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earlier today, an raf plane carrying defence secretary grant shapps had its gps signaljammed while flyinglose to russian territory. nick is back. what can you tell us about this incident? it was a pretty dramatic headline when that dropped this afternoon and what it was was that grant shapps was flying back to the uk from poland, where he had been seeing a nato exercise, and he passed by kaliningrad, the russian exclave thatis kaliningrad, the russian exclave that is between lithuania and poland and what that means is that it is completely surrounded by the european union. but it is russian territory and has been since 191i5. it was soviet territory and captured by the soviets in191i5 it was soviet territory and captured by the soviets in 1945 there are lots of military bases and military assets in kaliningrad. the times defence editor was on this flight and she talks about how the gps satellite signal was interfered with four 30 minutes, satellite signal was interfered with four30 minutes, mobile satellite signal was interfered with four 30 minutes, mobile phones could not connect to the
earlier today, an raf plane carrying defence secretary grant shapps had its gps signaljammed while flyinglose to russian territory. nick is back. what can you tell us about this incident? it was a pretty dramatic headline when that dropped this afternoon and what it was was that grant shapps was flying back to the uk from poland, where he had been seeing a nato exercise, and he passed by kaliningrad, the russian exclave thatis kaliningrad, the russian exclave that is between lithuania and...
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grant shapps says.m any threat. >> this exercise is designed to make sure that we can operate with other countries like poland and be interoperable. most importantly of all, sending a very clear signal to putin or any other despotic leader that we will stand up for ourselves and don't try it on. >> meanwhile, voting is underway in russia to elect the country's next president. ballots are being cast over three days, even though vladimir putin is all but certain to win. he appealed to voters yesterday , including in voters yesterday, including in annexed parts of ukraine, to be unhedin annexed parts of ukraine, to be united in determining his country's future. ukraine says any russian votes in the donetsk, luhansk, zaporizhzhia or her son region will be void and millions of pounds worth of drugs and eight xl bullies have been seized during county lines raids . that. place been seized during county lines raids. that. place hundreds of weapons were also found, including rambo knives and machetes. every poli
grant shapps says.m any threat. >> this exercise is designed to make sure that we can operate with other countries like poland and be interoperable. most importantly of all, sending a very clear signal to putin or any other despotic leader that we will stand up for ourselves and don't try it on. >> meanwhile, voting is underway in russia to elect the country's next president. ballots are being cast over three days, even though vladimir putin is all but certain to win. he appealed to...
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and grant shapps a month to complete the picture, was returning from the airfield close to the bordero exercises to take place in recent years, so i think that is the context in which this episode took place. it is part of a wider pattern of russian electronic interference in notjust military traffic, and this was kind of a hybrid, the plane was at raf plane but it was a corporate jet, but the russians are using this kind of mechanism to interfere with military and commercial traffic, both in the air and at sea. that is a cause of concern. to both in the air and at sea. that is a cause of concern.— both in the air and at sea. that is a cause of concern. to protect their assets. a cause of concern. to protect their assets- 50. — a cause of concern. to protect their assets- 50. it _ a cause of concern. to protect their assets. so, it would _ a cause of concern. to protect their assets. so, it would be _ a cause of concern. to protect their assets. so, it would be a _ a cause of concern. to protect their assets. so, it would be a routine i assets. so, it would be a routine procedure and
and grant shapps a month to complete the picture, was returning from the airfield close to the bordero exercises to take place in recent years, so i think that is the context in which this episode took place. it is part of a wider pattern of russian electronic interference in notjust military traffic, and this was kind of a hybrid, the plane was at raf plane but it was a corporate jet, but the russians are using this kind of mechanism to interfere with military and commercial traffic, both in...
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grant shapps. >> yes . secretary. grant shapps. >> yes. lasting 30 minutes, secretary. . lasting 30 minutes, the >> yes. lasting 30 minutes, the attack took out one of the primary navigation systems as the raf jet flew close to the russian enclave of kaliningrad in the baltic sea. >> this took place just after gb news reporter ray addison was given exclusive access to a nato training exercise in poland . training exercise in poland. >> they move from room to room, breaching , clearing . these nato breaching, clearing. these nato soldiers may not speak the same language, but they are fluent in the art of urban warfare, working together to neutralise the enemy . and as the tip of the the enemy. and as the tip of the spear, the enemy. and as the tip of the spear , they're ready to roll spear, they're ready to roll against russia in a matter of hours. lieutenant colonel ben hawes is in command. >> my major observation is soldiers are soldiers , and no soldiers are soldiers, and no matter what language they speak, we all understand . and the nato we all understand. and the n
grant shapps. >> yes . secretary. grant shapps. >> yes. lasting 30 minutes, secretary. . lasting 30 minutes, the >> yes. lasting 30 minutes, the attack took out one of the primary navigation systems as the raf jet flew close to the russian enclave of kaliningrad in the baltic sea. >> this took place just after gb news reporter ray addison was given exclusive access to a nato training exercise in poland . training exercise in poland. >> they move from room to room,...
