of defence, the ukrainian ministry of defenceed forces. oleksii reznikov is convinced ministers of defence around the world _ ministers of defence around the world that the impossible is possible. it only takes a little bit longer — possible. it only takes a little bit longer it — possible. it only takes a little bit longer. it all began with the united states— longer. it all began with the united states telling oleksii reznikov in autumn— states telling oleksii reznikov in autumn 2021 that it is impossible for ukraine to even get stingers and javeiins _ for ukraine to even get stingers and javelins. and now we are getting f-ios _ javelins. and now we are getting f-ios this— javelins. and now we are getting f—16s. this is something that was not possible without his personal sacrifice — not possible without his personal sacrifice. . . , not possible without his personal sacrifice. ., ., , ., not possible without his personal sacrifice. ., ., ., , ., sacrifice. that was an adviser to the ukrainian _ sacrifice. that was an adviser t

russia's defence ministry says mr kim was shown moscow's hypersonic kinzhal missiles, as well as threettack force. and these pictures, also from the russian defence ministry, show them viewing part of russia's pacific fleet at a nearby port. the trip to the coastal city close to the chinese and russian border, is also expected to include the russian academy of sciences. colleges in russia's far east have historically accepted north korean students. kim made the two day journey from pyongyang to vladivostok using a heavily armoured train. arriving on wednesday, he met with vladimir putin and has been touring the area since. aid operations are continuing in morocco eight days after the earthquake that killed nearly three thousand people. work is going on to bring support to those in remote areas — but some villagers in the atlas mountains — the epicentre of the quake — have expressed frustration at the lack of help from the authorities and said they were having to organise their own relief efforts. rescue teams are carrying on with their rescue operations. eight moroccan and that's rescu

the defence ministry has faced scandals relating to procurement of equipment for the army at inflatednikov had been in post since before the start of the full—scale russian invasion in february last year. his removal is thought to be part of mr zelensky�*s determination to tackle corruption in all government departments. president zelensky has nominated rustem umerov, who's currently in charge of ukraine's privatisation programme — as the new defence minister. here's mr zelensky giving an update. translation: this week, _ the parliament will be asked to make a staff—related decision. i would like to outline it now. i have decided to replace the minister of defence of ukraine. 0leksii reznikov has been through more than 550 days of full—scale war. i believe that the ministry needs new approaches and other formats of interaction with both the military and society as a whole. that was president zelensky with his evening statement. turkey's president, recep tayyip erdogan, has expressed optimism that a workable black sea grain agreement will be reached with russia, after holding talks wit

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russia's defence ministry says mr kim was shown moscow's hypersonic �*kinzhal�* missiles, as well asft, which are part of russia's nuclear air attack force. and these pictures, also from the russian defence ministry, show them viewing part of russia's pacific fleet at a nearby port. the trip to the coastal city close to the chinese and russian border, is also expected to include the russian academy of sciences. colleges in russia's far east have historically accepted north korean students. kim made the two day journey from pyongyang to vladivostok using a heavily armoured train. arriving on wednesday, he met with vladimir putin and has been touring the area since. climate campaigners are marching through edinburgh today as part of a global day of action against fossilfuels. yesterday saw similar marches take place across europe. in the hague, police used water cannons to try to disperse demonstrators who had blocked a road. the march in scotland will have a special emphasis after the uk government announced plans to create 100 new oil and gas sites in the north sea. earlier i spoke t

the russian defence ministry says the meeting took place today.'s not confident language coming from the ukrainian special forces today. i think it stops short of rowing back, but in a statement, they have said they are looking for clarification, citing what they now call "open sources" when they claimed that 3a senior officers, including admiral sokolov, were killed in this missile strike last friday. now, we had the initial claim from kyiv yesterday, this triumphant claim as to the senior officers who have been taken out, they say, but we had no evidence to accompany that. and this is always the issue when we're talking about deep into russian—occupied territory. and today, this morning, the kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov said, "we have nothing to say about the claims coming out of kyiv, "in regards to who may or may not have been inside the naval "headquarters in sevastopol," which is such a significant command structure and location for both russia's occupying forces and as well as in terms of a desirable target for ukraine. and then we have

