but as you pointed out, the british army was a professional army and british soldiers, the army for the most part as a career. so the majority of british soldiers who served in the american revolution, they were volunteer hours who joined the army as career. some of them stayed in the army for 20, 30, 40 years. and the american revolution was just one small part of those careers in order to accommodate this professional army that would often get deployed overseas for long periods, it was necessary to allow married to bring their wives with them. so with the british army in america, a large number of wives of soldiers. and these are the people that i'm focusing on. lauren talked about the home front. well, now have this population of women married women whose home is the army. they their home is wherever the army is. and that means they're exposed to the same dangers that the army is exposed to. now, if you study the army in detail, look at the military documents, everything from the orders to the memoirs, the primary sources mentions of women are pervasive. they're talked about all the

— in the british army for more than 25_ in the british army for more than 25 years.ew figures show uk net migration hit record numbers in the 12 months tojune 2023. civilians shelter in ukraine — hundreds of thousands are without electricity after a russian attack on energy infrastructure. ceasefire standing, but reports of minor violations in southern lebanon. and how a penguin baby walker helped flop back to his feet. hello, i'm annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we start with some breaking news. in the last hour, the former british army soldier, daniel khalife, has been found guilty of spying for iran. khalife, who was 21 when he escaped prison while awaiting trial, collected information useful to an enemy and had a list of special forces soldiers. he was cleared of perpetrating a bomb house at his army barracks. our news correspondent martine croxall is live outside the court. thank you very much. yes, the jury thank you very much. yes, the jury here at woolwich crown court came back here to turn the

our top story — the former british army soldier daniel khalife has been found guilty of spying for iranho was 21 when he escaped prison while awaiting trial, collected information useful to an enemy and had a list of special forces soldiers. he was cleared of being responsible for a bomb hoax at his army barracks. 0ur news correspondent martine croxall is live outside the court. thank you very much. i'm at woolwich crown court where just before 11 o'clock the jury of ii before 11 o'clock the jury of 11 people returned their verdicts in the case of daniel khalife, the 23—year—old former royal signals soldier. he had previously changed his plea last week during evidence admitting that he was guilty of escaping from wandsworth prison where he was being held on remand in september last year. but the jury returned an unanimous guilty verdict on charges of spying for iran, breaching the official secrets act and terrorism act but he was found not guilty of by a makeshift sling made of kitchen trousers. the driver, unaware of the stowaway underneath, made his way through london's early—morning

forfour was part of the british army for four years before was part of the british army forfourore being sacked. he then applied to join the international legion. that's part of the ukrainian army made up of foreigners. he said he travelled to poland to get himself to ukraine. now tonight we had report from a news agency, the russian news agency, saying what it calls a british mercenary has been captured in the kursk region, part of southern russia, and there has been fierce fighting there has been fierce fighting there after there was a surprise incursion into that with one issue gaining greater prominence — immigration. part of the reason for this is the number of asylum seekers in ireland relying on the state for accommodation has more than quadrupled in three years and many have been sent to rural communities. our special correspondent fergal keane reports now from one small village in tipperary. there's trouble in the heartlands. in county tipperary, protest over immigration. last august, villagers tried to block asylum seekers from entering shelter in a local hotel that ha

they just kind of double down and say we are the british army. we are in charge here.leads to a conflict, the battle of golden hill. it is before the boston massacre. it is kind of like a melee where peoplescuffling and the mayor of new york has to break it up. a brawl in the street involving british troops he finds it difficult to break it up. mobilizing support for macdougal. people see what happened earlier. they just kind of drift away. >> you talk a lot about sources. you are able to find patterns. like the banker and stuff. really fascinating detective work. >> yeah. i have to go right to the end or to the start. the first thing that i did is that i wanted to find as many loyalists that i could in new york. we support the new york assembly. we are against congress. i kept seeing the same name over and over again. frederick rhinelander. he sign the declaration of dependence. he is a notorious loyalist. i saw that. okay. when i go to the new york historical society to do research, i start going through the papers. rhinelander had a store and a city. i was going thr

