it will be helpful to have a seasoned general in charge of the defence ministry.- the defence ministryigence | about leaving intelligence department? it is quite strange isn't it to move your chief of intelligence in the middle of a war, isn't it?— war, isn't it? well, ithink it is obviously, _ war, isn't it? well, ithink it is obviously, there - war, isn't it? well, ithink it is obviously, there will- war, isn't it? well, ithink it is obviously, there will be . war, isn't it? well, ithink it is obviously, there will be a| is obviously, there will be a period there but i think the real question is, there won't be any problems in him taking over the defence ministry because he will hit the ground running in the midst probably the real turning point in the war. the russians are probably to try one last big offensive and if that doesn't work, then maybe they will be willing to settle. and again, the intelligence is notjust him, there are a lot of other people in there. we don't know who is going to take over, but i assume it will be another career person who has been working on these issu

it follows pressure over a corruption scandal at the defence ministry. iranian state television says the country's supreme leader has pardoned thousands of prisoners, including many who'd taken part in recent anti—government demonstrations. union leaders in the uk urge the prime minister to intervene in the dispute about healthcare pay. the biggest week of strikes in the history of the national health service is due to start on monday. new cctv pictures of missing lancashire woman nicola bulley have been shared by one of her friends. the images show the 45—year—old in the hours before she went missing next to the river wyre, nine days ago. and who'll claim the major prizes at this year's grammy awards? all you need to know about music's biggest night. it's 7am in the morning in singapore, and 1am in kyiv where reports say the country's defence minister oleksii reznikov will be dismissed and replaced with the head of military intelligence. it is suspected reznikov, a loyal ally of president zelensky, will be moved to a different ministerial position — wit

it will be helpful to have a seasoned general in charge of the defence ministry. it is quite strange, isn't it, to move your chief of intelligence in the middle of a war, isn't it? well, i think it is obviously, there will be a period there, but i think the real question is, there won't be any problems in him taking over the defence ministry because he will hit the ground running in the midst of probably the real turning point in the war. the russians are probably to try one last big offensive and if that doesn't work, then maybe they will be willing to settle. and again, the intelligence is notjust him, there are a lot of other people in there. we don't know who is going to take over, but i assume it will be another career person who has been working on these issues. reznikov did a press conference earlier and he was talking about, as you mentioned, this anticipated russian offensive later this month. he was saying that ukraine does have enough reserves to hold off russian forces, even though the western weaponry won't have arrived by then, a lot of it. i don't t

not inevitable, but ministry of defence _ inevitable? ministry of defence mr- inevitable? not inevitable, but| ministry of defence mr reznikov would have been asked to resign and it looks like he will be dismissed tomorrow or later this week. but we have seen other big scale personnel changes in kyiv after these allegations of corruption in the ministry of defence, including a deputy minister of defence and several other officials in kyiv. there was no indication that mr reznikov was involved or had any awareness of these allegations prior to them coming out, but president zelensky has done place to live an emphasis on dealing with corruption allegations very quickly and swiftly, so that's why we have seen a few waves of dismissals when corruption allegations come up. he dismissals when corruption allegations come up.- dismissals when corruption allegations come up. he is very conscious. _ allegations come up. he is very conscious, isn't _ allegations come up. he is very conscious, isn't he, _ allegations come up. he is very conscious, is

the whiff of scandal has been surrounding the defence ministry for a few weeks now.food was being charged, russians being charged at two or three times the normal price. there is no suggestion that mr reznikov himself was dishonest but i think as head of that ministry, and given the fact that the ukrainian president is so eager to set a new face on ukraine's government, one that tackles corruption and so on, it was really a matter of time until he was shifted. it looks as though he is likely to take the role of minister for strategic industries. that would be logical because as defence minister he has played such a key role in co—ordinating with the nato countries about arm supplies and so on going to ukraine. still to come on the programme: dressed for success — the outfit is spectacular, but will lizzo be celebrating as the grammys get underway? crypto.com arena there's mr mandela, mr nelson mandela, a free man taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader ayatollah ali khamenei has said he has passed the death sentence on salman rushdie,