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grant shapps goes onto say that the uk and its allies will continue to take necessary to save lives andou can see the video that the british defence forces have released of what they say is hms richmond using its missiles to shoot down two attack drones launched by the iranian backed houthis. we will bring you more on that late in the programme. now it's time for a look at today's sport with olly foster. italy are celebrating their first six nations championship win for two years. they beat title chasing scotland 31—29 in rome. they trailed by six points at half—time but though they were outscored by four tries to three, four penalties in the match helped them get their noses in front and they witheld a late comeback from the scots to secure their first win since victory in cardiff against wales in 2022, it's their first home win in the championship since 2013. they are on course for their best finish in the six nations with one match left to play. they also drew against france and they have moved up against france and they have moved up into fourth. ater that result, the grand slam cha
grant shapps goes onto say that the uk and its allies will continue to take necessary to save lives andou can see the video that the british defence forces have released of what they say is hms richmond using its missiles to shoot down two attack drones launched by the iranian backed houthis. we will bring you more on that late in the programme. now it's time for a look at today's sport with olly foster. italy are celebrating their first six nations championship win for two years. they beat...
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the uk defence secretary, grant shapps, had to abandon a trip to the southern ukrainian city of 0desa warned moscow had gained knowledge of his travel plans. the sunday times newspaper said a last minute intelligence assessment deemed the security risk too great. it follows an incident last week when an raf plane mr shapps was travelling in between the uk and poland had its gps signal jammed while flying close to russian territory. here's our political correspondent helen catt with more. well, of course, because this is a security and intelligence incident. we don't have a lot more detail, really, that we're able to share with you. but we do know that, as you mentioned, there was that incident earlier in the week where mr shapps was travelling on a plane and the gps was jammed when he came near to russian territory. he went to ukraine. we know that he arrived in ukraine for a planned trip, but part of that trip was supposed to include a visit to 0desa and that was pulled. the ministry of defence has confirmed that — it said that he did not make a planned visit to 0desa for security re
the uk defence secretary, grant shapps, had to abandon a trip to the southern ukrainian city of 0desa warned moscow had gained knowledge of his travel plans. the sunday times newspaper said a last minute intelligence assessment deemed the security risk too great. it follows an incident last week when an raf plane mr shapps was travelling in between the uk and poland had its gps signal jammed while flying close to russian territory. here's our political correspondent helen catt with more. well,...
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and to return now to our exclusive interview with the defence secretary, grant shapps.rnalist you may recognise him on that flight with the defence secretary was our very own ray addison there, who joins us now in he's back , ray in the studio. he's back, ray made it alive. >> he made it alive ? >> he made it alive? >> he made it alive? >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> well, it was it was an interesting flight, >> well, it was it was an interesting flight , to say the interesting flight, to say the least. that was, obviously in the company of the defence secretary, grant shapps, from the through to poland and, the uk through to poland and, right from the takeoff to to, the landing. >> it was certainly an eventful flight . flight. >> and why was this eventful? were you aware during that flight that there was some tampering going on and frankly, did you know where the tampering was coming from? >> well , was coming from? >> well, questions were certainly raised because i noficed certainly raised because i noticed obviously we had we did have internet on that fl
and to return now to our exclusive interview with the defence secretary, grant shapps.rnalist you may recognise him on that flight with the defence secretary was our very own ray addison there, who joins us now in he's back , ray in the studio. he's back, ray made it alive. >> he made it alive ? >> he made it alive? >> he made it alive? >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> well, it was it was an interesting flight, >> well, it was it was an...
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to grant shapps. two, we've got to listen from defspoke to gb grant shapps. two, we've got to listenewsnt shapps. two, we've got to listen from defspoke to gb news exclusively . he spoke to gb news exclusively. he spoke to gb news exclusively. he urged trump not to cut he urged donald trump not to cut aid ukraine wins the aid to ukraine if he wins the next election. here he is. >> well, look, i think it's undeniably a more dangerous world. got in world. we've got a war in europe. we've a conflict in europe. we've got a conflict in the middle east. you've the the middle east. you've seen the uk involved in the middle east with the houthis. so i think it's important that we up our spending. we are committed to 2.5. i note that labour say they're committed to the 2% figure . that's already a £7 figure. that's already a £7 billion cut from where we're up to now . so, so they are not the to now. so, so they are not the answer. and as you say, i've rightly, i think, called for more money. i should just say that this budget actually has added 1.8% in real terms to our defence budgets . defe
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defence secretary grant shapps is here to show his support. >> i would say back home most people are unaware here of this enormous nato exercise. not just large, the biggest since the cold war . cold war. >> 20,000 are taking part in operation steadfast defender, with another 70,000 from all 32 nato allies. it's designed to send a very clear message to the russian president don't push us too far. >> putin's end game is to carry on expanding russia. you don't have to take my word for it. it's what he's said himself many times. nato isn't trying to expand into other people's territory . we are simply here to territory. we are simply here to defend our values of freedom and sovereignty and democracy. we should be proud of what these guys have been doing here, making sure we can exercise together. most importantly of all, sending a very clear signal to putin or any other despotic leader that we will stand up for ourselves and don't try it on. >> with russia's war in ukraine now in its third year, the defence secretary is urging western allies not to get fatigued, but to treat putin's ong
defence secretary grant shapps is here to show his support. >> i would say back home most people are unaware here of this enormous nato exercise. not just large, the biggest since the cold war . cold war. >> 20,000 are taking part in operation steadfast defender, with another 70,000 from all 32 nato allies. it's designed to send a very clear message to the russian president don't push us too far. >> putin's end game is to carry on expanding russia. you don't have to take my...
