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a bbc investigation reveals that uk special forces were given the power to veto attempts by elite afghan troops to settle in britain. and the bafta goes to... all right, i can read it. ..0ppenheimer! applause. and oppenheimer was the big winner at the baftas, taking home seven prizes, including best film. the including best film. actress and directorate saman morton the actress and directorate samantha morton gave an emotional speech at the ceremony dedicating her award to children in care. more on that part of last night's events. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's betty. good evening, matthew. tonight, it's all about the bottom end of the premier league table, as everton host crystal palace, a game which will be overshadowed by the news that roy hodgson has stepped down as palace boss. hodgson, who's 76, was taken ill during training on thursday last week amid reports he was going to be sacked. our sports correspondent katie gornall is at goodison park for us ahead of the match. not surprising news necessarily and also that it released his new person who w
a bbc investigation reveals that uk special forces were given the power to veto attempts by elite afghan troops to settle in britain. and the bafta goes to... all right, i can read it. ..0ppenheimer! applause. and oppenheimer was the big winner at the baftas, taking home seven prizes, including best film. the including best film. actress and directorate saman morton the actress and directorate samantha morton gave an emotional speech at the ceremony dedicating her award to children in care....
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leaked documents show that uk special forces rejected applications, despite some containing compellingvidence of service alongside the british military. the uk ministry of defence says it is conducting an independent review. with me is bbc panorama'sjoe gunter. thank you for being here. what exactly have — thank you for being here. what exactly have you _ thank you for being here. brief exactly have you discovered? thank you for being here. twat exactly have you discovered? these afghan special forces served alongside the british and some of the most dangerous missions of the afghan conflict. many of them are expecting to be relocated to the uk when the taliban came to power. hundreds of them were rejected. according to leaked documents, it was uk special forces who had a veto over those applications and pick up that veto ahead of a spike in rejections. projections of applications that contain very compelling evidence of service alongside british forces in afghanistan.— alongside british forces in afghanistan. alongside british forces in afuhanistan. , ., ,, afghanistan. why would this
leaked documents show that uk special forces rejected applications, despite some containing compellingvidence of service alongside the british military. the uk ministry of defence says it is conducting an independent review. with me is bbc panorama'sjoe gunter. thank you for being here. what exactly have — thank you for being here. what exactly have you _ thank you for being here. brief exactly have you discovered? thank you for being here. twat exactly have you discovered? these afghan...
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we have seen documents showing uk special forces, rejected.es, the very force that vetted, funded and trained these afghan commandos, that had a veto over their applications and rejected them. why were they rejecting them? it is why were they re'ecting them? it is not exactl why were they rejecting them? it 3 not exactly clear why, but it is controversial, and former members of uk specialforces and controversial, and former members of uk special forces and others have told the bbc they believe it is a real conflict of interest, because uk special forces have this veto power at a time when they were also the subject of public inquiries into alleged war crimes that were alleged to have happened on operations where the afghan commandos were present. so if they were in this country, they could be potential witnesses to that inquiry. the shadow armed forces minister luc pollard, following our reporting today, has written to the government asking how many times this veto was used. the ministry of defence has previously said that 2000 decisions will
we have seen documents showing uk special forces, rejected.es, the very force that vetted, funded and trained these afghan commandos, that had a veto over their applications and rejected them. why were they rejecting them? it is why were they re'ecting them? it is not exactl why were they rejecting them? it 3 not exactly clear why, but it is controversial, and former members of uk specialforces and controversial, and former members of uk special forces and others have told the bbc they believe...
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leaked documents show that uk special forces rejected applications despite some containing compellinge says it is conducting an independent review. with me is bbc panorama'sjoe gunter. this is such an important story, and almost counterintuitive. explain, tell us more about the central allegation here.— tell us more about the central allegation here. tell us more about the central alleuation here. , ~ ., , allegation here. these afghan units, which are known _ allegation here. these afghan units, which are known as _ allegation here. these afghan units, which are known as the _ allegation here. these afghan units, which are known as the triples, - allegation here. these afghan units, which are known as the triples, they| which are known as the triples, they fought alongside british special forces in some of the most dangerous missions of the afghan conflict. when the taliban came to power, they were clearly at risk and many believe that they would have the opportunity to resettle in the uk. we have seen applications with compelling evidence of their service alongside the british. but
leaked documents show that uk special forces rejected applications despite some containing compellinge says it is conducting an independent review. with me is bbc panorama'sjoe gunter. this is such an important story, and almost counterintuitive. explain, tell us more about the central allegation here.— tell us more about the central allegation here. tell us more about the central alleuation here. , ~ ., , allegation here. these afghan units, which are known _ allegation here. these afghan...
