Fate of Aukus nuclear submarine deal may be delayed months as UK and Australia wait on Trump review

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Australia and the UK potentially face months of more uncertainty over the future of the Aukus agreement, amid expectations a snap Trump administration review of the nuclear submarines deal will extend well beyond its initial 30-day timeframe. The author of Britain’s Aukus review, Sir Stephen Lovegrove, said both countries would contribute to the Pentagon assessment but warned there was “a way to go” yet before advice to US President Donald Trump was settled. The start date of the review – which is being led by the undersecretary of defence and Aukus sceptic, Elbridge Colby – is unclear, but it is...