the russian defence ministry says the meeting took place today.uage coming from the ukrainian special forces today. i think it stops short of rowing back. but in a statement they have said they are they are looking for clarification, citing what they now call open sources when they claimed that 34 senior officers, including admiral sokolov, were killed in this missile strike last friday. now we have the initial claim from kyiv yesterday, this triumphant claim as to the senior officers who have been taken out, they say, but we had no evidence to accompany that. and this is always the issue when we're talking about deep into russian occupied territory. and today, this morning, the kremlin spokesman, dmitry peskov, said we have nothing to say about the claims coming out of kyiv in regards to who may or may not have been inside the naval headquarters in sevastopol, which is such a significant command structure and location for both russia's occupying forces and as well as in terms of a desirable target for ukraine. and then we have this statement from

but there have been journalist investigations in the ministry of defence over corruption. ministry of defence, continue active participation in foreign processes supporting ukraine. how do you think he might strategise in this ongoing counter offensive? in the ukraine ministry of defence, he is responsible for supporting the armed forces to allow the armed forces to complete their missions as effectively as possible. i am not sure there will be an impact on the activities, because the generals are responsible for all of operations. i think it will be a small effect on the activities of the armed forces. and how will this perhaps impact the relations that ukraine has with other countries around the world, particularly when it comes to asking for material help when fighting the war? now we have a very effective system. we have heard about the bilateral support, for example with the uk. i think it won't be any significant change. our new minister, his task is to continue what mr reznikov built, and of course make it even more effective. thank you for sharing your insights. mea

russia's defence ministry says mr kim was shown moscow's hypersonic �*kinzhal�* missiles, as well as air attack force. and these pictures, also from the russian defence ministry, show them viewing part of russia's pacific fleet at a nearby port. the trip to the coastal city close to the chinese and russian border, is also expected to include the russian academy of sciences. colleges in russia's far east have historically accepted north korean students. kim made the two day journey from pyongyang to vladivostok using a heavily armoured train. arriving on wednesday, he met with vladimir putin and has been touring the area since. five days after massive flash floods devastated communities in eastern libya, there is still little sign of international aid arriving to help with rescue and clean—up activities. in the worst—hit city, derna, a bbc team says there's no electricity and local people are continuing the search for bodies in the dark. 0ur correspondent anna foster sent this report. even by night, derna's recovery teams don't sleep. as darkness falls, another body is carefully pulle

and then, shortly after that, russia's defence ministry released a clip of an apparent recent meetings doubled in on video call but admiral sokolov? so, it's very difficult to verify when this footage was taken, whether it was edited. but he appeared alive, engaged in the meeting. and then, we have a follow up statement from ukraine's specialforces, saying they are now clarifying just whether he was killed or not. they say they now cite what they call open sources in their recent claims. so, it's becoming incredibly messy. it's short of a rowing back, but it's just a demonstration of how difficult it is to establish just what happened. what we know is that russia's naval headquarters was at least heavily damaged, and that in itself is hugely significant in a symbolic sense. beyond that, i don't think we're any clearer. the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has lost an appeal against a new 19—year prison term, which extends his total sentence to more than 30 years. he rejects all the charges against him, which range from fraud to extremist activities, and described the accusat

the british ministry of defence says that some of that damage, frankly, is not repairable and that the repairs is also very significant. that facility crucial to the maintenance of russia's black sea fleet will also be out of action for some time. so, gradually over time, the ukrainians feel more and more confident of their ability to cause damage on the crimean peninsula with two main objectives — one, to be able to control the waters of the northwestern black sea, and the other, crucially, is to cut off the russian ability to support its troops in southern ukraine, the truth that are meeting the challenge of ukraine's counteroffensive in the south. the ukrainians feel that they have the ability now, the tactics and the equipment to dojust that. saturday marks a year since mahsa amini, a young woman in iran, died in state custody after she'd been arrested by the country's morality police, allegedly for not wearing her veil properly. the event sparked an uprising — led by women and girls demanding not just an end to the compulsory dress code — but much widerfreedoms. 0ur correspondent

