News live: King Charles praises ‘ambitious’ Aukus and expresses pride in Australia in speech to US Congress

King Charles praises 'ambitious' Aukus in speech to US Congress King Charles’ address to the US Congress has been covered over in our US politics blog ( check it out here ). But it’s worth noting that Australia got a shout-out, and specifically the Aukus nuclear submarine program, in a section of the speech that pointedly dwelt on the importance of defence ties between the US and UK (and Nato more broadly). …