the whiff of scandal has been surrounding the defence ministry for a few weeks now, obviously due to charged, rations were being charged at two or three times the normal price. there is no suggestion that mr reznikov himself was dishonest but i think as head of that ministry and given the fact that the ukrainian president is so eager to set a new face on ukraine's government, one that tackles corruption and so on, and it was probably only a matter of time until he was shifted, it looks as though he is likely to take on the role of minister for strategic industries, that would be logical because as defence minister, he has played such a key role in coordinating with nato countries about arms supplies and so on going to ukraine. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. pope francis says laws criminalising l6bt people are a sin and an injustice and that people who are attracted to the same sex are children of god. the pope made the remarks aboard a plane while returning from a historic visit to south sudan. he said it's not right for some countries to still outlaw same—

it was felt that zelensky wanted a new approach in the defence ministry. he was not prepared to budge, and now there is a great deal of uncertainty about exactly what is happening. this is not good for that projection of unity, is it? ah, of course, and this is why we are working to make sure that media announcements are not being made before the decisions are made, because they hurt everybody. it's not a good time to change a minister of defence when you are on track to getting the weapons that you need and that when you are preparing for a massive attack from your enemy. however, the reasons why the minister of defence was supposed to be removed were the recent claims of the corruption that we are fighting, and this is one of the huge challenges for our country. do you think... it should be clear to everybody — you are actually the leader of an opposition party in kyiv, the golos party. so in a sense, before the war began, you were a harsh critic of zelensky when it came to allegations of corruption in high places in ukraine and the failure to take on th

your defence ministry assesses that 97% of the russian army is deployed in ukraine already.f reservists ukraine can call upon. president zelensky has been asking forjets since the start of this. president biden appeared to have ruled it out. request for f—16 fighter jets. how keen is superiority to defeat russia? ukrainians need jets. the russians still don't have air superiority, so ukraine so ukraine is a large country and it needs more air defences. experts will say you can't have enough systems to cover the entire country. they really need jets and long—range rockets in order to finally push russia out. president zelensky appears to be welcoming china's talk of putting forward a proposal for a cheese fire. do you believe china could ask as an honest broker? absolutely not. the chinese are playing a double game. if the chinese are playing a double game.— the chinese are playing a double game. if you look at what they — double game. if you look at what they put _ double game. if you look at what they put forth. - if you look at what they put forth, no one is an aggressor,

your defence ministry assesses that 97% of the russian army is deployed in ukraine already.sian 0llivon. there are not a lot of reserves the russian ollivon._ there are not a lot of reserves the russian ollivon. president zelensky has been asking _ russian ollivon. president zelensky has been asking for _ russian ollivon. president zelensky has been asking forjets _ russian ollivon. president zelensky has been asking forjets since - russian ollivon. president zelensky has been asking forjets since the l has been asking forjets since the start of this. president biden appeared to have ruled it out. he said that they are rolling out for now ukraine's request for fighter jeffes. how he is superiority to defeat russia.— jeffes. how he is superiority to defeat russia. ~' . . , , defeat russia. ukrainians need “ets. the russians _ defeat russia. ukrainians need “ets. the russians stillfi defeat russia. ukrainians need “ets. the russians still don't * defeat russia. ukrainians need “ets. the russians still don't have h defeat russia. ukrainians need jets. the russians still don't ha

of days, and now that the americans have shut down the balloon, the foreign ministry and the defence ministry reaction and that they reserve the right to respond in some way. having said that, we do know that the chinese were very much behind this visit that had been planned by the secretary of state, this was an attempt to try to stabilise the relationship to ease tensions, and now that is no longer happening because that trip has been postponed. so you did see some indications in the statement, especially from the foreign ministry that the chinese may not want to drink this dispute out too long. for example, they said this was a violation of international practice or norms. they didn't say it was a violation of international law, which would have bound them some way, in their view, which would have bound them some way, in theirview, i which would have bound them some way, in their view, i think. which would have bound them some way, in their view, ithink. they also said that they were going to protect the rights and interests of the enterprise involved. remember, they have been saying this

