let's go back to mr ellwood. _ actually has not responded. let's go back to mr ellwood.many women as the are fawzia koofi said? many women as they are concerned, _ fawzia koofi said? many women as they are concerned, and _ fawzia koofi said? many women as they are concerned, and it - fawzia koofi said? many women as they are concerned, and it has - fawzia koofi said? many women as| they are concerned, and it has been expressed just now but the question is, are we best place to influence what is going on is, are we best place to influence what is 9 members * is, are we best place to influence what is 9 members of, is, are we best place to influence what is 9 members of parliament have travelled to afghanistan since the alban— travelled to afghanistan since the alban collapsed travelled to afghanistan since the alban collapsec travelled to diplomats have travelled to afghanistan recently and like mr ellwood, — afghanistan recently and like mr ellwood, there were a lot afghanistan recently and like mr ellwood, th( taliban a lot they have set they are taliban 2.0, they have

mr ellwood, erha -s in a globalised world. mr ellwood, perhaps you _ in a globalised world.a globalised world. mr ellwood, perhaps you got a _ in a globalised world. mr ellwood, perhaps you got a sanitised - in a globalised world. mr ellwood, | perhaps you got a sanitised version of afghanistan when you were there. my of afghanistan when you were there. my brother was killed by a terrorist organisation in bali in 2002, i hold a candle for the taliban, let's make this very clear. —— i hold no candle. i want to re—engage so we can challenge the very issues mentioned and i visited helmand province, i was able to drive free without any checkpoints whatsoever to kandahar i couldn't have done that on any one of the dozen visits i did in the last couple of decades. everywhere went across helmand province there were these solar panels which had been distributed to every dwelling, every household, irrigation pumps working, changing the produce being built not from poppies but to cotton and fruit and so forth. this is the sort of livelihood programmes we never saw going when nato was

tobias ellwood is a good man and a good — out? tobias ellwood is a good man and a good mp _ out?d is a good man and a good mp and _ out? tobias ellwood is a good man and a good mp and i've _ out? tobias ellwood is a good man and a good mp and i've washed - out? tobias ellwood is a good man | and a good mp and i've washed him with my— and a good mp and i've washed him with my own eyes rush out to save the lives _ with my own eyes rush out to save the lives in — with my own eyes rush out to save the lives in west minister and 2017. the video— the lives in west minister and 2017. the video sadly is indefensible for the pie _ the video sadly is indefensible for the pie was completely shocked by it. i the pie was completely shocked by it i can't _ the pie was completely shocked by it. i can't believe it exists. i have — it. i can't believe it exists. i have nothing to add beyond what's already— have nothing to add beyond what's already said. the taliban were kicked — already said. the taliban were kicked out of government for a long time by— kicked out of government for a long time by

it's not the 1st time to buy us ellwood has made such statements. in january, he called on board his forces to meet the russians face to face the new cray. as last month during the short lived wagner group mutiny ellwood london to use the situation to destabilize russia. however, the whole case will make it a little longer in various have not been met with support on social media or some uses even invite the tend to take the lead in the trenches. ellwood is a complete moron. he's the one with the big ideas about blowing up the z and p. p. he's been at it for months. tell him to send his own family to the front line or better yet. tell him to go front line, telling you the british public. you're at war with the greatest nuclear arms country on the planet russia. do you seriously want this absolute planned insanity? tobias ellwood as a war monger and an anti democrat tyrant, the worst of the worst. by star radio editor and political unless alexander, my case to bias uh what lives in a fantasy wells on the u. k. doesn't have enough military strengths t

so i think mr. ellwood is living in a fantasy world. there's no, infuse the eyes in full this whatsoever in britain, there's no belief amongst the british population that the russian federation is about to stage some sort of invasion of why the europe and nobody is particularly keen to fight. so mr. elwood and he's policy or indeed anybody within the british political class so widely despised. so i think that should be seen as the desperation of the warmongers in london that their plans are not going right. and many of the number of the coming rather on him uses things go wrong for the c i a is actively engaged on the ground inside you crate and with american offer. tips spreads out across the country. according to anonymous us officials quoted in a report published by newsweek of the c i a has been operating inside ukraine under strict rules, and with a cap on how many personnel can be in the country. at any one time. black, special operators are restricted from conducting clandestine emissions and when they do, it is within a very nar

tobias ellwood is decision.s ellwood is facing a motion of no confidence after publishing a video that claimed afghanistan has improved since the taliban regained power. the conservative former defence minister is facing a backlash from his own committee members after saying corruption is down since the fundamentalists returned in 2021. now he's called for britain to reopen its embassy in kabul britain to reopen its embassy in kabul, following on from the eu, re—establishing a physical presence there last year. mr ellwood deleted his video from twitter and has since expressed regret it over its publication . regret it over its publication. in an and five, whale sharks have been rescued by divers after they were found trapped in fishing nets in ocean waters off indonesia. underwater footage shows these divers pulling fish nets away and gently freeing the whale sharks so they can swim off freely. wonderful pictures . off freely. wonderful pictures. these the whale shark is the largest species of fish in existence.

