well, ben wallace has now formally resigned as defence secretary.nounced last month that he would be going at the next reshuffle. that is happening now. we don't have confirmation yet on who the new defence secretary is going to be, but grant shapps, who's currently the energy secretary, hasjust gone into 10 downing street. one of the main purposes of a news channel is to bring breaking news to audiences immediately. but among the changes made earlier this year to the bbc�*s 24—hour television news offering was the introduction of that nicky campbell show to the domestic stream of the channel between nine and ”am every weekday morning. following on from breakfast on the channel. some viewers were concerned that that meant five hours without a dedicated newsroom service and that that might affect the speed with which news stories could be reported. so that's the background to this phone message we received on thursday morning. at 8:23 this morning, gb news broke the fact that the defence secretary had resigned at 824. sky news broke the same story i

there are ben wallace has said. there are a number individuals pose ben wallace has said.ndividuals pose ben wallace has said. there are a rimminent threat uals pose ben wallace has said. there are a rimminent threat ualthe pose ben wallace has said. there are a rimminent threat ualthe tho an imminent threat to the uk who i would prefer to captured i would prefer to have captured rather than deal with by a strike. but we can't do that. but then i would look at that and go, well, so what we break a human rights law once by capturing no one's human rights law once by capturto; no one's human rights law once by capturto complain no one's human rights law once by capturto complain . no one's going to complain. >> agree. mean, it is it is >> i agree. i mean, it is it is absurd. but equally, those same human rights laws protect our forces when they go to, for instance, afghanistan and the british ministry of defence hasn't given them enough equipment them. it equipment to protect them. so it protects those protects them in those situations, stops situations, it equally stops for

news tonight on farage ben wallace , tonight on farage ben wallace, the former defence secretary, says that membership of the echr makes us more vulnerable to terrorism. >> so isn't it about time we drew the logical conclusion and decided to leave on a similar theme with this government .7 the theme with this government? the ft reveals today that rishi sunak did know about the arrest of the china suspected spy earlier in the year and yet still went ahead and trying to reset our relationship with beijing . are we getting our beijing. are we getting our china policy all wrong and labour control wales on sunday evening in come the 20 mile—per hour speed limits in virtually every town and village in wales . and we'll debate both sides of this and see does it really make any sense at all? but before all of that, let's get the news with polly middlehurst . polly middlehurst. >> nigel, thank you. good evening to you. well, the top story tonight is some breaking news that we've received that the value retail chain, the range has, we believe , struck range has, we believe, struck a deal to buy

but i think what's interesting about this interview, ben wallace interview, here's ben wallace providing service to the providing again a service to the uk by saying, here's what my lived experience was when i was defence secretary. i wish i had have had more options to protect the country , but i didn't the country, but i didn't because the european because of the european convention on human rights. >> all, northern ireland, >> you all, northern ireland, former first former northern ireland, first minister, massive minister, terrorism a massive part own arlene part of your own life. arlene foster do understand exactly foster do you understand exactly what saying here do. >> and i mean, terrorism has i mean, it's not a james bond movie. richard no, we're talking about this earlier on this is real life. this is happening now in the world. terrorism is finding new ways to injure people, to injure nations. and therefore, our our security services have to move with the times. and in order to do that, they can't be constrained. and i think what he's saying in the article is these human right

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we all knew ben wallace was going.s said at the opening and as you said at the opening of michael, as of the program, michael, as someone that as someone who's held that post as defence secretary, you've got to have the confidence of the heads of the armed services . whether of the armed services. whether grant shapps has got that , i grant shapps has got that, i don't know. and i think it's a shame that rishi sunak has again gone for loyal ists rather than competence or talent. i mean grant shapps is a great survivor. he's had what, five cabinet posts? home secretary for six days. i think it was claire coutinho. you know, relatively unknown. only came into parliament 2019. now becomes a new energy and net zero secretary, which is a huge , huge brief. if the government is going to take it seriously, which they appear not to be doing, but we've still got suella braverman you know who is she's very, very divisive , let's she's very, very divisive, let's put it like that. that's a kind way of saying it. and i think, you k

