who were picked foreign service officers who were picked foreign service officers who were picked because they're thought to be because they're thought to be because they're thought to be future superstars uh and surely she has future superstars uh and surely she has future superstars uh and surely she has fulfilled that expectation fulfilled that expectation fulfilled that expectation but nothing about her capabilities uh but nothing about her capabilities uh but nothing about her capabilities uh will determine whether she can succeed will determine whether she can succeed will determine whether she can succeed the real issue here is the uh the the the real issue here is the uh the the the real issue here is the uh the the deep crisis of relations and she has an deep crisis of relations and she has an deep crisis of relations and she has an extremely hard uh situation ahead of her extremely hard uh situation ahead of her extremely hard uh situation ahead of her with a very reduced embassy staff a very with a very reduced embassy staff a very with a very reduced embassy sta

bill the foreign office.on fine art as well as fine dining civil servants in 14 government departments, spending nearly £150 million on the cards in 2021. a huge rise in spending since 2010 to 11. cameron warning about the culture of overseas in westminster . let's get more now westminster. let's get more now with joining us in the studio just to reiterate the importance of this is our money taxpayer's that's being spent one does assume is overseas perhaps from the national audit office. but it's labour that seems to be blowing whistle. having introduced the cards, of course, you remember in 1997. yes. the cards were introduced at the start of the government and have actually the government is keeping these cards and both parties say the cards actually do provide a use transaction costs using cards, reduce the costs using cards, reduce the cost by 35% for the taxpayer, as opposed doing the sort of more complicated means of expense . so complicated means of expense. so there is a benefit to using these cards,

now have you reached out for comments from the foreign office, autumn? smith international. how do you think they will react to these documents being published? well, we reached out to adam smith international. we reached out to the researches who were named in the documents. the for research is the 4 main researchers who named in the documents we reached at 2 days to the strategic dialogue. who was the other member of the consortium working with adam smith international. i sd decline. well, they didn't reply to our request comment. and so adam smith international declined to comment, they sent us a very short generic comment. and the 3 of the researchers didn't reply to this question for comment and but one of them day, then you can see her responses in the full article. and she says that she had believed that the time that working as a power steering and she's this is another interesting aspect of the story. she's actually palestinian father is a palestinian. and she said that she believe that the time that as a palestinian working within the sort of british government ins

foreign office officials spent almos t £345,000 on foreign office officials spent almost £345,000 onwhitehall departments spent at least £145 million using gp across the year. shadow levelling up minister alex norris says the government has been careless public money. what we've revealed today is a culture of a government that's very, very casual with the public's money. you know, as we talk businesses up and down the country are opening up and we know those businesses will be very on the money that they spend as the cost of their operations because they have to be. we would take same approach, that same level of because you look some of the things we've look at some of the things we've revealed, give the revealed, you just give the government need spend government really need to spend that theatre training that money on theatre training that money on theatre training that need those that they really need those pictures from tate gallery . pictures from the tate gallery. well the parliamentary under secretary for the department of transport , richard holden, is transport, richard hol

in such an atmosphere, as far as the foreign office is concerned, contacts with it are carried out according to, uh, necessity. mostly. it is also for the transmission of various protest messages. there are no in-depth discussions of exchanges of views here. and unfortunately, the british believe that they understand everything wrong and this is a deep delusion. andrey vladimirovich and how do you assess the current state of relations between russia and london in general. well, at least they talked about it. well, such a question arose. can it come to pass in general, yes, the severance of diplomatic relations or still there is room for diplomacy and how difficult it is to work in such conditions. well, you can see the relations here, close to zero, if we had previously preserved, but nevertheless, the fields of interaction in the sphere of economics and culture, then at first the operation in ukraine, these parts were also torn off, destroyed about all the architecture of practically relations between the two sides, and british side. and we understand this and а initiatives, but we will not

they claim that foreign office have spent almos t £345,000 on that foreign office have spent almost £345,000ol sale in 2021. so joining me now to look at this is nigel nelson , who's the political nelson, who's the political editor of the sunday mirror , the editor of the sunday mirror, the sunday people. good morning, nigel , to see you. good morning. nigel, to see you. good morning. it sounds like labour spent a huge amount of time a huge amount of effort . what was it, amount of effort. what was it, 300 feet of freedom of information requests and parliamentary questions . tried parliamentary questions. tried to get to the bottom of this, but there's nothing really to say. is that . well, i'm that's say. is that. well, i'm that's why the tories want you to believe. and yes , absolutely believe. and yes, absolutely right. it is a bit of a political stunt which shows, if anything, that politics is getting back to normal after the turbulence about here. but the government procurement card is essentially the people's plastic in the sense that taxpayers pick up the tab it. and given this this i

