that is ben wallace 'ust leavina team. that is ben wallace 'ust leaving downing i team. wallace just leaving downing street now. l team. that is ben wallace just i leaving downing street now. let's talk about who was staying. priti patel, there have been a lot of speculation she might be for the chop as well. but, no, she is staying, and their two women amongst the top four positions in government.— the top four positions in government. the top four positions in covernment. ., , . , ., ., government. the optics of that arrives to _ government. the optics of that arrives to good _ government. the optics of that arrives to good for _ government. the optics of that arrives to good for the - government. the optics of that arrives to good for the prime i arrives to good for the prime minister, and priti patel does speak to a certain wing of the conservative party, if you like, and i think it is important for the prime minister to manage those different strands of opinion —— the optics of that are quite good. the big problems of the home office, particular in regard to boats c

and rather than engage in this battle of wits with ben wallace he should really be doing _ ben wallacehing he can that's within her power to mitigate against the dangers that face the hundreds of uk _ the dangers that face the hundreds of uk residents that remain in afghanistan.— of uk residents that remain in aft hanistan. , a , ., ,, afghanistan. the buck stops with number ten. _ afghanistan. the buck stops with number ten, anyway, _ afghanistan. the buck stops with number ten, anyway, doesn't - afghanistan. the buck stops with number ten, anyway, doesn't it? i number ten, anyway, doesn't it? traditional eight downing st is all—powerful. this decision did come from the us ultimately. dominic raab mentioned looking at the front page of the teller graph, talking about this for office warning injuly that afghanistan risk falling. dominic raab did point out that other nations didn't expect kabul in particular to fall as quickly as it did. , , , . did. yes but the select committee work quizzing _ did. yes but the select committee work quizzing other _ did. yes but the select committee wor

the defence secretary ben wallace has apologised for that i e-mail. the defence secretary ben. e will be questions in the commons later. a documentary has shed new light on what the duke of edinburgh was like as a father and grandfather. all of the duke�*s four children and grandchildren — but not the queen — took part in the programme, which will be broadcast on bbc one tomorrow. they portray prince philip as firm but fair, with a fondness for practicaljokes. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. as well as assisting the queen, he has a separate and independentjob of his own. he ran his public life from this office in buckingham palace. he loved the latest technology. and, of course, he was famously forthright. he will always make everyone very clear where you stand. i think people find that refreshing, that they know that there�*s nothing else going on or there�*s no there�*s no games played. he�*s very upfront. he�*s very honest and he�*s very matter of fact. and he brought that same no—nonsense approach to most things, even to the royal family�*s barbecues, at w

you got defence secretary ben wallace now arguing that intelligence can never predict the collapse ofhe apparently argued back injuly once the big cities had fallen and without much resistance that the game was up. but it does seem to be that it's dominic raab who has received the most criticism since the beginning of this crisis. it started with the holiday in greece, of course, in crete. he refused to make his part two counterparts in afghanistan. that simply isn't going away. nothing that he said this afternoon is really put that story to bed. of course it's his inability to bed. of course it's his inability to say how many afghans were eligible for evacuation after the deadline. perhaps the most unforgivable of the failures was the leaving of documents detaining the notes of afghans who worked with british officials on the ground for taliban fighters left on the ground for taliban fighters to pick up. this is quite astounding, shocking incompetence for a department that was once regarded as the most sophisticated diplomatic headquarters in the world. rather than having this blame

a diplomatic tsunami across the english channel coming from waste from the foreign ministry, ben wallace, the defense ministry, events minister having to get on the phone to his to his, to the friendship foreign office to say, basically that he's very sorry he could understand the frustration, added to all of that, former prime minister teresa may ask this question in the house of commons of all the prime minister. what are the implications of this pact? the stance that would be taken by the united kingdom of fritz response, should china attempt to invade taiwan, to speak, the kingdom remains determined to defend national law. and we, that is the strong advice you would give to our friends across the world. and the strong advice that we would give to the, to the government invasion. but it's a serious question because the u. k is now in this, for the long haul along with australia and the united states, the ratcheting up of tension in that region is significant. and as far as johnson made it clear to the house of commons, that he was backing a whole raft with other areas of ministry coop