in recent weeks ukraine's defence ministry has been embroiled in a corruption scandal.e francis says laws criminalising lgbt people are a "sin" and an "injustice" and that people who are attracted to the same sex are "children of god". the pope made the remarks aboard a plane while returning from an historic visit to south sudan. he said it's "not right" for some countries to still outlaw same—sex relations. last month in an interview, the pope said homosexuality "is not a crime" and called on catholic bishops to welcome lgbtq people into the church. earlier i spoke to lgbt+ campaignerjayne ozanne who's a member of the general synod, the assembly of the church of england. she told me how significant these comments are. for the leader of the catholic church to come out and say this is not a sin, these are real people, they are loved by god, it is quite a long way from the harsh rhetoric we have had over the years and it is part of the trajectory to push has shown constantly, since i met him in 2019, of wanting the catholic church to be pastoral in its approach. but we ha

it was felt that zelensky wanted a new approach in the defence ministry. a great deal of uncertainty about exactly what is happening. this is not good for that projection of unity, is it? fit good for that pro'ection of unity. is in_ unity, is it? of course and this is why _ unity, is it? of course and this is why we _ unity, is it? of course and this is why we are - unity, is it? of course andj this is why we are working unity, is it? of course and i this is why we are working to make sure that media announcements are made before the decisions are made. because they hurt everybody. it is not a good time to change a minister of defence when you are on track to getting the weapons that you need and that you are preparing for a massive attack from your enemy. however, the reasons why the minister of defence was supposed to be removed were recent claims of corruption that we are fighting. this is one of the huge challenges for our country. d0 one of the huge challenges for our country-— our country. do you think... it should be _ our country. do you think... i

it follows pressure over a corruption scandal at the defence ministry.isoners, including many who'd taken part in recent anti—government demonstrations. union leaders in the uk urge the prime minister to intervene in the dispute about healthcare pay. the biggest week of strikes in the history of the national health service is due to start on monday. new cctv pictures of missing lancashire woman nicola bulley have been shared by one of her friends. the images show the 45—year—old in the hours before she went missing next to the river wyre, nine days ago.

in recent weeks ukraine's defence ministry has been embroiled in a corruption scandal over an army food. mr reznikov became defence minister several months before the invasion. during the war he fostered relationships with western defence officials and helped oversee the receipt of billions of dollars of military assistance. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: beyonce's big night, she celebrates winning more grammy awards than anyone else. there's mr mandela, mr nelson mandela, a free man taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, has said he has passed the death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, 'baby doc' duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion, shergar was kept in a special secure box in the stud farm's central block. shergar was driven away in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. there steps down from the plane a figure in morning. elizabet

defence agencies between ministry of defence and in france and they're really looking on the nationalncy discussion . these are discussion. these are fundamental to helping this situation around terms of breaking the business model in land, going after the economy because of the of the criminals who are profiting from this business. that's fundamental and that's starting to happen behind scenes that you could argue again a bit late, but it is happening . and if you then happening. and if you then tackle the legal , legitimate tackle the legal, legitimate applications as it's being suggested, and i think that will turn the corner there, like lack . well, tom sharpe, thank you so much , bringing us that to the much, bringing us that to the end our program with end of our program with fascinating discussion there on the one of the biggest issues. no doubt that many, many swing voters thinking very voters are thinking about very deeply . that's it for us deeply indeed. that's it for us today on the briefing us again at 930 tomorrow. coming up next, it's bev turner today hello. very good m

that was coming from the country's defence ministry.ve mobilised our planes to send medical teams, search and rescue teams and their vehicles to the earthquake zone. our correspondent is in beirut. it was really felt hard here in lebanon. we have not had something of this scale and magnitude in the past, of course, with the exception of the port explosion that happened in 2020, august 2020, killing more than 200 people. but that was almost a similar experience. i also felt by building a shaking, and i thought it was an earthquake. however, today was an earthquake. however, today was even worse. you know, really, i felt the building was about to collapse. luckily, did not happen in this part of the region. lebanon has no reports yet on any damages or injuries or death, or casualties. of course, the lebanese government still did not hear any comments from them at the moment. really, eyes should turn to turkey and syria. turkey is a country with great infrastructure, prone to earthquakes infrastructure, prone to earthquakes in the past, an

ben in march, we know that ben wallace has been worried about what's going to be allocated to defence ministryy rumours around all of that ? not rumours around all of that? not particularly. i know the chiefs and cdc, i suspect, are admiral radican will be, i'm guessing at munich alongside ben wallace . munich alongside ben wallace. what i am surprised about is that when you go in operations , that when you go in operations, know the military are funded for a certain level of activity. as soon as you move into operations, you go to the treasury and you say, this is what going to do now is above the core funding. my the core funding. and my assumption have been that ben wallace would have spoken to the treasury far we're treasury said as far as we're concerned, the same an concerned, this is the same an operation are going expend operation we are going to expend training, we're to expend training, we're going to expend manpower, expend manpower, we're going to expend ammunition we ammunition and stocks that we have a manage webb's and you must sign here to say you will replace them a.s.a.p back

