government recognises the need to increase defence spending in the wake of the comments from the us defencery pete hegseth. earlier this week, mr hegseth told nato members to bolster military spending by �*considerably more than three percent�*. currently the uk only spends two point 3% of national income on defence. for more on this, our political correspondent harry farleyjoined me in the studio earlier. i've just been talking about about ukraine and the new language coming out of the white house around european defence spending and these possible talks, peace talks between russia and the us — tomorrow sir keir starmer will head to an emergency summit in paris that has been hastily arranged, essentially to coordinate the the european response to these possibility of these talks in ukraine, and particularly, ithink, the fact that these talks have been so hastily arranged reflects the concern among european leaders that they might be left out of those peace talks. jonathan reynolds is the uk's business secretary and this is what he said about that possibility. well, us defence secretary has

us talks on ukraine with ukraine notably absent. that is pushing european stocks higher especially the defence stocks. and russia have said the talks will continue, marco rubio said it is the first step. i spoke to the ceo of advisor share about what the impact would be for the us markets and he said overall it will be very positive, especially he sees gains in the us defence industry continuing to make gains, actually, notjust over war but in the rearming purpose so you are seeing the shares of some companies upjust some companies up just slightly, some companies upjust slightly, but you have to remember, the mixed signals because it comes in the face of trump also making comments about cutting spending and cutting pentagon spending in half. . ~' cutting pentagon spending in half. . ~ ., ., half. talk to me about intel, re orts half. talk to me about intel, reports suggest _ half. talk to me about intel, reports suggest the - half. talk to me about intel, | reports suggest the business could be split?— could be split? yes, their shares are _ could be split? yes, their shares are getting - could be spl

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earlier on wednesday, the us defence secretary pete hegseth said the us didn't support ukrainejoining and that a return to the country's 2014 borders was unrealistic. james waterhouse reports from the capital kyiv. the heightening talk of peace has changed little in kyiv. an all—too—familiar tragedy at dawn, after russian missiles once more targeted ukraine's capital, killing one and injuring four more. but the blows for ukraine kept coming. at this conference centre in brussels, america's new defence secretary laid out a blunt message from the white house. we want, like you, a sovereign and prosperous ukraine. but we must start by recognising that returning to ukraine's pre—2014 borders is an unrealistic objective. that means ukraine is going to lose land to russia. the united states does not believe that nato membership for ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement. instead, any security guarantee must be backed by capable european and non—european troops. to be clear, as part of any security guarantee, there will not be us troops deployed to ukraine. ukraine is also

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i'm sure you would have seen the comments from the us defence secretary hegseth, talking, seemingly rulingraine in the near term, also saying it would seem very unlikely that the map of ukraine prior to the full—scale invasion of russia would go back to where it was. in his opinion, i should stress. what do you make of that when you hear those comments? i think it is a mistake because ukraine needs nato for sure, but nato, too, needs ukraine. ukraine is the biggest army in the civilised world. i million battle—hardened people with battle experience in the 21st century. nobody else. no army in the world except russia has such experience. that is something that is very valuable. i think it is a mistake to keep such an army outside the eu. it is much wiser to keep it inside. i hope our allies will soon get to this point. speaking of the map, the map of ukraine will not change. there is a map and international law. these territories are ukrainian. today part of them are controlled by russia. it is possible that after ending of hostilities, part of our territories will still be occupied. but we

the us defence secretary, pete hegseth, said this didn't amount to a concession — it was simply a reflectionf realities on the ground. i would start by saying the arguments that have been made that somehow coming to the table right now is making concessions to vladimir putin outright that we otherwise or that the president of the united states shouldn't otherwise make, i just reject that at its face. there's a reason why negotiations are happening right now. just a few weeks after president trump was sworn in as president of the united states. vladimir putin responds to strength. in 2014, he invaded crimea, not during the presidency of donald trump. over four years, there was no russian aggression, from 2016 to 2020. the prime minister, sir keir starmer, says ukraine has to be involved in any talk. of this. there can't be any negotiations about ukraine without ukraine i being at the heart of it, - and it's really important that ukraine is in the strongest possible position — - prime minister that we need to ramp up the money, - than we were last year. it's really important, strongest possibl