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the bbc panorama report found that uk special forces blocked some afghan troops relocating to britained despite compelling evidence of service alongside the british military. afghans accompanied the british military in some of the most dangerous missions. you are watching bbc news. iranian—backed houthis in yemen say they targeted three vessels in the red sea in 2a hours. the military spokesman said monday, the latest strikes targeted two us ships. the third was hit by two missiles and severely damaged by houthis sunday. uk authorities say the ship, taking on water, has been abandoned and the 2a crew rescued. our diplomatic correspondent. since november, houthi rebels based here in yemen have attacked merchant vessels steaming up and down the red sea. they say they're doing it to support palestinians in gaza, claiming they're mostly attacking ships linked to israel, the us or the uk. now the attack on the british vessel took place here on sunday close to the bab alman darb strait between yemen and djibouti. the ship that was hit was the rubymar, a cargo vessel flagged in belize operat
the bbc panorama report found that uk special forces blocked some afghan troops relocating to britained despite compelling evidence of service alongside the british military. afghans accompanied the british military in some of the most dangerous missions. you are watching bbc news. iranian—backed houthis in yemen say they targeted three vessels in the red sea in 2a hours. the military spokesman said monday, the latest strikes targeted two us ships. the third was hit by two missiles and...
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a bbc panorama investigation has discovered that uk special forces blocked former afghan special forces
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a bbc investigation reveals that uk special forces were given the power to veto attempts by elite afghann has been found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter after four migrants died in a boat crossing the channel. these details are coming to us from our correspondence simon jones. this was a retrial at canterbury crown court. he admitted he was steering the boats carrying at least 43 people which then got into difficulty back in december 2022. he told the court he was doing it under duress. the prosecution said he, as the pilot of the boat, had a duty of care to all those on board and it would have been abundantly clear there was an obvious and clear risk of death to the passengers.
a bbc investigation reveals that uk special forces were given the power to veto attempts by elite afghann has been found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter after four migrants died in a boat crossing the channel. these details are coming to us from our correspondence simon jones. this was a retrial at canterbury crown court. he admitted he was steering the boats carrying at least 43 people which then got into difficulty back in december 2022. he told the court he was doing it under duress....
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a bbc panorama investigation has discovered that uk special forces blocked former afghan special forcesm settling in britain. hundreds of the afghan troops, who served alongside uk forces, had their resettlement applications rejected after the taliban seized power in kabul. an english channel migrant who piloted a dinghy — four of whose passengers drowned — has been found guilty of their manslaughter after two trials. ibrahima bah, who is from senegal, was convicted by a majority of ten to two — at canterbury crown court. the widow of the russian opposition leader alexei navalny says her husband was killed because the russian president couldn't break him, and that she will continue his work fighting for their country. the 47—year—old died unexpectedly in a prison camp on friday and his family have still not been allowed to retrieve his body to try independently to ascertain how he died. translation: three days ago, vladimir putin killed my - husband, alexei navalny. putin killed the father of my children. putin took away the dearest thing i had, the closest and most beloved person. but
a bbc panorama investigation has discovered that uk special forces blocked former afghan special forcesm settling in britain. hundreds of the afghan troops, who served alongside uk forces, had their resettlement applications rejected after the taliban seized power in kabul. an english channel migrant who piloted a dinghy — four of whose passengers drowned — has been found guilty of their manslaughter after two trials. ibrahima bah, who is from senegal, was convicted by a majority of ten to...
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a bbc investigation reveals that uk special forces were given the power to veto attempts by elite afghanthe baftas, taking home seven prizes, including best film. the including best film. actress and directorate saman morton the actress and directorate samantha morton gave an emotional speech at the ceremony dedicating her award to children in care. more on that part of last night's events. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's betty. good evening, matthew. tonight, it's all about the bottom end of the premier league table, as everton host crystal palace, a game which will be overshadowed by the news that roy hodgson has stepped down as palace boss. hodgson, who's 76, was taken ill during training on thursday last week amid reports he was going to be sacked.
a bbc investigation reveals that uk special forces were given the power to veto attempts by elite afghanthe baftas, taking home seven prizes, including best film. the including best film. actress and directorate saman morton the actress and directorate samantha morton gave an emotional speech at the ceremony dedicating her award to children in care. more on that part of last night's events. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's betty. good evening, matthew. tonight,...