i can understand when the foreign office spends a lot on entertainment and cocktail parties as foreigns, you might you know, i don't think president macron is going to be happy going mcdonald's to be happy going to mcdonald's . understand why an . but i don't understand why an education minister is having these kind of same expenses. and then in in that book, he referred to power trip by david bright. he talks about when he's over washington, in york over in washington, in new york , brown , how he goes , with gordon brown, how he goes out to bars . we have we have out to bars. we have we have some of these quotes here that we can show on the screen . this we can show on the screen. this is from damian mcbride's book power trip. if we chartered a flight from ba virgin in or one of the occasional private airlines we used, then the food and booze we'd normally consume was on the flight, was obviously thrown in as well . you also thrown in as well. you also wrote, we drive out to summers, restaurant and sports in arlington on saturday morning , arlington on saturday morning, sunday luncht

with regards to the security situation is, is no longer a decision for our agency, but for the foreign office or brussels summon tongue twisted. the german foreign minister and in a bare book has asked for the turkish syrian borders to be opened for rescue supplies, something that could prove difficult. meanwhile, the volunteers in own will continue their mission, and the blue trucks will keep driving to the u. s. now where the military has shot down an unidentified object over alaska, on orders from president joe biden. officials say it posed a threat to civilian flights. the u. s. air force down there suspected chinese spy balloon. just last week. the white house says it's not clear where the latest object came from. adam in abundance of caution, and the recommendation of the pentagon, president biden ordered the military to down the object and they did. and it came in inside our territorial waters. we have no further details about the object at this time, including any description of its capabilities, purpose, or origin. the object was about the size of a small car, so not similar in size

with regards to the security situation is, is no longer a decision for our agency bought for the foreign office or brussels summons on the postage. the german foreign minister and that in a bad book has asked for the turkish syrian borders to be opened for rescue supplies, something that could prove difficult. meanwhile, the volunteers in own will continue their mission, and the blue trucks will keep driving. other stories now making use around the world at this hour. the u. s. military has shot down an unidentified object over alaska on the orders of president joe biden official. she had posed a threat to civilian flights. the u. s. air force down the suspected chinese spy balloon. last week, the white house says it's not clear where the latest object came from. no. the origin authorities in chile have arrested at least 20 people suspected of starting forest fires. the blazers of killed dozens is drought and record temperatures fuel the flame. a curfew is in force in the worst areas. the leaders of brazil and the us have been holding talk to reset relations with a focus on democracy and climat

regards to the security situation, but this is no longer a decision for our agency, but for the foreign office or brussels, tend to push the german foreign minister and in a bad book has asked for the turkish syrian borders to be open for rescue supplies, something that could prove difficult. meanwhile, the volunteers in olm will continue their mission, and the blue trucks will keep driving. let's bring you up to speed now it's mother stories making headlines around the world. mystery surrounds the object the us as it shot down over alaska on the orders of president biden. the object object which was described as roughly the size of a small car was said to pose a threat to civilian aviation last week. the us down a suspected chinese bible and over the atlantic origin of the object, one of south africa's most famous wrappers has been shot dead by unknown attackers . 35 year old karen and forbes known as ha, was gunned down alongside and other men as they left a restaurant in the southeastern city of durban. police say the motive is not known . sports is now and american football super bowl is t

the foreign office countries.h people are still missing following disaster. and downing street said afternoon the uk will continue assess the situation and stands ready to

donald mclean worked for the british foreign office. unt and kern cross were philby's counterintelligence officers, and burgess was in intelligence. restoring communication is always a risk suddenly agents have already been lured away recruit a person. well, it's very interesting , very suitable in that it turns out that he works for the counterintelligence of the enemy. and just like that, there was a question of not framing these very interesting young people with great prospects. the foreign intelligence departments believed the cambridge five, but he was sure that he would always find the fitin. in september 1939, world war ii began. european countries, one after another, fell under the onslaught of the german military machine more denmark norway belgium france at that time fitin made several business trips abroad. the main thing is to germany, where the red chapel was left without communication, what is important after the visit of the fitin, contacts were restored with the red chapel from the british. a piano transmitter , a radio