keep in mind are all these corruption allegations and the people who are being brought into the defence ministryng to be the kind of people whose western allies will be comfortable working with. ukraine is entirely dependent on western military supplies during its war with russia. one thing we need to keep in mind with his ukrainian government did not give any reasons for this sacking of the deputy defence minister is also the replacement of the defence minister itself. because it comes at such a crucial time when we see this major counter offensive taking place against russia. how is it going? it's not going as fast as some of ukraine's games last year. it's something that ukrainians have been coming to terms with because russia has had many, many months to dig in to those front lines in ukraine's south—east. so whatever criticism of the relatively slow pace of the ukrainian counter offences has been, it has been angrily dismissed by ukrainian officials saying that every inch gained by the ukrainian forces comes at a very heavy price in blood sweat and tears. the former british prime — in blood

defence minister was indeed a surprise. so this was not unexpected. the defense ministry criticism for allegations of corruption in matters of procurement. and even though those allegations don't really attach personally to mr reznikov, as the man in charge, it was becoming inevitable that he was going to stand down. so in some ways that came as very little surprise when president zelensky announced it last night. there's a parliamentary procedure which has to be followed, but i don't think there's any doubt that he will be replaced. and it's worth remembering that while mr reznikov was absolutely central in lobbying for equipment and supplies from ukraine's western allies, he was not the man in charge of the war. that's very much the president and his generals. and so i don't think we should necessarily expect to see any change in the conduct of this war. and we were talking just then as well about how russia's continuing to attack ukraine's port facilities along the danube river. what more can you tell us about that? yeah. this has been going on for some weeks now. the

but russia's defence ministry says the vessels would be fully repaired and returned to service.ak to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. what more do we know about the reaction to this?— reaction to this? well, i mean, there has _ reaction to this? well, i mean, there has been _ reaction to this? well, i mean, there has been an _ reaction to this? well, i mean, there has been an interesting l reaction to this? well, i mean, - there has been an interesting debate about the last couple of days about the extent of the damage, and we have all been looking at satellite images and even some video taken on the ground next to one of those vessels and, you know, it did look pretty bad, the whole areas was charred, there was a huge fireball that we saw raging over that whole dry dock area on wednesday. but here's the first kind of military analysis, if you like, of the damage done, and as you say, of those two vessels, one a large amphibious landing ship, the mod in london saying functionally destroyed, i think that speaks for itself, and an as for the submarine that was right next t

and then, shortly after that, russia's defence ministry released a clip of an apparent recent meeting a packed room, and who was dialled in on video call but admiral sokolov? so, it's very difficult to verify when this footage was taken, whether it was edited. but he appeared alive, engaged in the meeting. and then, we have a follow—up statement from ukraine's specialforces, saying they are now clarifying just whether he was killed or not. they say they now cite what they call open sources in their recent claims. so, it's becoming incredibly messy. it's short of a rowing back, but it's just a demonstration of how difficult it is to establish just what happened. what we know is that russia's naval headquarters was at least heavily damaged, and that in itself is hugely significant in a symbolic sense. beyond that, i don't think we're any clearer. the speaker of canada's parliament resigned on tuesday, days after he singled out a ukrainian veteran who apparently fought for the nazis during world war ii for a standing ovation during a visit by ukraine's leader. this is when mr rota apolog

russia's ministry of defence have released this video and says around 2000 people have been made to safetyffered humanitarian and medical assistance. this video filmed in the capital of the nagorno—karabakh region, shows smoke rising. the sound of shelling could also be heard in the distance. although it isn't clear which side is firing. armenia's government has warned of large scale in the country. the demonstrators say they were angered by the government's handling of the situation in nagorno—karabakh. so, before we go any further, a quick explainer about how we got here. nagorno—karabakh, which lies in the mountainous south caucasus region, is at the heart of one of the world's longest—running conflicts. the territory is recognised internationally as part of azerbaijan but large areas of it have been controlled by ethnic armenians for three decades. azerbaijan and armenia fought a bloody war over the territory in the late 19805 and early 1990s. russia, which prevously oversaw both countries as part of the ussr, has previously sent peacekeepers. but fears of fresh violence came when azer

