it is the defence secretary. it will take place just behind defence secretary.ake placejust behind me. i think the message the government is trying to give as they are getting on with it and have a plan for the country and global security. and emblazoned everywhere on banners and walls is change. so they are trying to ensure this is a government in control and with the plan. how much is that something they will tackle during the conference speech or something it will tackle and further interviews? i it will tackle and further interviews?— interviews? i think it is hiuhl interviews? ithink it is highly unlikely - interviews? ithink it is highly unlikely they - interviews? ithink it is| highly unlikely they will interviews? i think it is - highly unlikely they will take that from present zelensky because there are real operational sensitivities around it. we know that keir starmer went to washington and sat down with presidentjoe bidenjust a week sat down with presidentjoe biden just a week or so ago when that was part of the conversations. and there is a meeting

procurement, ministerfor defence people and veterans, and lastly the minister for defence in the house lords? yes. �* ., ~ ., ., , yes. before we embark on any more detail— yes. before we embark on any more detail of— yes. before we embark on any more detail of your _ yes. before we embark on any more detail of your evidence i more detail of your evidence you were saved with a request for evidence under the rule line of the inquiry rules in december 2023 and in that document the inquiry asked you a number of specific questions which are very kindly answered. what i will do is take you through these questions and your answers and try to focus your answers and try to focus your evidence on particular matters we invited your attention to in december last year. can i check in addition to the exhibits you have provided to us, have you had an opportunity to review the witness statement ofjohnny mercer as well as the transcript of the evidence he gave to this inquiry? i watched his evidence on a streaming service. thank you very much indeed. again we will come to deal with some of what he had

this innovative — defence, fires and armour. deter— russian aggression today and deter russian aggression tomorrow. and thanks to the work— tomorrow. and thanks to the work of— tomorrow. and thanks to the work of the air force coalition ukraine — work of the air force coalition ukraine has received its first f-io — ukraine has received its first f—16 fighters. and together with— f—16 fighters. and together with our— f—16 fighters. and together with our national directors we are pushing our industrial base is to— are pushing our industrial base is to meet— are pushing our industrial base is to meet ukraine's needs and sustained — is to meet ukraine's needs and sustained them long into the future — sustained them long into the future. but for its long—term security, _ future. but for its long—term security, ukraine must continue to boost— security, ukraine must continue to boost its own defence production. many contact group members — production. many contact group members are already supporting that effort. just weeks ago, denmar

defence.ence. and we mentioned it _ win on defence. and we mentioned it is - win on defence. and we mentioned it is moved l win on defence. and we. mentioned it is moved as win on defence. and we i mentioned it is moved as well to yemen. what happens the conflict. what's your reaction?— the conflict. what's your reaction? , . , ., reaction? israel is colouring outside the _ reaction? israel is colouring outside the lines. _ reaction? israel is colouring outside the lines. they've i reaction? israel is colouring i outside the lines. they've gone over the green line into the west bank, they went right through the red line to rafah down in gaza and now have crossed the blue line into lebanon and they are trying to reshape the middle east. this strike on nasrallah was called operation new order. states was hoping to reorder the middle east through diplomacy. israel is going a military route. they consider themselves winning now but it's not a defensive win, president biden had told israel to take

now, support for ukraine's defence _ now, support for ukraine's defence and recovery is not only— defence to pay for — from russia's frozen assets to pay for ukrainian reconstruction and defence and we are — reconstruction and defence and we are working to meet that commitment. we will continue to posem _ commitment. we will continue to posem for— commitment. we will continue to pose... forallthese pose... for all these challenges, ukraine pose... forallthese challenges, ukraine has made remarkable progress on each of its key — remarkable progress on each of its key goals since i was last here — its key goals since i was last here irack— its key goals since i was last here back in may. they've made progress — here back in may. they've made progress militarily in standing up progress militarily in standing up a _ progress militarily in standing up a strong enduring capacity. we declare that ukraine's path to membership is irreversible. for the — to membership is irreversible. for the first time, nato established the command dedicated to support ukraine's membership. last time i was here, —

then we saw the defence minister yesterday - defence minister yesterday visiting _ defence minister yesterdayut the centre of gravity- lebanon talking about the centre of gravity of- lebanon talking about the centre of gravity of this i lebanon talking about the i centre of gravity of this war moving _ centre of gravity of this war moving northwards, - centre of gravity of this war moving northwards, saying| centre of gravity of this war- moving northwards, saying there was a _ moving northwards, saying there was a new— moving northwards, saying there was a new phase _ moving northwards, saying there was a new phase in— moving northwards, saying there was a new phase in this - moving northwards, saying there was a new phase in this war. - was a new phase in this war. they— was a new phase in this war. they are _ was a new phase in this war. they are not _ was a new phase in this war. they are not talking - was a new phase in this war. they are not talking about. was a new phase in this war. they are not talking about a | they are not talking about a different _ they are not talking about a di