first, the new us defence secretary said ukraine would have to give up territory and its ambitions tooin nato. the reality of ukraine membership in nato as a part of a negotiated settlement — unlikely. then it was announced that president trump had a 90—minute phone conversation with president putin before speaking to his ukrainian ally. i had good conversation with the president trump. we had some phone calls and he had phone calls with putin. and he said to me, i think that he, putin, that he wants to stop the war. i said to him that he is a liar. and then the news that talks would be held in saudi arabia to find a way to end the war. this was the response of the of the us special envoy when asked if europe, which has provided more support joe inwood, bbc news. our europe editor katya adler is in paris. on two major issues demanded by donald trump. on its own defence, and numbertwo, that europe sends troops to ukraine in the case of an eventual ceasefire. of security more broadly, then they're going have to send? for how long? ii , , foreign j ,, foreign minister says ii ,, foreign

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is now top of the political agenda, on the us for defence. on other european leaders to massively ramp up defence spending. poland is the top military spender in nato at 4.7% of gross domestic product. economic output on defence. the government has committed to increase that to 2.5% are saying this isn't enough. indeed, russia increased its defence spending by 42% than ukraine and all its western allies — including is broadly about 2% of gdp. there are calls to raise that to 4%. more like 200 billion. and that's, you know, not even accounting for another 60 billion euros or so coming from the us. but the trump administration and the vice president has to provide better defence, more spending. on the ground in ukraine if and when a peace agreement is reached. and yet the likes of the german chancellor, olaf scholz, will not be drawn on this issue. there is so much uncertainty at all clear what the us is actually going to do. have talks on their own without including the eu or kyiv. now they are saying, oh, we might include more people. clear

the us defence secretary is clear any force won't be protected.ogether and in practice the prime minister's proposal would mean significantly expanding the uk's military and a willingness if need be to engage russia or its proxies. it is an acknowledgement of how much has changed. it's an extraordinary sight — this plane upside down on the runway in canada. some of the passengers who survived this plane crash yesterday evening have been describing the moment their plane flipped over, leaving them dangling upside down. 80 people were on board the flight from minneapolis in the united states to toronto. incredibly, all of them survived, but three people, including a child, were critically injured. jessica murphy reports. a touchdown in toronto that flicked a plane on its head. no, no, no! drop everything! drop it! inside, terrified passengers scrambled out. moments earlier, they had been dangling upside down by their seat belts and had to lower themselves onto the cabin ceiling to get out. oh, my bleep! as we made our descent and may touchdown, it w

the day after the phone call, the us defence secretary, pete hegseth, said it was time to get realisticin ukraine is unlikely. the reality of ukraine membership in nato as a part of a negotiated settlement — unlikely. the eu says the continent's security is at a turning point. over the weekend, president trump's envoy to ukraine said europeans would not have a seat at the table for the negotiations. keith kellogg said america would mediate the talks — which would take place in saudi arabia — and be between russia and ukraine only. on saturday, the vice president, jd vance, told the munich security conference europe must step up to provide its own defence. the next day, president zelensky said it was clear the old relationship between the us and europe was ending. these are the keys of the old relationship between europe he europeans as never united europeans assnever europeans paris including the which quite including the which quite including tt and which = z about european 2 about european security d a in they are telling we have more for your 777—777-7777 5 ==-7 fully and ! tells agr

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have done much more to support and protect her. campaign adviser who is now working for the us department of defenceilure to investigate properly complaints by a young soldier about abuse contributed to the teenager's suicide, a coroner has concluded. the body of gunnerjaysley beck, who was 19, was found at larkhill camp in december 2021. the army has apologised to jaysley beck's family, admitting it should have done much more to support and protect her. duncan kennedy was at the inquest it was a day she had dreamed of. jaysley beck passing out happy, confident, and safe. her mother leanne said she embraced all of life. a beautiful, kind, caring — genuinely caring — girl. always full of life, witty. in a series of damning findings against the army, the assistant and that there was an arguable case for saying the state through the findings that the army have failed our daughter, jaysley. we should have done so much more to support and protect her. the military have been her home, a place where she believed she was safe. duncan kennedy, bbc news. or feelings of despair are available at bbc.co.uk/actio