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this is what grant shapps had to laura kuenssberg this morning. —— this is whatjeremy hunt said. morning, said. we have always said and been clear that we _ said. we have always said and been clear that we will _ said. we have always said and been clear that we will only _ said. we have always said and been clear that we will only cut _ said. we have always said and been clear that we will only cut was - said. we have always said and been clear that we will only cut was put l clear that we will only cut was put down _ clear that we will only cut was put down my— clear that we will only cut was put down my taxes in a way that is responsible and prudent and may say the most _ responsible and prudent and may say the most conservative thing i can do would _ the most conservative thing i can do would be _ the most conservative thing i can do would be to— the most conservative thing i can do would be to cut taxes by increasing borrowing, — would be to cut taxes by increasing borrowing, because that isjust cutting — borrowing, because that isjust cutting taxes and saying future generations have
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now, in a moment we'll bring you tv exclusive with grant shapps . but first to with grant shapps.that russia has been accused of disrupting the satellite gps on the defence secretary's plane as he flew to poland yesterday and the plane was also carrying gb news reporter ray addison. now, it's understood that gps signal was blocked for around 30 minutes as the raf jet flew close to the edge of kaliningrad, a russian enclave between lithuania and poland. well, the flight lost gps navigation and internet access on the outbound bound, and the return journey well. mr shapps was assured by pilots that the safety of the aircraft was never at risk. well i'm now also joined by former labour defence minister bill rammell. bill, welcome to the show . bill, welcome to the show. welcome to the show, bill. so is this, an act of hostility jamming the signals on raf jets carrying the defence sector? it's hardly cricket . it's hardly cricket. >> i mean, it's very concerning. and, i think immediately we need to get to the bottom of exactly what happened and how it happened. now, from the reports, i
now, in a moment we'll bring you tv exclusive with grant shapps . but first to with grant shapps.that russia has been accused of disrupting the satellite gps on the defence secretary's plane as he flew to poland yesterday and the plane was also carrying gb news reporter ray addison. now, it's understood that gps signal was blocked for around 30 minutes as the raf jet flew close to the edge of kaliningrad, a russian enclave between lithuania and poland. well, the flight lost gps navigation and...
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. >> a british aircraft carrier leads a nato exercise in the baltic sea as defence secretary grant shapps warns vladimir putin do not try it on gb news has exclusive access. >> now mps there are 650 of them and their pay is shooting up to £91,400 a year. but are they doing less work for more money? >> yes. this is quite interesting . an analysis out interesting. an analysis out this morning has shown that actually our mps in this parliamentary session are clocking off earlier than before. even new labour. so in about 25 years they're clocking off the shortest day they've had.so off the shortest day they've had. so essentially what they're doing is working less for more money with this 5.5% pay increase. yeah >> the house of commons is rising now at about 430 in the afternoon. now people can remember back to some of the midnight sittings that mps used to do. we're a long way away from that now. late votes seem to be a thing of the past, and mps can seemingly go back to their offices and put their feet up around 430. >> i wonder if under if there is a labour government, i wonder with all th
. >> a british aircraft carrier leads a nato exercise in the baltic sea as defence secretary grant shapps warns vladimir putin do not try it on gb news has exclusive access. >> now mps there are 650 of them and their pay is shooting up to £91,400 a year. but are they doing less work for more money? >> yes. this is quite interesting . an analysis out interesting. an analysis out this morning has shown that actually our mps in this parliamentary session are clocking off earlier...
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i know i feel like grant know voices, i feel like grant shappsis know voices, i feel like grant shapps. he was, on that sub, but they did a that nuclear sub, but they did a test and that didn't work, and he very he almost got very, very exciting guy. right? we're halfway. we've got a whole load more up. you don't more news coming up. you don't want miss the hate monster, want to miss the hate monster, dark far right dark nationalists and far right fitness. welcome back to headliners. let's get straight into friday's mail. and, jonathan, i hate this campaign on. luckily, i said that in england. oh, absolutely. i feel like we've, skipped ahead a little bit, have we not? no. oh, well , in a little bit, have we not? no. oh, well, in which a little bit, have we not? no. oh, well , in which case, guys oh, well, in which case, guys cover for me. i'm looking for my story. >> we've just hired someone incompetent. >> yeah. wait, where is it? where is it? you know how this show , indeed. i just show works, yes, indeed. i just got excited. basically, got a bit excited. so basically, let's headline
i know i feel like grant know voices, i feel like grant shappsis know voices, i feel like grant shapps. he was, on that sub, but they did a that nuclear sub, but they did a test and that didn't work, and he very he almost got very, very exciting guy. right? we're halfway. we've got a whole load more up. you don't more news coming up. you don't want miss the hate monster, want to miss the hate monster, dark far right dark nationalists and far right fitness. welcome back to headliners. let's get...
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the ministry defence says grant ministry of defence says grant shapps was forced to abandon a trip toty reasons. british intelligence warned of a credible missile threat from russia, saying the kremlin had got wind of his visit, according to the sunday times. mr shapps was due to travel to odesa a day after a missile hit the city, while the ukrainian president and greek prime minister and the greek prime minister were visiting. five people were killed the explosions, killed in the explosions, according to ukrainian authorities . the widow of authorities. the widow of russian opposition leader alexei navalny was cheered by voters outside the russian embassy in berlin . yulia navalnaya was berlin. yulia navalnaya was protesting on the final day of voting for the country's next president, vladimir putin, who's beenin president, vladimir putin, who's been in power since 1999, is expected to win another six year tum with a landslide victory. the election comes just over two years since russia's invasion of ukraine began. work on the m25 in surrey is on schedule to reopen for monday rush ho
the ministry defence says grant ministry of defence says grant shapps was forced to abandon a trip toty reasons. british intelligence warned of a credible missile threat from russia, saying the kremlin had got wind of his visit, according to the sunday times. mr shapps was due to travel to odesa a day after a missile hit the city, while the ukrainian president and greek prime minister and the greek prime minister were visiting. five people were killed the explosions, killed in the explosions,...