so i think mr. ellwood is living in a fantasy. well, there's no, infuse the eyes and folders whatsoever in britain. there's no belief amongst the british population that the russian federation is about to stage some sort of invasion of why the europe and nobody is particularly keen to fight. so mr. elwood and he's policy, or indeed anybody within the british political class so widely despised. so i think that should be seen as the desperation of the warmongers in london, that the plans are not going right. and many of the number of the coming rather on him uses things go wrong for the german government has adopted a budget is causing expenditure in many space except for one defense building not funds to reach may toes 2 percent spending target via a special modernization funded by the $100000000000.00. however, that part of the money has already been in locked for washington smoking outrage from a top german military industry executive. and i don't believe that much of the money will be left over for the german industry. germany h

that was a tobias ellwood speaking to me a little earlier.the bbc�*s director general says the outcome of a review into the way the organisation dealt with allegations surrounding presenter huw edwards should be completed by this autumn. tim davie was questioned by a committee of mps, in a session which was arranged before those allegations became public. let's have a listen. if you've got a concern at work, the normal route obviously is to your line manager but that is not always where you can go, that might be where you can go, that might be where problem is. so then we have another route which is our support at work alone, which is, you can just ring up hr, not connected with your line management. but critically, the thing we've introduced, and i am proud of it, i think it is working but we have got more to do in making sure everyone's confidence in it, we have got most people very confident in it where we need to keep working on it, there are still gaps in that, and this is i think normal when you're deploying these things. which is our w

tobias ellwood is a war monger and an anti democrat tyrant. the worst of the worst that is not discussed, this with red star radio editor and political analyst alexander mccain. many thanks for joining cuz i'm a product. i'm always good to see you. so we'll do a reaction to to bias elwoods latest proposal for the u. k. to go to war against washing when it was there was breaks on the ground in your crime doesn't hey. well i think the mr. elwood is suffering from a profound series of delusions.

tobias ellwood as a war monger and an anti democrat tyrant, the worst of the worst. that is now discuss this with red star, radio editor and political analyst alexander mccain. many thanks for joining cuz i'm a product. i'm always good to see you. so we'll do a reaction to to bias elwoods latest proposal for the u. k. to go to war against washing when it was those brakes on the ground a new crime doesn't. hey, as well, i think that mr. elwood is suffering from a profound series of delusions. given that the british army is only the size of a moderately large football stadium in terms of its actual fighting capability. most independent military experts think that it could only must 812-222-5000 men at most. and ukraine's already lost that many in its late latest defensive. so i'm not sure why mister elwoods going to get this me from give him the he talks about mobilizing procurement processes, but to supply and um, if the size needed to actually go to war with russia, which can wield this rather large army and has a huge military industrial infrastructure, which i coul

tobias ellwood as a war monger and an anti democrat tyrant, the worst of the worst. i saw a radio editor on political analyst alexander my case to bias elwoods lives in a fantasy. well then the you take.

so mr ellwood, a former country.the soldier, argued that the evidence showed security had vastly improved , corruption vastly improved, corruption reduced and opium trade ended . i reduced and opium trade ended. i don't know what part of afghanistan he went to. this sounds in fairness. >> they have they have they have clamped down control. they've got the opium trade under control, the heroin trade. so i mean, can't make good bad mean, you can't make good bad for they were for news scotland. they were hoping a deal there. hoping to cut a deal there. but i good for news i mean, it's good for news afghanistan and, you know, believes country not being believes in a country not being based on narco profits. well exactly. >> this does read a little bit like a really posh kid has gone on a gap year and come back and has found anything positive to say about their trip either that or it's the same as sort of he's been captured and he's just trying to say anything to get himself released. but he hasn't been captured. he hasn'