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forces brigade in the uk, there are a lot of specialists who are engaged in servicing the technicaly operations are planned by british and american military specialists, the ukrainians are only there, the commanders, are only present, and even then they cannot be found on the line of combat contact during the day with fire, so to say that this was some kind of home preparation , i would not, this is for the naive, and the fact that certain politicians have now begun to declare to europe that we will never send our military personnel there is also from the evil one. we've looked at it now from october to foreign mercenaries in ukraine , the number of new zealanders, australians are coming, they are dying, recently a madam from germany came there, a german woman, she died, what was she doing there. and this suggests that a staff member of the central administration of the testament died in ukraine, because how many times have we heard, french general so-and-so went to the alps, stumbled, fell, american servicemen were flying over california, suddenly the helicopter stalled , they fell
forces brigade in the uk, there are a lot of specialists who are engaged in servicing the technicaly operations are planned by british and american military specialists, the ukrainians are only there, the commanders, are only present, and even then they cannot be found on the line of combat contact during the day with fire, so to say that this was some kind of home preparation , i would not, this is for the naive, and the fact that certain politicians have now begun to declare to europe that we...
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the uk government has announced that all former afghan special forces who were turned down when they said the rules had been inconsistently applied. campaigners had criticised the treatment of the afghan servicemen known as the triples. for more on this, i�*m joined by our correspondentjoe inwood. he�*s in the newsroom. tell us more. these are two units of elite afghan forces. they�*re called 333 and 444. they were set up funded and trained by the british. for about 20 years, they worked with british forces in afghanistan. when the taliban returned, there was not expection action for them. that they would be given the ability to come to the uk to relocate into something called the arab scheme. many of them warrants. hundreds of them had thought they�*d be allowed to come here and found there for claims were denied —— many of them were not. this has been a real source of anger amongst notjust this has been a real source of anger amongst not just the this has been a real source of anger amongst notjust the triples, but the supporters in the uk — politicians, journalists, lawyers, vario
the uk government has announced that all former afghan special forces who were turned down when they said the rules had been inconsistently applied. campaigners had criticised the treatment of the afghan servicemen known as the triples. for more on this, i�*m joined by our correspondentjoe inwood. he�*s in the newsroom. tell us more. these are two units of elite afghan forces. they�*re called 333 and 444. they were set up funded and trained by the british. for about 20 years, they worked...
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, army and navy and army special operations forces. the royal navy is sending 2,000 sailors, eight submarine warships, a uk carrier strike group, and f-35 jets. in the east of the european continent, the exercise scenario was planned long ago, after attacks by a nearby enemy on one of the nato members, the north atlantic alliance applies the fifth article: retaliatory measures. the invasion of ukraine 2 years ago changed everything. war in europe is no longer a distant hypothetical threat. right now, as we face a most dangerous and completely unpredictable global security situation, the staunch defender is sending a clear message: nato is ready, modernized and necessary. we. at kendrew barracks, home of the brigade, desert and rats, 7th light mechanized the british army brigade has set off, we have just left the a1 with members of the 2nd battalion of the royal english regiment, this is a naval company, they are practicing a road maneuver on the fox. all this, of course, is happening against the backdrop of the war in ukraine, i assume
, army and navy and army special operations forces. the royal navy is sending 2,000 sailors, eight submarine warships, a uk carrier strike group, and f-35 jets. in the east of the european continent, the exercise scenario was planned long ago, after attacks by a nearby enemy on one of the nato members, the north atlantic alliance applies the fifth article: retaliatory measures. the invasion of ukraine 2 years ago changed everything. war in europe is no longer a distant hypothetical threat....
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forces brigade in the uk, very there are many specialists who are involved in the maintenance of technicalsh and american military specialists, the ukrainians are only there, if commanders are just present, you won’t be able to find them on the line of combat contact during the day, so i wouldn’t say that this was some kind of home preparation, this is for the naive, and what some politicians have now begun to say to europe that we will never send our military personnel there, this is also from the evil one, we have looked at it now since october. regarding foreign mercenaries in ukraine, the flow has decreased; since october we only managed to find 117 names, in first place colombians are in second place, americans are in second place, and there are two of each creature, there are germans, one lithuanian, one latvian, one belarusian, there are new zealanders, australians are coming, they are dying, just recently a madam from germany arrived there, a german woman, she died, that she she probably did it there, well, she probably snipered, most likely, why? colombians, most of all colombians
forces brigade in the uk, very there are many specialists who are involved in the maintenance of technicalsh and american military specialists, the ukrainians are only there, if commanders are just present, you won’t be able to find them on the line of combat contact during the day, so i wouldn’t say that this was some kind of home preparation, this is for the naive, and what some politicians have now begun to say to europe that we will never send our military personnel there, this is also...
