"We don’t accept the results of this rigged election, we condemn the thuggery deployed against the Belarusian people," Raab told MPs. We all know habeas corpus goes, but did we tell you about the ethnic angles of Daniel Andrews’ Omnibus Bill? The Abraham Accords will echo down the corridors of history long after the partisan yapping of anti-Trump pollsters has been forgotten. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore, a close US ally that maintains cordial relations with China, said the US relationship with Beijing historically "always gets entangled" in US presidential elections but stabilises afterward. German officials later confirmed he had been poisoned with Novichok — the same nerve agent used against former Russian military officer and British double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March 2018. Standing together is the only way authoritarian leaders will see our resolve and eventually bend to it," he said. More than 12,000 people have been arrested, and hundreds remain in jail as part of Lukashenko's crackdown. Friends, Allies and Enemies considers Australia’s diplomatic options as loyalties shift in an increasingly turbulent region. The allies did so in PNG, and some further access in the Solomon Islands seems possible. The US is elbowing Australia and allies in a race for the China market. The Pew Research Center is reporting that people abroad — and not only people abroad, Americans, too: really everybody — dislikes Donald Trump. So, the Pew Research Center polled more than a dozen allies and, guess what, the allies — from the UK and France to Germany, Japan and Australia — don’t like Donald Trump. The latest Pew poll would be merely comical were it not part of that effort to undermine not just Donald Trump but also the healthy patriotism and self-confidence of Americans who regard the achievements of this great country unapologetically and with pride. Both allies have long-standing regional interests, ... July 27, 2020 Australia Consolidates Hardened US Position on the South China Sea By Grant Wyeth. Mon 7 Sep 2020 05.25 EDT Last modified on Wed 23 Sep 2020 06.00 EDT. As a matter of public record, the US response to the Chinese virus, notwithstanding the deadly bungling of political quacks like Andrew Cuomo, has been among the very best in the world. The increase required is equivalent to around 4.4% of China’s total goods imports in 2018. Australia is supporting its ally, but it still has serious reservations about the Trump administration's chaotic approach to China. US Defense Secretary Mark Esper hailed the participation of five Australian warships last week in exercises with a US carrier strike group and a Japanese destroyer in the Philippine Sea. "That is why I think it has been smart to take a pause, see how this thing is evolving and developing, so that whatever we come up with works when it finally becomes law," Rubio said. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Early on, South Korea was touted as a model of COVID-19 containment. ... 2020, 3:12 PM. Raab said £1.5 million ($2.7 million) would be allocated to Belarusian human rights groups including £800,000 to support journalists and replace their destroyed equipment. The Philippines has been the perfect target for Chinese political interference – but it won’t be Beijing’s last victim. Tom Corben is a resident Vasey Fellow at Pacific Forum, where he is researching defense cooperation between Australia and the Republic of Korea. Aside from holding local Chinese forces at risk, expanding collaborative research and development — and deployment — would help Australia generate independent strategic effects, and assist the United States with addressing a raft of challenges associated with implementing the Indo-Pacific Strategy. Get your daily dose of good news from Grist Subscribe to The Beacon. Raab said the UK was always on watch for Russia's "predatory" behaviour and interference in other countries, and said Russia had always viewed Belarus as a "client state". Going ahead in Washington with annual talks despite the coronavirus pandemic, Australia's foreign and defense ministers offered clear, if more mildly stated, support for a hawkish shift on China by President Donald Trump's administration. 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"These exercises not only bolster interoperability, but also send a clear signal to Beijing that we will fly, we will sail and we will operate wherever international law allows and defend the rights of our allies and partners to do the same," Esper said. The 2017 National Defense Strategy does not mention the PIR once, while Indo-Pacific Strategy documents from the Department of Defense and Department of State do not provide long-term blueprints for addressing the region’s strategic challenges. By Sandy Fitzgerald    |   Because of the leadership of Donald Trump and the talent and dedication of the people he surrounded himself with to deal with the problem. Australia, seconding its longtime ally, calls for an international investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and joined Pompeo in rejecting Beijing s sweeping claims in the South China Sea. Historically, the region has not been a leading source of “traditional” military threats, but America and Australia can no longer afford to overlook the PIR as a locus of Chinese security activity. Any sane person, I submit, should close any report that contains that statement and back slowly away. Fortunately, China’s growing Pacific profile has shifted Australia’s strategic attention and resources back to the region. — and a majority say that Trump ‘mishandled’ the US response to the Chinese virus. Trump's presumptive Democratic rival Joe Biden has also vowed a tough approach on China amid wide criticism of the Asian power on issues from trade to its incarceration of Uighur Muslims to its clampdown in semi-autonomous Hong Kong. That said, it could be too soon for such “strategic fatalism” — the alliance has enduring nonsecurity advantages over China in the region, which could yet be leveraged at much lower economic and political cost. He had been arrested after exposing tax fraud involving Russian officials. Because it is all emotion and no evidence. Canberra had become accustomed to perceiving the Pacific as a source of primarily nontraditional security threats, and distant campaigns in the Middle East have driven capability development and operational spending since 2001. "Australia's adversaries are happiest when it is divided from its allies. Raab said the UK had hoped to join EU sanctions which were initiated a month ago, but the efforts have been stymied by Cyprus which is refusing to agree to the plan unless the same actions are announced for Turkey. Australia's allies ready to sanction Belarus officials. In November 2018, Canberra became concerned that Beijing was seeking to co-develop four major ports in Papua New Guinea, including at Lombrum Naval Base on Manus Island, concerns which likely spurred the alliance’s partnering with PNG to redevelop Lombrum themselves. COVID-19 has seen drug prices jump even higher, making Australia a lucrative market if smugglers can reach it. London: Britain, Canada and the United States are preparing co-ordinated sanctions against those responsible for cracking down on demonstrators, journalists and opposition politicians in Belarus. Samuel Armstrong from the Henry Jackson Society called on Australian MPs to pass their own version of the law, so that the Five Eyes intelligence partners, which comprises the UK, US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, could stand up to dictators with a combined voice. If so, the increase required in 2020 over 2019 is $87 billion, or 81% over the 2019 level. Keep discussions on topic, avoid personal attacks and threats of any kind.

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