tobias ellwood is facing and selby. a video praising the taliban and saying that afghanistan had been transformed. he has since said he got it wrong. he has apologised and deleted the clip. nigel farage has praised the government following a report that ministers are considering making new laws to stop banks closing customers accounts because they disagree with their political views. it comes after his bank account was closed by coutts and reports suggest under new plans banks could lose their licences if they cut ties with customers with controversial views. you are watching bbc news. thousands of senior doctors in england have walked out for 48 hours in a dispute with the government over pay. it means that almost all planned nhs care in england has come to a standstill. the senior doctors — or consultants — have been offered a 6% pay rise. they say that's not enough. the doctors' union — the british medical association — says that since 2008 consultants' take home pay has fallen in real terms by 35% — that's taking ch

what's going to be talking about this tobias ellwood, should that tobias ellwood, or should that be has had an be mullah ellwood has had an absolute pr disaster from going to afghanistan. and essentially in a roundabout way anyway, praising the taliban . i think we praising the taliban. i think we might have a little clip . might have a little clip. >> happened here >> all that's happened here since 911. this is a very different country in deal. >> i look forward to his trip to somalia. i don't know about you or north korea. anyway in other news, i'm also going to be talking a lot about this as well. another hammer blow for people who think that electric vehicles all round good vehicles are an all round good idea. they might not be anywhere near as green you think. near as green as you think. patrick christie's dup . news patrick christie's dup. news loads on today. get the emails coming in thick and fast. vaiews@gbnews.com. do you feel offended by the european union seeming intent on calling the falkland islands last malvinas? but yes, right now it is your headunes. headlines. >> very

so mr ellwood, a former country.e soldier, argued that the evidence showed security had vastly improved , corruption vastly improved, corruption reduced and opium trade ended . i reduced and opium trade ended. i don't know what part of afghanistan he went to. this sounds in fairness. >> they have they have they have clamped down control. they've got the opium trade under control, the heroin trade. so i mean, can't make good bad mean, you can't make good bad for they were for news scotland. they were hoping a deal there. but hoping to cut a deal there. but i mean, good for news i mean, it's good for news afghanistan and, you know, believes not being believes in a country not being based on narco profits. well exactly. >> this does read a little bit like a really posh kid has gone on a gap year come back and on a gap year and come back and has found anything positive to say about their trip either that or it's the same as sort of he's been captured and he's just trying to say anything to get himself released. but he ha

mr ellwood has since said that "he got it wrong". he has apologised and deleted the clip. it will be the first king's speech given by king charles as monarch — although he gave the queen's speech in 2022 in the place of queen elizabeth. in the speech he'll announce the government's legislative programme for the following year. you're live with bbc news. the boss of one of britain's biggest banks has apologised to the former uk independence party leader nigel farage after a row over why his coutts bank account was closed. alison rose, the chief executive at natwest, says comments made about him were deeply inappropriate. mr farage said his account had been closed because his political views didn't align with the bank's values. the government has announced that banks will now face tougher rules over closing customer's accounts in a move designed to protect freedom of expression. always good to get an apology, especially from someone running a bank, so thank you for the apology, but it feels a bit forced on the treasury made her do this, i have no doubt about that. and i want

mr ellwood has upset a lot of people with this video.hat the current _ afghan women? thank you. look, i do agree with that the current strategy i agree with that the current strategy of the uk and european countries trying to affect the agenda in afghanistan from afar is not working and that we do actually need to engage more directly and more robustly, but i think what is missing here and like tobias has really missed the mark is that he has airbrushed the ongoing cruelty of the taliban regime. i like many of the taliban regime. i like many of the taliban regime. i like many of the afghan diaspora women and men are in complete shock to hear that the taliban governance of afghanistan is being praised without mentioning that it has been 667 days since the taliban banned girls from school and shorter seven days since the taliban banned women from university, not mentioning the arbitrary arrests and shooting of former government and security personnel, public executions, not mentioning that women have been banned from working for ngos in th

tobias ellwood as a war monger and an anti democrat tyrant, the worst of the worst. i saw a radio editor and political unless, alexander, my case to bias elwoods lives and have fun to say, well then the u. k. doesn't have enough military strengths to stays russia. i think that mister elwood is suffering from a profound series of delusions, given that the british army is only the size of a moderately large football stadium in terms of its actual fighting capability. most independent military experts speak that it could only must 812-222-5000 men at most. and ukraine's already lost that many units late latest defensive. so i'm not sure why mister elwoods going to get this me from. give him the he talks about mobilizing procurement processes, but to supply and um, if the size needed to actually go to war with russia, which can wield this rather large army and has a huge military industrial infrastructure, which i can fundamental change in the british economy. not seen so many decades, so i think mr. elwood is living in a fantasy world. there's no infuse the eyes and pul