what about this new defence ortfolio? go. what about this new defence portfolio? it _ go.efence portfolio? it comes _ go. what about this new defence portfolio? it comes at _ go. what about this new defence portfolio? it comes at a - go. what about this new defence portfolio? it comes at a time - portfolio? it comes at a time when defence procurement is very much a talking point in brussels, and it's more than interesting that it's going to one of the baltic states. why? first things first, this is not going to be a commission for that you are me, which doesn't exist. this commissioner will be tasked with getting governments to spend more money on defence and to really make that money more efficient, governments procuring things together to using factories to share production. very interesting. of course coming up interesting. of course coming up with that next to the effect of the eu's chief diplomat, one of the eu's chief diplomat, one of the eu's chief diplomat, one of the other commissioners, she's from estonia, and just north of them in finland has this new biggest se

defence anal st sliding it was all owl war. defence analyst and _ sliding it was all owl war.fence analyst and former conservative l sliding it was all owl war. defence l analyst and former conservative mp tobias ellwood speaking a short while ago. let us remind you about the live page because it will give you all the developments on the situation in lebanon and israel, with our correspondents updating it minute by minute, across the middle east, you can find that on the bbc news website, and the app. we will have more on that story as well as the very latest from the final day of the labour party conference in liverpool, injust of the labour party conference in liverpool, in just a few minutes' time but first a look at the hello again. we have just had the coldest night since late april in the uk. temperatures in braemarfell away to minus three, with a touch of frost. today and tomorrow we are looking at further spells of rain. friday and into the weekend it is going to turn colder, but it will be drier. however, later on sunday into monday and tuesday there is the potentialf

we have heard from the prosecution and the defence | the prosecution and the defence in court, both haveken about huw edawrds�*s mental health. the magistrate has now left the court to have a think about this sentencing and the sentencing remarks. huw edawrds has also exited to court with his legal team and we are told that the magistrate should be backin that the magistrate should be back in the court at around 12:30pm with his decision. over the last 20 minutes or so we heard the defence say that mr edwards switches to apologise, he wishes to coach a know how profoundly sorry he is. he says he recognises the repugnant nature of such images aren�*t a heart that is done to those who appear in such images. for his part in that he apologise sincerely and makes it clear he has the utmost regret. this is significant because it puts forward her remarks —— how remorseful mr edwards is for his crimes. as barrister is using that as a mitigating factor. we have 30 has mental and physical health problems. we have been hurt that he has been struggling for the last few years. mr edwards�*s mental he

. _ improve, do more for ukrainian self defence, and he said, we are having further— defence, and heare having further discussions. and then he said, _ further discussions. and then he said, russia started this conflict and said, russia started this conflict arrd carr— said, russia started this conflict and can end this conflict straightaway, and further set, we don't _ straightaway, and further set, we don't seek— straightaway, and further set, we don't seek any conflict with russia but ukraine does have the right to self defence. gn but ukraine does have the right to self defence.— but ukraine does have the right to self defence. on ukraine cast, the busy podeast. _ self defence. on ukraine cast, the busy podeast. we _ self defence. on ukraine cast, the busy podcast, we had _ self defence. on ukraine cast, the busy podcast, we had an - self defence. on ukraine cast, the busy podcast, we had an interview with former defence secretary last week, ben wallace saying that permission to use storm shadow missiles in russian territory should be given by the west to ukraine. let's have a lo

places where we are producing defence.— producing defence. _ producing defence. in the last few minutes it was _ producing defence. in the last few minutes it was said - producing defence. in the last few minutes it was said that l few minutes it was said that there will be an additional $250 million worth of military aid for ukraine. it $250 million worth of military aid for ukraine.— aid for ukraine. it is not bad, but i aid for ukraine. it is not bad, but i am _ aid for ukraine. it is not bad, but i am considering - aid for ukraine. it is not bad, but i am considering in - aid for ukraine. it is not bad, but i am considering in that l but i am considering in that package after a very long debate in the congress, unfortunately the biggest part of this money will not stand and now there is a conflict between the administration and congress, why do you ask that money if you cannot spend it? if you understand the price of onejet, even one if you understand the price of one jet, even one smart missile, like a 155, a cast of hundreds of thousand

it is very clear that the defence establishment, not only the defence minister, but also the defence head of mossad, they are all of the opinion that at the moment, one needs to prioritise the lives of the hostages and the corridor issue is not really an issue. �* .. , ., corridor issue is not really an issue. ~ , ., ., issue. the americans want a three phase _ issue. the americans want a three phase tend _ issue. the americans want a three phase tend to - issue. the americans want a three phase tend to do - issue. the americans want a three phase tend to do this, | issue. the americans want a i three phase tend to do this, do you think that is going to happen in the next two weeks? i think they're going to push very hard and they are saying next week they will come up with a take it or leave it deal and they are going to do everything they can to try to get a deal and netanyahu is going to try to not get a deal, which he hopes will mean that donald trump will end up in power, so he is trying to obstruct biden and harris from getting a deal, whether the us will do something to make t