the british foreign office demanded that st.ersburg immediately recall vitkevich, and at the same time the russian ambassador to tehran , semyonovich. and nicholas can't stand the pressure the british, he declares the action of vitkevishch arbitrariness and withdraws the russian guarantees from the treaty with access. russia transmits for the first time on may 1, 1839. ivan vitkevich arrived in st. petersburg and settled in the paris hotel on malaya morskaya street with him. he brought an extensive archive of travel records to kabul bukhara and persia. on the morning of may 9, vitkevich was found shot dead in his room, according to the official version. he committed suicide , among other things, because he could not bear the shame of actually betraying those who believed him according to another version of vitkevich, the afghans were killed by english agents, because the entire archive of the paper scout from several huge chests disappeared without a trace. however, it is not so important who or what killed rekevich, the cowardi

this is almost word for word the british foreign office demanded from st.immediately and the russian ambassador in tehran. and nikolai cannot withstand the pressure of the british; he declares vitkevich's action to be arbitrariness and withdraws russian guarantees from the agreement with dosmukhamid. russia annexes afghanistan for the first time on may 1, 1839. ivan vitkevich arrived in st. petersburg and settled in the paris hotel on malaya morskaya street with him. he brought an extensive archive of travel records to kabul bukhara and a pension. on the morning of may 9, vilkevich was found in his room, shot according to the official version. he committed suicide, among other things , because he could not bear the shame of the fact that in fact betrayed, the afghans who believed him, according to another version of vitkevich, were killed by english agents, because the entire archive of the paper intelligence officer from several huge chests disappeared without a trace who or what killed russian officials or british spies? i think it can be said that withou

the foreign office countries. the foreign office says british people are still missing following disaster. and downing street said afternoon the uk will continue assess the situation and stands ready to provide further term assistance as when it's needed . the partner as when it's needed. the partner of the missing mother of two, nicola bullae, has visited river bankin nicola bullae, has visited river bank in lancashire, where she vanished. paul ansel went to the field where her phone and dog were found near the river wyre as continue their 12th day of the search . nicola went missing the search. nicola went missing while taking her dog for a walk and after dropping her children off at school . meanwhile, the off at school. meanwhile, the private underwater rescue team that's been helping police has now pulled out of the search . now pulled out of the search. the former labour mp, jared has been found guilty of counts of fraud. all committed whilst he was in. the 41 year old who was a member of parliament between

regards to the security situation, but it is no longer a decision for our agency, but for the foreign office or brussels president. the german foreign minister in a bad book has asked for the turkish syrian borders to be open for rescue supplies, something that could prove difficult. meanwhile, the volunteers in olm will continue their mission. and the blue trucks will keep driving. ah, american footballs, super bowl, 50 southern takes place on sunday between the kansas city chiefs and the philadelphia, eagles. hundreds of millions of people are expected to tune in to what will definitely be a one of the kind, super bowl 2 brothers will be competing against each other. and for the 1st time in super bowl history to black quarterbacks will be competing against each other. the stage is set in arizona for one of the most remarkable super bowls. yet it's the 1st time american football showpiece. we'll have 2 black starting quarterbacks as kansas city chiefs star patrick, no homes take some jail and hurts. and his philadelphia eagles, the significance of the moment is not lost on any one that has

with regards to the security situation is, is no longer a decision for our agency, but for the foreign office or brussels summons on the postage. the german foreign minister and in a bad book has asked for the turkish syrian borders to be open for rescue supplies, something that could prove difficult. meanwhile, the volunteers in olm will continue their mission. and the blue trucks will keep driving. ah, american footballs, super bowl, 50 southern takes place on sunday between the kansas city chiefs of the philadelphia, eagles. hundreds of millions of people are expected to tune in to what will definitely be a will of the kind super bowl 2 brothers will be competing against each other. and for the 1st time and super bowl history to black quarterbacks will be competing against each other. the stage is set in arizona for one of the most remarkable super bowls. yet it's the 1st time american football showpiece. we'll have 2 black starting quarterbacks as kansas city chiefs star patrick now homes take some jaylen hurts and his philadelphia eagles. the significance of the moment is not lost on any