yeah >> this is tobias ellwood facing the fence committee.after taliban remarks. you may well have seen he put out this video and the parts of it were misguided. the music was a bit strange. it was a pro—taliban with upbeat music was a bit strange. it was a pro—asliban with upbeat music was a bit strange. it was a pro—as if an with upbeat music was a bit strange. it was a pro—as if he with upbeat music was a bit strange. it was a pro—as if he was with upbeat music was a bit strange. it was a pro—as if he was launchingeat music as if he was launching a new leisure centre . new leisure centre. >> it was kind of slightly misguided or looking for venture caphal >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> and piers morgan has hammered him music and the him about the music and the music was misguided the tone music was misguided and the tone was misguided. music was misguided and the tone wasbut misguided. music was misguided and the tone wasbut essenceied. music was misguided and the tone wasbut essence of. music was misguided and the tone wasbut essence of

met with support on social media by some uses even invited him to take the lead in the trenches. ellwood is a complete moron. he's the one with the big ideas about blowing up the z and p p. he's been at it for months. tell him to send his own family to the front line or better yet. tell him to go front line telling you the.

a vote of no confidence has been launched against tobias ellwood, he comes after he was criticised forthe uk to engage with the country. he has since said he got it wrong and has deleted the clip. nigel farage has praised the government following reports ministers are considering making new laws to stop banks closing customers accounts because they disagree with their political views. because they disagree with their politicalviews. it because they disagree with their political views. it comes after his bank account was closed by the private bank coutts and it seems that under new plans banks could lose their licences if they cut ties with customers with controversial views. the supreme court in india has been disturbed about allegations of sexual assault. two women were paraded naked by a mob. this video has sparked — paraded naked by a mob. this video has sparked mass _ paraded naked by a mob. this video has sparked mass outrage - paraded naked by a mob. this video has sparked mass outrage in - paraded naked by a mob. this video has sparked mass outrage in india l has sparked mass ou

yeah >> this is tobias ellwood facing the fence committee. vote after taliban remarks. you may well have seen he put out this video and the parts of it were misguided. the music was a bit strange. it was a pro—taliban with upbeat music was a bit strange. it was a pro—asliban with upbeat music was a bit strange. it was a pro—as if an with upbeat music was a bit strange. it was a pro—as if he with upbeat music was a bit strange. it was a pro—as if he was with upbeat music was a bit strange. it was a pro—as if he was launchingeat music as if he was launching a new leisure centre . new leisure centre. >> it was kind of slightly misguided or looking for venture caphal >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> and piers morgan has hammered him music and the him about the music and the music was misguided the tone music was misguided and the tone was misguided. was a touch misguided. >> of what he >> but the essence of what he said wasn't that to me said wasn't that bad to me because friend who went because i have a friend who went out lived there out and li

tobias ellwood subsequently deleted the clip.there are new laws planned to stop banks closing customer accounts because they disagree with their political views. this comes after his accounts were closed by coutts because his views did not align with its values. you are alive with bbc news. millions of people across the globe are continuing to struggle with sweltering heat. parts of southern europe are experiencing another scorching day. in greece, fires like these continued to burn in the west of the capital athens. romania, slovakia and poland are sending around 200 firefighters to help greek authorities tackle the blazes. there are also high temperatures across large parts of the southern us. this was the sunrise in phoenix, arizona. the state has matched 20 consecutive days of temperatures of 43.3 celsius or higher. in south carolina, local officials organise an air—conditioner giveaway to help those affected. tens of millions of americans are still under excessive heat warnings. the world health organization has warned that

joined now by tobias ellwood, who is chair of the defence select committee.rmer foreign affairs foreign sorry, foreign secretary, foreign secretary , is also going foreign secretary, is also going to be able to join us. but we're just trying to get him up on the line at the moment. but tobias, as i've got you, let me just put this to you. president biden has already said that not going already said that he's not going to it easy for the ukraine to make it easy for the ukraine to make it easy for the ukraine to join. and his national security adviser, jake sullivan, says ukraine will be says that ukraine will not be joining nato out this joining nato coming out of this wmmw joining nato coming out of this summit. it sort of put the kibosh on that discussion before they've even started, it ? >> 7. >>i ? >> i think 7— >> i think he's 7_ >> i think he's. 7 >> i think he's . well, ? >> i think he's . well, good >> i think he's. well, good afternoon. he's put it in perspective as to the perhaps difficult road that ukraine will have to take a look where we are with