the ministry of defence tells the bbc — it will provide the support of armed soldiers to london policefter dozens of met officers handed in their weapons. touchdown, i repeat src has touched down. and there you heard it — the nasa probe — which has spent the last seven years flying through space — carrying the largest asteroid sample ever collected — touches down. uncertainty surrounds the future of the uk's high speed hs2 rail line — a senior cabinet minister says it would be �*crazy�* not to review the project amid rising costs. hello and welcome. breaking news the last half hour or so. the ministry of defence has confirmed to the bbc that it will provide the support of armed soldiers to the metropolitan police, after a large number of firearms officers handed in their weapons. they turned in their firearms permits after an armed officer was charged with the murder of 24—year—old chris kaba — who was shot and killed in south london last year. he was later found to be unarmed. earlier, the home secretary, suella braverman, ordered a review of armed policing. our correspondentjoe inwoo

a source in ukraine's security service told the bbc that a russian air defence system was destroyed. russia's ministryn, it also said five ukrainian maritime drones were destroyed in an attack targeting a black sea naval patrol ship. let's go to kyiv and speak to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. tell us more. over the last few weeks, increasingly the ukrainian seem to be targeting that whole crimean peninsula.— crimean peninsula. yeah, it definitely — crimean peninsula. yeah, it definitely seems _ crimean peninsula. yeah, it definitely seems to - crimean peninsula. yeah, it definitely seems to be - crimean peninsula. yeah, it definitely seems to be a - crimean peninsula. yeah, it. definitely seems to be a step crimean peninsula. yeah, it - definitely seems to be a step up in ukrainian activity. ukraine has been attacking targets in crimea for a good long while, largely with drones. but what we have seen in recent weeks and in particular in recent weeks and in particular in recent days is a real upping of the tempo of those attacks and perhaps also an increase in the type of weapons being used.

from all kinds of countries, urging them to reform, to root out corruption, to make sure their defence ministries many cases and, often time, if they are waging a war and they are reluctant reformers, they will use the war as an excuse and in this case president zelensky did not do that. he took the courageous move to to move out against corruption. he's picked a defence minister who looks ready on day one to do something about it, someone with a business background and someone with experience in ukraine rooting out corruption in ukraine and privatising a very transparent fashion so i am taking a great deal of encouragement from this that president zelensky means whay he says. he said still the anticorruption president while he is also a wartime president. ukraine has a lot of some successes on the counter events in the past week. does that call that into question now that the defence minister has been changed? i think these are two separate things. i am here at the tblisi conference at the mccain institute without georgian partners, the epc... eprc rather and the bush institute. we have had a lo

romania's president said the attack, which the defence ministry is investigating, would be a seriousnia's sovereignty. romania is, of course, a member of nato. scientists in israel say they've grown an entity that closely resembles an early human embryo — without using sperm, eggs or a womb. they're hoping it could improve ivf rates, help them understand more about miscarriages and even test which medicines are safe to use during pregnancy. but experts say it raises ethical and legal questions. our health correspondent james gallagher reports. this is a field that's been progressing rapidly and has now reached a significant moment. take a second to think how remarkable it is that our lives start out like this, a single spurn ——sperm fertilising a single egg. but the first steps on the journey from this to us are poorly understood, and researching embryos is legally, ethically and technically fraught. so this is where embryo models come in, and this is how it's done. so there are no spurn or eggs involved. instead, scientists start with human stem cells. these have the potential to be

on friday, the russian defence ministry said it had made gains outside the city of kupiansk.st three swedish party leaders are boycotting this year's prize ceremonies after the nobel foundation invited the russian ambassador. they say the move is irresponsible because of russia's continuing war against ukraine. the invitation is a reversal from last year, when the private foundation declined to invite russia. a popularfemale bear has been shot dead on the outskirts of a town in central italy. a man has claimed he opened fire on the animal out of fear. the bear, named amarena, was filmed earlier this week roaming around a town in the abruzzo region with her two cubs. a local governor said no bear had ever threatened residents. you're live with bbc news. tens of millions of people in hong kong and neighbouring southern china are sheltering indoors as typhoon saola passes over the south china sea. it's skirted southern hong kong but the city has been lashed by high winds that have toppled trees. these are pictures from the chinese city of shenzhen. further north, 800,000 people