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it was a pretty dramatic headline when that dropped this afternoon and what it was was that grant shapps is that it is completely surrounded by the european union. but it is russian territory and has been since 1945. it was soviet territory and captured by the soviets in 1945 there are lots of military bases and military assets in kaliningrad. the times defence editor was on this
it was a pretty dramatic headline when that dropped this afternoon and what it was was that grant shapps is that it is completely surrounded by the european union. but it is russian territory and has been since 1945. it was soviet territory and captured by the soviets in 1945 there are lots of military bases and military assets in kaliningrad. the times defence editor was on this
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and, grant shapps >> definitely.world. we've moved to a more pre—war footing now where you see are happening, see things that are happening, obviously you're obviously in gaza, what you're seeing red the seeing in the red sea with the houthis attacking, those vessels, , trading in vessels, those ships, trading in that particular part of the world, obviously the war in world, and obviously the war in ukraine. so we are in a more dangerous society and with increasing threats, therefore, there is an argument for increased funding. >> all right . do you know what. >> all right. do you know what. because we're tight for because we're a bit tight for time. want to change tack time. i want to change tack entirely something entirely this morning. something that talking about that you might be talking about down the boozer tonight. should you go. and they're going to rebuild the titanic. candace according of the star. >> yes. so this is a story on the front page of the daily star, australian mining star, an australian mining
and, grant shapps >> definitely.world. we've moved to a more pre—war footing now where you see are happening, see things that are happening, obviously you're obviously in gaza, what you're seeing red the seeing in the red sea with the houthis attacking, those vessels, , trading in vessels, those ships, trading in that particular part of the world, obviously the war in world, and obviously the war in ukraine. so we are in a more dangerous society and with increasing threats, therefore,...
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. _ the uk defence secretary, grant shapps, had to abandon a trip to the southern ukrainian city of odesaas warned moscow had gained knowledge of his travel plans. the sunday times said a last minute intelligence assessment deemed the security risk too great. it follows an incident last week when an raf plane mr shapps was travelling in between the uk and poland had its gps signaljammed while flying close to russian territory. talks aimed at securing a ceasefire between israel and hamas, as well as the release of hostages could resume on sunday in qatar as fears remain over the prospect of a large—scale invasion of rafah. egyptian officials said hamas has presented a new proposal for a three—stage plan to end the fighting. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has called the proposal unrealistic, but agreed to send israeli negotiators to qatar. meanwhile, a humanitarian aid shipment carrying 200 tonnes of food from cyprus has been unloaded onto gaza's shore. it's the first time in two decades that the sea route has been used. it's unclear, though, how the food will be distributed.
. _ the uk defence secretary, grant shapps, had to abandon a trip to the southern ukrainian city of odesaas warned moscow had gained knowledge of his travel plans. the sunday times said a last minute intelligence assessment deemed the security risk too great. it follows an incident last week when an raf plane mr shapps was travelling in between the uk and poland had its gps signaljammed while flying close to russian territory. talks aimed at securing a ceasefire between israel and hamas, as...
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the uk's defence secretary grant shapps has posted video on his social media account of hms richmondred sea. the incident happened last night after the royal navy frigate was attacked by iranian—backed houthi rebels. mr shapps said the uk and its allies will continue to take the action necessary to save lives and protect freedom of navigation. the us military says it has also shot down at least 28 uncrewed aerial vehicles — or drones — in the red sea between between about 4.00am and 8.20am local time. they added that no us or coalition navy vessels were damaged in the attack, and that no commercial ships reported damage. with the details, here's david waddell. the singapore—registered propel fortune is the latest commercial ship to be targeted by the houthi movement. the bulk carrier departed india just under two weeks ago, with her automatic identification system signalling that she was not connected to israel — supposedly to deter this kind of attack from yemen. the uk maritime trade organisation said the captain reported no collateral damage to the ship and that she was bound for
the uk's defence secretary grant shapps has posted video on his social media account of hms richmondred sea. the incident happened last night after the royal navy frigate was attacked by iranian—backed houthi rebels. mr shapps said the uk and its allies will continue to take the action necessary to save lives and protect freedom of navigation. the us military says it has also shot down at least 28 uncrewed aerial vehicles — or drones — in the red sea between between about 4.00am and...
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. >> this extra package, announced by grant shapps on a visit to ukraine is very significant.dreds of pounds and millions of pounds in extra commitment from the uk to provide 10,000 military drones. now the vast majority will be first person view drones, fpv drones, which can loiter over the battle space and drop their munitions on russian tanks and artillery. but it will also provide a thousand new one way attack drones in addition to that, more maritime attack drones . attack drones. >> mark white, our home and security editor, speaking earlier , the government will earlier, the government will attempt to overturn amendments to its flagship immigration policy after it suffered heavy defeats in the house of lords . defeats in the house of lords. commons leader penny mordaunt confirmed today that the safety of bill will return to of rwanda bill will return to the lords 18th of this the lords on the 18th of this month . mps will then get a month. mps will then get a chance to debate and vote on any amendments in the following week. the government's plan would judges to deem wou
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conservative mp mark francois, who probed grant shapps earlier.y a wet tory for the first time. mark >> so this is the first time for everything, right ? everything, right? >> so, mark, what happened in the meeting? and there's been a lot of tough talk about increasing spending but nothing on right on the table. right >> we put the job of a select committee is to hold ministers to account in detail. >> so we spent the best >> yeah. so we spent the best part of two hours on this. >> if i could explain to your viewers very quickly what's happened to the defence budget. this is the, the red book as it's known. it's the budget bible. >> and it gives the spending totals for all the government departments. >> so it's published after the budget and they're all listed here. >> and you look at defence >> and if you look at defence revenue, spending day day revenue, spending day to day spending in the financial year 2324, that ends in about a week's time, we were spending 35 billion on defence. >> this is for revenue. >> this is for revenue. >> and for next
conservative mp mark francois, who probed grant shapps earlier.y a wet tory for the first time. mark >> so this is the first time for everything, right ? everything, right? >> so, mark, what happened in the meeting? and there's been a lot of tough talk about increasing spending but nothing on right on the table. right >> we put the job of a select committee is to hold ministers to account in detail. >> so we spent the best >> yeah. so we spent the best part of two...