in the war at ben wallace admitted to parliament that they will now not be able to get everybody out. as the taliban reportedly seeks revenge on those who aided us led coalition forces, it's not possible for us to bring out everybody who's had a connection with the, with the u. k. on forces onto the iraq scheme. there was a trail leaving them behind potential. immediately find a way to evacuate all these partners instead of delaying it furthermore and putting their lives more in danger. i think it's best that the u. k. government should evacuate them as soon as possible. with an 8000 afghans have been evacuated by the u. k. but that still leaves more than the 5000 in the country who are eligible for evacuation. former interpreter for the british armed forces in afghanistan told us it is just the latest betrayal. there were failures in different levels. first of all, the government failed to process their documents in time than with the evacuation process to create some sort of procedures in place where to prioritize the interpreters and those partners of the you could government whose

ben wallace, thank you ve much experience. ben wallace, thank you very much for— experience.in a nine—goal thriller. our sports correspondent natalie pirks was watching. the liverpool faithful finally back for european nights at anfield, absence certainly makes the heart grow fonder. ac milan have had an absence of their own, seven years out of the champions league until now, but it looked like it was going to be a baptism of fire with an early own goal. it could have got worse, but mo salah missed a chance to double the liverpool lead. and it was a let off that let milan back in the game. into ante rebic and they have equalised! withjurgen klopp scratching his head, liverpool's dominance gave way to downright sloppiness. a half—time pep talk was needed and it clearly worked as first salah and then, hello, jordan henderson, to complete another memorable comeback against milan. 3—2, the final score. it was a brilliant game, very exciting, very entertaining and with 10—15 minutes where we lost the plot, or whatever. in a moment like this, the game can be decided, but not tonigh

the defence secretary, ben wallace, has ordered an investigation, into a data breach which could threatenfghanistan. they include dozens of afghan interpreters, who worked for british forces. the mod, has referred itself to the information commissioner's office and one person, has been suspended. our special correspondent, lucy manning's report, contains some flashing images. it was an e—mail that was supposed to reassure. instead, it might have put afghan interpreters at greater risk. when the ministry of defence sent the message to those still stranded, all 250 e—mail addresses, some names and photos, could be seen by everyone receiving it. an interpreter we can't identify, currently in hiding in afghanistan, received the e—mail. i felt shocked. i really felt disappointed. how could they afford to make this serious mistake? just when you think it can't get worse than this... i'm100% sure that it will have a negative impact on our safety. the interpreters have been told to change their e—mail addresses. the defence secretary had to come to the commons to explain. it was brought to my att

the uk defence secretary, ben wallace, even felt it was prioritise people over pets as he put it andals would wait until a later date to evacuate but pen farthing, nonetheless, proceeded with his campaign and said it was extremely fraught and said it was extremely successful. and now there are financial questions too? that's right, £200,000 was raised in a frantic couple of days and operation ark was part of an emergency fundraiser from a charity and that is regulated ijy a charity and that is regulated by the charity commission. the charity commission has told us they are seeking further information from pen farthing's bigger charity about the governance over 0peration ark about the evacuation mission to see whether it was in line with the charity�*s purpose and this is the statement: so so far, there have been no findings from the charity commission, they are information gathering at the moment. nothing has happened so far and in response to all of this, the charity nowzad has sent us a statement and it says: 0k, mark, thank you very much indeed. stay with us on bbc news, still to