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the french president, emmanuel macron, says he's had continent's security, as the us attempts to talk its own defencesrime minister, the whole continent. is in paris and sent us this update. by france's emmanuel macron, and in many ways came as a response to some of the messaging that we've been that the us and russia are going to be having their talks about how to end the war in ukraine, from key european nations — the german chancellor, she said europe's security is at a turning point. "but it's also about us." but we did hear, for example, from the british prime minister who said that there was no solution without a us backstop. needed to be no split between the us and europe. with president trump, and he believes that he could actually be an important bridge between europe and america. european leaders to carry on the conversation. now on tuesday, of course, will be that key meeting and his russian counterpart, sergey lavrov. we be speaking to our james about the day ahead. waterhouse about the day ahead. all that come. a plane has flipped upside down as it crash landed at toronto pearson internat

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defence. sudworth in washington for us. well it's been a day of mixed messages.he us envoy to ukraine — appointed by president trump, called volodymyr zelensky a �*courageous leader�* after holding talks with him in the capital kyiv. keith kellog said they�*d had "positive discussions" while ukraine�*s leader described the talks as "productive". jeremy bowen has been speaking to one of president zelensky�*s top advisers, about where the stand—off with donald trump leaves ukraine — and europe. calling president zelensky a courageous leader, as keith kellogg did after their talks, was par for the course whenjoe biden and his diplomats came here. but it is very different to the harsh and mocking language used by president trump. in the government offices in kyiv, i asked ihor brusilow, one of zelensky�*s top advisers, about trump�*s demolition of the certainties the us used to offer. president trump said that ukraine started the war the other day. what did you think when you heard that? well, i can say that it�*s obvious who started the war, and it�*s raging for thr

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us at all? he'll say it's all about security and defence.oms union, nothing about single market, nothing about single market, nothing about donald trump. >> what about. >> what about. >> free movement of people from 18 to. >> 30. year olds? >> 30. year olds? >> that's going to happen for sure, don't you? i do. he's going to have to put something across if he wants. >> something from. >> something from. >> the european union. >> the european union. >> and you've got macron humiliating him by describing him in public as the supplicant. our prime minister, the supplicant. how embarrassing. >> saying that the very fact that he's there in brussels at this council meeting shows that brexit has been a failure, is an admittance of failure. i'm sorry, but that is terrible. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> it's so. »- >> it's so. >> terrible for us. it's embarrassing. >> and this is coming from countries i mean, france. blimey, it's grown by less. if you look, if you look at growth since 2016, france lower than the uk, germany lower than. >> they're. in recession

well, today is all about defence and to russia's invasion of ukraine. will be hoping to use the uk's ence there, i think, to persuade some of the slightly more reluctant european union countries when it comes to defence spending and when it comes to supporting ukraine to do more now. in defence and security will prove a gateway to a much armida van rij of this meeting. it is an meeting of eu national leaders as of national leaders as part of �*grouping in the european their grouping in the european so he is not attending council, so he is not attending a council meeting itself but that third party that allows third party countries to join such meetings but this is reallyjust the starting point for the conversation. we need to manage in terms of what 7 expect 7 expect to come out of we expect to come out of this. it is taking place in the context of the uk eu reset but it is taking place in the con�* is t of the uk eu reset but it is taking place in the con�* is the the uk eu reset but it is taking place in the con�* is the starting eu reset but it is taking place in the con�* is the s

us internationally. but the things that his administration has been doing in the last few days, including basically giving up and also defenceretary hegseth has said that they all this drastically weakens the security of the us. including trump's supporters, are going to wake up to this no longer really does. the us is not trusted in the way it used to be, mineral reserves. support in the war with russia. but mr zelensky says he's asking too much. it seems, has provoked president trump's fury. as you can see from this map from ukraine's geological survey, the country is rich in raw materials as well as oil and gas. change some estimates suggest its underground deposits are worth more than $11 trillion. this includes critical minerals such as graphite, lithium, titanium and zirconium and what are called from mobile phones to electric vehicles, to missiles and superconductors. mineral resources. titanium and it has 22 out of 3a minerals that the eu has identified as critical. now, last year, as part of his peace plan, president zelensky suggested american firms could get access to some of these rare earth deposits in return fo