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an raf plane carrying the defence secretary, grant shapps, had it gps signal brieflyjammed while flyingrom poland. a security source has told the bbc the safety of the plane was never threatened. a 17—year—old boy has admitted killing a schoolgirl, who was stabbed at a bus stop in south london last september. elianne andam, who was 15, was attacked on her way to school. at the old bailey, the teenager, pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied murder. the plea was not accepted by prosecutors, and he�*ll stand trial in november. you�*re live with bbc news. elon musk�*s space x company has completed a third test of a rocket in space as part of its efforts to make a reusable craft for taking people to the moon. the starship rocket broke up as it headed back to earth — but that hasn�*t stopped the company to declare the mission a success. our science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. new objectives that�*ll eventually get us to that glorious, rapid, reusable future... twice before, starship blew up just minutes after launch. was this going to be third time lucky? so far, so good. we are f
an raf plane carrying the defence secretary, grant shapps, had it gps signal brieflyjammed while flyingrom poland. a security source has told the bbc the safety of the plane was never threatened. a 17—year—old boy has admitted killing a schoolgirl, who was stabbed at a bus stop in south london last september. elianne andam, who was 15, was attacked on her way to school. at the old bailey, the teenager, pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied murder. the plea was not accepted by...
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the announcement of the £325 million package was made in the past hour by defence secretary grant shappste what the uk's doing in terms of bringing the drones here, the biggest package of any country when it comes to drone warfare — it's become very important. but also i think to raise the alarm because i'm very concerned. we cannot have a situation where a democratic country is invaded. what does it say about our values of democracy and freedom if we allow that to happen? and in a sense, it's a wake—up call to the world to make sure that we back ukraine. and that's why i'm here — as we've been right from the very beginning and the united kingdom, and we're here now and will be right the way through — to remind the world that this battle continues and it must be won. let's turn to nigeria now — where there have been two mass kidnappings — one in the northeast and one in the north west of the country. let's start with the incident in the north east where authorities are searching for at least 200 people kidnapped by suspected boko haram militants. the victims are thought to be mostly wome
the announcement of the £325 million package was made in the past hour by defence secretary grant shappste what the uk's doing in terms of bringing the drones here, the biggest package of any country when it comes to drone warfare — it's become very important. but also i think to raise the alarm because i'm very concerned. we cannot have a situation where a democratic country is invaded. what does it say about our values of democracy and freedom if we allow that to happen? and in a sense,...
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the defence secretary grant shapps made the announcement during a visit to kyiv.to push forward. and a slowing of western support is affecting ukraine's ability to halt the advance. i'm joined now byjohn e herbst, senior director of the atlantic council's eurasia center and a former us ambassador to ukraine. thank you forjoining me this morning. biden will almost certainly highlight the importance of getting his assistant package through congress when he makes his state of the union address. he wants to break the deadlock there. we are seeing of russia's success in eastern ukraine. is there an appreciation in ukraine about how desperate the situation is becoming? inaudible i think ithink ukraine i think ukraine is able to... this thing is not resolved by late summer of... there will be very serious consequences. does the us care — very serious consequences. does the us care enough, _ very serious consequences. does the us care enough, do - very serious consequences. does the us care enough, do you - the us care enough, do you think, or is there a growing sense thi
the defence secretary grant shapps made the announcement during a visit to kyiv.to push forward. and a slowing of western support is affecting ukraine's ability to halt the advance. i'm joined now byjohn e herbst, senior director of the atlantic council's eurasia center and a former us ambassador to ukraine. thank you forjoining me this morning. biden will almost certainly highlight the importance of getting his assistant package through congress when he makes his state of the union address. he...
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the defence secretary, grant shapps, made the announcement during a visit to kyiv for talks with presidento advance after capturing the town of avdiivka last month. ukraine says it is stabilising the front line but a slowing of western support is affecting their ability to halt the russian advance. cities like kostiantynivka have been next to the front line for a decade, but they now fear they are next. from there, our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, reports. eastern ukraine is being eroded. russian forces are approaching, taking village after village. and for the people living here, death or occupation feels imminent. valeri and his grandson denis have taken up the offer of evacuation. their home in toretsk is in russia's sights. here it's making its size and ammunition reserves count. ukrainian forces are going backwards. and with valeri's town now constantly shelled, it's time to go. translation: i lived my life already, but i need _ to save the little one. police take them to kostiantynivka, a place of relative safety, but increasingly less so. the city is used to being close
the defence secretary, grant shapps, made the announcement during a visit to kyiv for talks with presidento advance after capturing the town of avdiivka last month. ukraine says it is stabilising the front line but a slowing of western support is affecting their ability to halt the russian advance. cities like kostiantynivka have been next to the front line for a decade, but they now fear they are next. from there, our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, reports. eastern ukraine is being...
