative and

it is generational. this is a major industrial and strategic project and its premised on a couple of important factors. one of which is these are electric propulsion submarines that are no longer up to the job for australia and my work for smaller countries with smaller maritime zones that can be patrolled by submarines that do not need to come up for recharging the batteries. but for australia, just transitioning between for anywhere else requires reaching the surface and recharging batteries and in the age of persistent satellite surveillance, drones and artificial intelligence, that snorting pipe is not detectable and if you lose stealth and if you're detectable, you might as well go home. that is a game changer in terms of the requirement and not is itjust

expending the life of the submarine that we have or to proceed with what was going to be a diesel electric submarine. and factors which was brexit and desired by the uk to have its special relationship and part of which was china's rise will contribute to this of allowing all of this to happen. i want to pick up on china's rise and all of the leaders are quite frank about how concerned they are about the role of china and all of this and to criticism that actually these agreements accelerated hostility between beijing and the west. t hostility between bei'ing and the west. ~ , ., the west. i think it is a simplified _ the west. i think it is a simplified explanation | the west. i think it is a . simplified explanation and the west. i think it is a - simplified explanation and it is good to go back and think

about was preceded this and we seen a decade of industrial scale in chinese army—navy airports space for cyber and ballistic missile force and that has happened at the same time as we've seen the emergence of diplomacy and the exercise of shore power including in sanctions on australia and the persistence of surveillance and harassment of surveillance and harassment of japanese missiles in of surveillance and harassment ofjapanese missiles in the islands and expansion in the south china sea the assertiveness that is readily countries around the region and all this would not be possible were it not for the rhetoric coming out of xi jinping were it not for the rhetoric coming out of xijinping in beijing over the past few years. it's been inconceivable a decade ago this is only possible because of the joint fear about the adventures coming out of beijing. what came first, the chicken or the act, you can go back to the

18305 act, you can go back to the 1830s and 50s if you'd like talking by the 0pium wars revisited and that's an oversimplification but the bottom line is, this is a reaction to real—life, real—time challenges today. sadly we do not have the time to go back to the 1800s by will take you up on the offer and when we speak again, thank you so much forjoining us on newsday. let's look at the other headlines. a storm that's ripped through malawi has left about 100 people dead and overwhelmed rescue teams. the government declared a state of emergency as strong winds and rains continue to cause severe destruction. freddy is the strongest tropical cyclone on record. shares in banks around the world slumped on monday, despite reassurances from president biden that the us government would guarantee the customer deposits of two collapsed lenders — silicon valley bank and signature bank. it was the biggest such

failure for is—years. donald trump's former fixer, michael cohen, has testified before a grand jury in new york that's investigating a payment to a porn star, stormy daniels, shortly before the 2016 presidential election. his appearance comes as prosecutors consider whether to file criminal charges against the former president. the disgraced paedophile pop star, gary glitter, has been recalled to prison for breaking the conditions of his release. the 78—year—old was freed last month after serving half of his 16—year sentence for sexually abusing three school girls. the bbc has announced that gary lineker, one its best known presenters, will be allowed back on air. three days ago he was told to step back from presenting because of a tweet in which he criticised uk government policy.

the corporation says it will now hold a review of its impartiality guidelines. in the meantime, the presenter would abide by its current rules. mr lineker said he was �*delighted' to get back to presenting, and thanked his colleagues at bbc sport for backing him. here's our media correspondent david sillito. morning, gary. morning, mr lineker. how do you feel about being reinstated? as gary lineker left home this morning, the weekend's dramas that saw him taken off air, chaos brought to the bbc�*s sporting output, looked to have been resolved. this was match of the day 2 yesterday, after presenters, pundits and commentators downed microphones in protest at his treatment. but the bbc says there was good reason for its actions, he had broken guidelines with tweets in which he described government asylum policy as "immeasurably cruel" and the language "not dissimilar to that used by germany in the 30s". however, he's made no apology, nor is there a sanction,

merely an agreement to abide by guidelines while the bbc re—examines those guidelines. this looks like a complete climb—down of the bbc. i don't think so. i think i've always said we need to take proportionate action. for some people, by the way, we've taken too—severe action. others think we've been too lenient. re—examining guidance and guidelines sounds like kicking the can down the road. has gary lineker agreed to stop tweeting about politics, which is what you asked on friday? we've agreed, and i've spent time talking to gary and we've had lots of discussion. between now and when the review reports, gary will abide by the editorial guidelines. that's where we are. how are you so out of touch with your own corporation, your own organisation, your own staff, your own programmes, that you didn't foresee this complete chaos that's happened to the organisation? look, i respect the views of the sports teams.

they obviously were put in a very difficult situation. i think people across the bbc, if you talk to them, are all very passionate about our standing as an impartial broadcaster. that's a really important thing. that word, impartiality, does raise a few questions, though. for instance, the man at the top of the bbc, chairman richard sharp, is a former conservative donor and the subject of an ongoing inquiry into what role he played in a loan guaranteed to borisjohnson. and tim davie was also himself at one point an active member of the conservative party. there are many people and all they see here is a conservative director—general and a conservative chairman bowing to pressure from conservative mps and the conservative press. i can tell you, anyone who knows me knows that yes, 30 years ago, some political involvement. but absolutely not affected by pressure from one party or the other. that is not how we work, editorially in the bbc.