now we've also been hearing the defense secretary ben wallace speaking a, giving an interview to a magazine here in the u. k. and again, putting real strain on not so could relationship the so called special relationship, saying that the behavior of the united states, the way that they with drew, was not becoming of a superpower. it was not the behavior of a superpower. and again, this is all just putting extra strain on those ties. a super po that is also not preferred to stick at something, isn't probably superpower either. it is certainly not a global force, it's just a big power. now of course, there are some counter arguments to that defenders of joe biden in washington and perhaps on this side of the atlantic as well would point to the fact that after 20 years, nato was unable to defeat the resistance put out by africans. and of course by the taliban essentially they have 2 choices, continue forever, war or to withdraw. and essentially, joe biden made the decision that forever war in the money being spent on it could be spent better elsewhere for now, those seems a special relationshi

the defence secretary ben wallace has apologised for a data breach involving the email addresses of dozensor british forces. more than 250 people seeking relocation to the uk — many of whom are in hiding — were mistakenly copied into a government email. the ministry of defence has suspended an official and launched an investigation. it's also referred the matter to the information commissioner. borisjohnson will meet president biden today for their first meeting at the white house. they're expected to discuss climate change, and the situation in afghanistan. but the prime minister has played down the prospects of a uk us trade deal in the near future. here's our political correspondent, helen catt. it was all smiles in the sunshine when borisjohnson metjoe biden in person for the first time, just three months ago at the g7 summit in cornwall. mrjohnson says he has not had much of a chance to get to know the us president, but he says they have a genuinely terrific relationship and see eye to eye on all sorts of things. he will be hoping the reception is as warm when they meet in the oval of

the defence secretary ben wallace has said to an interview with the spectator magazine that the game terms of keeping the taliban at bay. we are told he didn't want to criticise or contradict anything the foreign secretary has said. sources close to dominic raab says he doesn't want to be drawn into a blame game. the result is a bit of an unsightly scrap over who may or may not have seen this coming, but the practice collectively, the government didn't and it is now dealing with the consequences.— and it is now dealing with the consequences. and it is now dealing with the conseuences. ., ., «mm ., ~ consequences. jonathan blake, thank ou. it is now two weeks since the taliban captured kabul, and while the group is still to announce the make—up of a government for afghanistan, the country's economy is on the verge of collapse. prices are rising and it is extremely difficult for people to get hold of cash. the bbc�*s south asia correspondent yogita limaye reports. after weeks of witnessing chaos, fearand grief, kabul airport is now still. flights from the capital are likely to resume s

the uk defence secretary ben wallace said australia's move wasn't about antagonising anyone.tary investments in history. it is growing its navy, air force, at a huge rate. extremely fast. obviously, it is engaged in some controversial areas, in disputed areas, we've seen in the south china sea, the taiwan straits, are areas that we often see in our media where there is stress. china is also in dispute with some of its neighbours like vietnam and philippines, on fishing grounds, etc. we have seen that. that is china, that is what they are doing at the moment. it's right that the united kingdom alongside other allies such as australia, stand up for the rules —based system and the international law and that is why we don't recognise some of the claims made about parts of the south china sea. we uphold the un convention of freedom of the sea and make sure we stand by that and so i think that's where we are with china but china is a global power, that is the reality of it, and we have to work with china to point out where we think things are unacceptable such as uighur or hong kon

that's certainly something which the defence secretary ben wallace is raising a number of interviewstners about potentially looking at staying on it wasn't feasible and they had to, sort of, stick to that us deadline once it was given. i think, having said that, though, there are obviously questions about given that they knew that the us was withdrawing, given that they were already veggie citizens being advised to leave afghanistan much early on in the summer, why were, sort of, preparations to some extent still, kind of, taking the uk government by surprise. i was it that we weren't able to get everyone else in time? i think these are still questions that dominic raab will be facing. i think it will become a sort of, pressure on him to accept personal response policy for some of the decisions that were made both because of, as you say, a tendency to perhaps deflect some decisions to the us but also, interestingly, two of the department as well. there has been what some have described as a little bit of a blame game going on within the uk government of the last couple of days. to ma