he is a long time british army officer. he becomes an officer in 1745. he leaves in 1769. 24 years in the service of the british crown and an unlikely candidate to support a revolution across the ocean in america. i think that sometimes in considering why people revolt, sometimes we frame it as ideology or self interest. gates is sort of the intersection of that in his case. they are mutually reinforcing and both plays a role in his path towards revolution. horatio gates was born in 1778 near greenwich and now greater london. we don't know a whole lot about his early life. he is born in 1728. that is clear in april. we know bits and pieces about his early life. overall there is not a lot known about the first 20 or so years of his life. what we do know indicates that he comes from a pretty modest, middling background. his father's side many of his family were employed on the docks in greenwich. it is a lately big port community. one of his grandfathers was a tailor. he is not a gentlemen. he is not from a prominent family in the london area. in many respe

joined in january 1815, direct naval gunfire support assistant general andrew in defeating a british veteran army of some 5000 troops. new orleans was the last land action of war by the terms of the treaty, the british agreed to evacuate northwest territory. they relinquished their claims for part of maine and exclusive control of the great lakes. a decisive american naval victories by perry on lake erie and mcdonough on lake champlain left britain with a poor case. england never resumed imprisonment of american seamen seamen. the war of 1812 proved once more than but our strong navy maintained in a state of constant. lacking, adequate naval strength. we could not lift the strangling the invasion been stopped on lake champlain, new orleans, but it was not stopped in the chesapeake bay, which was the height of american naval strength. washington had burned. the chesapeake lost to the shannon emphasized the disastrous results of lack of training and discipline. but america could take pride in her fighting ships and then a few frigates and smaller had more than held their on all forerunners of our g

he is a long time british army officer. he becomes an officer in 1745 and leaves in 1769 brexit 24 years in the service of the british crown. in many respects, that makes him a pretty unlikely candidate to support a revolution across the ocean in america. i think sometimes in considering why people revolt, sometimes reframe it as ideology or self-interest. i think what gates help show is that the intersection of ideology and self interest is in this case. you can see how their mutually reinforcing and both play a role in his path towards revolution in the years leading up to the revolutionary war in the 1760s and 1770s. horatio gates was born in 1728, probably in near greenwich, which is now greater london. despite his later prominence, we don't know a whole lot about his early life. he was born in 1720, that is pretty clear, and april. we know bits and pieces about his early life, but overall, not a whole lot known about the first 20 years or so of his life. but what we do know indicates that he comes from a pretty modest f

he's long time british army officer. he's he becomes an officer in 1745 at leeds and leaves in 1769. so 24 years in the service of the british. so in many respects that him a pretty unlikely candidate to sport a sporting revolution across ocean in america. and i think sometimes considering why people revolt sometimes we frame it as ideology or self-interest. and i think what gates helps show is that it's sort of the intersection of ideology, self-interest. in his case, you can see how they're sort of not mutually reinforcing. and both play a role in his path towards revolution in the years leading up to the revolutionary of the 1760s and 1770s. so horatio gates was born in 1728 and probably in debt for which is new york greenwich in what's now greater. despite his later prominence. we don't know a whole lot about his early life. he's born 1728. that's clear. in april, you know, bits and pieces about his early life. but there's not a whole lot known about the first 20 years or so of his life. but what we do know indicates

both the papers of general thomas gage who served as commander-in-chief of the british army in northmerica in 17631775. these letters are beautifully preserved very easy to read as long as you can decipher cursive. i read that gage papers discover the general was preoccupied with cornering that is where to house british soldiers to the american colonies placing a red coats in private homes raises several uncomfortable constitutional political questions that help td to bring about american independence. in the book that follows quarters the accommodation the british army in the coming of the american revolution, i argue the debates about where to house soldiers evoked a party discussion about the meeting of placed in america's opinions on quarter and had a profound effect on the united states. it was forwarding to the gage papers i discover the trials of robert newberg. the first to skim the transcript it did not have much to do with cornering so i set it aside. abstract headquarters and a return to the claimant's thinking the case might make a good article. but then i realize it was