we all know what ben wallace really thinks. of course we do.ect there'll be something in the next conservative manifesto . how next conservative manifesto. how sincere it will be. i don't know. but i do suspect that it will be there. in a moment, we're going to talk about china, the feet today revealing that the feet today revealing that the prime minister knew full well about this suspected china spy well about this suspected china spy that had been arrested, but still carried on with wanting to reset our relationship. and unbelievably , kemi badenoch unbelievably, kemi badenoch saying two days ago that we have to maintain our relationship with china , otherwise we can't with china, otherwise we can't get to net zero. dear, oh dear, oh, dear. i need a break. see you radio. >> well, let's get some of your reactions as to that debate on echr prompted by our former defence secretary. one viewer says it is imperative that we leave the echr because we shouldn't have foreign judges in foreign countries. having any jurisdiction over our sovereign dec

just a off the ben wallace step down as british defense secretary as being revealed that he stood up a diplomatic dispute with washington as a keen military deal last month, wallace reportedly threatened to ack, say, 2300000000 pounds contract to buy 14, to knock helicopters from the us, the scandal came off to wallace of voice aspirations of replacing it in fulton bugs being next chief of nato. the wallace his hopes were dashed in june when us president biden declined to support his controversy and stopped him. bug was re appointed for another year to the list most in j. c, as well as his criticism of the american helicopter deal didn't exactly improve relations between london. emotion said, as far as the spotlight again, on the so called, especially relationship between britain in america, which i've always all get isn't ready by, especially in the tool. i'm at a distance, i think it doesn't. it doesn't reflect very well on the british government. unimed, particularly on ben wallace himself, he seems to come across as a sort of petulant angry, but food coming out this late is don't

long—serving defence secretary ben wallace has been replaced by energy secretary grant shapps.tical editor chris mason reports. the wheels of politics are turning with a bit of zip again. before mps return next week, downing street has a spot of housekeeping to attend to — finding a new defence secretary. enter, then, grant shapps. the government's utility man has another newjob. it's his fifth — yes, fifth — cabinetjob in a year. this, then, the first of many uniformed companions for grant shapps as he left downing street and headed for the ministry of defence. what's your first priority? first of all, i'll get my feet in the door and pay tribute to my predecessor, i think. he's talking about this man, ben wallace, the former soldier turned defence secretary who'd done the job for four years under three prime ministers. in his resignation letter, he wrote: he also said: is grant shappsjust going to be a political appointee, whose primary task, if you like, will be to support the prime minister in cabinet? or is he going to really understand the needs of defence? grant shapps's

for some reason remind them of these words and statements, but at the same time, the other bang ben wallaced goodbye to zelensky in some way, but uh, well, really black widow zelensky well, that's clear. ben wally said that he accepted this rule less often. as i understand it, of course , zelensky personally decided to resign before the skirmish after biden hacked his candidacy for the post of general secretary unambiguously. and after that , ben fired realized that he had nothing to lose , ran into zelensky, i’m not the amazon delivery man, and it has already begun. here is the public discussion, but you look like everything, so i watch the british press present today. it’s just that zelensky left after the scandal and notice how they went to the bride now. i don't know who was watching. rather, of course, yes, you hoped, thereby raising your renault, in the eyes of rishi sunak, so to speak, almost all of the main candidates went to kiev noted. look, we were at the front. yes, uh, they elected from the most faceless, in my opinion, a party functionary, grant almost said schnapps shapsa. so

it doesn't reflect very well on the british government, and particularly on ben wallace himself. he seems to come across as a sort of petulant angry. but food coming up this late is don't to um, to supposedly quotes piss off the americans. but i think come, i don't even even get away with it. i think i think there's an administrator machinery behind and which, which is already working in double time to, to repair the situation and to keep this contracts on track. but i think we have, if we look back, so since when john blood came into office, i think many people thought that it would be a period of sobriety with the lives in on the international convention, particularly native members. but i for that's the story. just reminds us that by and know from the present level was and i think i think that's ready to take away from this. and finally, fossil fuels a fall from dead as jim and he begins this month thing a wind farm in the western region of north run west valia and fav expanding coal mining. once the button has already been removed and 7 more expensive to be demolished accordi

