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Britain gives the go-ahead for an £18 billion nuclear power plant, ending weeks of uncertainty that strained ties with China and France and put a question mark over Prime Minister Theresa May's investment policy. Ivor Benentt reports.
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
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
Failing to go ahead with the Hinkley Point nuclear project could threaten China's relationship with Britain, its ambassador to the UK has warned in the Financial Times. As Joanna Webster reports, Liu Xiaoming said the delay had brought the two countries to a "crucial historical juncture".
Plans to build a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in England face renewed controversy after the finance director of project leader EDF resigned. As Ivor Bennett reports, shares in the French company fell 6 percent.
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