welcome to bbc news. i'm lisa—marie misztak. our top stories: the us, britain and australia reveal details of a security pact to counter china's increasing military strength in the pacific. the us government approves a controversial oil project in alaska. activists respond on social media. bidenjust approved biden just approved the willow project with 90% of what conocophillips originally wanted. millions of young people, millions, asked him not to do this. more than 100 people have been killed as storm freddy returns t0 mozambique and malawi. and dick fosbury — the man who made the highjump with the fosbury flop —

has died at the age of 76. 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 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. a pact of old democracies, coming together to counter a new and growing adversary — china. australia and the united kingdom are two of america's

most stalwart and capable allies. our common values, ourshared vision for a peaceful, prosperous future unite us, all across the atlantic and pacific. this is about projecting power and resolve. the backdrop, a naval base. the images and the words intended to work in unison. the aukus agreement, we confirm here in san diego, represents the biggest single investment in australia's defence capabilities in all of our history. joe, antony, we represent three allies, who have stood _ shoulder—to—shoulder together for more than a century, - three peoples who have shed blood together in defence - of our shared values, i in free democracies that

that are coming together again to fulfil that higher purpose - of maintaining freedom, | peace and security, now, and for generations to come. compare and contrast what you've just heard and seen with this — china's leader xijinping also promising to modernise its military, to turn it, he said, into a great wall of steel. prime minister, is china dangerous? china is a country with - fundamentally different values to ours, and represents- a challenge to the world order, and that is why it is rightj that we are alert to that, and take steps to protect ourselves, protect both. our values, stand up- for our values, and protect our interests. the main announcement here today was an agreement to build australia nuclear—powered, but not nuclear—armed, submarines, built in shipyards around the uk and australia,

over the next 20 years. it is expected to create thousands ofjobs in the uk. chris mason, bbc news, san diego. well, lets head over to sydney, australia, where our correspondent phil mercer is. how significant is the aukus deal to australia? here in australia it has been viewed as a monument. a history making decision that will make australia only the seventh country to operate nuclear powered submarines. the australian government is also keen to point out to voters in this country that the aukus submarine deal could generate up submarine deal could generate up to 20,000 jobs but all of this comes with an enormous price tag for australia, estimated that it could reach 244 billion us dollars. that's over several decades. but

certainly, the australian government believes that the aukus accord will be at the centre of its national security strategy. australia is very mindful of criticism of the alliance coming out of beijing and worth noting as well that the australian prime minister anthony albanese is insisting that on the one hand australia can have powerful friends that on the one hand australia can have powerfulfriends and allies with united states, for example, but also to pursue deeper economic and diplomatic relations with china. china is australia's most important trading partner.— australia's most important trading partner. you mentioned china. trading partner. you mentioned china- how _ trading partner. you mentioned china. how concerned - trading partner. you mentioned china. how concerned is - china. how concerned is australia about chinese military activity in the pacific?— military activity in the pacific? . �*, ., ., pacific? that's one reason or the very _ pacific? that's one reason or the very big _ pacific? that's one reason or the very big reason - pacific? that's one reason or the very big reason why - the very big reason why australia has signed up to the aukus alliance, signed in september 2021, so we have at 18 months of pretty secretive negotiations between the three countries to arrive at the fact

that the next decade or so will take delivery of at least three us nuclear—powered some drains stop australia is increasingly wary of china was not in indo—pacific region but once again anthony albanese the prime minister says it is not contradictory to pursue these military alliances with the uk and the united states while also pursuing a better relations with china. mr albanese did point out in his speech in san diego that australia was also investing heavily in the relationship with china and others in indo—pacific region but once again it china will be furious that australia has participated in this. it has accused beijing, it has accused the us, australia and the united kingdom of lapsing back into a cold war mentality.— cold war mentality. thank you very much _ cold war mentality. thank you very much of— cold war mentality. thank you very much of the _ cold war mentality. thank you very much of the update. - cold war mentality. thank you | very much of the update. that's

phil mercer in sydney. the us has given the go—ahead for an $8 billion oil drilling scheme in alaska that's been fiercely opposed by environmentalists. the energy giant, conocophillips, will drill at three sites on alaska's north slope in what critics describe as a carbon bomb. but others are welcoming the investment, saying it will create much needed jobs. 0ur north america correspondent, gary 0'donogue, reports. 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. the company, conocophillips, has already begun exploratory work, after receiving a grant from the biden administration.