has now crossed into russia's eastern region, by private train, according to the south korean defence ministry

russia's defence ministry has confirmed the death of at least one service personnel member.t, symbolically at the very least, this is significant. it is not yet obvious what this will mean for russian forces tactically because this is a place where russia's black sea navalfleet exercises almost complete dominance. ever since a full—scale investigation it has launched missile strikes with its fleet and also blockaded ukrainian ports, but it seems this is also a continuation of ukraine's tactic of targeting sites across crimea. just last week we saw a dry dock hit by british supplied storm shadow missiles were a warship was damaged. it is clearly an attempt to undermine russia's presents but it is also connected to operations further north. he others trying to cut off russian supply lines and make it harderfor trying to cut off russian supply lines and make it harder for russia to hold on to the territory it has seized since 2014.— to hold on to the territory it has seized since 2014. many thanks, james waterhouse _ seized since 2014. many thanks, james waterhouse in _ seized

in other developments, russia's defence ministry has said it has destroyed several ukrainian drones offarkiv says the city has again come under russian shelling. speaking about the conflict ahead of the un general assembly, antonio guterres, said peace in ukraine was his top priority. the central objective is peace. but peace must be just and peace must be in line with international law. and to be honest, i do not think it is the general assembly, the conditions are met to have a serious dialogue on peace. i think the parties are far from that possibility at the present moment but we will never, never stopped our efforts to make sure that peace comes to ukraine — a just peace, in line with the charter and in line with the charter and in line with the charter and in line with the national law. —— international law. the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, is expected to visit the italian island of lampedusa later. her visit comes after the italian prime minister called on brussels to take action over a surge in migrant numbers. earlier, dozens of islanders staged protes

has now crossed into russia's eastern region, by private train, according to the south korean defence ministryauthorities there said in a statement that: the kremlin previously said the trip will "strengthen the friendship" between the two nations. the pair are expected to discuss supplying weapons to russia for its war in ukraine. the new york times reports that mr kim is seeking advanced satellite technology, nuclear—powered submarines, and food aid. the us has warned north korea against weapons sales, and critisized mr putin for needing north korea's help. president putin launched this war against ukraine with its full—scale aggression, with a dream of restoring the glory of the russian empire. that hope, that expectation of his has failed, it will continue to fail and i think there is no better evidence of that than now, a year and a half later, not only has he failed to achieved his goals on the battlefield but you see him travelling across his own country, hat in hand, to beg kim jong—un for military assistance. our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie has more on mr kim's travel. kim jong

and then, shortly after that, russia�*s defence ministry released a clip of an apparent recent meetingov? so, it�*s very difficult to verify when this footage was taken, whether it was edited. but he appeared alive, engaged in the meeting. and then, we have a follow—up statement from ukraine�*s specialforces, saying they are now clarifying just whether he was killed or not. they say they now cite what they call open sources in their recent claims. so, it�*s becoming incredibly messy. it�*s short of a rowing back, but it�*s just a demonstration of how difficult it is to establish just what happened. what we know is that russia�*s naval headquarters was at least heavily damaged, and that in itself is hugely significant in a symbolic sense. beyond that, i don�*t think we�*re any clearer. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let�*s look at some other stories making news. the speaker of canada�*s house of commons has resigned after unwittingly praising a ukrainian world war ii veteran who had fought for the nazis. anthony rota had invited yaroslav hunka to parliament on fri