so, the one light moment i saw in the mitchell| light moment i saw in the mitchell defence ministry is encouraging noises but now, most of the noises say it would take a long time and ukrainians aren't up to speed sub it sounds like there are breaks on this idea. watch this space, but no movement so far on fighterjets. space, but no movement so far on fighterjets-_ fighterjets. thank you linda hardin. to the us now and the white house has said evidence suggests the three aerial objects shot down by us jets were likely not involved in a wider chinese espionage programme. the national security spokesman, john kirby, said the leading explanation is the "objects were tied to commercial or research entities and therefore benign". here's the white house press secretary. "the objects that were shot down were in the civilian airspace, kind of flying low, low elevation, and so it was shot down, they were shot down because of... they were taking an abundance of caution. we wanted to make sure americans were safe. that the civilian aircraft flying above in our airspace was safe, and that's why th

former ministry of defence show. former ministry of defence director rear admiral chris parry cbe.nd what we can do about it. that's my take it to end. go anywhere . it's o'clock and this is mark dolan tonight in my take it ten in just a moment. why are we being blackmailed by the eu and what we can do about it? my mark meets guest , what we can do about it? my mark meets guest, a politician who's never short an opinion. the former mep david campbell bannerman , former right hand man bannerman, former right hand man to nigel farage, former deputy leader of uk hit. he'll be dropping some truth bombs in my mock meets session at quarter past ten. plus, we'll take our first look at tomorrow's papers at exactly 1030 sharp in the news agenda with my panel is swearing at work a sackable offence and does being nice get you anywhere in life? it never me. lots to get through. but first the headlines with the always nice bethany elsey . mark. always nice bethany elsey. mark. thank you. good evening . here's thank you. good evening. here's your top stories from the gb newsroom stream. and in t

former ministry of defence show. former ministry of defence director rear admiral chris parry cbe.nd what we can do about it. that's my take it to end. go anywhere . it's o'clock and this is mark dolan tonight in my take it ten in just a moment. why are we being blackmailed by the eu and what we can do about it? my mark meets guest , what we can do about it? my mark meets guest, a politician who's never short an opinion. the former mep david campbell bannerman , former right hand man bannerman, former right hand man to nigel farage, former deputy leader of uk hit. he'll be dropping some truth bombs in my mock meets session at quarter past ten. plus, we'll take our first look at tomorrow's papers at exactly 1030 sharp in the news agenda with my panel is swearing at work a sackable offence and does being nice get you anywhere in life? it never me. lots to get through. but first the headlines with the always nice bethany elsey . mark. always nice bethany elsey. mark. thank you. good evening . here's thank you. good evening. here's your top stories from the gb newsroom stream. and in t

that we know from the romanian defence ministry.mes ahead of a meeting of defence ministers in brussels later, at which the conflict will be top of the agenda. we see no signs that president putin is preparing for peace. _ what we see is the opposite. he is preparing for more war, i for new offences and new attacks. so it makes it even more important that nato allies and partners - provide more support to ukraine. our defence correspondent jonathan beale is following developments in brussels. jens stoltenberg, nato's head, made clear what he wanted to come out of this meeting and that is for nato countries to ramp up their production of things like ammunition, but artillery shells in particular because, as you say, he says ukraine is using those artillery shells at a rate that they are being not produced in nato countries. in other words, they're finding it hard to match the use in ukraine, so that production needs to ramp up. it is being ramped up in some countries already, but more needs to be done. i think it's interesting when y