the scandal continues to follow ben wallace, it seems with the form of your county defense secretary allegedly is throwing up a diplomatic control. this the with the u. s. government stuffs, according to reports and key ways to also boston, oldest military helicopters going through which were intended for britons that special forces on manufactured in the united states. i want us to give it a cautionary message to his pencil and council part last month about canceling a major military supply order. i could have sites the low stands and cooperation between the 2 countries as also the defense secretaries that resignation weiss, it's a yeah, good to have aspirations of becoming the next nato secretary general, the position company held by again stoughton. but the former officials hopes were however dashed in june when us president biden declined to support his candidacy as discuss the oldest with august martin j birth is joining us. how many? thanks for joining us. very nice to see you this sunday. so last name, what do you make of this latest and diplomatic spots between the special fr

secretary, suspect this story about ben wallac�*the defence secretary, suspect this story about ben llac�*the europeans secretary, suspect this story about ben wallac�*the european courtetary, suspect this story about ben wallac�*the european court ofy, saying the european court of human rights is protecting terrorists. he's saying terrorists. he's not saying come out but it's going to out of it, but it's going to come up, isn't it.7 it's an issue i >>i -- >> i would km— humu— km— >> i would be surprised if it didn't way. didn't put it that way. >> what's view when we >> and what's your view when we talked about this before with regard to boats, andrew? >> i, i have said at the very least dennis may disagree on the boats issue. we should have just told the echr this is none of your business, rather like we did on prisoner voting, we should. problem is the should. the problem is the strasbourg court historically always overreaches its own powers . um, always overreaches its own powers. um, and so i think our own sovereign parliament, just as we did on prisoner voting from time to time

yes, we see what ben wallace, of course.d of his work as british defense minister well, it’s quite difficult. everything worked out for the americans. yes , they already mentioned that they didn’t hire him as nato secretary general, according to one piece of information, because he was too zealous in supplying weapons to the ukrainian front. although, as you and i know very well, britain was used by the americans themselves for what is called warming up the europeans. yes, they were the first to deliver , uh, long-range missiles were the first to deliver tanks, and so on and so forth. well, we are already seeing the latest leaks about wallace, for example, not wanting to buy american helicopters and so on. well, in general, the point is that he had contradictions with the americans, and now against the backdrop of the ukrainian crisis against the backdrop of how the ukrainian counteroffensive will fail. i think that he was motivated just in time to get away from this whole situation so as not to become the last one, but he d

ben wallace had respect from wallace had such respect from not just across the political aisle in the but really around the world. is it is it a bit of bitterness, perhaps , that his resignation perhaps, that his resignation comes after he was snubbed for that nato secretary—general role? i'm sure it is. >> i mean, i couldn't speak for him. obviously i think it was a great disappointment and i think the reality was that we had a defence secretary at that stage with a genuine credibility to be put forward, to be the political head of one of the most successful security alliances in head of one of the most suc

it is known what the resignation of british defense minister ben wallace could be connected with, accordingrtly before leaving office. he was trying to wreck a contract worth more than £2bn, the cost of delivering fourteen american helicopters. the official sources of the publication clarified that the reason why the official sought the cancellation of the contract was connected not only with the price, vulles, according to them , also expressed dissatisfaction with what was there, which did not support his candidacy for the post of nato secretary general however, how many time left for nata alliance may fall apart by 2025 writes the atlantic, the article notes that europe and the united states are on the verge of the most important conscious disengagement in international relations in recent decades, europe's security interests and the priorities of the us republican party are very different, therefore , europeans. it is necessary to prepare for an independent policy. in the case of donald trump coming to power, the dominant faction of one of the largest american parties. not ready to help