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. don't commit acts of genocide, so it has a special meaning for the londoners or the people who are there in the uk and in the capital london to go out in solidarity with the palestinians, see obviously the uh palestinian flags and lots of placarts there with the different uh slogans that are being displayed um the the mood there as we see is uh it seems very calm it doesn't seem like there's any problems there uh unlike some of the news that we have read that the uh metropolitan police may take a harsher approach compared with the previous demonstrations but so far at least at this point and at this time based on uh where we're looking at uh everything seems to be okay um uh so that is fine in terms of what's happening um this uh is obviously very harsh uh reminder for the ones who are out there of how brutal the israeli washiim forces have continued with their genocidal acts and as i mentioned even after the icj said uh and warned uh israel and the regime there to stop uh what it's doing but um we we can see that uh that's has mounted and of course people are there out in droves a
. don't commit acts of genocide, so it has a special meaning for the londoners or the people who are there in the uk and in the capital london to go out in solidarity with the palestinians, see obviously the uh palestinian flags and lots of placarts there with the different uh slogans that are being displayed um the the mood there as we see is uh it seems very calm it doesn't seem like there's any problems there uh unlike some of the news that we have read that the uh metropolitan police may...
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forces.ng about a call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and one more thing to point you towards, we have more of that exclusive interview with the new co—owner of manchester united saw interview with the new co—owner of manchester united sanim ratcliffe talking to dan rowan, that is all after the weather. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. just over a week to go before we can close out the month of february and meteorological winter. we can start to look at the calculations for rainfall totals. we already know that it has been a record—breaker in three areas, aberdeenshire, worcestershire and north yorkshire. this is the rainfall totals that we should see over the three—month winter period but not only have we seen more than that in some areas, we smashed it, 75% more rainfall already. and we are just going to add to those totals because here is today's rain. eased the way to some showers but there is more wet weather to come into tomorrow as we see a spell of we
forces.ng about a call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and one more thing to point you towards, we have more of that exclusive interview with the new co—owner of manchester united saw interview with the new co—owner of manchester united sanim ratcliffe talking to dan rowan, that is all after the weather. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. just over a week to go before we can close out the month of february and meteorological winter. we can start to look at the...
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last week, israeli special forces rescued two of the hostages kidnapped by hamas — designated a terroristation by the uk government — on october 7. they were being held in southern gaza in the city of rafah. there was huge relief for the families of 60—year—old fernando simon marman and 70—year—old louis har, as well as a boost for national morale. but the miltiary raid to free them reportedly left more than 70 people dead and dozens wounded. the bbc�*s special correspondent fergal keane has been hearing the stories of civilians and medics caught up in a night of fear. his piece contains distressing details. they were rescued from here. the two israeli hostages that were kidnapped by hamas in the massacre of october 7th are now home. this is the story of the price paid by the civilians of rafah on the night of february 12. the rescue began around 1:45am. by the time the hostages were safe, more than 70 people were reported killed, a high number civilians. in this house, a doctor from medecins sans frontieres lay across her children to protect them. she has asked to remain anonymous. voice
last week, israeli special forces rescued two of the hostages kidnapped by hamas — designated a terroristation by the uk government — on october 7. they were being held in southern gaza in the city of rafah. there was huge relief for the families of 60—year—old fernando simon marman and 70—year—old louis har, as well as a boost for national morale. but the miltiary raid to free them reportedly left more than 70 people dead and dozens wounded. the bbc�*s special correspondent...