russian defence ministry says the meeting took place today. stay with us. it is time now for world business report. you can get me on social media. thank you for watching, goodbye. hello there. it's a little bit more unsettled today than what we had yesterday. we had some heavy even thundery rain around this morning. most of that is clearing northwards. that's going to leave an afternoon of sunny spells and scattered showers. so some eastern areas actually staying dry altogether. so there they are, a couple of weather fronts which have brought the rain through this morning, continuing to move their way northwards, taking its time to clear, i think from northern scotland. but for the rest of scotland, northern ireland, england and wales, it's an afternoon of sunny spells, blustery showers, most of the showers towards the west, many eastern areas staying dry, feeling quite pleasant as well. pretty decent temperatures for this time in september, up to 23 degrees in the south east, mid to high teens further north and west. the showers rattle on fo

the russian defence ministry said one serviceman was missing.ur corespondentjames waterhouse has more from kyiv. this is clearly a continuation of ukraine's tactic of specifically targeting sites in occupied crimea, but the apparent direct hit of russia's naval headquarters in sevastopol is hugely symbolic. it's not yet clear what operational damage will be caused for russia, but this is a place where it has exerted such dominance through its navy, where it launches missiles across ukraine, it blockades ukrainian ports. and i think what this attack does is undermine russia's continued occupation in a place that seems a cornerstone of its invasion from as far back as 2014. there is also a connection between this missile strike and ukraine's continued counteroffensive further north. what they are trying to do is frustrate russian supply lines and isolate swathes of occupied territory in the hope that troops will run out of supplies. now, president zelensky hasjust completed a visit to the us. he's in canada currently, and i think what we're seeing

using hi—tech, as they say, high precision weapons, and so far, according to the azerbaijani defence ministryof 60 combat positions of the armenian forces. rayhan, this conflict has rumbled on for decades, why has it flared up now? ~ . , , , ., now? well, it has been brewing for sometime. — now? well, it has been brewing for some time, three _ now? well, it has been brewing for some time, three years _ now? well, it has been brewing for some time, three years ago - now? well, it has been brewing for some time, three years ago there l now? well, it has been brewing for i some time, three years ago there was a full—scale war between armenia and azerbaijan and azerbaijan regained most of the territory surrounding this particular enclave. the war then stopped when russia brokered a ceasefire and russia dispatched its own peacekeepers to nagorno—karabakh to ensure the safety of ethnic armenians living there. well, it flared up now because it looks like azerbaijan just made a decision to establish full control over this territory, despite all the efforts that have been made internationally over the

defence of ukraine. oleksii reznikov has been through more than 550 days of full—scale war. i believe the ministry approaches and other formats of interaction with both the military and society as a whole. yuriy sak is a an adviser to ukraine's defence minister — he gave us his assessment of the change of the defence minister. we as a nation, we are now driven by one single objective and goal, which is to defeat the enemy on the battlefield and to win this war, and restore stability and security in europe and the world. the captain of our team is our commander—in—chief, president zelensky. so he makes decisions about how, in his view, is best to achieve the goals that we have ahead of us at this specific stage. so, the move that is announced now reflects the president's vision. you mentioned that reznikov was the minister of defence was over 550 days. and as somebody who works with him closely, i can tell you that every single one of these 550 days, he woke up and went to bed with one single thought on his mind, how to get the ukrainian army more weapons, how to make sure the ukrainian defenders h

news of changes at the top of the defence ministry came as ukrainian commanders say they were making of defence and as a result may be able to move more quickly. it is too early to know if this is a long awaited breakthrough — ukraine's gains so far have been modest. and russia has formidable defences — on the ground and in the air. its attack helicopters a real threat to advancing ukrainian troops. against these odds, no one in kyiv has ever predicted quick results, but the war, they believe, is going in the right direction. paul adams, bbc news. our top story this afternoon. rishi sunak says it's "utterly wrong" to blame him forfailing to fix crumbling concrete in schools in england. and the first supplies of the weight loss jab, wegovy, arrive in the uk — and some nhs patients could start being prescribed it from this week. coming up on bbc news: the biggest match of his career. jack draper flies the flag for britain at the us open, but faces his toughest test yet, against 8th seed andrey rublev for a place in the quarter finals later today. a bbc investigation has found that five