therefore, yes, therefore, the story with ben wallace.lav correctly said that great britain has always been an enemy of our country, and during the time of the russian empire during the soviet union, nothing will change there in terms of russophobia. and this one of this historical desire. yes, but it's another matter that now the same britons have their voice. for example, a year and a half ago, b- sounded much louder in the context of the war of military supplies, and there and so on began to speak more quietly, just needed who can be transferred. what do you think, united states. that's ukraine's track because many people say that the united states is going to focus more on its internal problems in the elections. who knows what time is. will show, well, thanks to the united states, uh, which will not calm down. they want to be first everywhere space is at risk of ceasing to be a peaceful and safe space in the united states continues to actively work on a plan to create a full-fledged military infrastructure in space. us strategic compe

and as to the substance, ben wallace told me that, you know, it's potentially worrying that the russiansy shells, for instance. they're running out of some ammunition as are the ukrainians, as are europe and the united states. i mean, look, it's a long war and they're expending a huge amount of ammunition and the like. but in terms of what he described to me as 1960s style an age military equipment or any kind of hardware that might be really useful, it's old and it's probably not that useful. so he is not that concerned about that aspect of it. >> putin also praised russia's relationship with china today saying relations have reached a, quote, unprecedented historic level. this comes after president biden said over the weekend he didn't want a relationship of animosity with china. he didn't want to contain china. what do you think president xi jinping is thinking right now? >> reporter: it's interesting. because the two of them pledged undying friendship in the early days just before the invasion of russia. but xi seems to have been hedging his bets. he doesn't want to overwhelmingly su

i mean, what was your opinion of ben wallace, think ben wallace, do you think ben was good job?ing a good job? >> was bam was doing >> ben was bam was doing a decent job. don't get me wrong. with with most jobs, i've spoke to johnny mercer about this. but in most jobs, johnny mercer, sorry, johnny mercer would have been a fantastic candidate for that i'll say that. but we that role. i'll say that. but we have a lot of pan pushers in whitehall and civil servants which controlling , which are which are controlling, which are controlling a high controlling a lot of high positions in government. and controlling a lot of high pos not|s in government. and controlling a lot of high pos not looking government. and controlling a lot of high pos not looking goodrnment. and controlling a lot of high pos not looking good when t. and it's not looking good when people are from people are coming from university , getting and university, getting rules and then important then controlling important rules. honestly believe that rules. i honestly believe that the ministry of defence should go back

and the previous holder of the job, ben wallace, stood down. a mini-reshuffle and taking on his former role is claire contini, a close ally of rishi sunak. and this discount chain went into administration earlier this month, but the stores remain open and price waterhouse cooper is trying to find another buyer for the store. you are live with bbc news. the bbc has uncovered evidence that dozens of women were potentially groomed into online sex work by the iluencer andrew tate's all-male society, "the war room." documentary writers were given copies of directions given to war remembers, to make women more submissive and gradually subvert their control. you have investigated this all-male society -- what did you discover? >> most people know andrew tate for his online content, which many say is misogynistic, but the war room is a self-help society that he says helps you become a better man. we uncovered in the war room, they are teaching men methods for grooming women into online sex work and have identified from the leak messages you referred to

this is boris johnson and wallace to ben wallace who was just told by fin, you and i know nothing there all, the british. they say finns. he says, we are talking to you, in what sense does he say? well, if anything happens, we won’t leave you anymore. and if something says they will attack you, who exactly are the russians and the americans and the british for about a year pumping up the finns with the threat of war makes it awkward, but something will have to attack. but i don’t know, no, but what options do we have left. well, this is how it turned out. we cannot let such respected people down. it's amazing there choose, or what? yes, in this book i actually don’t know how it was before the don. pedro is embarrassed. yes , absolutely like uh, moreover, they gave vodka as a gift? yes, zero, when they didn’t say something. they are a dry law. where did they take her? well, they probably produce it especially for russian audiences, and they have different vodkas, they have this good one. it's not very good. it's all discussed in detail there. so. here. imagine if you read this book, it t