status changed from slave free when they served in the british army under dunn morris proclamation or the philipsburg proclamation? sometimes british officers even animated entire groups of men all at once without issuing papers to the individuals and this made it very hard for lot of people to prove that they were free once were in st augustine on according to the british to the spanish. so some toning. hume calculated that five out of six black people in st augustine did not have kind of documentation that says. but as wanted to classify them spanish as tonin and hume accused or cesspit as of actually fully understanding what he was doing here. but the lack of documentation was a big problem and that cesspit as might have been trying to take advantage of that both to nullify freedom of some black british subjects and to confiscate valuable slaves held by others as evacuated the financial incentive to confiscate slaves was also especially strong for the two judges appointed by cesspit as to oversee british, namely leslie and because the proclamation awards owed the judges a portion o

they just double down and say, we're the british army, we're in charge here. and that leads to a conflict, which is before the boston massacre, which is kind of not as -- i don't want to say as coordinated as the boston massacre, but kind of like a melee, where people are just kind of scuffling, there's blades flying everywhere, and eventually, the mayor of new york has to come and break it up. it's kind of like a brawl in the street a little bit, involving british troops. and the mayor of new york is a delancys figure. he has a great name. and he finds it just difficult to break it up. and the delancys are like, what is happening here? this situation just compounding the entire situation in new york for them. and moebizing support for mcdougal and taking support away from them. and that's completely out of their control. but people see what happened earlier with the quartering act in '69, and they just kind of drift, drift away. >> you've talked a lot about source. and a section of your book actually delves into some sources you found and you're able to find

generated for any people of color whose status changed from slave to free when they served in the british armyer dunmore's proclamation. sometimes british officers manumitted groups all at once without issuing papers to the individuals. this made it very hard for a lot of people to prove that they were free once they were in st. augustine according to the spanish system. tonin and hume calculated five out of six black people in st. augustine did not have the kind of documentation that sepidus wanted to classify them in spanish eyes. tonin and hume accused sepidus of fully understanding what he was doing here, that the lack of documentation was a big problem, and that sepidus might have been trying to take advantage of that, both to nullify the freedom of some black subjects and also to confiscate valuable slaves held by others as they evacuated. the financial incentive to compensate slaves was especially strong for the two judges appointed by sepidus to oversee british cases, namely lesley and fatio because a portion of each slave was awarded to the judges, incentivizing them to rule against b

because it's still the headquarters of the british army. so there might not have been as many there as there were. but ten years before for there still a number of troops the alliances want to issue paper currency into the cities, so issue more money throughout economy to try and stimulate a little bit to kind of get the economy going so that new yorkers can have more money in their pocket. the quartering is not popular in new york. the assembly is kind of heat and hard of it, whether adhere to it. parliament has threatened to shut down the assembly if they don't. that alliances are kind of in a here and they don't really know what to do. so they go to a couple of people called isaac sears and john lamb, both of them go on to become patriots and the revolution. both of them at this time supporters of the dnc's helped them get elected. and 68 and 69. so they speak isaac sears and john krueger james johnson and they have this this meeting and they kind of you see a series of maybe a little bit like a lobbyist he's trying to get a sense of wha

earlier i spoke to military analyst and former british army officer, simon diggins, and you told me how storm shadow missiles could boost you creams war effort? i don't make a difference fussing. would you be careful to assume that this started going to transform your credit is worth it? why doesn't they do is to attack targets within russia itself? no, certainly still shut. the french version scope has been used against russian targets in occupied territories. and also in that case, for example, the area of crime in which restaurant quite in 2014, but most of the, the russian weapon systems took you the acronym. and then based on that, which is something based on gusher. so, and that's those have been use case of the crate. now with these 2, these weapon systems are talking to us system and storm shadow scout, the friction french system. the ukraine cannot check those systems before the state the price, so they will make a difference. and they will have to deal with russia, for example, i have to replace them as a defense is newest terms of 2nd. they are important for the not necessari

