Afternoon Update: Trump’s Aukus slip; China defends live-fire drills; and honouring Antony Green

Donald Trump meeting with the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, in the Oval Office. Since Trump’s re-election, there have been persistent concern over the new US president’s interest in and commitment to the Aukus deal negotiated by his predecessor. Photograph: ABACA/Rex/Shutterstock

The US president apparently needed to be reminded what the Aukus deal was today, but Australian politicians did not seem bothered by the slip.

Asked about the agreement during an Oval Office meeting with the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, Trump initially responded: “What does that mean?”