mr shapps replaced ben wallace as defence secretary last month and vowed to keep up britain's support for ukraine. the labour leader has denied launching an attack on private schools with his plans to impose vat payments on fees if he wins an election. sir keir starmer says he's comfortable with the institutions but wants to ensure state schools are of equal quality . sir keir says his equal quality. sir keir says his plan is about the removal of a tax exemption . he also tax exemption. he also encourages private schools, not to raise fees due to the additional costs imposed by the policy . it experts are calling policy. it experts are calling on the prime minister to prioritise ai ethics during a safety summit next month . a safety summit next month. a survey by bcs, the chartered institute for it , found that 88% institute for it, found that 88% of tech experts want the uk to lead in setting global ethical standards. the survey also shows that 82% believe companies should publish ethical policies on al use . new laws should publish ethical policies on al use. new laws in should publ

shapps replaces ben wallace, who is leaving politics.pected, with shapps having held five ministerialjobs in the past year. us supreme courtjustice clarence thomas has disclosed he took three trips aboard a republican donor's private plane last year. justice thomas cited security concerns as the reason he accepted the travel. the conservative judge says failing to previously report the jet travel had been inadvertent. supreme courtjurists are required to file annual financial disclosure forms. a ban on electric scooters for hire has officially come into effect in paris. the city of light was the first in europe to welcome the vehicles five years ago. but since then there's been a push to quote, "calm down" the streets, leading to a referendum in april to ban the two—wheelers. privately—owned scooters will still be allowed. you're live with bbc news. wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin alluded to threats to his safety in a newly surfaced video which appears to have been filmed days before he died in a plane crash. the clip was posted on social

former british defense minister ben wallace quarreled between london and washington, as the sandy times tried to cancel the order of american chinook helicopters 3 weeks before his resignation. wallace sent a letter to the pentagon in which she stated london's plans to reconsider agreements on the purchase of aircraft until the termination of the deal, which caused a diplomatic scandal that involved the ambassadors of both countries in the kingdom. the ex-minister appreciated this step. as a desire to annoy the americans because the states did not support wallace’s candidacy for the post of secretary general. as a result, london had to reassure washington by assuring that the problem would be solved when street left office. and watch the main events of the last seven days of the week with dmitry kiselyov today at 20:00. this is news of the week and i am dmitry kiselev watch on sunday world war iii is knocking on the door. so why does washington need a hot war with russia , it would be a disaster, our politicians are crazy, how america is falling into a stupor, but we need to wait a minu

that i, on the way there, he caused a shock, just a shock, and his words about the aggression of ben wallaceer of defense of great britain until recently, one of ukraine's greatest friends, caused a shock, and unfortunately, no lessons have been learned from this. what we have during zelenskyi's visit to the usa is that we are partially getting the results of what he did and said to vilnius, this must be understood, and instead of drawing conclusions, now we spoke to the poles. well, we must immediately stop and simply to stop our foreign affairs minister who is the minister of the internal affairs as the minister of the prime minister and so on, there is one person named andrii yarma, this person who never studied anything was engaged in maps in kyiv and this style of fighting for the chain in kyiv he transferred to international politics what is definitely a disaster zelenskyy i understand, well, there he is. this story about them, the greatest leader of the universe, it somewhat overshadowed the family and all this together created the kind of background against which our country suffered

submarine were successfully struck , reported in also, ex-minister of defense of great britain ben wallace considers ukrainian attacks against the ships of the black sea fleet of russia to be logical, since the ref is actively using them in the war on this is what he wrote. in his post on twitter, the streets hinted that ukrainian strikes on russian warships in the black sea should not be surprising in the context of current events and further on the situation at the front ukrainian defense forces are having success in the direction of bakhmut to the south of the city , the armed forces entered the village of andriivka that near klitschivka the so-called russian soldiers write about it, they say that after several days of shelling, the occupiers were forced to leave their positions, the general staff did not comment on the situation until now, so the front is now passing along the line of railways, when the enemy does not surrender, the units of the armed forces of ukraine have to defend the liberated areas from enemy assaults in the south , deputy minister of defense hanna malyar reported

will know about your full contribution during this war but from those of us who know thank you ben wallacek defense minister in 2019 - in 2023, but all the achievements of the minister were crossed out eggs and jackets at the beginning of 2023, journalists published contracts for feeding military units in the material, in particular, it was said that the ministry of defense from occupying chicken eggs for 17 hryvnias per piece, which is much more expensive than in different stores, when at first he explained that it was a mistake, but in the end the contracts were terminated and the director of the procurement department was fired, and he ended up in a pre-trial detention center. that the price of jackets purchased by the ministry of defense in 2022 allegedly tripled during delivery from turkey to ukraine, and the jackets themselves could not have been winter oil, fueled by the fact that among the founders of the turkish company for some reason, the supplier turned out to be the nephew of the people's deputy, the servant of the people and a member of the defense committee, gennady kasaya.