here, the ministry of defence _ or not. here, the ministry of defence sends _ or not. ome to the programme. rescue workers are continuing a frantic search in turkey and northern syria after the two huge earthquakes which struck the region on monday. in turkey's hatay province, a ten—day—old baby was saved along with his mother. nearby, a seven—year—old girl was rescued and taken to hospital. these are the scenes live in diyarbakir in southern turkey where people are continuing to scour the rubble. you can see the light has faded there. turkey is about three hours ahead of us, and they are relying on the light of that fire as rescue efforts continue. the problem is of course freezing temperatures, with hunger setting in two. hopes are fading that many more people will be saved. more than 22,000 people are now known to have died. jon donnison reports. four days after monday's double earthquake, the scale of this disaster continues to shock. much of southern turkey now resembles a war zone. along the border with syria, they are burying the dead in mass graves. well over 20

with that number set reach 30,000 by the end of this year , the ministry of defence year, the ministry the civilian recruits a range of skills, including urban fighting , including urban fighting, weapons handling and dealing with explosives. dubbed operation and interfax, the five week program is similar to the type of training undertaken by british army reserves and energy firm centrica , the owner of firm centrica, the owner of british gas has posted of £3.3 billion, more than triple it made the year before. but gas actually saw profits decrease by almost 40. it comes after ofgem launched an urgent inquiry to investigate the company for pre—payment metres by force in vulnerable customers homes . vulnerable customers homes. you're up to date on tv online and dab plus radio this is gb news. patrick will be with you in just a moment. ohi oh i people is the fake one does britannia really rule the. some people don't even want you to say that and that's i think, part of the problem, isn't it, when it comes to where we are militarily. a new report on the uk's armed forces would suggest tha

defence must answer. we something the ministry of defence must answer-— something the ministry of defence must answer. ~ .ght find the idea of aliens fun and _ must answer. we might find the idea of aliens fun and quite _ must answer. we might find the idea of aliens fun and quite exciting. - must answer. we might find the idea of aliens fun and quite exciting. in i of aliens fun and quite exciting. in serious terms, exploration of what might be out there was part of your formerjob. what are you trying to find? we former 'ob. what are you trying to find? ~ ., ., , former 'ob. what are you trying to find? ., .,, . find? we tried not to be conclusion led, we find? we tried not to be conclusion led. we tried _ find? we tried not to be conclusion led, we tried to _ find? we tried not to be conclusion led, we tried to be _ find? we tried not to be conclusion led, we tried to be data _ find? we tried not to be conclusion led, we tried to be data led. - led, we tried to be data led. satellites were drones, balloons, that sort of thing. some appear to have characteristics that seem very odd. speeds, many others,

here, the ministry of defence sends vital aid to turkey on an raf transport plane, including much—neededical equipment. will speak to andrew mitchell, the minister responsible for britain's aid effort shortly. the rmt rail union rejects the latest offer from national rail and train operating companies in the ongoing dispute about pay, jobs, and conditions. the uk economy at a standstill — new figures show even though we narrowly avoided falling into recession in 2022, there was no growth at all in the final three months of the year. two weeks since nicola bulley disappeared whilst walking her dog in lancashire, now the police are extending their search downstream. hello, good afternoon. fears are growing for the hundreds of thousands of people in turkey and syria in need after monday's devastating earthquake. living in makeshift shelters in cars and freezing conditions, there are warnings that aid is not reaching areas fast enough. more than 22,000 people are now known to have died. syrian state media has confirmed its approved aid to rebel held areas with the help of the international r

the ministry of defence said it's taking measures to safeguard personnel.rjab, that's a third dose of vaccine, before the scheme ends. (tx it's the last opportunity for healthy people, aged between 16 and 49, to get a top—up if they haven't already. nhs england says almost 400—thousand appointments are still available. 0fficial complaints about energy firms across the uk have reached people, aged between 16 and 49, to get a top—up 0fficial complaints about energy firms across the uk have reached a record high as the cost—of—living crisis continues to impact bills. figures seen exclusively by the bbc show the number of grievances have gone up more than 50% injust two years. all of this comes at a time when energy suppliers are under intense scrutiny, as dan whitworth reports. as energy bills soar, so too do the number of complaints being made. a customer can take their case to the energy 0mbudsman after they first complain to their supplier. 105,000 complaints were registered with the ombudsman last year, up from fewer than 70,000 in 2020. the most complaine