he believes, the defence minister, that it believes, the defence minister, thatitis believes, the defencere important to get the hostages out. i believe eventually there could be so much pressure on netanyahu three street protests that he will have to call elections, but at the gates going to happen tomorrow or next week. good to get your thoughts. let's get some more news on the uk's decision to suspend some arms sales. the foreign secretary, david lammy, said there was a clear risk of that happening — but he insisted the move didn't amount to an arms embargo. his israeli counterpart, israel katz, said the only beneficiaries would be hamas and iran. the defence secretary, john healey, defended the decision to stop around 10% of the uk's arms exports to israel — saying it was the outcome of a legal review of arms licenses we are a staunch ally of israel, we remain a staunch ally of israel. we've made this a legal judgement as a result of the process we're required to follow. but our determination to stand with israel, to be part of the collective defence if they come under direct attack a

when grant was secretary of state for defence, he set out a timetable to spend 2.5% of gdp on defence by 2030. i supported grant when he made the bold decision then, but i will go further. i will commit as prime minister to spend 3% of gdp on defence. because you cannot penny pinch your way to peace. security is delivered through strength, by planning for the worst, not hoping for the best. we will send a signal to our enemies and our allies alike that the uk is prepared, that we will not leave the field. just to put that commitment in perspective, we currently spend less than 2.5% of our gdp on defence, but ten times that much on our health system, welfare system and on pensions. keir starmer says that we cannot afford to spend more on defence. i say we cannot afford not to. the second major challenge that faces us is global migration. we must restore our credibility on this issue, to win back the voters that switch to reform, the lib dems, labour and those that stayed at home. as home secretary i delivered the reforms that are currently cutting net migration by half. i didn't talk t

let me be very clear about _ self-defence. let me be very clear about that, _ self-defence.f-defence. let me be very clear about that, i have - self-defence. let me be very clear about that, i have said l clear about that, i have said it before and i will cite again, we absolute he recognise and support israel's right to self—defence, and have taken action in support of that right of self—defence and i have made that repeatedly clear in all of my engagements with israel across the region and with all of our allies. i absolutely stand by that. in relation to licences, this is not an israel issue, it is the framework for all licences that have to be kept under review. it is the test for all licences and having applied the law to the facts and come to a legal conclusion, i don't think the prime minister is really inviting me to put that to one side. this is a serious issue. we either comply with international law or we don't but we only have strength in our arguments because we comply with international law. i appreciate the party opposite didn't think international law mattere

- pressure it puts on the air defence system? also, it allows us to continue _ defence system? it allows us to continue our military - us to continue our military operations near the border, and what is most important is distracting the russian logistics near the front line. the concern, of course, is that it would lead to a further escalation, moscow said today the response to any change would be appropriate, and previously they said it could lead to very serious problems with some in washington fearing that might mean nuclear weapons. how would you respond to that concern? for weapons. how would you respond to that concern?— and a half years, time to see what is more time to see what is flying towards ukraine, when we speak about the air strike alarm, which is usually hitting civilian objects here in ukraine. for us, as seen with ukrainians and its own drones, it is using some kind of western military equipment, there were no civilian casualties.— there were no civilian casualties. ., casualties. he further and further you _ casualties. he further and further you push - casua

do to make the defence industry— will the government do to make the defence industry and - the defencesafer for women? thank you, helen. the - workplaces safer for women? thank you, helen. the next. thank you, helen. the next question— thank you, helen. the next question is from allen, the national— question is from allen, the national president of the educational institute of scotland and a principal teacher of english. good morning. _ teacher of english. good morning, prime - teacher of english. good | morning, prime minister. teacher of english. good - morning, prime minister. the uk has one _ morning, prime minister. the uk has one of— morning, prime minister. the uk has one of the _ morning, prime minister. the uk has one of the richest _ has one of the richest countries _ has one of the richest countries in _ has one of the richest countries in the - has one of the richestl countries in the world, has one of the richest - countries in the world, but poverty— countries in the world, but poverty is— countries in the world, but poverty is wrecking - countries in the world, but pover

this is the pentagon quoting the defence secretary, mr austin.ressed full support for israel's right to defend itself against iranian backed terrorist groups. he stressed as well that the united states, though, is determined to prevent iran and iran backed partners and proxies from exploiting the situation or expanding the conflict. he said the united states remains postured to protect us forces and facilities in the region, and facilities in the region, and committed to the defence of israel. the right, then, for israel. the right, then, for israel to defend itself. but for some who take a counter view, the death of the hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah, a group which is back very strongly by iran, is a provocation, we are told. we have been reporting that israeli military have been attacking targets in the bekaa valley, detecting a rocket fired from lebanon. we don't know quite where these missiles might be coming from, if there are any, but air raid sirens have been sounding in tel aviv and central israel as well. they may have been coming fro