0n the question regarding the chairman, one of the people i don't point is the chairman. and gary lineker isn't the only famous bbc face a recently express political opinions. what about alan sugar on the rail unions? deborah me didn't on brexit? chris packham on hunting? 0ne former architect of bbc guidelines has a few doubts that a review will solve it all. it's not remotely a problem solved. it's a problem shelved for the time being. gary will be back, we are all pleased about that. gary will continue to hold his views, he says he will continue to abide by the bbc's guidelines until they're rewritten, but he was supposed to be abiding by bbc guidelines last week he tweeted what he tweeted. one thing is certain, his tweets will be scrutinised. today he gave thanks to those that supported him and expressed sympathies for refugees.

you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. the 0scars gets its first �*best actress', from an asian background. today, we have closed the book on apartheid and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and a dimming of vision, all of this caused by an apparently organised attack. the trophy itself was on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. now, this was an international trophy, and we understand now that the search for it has

become an international search. above all, this was a triumph for the christian democrats. of the west, offering reunification as - quickly as possible. and that's what i the voters wanted. this is newsday on the bbc. including submarines in the us. let's have some more on that deal between the uk, the us and australia — it comes as the british government has promised to increase defence spending, by nearly five billion pounds,

over the next two years, to counter growing threats from china and russia. here's our defence correspondent, jonathan beale. a british warship in northern norway, on exercise with nato allies. making their military presence known to a nearby neighbor. making their military presence known to a nearby neighbour. radio chatter. russia has always been on the radar, but more so since its invasion of ukraine. the uk has now promised to increase defense spending in line with most nato countries. everyone agrees that we need to pick up where it comes to readiness and preparedness, that we need to invest in our safety and security. and that means spending more money on defense? it does. uk defence will get another £5 billion. but is it enough? less than £2 billion of that will replenish weapons stockpiles and equipment

given to ukraine. it won't fill all the gaps in what the defence secretary has called a hollowed out armed forces. in contrast, these norwegian troops have already ordered new tanks and artillery guns to replace what they've sent to ukraine. currently, just nine of nato's 30 members spend at least 2% of their national income on their armed forces. britain is one of those countries. but after more than ten years of conservative leadership, defense spending in the uk has been declining — from 2.6% in 2010, now down to 2.2%. we will increase defense spending by a further

£5 billion over the next two years. this will bring us to around 2.5% of national income and this will bring us to around 2.25% of national income and represents significant progress in meeting our long term minimum defense spending target of 2.5% of gdp. the long term goal to spend 2.5% of gdp on defense sounds, i'm afraid, a little hollow promise. there's no plan and there's no timetable. most of the new money will go to the uk's nuclear submarine programme. it'll help the deal with australia counter the threat from china, but also sustain british jobs. many tory mps have been left disappointed with this modest increase, but it's often the economy, not defence, that decides an election. jonathan beale, bbc news. president biden has

given the go—ahead for a controversial oil drilling scheme in alaska, inside the arctic circle. environmentalists say it's a "carbon bomb," with some indigenous groups warning it will damage local wildlife and traditional hunting practices. but others have welcomed the move, saying the investment will create much needed jobs. gary 0'donoghue has that story. alaska, home to some of america's last remaining undisturbed landscapes. but one oil company says under the squeezing expanse lies decades of untapped oil and the potential to ensure us energy security into the future. klein hollandia klein hollandia the company, conocophillip, how began construction grant from the biden administration —— the company, conocophillip.

this is putting us in the direction of complete climate collapse. the campaign to stop but generated more than a million letters to the white house on the backlash among campaigners on social media. gen 2 will not accept the - weather project moving forward. one of the most powerful movements ever. activism works. in an attempt to offset criticism, the biden administration has announced drilling bans on nearly 60 million acres of land and sea in alaska as well as curbing the scale of development. in a statement, the department of interior said it was "substantially reducing the size of the willow project by denying two of the five drill proposed by conocophillip", and it said the actions will create an additional bufferfrom exploration and development near the teshekpuk lake caribou herd. this could costjoe biden politically.