the ministry of defence said it's taking measures to safeguard personnel.canada's gold ball lottery jackpot on her first try. although she's the youngest canadian to ever win such a big prize, she still plans to finish her university studies and become a doctor. this is bbc news. hello there. a tale of two halves with the weather for this weekend. there's a lot of cloud around today, and that's because we've got a weather front slipping southwards, it's mild air, as well, it is mostly cloudy. tomorrow behind our weather front, it looks as if we a good deal of sunshine. but we do change from this mild air ahead of that weather front to this cold air coming in behind under a ridge of high pressure. but again, i do think it will feel decent enough in the sunshine. this is the weather front that's slipping southwards through today, the rain starting to peter out. brighter skies and a few wintry showers following on behind. a little bit of sunshine ahead of it but more limited. and overnight, the cloud will allow southern areas to just about escape a frost — but

the ministry of defence said it�*s taking measures to safeguard personnel. although she�*s the youngest canadian to ever win such a big prize, she still plans to finish her university studies and become a doctor. good on her. grey skies have featured heavily in saturday�*s weather, but i�*m hopeful that for sunday, blue skies should be a little more widespread. we shall see some spells of sunshine, albeit with a slightly chillier feel. today has been unrelentingly cloudy in many places, in fact the cloud on the satellite picture has been thick enough to produce the odd spot of drizzle, and this band of rain pushing its way south—eastward. behind that, notice clearer skies with one or two showers, and some colder air. as the last of our rain band clears southwards during the night, clear skies following on behind, we get into that colder air, so temperatures will drop down to around freezing, maybe a touch below freezing. the one exception, the south of england, which will stay pretty mild through the night. into tomorrow, the last of that cloud will clear aw

they haven't included the ministry of defence, which accounted for three quarters of jpc spending theked at the last time. they looked at this in 2012. so they just haven't included that department, apparently because of anomalies in the data. they also say that some of the figures for 2022 may include vat. so another 20% on top of the 2012 figures, which didn't include vat. and then the mother of all caveats, which is the covid and inflation, have massively increased their spend on these cards. so once you actually factor all of that in, this really isn't the kind of scandal that they're having believe. and it certainly is. and i emily thornberry, and i think emily thornberry, the attorney general, the shadow attorney general, used phrase the last days of used the phrase the last days of rogue to describe this. i mean, it's also seem it's ridiculous. they also seem to be implying that ministers themselves you know, themselves been, you know, spending money on our spending all this money on our behalf lavish and behalf on lavish hotels and stuff. does anyone seriously think that rishi

the ministry of defence said it's taking measures to safeguard personnel.persuade political leaders to end conflict in the country. pope francis is on an unprecedented �*pilgrimage of peace' in the world's youngest country. on saturday evening, the pope will lead prayers at the mausoleum of south sudan's independence leader, john garang. 50 thousand people are expected to attend. our correspondent mercy juma has the latest from the south sudan capital, juba. the mausoleum whether people will be meeting and where pope francis, together with the other two leaders are going to hold a meeting, is already full. people started streaming into the mausoleum as early as 7am, so we expect a lot of activity today. pope francis has met religious leaders and political leaders, and the seminaries, people who are preparing, who want to become president in future. he has had a good session with them at one of the catholic churches here. another key thing that we expect pope francis to do is to meet some of the victims that have been affected by civil war and conflicts in s

we are hearing similar statements from the canadian ministry of defence as we have from the pentagon,t is that it is posing no danger to people on the ground, it isn't posing any danger to civilian aircraft as well. given its altitude, in the stratosphere, that this is so high up that commercial aircraft, the official say, are not in any danger, and there is not in any danger, and there is no danger in a civilian sense or a military sense to people on the ground, and it seems to be a wait and see situation. there was the thought given to perhaps shooting it down, which was seemingly dismissed because of the potential danger to people on the ground, and certainly we are hearing from the pentagon that they do not believe this to be a significant security threat, and that whatever information could be gleaned by the chinese through using this balloon could also be gleaned by other spying methods, and in that respect it has seemed to have been dismissed, to some extent. nevertheless, it is still there, and still hovering somewhere over the united states. 50 somewhere over the united state

joining me now, former head of counter—terrorism at, the ministry of defence, major chip chapman. thejor chip chapman . chip, great to chip chapman. chip, great to have you on this . what do you have you on this. what do you make of what's on here with shamima and why is there a push to not only rehabilitate her, but to turn her into some sort of celebrity . well, she made a of celebrity. well, she made a bag and has become the product and they're selling her rehabilitation and they're doing that, by the way, that you market book. it is marketing. advertising and rebranding to show as a sort of normal person and part of the reason for this, of course, there is a legal case going on at the moment about whether she should have the right to come back to fight her citizenship case. now, that's key thing. it is not the fact that the government rescinded , that the government rescinded, her citizenship in february 19, and i think they did that , of and i think they did that, of course, legally from that perspective under the 1961, the un convention on statelessness, you can't make stateless