we hurt his defence barrister make - defence barrister make reference to that's remorse and apology. are going to go back now to see architecture. what more are you hearing? we to see architecture. what more are you hearing?— to see architecture. what more are you hearing? we have heard that he has _ are you hearing? we have heard that he has apologised - are you hearing? we have heard that he has apologised for- are you hearing? we have heard that he has apologised for his i that he has apologised for his crimes as part of his mitigation his barrister, told the court that mr edrich wishes to apologise and let the court know how profoundly sorry he is. he understands the heart thatis is. he understands the heart that is done to those who appear in such images. he knows he has betrayed the priceless trust and faith of so many people. mr evans said the event and can't be linked to the grave situation of his mental health. he said the key period of offending was in late 2020 after his mental health had significantly deteriorated. he said he had begun receiving treatment for mental healt

and former uk defence secretary ben wallace said this.elay, all of that tug—of—war, favours russia. it allows putin to insert in the delay threats and new red lines and efforts to divide and rule in the international community. the russian president, vladimir putin, chaired a meeting of the security council yesterday. russia says if restrictions are lifted, that would be an attack by nato and russia. an attack by nato on russia. meanwhile, the former president of russia, dmitry medvedev, has increased the rhetoric and he said, what arrogant anglo—saxon dimwits failed to admit though is you can only test someone�*s patients for so long. patiencs for so long. there is a delicate balance here for the west, weighing up test someone�*s patience for so long. there is a delicate balance here for the west, weighing up the effects of action against the effects of inaction. added to the mix is worrying evidence that iran and north korea are supplying weapons to russia. president zelensky of ukraine is begging for help from the west. translation: pu

john healey hosted us defence secretary lloyd austin and australia's defence minister richard marles, the tri nation initiative takes the next step towards building the submarines. the ministry of defence says the deal to build nuclear powered, but conventionally armed attack submarines would help support more than 21,000 jobs in the uk alone . the hollywood icon , james alone. the hollywood icon, james heale dame joan collins has taken a swipe at extreme political correctness , sitting political correctness, sitting down with gb news presenter andrew pierce. she said that she was no fan at all of woke culture. >> i consider myself to be feminine and a feminist and why should we be called female actors? i find it demeaning . i actors? i find it demeaning. i think it's gone out of control . think it's gone out of control. really. you can't say anything and people get offended. we've lost our british sense of humour. >> and finally, a number warning for heavy rain has been issued by the met office, warning of further flooding and travel disruption across large parts of the uk. the new a

. _ time you see our secretary of defence, close _ time you see our secretary of defence, close withsounds as if there may have been — sounds as if there may have been intelligence _ sounds as if there may have been intelligence shared - sounds as if there may have . been intelligence shared across the attack, _ been intelligence shared across the attack, on _ been intelligence shared across the attack, on nasrallah- been intelligence shared across the attack, on nasrallah but. been intelligence shared across the attack, on nasrallah but he| the attack, on nasrallah but he comes— the attack, on nasrallah but he comes across _ the attack, on nasrallah but he comes across as _ the attack, on nasrallah but he comes across as someone - the attack, on nasrallah but he comes across as someone who| the attack, on nasrallah but he - comes across as someone who has this younger— comes across as someone who has this younger sibling _ comes across as someone who has this younger sibling that _ comes across as someone who has this younger sibling that just - this younger sibling that just won't

irate just a self defence bases? we seak just a self defence bases?reign decision of those countries to decide whether they put any constraints on the materiel they send over or no. of course, our message is of course, our message is clear, we haven't sent any constraints, and we see the only one responsible for escalation in this war is president putin, because he is responsible for the unlawful invasion in ukraine, the full—scale war that he has now been waging for two and a half years, and for as long as ukraine, together with its partners, is basing its defence on international law, then obviously we are not responsible for any escalation. and it is also very important to stress that we don't submit ourselves to the narrative that russia has been making use of over the course of the us, that there was some sort of threat coming out of nato or its neighbouring countries, that is not true at all. irate neighbouring countries, that is not true at all.— not true at all. we appreciate our not true at all. we appreciate your talking _ not true at all. w

of defence. l, respective ministries of defence.1, i was regularly in i, i was regularly in communication with the pentagon . communication with the pentagon. if we were likely to take any decision of this kind of this significance, we would have communicated that with the americans at a very early stage. >> okay . well, thank you very >> okay. well, thank you very much indeed. geoff hoon, former defence secretary. fantastic to speak to you. thank you. >> look. more on that breaking news we brought you at the end of the last hour actually. and it's quite a disturbing update. a migrant boat has capsized off the french coast. but according now to french media, at least ten migrants have died and several others are in a critical condition. so that is an ongoing incident that's taking place in the channel as we speak with the rescue operation and sadly, a recovery operation taking place as well. >> so that's according to the french media that we're reporting. at least ten migrants have now died in the channel and several others are said