such a statement was made at a meeting of the heads of the ministry of defense and the british foreign officeith australian colleagues usa uk australia alcohols. i believe that over the next decade the world will be more unstable more anxious and no longer confident and only building and strengthening our coalitions. whether it's nato. a bite or other multilateral alliances depending on the set of problems. we will be able to cope with this bite was created in 2021 at the initiative of the united states under the pretext of containing china in the asia-pacific region, the military alliance, bypassing the magat and the world community, will allow supplying australia with a nuclear fleet in the foreseeable future, in reality this is the destabilizing factor that he calls for resist to the british secretary of defense, but which the alkos himself creates. it is important to stop the attempts of the french, the germans, or anyone else to negotiate with russia, this was stated by the former us presidential adviser on us security, john bolton, he became the main character of the next exposure of vo

i think uh in the foreign office. austria can have no illusions. with regard to the fact that these reciprocal steps will inevitably follow dmitry evgenievich, of course, the fewer diplomats, the less opportunities the embassy has. eh, that's understandable. this and here we are observed on the example of our representatives of other e, european countries. well, here's how it works now. uh, our embassy in austria, as in connection with the fact that regular employees are being sent out , the functionality is narrowing. uh, we are working, of course, in difficult conditions. uh, the pressure is serious, but we will firmly stand up for the protection of the interests of our fatherland. one interesting point. i would like to mention e in those verbal notes that we received today there is an interesting word. uh, the ministry of foreign affairs has to to declare personal nongradt outside the brackets remains the question. why and by whom forced the austrian foreign ministry, but the question is probably uh enough uh, rhetorical vienna makes a conscious

regards to the security situation, so this is no longer a decision for our agency bought for the foreign office or brussels. tend to put in the german foreign minister and in a bad book has asked for the turkish syrian borders to be open for rescue supplies, something that could prove difficult. meanwhile, the volunteers in olm will continue their mission, and the blue trucks will keep driving. ukrainian officials say russia has launched thousands of missiles and its latest wave of attacks on the countries energy infrastructure. ukrainian air force. they shut down 61 out of 71 rockets. the attacks on friday morning triggered air raid sirens in cities across ukraine. residence has been urged to take shelter, including in the capitol keith. earlier i spoke to marina miran defense expert at king's college, london is what she had to say. well, we have been seeing as some reports for weeks and talking about the potential russian offensive, and that was one of the reasons why is the issue was deploying tanks to ukraine was so urgent. and now we're talking about a potentially deploying fighter jets. a

it comes as a foreign office minister warns the death toll could reach 50,000. the prime minister's bill to cut eu red tape is in jeopardy as he faces rebellion over his plan to scrap clean water regulation . the clean water regulation. the government's retained eu law bill would ditch protections for swimmers and wildlife . the swimmers and wildlife. the labour party has claimed that bbc chair richard sharpe's position is increasingly untenable. it comes after a committee of meps found that he had made significant errors of judgement in relation to an £800,000 loan to the then prime minister, boris johnson . and in minister, boris johnson. and in the past few hours the super bowl has wrapped up in the united states. showbiz reporter kinsey schofield was there and we'll be bringing us all the details. a rihanna's blockbuster halftime show and presenter sara khanis halftime show and presenter sara khan is here . today, a new khan is here. today, a new pairing. and for the next couple of days, isabelle's on half term and that lovely to see you. nice to be with you

everyone would like to see it, but everyone is talking about this matter. here is the head of the foreign office of the central committee of the people's republic of china of the communist party of the people's republic of china, so to speak, in all relevant countries, and he was actively working on panasiart as far as we understand and his hungarian comrades, so to speak. well, let's go back to our fields for a bit. as they say in our native land, and talk about what i think is a very interesting case. thank you for his coverage of the bigusenko project . it is about the terrorists of the so-called lpr andriy onufriy , who would have to judge how a militant of the terrorist lpr heads his own enterprise in dnipro and signs contracts with state-owned enterprises , this is exactly what is said in the investigation by bigus-info , which was conducted in particular by journalist yaroslava volvach, and we are already in touch with ms. yaroslav, we congratulate you. glory to ukraine. congratulations to the heroes. please tell our viewers, maybe those who have not seen this investigation, what kind of