and for more on this, we're joined now by military analysts. simon diggins is also a former british army officer, so i'm good to see you. welcome to the program. now, 1st attack, now report at least storm shadow myself, how much of a difference will these weapons likely make to ukraine's war effort to make a different specimen if it cost to assume that this started going to transform your credit is worth it? what doesn't they do is to attack targets within russia itself? no, certainly still shut the french verses scope has been used against russian targets in occupied territories. and also in that case, for example, the area of crime in which rational quite in 2014. but most of the, the russian weapon systems took you the acronym, and then this, although just something based in gusher. so, and that's those that they can use to gauge the crate. now with these 2, these weapon systems attack comes to us system and storm shadow scouts proportion french system. ukraine cannot check those systems out before that, don't start the price, so they will make a difference. and they will have to deal

however, the british experience the strength of the malay resistance to the full extent, the british army losses in the la where the largest since the end of world war 2. in 1957, the british empire was forced to recognize malay in independence. the resilience of demo late people put an end to the history of british colonialism in south east asia. the . it is necessary to establish a serial production of these new science. and we have taken the decision to organize and carry out the serial production of the system. there is no counter measure to such a messiah, and no means of intercepting it in the world today. russia destroys the military industrial facility in ukraine with his newest hypersonic, missile, and repeat, and has ordered the unrivalled weapon into mass production. the at least 4 people are reported, killed in dozens wounded as a new wave of his really air strikes on 11 on over night. hit residential areas in the capitals, southern and summer and hades, foreign minister summons of french in boston or after a manual my prom.

let's speak tojustin crump — military analyst and former british army officer.lysis? aha, this strike by russia, what is your analysis?— your analysis? a lot is still breaking — your analysis? a lot is still breaking and _ your analysis? a lot is still breaking and people - your analysis? a lot is still breaking and people are i your analysis? a lot is still l breaking and people are just grappling with this now on the east coast of the us, waking up to the headline that russia uses intercontinental ballistic missile against ukraine, and so the line is that this was a ballistic missile, but not intercontinental so that is a matter of range and capability, but this is obviously a signal from russia in relation to the escalation we have seen over the last few months in particular, and i think that is the key thing regardless of what precise weapon was used, people are very alarmed by this and russia has been using the spectre of nuclear conflict throughout the whole war in ukraine to get the west not support ukraine and they feel it is the trump card they have, so

generated for people of color whose status changed from slaves to free when they served in the british army. sometimes british de it very hard for people to prove they were free once they were in st. augustine, according to the spanish system. tonnen and hume calculated that five out of six black people in st. augustine did not have the kind of documentation that cespedes wanted to qualify them in spanish eyes. tonnen tonnen -- cespedes might have been trying to take advantage of that both to nullify the freedom of black subjects and also to confiscate valuable slaves. it was especially strong for the two judges appointed by cespedes to oversee british case,.s. incey rule against british subjects. now cesspit as acknowledged that cespedes acknowledged that, yes, there existed in st. augustine some black residents who gained their freedom by virtue of the war but lacked papers, but he remained firm he still needed to actually know who was who and who actually had freedom. he claimed this was necessary for the restoration of public tranquility in two ways. the first was to prevent stealing sl

the british army losses in the la, where the largest since the end of world war 2. in 1957, the british empire was forced to recognize malay and independence. the resilience of them a late people put an end to the history of british colonialism in southeast asia to the take a fresh look around his life kaleidoscopic isn't just a shifted reality distortion by power to division with no real opinions. fixtures designed to simplify will confuse who really wants a better wills, and is it just as it shows you, fractured images, presented to this, but can you see through their illusion going underground can the very goes drove by and neither refusing to comment or just getting lost the issue being whether or not he has truly given ukraine permission to use long range weapons against russia. republicans say if true, it's an attempt to do rail. donald trump, just based on his way out of office j, finding these dangerously trying to stop world war 3 by authorizing ukraine. the use of us long range missiles into russia. and as you well know, by now it's not improved. and previo