editorfor— iran. 0k, robert fox, defence editor for the _ iran. 0k, robert fox, defence editor for thek, robert fox, defencel editor for the evening standard thank editorfor the evening standard thank you. if you want to stay across what is happening in the middle east we are continuing to run a live page, you can go to the bbc news website, or on the bbc news website, or on the bbc news app and you can see there, not only do we have plenty of news updates, there is analysis from our colleagues on the ground, and if you click that box on the top left you can watch a live stream dedicated to this story alone. we will of course stay across it on the bbc news channel as well. president zelensky of ukraine has outlined his plans for victory against russia in a meeting withjoe biden at the white house. mr biden pledged more military aid. the ukrainian leader then met the us vice president — and democratic presidential nominee — kamala harris, who insisted it was vital to stand up to the russian leader. mr zelensky will meet donald trump today. let's speak to our correspondentjessica parker

former uk defence secretary ben - uk defence secretary ben wallace said this.allace said this.- uk defence secretary ben wallace said this. all of that delay and — wallace said this. all of that delay and tug _ wallace said this. all of that delay and tug of— wallace said this. all of that delay and tug of war - wallace said this. all of that delay and tug of war favours russia — delay and tug of war favours russia and allows putin to insert _ russia and allows putin to insert in _ russia and allows putin to insert in the delay threats and new_ insert in the delay threats and new red — insert in the delay threats and new red lines and effort to divide _ new red lines and effort to divide and rule in the international community. the russian president _ international community. tie: russian president vladimir putin chaired a meeting of his security council yesterday. russia says it restrictions are lifted, that would be an attack ijy lifted, that would be an attack by nato on russia. meanwhile, the former president of russia has upped the rhetoric and he said wha

and there is a real crisis in defence.se, that wouldn't come up in the general election, would it? >> no, no, no, no, it really wasn't discussed very much at all. but but also i mean, our, our, our, our stock of artillery shells is to down almost nothing. >> and we haven't ordered new ones as far as i could make out from latest checks. >> and did i see the other day that of our nuclear subs, that basically there wasn't one at sea? at one point a couple of weeks ago, the only one carrying the nuclear deterrent? >> but you're absolutely right. we need the hunter killers there. all alongside because we haven't built the built the deep docks. they've just accelerated one. and i think that this is ominous in view of what you've just been describing with health policy, don't expect too much from from the defence review. they thought it was going to be like the glorious one again done by george robertson, who's now my age , for goodness sake. all my age, for goodness sake. all of how many years ago, 97, 98, it came out. it was se

the defence secretary there and you _ people dread.etary there and you can follow— people dread. the defence secretary there and you can follow the - there and you can follow the latest updates on this. we have a live page “p updates on this. we have a live page up and running so just go to the bbc news website or the bbc news app. tributes are being paid to the ugandan marathon runner rebecca cheptegei, who's died four days after being set on fire by her former boyfriend. the olympic athlete was reportedly doused with petrol at her home in western kenya, where she had been training. cheptegei, who was 33, sustained burns to more than 70% of her body. her attacker was also injured. our deputy africa editor anne soy reports from nairobi. cheptegei's family in mourning. this was their daughter on the international stage, carrying her country's flag high across the world. but once back home, rebecca became the victim of domestic violence, it's reported. her family is demanding justice. translation: we urge the government to provide protec

what do you think of what lloyd austin said, the us secretary of defence?ring ukraine and it's call to allow ukrainians to strike deeper into russian territory with western weapons but there was no decision made on that. why do you think that is? the biden administration has been regularly intimidated by putin's threats of nuclear escalation, despite the fact that several kremlin redlines have been passed without anything happening. it is an unusual situation where america is self deterring because of kremlin threats. highly unlikely to be realised threats. what about other allies? european allies like germany? do you think they may turn the tide on that decision? i think that there is an axis of timidity with 0laf scholz and joe biden. they reinforce each other�*s not very sound instincts, that somehow russia is going to go nuclear when, in fact, there is very little chance of that. this is dangerous, more dangerous for russia than it is for us to escalate. i want to ask you about the political situation in kyiv as well because we saw ukraine's parliament

ukraine has a right to self—defence.e've stood united, not just with our allies here in the us, but across with our nato allies. that's very, very important to us. these are the long range anglo—french missiles. ukraine would love to fire into russia, the uk making the argument to allies, it's a request that should be granted. they rely on american satellite systems to work. you might ask why the prime minister has been so keen to dash here, to visit a president who we know will be gone in just a few months time. his answer is there are urgent issues that need addressing now, not least this question of missiles. the president has been sceptical about ukraine being able to fire them into russia, fearing it would be dangerous. this is the reality of the war grinding on in ukraine, a country desperate for ongoing help, its allies weighing up how best to do it and at what cost. chris mason, bbc news in washington. our north america correspondent, jenny kumah, had the latest from washington. we haven't had a huge amount of de

that is, but the defence _ impact of their use.ary, john healey, address that on an interview this morning on the radio, saying that effectively the spare parts for the 35s go into a pot for 20 countries to access and said it would be to hard to sting which what actually goes to israel stop i'm not sure i accept that is the case. —— to distinguish. i understand there is that bullying of parts but i'm not sure a system couldn't be developed which could apply to other situations, including those that mr healy referenced, while also applying to ones where there is a clear risk or evidence of their use in war crimes already and that decision was stated by the government that it would continue to be and that needs to be something urgent because it should not be a justification for the supply of arms where there is such danger of them being used in ways that contravene international humanitarian law.- contravene international humanitarian law. that was the ceo of amnesty _ humanitarian law. that was the ceo of amnesty international i ceo

