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The US and Japan say China's island-building in the South China Sea is eroding security and regional stability. Natasha Howitt reports.
The United States military plans to station B-1 strategic bombers and surveillance aircraft in Australia, according to U.S. Defence Department Assistant Secretary for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs David Shear.
Park Geun-hye becomes South Korea's first female president. Next, health workers are in the firing line in Pakistan. Finally, Chinese artist Yue Minjun brings his grinning self-portraits to Paris. Dozens of his works and more than a hundred sketches are being put on display, making it the artist's single largest exhibition, and his first major show in Europe.
China says it "poses no threat" to any country, after Australia's first National Defence Strategy signalled a new focus on deterring Beijing's "coercive tactics". "China poses no threat to any country," foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian says in a briefing, urging Canberra to "refrain from making accusations against China at every turn". SOUNDBITE
Leaders of the BRICS countries arrive for the opening plenary session of the summit. IMAGES
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