a former british army soldier daniel khalife has been found guilty of spying for iran.ped prison while awaiting trial, collected information useful to an enemy and had a list of special forces soldiers. he was cleared of being responsible for a bomb hoax at his army barracks. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. this was daniel khalife on the morning of his escape, working in the kitchen at wandsworth prison. 15 minutes later, he was driven out of the jail, clinging to the bottom of this food delivery truck, suspended by a makeshift sling made of kitchen trousers. the driver, unaware of the stowaway underneath, made his way through london's early morning traffic. the lorry, with daniel khalife clinging on underneath, stopped at these lights and a motorist following behind saw him drop to the ground, roll out, stand up, flick his fringe and casually walk off. it was the beginning of a massive nationwide manhunt. by five o'clock that afternoon, daniel khalife was six miles away in richmond, wearing shorts, checking the cctv cameras in mountain warehouse

a former british army soldier, daniel khalife, has been found guilty of spying for iran. of collecting information useful to an enemy including a list of special forces soldiers. he was cleared of being responsible for a bomb hoax at his army barracks. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. in the blue top, this was daniel khalife in wandsworth prison kitchen, just before his escape. 15 minutes later, he was driven out of the jail, clinging to the bottom of this catering truck, suspended by a sling made of kitchen trousers. the driver, unaware of the stowaway, made his way through the morning traffic. the lorry, with daniel khalife clinging on underneath, stopped at these lights, and a motorist following behind saw him drop to the ground, roll out, stand up, flick his fringe, and casually walk off. it was the beginning of a massive nationwide manhunt. by 5 o'clock that afternoon, he was six miles away, stealing a baseball cap in mountain warehouse to hide his face. the next morning, he bought spare clothes in marks & spencer, before casually reading about

the british army losses in malaya, where the largest since the end of world war 2. in 1957, the british empire was forced to recognize malay in independence. the resilience of them a late people put an end to the history of british colonialism in southeast asia. the more important scene is a 150. that's great. then that's the story that indeed showed decided to one of the memory of his comrades. and for the very 1st time in 25 years, climbed amounts to the very place when the depleted uranium bomb fell the rug kush. this is the correct and this is totally a bonus. this it but then you've done some pro or game like leg supplemental. really small. yeah. we'll get ok. is our 3rd system all in the method on the day? not plenty on the bus and those 12 pass coast and this most of it, that's the bill house that i bought tables us by the food or the the name a program, calories. yeah. he's rest. i trusted that id. the symbol with are trish and the municipal names and all of the guidelines, source or cit, emotional around noon. first. less massage. all the cost and all that.

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this is a still from a video circulating online, where the man claims he served four years in the british armyl legion — a military unit of the ukrainian army made up of foreign volunteers. the russian news agency tass is reporting that what it calls a mercenary from britain has been taken prisoner in southern russia. separately, the kremlin is blaming western countries for what it called an "unprecedented escalation" in the ukraine war. calling the green light for us and uk missiles to strike inside russia a "reckless confrontation", kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov said russia updated its nuclear posture as a direct response. meanwhile, the former german chancellor angela merkel says that she does not regret blocking ukraine's data mentorship bid in 2008, as she believes it would have triggered an earlier conflict with russia. mrs merkel has been speaking to the bbc ahead of the publication of her book chronicling her 16 years in power. a senior uk minister is set to warn that russia is prepared to carry out cyber attacks on the uk and other allies in hopes of weakening support for ukraine. t

it, we're just on the medicine also have done his phone or hidden or did some training with the british army. not lot about that i did knowing is, is a very sorry to say, i'm not an estimate because a afternoon more in my own country and i can because of ukrainian soldier has put it that way. and so going back to you, take that as a soldier a year you will far and there's a chance you can talk. it's called at the job however, till there's 20 is if you're locked into prison for something you saw under contracts you're sore. and so somebody to tell me your, your, your, your valid, your contracts not valid in this country is appropriate for me to sign the contract . if i didn't know if that was because the already everyday, obviously is petrified. so you know what i want to do? i want to see more for getting on a list, you know, in respect to where i am the place on that now. yeah. all the forms are get 1st bread and water and everything they told me about, and i am showing them to you in our country to, to archive the in the neighboring cell. another british most in re i asked and was awaiting