washington president zelensky had launched the investigation, he had fired about six members of the defence ministry's very much being looked at it if you take a look at the statement from the white house today, president biden also pointed out that he had had a conversation with president zelensky when it comes to corruption. zelensky when it comes to corruntion-_ zelensky when it comes to corruption. helena, quickly, tell us more _ corruption. helena, quickly, tell us more about the - tell us more about the messaging we heard from president biden as well. the messaue president biden as well. the message was _ president biden as well. the message was very _ president biden as well. tie: message was very clear president biden as well. tt;e: message was very clear — president biden said we stand with ukraine for as long as it takes but message was clear to congress as well, saying we have to pass this aid for ukraine. he said was no alternative.— ukraine. he said was no alternative. _, , alternative. our correspondent helena humphrey, _ alternative. our correspondent helena humphrey, thank - alternat

>> russia hackers uk >> russia linked hackers hit uk ministry defence security ministry of defence asecurity secrets . i was thinking secrets leaked. i was thinking i need to come up with some jokes about data breach because they're appearing more often than i would have thought on headlines. >> 30 minutes. >> 30 minutes. >> okay . >> okay. >> okay. >> got a good 30 minutes. >> got a good 30 minutes. >> you're welcome to chime in any time. >> come and see my show. >> come and see my show. >> wonderful. hackers basically , a group called lockbit , this is a group called lockbit , allegedly links to , allegedly with links to russian organised crimes and they have breached the data base of this company called zone war zone, which is a firm that produces actual security in terms of perimeter security and access to a lot of high sensitivity uk military bases. it looks like stuff coming out of a james bond movie. so basically the vulnerable sites where we have information related to them leaked include and hmnb clyde nuclear submarine base. this is where the trident system is based , the po

the then defence secretary described it as potentially dangerous, but accepted moscow's explanation. the reply by the russian ministryctober stated that they have conducted an investigation into the circumstances of the incident and say stated it was a technical malfunction of the su 27 fighter. but the pentagon later described the incident in starker terms. leaked us intelligence documents called it a near shoot down. 0ne official said the incident was very, very scary. it's not the only time russian pilots have displayed unprofessional, reckless behaviour. earlier this year, a russian fighterjet forced a remotely piloted us drone to ditch. it was also flying a surveillance mission over the black sea. now despite this sneer shoot down, raf surveillance aircraft continued to fly missions over the black sea. though, now, they are exported by tycoon ships —— typhoon jets they are exported by tycoon ships —— typhoonjets now armed with missiles. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the united kingdom's health secretary is backing the introduction of what's kn

it to ministry of defence. and it is to be organised because of course they're very organised. so i mean to me the secret of being a minister anyway was about, you know, having meetings on time having your meetings on time stating what the purpose of the meeting summing up the meeting was. summing up the meeting was. summing up the meeting time and meeting ending on time and making sure actions were making sure the actions were taken. if that's true of taken. now if that's true of every ministry, it is absolutely true in spades of the ministry of defence . but can i just of defence. but can i just broaden the questions? the suella braverman was mentioned there. do think that the there. do do you think that the conservative government has to reorganise its cabinet between now and the next general election? do we think that suella some sort of handicap? >> well , i handicap? >> well, i think yes. in the answer to your first part of the question, because i think, look, you know, as this reshuffle has indicated, th

britain's ministry of defence says ukraine's attack on a crimean shipyard this week was more severe thanoyed", and a submarine severely damaged — in the ukrainian drone attack on wednesday. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams has an update from kyiv. i think we're seeing the ukrainians becoming more and more sophisticated and more and more confident in their ability to hit russian targets in the crimean peninsula. a year ago, they were using drones — quite successfully in one case — destroying nine aircraft at one of the russian air on the peninsula. but now we're seeing quite a complex series of operations using drones in the air and at sea, and also crucially, cruise missiles, supplied recently by britain and france. with each advent of new weaponry, the ukrainians feel that they have a greater ability to do more damage. we saw the attack on sevastopol harbour the other day in which two vessels, a landing craft and a submarine, were both damaged severely. the british ministry of defence says that some of that damage, frankly, is not repairable and that the damage to the drydock fac

