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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirms that his country will build nuclear-powered submarines in a new partnership with the United States and Britain. "We intend to build these submarines in Adelaide, Australia, in close cooperation with the United Kingdom and the United States," he says in a video conference with US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. SOUNDBITE
Australia's purchase of US nuclear-powered submarines and plans to build its own vessels marks the "biggest" defense sector investment in the country's history, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says at a press conference with US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in San Diego. IMAGES
Resumed talks to save the Iran nuclear deal are the Islamic republic's "last chance" to take a "serious" position, UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says at a G7 foreign ministers meeting. SOUNDBITE
Australia's defense minister says that US-backed nuclear submarines were a better choice after France was outraged by Canberra scrapping a major deal for conventional ones. "In the end, the decision that we have made is based on what is in the best interest of our national security," Defense Minister Peter Dutton tells a joint news conference in Washington. SOUNDBITE
A mega deal to build Australian submarines was so important to France, the French Prime Minister Manuel Valls say that he will personally supervise the project as Paris and Sydney bolster defence ties. IMAGES of Manuel Valls arriving in Canberra
A Russian nuclear-powered submarine and other naval vessels arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit to the communist island off Florida's coast in a show of force amid spiraling US-Russian tensions. IMAGES