just wish it were just on the medicine also have done his function or did some training with the british army not learned about that. i did nor news isn't very sorry to pass it. i'm not investment because i couldn't more in my own countries and i can as a ukrainian so just put it that way. and so going back to where you take that as a soldier, you're here before and there's a chance you can talk. it's paul at the joke. the however, to lose 20 is if you're locked into prison for something you saw under contract to your store. and so somebody to tell me your, your, your, uh, you're not valid. your contracts not valid in this country is appropriate for me to sign a contract if i did not in the established because the already every dial display is petrified. so you know what i want to do? i want to see my wife again. i want to lift, you know, in respect to where i am the place on that now. yeah. are the find are get stressed. bread and water and, you know, they, they told me 5 and i am showing them to you in our country to, to archive the in the neighboring. so another bridge issue most and we, i

his british army regiment, the guides was an elite group of touchstone soldiers. however, the young, active as to view the white colonizers as arrogant races and cruel men, whose oppressive laws prohibited any form of descent. it was actually a dick on you in law and of it as a hard drive. i wouldn't be responsible for the crime of a single individual. then what are some other legislations like? how's the act? read and even guessing straight over the eyes of opened a shoulder or a white van. what live in for punishment. you have no right off a pig worried was changing at the start of the 20th century. the alliances were shifting in the years, leading up to the 1st world war. in 1914 the ottoman empire was being declined and that your phone was concerned that these changes might create a kind of moral vacuum in his region. so he decided to set up in a slum at school in his hometown of which ones are in 1910 in what was then called north west frontier products. soon other schools also spring pushed as were becoming better educated and as a result far more resistant

however, the british experienced the strength of the malay resistance to the full extent to the british army losses in la la were the largest since the end of world war 2. in 1957, the british empire was forced to recognize malay in independence. the resilience of them a late people put an end to the history of british colonialism in southeast asia. the coveted independence that from granted was really a cynical deception. nearly independent states was strongly pushed to follow with the phone. so freak policy. a classic case of neo colonialism. the essence of that policy is simple. fronts abdicated from all responsibility for social and economic transformation, but kept the countries within its sphere of influence and interest. from since the old governments of sensitive sometimes a blind eye, the corruption of nepotism. as long as they said french business interest and support in front on the international stage, desirable governments were rosa thrown either by cruise or direct military intervention. the republic of law they use believe to have gained independence on the day. it withdrew fr

let's speak to former sergeant major paul smales, whojoined the british army in 1987, and served in northern_ programme. good evening. what does remembrance mean for you? it's a period of reflection, thinking about the soldiers that have been lost in previous court complex and on tours and during duty, and also gets together with my comrades and have a drink with them and remembrance sunday. there's alwa s a remembrance sunday. there's always a focus, _ remembrance sunday. there's always a focus, of _ remembrance sunday. there's always a focus, of course, - remembrance sunday. there's always a focus, of course, on l always a focus, of course, on the two world wars and a heavy focus, but that isn't the only we re were heading to just before we were heading to spain, we were talking about remembrance sunday. as we mentioned, remembrance sunday is when the uk recognises the sacrifice of those who died in the two world wars — and later conflicts. let's speak to former sergeant major paul smales, whojoined the british army in 1987, and served in northern ireland, the gulf, bosnia, iraq and afghan

however, the british experience the strength of the malay resistance to the full extent, the british army losses in the la were the largest since the end of world war 2. in 1957, the british empire was forced to recognize malay and independence. the resilience of them a late people put an end to the history of british colonialism in southeast asia. the the the in previous tours of duty, i often heard the phrase artillery is the god of war. so which is repeated and is often seen on military chaperones, was stuck in my head, which is a mean really i was wondering what the soldiers are like. what will they do and how they handle that powerful weapons.