here's ben wallace, he replaced him and nothing changes. i understand that with his arrival.known figure instead of a well-known administrator who managed to work under the leadership of almost all the prime ministers from the conservative party, the military wholesaler's starting chamber has no sign as a person who led, uh, a violation of international law, transport sanctions. these sanctions blocked some british space, as we listen, and maritime vessels in any way connected with russia. well, what about the very rich? and he has already shown himself to be a russophobe, and therefore, from this point of view, a worthy replacement was chosen for wallace, as for his activities, the conclusion not yet. but it seems that the resources that london is able to direct to ukraine are at their limit and now it is not so much a warrior that is needed there. how much experience does an administrator have who could manage them, well, let’s say rationally, as for resources for ukraine, there is a lot of criticism. from johnson, also former to the premiere , magnetic storms somehow becam

are not only in us , a new person is now at the head of the ministry of defense of great britain, ben wallace, an old associate mr. johnson's friend and friend of ukraine resigned. he headed this department for the last four years, and with his submission, in particular, the great military support from britain that we have had since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of russia , but also the new nominee for prime minister rishisunaka , the ex-minister of energy grand sheps, also promised to support ukraine , they say about shps that he is a super cool communicator , he came to kyiv before his appointment, and also settled a family of ukrainian refugees in his house, so who is with whom and what will be negotiated 19 september at the rammstein air base in germany, we will see soon well, for now, ukraine has shown its partners that even without having enough long-range missiles and a ban on using western weapons in russia, it is capable of becoming an enemy at a distance of 700 km on its own there has never been such a massive attack deep into russia , what did we get them from, what kind

the ukrainians are leading the russians by the nose, and the ex-minister of defense of britain , ben wallace, says that russia cannot use its ships to attack ukraine and expect that these ships will not will become targets for the armed forces, some observers also draw attention to the fact that during the night attack on sevastopol, the starlin satellite network failed. previously, businessman elon musk admitted that last year, due to fears of escalation , he denied ukraine access to the network near crimea, which foiled the attack by naval drones on the peninsula, today the mask, together with other leaders and industry, arrived at the congress to meet with senators, but what was this event about and did the legislators manage to get answers to their questions, including what kateryna lisonova, who works in the congress , knows about ukraine and monitors everything that happens there, katya, i congratulate you, i congratulate you. so, what do the american legislators say about the masked shutdown of access to sterling near the crimea, he knows that today you managed to communicate about it

ben wallace has retired.s, the destroyed cities are being restored after the hurricane and further stronger. in total , three states were affected - florida, georgia and north carolina, wind speeds reached 200 km / h. he wore trees and the car died, at least three people more than half a million were left without electricity. many had to evacuate in some regions of the street completely flooded. and now the footage that comes to the telegram channels of this ecuador, where the prisoners of six prisons took the guards and police hostage, the local snakes believe that the criminals went to this a move in response to recent cell searches, inspectors wanted to seize prohibited substances and items. now prisoners are negotiating prisons unhooked by the military. and let's talk about the economy of artyom in russia, they introduced new fines for motorists. tell us what specifically has changed tatyana, for example, you will have to pay for tires out of season, but for now i will start with the news of the energy ma