been postponed, not said it has been fully cancelled but obviously it is a matter of concern for ben wallaceow you know, with the recalling of the ambassadors to the recalling of the ambassadors to the us, france's ambassadors for the us and australia, obviously, you know, this diplomatic row, that relations are at a low and it is clearly showing that this has impacted on the uk as well and i think that will be something to definitely watch over the course of the coming days and weeks to what happens with that relationship. shall. i mean, defence cold never batted back the talks from australia, canberra and from washington but not from the uk saying they were just a junior opportunist partner in all of this. bit of a digger there. but now this defence meeting has been cancelled, it seems clear that they france are taking out their ire on london as well. ~ , ., taking out their ire on london as well. ~ , . ., well. well, it is all getting a little bit. — well. well, it is all getting a little bit, kind _ well. well, it is all getting a little bit, kind of, _ well. well, it is all getting a li

the defence secretary, ben wallace, has ordered an investigation into a data breach which could threatenred itself to the information commissioner�*s office. one person has been suspended since the news broke last night. our special correspondent lucy manning, who uncovered the story, has the latest. there are some flashing images coming up. it was an e—mail that was supposed to reassure. instead, it might have put afghan interpreters at greater risk. when the ministry of defence sent the message to those still stranded, all 250 e—mail addresses, some names and photos, could be seen by everyone receiving it. an interpreter we can�*t identify, currently in hiding in afghanistan, received the e—mail. i ifeiit currently in hiding in afghanistan, received the e-mail. i felt shocked. i reall received the e-mail. i felt shocked. i really felt — received the e-mail. i felt shocked. i really felt disappointed. _ received the e-mail. i felt shocked. i really felt disappointed. how - i really felt disappointed. how could they afford to make this serious mistake? just when you think it can�*t get w

it was obvious to ben wallace that the game was up injuly. why wasn�*t it obvious to you? n is britt to how beholden is britain going to be to other countries to get these talks to mean something? i to other countries to get these talks to mean something? i think the other countries _ talks to mean something? i think the other countries are _ talks to mean something? i think the other countries are absolutely - other countries are absolutely crucial. you hair there are the foreign secretary speaking in the report alongside qatar, one country that has the close working relationship already with the taliban. turkey is another crucial partner which has close ties to afghanistan, the country as a whole. and in some respects, the taliban as well. i think you can see in the approach the foreign secretary is taking on the strip it is very much an approach in partnership with and in conjunction with other countries who are perhaps better placed to have direct talks and direct engagement with the taliban itself. that said, as we have heard, britain is talking to the taliban, albeit

these names have been sent, rab has dominic been, ben wallace has them.s open. 0nly colleagues did not receive visas when the airport was open. only a handful managed to escape and the escape really thanks to the generosity of other countries. so, poland issued visas to 25 individuals. spain, france, italy and sweden each took one of our colleagues. but unfortunately none managed to get out with the assistance of the british government.— assistance of the british government. . .,., , ., government. dominic raab said that he believed that _ government. dominic raab said that he believed that the _ government. dominic raab said that he believed that the number - government. dominic raab said that he believed that the number of - he believed that the number of british nationals who needed to come out was in the low hundreds. you are talking about trying to reach at least 350. how accurate do you think his figures are about who needs help? he his figures are about who needs hel ? . ., , his figures are about who needs hel? . ., , .,, his figures are about who

the defence secretary, ben wallace, has ordered an investigation into a data breach which could threaten has referred itself to the information commissioner's office and one person has been suspended. our special correspondent lucy manning has the latest. a warning, her report contains some flashing images. it was an e—mail that was supposed to reassure. instead, it might have put afghan interpreters at greater risk. when the ministry of defence sent the message to those still stranded, all 250 e—mail addresses, some names and photos, could be seen by everyone receiving it. an interpreter we can't identify, currently in hiding in afghanistan, received the e—mail. i felt shocked. i really felt disappointed. how could they afford to make this serious mistake? just when you think it can't get worse than this, and 100% sure that it will have a negative impact on our safety. the interpreters have been told to change the e—mail addresses. the defence secretary had to come to the commons to explain. it was brought to my attention at apm last night there had been a significant data breach. to sa

