Biden announces AUKUS security pact US and UK to provide Australia nuclear-powered submarines

President Biden announces AUKUS, a new trilateral security partnership between the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia, focused on sharing nuclear-powered submarine technology with Australia. The deal effectively cancels a $66 billion conventional submarine contract France had signed with Australia, triggering a diplomatic crisis with Paris. France recalls its ambassadors from Washington and Canberra, a historic first. The Biden administration frames AUKUS as a critical step to counter China's growing military power in the Indo-Pacific. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian calls the cancellation a "betrayal," comparing Biden's conduct to Trump's.