joining me now, former head of counter—terrorism at, the ministry of defence, major chip chapman. ther chip chapman . chip, great to chip chapman. chip, great to have you on this . what do you have you on this. what do you make of what's on here with shamima and why is there a push to not only rehabilitate her, but to turn her into some sort of celebrity . well, she made a of celebrity. well, she made a bag and has become the product and they're selling her rehabilitation and they're doing that, by the way, that you market book. it is marketing. advertising and rebranding to show as a sort of normal person and part of the reason for this, of course, there is a legal case going on at the moment about whether she should have the right to come back to fight her citizenship case. now, that's key thing. it is not the fact that the government rescinded , that the government rescinded, her citizenship in february 19, and i think they did that , of and i think they did that, of course, legally from that perspective under the 1961, the un convention on statelessness, you can't make stateless.

i'm seeing something coming via the reuters news agency from the russian defence ministry, saying theyration. i thought we were now in a war. �* ., , , a war. i'm not quite sure where they are in their — a war. i'm not quite sure where they are in their language _ a war. i'm not quite sure where they are in their language and _ a war. i'm not quite sure where they are in their language and moscow, l a war. i'm not quite sure where they are in their language and moscow, i | are in their language and moscow, i think they had been hinting they would use the war word because for a while you could get in trouble with the authorities if you did not call it a special military operation. let's not beat around the bush, it is a war, the biggest in europe since 1945, it has had enormous consequences for european security, economic damage, globally speaking, and if as you have just been discussing with our colleague in china, if the chinese get more involved on the russian side, the conflict has way more serious global implications. so while president zelensky talks about victory this year, he do

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zelenskyy government says as many as 13,000 troops have been killed in action while the uk's ministry of defence russians could've died. western countries stepped up their support to ukraine over the past year. and the early days of the way, americans, ordinary americans, desire to help was unending. blue in yellow ukrainian flags were at the windows of cars and homes across the country. so far, the u.s. has pledged more than 29 billion dollars in military aid. but we are a country well with the -- fatigued by forever words of our own. so that support for ukraine seems to -- as republicans recently cosign to ukraine -- resolution calling for the u.s. to end military and financial aid to ukraine. a new ap poll finds that 48% of all americans support the -- down from 60% in may of last year. earlier, i spoke with karen riddick, a ukrainian member of parliament about where the war effort in the international coalition against vladimir putin stance today, and where she sees it going. >> kara, thanks much for coming back on the show. it's almost exactly a year now since russia's brutal and illegal in

british army in the tail of a group of his associates and she needs investment from the british ministry of defenceay that in the event of an attack on britain, it’s true that it’s not clear on whose side their army’s ammunition will run out in a few days, and in general in its current form. she is not combat-ready, the military assures that the education of medicine is more important than defense and they demand at least 3 billion pounds of pretext, under which money is taken away from doctors and teachers. it is known what a rather calm and stable period we have had over the past 20 years, but it passed russia started a war in europe against ukraine rises china in the pacific region there are frictions there is a radicalization of africa and the world is more unstable to the british ministry of defense there may be questions about the development of budget money. so it turned out that the bolts that had fallen off were a corpse in the nuclear reactor of their submarine. they put it on superglue. after such a repair , a nuclear disaster could occur and not because of the poverty of the british min

of defence and in the ministry of defence and the and foreign office the foreign andtinue that support . yeah, to continue that support. yeah, well if you've, you've got a view on that, be good to hear your thoughts. can we have a look. talking to all things political can have political and you can have a look at dominic raab. he he's spoken in the telegraph. i mean , made clear and it's an , he's made it clear and it's an interesting point. he says, i'm not you i've always not a bully. you i've always acted but what i acted professionally. but what i do insist on is high standards. what's isn't it? what's a fair point isn't it? yeah, it probably is. this was written by charles. i missed the home affairs editor of the telegraph . it's front page , and telegraph. it's front page, and it's kind of just. he's just holding his civil servants to high standards. and it's actually quite reminiscent of the dominic cummings era when he was chief adviser holding civil servants to high standards . but, servants to high standards. but, you know, there have been kind of several co