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grant shapps said the other day , grant shapps said the other day, we're in a pre—war phase, pre—warad really for 20 or 30 years, and when some of our allies are looking a bit unreliable , like looking a bit unreliable, like the germans and the possibility that the americans might change their view on supporting nato, come november and even today, one of russia's senior generals has said that he wouldn't be at all surprised if there's war in europe, with the europeans shortly. >> so to go to have a cut in defence is , is to me, absolutely defence is, is to me, absolutely unbelievable, but to not increase defence. now, the key thing is that our conventional forces are not a deterrent to putin. he just doesn't see the you know, we can probably put an armoured brigade which is about 100 tanks into the field. and when we know the russians have got thousands and thousands. so i mean, it's extraordinary . i i mean, it's extraordinary. i know no political party is leading on this because they don't believe it's a vote winner. quite frankly, as winner. but quite frankly, as you the russians
grant shapps said the other day , grant shapps said the other day, we're in a pre—war phase, pre—warad really for 20 or 30 years, and when some of our allies are looking a bit unreliable , like looking a bit unreliable, like the germans and the possibility that the americans might change their view on supporting nato, come november and even today, one of russia's senior generals has said that he wouldn't be at all surprised if there's war in europe, with the europeans shortly. >> so...
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the incident happened as grant shapps visited british troops participating in nato exercises in polanda review into air in poland. a review into air traffic control issues that caused widespread chaos during last august bank holiday weekend has found some engineers were working from home near 750,000 passengers were disrupted when flights were grounded at uk airports on the 28th of august. it was after national air traffic services suffered a technical glitch. an interim report found a lack of rehearsal for an incident of its nature and scale, and a significant lack of pre—planning . scotland's lack of pre—planning. scotland's former health secretary has been found to have breached the code of conduct after racking up an £11,000 bill on a parliamentary ipad. mike matheson quit his role in the wake of the scandal over his data roaming charges, which happened during a holiday in morocco . he later said that in morocco. he later said that his teenage sons use the device to watch football . a high court to watch football. a high court judge overseeing a case to determine who invented bitco
the incident happened as grant shapps visited british troops participating in nato exercises in polanda review into air in poland. a review into air traffic control issues that caused widespread chaos during last august bank holiday weekend has found some engineers were working from home near 750,000 passengers were disrupted when flights were grounded at uk airports on the 28th of august. it was after national air traffic services suffered a technical glitch. an interim report found a lack of...
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shapps the defence secretary has written to the chancellor asking for more money for defence.ave always said and been clear that we will only cut was put down my taxes in a way that is responsible and prudent and may say the most un—conservative thing i can do would be to cut taxes by increasing borrowing, because that's just cutting taxes and saying future generations have to pick up the tax. i wouldn't do that, but i do want, where it's possible, to do so responsibly to move towards a lower tax economy and i hope to show a pack in that direction but this would be a prudent and responsible budget for long—term growth, tackling inflation, more investment, more jobs and that path to lower taxation as and when we can afford it. now, though, we have to take everything at this stage a few days out from the budget with a bit of a pinch of salt. there is always expectation management because chancellors love to lower expectations so that they can pull a rabbit out of the hat at the a dispatch box on wednesday. so the chancellor not ruling out tax cuts but all the indications are tha
shapps the defence secretary has written to the chancellor asking for more money for defence.ave always said and been clear that we will only cut was put down my taxes in a way that is responsible and prudent and may say the most un—conservative thing i can do would be to cut taxes by increasing borrowing, because that's just cutting taxes and saying future generations have to pick up the tax. i wouldn't do that, but i do want, where it's possible, to do so responsibly to move towards a lower...
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. >> the defence ministry, ministry of defence says grant shapps was forced to abandon a trip to southern last week for security reasons. british intelligence warned of a credible missile threat from russia, saying the kremlin had got wind of his visit. that's according to the sunday times. mr shapps was due to travel to odesa a day after a missile hit the city, while the ukrainian president and the greek prime minister were visiting there. five people were killed the five people were killed in the explosions, to explosions, according to ukrainian . ukrainian authorities. meanwhile, the latvian prime minister has told the sunday telegraph that britain should consider conscription and a total defence model to deter russian aggression. latvia reintroduced the model last year with all able bodied men required to complete 11 months of military service . however, in of military service. however, in january, the uk armed forces minister james heappey , said any ministerjames heappey, said any talk of the uk introducing conscription to the army if nato goes to war with russia was nonsense . all
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it is interesting timing because the british foreign and defence ministers, david cameron and grant shappsl be meeting the prime minister as well, they will be having meetings with their counterparts on friday and i think we will see further announcements around the orgasmic agreement, i think they will be an announcement regarding the new nuclear—powered submarines, timing is interesting, i have had a chance to talk to the chinese ministry about concerns they have. wang yi has made it quite clear that he wants australia to be independent in its foreign policy, we need one pick what he means by that, i think he means you need to move away from the us and security partners we have a problem with like japan and the partners we have a problem with likejapan and the uk and you need to be a bit closer to china. i think although there is improvement in trading relations, although they will be able to buy australia muniganeen china fairly soon, this can always be reversed, there is always the emphasis to that of australia gets too far out of line or two vocal again, if it goes too far in its alli
it is interesting timing because the british foreign and defence ministers, david cameron and grant shappsl be meeting the prime minister as well, they will be having meetings with their counterparts on friday and i think we will see further announcements around the orgasmic agreement, i think they will be an announcement regarding the new nuclear—powered submarines, timing is interesting, i have had a chance to talk to the chinese ministry about concerns they have. wang yi has made it quite...