some in his own party will see this as a betrayal. gary 0'donoghue, bbc news, washington. the sci—fi epic, "everything everywhere all at once", was the big winner at the oscars with seven awards including best director and best picture. the film's star, michelle yeoh, was named best actress — making her the first woman from an asian background to claim the prize. brendan fraser won best actor for his role in "the whale", but everything everywhere also scooped the two best supporting awards — including a first 0scar forjamie lee curtis at the age of 64. our correspondent sophie long was watching. hostjimmy kimmel was parachuted in and kicked off the show with jokes about how he was the only person brave enough to do it. kind of. and if any of you get mad at a joke and decide you want to come up here

and getjiggy with it, it's not going to be easy. there are a few of my friends you're going to have to get through first. michelle yeoh. but this year, the oscars will be remembered more for standing in hollywood, dreams really do come true. the multi—verse to move with the big hearts swept up move with the big hearts swept up statues. for all the little boys- and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope i and possibilities. this is proof that - dreams, dream big and dreams do come true. and ladies, don't let - anybody tell you you are ever past your prime. never give up. her co—stars provided confirmation of that, with awards for their supporting roles. jamie lee curtis, who played her tax inspecting nemesis, winning her first 0scar at 64. and an 0scarfor ke huy quan after a 20—year break from acting. there were so few rules for asian men. there were so few

rules for asian men. this was quite a comeback. myjourney started on a boat. i spent a year in a refugee camp and somehow i ended up here, on hollywood's biggest stage. they say stories like this only happen in the movies. i cannot believe it's happening to me. this, this is the american dream. all quiet on the western front. james friend was awarded the oscar for best cinematography. with the win for the boy, the more the fox.— more the fox. thank you everyone. _ more the fox. thank you everyone. my _ more the fox. thank you everyone, my dog - more the fox. thank you everyone, my dog is - more the fox. thank you everyone, my dog is in l more the fox. thank you l everyone, my dog is in the hotet _ everyone, my dog is in the hotet i_ everyone, my dog is in the hotel. i was really meant to say hotel. i was really meant to say that _ hotel. i was really meant to say that. thank you so much for this _ say that. thank you so much for this thank— say that. thank you so much for this. thank you.— this. thank you. happy birthday- _ and it was a memorable birthday forjames martin, the star of the winning short

film, an irish goodbye. five irish actors are nominated tonight, which means the odds of another fight on stage just went way up! despite the banshees of inisherin going in with nine nominations, none of them were called to the stage. colin farrell was beaten to best actor by brendan fraser for the whale. it was a joyful celebration of film which will go down as a win for the academy, if not for next year's ratings. sophie long, bbc news, hollywood. and before we go we've got some more extraordinary images for you — these are from a site in the uk, near the northern city of leeds — the remains of a high—status roman woman. they're among dozens that were unearthed in what's thought to be the first anglo—saxon cemetery found in west yorkshire. the skeletons date back 1600 years that's all for now — stay with bbc news.

hello. there's a weather battle going on this week, a battle between mild air and cold air. the mild air clung on for many on monday. in fact, parts of eastern england got all the way up to 16 degrees. compare that with just 1 degree in parts of northern scotland. and for tuesday, the cold air wins out for now. those parts of eastern england, just 8 degrees on tuesday afternoon, and some spots in the highlands will struggle to get above freezing. with that, it will be breezy, not quite as windy as it was on monday. and there will be some wintry showers around as well, some ice to start the day. the cold air working in behind this band of rain and some hill snow pushing across southern england first thing. behind that, yes, some spells of sunshine, but some showers. and many of these showers will be wintry. the showers tending to clump together, actually, through the afternoon across parts of northern ireland, southern scotland,

getting down into northern england, north wales and the north midlands. these showers will be a mixture of rain, sleet, hail and snow. some of the showers could be pretty heavy. there could even be some flashes of lightning, some rumbles of thunder mixing in. temperatures, well, they are set to struggle. just 3 degrees there in aberdeen, perhaps 9 for london and for plymouth, so a chilly day wherever you're spending it. as we go through tuesday night, some wintry showers pushed across the south. we'll keep a feed of wintry showers into northern scotland, where it will stay quite windy, but for many, a slice of clear sky and some really cold weather for tuesday night, wednesday morning. those are the temperatures in the towns and cities. some places in the countryside will be colder than that. so a frosty start to wednesday. however, we start to see things changing from the west. we'll see cloud rolling in, some outbreaks of rain,

briefly some snow over high ground, perhaps very briefly to low levels. but it will tend to turn back to rain because it is going to start to turn milder. and for the end of the week, it looks like mild air is going to start to win the battle for most of us. maybe that cold air clinging on in the north of scotland. but for thursday and friday, some much milder weather on the way, temperatures 01:14, maybe 15 degrees. but with that, some wet and windy weather at times.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. finding your voice as a writer, cutting through the cacophony of noise in 21st century culture is not easy. it helps if you have a talent for writing. it also helps if you have something to say which is powerful, authentic, and confronts tough questions about the human condition. my guest, american writer and academic roxane gay,