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ben wallace, uk defense secretary 2019-2023 years but all the achievements of the minister. crossed eggs jackets. at the beginning of 2023, journalists published contracts for feeding military units. in particular , the material said that the ministry of defense buys chicken eggs for uah 17 per piece, which is much more expensive than in stores. reznikov initially explained that it was a mistake, but in the end the contracts were terminated, and the director of the procurement department was fired, and he ended up at sizo. then reznikov held on to the chair, but in august 2023. a new corruption scandal broke out. this investigative journalists once claimed that the price of jackets purchased by the ministry of defense in 2022 allegedly tripled during delivery from turkey to ukraine, and the jackets themselves might not have been winter. the fire was fueled by the fact that among the founders of the supplier's turkish company, for some reason, there was a nephew of the people's deputy of the servant of the people and a member of the defense committee, gennady kasai. instead of comprehensi

even the former secretary of state for defence, ben wallace , he said that ben wallace, he said thatually the echr held back the military forces from carrying out essential special forces operations overseas . he's we operations overseas. he's we can't do what the states does . can't do what the states does. and that surely is the point . i and that surely is the point. i mean, things like the united states , australia, new zealand, states, australia, new zealand, japan, they're not in the echr. why should we be? well those countries, with the exception of japan, but the other ones you mentioned, they all have different human rights arrangements . arrangements. >> in terms of the judiciary. there are particular concerns very much to the for there and that can be dealt with by introducing, for example , introducing, for example, legislation to deal with how judges deal with the balancing exercise in terms of the rights of the state and private individuals that dealt with that. and of course, as i was saying in the context of rwanda, the government was very aware of the government was

after resignation of ben wallace after four years in the job. >> says wants to explore >> he says he wants to explore different opportunities and spend with family spend more time with his family . education minister claire coutinho takes over as energy and net zero secretary replace shapps. and net zero secretary replace shapps . this is gb news across shapps. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car , on the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's time for headliners as i >> -- >> hello and welcome to headliners. your first look at friday's newspapers . i'm andrew friday's newspapers. i'm andrew doyle and joining me tonight are josh howie fresh from the big apple and nik dixon. >> well—worn from north london. >> well—worn from north london. >> how are you both ? you have >> how are you both? you have beenin >> how are you both? you have been in america. you have been in new york. >> i've been in america. i got back this morning, 1030. >> how does feel? >> how does it feel? >> how does it feel? >> it feels it's like ima

even the former secretary of state for defence, ben wallace , he said that ben wallace, he said thatually the echr held back the military forces from carrying out essential special forces operations overseas . he's we operations overseas. he's we can't do what the states does . can't do what the states does. and that surely is the point . i and that surely is the point. i mean, things like the united states , australia, new zealand, states, australia, new zealand, japan, they're not in the echr. why should we be? well those countries, with the exception of japan, but the other ones you mentioned, they all have different human rights arrangements . arrangements. >> in terms of the judiciary. there are particular concerns very much to the for there and that can be dealt with by introducing, for example , introducing, for example, legislation to deal with how judges deal with the balancing exercise in terms of the rights of the state and private individuals that dealt with that. and of course, as i was saying in the context of rwanda, the government was very aware of the government was

it doesn't reflect very well on the british government, and particularly on ben wallace. and sylvie, seems to come across as a sort of petulant angry. but food coming out this late is don't to um, to supposedly quote piss off the americans. but i think come, i don't think you'll get away with it. i think i think there's a minister machinery behind and which, which is already working in double time, to, to repair the situation and them to keep this contracts on track. but the thing we have, if we look, that's a simple example and came into office, i think many people thought that it would be a period of sobriety with the lives in um, the international community, particularly native members. but i for that's the story. just reminds us the button to know from the president never was and i think i think a that's ready to take away from this many things a company here and also you international. we always appreciate it. we're back in 30 minutes with little of the very latest said on the 1960 to us as the was returning to peaceful life. but the newspapers didn't ripple or ongoi

weeks passed when the british ministry of defense recognized this incident and the then minister ben wallace said that london actually accepts and agrees with the explanation of russia, which also tried to downplay the importance of that situation and explained it as a technical problem, but now journalists have received additional information that gives reason to believe that it was not a technical problem at all, that it was a very serious situation that threatened life, probably to dozens of british specialists because it is a british reconnaissance plane that can carry up to 30 people. this plane is quite large, it looks like a passenger plane, it actually has no weapons filled with electronics inside and is designed to monitor the area, it picks up electronic signals , etc. the plane was actually in international over international waters in the black sea, and no country actually had the right to attack it, but from what has become known, we now see that in fact russian pilots su-27 fighter jets tried to shoot down the britannia and his plane was not shot down, in fact, only because rus