defence secretary ben wallace has launched an investigation into how the breach occurred.se in derbyshire. hundreds of people gathered in the village of killamarsh, near sheffield, to lay flowers and messages of condolence in memory of terri harris, her 13—year—old sonjohn—paul, her 11—year—old daughter lacey, and lacey's friend connie gent — who was also 11. a 31—year—old man is being held on suspicion of murder. the duke of york has been served with a sexual assault lawsuit after the relevant paperwork was delivered to his us lawyer, according to his accuser�*s legal team. virginia giuffre is seeking damages after claiming prince andrew sexually assaulted her — which he vehemently denies. earlier this month, miss giuffre's lawyers tried to serve the paperwork by leaving it with police officers guarding the royal lodge in windsor, but the prince's legal team argued it was not a valid method of serving legal documents. the headlines on bbc news... the government insists a price cap must "remain in place" to protect consumers — amidst the disruption caused by soaring gas pr

defence secretary ben wallace has launched an investigation into how the breach occurred.ult lawsuit after the relevant paperwork was delivered to his us lawyer, according to his accuser�*s legal team. virginia giuffre is seeking damages after claiming prince andrew sexually assaulted her, which he vehemently denies. earlier this month, miss giuffre's lawyers tried to serve the paperwork by leaving it with police officers guarding the royal lodge in windsor — but the prince's legal team argued it was not a valid method of serving legal documents. police have launched a fresh appeal for information 20 years after the torso of a young nigerian boy was found in the river thames. it is believed his death may have been a ritualistic killing. detectives called the boy adam, but his identity is still unknown. 0ur correspondent angus crawford has the story. a warning that some viewers may find his report distressing. just ten days after 9/11, a grim discovery in the river. nicknamed adam, he was believed to have been sacrificed in a ritualistic killing. and last saturday they plac

france has cancelled a meeting between its armed forces minister and the uk's defence secretary, ben wallacenew security alliance agreed by britain, the us and australia. paris has been angered by australia's withdrawal from a contract to buy submarines. the foreign office minister, james cleverly, says he's confident that relations with france will improve. all bilateral relationships go through periods of tension. that is the inevitability of relationships, just as it is on a personal level. i have absolutely no doubt that ultimately our relationship with france will endure, but this is about making sure that we have a really strong defence relationship with two very, very important defence partners. the new foreign secretary, liz truss, is to urge her iranian counterpart to release british nationals being held in the country, when they meet in new york later. about a dozen western dual nationals are detained in iran, including nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. caroline hawley�*s report contains some distressing images. elika ashoori makes macaroons and cakes for a living, treats for other people

france has cancelled a meeting between its armed forces minister and the uk's defence secretary, ben wallaceecurity deal between britain, the us and australia led to france losing out on a major contract in the process. the prime minister insists relations with paris are "very friendly". 12—to—15—year—olds in england and scotland will start receiving covid vaccines from today. in wales, invitations will be sent out this week, while the programme is expected to start shortly in northern ireland. meanwhile, millions of older and vulnerable people will also be contacted to arrange their booster shots. 0ur health correspondent katharine da costa reports. having waited for older age groups to be vaccinated, the uk's12—to—15—year—olds are next in line to be offered a jab. some scottish health boards will start administering pfizer vaccines at drop—in clinics from today. those still making up their minds can choose to wait for an appointment later this month. while the risk to you being severely ill may well be low, we want to make sure every single 12—15—year—old is protected — and not only protec