said what what i would and what i would say if i was a senior serving british officer in the ministry of defencer in the chain of command anywhere i would be. and, and i say our generals do tell, tell it as is the reality . but if you do that the reality. but if you do that in russia then you end up falling of 12 sorry, jumping out of a 16 four window and. and this is the difference between between . part of the difference between. part of the difference between. part of the difference between the values of what goes on in russia and what goes on here and what putin been saying about escalation . he's going to about escalation. he's going to use nuclear weapons. he's going to do this , going to do that, is to do this, going to do that, is much more than a couple former poush much more than a couple former polish prime ministers making a threat about saying jet ski. i mean, it's of a different order. i fully that i wasn't trying to draw equivalence but but both sides are ratcheting up the debate. what was interesting and you quite right and i wanted to criticise there wasn't really much warm appl

and we're hearing similar statements from the ministry of defence in canada, as well as the pentagon,t there is no danger posed to members of the public on the ground. indeed, civilian aircraft are not in any danger either, given the high altitude of this balloon — it is in the stratosphere. given its high altitude, it might therefore be surprising to hear, but apparently some pilots of civilian aircraft have actually seen it. and moving forward, it looks as if the strategy is wait and see. there was some consideration given to shooting it down and there was some manoeuvres involving military aircraft to try to make that happen. but it was decided against it because of the threat of debris falling from the balloon and potentially hitting people on the ground. it was just considered too dangerous. so moving forward, it is still somewhere, the pentagon believes, over the united states. they're not saying where. and clearly, given the current tensions between the united states and china that have been going on, of course, for many months now, in many respects concerning security issues,

said what what i would and what i would say if i was a senior serving british officer in the ministry of defencer in the chain of command anywhere i would be. and, and i say our generals do tell, tell it as is the reality . but if you do that the reality. but if you do that in russia then you end up falling of 12 sorry, jumping out of a 16 four window and. and this is the difference between between . part of the difference between. part of the difference between. part of the difference between the values of what goes on in russia and what goes on here and what putin been saying about escalation . he's going to about escalation. he's going to use nuclear weapons. he's going to do this , going to do that, is to do this, going to do that, is much more than a couple former poush much more than a couple former polish prime ministers making a threat about saying jet ski. i mean, it's of a different order. i fully that i wasn't trying to draw equivalence but but both sides are ratcheting up the debate. what was interesting and you quite right and i wanted to criticise there wasn't really much warm appl

the whole woke religion has spread around ministry of defence armed with every other government departmentand is undermining combat effectiveness . kelvin, combat effectiveness. kelvin, what do you of this i mean, at £1,000,000 when we're struggling the moment with recruitment we're having to make you know, we're having to make you know, we're having to cut our well i'm i'm not entirely entirely hostile to the idea after all we cannot recruiting for the armed services is tough quite difficult even with the much smaller forces that we have today compared to ten or even 20 years ago, which in a sense is an absolute scandal and actually makes us look absolute idiots on the world military stage . the the world military stage. the truth about the matter is that the homes that we have for our soldiers are shocking and the million pounds would be better starting to do those up 101. that would be first one. but look, if we can't find what we recruits to fill up our armed forces , then we do need people forces, then we do need people of different colour in order to do that. and if they feel to come

the whole woke religion has spread around ministry of defence armed with every other government departmentand is undermining combat effectiveness . kelvin, combat effectiveness. kelvin, what do you of this i mean, at £1,000,000 when we're struggling the moment with recruitment we're having to make you know, we're having to make you know, we're having to cut our well i'm i'm not entirely entirely hostile to the idea after all we cannot recruiting for the armed services is tough quite difficult even with the much smaller forces that we have today compared to ten or even 20 years ago, which in a sense is an absolute scandal and actually makes us look absolute idiots on the world military stage . the the world military stage. the truth about the matter is that the homes that we have for our soldiers are shocking and the million pounds would be better starting to do those up 101. that would be first one. but look, if we can't find what we recruits to fill up our armed forces , then we do need people forces, then we do need people of different colour in order to do that. and if they feel to come