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people say i am the new grant shapps, you see! anyway, who knows? in the self—promotion stakes.ogether, i thought it was very good. talking about cabinet ministers�* contributions to social media, should someone remain in the cabinet if they have contributed to social media and cost the taxpayer £15,000 in damages? i refer to your colleague michelle donelan. you are referring to a letter that michelle sent to somebody. mm. making accusations which turned out not to be the case. my understanding is the department has sorted that out as quickly as possible and that is why it is 15,000 and not a much larger sum, without any admission associated with it. but i do think there is a fundamental point here. because if we were, as a sort of natural extension of your question, chris, to say well, actually what we should do isjust leave ministers to pay those things themselves, which is what i gather keir starmer is calling for, i think it would be a frightening place for most ministers and departments because they would be worried about what they said to almost anybody. shouldn�*t they be
people say i am the new grant shapps, you see! anyway, who knows? in the self—promotion stakes.ogether, i thought it was very good. talking about cabinet ministers�* contributions to social media, should someone remain in the cabinet if they have contributed to social media and cost the taxpayer £15,000 in damages? i refer to your colleague michelle donelan. you are referring to a letter that michelle sent to somebody. mm. making accusations which turned out not to be the case. my...
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shapps on his way back from poland to britain.o a government source, the gps signal on the plane was interfered with for about 30 minutes while the plane flew close to russia's baltic enclave of kaliningrad. that meant mobile phones could no longer connect to the internet and the aircraft was forced to use alternative methods to determine its location. this was confirmed by the pm's spokesperson but also added this was not unusual. the exact quote is, while travelling back from poland yesterday the plane carrying the defence secretary and delegation temporarily experienced gps jamming. delegation temporarily experienced gpsjamming. it delegation temporarily experienced gps jamming. it didn't threaten the safety of the aircraft and it is not unusualfor safety of the aircraft and it is not unusual for aircraft to experience gps jamming near kaliningrad which is russian territory. if we get any more details on the significance of that, we will let you now but it is time to get all the business news. it wasn't quite third time lucky f
shapps on his way back from poland to britain.o a government source, the gps signal on the plane was interfered with for about 30 minutes while the plane flew close to russia's baltic enclave of kaliningrad. that meant mobile phones could no longer connect to the internet and the aircraft was forced to use alternative methods to determine its location. this was confirmed by the pm's spokesperson but also added this was not unusual. the exact quote is, while travelling back from poland yesterday...
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yasmine, thank yon _ this image released by the ministry of defence shows grant shapps on the plane duringrnet and the aircraft was forced to use alternative methods to determine its location. the uk government says it isn't unusual for aircraft to experience this when flying near the russian territory. doctor thomas willington is an expert in electronic warfare. and was in the baltic region for research on the recently. hello to you. thank you forjoining us. just explain the significance of this location, first of all.— explain the significance of this location, first of all. thank you very much _ location, first of all. thank you very much for— location, first of all. thank you very much for having _ location, first of all. thank you very much for having me - location, first of all. thank you very much for having me to - location, first of all. thank you i very much for having me to speak location, first of all. thank you - very much for having me to speak to you this evening. kaliningrad is a russian escalade. it is the most westerly point i think of russian territory. it is not attache
yasmine, thank yon _ this image released by the ministry of defence shows grant shapps on the plane duringrnet and the aircraft was forced to use alternative methods to determine its location. the uk government says it isn't unusual for aircraft to experience this when flying near the russian territory. doctor thomas willington is an expert in electronic warfare. and was in the baltic region for research on the recently. hello to you. thank you forjoining us. just explain the significance of...
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defence secretary grant shapps confirming that hms richmond shot down two of those drones, repellingk by iranian backed houthis. the us says in total , coalition forces says in total, coalition forces hit 28 unmanned aerial vehicles. in his post on social media, grant shapps said the uk and its allies will continue to take necessary action to save lives and protect the freedom of navigation . and finally, navigation. and finally, humberside police have removed a number of bodies from the premises of a funeral director in hull after reports of concern for care of the deceased. cordons remain in place at three branches of legacy independent funeral directors that's in east yorkshire. they're investigating whether any criminal offences have been committed. the bodies have been committed. the bodies have been committed. the bodies have been taken to the local authority authority mortuary in hull. a direct line has been set up for anyone who may have been affected . for the latest affected. for the latest stories, why not sign up to the gb news alerts by scanning the qr code? it's on your
defence secretary grant shapps confirming that hms richmond shot down two of those drones, repellingk by iranian backed houthis. the us says in total , coalition forces says in total, coalition forces hit 28 unmanned aerial vehicles. in his post on social media, grant shapps said the uk and its allies will continue to take necessary action to save lives and protect the freedom of navigation . and finally, navigation. and finally, humberside police have removed a number of bodies from the...