this is a climate emergencies at every drop is sending us into a direction of complete, irreversible climate impact. the campaign to stop willow generated more than a million letters to the white house and a backlash among campaigners on social media. we a backlash among campaigners on social media.— social media. we will not acce -t social media. we will not accept the _ social media. we will not accept the project - social media. we will not| accept the project moving forward. accept the pro'ect moving forward. ., .,, forward. one of the most powerful _ forward. one of the most powerful movements - forward. one of the most i powerful movements ever. activism _ powerful movements ever. activism works. in addition attempt to offset criticism the biden administration has announced drilling bands i nearly 16 million acres of land and sea in alaska as well as curbing the scale of development. in a statement apartment of the interior said it was substantially reducing the size of the willow project by denying two of the fire drill sites proposed by conocophillips. and as the actions will create an additional bufferfrom exploration and development near the lake herd. the

decision could costjoe biden politically. in his 2020 election campaign he vowed to and new drilling on federal land and some in his own party will see this as a betrayal. gary 0'donoghue, bbc news, washington. a state of emergency�*s been declared in malawi after tropical storm freddy struck the country for a second time, killing more than 100 people. rescue workers describe being completely overwhelmed by the rainfall and mudslides. the cyclone's one of the longest running in history and has caused havoc across parts of southern africa. the bbc�*s shingai nyoka has more. after leaving a trail of destruction in madagascar and mozambique, tropical storm freddy travelled westwards and is now pummelling southern malawi, felling trees and power lines. dozens of people i now confirmed that at least 200 are hospitalised. homes and

infrastructure destroyed by the sheer force of the water and mudslides. in a suburb, the second—largest city, a desperate search for those trapped beneath the rubble. translation: 50 trapped beneath the rubble. translation:— trapped beneath the rubble. translation: so far we have discovered — translation: so far we have discovered 30 _ translation: so far we have discovered 30 bodies - translation: so far we have discovered 30 bodies but - translation: so far we have discovered 30 bodies but we | translation: so far we have l discovered 30 bodies but we are not yet done. we're still looking for more i'm using this whole at least to find someone. the storm struck over the weekend the death toll has risen sharply and is expected to increase further as search efforts to expand to other affected districts. meanwhile survivors say they witnessed distressing scenes. translation: it distressing scenes. translation: ., translation: it was too bad on the niuht translation: it was too bad on the night but _ translation: it was too bad on the night but now— translation: it was too bad on the night but now in _ translation: it was too bad on the night but now in day - translation: it was too bad on the night but now in day i - translation: it was too bad on the night but now in day i feel i the night but now in day i feel a loss. i've never seen something so terrible. my neighbours' houses are gone, theirfamily members are neighbours' houses are gone, their family members are gone. someone says their father is alive but their wife and children are gone. scientists say climate _ children are gone. scientists say climate change - children are gone. scientists say climate change is - children are gone. scientists| say climate change is making tropical storms stronger and as

motions absorb heat from greenhouse gas emissions, but he is being transferred to the atmosphere. translation: this is the second _ atmosphere. translation: ti 3 is the second time in 2015 we also experienced some disaster, but this is the worst stop as of now i have seen 12 dead people and the figures could be rising. people and the figures could be risinu. a ., people and the figures could be risin. ., .,, people and the figures could be risin.. . ., . , rising. malawi has currently battled the _ rising. malawi has currently battled the deadliest - rising. malawi has currently. battled the deadliest cholera outbreak in its history and un agencies have warned the situation could worsen because of freddie's heavy rains. the storm which formed over a month ago as one of the longest—running cyclones in history, striking mozambique and madagascar twice, leaving over 30 people dead. the true extent of damage is yet to be revealed and incessant rains are hindering rescue efforts. tropical storm freddy is expected to dissipate over the next few days but it will take longer for these communities to recover. shingai nyoka, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come:

new rules come in for kenya as the government takes on rising cases of alcohol and drug abuse. 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 i 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 the voters wanted. this is bbc news. our top story: the us, britain and australia reveal details of a security pact to counter china's increasing military strength in the pacific. 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 £5 billion 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 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 defence? 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.

the government says that britain has received more of a boost than britain has received more of a boost than any britain has received more of a boost than any other britain has received more of a boost than any other country since the cold war. currently, just 9 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 10 years of conservative leadership, defence spending in the uk has been declining — from 2.6% in 2010, now down to 2.2%. most of the new money will go to the uk's nuclear submarine programme. it will help the deal with australia, counter the rise of china but also create british jobs. the rise of china but also create britishjobs. the create british jobs. the reactors create britishjobs. the reactors for the new australian submarines will be built by rolls—royce and it is often the