the former conservative leaders, he wasjoined by uyghurs who live here in the uk outside the foreign officeappen. nothing conveys our disapproval of what's going on with xinjiang, orfor that matter in hong kong, but if we sanction people that are responsible for that immediately. once you do that, no need for talking on this any more. we now show notjust our disapproval but our outrage at what's taking place in president xi's name. and also says that there is an individual in the uk that was held individual in the uk that was held in those camps wants to bring a private prosecution against the senior chinese official if he comes here, the government should consider that and go—ahead. at the same time, this feeds into the same picture because the minister spokesman question today how china's role in the balloons and that issue and that raises the question and the focus on assisting the challenge to our values and interests which grow more acute as china goes more authoritarian. and they're reviewing how it designates china and abroad review of policy that should be published in the next few

just necessary and, uh, of course, i appreciate the attention you're giving to your work at the foreign office, listen. how do you feel about us again and i will be ready to participate in an interactive discussion. thanks a lot. the floor is given to the international affairs committee. please take a look, thank you there too, vyacheslav viktorovich dear colleagues, dear sergey viktorovich thank you for your performance. we, as always, at the beginning of the year, spend hours from above at the state duma site on topical issues of foreign policy. today. this is a comparison of watches, especially on the eve of the upcoming acquaintance of our whole country and the whole world with the updated concept of the foreign policy of the russian federation, a very accurate diagnosis of the processes that are taking place today in world politics in the system of international relations, where our strategic friends, in fact, are enemies the west are trying in every possible way to resist peacetime russia , russian foreign minister sergei lavrov, these minutes are speaking at the government hour in the s

the foreign office budget has been cut very substantially . foreign cut very substantially.y budgets were some time ago they the two offices that combine . the two offices that combine. and i think they've just been shifting where they inherited wanat because i want to come back to you, david can we justify really any expenditure at the moment when ? we have got at the moment when? we have got massive, massive of crisis at the minute, just right now. should we pause it for a year ? i should we pause it for a year? i mean, i think , i think you need mean, i think, i think you need to look at it on a case by case basis. i think there are well placed invest and donations in terms of international development will reap rewards for us in the future. but that's something for the government current policy to look at. so i don't think something that we should pause temporarily , should pause temporarily, permanently we need to look at case by case basis. but i do think we need to see both in terms human developments that terms of human developments that we obviously, know, when you

with regards to the security situation is, is no longer a decision for our agency, but for the foreign office or brussels summons solution. the german foreign minister and in a bad book is asked for the turkish syrian borders to be open for rescue supplies, something that could prove difficult. meanwhile, the volunteers in own will continue their mission, and the blue trucks will keep driving. now some of the, of the stories making news from around the world is where the emergency services say a man and a 6 year old boy has been killed in a suspected car. ramming on the outskirts of jerusalem is where the authority said 5 others were wounded and police killed the palestinian driver in the incident at a bus stop in vermont. a jewish settlement in east jerusalem. tensions have remained high since a palestinian gun attack last month killed 7 people. u. s. officials have released the 1st images of agents recovering the remains of a chinese balloon shot down last weekend. the u. s. is the balloon was part of a huge surveillance program targeting over 40 countries. china insists it was a civilian a

in a statement, china's foreign office said it would be making solemn representations to the us diplomat. it described washington's use of force as an over—reaction. ukraine is set to replace its defence minister, oleksii reznikov, in the highest—profile change, after a corruption scandal in his department. there's been no comment from mr reznikov who hasn't been personally implicated in the procurement scandal involving the purchase of rations at inflated prices. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. viktor orban can make a strong claim to be europe's most successful leader. after four consecutive election victories, he's admired by cultural conservatives and nationalists from moscow to washington. he wins elections, yes — but is he a democrat or has he subverted democracy and undermined the cause of freedom — notjust in hungary, but across the eu? well, my guest, zsuzsanna szelenyi, was his ally in the early days of the fidesz party. now she is an arch—critic. but has orban found a politicalformula — illiberal democracy — for which his opponents have no an