, have to be made in the coming days. defence, have to be made in the coming dam-— defence, have to be days. thank you. thank ou. coming days. thank you. thank you- good _ coming days. thank you. thank you. good evening. _ the uncommitted movement, a group of voters opposed to the support of israel in gaza by the us's leaders urged supporters to vote against donald trump and to avoid third party candidates. the announcement coincides with kamala harris�*s visit to the key swing state of michigan which has the highest percentage of arab—americans in the united states. there are more than 211,000 arab—americans in michigan there are more than 211,000 arab—americans ir going jan there are more than 211,000 arab—americans ir going on, already of this war going on, and even if there were already of this war going on, ar the �*en if there were already of this war going on, ar the administration, it's not in the administration, it's not you have untiljanuary. that is in the administration, it's not you have untiljanuar eastern; an eternity in middle eastern terms and certainly in wartime term

the doj with google's defence be? the d0] is with google's defence be?tie: doj is going to run through the past 20 years of google's competition in the advertising space and pull out lots of stories that tell google's face competition and this is always the challenge in anti—trust cases, drawing the line between fierce competition which we want an anti—competitive behaviour. the doj is going to tell a lot of stories about various activities over the past 20 years. google is going to push back by saying that doj is trying to construct a very narrow market here. i thought a lot of people talk about this case being about google's dominance in the advertising space but the issue in this case is what the doj because —— called open web display advertising which is very narrow. it doesn't include the vast majority of ads people see online, nothing on social media, it doesn't include in 3pp media, it doesn't include in app advertisements, it doesn't include anything you might see on walmart or amazon for example. so google is going to say you guys are defining a

defence budgets, but it has not yet— declared defence budgets, but it has not yet turned _ declaredoper or footing. mike let me show _ a proper or footing. mike let me show you _ a proper or footing. mike let me show you the _ a proper or footing. mike let me show you the life - a proper or footing. mike let | me show you the life pictures pictures from washington, best laid plans, around the press conference that was supposed to start about half an hour ago. maybe that is a good thing, because the conversations are ongoing. we will come back to that as and when they appear, matthew, thank you very much for your company this evening. the situation there at the white house. there is other news which we should concentrate on, we will get to that after this short break, do stay with us. the mayor of new york city eric adams is to face criminal charges, related to bribery, wire fraud, and soliciting illegal campaign contributions from foreign nationals. in a sprawling 57—page indictment unsealed this morning prosecutors from the southern district of new york, accused adams of seeking an

yes, the ministry of defence _ avoided, how? yes, the ministry of defence study _ avoided, how?f defence study published - avoided, how? yes, the ministry of defence study published in i of defence study published in one of russia's medicaljournal suggests from a0—a9% of all russian casualties died from injuries which could have been treated if troops on the ground had better medical equipment and betterfirst aid training. that is exactly what they are lacking as we have seen in the report, many are being sent to the front line after seven days, 1h days of training, and i don't get the training and preparation. i don't get the training and preparation-— i don't get the training and --rearation. ~ . . .,, preparation. what impact has the war had _ preparation. what impact has the war had on _ preparation. what impact has the war had on russian - preparation. what impact has. the war had on russian society with these men being away from home? , ,., ., with these men being away from home? , ., ., ., home? very important to mention that as russia _ home? very important to mention th

now the defence is taking place.d the court that he has reminded the court that he has sent in psychiatric reports giving the background to the offending. the chief magistrate indicates he will keep this case, as i told you. philip evans tells the court there is a prospect of rehabilitation here. the concept of making images here is not a concept of taking photographs or moving images. he was sent all of them, he said. it was not payment for the purpose of receiving indecent images, mr ed was positively told mr williams not to send images of people who are under age. that liaison is what happened between alex williams, the 25—year—old, the convicted paedophile, who sent mr edwards hundreds of explicit images, 41 of children, and seven of those of children, and seven of those of an extreme sexual nature. we know that two of those images involved children, a child, should i say, between the ages of seven and nine. we should i say, between the ages of seven and nine.— of seven and nine. we are “ust heafina of seven and n