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shapps the secretary, grant shapps the defence secretary on these projections, would all lose theircabinet would . pretty much. the cabinet would. pretty much. the only good news for rishi sunak is that a different poll says the majority of voters do not want an early election, if that's what they're thinking about doing . so i don't want to about doing. so i don't want to change policies, don't want to change policies, don't want to change leader before the election, in fact, 70% of conservative voters think that that would be a bad idea. that doesn't mean of course, that it's not going to happen because it's not going to happen because it could happen by accident . but it could happen by accident. but if enough disgruntled mps put in letters to sir graham brady. >> yeah, because the sun on sunday do say that their chances of any form of poll bounce or upfick of any form of poll bounce or uptick would be under penny mordaunt. but as you rightly identify , she could be set to identify, she could be set to lose her seat. so that leaves you with alternatives such as kemi badenoch, who'
shapps the secretary, grant shapps the defence secretary on these projections, would all lose theircabinet would . pretty much. the cabinet would. pretty much. the only good news for rishi sunak is that a different poll says the majority of voters do not want an early election, if that's what they're thinking about doing . so i don't want to about doing. so i don't want to change policies, don't want to change policies, don't want to change leader before the election, in fact, 70% of...
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what does this latest announcement from grant shapps mean for ukraine?l, it is significant . >> well, it is significant. since the start of this war, the uk has committed more than £7 billion to ukraine's defence. but there's no doubt that this extra package announced by grant shapps on a visit to ukraine is very significant. hundreds of pounds millions of pounds in extra commitment from the uk to provide 10,000 military drones. now the vast majority will be first person view drones, fpv drones , which can loiter over drones, which can loiter over the battle space and drop their munitions on russian tanks and artillery. but it will also provide a thousand new one way attack drones. in addition to that, more maritime attack drones that are being used to devastating effect in recent months. in fact , just this week, months. in fact, just this week, a maritime attack drones attacked and sunk a russian patrol ship in the black sea. >> mark, thank you very much. mark white, there are home and security editor with the latest coming to us from kyiv tonight. wel
what does this latest announcement from grant shapps mean for ukraine?l, it is significant . >> well, it is significant. since the start of this war, the uk has committed more than £7 billion to ukraine's defence. but there's no doubt that this extra package announced by grant shapps on a visit to ukraine is very significant. hundreds of pounds millions of pounds in extra commitment from the uk to provide 10,000 military drones. now the vast majority will be first person view drones, fpv...
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the defence secretary, grant shapps , says he's behaving grant shapps, says he's behaving like a modernpponents imprisoned or murdered. thousands of people turned up at polling stations across russia and in cities across the world to protest against the result. the kremlin responded by threatening to imprison anyone taking part in the process for up to five years. former kremlin adviser and russian exile valery morozov says there is no viable opposition in russia to putin. >> the problem is that putin is still keeping russia moving, developing or in any case, well, there is no alternative . there there is no alternative. there is no people who who can, who can, who have ideas , other can, who have ideas, other ideas. you have putin, putin, russia is now , if you compare russia is now, if you compare the development of russia, for example , january 20th, 2023 to example, january 20th, 2023 to this january, it is 4.6% development. >> valery mosolov there now britain's most successful female olympian, dame laura kenny, has announced her retirement from professional cycling . the profession
the defence secretary, grant shapps , says he's behaving grant shapps, says he's behaving like a modernpponents imprisoned or murdered. thousands of people turned up at polling stations across russia and in cities across the world to protest against the result. the kremlin responded by threatening to imprison anyone taking part in the process for up to five years. former kremlin adviser and russian exile valery morozov says there is no viable opposition in russia to putin. >> the problem...
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grant shapps last mail campaign. we didn't mind, in the budget, we didn't have anything, did we, about defence and we've got an increasingly, you know, fractious world. grant shapps last night threw his weight behind this this this pledge . in behind this this this pledge. in a bold move which put further pressure on rishi sunak, the defence secretary said more cash was to match the threat was needed to match the threat posed by vladimir putin. he says i want a bigger budget . he i want a bigger budget. he travelled to poland. he spoke exclusively to news, the exclusively to gb news, by the way, in poland will be way, in poland we will be showing that on the channel showing you that on the channel tomorrow. he poland tomorrow. he says that poland already spends gdp on already spends 4% of gdp on defence. i think it is reasonable, really, to say that we should be doing a bit more. they've got a comment piece they've also got a comment piece at says kate at the top which says gives kate at the top which says gives kate
grant shapps last mail campaign. we didn't mind, in the budget, we didn't have anything, did we, about defence and we've got an increasingly, you know, fractious world. grant shapps last night threw his weight behind this this this pledge . in behind this this this pledge. in a bold move which put further pressure on rishi sunak, the defence secretary said more cash was to match the threat was needed to match the threat posed by vladimir putin. he says i want a bigger budget . he i want a...
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the defence secretary, grant shapps , has secretary, grant shapps, has praised the shift in culture,ying that it's important that the military keeps up with modern standards . and finally, modern standards. and finally, before we turn to headliners, the uk's eurovision entry olly alexander has rejected calls to withdraw from the song contest. that's after issuing a joint statement signed by eight other contestants. more than 450 artists and organisations are among a group calling itself queers for palestine. they signed an open letter demanding that the years and years singer pull out of the competition in protest over the inclusion of israel . but in response, olly israel. but in response, olly alexander said that while he does support a full ceasefire in gaza, boycotting the contest would , he says, not help to would, he says, not help to achieve that goal. the collective reply was signed by artists representing eight participating countries , participating countries, including ireland, norway, portugal and finland . that's the portugal and finland. that's the latest from the newsr
the defence secretary, grant shapps , has secretary, grant shapps, has praised the shift in culture,ying that it's important that the military keeps up with modern standards . and finally, modern standards. and finally, before we turn to headliners, the uk's eurovision entry olly alexander has rejected calls to withdraw from the song contest. that's after issuing a joint statement signed by eight other contestants. more than 450 artists and organisations are among a group calling itself queers...