anyone from the foreign office? anyone who was talking to you as a liaison between your family and your father via the german government? are you in touch with anyone here in berlin? and yes, we're talking to the and foreign ministry. of course it's, it's not somebody who can tell us anything about what's, what is really going on, what they're doing behind the scenes. but we have somebody who talks to us, it's the same person who would probably talk to you and give you the same information that's. that's another problem that we don't have insight into. what is being really done to save my, my dad. we don't have a person there that can, that can answer my questions on. is this going to be the 1st step and the only step what's going on is i've got about, i've got about a minute. let me clear it. so you are in touch with the foreign ministry here in germany, but you're, you're not satisfied with what germany is doing for, for your father, who's a german citizen. right. i'm not a brief on that. yeah. no, of course they

the foreign office budget has been cut very substantially . foreign cut very substantially.y budgets were some time ago they the two offices that combine . the two offices that combine. and i think they've just been shifting where they inherited wanat because i want to come back to you, david can we justify really any expenditure at the moment when ? we have got at the moment when? we have got massive, massive of crisis at the minute, just right now. should we pause it for a year ? i should we pause it for a year? i mean, i think , i think you need mean, i think, i think you need to look at it on a case by case basis. i think there are well placed invest and donations in terms of international development will reap rewards for us in the future. but that's something for the government current policy to look at. so i don't think something that we should pause temporarily , should pause temporarily, permanently we need to look at case by case basis. but i do think we need to see both in terms human developments that terms of human developments that we obviously, know, when you

next year, i will be hosting the nato foreign office in the united states together as we celebrate thety-fifth anniversary of the strongest defense alliance in the history of the world and there should be no doubt that the commitment of the united states to article five of the tired alliance is rock solid and everyone an alliance member knows this and russia knows this attack on one member. nato is regarded as an attack on the entire bloc. the past year showed that the united states, their allies, were able to unite and respond to russia's actions in ukraine, joe biden said in his speech repeatedly , he emphasized the role of poland, both in helping ukraine and in helping to receive refugees from this country. many experts. now they are considering joe biden's second visit to poland this year as e. really. uh, confirmation that the nato center is now moved to this region, polish president andrzej duda, who spoke to biden, willingly supported this version, calling the constitution of the united states one of the foundations of modern civilization, and joe biden himself, the leader of th

think this is a complex issue and this brings to mind aah and apocryphal saying from the british foreign office that i brief you leak and they break the official secrets act in that you know, we don't really know the details. a weather balloon collecting weather information certainly can have a military use or so i think it's very unclear here. and i think it's also important to point out that certainly up louis complaining about this violation of sovereignty does sound a little bit hypocritical. and we go back decades with the u. s. engaging in this kind of legit conduct are all around the world. so i think we really do. she should take this out with a bit of a grain of salt, and i want to briefly mention yeah, go ahead. yes, i just jump in here because of the push for time. i mean, despite the tensions between both sides, anthony blinking has worn china at this must not happen again. you think this warning is being seen perhaps as a softening. slight softening of the u. s. his position, i mean in reality, both sides need each other though don't they? absolutely, and both sides not only need e

his identity has not been confirmed but the foreign office says it is supporting that man's family andhe russian invasion. another of the daily pulse mat stories. the queen consort is to wear what is called a recycled crown for the king's coronation. it will not feature the very big diamond which is being claimed by india. queen mary's crown has the controversial diamond but camilla will wear a modern one from the collection of queen elizabeth ii. india argues they were tricked to hand over the diamond in british colonial rule. we're in cardiff to mark a special birthday, because 100 years ago this week, the bbc started broadcasting here in wales. in a country with very few national institutions until fairly recently, bbc wales has been a major presence, promoting a sense of welsh identity, putting welsh culture and sport on the map, with programmes in the two official languages of wales — welsh and english. it of this all started with a few radio programmes in 1923, but the big change came with television. in february, the bbc starts a new television service — bbc wales. the bbc has b

in general, a foreign intelligence officer. it is quite possible to form an idea about the technical policy of the belarusian army while sitting at the tv screen, then the correct idea regarding the tone that should be chosen when communicating with minsk is not among politicians. of course, they now specialize exclusively in threats and sanctions. and at least nato will have an adequate vision of the consequences of aggression against us. so far, everything seems to be working. there is reason to believe that the containment strategy will not fail in the future. we have achieved good results in the first place. this is the development of armored missile-russian weapons of communication technology and automation systems for air defense reconnaissance for the electronic warfare of unmanned aerial systems and means of combating them. all this allows you to reliably provide armed protection. uh, the republic of belarus by the way, when it comes to the supply of weapons to the belarusian army, it is understood that military equipme