the defence said this payment. the defence said this wasn't payment for the pictures.9 year old student who has, incidentally, now been also convicted. he is a convicted for accessing the dark web and accessing the dark web and accessing images of young children and passing them on to huw edwards and others . but the huw edwards and others. but the defence team again arguing that the money that he was paying and it was regular sum sums of money to this young man, and 2 or £300 at a time , adding up to a total at a time, adding up to a total of about 1500 pounds that they weren't in the assertion of the defence team for payment for services rendered. >> okay, well, thank you very much indeed. mark white, our homeland security editor there outside westminster magistrates court for that sentencing of huw edwards. we're now joined by former bbc presenter danny kelly. danny, thank you very much indeed. i'm sure you were listening to mark there a huge amount made by the defence about huw edwards mental health, his mental condition, his stability, his mental stability. convin

i think what the defence is really saying is, okay. we're going good to take it to trial because any plea deal would be unlikely to be so favourable, we're talking about charges that carry a minimum of 15 years. so the idea that a plea deal is going to be something that will have a not so severe punishment is just really not in the cards for this particular case. >> yeah, really interesting. misty marris. thank you so much. we do appreciate it and still ahead. bill nye, the science guy boris's favourite scientists, live on news central. what he's hoping to accomplish this election year with the too hot not to vote campaign earhart, be impractical. >> sugars some travellers. belong in the history books in practical jokers, all new thursday's attack on tbs set your dvr now, pods biggest sale of the summer is ending up to 25% on moving in storage until september 23. and cy pods has been trusted with over 6 million moves, but don't wait, use promo code big 25 to save visit hot hot.com today if you know luxury, it's not just award-winning,

that is grant shapps, former secretary of state for defence. - secretary of state for defence.ld various positions within cabinet. i believe some six positions. his last one under the tory government was secretary of state for defence. he is introducing james cleverly, who is putting himself forward as a candidate to be leader of the conservative party. earlier today we heard from kemi badenoch as well, telling her name into the hat. we are going to be crossing back to westminster once james cleverly, former foreign secretary and home secretary takes to that stage a mission for our government, which is to make sure that every single child, whatever their background, wherever they come from, has the best possible education. this move today is about driving up standards, making sure that we've got a richer picture so parents can see in a more accountable way the real strength of a school, and making sure we've got the improvements trade unions and groups representing the families of israeli hostages are holding a general strike to press businesses, schools and otherforms of trans

the gunmen were from the loyalist group the ulster defence association.ormers for the police and the army. the solicitor�*s son, who is now an mp, said the full truth has never come out. the state targeted, and set in place, set in motion events that meant my father was murdered in front of all of us as we ate our dinner. the term collusion was dismissed, and we have had to fight tooth and nail, every step of the way. pat finucane's family have taken court cases to try to get the government to call a public inquiry. he was one of more than 3,500 people who died during 30 years of violence here until the late 19905. the question of how killings should be investigated remains one of the most complex and contentious issues in northern ireland. the inquiry into the murder of pat finucane will examine another aspect of an horrific history. chris page, bbc news, belfast. fairly significant debate which took place on television last night between presidential hopeful donald trump and kamala harris, lots of facts to check and some of them are checked during the p

and he is the us defence chief announcing _ putin. _ putin. and he is the us defence chief announcing the additional| chief announcing the additional support from the united states. if tyrants think that they can invade — if tyrants think that they can invade their peaceful neighbours, we will all be less secure — neighbours, we will all be less secure if_ neighbours, we will all be less secure. if autocrats conclude that — secure. if autocrats conclude that nations of goodwill will lose — that nations of goodwill will lose their nerve and the our principles— lose their nerve and the our principles are world will become far more dangerous. so make _ become far more dangerous. so make no— become far more dangerous. so make no mistake, if ukraine is not free — make no mistake, if ukraine is not free the world is not safe. so not free the world is not safe. 50 words. _ not free the world is not safe. so words, supportive words from lloyd austin. let's speak to our ukraine corresspondent. very supportive speech but president zelensky is c

that missionle was intercepted by israel defence systems there. who says escalation in lebanon is unacceptable. we will bring you more on those developments and more on those developments and more details when we get them from the israeli military about the strikes that are currently being conducted in the southern lebanon area. well, the british prime minister has warned british nationals who are still in lebanon that now is the time to leave, that is of course as violence between israel and hezbollah escalates. speaking on his way to new york, sir keir starmer said the uk government is ramping up emergency contingency plans by sending round 700 british military personnel to sire pus as part of a possible evacuation. they willjoin 500 british military person whole are already there. british military person whole are alree between and violence between israel and hezbollah escalates. speaking on his way to new york, sir keir starmer said the uk government is ramping up emergency contingency plans by sending round 700 british military personnel to s

in my defence. thank you so much forjoining us and explaining that. thank you. really appreciate your time . i really appreciate your time. i literally still can't get my head around what i've just heard. claire i heard mark rylance, i don't know about any of you, but i was thinking hilary mantel, it was just like wolf hall or something magnificent. but those yorkshire flat vowels and my goodness me, it's really incredible. >> but the extent to which they've researched it, you know, a physiotherapist, someone, you know, obviously the research that's so highly that they got someone with scoliosis to get the intonation and the tone through the nasal cavity, the size of the skull, the indentations. yes. yeah. amazing >> well, just quickly running out of time. why is it so important? why is accent so important? why is accent so important to us, joe? >> because i think we've all grown up with richard the third. darling. larry, darling , you darling. larry, darling, you know, and we assume that that's how