economy, not defence, that helps decide an election. jonathan beale, bbc news. the boss of silicon valley bank has announced that the bank is conducting "business as usual within the us" and to expect the resumption of cross—border transactions in the coming days. that announcement follows the slump in shares in banks around the world on monday, despite reassurances from the us government that it would guarantee the customer deposits of two collapsed lenders — silicon valley bank and signature bank. it was the biggest such failure for 15 years. for more insight on this, let's now get more perspective from mark douglas who is the ceo of mnt, a venture funded start up in which svb owns a small percentage. he joins us live from dallas, texas. as an owner of a venture fund start—up yourself, of which svb

has some steak, what do you make of this crisis and how is it affecting your company? sure sto i it affecting your company? sure stop i think _ it affecting your company? sure stop i think a — it affecting your company? sure stop i think a lot _ it affecting your company? sure stop i think a lot of— it affecting your company? sure stop i think a lot of this - stop i think a lot of this price in retrospect came from a bit of an irrational panic. svb, silicon valley bank is just like any other bank in the world. you think of a ticket typical bank, they hold a few thousand dollars or pounds in deposits, and they use their money to make loans sometimes other businesses that often things like mortgages. those mortgages can be risky over time. silicon valley bank did not do that at all. they did not do that at all. they did not have branches, and only worked with venture funding companies or the vcs themselves and then they would hold cash that the companies had just raised and loaned them additional cash for things like receivables, lines of credit, things like that. services that are new young company could not typically get but they could

get because they were depositing all the money that was raised in silicon valley bank stop so what's the problem? the money sits there, the start—ups don't want to risk it, they only want to risk it on themselves. the customers are essentially the venture capitalist and what happens is, silicon valley bank needed to raise a bit more money and that set off a panic in the panic became the problem, not the actual financial status of silicon valley bank. given the bank is backed _ silicon valley bank. given the bank is backed by _ silicon valley bank. given the bank is backed by the - silicon valley bank. given the bank is backed by the us - bank is backed by the us government and is now conducting business as usual, this must be one of the safest banks to bank within the us right now denmark actually, i had a call a little bit earlier and i was talking to a pretty prominent venture capitalist and i was making a point which they agreed with which is arguably silicon valley bank is at this moment the safest bank that you could bank with. i that you could bank with. i don't think that's going to

last forever. in the us, the united states, deposits are insured for up to $250,000 but for right now, essentially you are banking directly with the us government almost and there is essentially no safer place to put your money but, over time, svb will go back to being one of many banks, although they have a very unique business model. ironically, very model stop one thing that is really confusing about this crisis is normally when you have a banking crisis, the bank might�*ve made bad loans risky investments, but none of that happened here. to a certain extent, it was an irrational panic that set off a run on the bank and the panic was the problem. bank and the panic was the problem-— bank and the panic was the roblem. ., ,, i. , . a new rule comes into force in kenya as the government tackles the rising cases of alcohol and drug abuse. under the new regulations, only one bar will be allowed

to operate per town in the region worst affected by alcoholism. but not everyone is happy with this rule. the bbc�*s emmanuel igunza reports from central kenya. central canyon is battling what the government calls on alcohol and drugs epidemic. seems like these are common here. authorities blame it on the number of unregulated byes and an influx of booze. the governor _ an influx of booze. the governor is _ an influx of booze. the governor is not - an influx of booze. the governor is not just - an influx of booze. the governor is not just in l an influx of booze. the i governor is notjust in this area but in kenya must make a decision, but in the pursuit of revenue, licensing every kiosk, every outlet, bar and restaurant, you want to earn destroy an entire generation and that is not right. find destroy an entire generation and that is not right. and the government _ and that is not right. and the government has _ and that is not right. and the government has been - and that is not right. and the government has been widely| government has been widely supported by residents in the central reason region. this woman lost her husband to alcoholism and all of her children are battling

dependency. children are battling deenden . ~ , dependency. translation: these bo s are dependency. translation: these boys are well _ dependency. translation: these boys are well educated _ dependency. translation: these boys are well educated stop - boys are well educated stop they don't like working. all they don't like working. all they don't like working. all they do is wake up and drink alcohol. you cannot even find them hanging out with their girlfriends. all they want to do is drink the local brew. we really going to see new generation?— really going to see new veneration? generation? under the new directive. _ generation? under the new directive, only _ generation? under the new directive, only one - generation? under the new directive, only one bar- generation? under the new directive, only one bar will| generation? under the new. directive, only one bar will be licensed per town stop they can sell alcohol between 5pm and night but business owners say this will lead to closure of hundreds of premises and massive job losses.- hundreds of premises and massive job losses. massive 'ob losses. you would be massive job losses. you would be closing _ massive job losses. you would be closing 17,000 _ massive job losses. you would be closing 17,000 businessesl massive job losses. you would l be closing 17,000 businesses in the central region and that will be losing a workforce of about 100,000 people. where are we going to take these people? where are we going to take them? . , , where are we going to take them? ., , , ., where are we going to take them? , ,., . . them? local ngos at her church have intervened _ them? local ngos at her church have intervened to _ them? local ngos at her church have intervened to set - them? local ngos at her church have intervened to set up i have intervened to set up rehabilitation centres but they

