to a the defence ministry to a percentage of gdp for years. 27:2 we are enough. scared enough lasllueand thendfod -m what happensand thendfod what happensandt , ,, - your it is a change your position. it is a legitimate tactic. �*13— to legitimete testis. we need te ”” ’” "e and legitimete teetie he need te ”” ’” "e and i legitimete teetie he need te 'ee eee "e and i am -lad that fee�*e�*uhe she's“ filed ti? 777777 7'”’"" r=’—�*e't�*"e eee ! erfl filed ttfit 7’ 777’ 7t’t' ”’ has called to paris and i leaders to paris tomorrow and i expect— leaders to paris tomorrow and i expect them to relate to this a very serious a ve serious in a very serious fashion. one ofthe in a very serious fashion. one of the comments _ in a very serious fashion. one of the comments from - in a very serious fashion. que: of the comments from president macron has been that we : buy buy european... cannot external pean. .. cannot external defence, cannot external defence, he :annot external defence, he has ot external defence, he has a buy external defence, he has a strong opinion towards buying 7 w w defence: ,,

yes, inside ukraine reports coming in from the russian defence ministry that russian forces have shotars rocket launch system as well. self—sufficient in continuing to fight its fight. as for the other way, while russia takes things in the central poltava region, to have been killed there. so that's a relatively severe one. but they happen so frequently that it's very difficult looking at these kind of impacts. because russia has been able to both manufacture, continue manufacturing missiles scale on a relatively cheap scale, in this aerial battle. one side can do it at a much greater extent than the other. and clearly, you know, we are still waking up very, very early days. the reuters news agency that ukraine may well have to hold would be agreed with russia. transpires in this war. is keen to engage with moscow as much between trump and putin, perhaps even a visit. but i think more broadly for ukraine, we're hearing trump and vladimir putin. to keep ukraine on that stage and keep himself at that negotiating table. so if we're hearing these proposals that, look, elections in ukraine

i was speaking to sources in the ministry of defence last night, they gave no indication that going beyondat 2.5% figure was an immediate possibility. they said the priority was on setting a date that the uk would hit that target. so no immediate signs that that could happen anytime soon. i think that will be a question that sir keir starmer will face when he makes his trip to washington to visit donald trump for the first time next week. harry farley at westminster, thank you. we can go to kyiv and our ukraine correspondent until there is a clear plan, a clear path to how a peace agreement could be agreed and implemented. so it's not clear what will come out of these initial talks. the american side is saying this is just about seeing how serious moscow is and opening a channel of communication. but the tone over the past week has been a warm one from washington. and for ukraine, as it continues to fight this war alone, of course with the help of western help, the consequences of what we may see the consequences of v pictures 1ay see the consequences of v pictures 1ay s kyiv. we live pict

defence. you were 1e ministry of defence.uded the government security classifications policy which sets out clearly the legal requirements obligations of those who have and obligations of those who have access to secure information at secret or top secret level. official secret or top secret level. is underpinned by the important this is hnderpinned lay the important—7 that access to secure principle that access to secure information is only granted and should only be taken up on a genuine need to know basis. the duty of confidentiality you owed would have 77 7 7dri7l7le7d777777 77 7 7 77 777dri7l7le7d7i77nt77o777 77 7 7 77 7 7dri7l7le7d7i77nt77o7you 77 7 7 drilled i77nt77o you and yet, you been drilled into you and yet, you pass the 1616 00:21:49,048 --> 00:21:4

equally think, thoughrjtis equally that the soldiers were possible that the soldiers were the ministry of defence the soldiers were the ministry c to this ruling. seek a legal possible that the soldiers were the ministry c to this ruling. juliana legal challenge to this ruling. julian in thank challenge to this ruling. julian - in - thank you i challenge to this ruling. julian i - in - thank you very o'neill in belfast, thank you very much for that. thank you. a 15—year—old boy has appeared at sheffield crown court today, at a school in the city. harvey, who was also 15, died after being stabbed in the chest on monday. a provisional trial date has been set forjune. our reporterjessica lane has more. the gates have reopened, but for teachers, students harvey willgoose dead. i've got his grubby t—shirt on so i can smell him. he could get on with a 35—year—old bloke. they went to read some of the messages left outside harvey's school from friends, teachers and others who just making it even stronger. each other support. i was at school and i heard it going around my school, but ijust harvey was very

but the clearly the argument clearly coming from the ministry of defence is that it's notjust about howthe it!) bittienwerth et' savings , the department that can over the course be reinvested over the course of the next decade and are of the next decade and they are trying to that the in defence can drive investing in defence can'drive growth as well. but it economic growth as well. but it is agenda has been �* into the spotlight gieen thrust into the spotlight given the events of the ee'eeee efrss-ess-rtee-ee the ee'eeee efrss-ess-rtee-ee the prime minister while the prime minister tries to provide a between te feeeee eeeeeeeeeeeee a nd es eeeee eeeeeeeeeeee and the is eeeee eeeeeeeteeee and the us as es eeeee eeeeeeeeeeee 7 and the us as well, the europe and the us as well, the kind �* extent to which the uk europe and the us as well, the ki willing (tent to which the uk europe and the us as well, the ki willing to nt to which the uk europe and the us as well, the ki willing to investihich the uk europe and the us as well, the ki willing to invest in :h the uk europe and the us as we

defence. but actually, shouldn't a first starting point be the ministry of defence spending its money? well?>> i fully agree and i think we've got a track record of procurement failure. and also of the army, you know, and other members of defence organising themselves in ways that just don't make sense. so we saw the last defence review where we put effectively a decision to be the world's counterinsurgency gendarmerie , rather than gendarmerie, rather than a coherent fighting division. and our one division now is two bngades our one division now is two brigades and a half brigade. >> just explain what is two bngades >> just explain what is two brigades and a half brigade? what does this mean in numbers and capacity? >> so the army works in threes. so it's three battlegroups to a brigade. >> so how many. people in. >> so how many. people in. >> a battlegroup? 450. and a number of tanks, of course. three battlegroups, two brigade, three brigades to a division. three divisions to a corps. we always worked on the two division setup. so when i joined the army, we had one division in three divisi

later that day ypu'used ta computer to log on to the pull computer to log on to the ministry of defencel administration is you are booking leave system is if ypu are bpski—ngleave yourself. by a system is if ypu are bpski—ngleave your flaw by a system is if ypu are bpski—ngleave your flaw which a system is if ypu are bpski—ngleave your flaw which i you to security flaw which allowed you to search for the details of of 15 you had selected, the 15 soldiers you had selected. took tbgy 15 soldiers you had selected. took screenshots which included you took screenshots which included their full names. you took screenshots which included theirfull names. this information was secret. those promoted to have ten years sergeant’typ'rcattyhave ten years special service soldiers service, special service soldiers experience in other units and have experience in other units and temp two qualify with you may temp two qualify with you succeeding. the to succeeding. the promotion to is a significant sergeant is a significant achievement. they were in = -= trial as the j ” his;{he'séékbgn’e’m ' 77 up; cre