russia's ministry of defence says it successfully intercepted much of the assault, but two ships werestrategy on crimea? olga malchevska has been taking a look. this photo was shared by mikhail razvozhayev, the moscow—installed governor of sevastopol on his telegram channel. it shows flames engulfing what appears to be a ship in a port while he stands are speaking into his phone. in a port while he stands speaking into his phone. razvozhayev said that this shipbuilding client was hit. now, here is the shipbuilding plant in sevastopol. it is located in the city and it builds and repairs the ships for the russian black sea fleet. it used to be one of the main facilities during the soviet union times for the repair meant of the ships across all over the ussr. and it was annexed by russia together with crimea back in 2014. now, while the scale of the destruction has not been confirmed yet, if there was damage, it could cause severe delays, at least to the repair meant of the russian warships. and this was not the first time the ukrainian army has tried to attack the russian military infra

concerns have been raised following reports that a company working for some of the ministry of defencetive sites has been hacked. the mirror newspaper reported that historic security details relating to the government's porton down chemical research establishment and the nuclear submarine base at faslane have been leaked by criminals onto the dark web. 0ur security correspondent frank gardnerjoins me now. what more do we know about this? it's quite a detailed report by the mirror. it hasn't so far been reproduced in any of the other newspapers, and the government is saying, simply, we do not comment on security matters, which isn't strictly true, but they are certainly not commenting on this, so there was no official confirmation of it, but then again, there aren't any denials, either. a company which makes the security perimeter is for some of the very sensitive sites, and the report says that, as you mentioned, the porton down defence scientific research establishment in wiltshire, which basically researches some of the most dangerous pathogens. it's not a chemical weapons lab, as th

the then—defence secretary described it as potentially dangerous, but accepted moscow's explanation. the reply by the russian ministrynction of the su—27 fighter. but the pentagon later described the incident in starker terms. leaked us intelligence documents called it a near shootdown. 0ne official said the incident was very, very scary. it's not the only time russian pilots have displayed unprofessional, reckless behaviour. earlier this year, a russian fighterjet forced a remotely piloted us drone to ditch. it was also flying a surveillance mission over the black sea. now despite this near shootdown, raf surveillance aircraft continued to fly missions over the black sea. though, now, they are exported by tycoon ships —— typhoonjets now armed with missiles. this incident was a narrow escaped that could have easily avoided. stars have descended on the london west end for this and some of it does contain flash photography. the gala is billed as a celebration of britain's rich cultural scene with proceeds going to a wide range of performing arts or cremation. 0ur reporter was on the red carpet. i spoke to anna winter b

be crazy not to review the plan with rising costs. 30 gunmen surrounded in a monastery the ministry of defenceonfirmed to the bbc that it will provide the support of armed soldiers to the metropolitan police, after a large number of firearms officers handed in their weapons. they turned in their firearms permits after an armed officer was charged with the murder of 24—year—old chris kaba — who was shot and killed in south london last year. earlier, the home secretary, suella braverman, ordered a review of armed policing. joe inwood reports. chris kaba was unarmed when he was shot and killed in streatham. he was driving a borrowed car. according to police, the vehicle had previously been linked to an incident involving a gun. chris kaba was hit by a single bullet, fired by a police officer. there was widespread outrage at his death, especially amongst london's black community. last week, his family were in court to see a police officer, who is only being referred to as nxizi, charged with murder. they welcomed the prosecution, but it's been met with concern by many of the officer's colleagues.

the ministry of defence tells the bbc it will provide the support of armed soldiers to london police after dozens of met officers handed in their weapons. the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, says the party and there you heard it — the nasa probe which has spent the last seven years flying through space, carrying the largest asteroid sample ever collected, touches down. the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, says the party is considering scrapping some of their house building targets because the current approach is leading to "the wrong houses being built in the wrong places." the lib dems had pledged to build 380,000 homes each year if they come into power, but it's expected that will be abolished tomorrow, at the party's annual conference in bournemouth. live now to our political correspondent helen catt. what are we expecting to be announced?— what are we expecting to be announced? , , ., ,, announced? this is about the issue of housin: announced? this is about the issue of housing targets. _ announced? this is about the issue of housing targets. it _ ann