the ellwood theater was damaged when a car slammed into a building yesterday afternoon. the owner says that theater has electrical damage. the theater owner says the whole thing happen because of a dog in the car. >> the poodle started -- sttl the driver by jumping in the front seat. the driver made a u-turn and landed in our building, against our building. kristen: the owner was hoping to get the repair work done by tomorrow when the theater is supposed to begin showing "oppenheimer," one of the biggest movies of the summer, but he told us the repairs will not be done in time to get moviegoers back in theaters this weekend. julian: dozens of picke gathered outside netflix headquarters, one of the many actions happening as a result of the actors strike in california. >> strikes in hollywood are captioning -- capturing worldwide attention. actors joined the riders get of america, who have been on strike for months. >> it look at residuals for our efforts. >> this actor brought one of his residual checks to the picket line. it is made out for one cent. >> we are not asking

tobias ellwood has gone off on a frolic of his own, from what i can tell, and said some extraordinarys a frolic is silly language _ to describe it as a frolic is silly language to start with and i think it was— language to start with and i think it was very— language to start with and i think it was very brave and impressive up tobias _ it was very brave and impressive up tobias to— it was very brave and impressive up tobias to actually go off and see for himself and i suspect there are very few_ for himself and i suspect there are very few people commenting about the stories— very few people commenting about the stories that have actually been to afghanistan. richard and i both serve _ afghanistan. richard and i both serve there, tobias has been an all credit— serve there, tobias has been an all credit to _ serve there, tobias has been an all credit to him. i don't know if i agree — credit to him. i don't know if i agree with _ credit to him. i don't know if i agree with tobias but i respect him for doing _ agree with tobias but i respect him for doing what she has done, i respect —

>> speaking wets, >> now speaking about tory wets, andrea tobias ellwood, who is a former soldier , hasrong after recording a tone deaf video celebrating the taliban's progress corruption progress and tackling corruption in trade in in the opium trade in afghanistan. was bizarre. afghanistan. this was bizarre. watch >> it may be hard to believe, but security has vastly improved. >> corruption is down and the opium trade has all but disappeared. well, here in kabul disappeared. well, here in kabul, the streets are relatively safe . the checkpoints relatively safe. the checkpoints have all gone. business is are reopening. the economy is starting to function. our british embassy is just through those gates over there. unfortunately it's still closed i >>i >> i mean, andrea, given , for >> i mean, andrea, given, for example, i don't know the inhumane treatment of women. it's quite bizarre to see owlwood they're making almost like propaganda video for the like a propaganda video for the for the taliban . for the taliban. >> absolutely. i mean , i come up >> absolutely. i mean, i come up with

>> speaking wets, >> now speaking about tory wets, andrea tobias ellwood, who is a former soldier , hasr recording a tone deaf video celebrating the taliban's progress corruption progress and tackling corruption in trade in in the opium trade in afghanistan. was bizarre. afghanistan. this was bizarre. watch >> it may be hard to believe, but security has vastly improved. but security has vastly imfcorruption is down and the >> corruption is down and the opium trade has all but disappeared. well, here in kabul disappeared. well, here in kabul, the streets are relatively safe . the checkpoints relatively safe. the checkpoints have all gone. business is are reopening. the economy is starting to function. our british embassy is just through those gates over there. unfortunately it's still closed i >>i >> i mean, andrea, given , for >> i mean, andrea, given, for example, i don't know the inhumane treatment of women. it's quite bizarre to see owlwood they're making almost like propaganda video for the like a propaganda video for the for the taliban . for the taliban. >> absolutely. i mean , i

conservative mp tobias ellwood said he got it wrong when he posted a video on social media saying afghanistanliban. the bournemouth mp said corruption in the country was falling and security had improved, but he was criticised for not reflecting how restrictive life is for afghan women. he has now deleted the video. nigel farage has released documents which he says back up his claim that his account at the bank coutts was closed because his views did not align with their values. 0ur chief political correspondent nick eardleyjoins us now from westminster. there is claim and counterclaim, who is right? to there is claim and counterclaim, who is riuht? ., , there is claim and counterclaim, who is riuht? .,, ., , there is claim and counterclaim, who is riuht? ., , ., , ., ., is right? to be honest, we have not seen all documents _ is right? to be honest, we have not seen all documents and _ is right? to be honest, we have not seen all documents and cannot - is right? to be honest, we have not seen all documents and cannot say| seen all documents and cannot say with certainty. this row has escalat

news, another one of your. to the news, another one of your colleagues in a bit of trouble, tobias ellwood