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last week israeli special forces rescued two of the hostages kidnapped on 7 october by hamas, which isnated a terrorist organisation by the uk and us government. they were being held in southern gaza in the city of rafah. there was huge relief for the families of 60—year—old fernando simon marman and 70—year—old louis har as well as a boost for national morale. but the military raid in rafah to free them reportedly left more than 70 people dead and dozens wounded. the bbc�*s special correspondent, fergal keane, is hearing the stories of civilians and medics caught up in a night of fear. his report contains distressing details. they were rescued from here. the two israeli hostages that were kidnapped by hamas in the massacre of 7 october are now home. this is the story of the price paid by the civilians of rafah on the night of 12 february. the rescue began around 1:45am. by the time the hostages were safe, more than 70 people were reported killed, a high number civilians. in this house, a doctor from medecins sans frontieres lay across her children to protect them. she has asked to rem
last week israeli special forces rescued two of the hostages kidnapped on 7 october by hamas, which isnated a terrorist organisation by the uk and us government. they were being held in southern gaza in the city of rafah. there was huge relief for the families of 60—year—old fernando simon marman and 70—year—old louis har as well as a boost for national morale. but the military raid in rafah to free them reportedly left more than 70 people dead and dozens wounded. the bbc�*s special...
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the israeli army says its special forces have rated a hospital in southern gaza.sser hospital and that their bodies may still be there. hamas — which the uk and us consider a terrorist organisation — has called israel's claim "lies". israel describes it as a "precise and limited" operation at the site in khan younis. medical sources say israeli forces fired into the hospital, killing a patient and wounding several others. a trauma surgeon has contacted the bbc to say "tanks and snipers" were surrounding the hospital from "all directions". jenny hill sent this report from jerusalem. bbc verifies maryland timers have been looking what we know from the hospital. has been looking what we know from the hosital. �* , ,, ~ ., been looking what we know from the hosital. a ~ ., , ., hospital. as you know, israeli forces raided _ hospital. as you know, israeli forces raided the _ hospital. as you know, israeli forces raided the hospital- hospital. as you know, israeli forces raided the hospital a i hospital. as you know, israeli i forces raided the hospital a day after thou
the israeli army says its special forces have rated a hospital in southern gaza.sser hospital and that their bodies may still be there. hamas — which the uk and us consider a terrorist organisation — has called israel's claim "lies". israel describes it as a "precise and limited" operation at the site in khan younis. medical sources say israeli forces fired into the hospital, killing a patient and wounding several others. a trauma surgeon has contacted the bbc to say...
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and uk have launched joint strikes against the terrorist group.terday american forces announced they struck five anti-cruise missiles. joining us now to help break it down for us, former f special agent and national security analyst for nbc news and msnbc, clint watts, standing there next to the board with a map of the region. clint, let's start with the houthis and the attack on friday. they're still targeting ships. so walk us through the u.s. response. clearly has it not been adequate, and what do we anticipate from the houthis next? just more of the same? >> yeah, jonathan. if we just think about it big picture, we're talking way south here in yemen. just a few things to think about. these missile sites all along this area here, basically in that sort of northwestern corner of yemen and also hitting actual uavs and other targets in the red sea, yeah, the capability is being degraded, but the houthis have thousands upon thousands of missiles in things set up in long-term bunker. remember, they've been fighting for more than a decade with other
and uk have launched joint strikes against the terrorist group.terday american forces announced they struck five anti-cruise missiles. joining us now to help break it down for us, former f special agent and national security analyst for nbc news and msnbc, clint watts, standing there next to the board with a map of the region. clint, let's start with the houthis and the attack on friday. they're still targeting ships. so walk us through the u.s. response. clearly has it not been adequate, and...
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forces groups that goes out and works of these militias. all of the attacks from all these groups focused on the u.s., the uk, shipping lanes the red sea, they all have that sort of connection and i think the key point is iran has wanted to ratchet up and drive a wedge between the united states in the rest of the middle east, particularly with respect to israel. looking at the broader picture, all of this tries to -- in the larger regional war, it tries to bring the u.s. into that. what we're seeing in terms of these strikes -- going after this strikes -- now going after those targets that are responsible for the attacks on the red sea. the question is, what will be the next step that the administration might take in between going to targets in iran, or will they go after iranian revolutionary guard corps targets that are somewhere in the region, but not necessarily in iran. >> i'm curious about the cadence of these attacks -- houthi rebels in the red sea yesterday. is there some sort of rhythm to this? is the timing of one operation consid
forces groups that goes out and works of these militias. all of the attacks from all these groups focused on the u.s., the uk, shipping lanes the red sea, they all have that sort of connection and i think the key point is iran has wanted to ratchet up and drive a wedge between the united states in the rest of the middle east, particularly with respect to israel. looking at the broader picture, all of this tries to -- in the larger regional war, it tries to bring the u.s. into that. what we're...