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…