a lot of recriminations held between him and the defence secretary, ben wallace, and their two departments the prime minister in his role as the first secretary of state, a secondary role he has to the foreign secretary for the portfolio to handle the government, to step into the payments are's shoes while the prime minister was suffering with covid last year, so that does suggest a high degree of trust. he was seen to have handled that burden of responsibility well at that point, so i think there are a lot of question marks still in the air about dominic raab where he could be potentially moved to a different role in the foreign office and whether he will still keep that first secretary of state through the de facto ministerial title as well. and what do you make at the second name that was confirmed as someone losing his role, robert buckland, as justice secretary?— justice secretary? well, it is another interesting - justice secretary? well, it is l another interesting departure. robert buckland seen as one of the more one nation tories, not part of the traditional vote to leave, brexit

and you said the uk's. relationship with france is indestructible but defence secretary ben wallace has and france _ belief in democracy. . the uk and france are — belief in democracy. . the uk and france are shoulder to shoulder in the sahel — france are shoulder to shoulder in the sahel. we are shoulder to shoulder— the sahel. we are shoulder to shoulder in the baltic states, in nato's — shoulder in the baltic states, in nato's largest current mission. and there _ nato's largest current mission. and there is— nato's largest current mission. and there is one — nato's largest current mission. and there is one other country in the world _ there is one other country in the world with — there is one other country in the world with whom we share a programme to do simulated nuclear testing. which _ to do simulated nuclear testing. which country is that? it is france. the uk _ which country is that? it is france. the uk and — which country is that? it is france. the uk and france have an important and indestructible relationship, and of course _ and indestructible relationship, and of course

defence secretary ben wallace has launched an investigation into how the breach occurred. from the clutches of the taliban and we made their lives difficult yet again, with this data breach. i don�*t want to be too harsh on the individualfor whom it happened. individual for whom it happened. everybody individualfor whom it happened. everybody makes mistakes but it�*s the context in which it happen, a vettelment programme, that people have tried to change for a long time. our have tried to change for a long time. 0urtime have tried to change for a long time. our time lines were compressed and we took out a lot of people, a lot of people we shouldn�*t and certainly missed a lot we should. and there is goings to be an investigation into the impact of this breach but what do you fear the ramifications could be in terms of lives being put at risk?— lives being put at risk? well, clearly lives _ lives being put at risk? well, clearly lives are _ lives being put at risk? well, clearly lives are at _ lives being put at risk? well, clearly lives are at risk- lives being put at risk

the defence secretary ben wallace has given an interview to the spectator magazine where he talks about and weeks-— as we saw it in the last few days and weeks. at least eight people have died in new york and surrounding areas after storm ida brought a record amount of rainfall to the east coast. a state of emergency has been declared in new york city. almost all subway stations are closed in the city and services completely suspended due to severe flooding. the us open saw matches suspended as heavy rain battered the billiejean king national tennis center last night. and as the rain continued, roads in the city turned into rivers — these pictures show drivers in the city struggle to pass through flooded streets. the mayor of new york city, bill de blasio described the �*record—breaking' levels of rainfall and �*brutal flooding' as life threatening and encouraged people to stay inside. and in manhattan's central park, more than three inches of rainfall fell in just a single hour on wednesday evening. that's the most on record. george bailey lives in queens. he told us this morning of th

. >> reporter: ben o'neill is just one of the characters in chris wallace's new book, "countdown bin very important ally, pakistan, and probably betting his presidency. >> reporter: where do you put this one in the history of tough presidential calls? >> in terms of just the process, the professionalism, the care, the meticulousness, this is right at the top. >> reporter: wallace's account isn't just about night-vision goggles, it also follows the painstaking work done at cubicals and windowless rooms. >> the old line, the harder you work, the luckier you get -- i can't see anything more they could have done to give themselves a chance for success here. >> reporter: it wasn't the only thing going on at the time. >> obama has got a civil war in libya. he has got the arab spring across the middle east. he has donald trump pushing the birther movement. >> we provided additional information today about the site of my birth. >> reporter: four days before the raid, president obama had to prove he was born in america. >> but i'm speaking to the vast majority of the american people, as well