munich security conference — speaking to european partners there, first defence secretaries, world leaders in europe as well, about usupport for ukraine. and, you know, the big bombshell news — bernie, is president trump talking to vladimir putin and then later to volodymyr zelensky, the president of ukraine, it's been interesting. in terms of speaking about ukraine. i don't really recall, in the last few weeks, to this new reality. that's not something... a warm relationship. i'd never heard him explicitly say he sees saudi arabia as being kind but for him to say, you know, he thinks probably the first meeting he'll have with putin as president again will be in saudi arabia, is, i think, really telling in terms of his foreign policy alliances and priorities. push that president trump and his administration have had on this issue. steve witkoff is out there. you've got the ukrainian special envoy — keith kellogg is out there. in ukraine this week as well. you know, flood the zone — we keep using and there was that shock yesterday when pete hegseth made rolling back a little bit on that position, it's kind of like we'

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will be hoping to use uk's presence hoping to use the uk's presence there to persuade some of the more reluctant european union countries, when it comes to defencetter relationship and other areas. ., ~ ., ., about what we have been hearing from trump overnight. from president trump overnight. he is saying that is going he is saying that he is going to apply tariffs to the eu, but te sash; tariffs'tewthefeu; hint ' " w' ’ other significant tn ahhty taritts'thithehhi hint ' " i' i other significant part of the other significant part of the other significant part of the comments he made to the bbc was that he hinted he might also impose on the also impose levies on the uk. he as about that. what your assessment what you from the of what you have from the president? i of what you have from the president?— president? i do not think downing _ president? i do not think downing street - president? i do not think downing street knows i president? i do not think downing street knows to downing street knows—what ta of it yet. like us, wakin 77w7a7king7up waking7up to 7 waking7up to what are waking up to interpret what has said donald trump has said overni

they had a rush defence that was very efficient, on us tomorrow as well. a 2—0 test series win againstall on bbc sport website. sport on the bbc sport website. as many thanks, good to as always, many thanks, good to see you. latvia, estonia, and lithuania disconnected their electricity that serves most of the rest of the european union. our europe regional editor, danny aeberhard, is across this. is always at centre of it, but russia could have seriously been blackmailed in terms of their �* supply. in terms of their power supply. it is a system, !t is a temblitated system”* says it doesn't use russia says it doesn't use energy to the ggggy to blackmail. but the republics, poland have ggggy to blackmail. but the warning :s, poland have ggggy to blackmail. but the warning of poland have ggggy to blackmail. but the warning of it >land have ggggy to blackmail. but the warning of it andi have ggggy to blackmail. but the warning of it and when been warning of it and when russia launched invasion in crimea and the full scale the crimea and the full scale invasion of ukraine it became clear h

that's just 10% of the numbers that many defence experts say will be needed to police any ceasefire in ukraine. the ust powerful military partner, is not directly involved in the exercise, and the trump administration says it won't be putting any us boots in the end, it is only the us that can provide the deterrence to putin that will prevent him even that stretched resources for a regular army that was then more than 100,000 strong. now it's down tojust over 70,000. move! you wouldn't worry about going to ukraine? no, i think i'd be ok. people have joined the army for a reason. you'll see, by talking to people here, everyone's more than confident. ukraine might be a wake up call for european nations — now being urged to spend more on defence. jonathan beale, bbc news, galati. to canada now, where all passengers have survived when a plane crash landed, flipping upside down at toronto pearson international airport on monday. 80 people were on board the delta air lines flight, which was arriving from minneapolis in the united states. incredibly, all of them survived, but three people — three people — in

government that says, "british agriculture it can help us with our targets for growth, we can improve our trade balance, 0k. new research by defences to expand apprenticeships to address skills shortages — so what does it need to do business. we've got a record 4,600 in learning at the moment, and basically it's about meeting our order book and providing skills, many of which — particularly so, a, they meet our needs. b, they stay with us — they have very good retention. they have great diversity, so they're helping us to become productive place to better meet our needs of our customers. with you for longer? definitely. i mean, what we find is, we recruit locally, which is a very high completion rate — and of those that do complete, we see a great majority staying with us and indeed they work at all levels in the organisation. you will see people at the very top of the tree who actually provides what we need by way of skills, and also provides progression for people to reach their ambitions. like yours to take on apprentices? i think we've got a fabulous opportunity to work together, so i think the opportunity really is, let's get