The US has secured access to four additional military bases in the Philippines to monitor the Chinese in the South China Sea and around Taiwan.
With this deal, Washington has stitched the gap in the arc of US alliances stretching from South Korea and Japan in the north to Australia in the south.
The new additions and expanded access, according to a statement from Washington, will "allow more rapid support for humanitarian and climate-related disasters in the Philippines, and respond to other shared challenges".
The US already had limited access to five sites under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA).
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,bbc,bbc news,news,world news,breaking news,us news,world,america,usa,usa news,india news,Path to the Presidency,Donald Trump,Trump,c-dvjFTz8G0,, Politics,Society,Television_program, channel_UC16niRr50-MSBwiO3YDb3RA, video_c-dvjFTz8G0,In this episode of Path to the Presidency, the BBC’s Sumi Somaskanda and Caitríona Perry are joined by North America Correspondent Anthony Zurcher to discuss Donald Trump's key policy priorities as it gets closer and closer to his inauguration.
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,bbc,bbc news,news,world news,breaking news,us news,world,america,usa,usa news,india news,ulwfZ2Gu79o,, Politics,Society,Television_program, channel_UC16niRr50-MSBwiO3YDb3RA, video_ulwfZ2Gu79o,Without action the world could warm by a massive 3.1C this century, the UN has said in a new report.
The UN Emissions Gap report indicates that if only “current policies” are implemented the world could warm by up to 3.1C.
This would be “catastrophic” for the world according to the UN, leading to dramatic increases in extreme weather events including heatwaves and floods.
The UN's predictions of temperature rise have stayed essentially the same over the past three years since countries met in Glasgow for the COP26 climate summit.
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A warning that some will find this report distressing.
Myanmar's military junta government is facing anarmed challenge to its rule in several parts of the country.
In the Chin state in the west of Myanmar, ethnicresistance groups have managed to push the militaryjunta out of several areas near the country's westernborder and battles are currently raging as they fight togain control of more territory.
The BBC has had rare access to the state and hasseen evidence of how the Burmese army havelaunched a campaign of torture, abduction and murder to stop youngsters from joining rebel fighters.
Myanmar's military is yet to respond to the BBC'squestions about these allegations.
The BBC's Yogita Limaye reports from western Myanmar.
,1,Tech billionaire Elon Musk has predicted that artificial intelligence (AI) will eventually mean that no-one will have to work.
He was speaking to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during an unusual "in conversation" event at the end of this week's summit on AI at Bletchley Park, in England.
The 50-minute interview included a prediction by Mr Musk that the tech will make paid work redundant.
This comes as around 100 world leaders, tech bosses and academics are gathering there over the next two days to discuss how best to maximise the benefits of artificial intelligence - while minimising the risks.
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,1,Elon Musk says artificial intelligence is "one of the existential risks we face as world leaders attend a AI safety summit in the UK.
About 100 world leaders, tech bosses and academics are gathering there over the next two days to discuss how best to maximise the benefits of artificial intelligence - while minimising the risks.
Others have warned against speculating about unlikely future threats and said the world should instead focus on the potential present-day risks AI poses, such as replacing some jobs and entrenching bias.
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,1,One of President Putin’s justifications for his invasion of Ukraine is that he wants to "denazify" the country.
Ros Atkins looks at the distortions and untruths that Russia is spreading about Nazis in Ukraine - including about the role of the Azov regiment, who are based in Mariupol and are part of Ukraine's national guard.
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,1,The New Hampshire presidential primary, just days away, feels a bit different this year. The GOP field is now narrowed to three candidates and winning the nomination is a longshot for two of those three. The incumbent Democrat, President Biden, is not competing in the state after national Democrats tried removing New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation status. The Hill's Cate Martel explains the distinct absence of the usual frenzy.
,1,Australia has launched an urgent operation to rescue a researcher with a "developing medical condition" from the remote Casey outpost in Antarctica.
The icebreaker RSV Nuyina left from Tasmania last week, the Australian Antarctic Program (AAP) said.
It is travelling thousands of miles to reach the station after an air rescue was ruled out due to harsh conditions.
The AAP said the researcher, an Australian, needs specialist treatment but did not name the condition.
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,1,Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said it will use "enormous force" against the Hamas militant group.
He said Israeli retaliation in the Gaza Strip for the attacks by Hamas gunmen in Israel had only just begun.
About 900 people in Israel are now known to have died in the surprise attack, including 260 people massacred by Hamas gunmen at a music festival.
Since then, hundreds of Palestinians including many civilians have been killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.
It’s widely expected that Israel will launch a ground offensive into Gaza, where around 130 Israelis are being held hostage by Hamas.
Lyse Doucet presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen.
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,1,Over the next two days, around 100 world leaders, tech bosses, academics and AI researchers are gathering at the UK's Bletchley Park campus, once home to the codebreakers who helped secure victory during World War Two.
They will take part in discussions about how best to maximise the benefits of artificial intelligence - while minimising the risks.
International delegates include US Vice President Kamala Harris and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. China is also sending a representative.
There has been some criticism that the guest list is dominated by US giants including ChatGPT creator OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Google and Amazon - as well as Tesla and X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will livestream a conversation with Mr Musk on X on Thursday evening.
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,1,Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) dropped out of the Republican presidential primary on Sunday, marking the end of a stunning rise and fall for a candidate once seen as the most formidable rival to former President Trump.
,1,The Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, has begun a tour of Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan - with no mention of a possible visit to Taiwan.
There has been intense speculation that she may visit the self-ruled island.
Taiwan is claimed by China - which has warned of "serious consequences" if she goes there. No high-ranking US elected official has visited Taiwan in 25 years.
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,1,Russia is scrambling to pull its military personnel and citizens out of the city of Kherson ahead of a Ukrainian counter-offensive.
Ukrainian father Dmytro Bahnenko reflects on the months he and his family lived there under occupation and secretly filmed for BBC Eye at great personal risk.
Dmytro, whose day job had been as a local reporter, never thought he'd be filming the invasion of his home city.
Along with his wife Lidia, Dmytro struggles to shelter their five-year-old daughter Ksusha from the war as she increasingly senses the danger around her.
Kherson was the first major city to fall to Russian forces when they invaded Ukraine in February and he began filming the family's lives when Russian soldiers first marched past their window on 1 March.
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,1,The US has secured access to four additional military bases in the Philippines to monitor the Chinese in the South China Sea and around Taiwan.
With this deal, Washington has stitched the gap in the arc of US alliances stretching from South Korea and Japan in the north to Australia in the south.
The new additions and expanded access, according to a statement from Washington, will "allow more rapid support for humanitarian and climate-related disasters in the Philippines, and respond to other shared challenges".
The US already had limited access to five sites under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA).
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