officials in europe who sure thing that timeline in july, the chief of the general staff of the british army general roni, woke up on the nato, had 3 to 5 years to prepare for war with what he called them, access about people, that's russia, china, north korea and it were on, uh, do you agree with that? oh, okay, so for me to understand the question, but the point is that the, the timeline will the time, the space, what we have on our disposal before a potential conflict with russia. the 1st uh there are several factors now in, in the pipeline low cost. first, we have to make sure that this potentially event doesn't happen at the corner. so the 1st b, greystone is a home with us the going to the new crane and that really determine the future bass . yeah. or for russia, we start risk. so in, in this, this issue, if we have a situation after the, let's say ukraine rush of war we had rush out, emerges from that as will be told he was very self confident power. it really make or calculations based on the, the new situation. then all our task in the rest should be to make sure that russia comes o

my brothers were in the british army fighting the ira then., of course, happened in november 197a. 1974. but you speak to me as though you can still feel the pain of that. you bet i can. you bet i can't forget it. you used a big word. you called it torture. we're talking about britain. we're talking about a country which has signed every single international convention against the use of torture. exactly. and still being used. you know, theyjust told... they told us right from the beginning what they were going to do with us. and that's exactly what they did. they had a free hand. do you remember signing the confession? i didn't sign. the whole the point of their operation on you was to get you to sign a piece of paper. that's right. they told me to sign under the right hand corner of the, at the top of the page, under the caution and the bottom right hand corner. i never signed it. two of us didn't sign. me and gerry hunter. the otherfour did. they signed false confessions. and when you look at the confessions, a blind man can see that they'r

the planet uranus and its five biggest moons have been thought former british army soldier daniel cliffesworth prison. he originally pleaded not guilty to the charge. he is going on trial for three other charges, including communicating information useful to an enemy, namely iran. daniel sandford has the details. early in the morning of the 6th of september last year daniel khalife was in custody in wandsworth prison working in the kitchen. but he rode out of the prison clinging on under this food delivery truck at 730 am. by the afternoon he was six miles away in richmond, stealing a cap from mountain warehouse. after three days on the run he was recaptured but then pleaded not guilty to escaping from lawful custody. today, in the middle of giving evidence at his trial he changed his plea, telling thejury, i'm guilty. during his evidence, daniel khalife said he escaped from wandsworth prison because he was being held on the vulnerable prisoners unit which he didn't like because there were sex offenders there and he had been warned if he was moved on to the main wings he might be attacke

he says he is 22 years old, and he says that he was part of the british army for four years before beingen applied to join the international legion. now, that is part of the ukrainian army made up of foreigners. now, he said he travelled to poland to get himself to ukraine. now, tonight we have had a report from a news agency, russian news agency, saying what it calls a british mercenary has been captured in the kursk region. now, that is part of southern russia. there has been fierce fighting there after there was a surprise incursion into that region by ukrainian forces back in august. now, the foreign office have told us tonight that they are supporting the family of a british man following reports that he has been captured. the website of the foreign office warns against travel to ukraine for fighting, saying people have been captured in the past and when that happens it can be difficult for the foreign office to offer support. so, a worrying situation, but it could be even more complicated because this apparent capture happened on russian soil rather than in ukraine. defence ministe

this is a still from a video circulating online, where the man claims he served four years in the british armyde up of foreign volunteers. the russian news agency tass is reporting that what it calls a mercenary from britain has been taken prisoner in southern russia. separately, the kremlin is blaming western countries for what it called an "unprecedented escalation" in the ukraine war. calling the green light for us and uk missiles to strike inside russia a "reckless confrontation", kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov said — russia updated its nuclear posture as a direct response. a senior uk minister is set to warn that russia is prepared to carry out cyber attacks on the uk and other allies, in hopes of weakening support for ukraine. chancellor of the duchy of lancaster pat mcfadden — whose role includes responsibility for national security — is due to tell members at a nato meeting on monday the kremlin could be targeting british businesses and leave millions without power. mr mcfadden will focus on the threat of russia�*s capacity to shut down entire power grids and warn that russia�*s cyber