this is boris johnson and wallace ben wallace who just finn spoke to you and i know nothing is happeningre no troops on the border with finland nothing at all the british. they say the finns, they say, you and i are speaking, in what sense does he say? well, if anything happens, we won’t leave you, take heart. and if anything, what does he say? but you will be attacked by someone like the russians, and the americans and the british have been pumping up the finns with threats of war for about a year, making them feel awkward. well, then we have to attack? i don’t know. well, what options do we have left? well, if this is still the case, we cannot let such respected people down. it’s surprising there, in general, but in this book , in fact, as in front of me, it’s absolutely like, uh, especially since they didn’t give you vodka? yes, zero , somehow they didn’t say anything. they are a dry law, where did they get it from? well they produce probably especially for russians, they have different vodkas, they have this good one. it's not very good. it's all discussed in detail there. so. here.

i think it doesn't, it doesn't reflect very well on the british government, and particularly on ben wallace himself. he seems to come across as a sort of petulant angry. but food coming out this late is don't to um, to supposedly quote piss off the americans. but i think come, i don't think you'll get away with it. i think i think there's an administrator machinery behind and which, which is already working in double time to, to repair the situation and to keep this contracts on track. but the thing we have, if we look, that's a simple example and came into office, i think many people thought that it would be a period of sobriety with the lives in on the international convention, particularly native members. but that's, that's the story just reminds us that by and know from the breast of never was. and i think i think a that's ready to take away from this. and finally, iraqi security forces have been deployed to prevent further violence in the northern oil. the city of kirkuk as a day after at least 4 people were killed and 50 wounded. then estimate classes between codes and arabs. police a

shapps replaces ben wallace, who is leaving politics.shapps having held five ministerial jobs in the past year. us supreme courtjustice clarence thomas has disclosed he took three trips aboard a republican donor's private plane last year. justice thomas cited security concerns as the reason he accepted the travel. the conservative judge says failing to previously report the hospitality had been inadvertent. supreme courtjurists are required to file annual financial disclosure forms. and the un secretary—general and turkey's foreign minister have both pressed for a resumption of the deal that allows safe passage of ukrainian grain via the black sea. antonio guterres says he's sent russia's foreign minister a set of concrete proposals aimed at restarting the agreement. the kremlin has said it would only resume if the west guarantees that russia's own crops wouldn't be obstructed. you're live with bbc news. wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin alluded to threats to his safety in a newly surfaced video, which appears to have been filmed days befor

. >> boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on news tonight on farage ben wallace , tonight on farage benakes us more vulnerable to terrorism. >> so isn't it about time we drew the logical conclusion and decided to leave on a similar theme with this government ? the theme with this government? the ft reveals today that rishi sunak did know about the arrest of the china suspected spy earlier in the year and yet still went ahead and trying to reset our relationship with beijing . are we getting our beijing. are we getting our china policy all wrong and labour control wales on sunday evening in come the 20 mile—per hour speed limits in virtually every town and village in wales . and we'll debate both sides of this and see does it really make any sense at all? but before all of that, let's get the news with polly middlehurst .

well he's a serious wallace. serious chap, ben wallace. >> everyone admired him very much, was surpriseduch, was surprised he wouldn't stand leader . there's a much, was surprised he wouldn't stand leader. there's a nice stand for leader. there's a nice picture with boat. >> yep, she's got a boat there. i they're going build i think they're going to build a couple think the couple of boats, but i think the other stories are really other two stories are really interesting national other two stories are really intereragency national other two stories are really intereragency noutnal other two stories are really intereragency nout and crime agency has come out and basically some kind basically said we need some kind of policy if we are of rwanda policy if we are going to migrants coming over by to stop migrants coming over by the this is on the eve of the boats. this is on the eve of laboun the boats. this is on the eve of labour. they're going to be finally saying what they would do , which essentially do instead, which is essentially asking more cooperation and asking for more cooperation