are expensive and out of reach for many attic. it's been made harder here with many young people he is saying alcohol and drug abuse are not a major problem in central canyon. the main problem _ problem in central canyon. the main problem we _ problem in central canyon. tie: main problem we are problem in central canyon. tte: main problem we are facing problem in central canyon. tt2 main problem we are facing in central canyon is unemployment and high cost of living. as the main problem we want him to tackle and want the government to tackle stop we don't come to drink beerjust because we have nothing to do. if you have a job, they won't drink beer? is someone who drinks, i do beer at times but not always but if you get money, won't drink cheap beer like he is saying. there is currently no exact data as to how many people are affected by alcohol abuse but experts warn an entire generation we lost in central kenya if nothing is done to tackle the crisis. dick fosbury — the man who revolutiuonised the highjump has died at the age of 76.

he was the first athlete to go over the bar backwards and it won him an olympic gold in 1968 —four years later almost all competitors had adopted his style — a technique that is still used today by most of the athletes just explain to us exactly louisa pilbeam is our news correspondent and can explain to us exactly tell us more. just explain to us exactly what he did. ., just explain to us exactly what he did. . , . he did. imagine the scene, the mexico olympics _ he did. imagine the scene, the mexico olympics in _ he did. imagine the scene, the mexico olympics in 1968 i he did. imagine the scene, the mexico olympics in 1968 and i mexico olympics in 1968 and this 21—year—old athlete from oregon slides up to the high 0regon slides up to the high jump 0regon slides up to the high jump and he goes over, but he goes over arching his back and his head goes first. this was so revolutionary because at the time, they went over front rays, which seems odd to us today and it was called the scissors style. almost like a hurdle stop this caused a big funeral at the time and one journalist said he looked like a guy falling off the back of

the truck —— funeral. there was some scepticism but that was short—lived because he won the gold and it was an olympic record. it really revolutionised the sport. and it became known as the false pre— flop. is that the record of 2.24 metres and at the moment it's only 2.45 metres so it was such a feat he achieved. and people from the world of sport have been paying tribute to him. what have they been saying? to him. what have they been sa in: ? , ., to him. what have they been sa inc? , ., , , to him. what have they been sa inc? , . , , , saying? they have, yes. his aaent saying? they have, yes. his agent announced _ saying? they have, yes. his agent announced this i saying? they have, yes. his agent announced this newsl saying? they have, yes. his. agent announced this news and said, it's with a very heavy heart that have to release the news that my longtime friend and client dick fosbury passed away peacefully in his sleep early sunday morning after a short battle with a recurrence of lymphoma. he said dick will be greatly missed by friends and fans from around the world, and fans from around the world, a true legend and a friend of all. bbc pundit michaeljohnson who is of course such a leader in his sport, sprinting, he paid tribute, a really great

tribute here. he said he changed an entire event forever with a technique that look crazy at the time. that's what everybody thought but the result made it standard. and that's the thing, it's the standard now, it's the way all highjumpersjump the high high jumpers jump the high jump. highjumpersjump the high jump. that is the biggest tribute to him and his legacy that the sport has changed forever. and before we go, ijust want to show remarkable images. these are from a site in the uk near the northern city of leeds. the remains of a high status roman woman stop dozens that were unearthed and thought to be the first anglo—saxon cemetery found in west yorkshire stop the skeletons date back 1600 years. that's all for now. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lmmisztak. you can of course get more news

on bbc .com/ news to find all the latest stories. thank you all very much for watching. 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 eight 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, those parts of eastern england,

just eight 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 three degrees there in aberdeen, perhaps nine 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 of 14, maybe 15 degrees. but with that, some wet and windy weather at times.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the us, britain and australia reveal details of a security pact to counter china's military strength in the pacific, including nuclear—powered submarines from the us. after a meeting in southern california, president biden said the aukus pact would boost stability in the asia pacific region for decades. the us government has given the green light to the controversial willow oil drilling project in alaska and the arctic. the $8 billion scheme has faced fierce opposition from environmentalists, who say it will ruin a pristine environment. one of the strongest storms recorded in the southern hemisphere has hit the region for second time in a month, killing 100 people. storm freddy has left

destruction in malawi and mozambique, ripping roofs off buildings