and today there are 3000 gurkhas setting in the british army.f of the general staff and the chief of the general staff and the chief of the air staff together lay there wreaths. representatives of the merchant navy, the air transport auxiliary association and civilians services will lay their wreaths together. robin batt on the half of the merchant navy, candida adkins on the half of the air transport auxiliary association and mark hardingham, national fire chiefs council chair of the civilian services. and this is the end of this part of the wreath laying. there's more to come from the royal british legion and the long march past but now the bishop of london. 0 almighty god, grant, we beseech thee, that we who here do honour to the memory of those who have died in the service of their country and of the crown may be so inspired by the spirit of their love and fortitude that, forgetting all selfish and unworthy motives, we may live only to thy glory and to the service of mankind, throuthesus christ our lord, amen. # 0 god our help in ages past.

my brothers were in the british army fighting the ira then.of course, happened in november 197a. 1974. but you speak to me as though you can still feel the pain of that. you bet i can. you bet i can't forget it. you used a big word. you called it torture. we're talking about britain. we're talking about a country which has signed every single international convention against the use of torture. exactly. and still being used. you know, theyjust told... they told us right from the beginning what they were going to do with us. and that's exactly what they did. they had a free hand. do you remember signing the confession? i didn't sign. the whole the point of their operation on you was to get you to sign a piece of paper. that's right. they told me to sign under the right hand corner of the, at the top of the page, under the caution and the bottom right hand corner. i never signed it. two of us didn't sign. me and gerry hunter. the otherfour did. they signed false confessions. and when you look at the confessions, a blind man can see that they're

is a still from a video circulating online, where the man says he served for four years in the british armyn volunteers. authorities in northern india are reported to have ordered a 24—hour internet shutdown in a region where violence was triggered by a controversial survey at a mosque. at least three people were killed in clashes in sambhal district of uttar pradehsh. a court had ordered the survey following a complaint that the mosque was built on the ruins of a hindu temple demolished hundreds of years ago by the mughals who then ruled india. polls are closed in the romanian presidential election with exit polls suggesting a run—off will be needed. in the hotly—contested race, far—right nationalist calin georgescu currently holds a narrow lead over the country's current prime minister marcel ciolacu. as neither candidate appears to have secured 50% of the vote, a second run—off is expected to take place on december 8th. it comes during a tumultuous time amid rising inflation and the ongoing war in neighbouring ukraine. with calin georgescu holding a slight lead — nick thorpe, our east an

the son of a british iranian single mother, daniel khalife had joined the army aged 16.seeker. how cocky he was, how arrogant he came across, and just how he seems to want the spotlight. he always wanted to seem like he was the attention point and no—one else could take it. within a year ofjoining the army, he was in a north london park, collecting £1,500 in a dog poo bag from iranian agents. he even travelled to istanbul for a meeting, later telling his handler he wanted to be trained in iran. i wanted to have some training from you guys, and i think the best training for me is inside of iran. i am one of the most intelligent people. i won an award. i am better than everybody here. in a message he said he had worked for iran for 25 plus years. iran is one off a number of countries that present a real and present risk to our national security, so daniel khalife providing information to them absolutely compromises our national security. khalife had sent the iranians classified strategy documents that he upgraded to secret, but misspelled the word. he was only caught with

defence analyst and former british army captain, patrick bury, explains the significance of the latestrone attacks. i think really the drone attacks are interesting, because usually you use the drones to try to use up your adversaries�* air defence assets. so, the way the attacks have been happening in recent times, especially from the russians in terms of attacking kyiv and other places, is that they send the drones first, try to overwhelm the air defence, and then behind it or simultaneously with it they send their cruise and ballistic missiles, which cause way more damage. and so, what's interesting now to see is what is going to come after, if anything. if nothing comes after, then, like the chief of defence staff said, maybe there's some signs that those russian stockpiles of missiles are starting to wane. but on the other hand, usually what they do is they wait for a few months. if you remember, it was a couple of months ago there was a large attack across ukraine using the combined drones, missiles, etc. they usually have to wait and rebuild those stocks. so, i think it's intere