why is there the delay with the air defence . the delay with the air defence missiles? defence missiles? ., ,., missiles? so there are some dela s missiles? so there are some delays in _ missiles? so there are some delays in general _ missiles? so there are some delays in general because i missiles? so there are some| delays in general because the us and other allies do not necessarily have the weapons they have promised. back in april, a very large bill went through congress, $61 billion, only spent a bit in you can because they do not have what is needed, it has to be made, there are delays. zelensky is really frustrated because they are starting to make more and more in ukraine itself but the long range capabilities they have are from the british government and the us and their hands are tied behind their back. 230 targets president zelensky could attack with the us missiles if president biden relented and remove the restriction. fix, relented and remove the restriction.— relented and remove the restriction. �* , . ., restriction. a mixed picture on the battlefield, _

but this— israel's right to self—defence.he right thing now to do is to de—escalate and have a ceasefire and ensure that we can progress in a different way — tobias ellwood is a defence analyst and former conservative mp. he says plans must be made for a potential evacuation of british nationals from lebanon as the conflict threatens to escalate. on current trajectory the middle east is sliding towards war. a combination of factors are contributing to this. a perfect storm for instability with no single stakeholder in control of events. you have got israel which has used its superior military might in gaza but is still absent of a long—term strategy to secure a ceasefire. hezbollah, the most potent, heavily armed, non—state actor in the world, has ratcheted up its attacks from southern lebanon in support of hezbollah, prompting israel to understandably retaliate, but now looks set to invade southern lebanon as israel has now made securing the northern israel and returning it citizens their a war aim. returning it citizens the

we have had the israeli defence minister yoav gallant talking to lloyd austin the us defence secretaryn really repeating that the us remains very committed to israel's security, when it comes to dealing with the likes of hezbollah and other iranian proxies in this region. but we are really waiting now to see what is announced by the hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah when it comes to his speech later in the day, since the war in gaza started his speeches have been closely listened to around this region for clues of what his organisation, which is very powerful and well armed, is likely to do. in the past he has spoken about acting in solidarity with hamas in gaza and he has said that, if there was a gaza ceasefire deal, then the latest round of rocket fire by hezbollah into israel would stop. on this occasion the reading in the israeli media is very much that his organisation has been so humiliated by what has been so humiliated by what has happened, there have been hundreds of hezbollah operatives wounded, so this is likely to lead to a more powerful response. thank you, ou powerful re

that is their defence.ple that used was for them and up front and an abridgement of their defence so they are not happy with that, but he said i'm a rapist, they are rapists, and they beg forgiveness, i recognise what i did add that what i did was unforgivable. it was a long period on the stand and there will be occasions in the days ahead when he will have to go into more detail about what he is alleged to have done what the court did ask him why did you compile this dossier, this computer hard drive full of the images of videos of what you and these are the men did and he said partly for my own pleasure and partly also, he said, in order that these men would eventually be brought to justice, and that provoked another wave of muttering among the co—defendant ofs. what the co-defendant ofs. what ha--ens the co-defendant ofs. what happens now? _ the co-defendant ofs. what happens now? this - the co-defendant ofs. what happens now? this is - the co-defendant ofs. what happens now? this is week| the co—defenda

. 0ur defence is not foolproof.ide of israel, but still the sirens went off. that is why everybody needs to comply with the instructions. we are re—evaluating the instructions all the time and we keep giving you notices. and yet we are very determined to do everything we can in defence and offence. i want to see a few things in english now. hassan nasrallah, the leader of the terrorist army, hezbollah, was killed by israel defence forces and a precise strike in the rate last night while he was in hezbollah central headquarters, commanding more imminent attacks against the people of israel. for decades, hezbollah under the command of hassan nasrallah orchestrated countless attacks against innocent people. hassan nasrallah had the blood of thousands of men, women, children on his hands. israelis, dues, jews across the world, british, american, french, syrians, and... hezbollah, under the command of hassan nasrallah, joined hamas in attacking israel on october 8. just one days after hamas's massacre on october 7. hezbo

air defence systems across this country remain on high alert.ches the iron dome but close to your system but also david sling the second system that was used in recent days in the arrow missile defence system that's capable of shooting down ballistic missiles. all of them on high alert today as israeli officials are meeting at israel's version of the pentagon in the heart of tel aviv trying to determine what your defence will look like if iran or its other proxies across the region decide to respond to this massive strike in the lebanese capital of beirut. >> and as you said brilliantly, this is not just going after any guy or group or any position. this is really going for something far more brand for the israelis and far more dangerous for those worried about an expanding war. i will let you get back to the final pouring. unprecedented reporting. but as trey was pointing out i want to pass israel first confirmed that it hit hezbollah's main command centre in southern beirut. and that is where they suspect hassan nasrallah this has below leader