the party analysed the use of government procurement cards and found that foreign office officials spentost £345,000 on dining and alcohol in 2021. labour 14. major whitehall departments spent at least whitehall departments spent at least £145 million using fees across the year. shadow levelling up minister alex norris says the government has been careless with public money. we've revealed today is a truth of a government is very, very casual with the public's money. you know, as we talk businesses up and down the country are opening up and we know those businesses will be very hard on the money that they spend the cost of their operations because they have to be. we would take that same approach, that same level of rigour, because you look some the things we look at some of the things we revealed it did give the government spend government really need to spend money theatre training that money on theatre training that they those pictures they really need those pictures to take. well, parliamentary under—secretary for the department for transport holden defended the government's saying i

in a statement, china's foreign office said it would be making solemn representations to the us diplomatnister, 0leksii reznikov, in the highest—profile change, after a corruption scandal in his department.

foreign office not to travel to ukraine.is week a fifth british fighter was confirmed to have been killed. the bbc has had exclusive access to a group of men who've been on the frontline since the early days of the conflict. they've spoken about the sense of purpose that comes from serving alongside ukrainians. emma vardy reports. this is the life of a british volunteer on the front lines of ukraine. explosion. whoa! a round from a russian tank misses him by inches. everyone ok? it's landed right next to me. i can't hear nothing. i can't hear a thing. ukrainian officials say 20,000 international volunteers have traveled to help defend the country and that british fighters make up one of the largest groups in the international legion. but there are others also now fighting in a number of different battalions on the front lines. and they've spoken to newsnight and our world about their experiences. seen a facebook advertisement, it was all in ukrainian, but i translated it. it said, "we'll give you a month's training and we'll

there's something like 150 members of the british team deployed here in two clinics and one mod foreign officend you see britain at its best. and of course it mirrors the quite extraordinary generosity of the british people to the disasters emergency committee appeal, which has now raised a staggering £85 million. and that shows both the determination of brits at home to ensure that we really have effect and do our stuff to help the people caught up in this catastrophe. but also the way, in the front line, british support british doctors, nurses and clinicians, british humanitarian workers, are making a real difference on the ground to people who have suffered so much. it must be frustrating for you then to be in a situation where, you know were it not for changes to the budget and the the rules of distribution that were made when rishi sunak, now prime minister, was chancellor under borisjohnson, you would have more money to distribute for aid and development. well, when it comes to humanitarian expenditure, we have a degree of flexibility within our budget. and what i can tell you is that br

the foreign office countries. the foreign office says british people are still missing following disaster. and downing street said afternoon the uk will continue assess the situation and stands ready to provide further term assistance as when it's needed . the partner as when it's needed. the partner of the missing mother of two, nicola bullae, has visited river bankin nicola bullae, has visited river bank in lancashire, where she vanished. paul ansel went to the field where her phone and dog were found near the river wyre as continue their 12th day of the search . nicola went missing the search. nicola went missing while taking her dog for a walk and after dropping her children off at school . meanwhile, the off at school. meanwhile, the private underwater rescue team that's been helping police has now pulled out of the search . now pulled out of the search. the former labour mp, jared has been found guilty of counts of fraud. all committed whilst he was in. the 41 year old who was a member of parliament between

foreign office officials spent almost £345,000.dining in 2021, labour says 14 major whitehall department has spent at least major whitehall department has spent at leas t £145 major whitehall department has spent at least £145 million using the cards across the year. shadow levelling up minister alex norris says the government has been careless with public money. we've revealed today is a truth of a government is very, very casual with the public's money. as we talk business is up and down. the country are opening up and we know those businesses will be very hard on the money that they spend as the cost of their operation shines because they have to be. we would that approach would take that same approach that of rigour, that same level of rigour, because you look some of the because you look at some of the things revealed, it would things we've revealed, it would give the government really need to money on theatre to spend that money on theatre training really need to spend that money on theatre trainirpictures really need to spen

the big secretaries ministries of state like the home office , the like the home office, the foreign officer the treasury are likely to change. i mean, this is kind of dealing some of the. yes. import in departments must be said. but one of the some of them that are a little less known in saying that they're all discussions about what how important that is, if you i mean, how important you like i mean, how important is it change the within is it to change the within government? say really government? some say it's really important in sense that it important in the sense that it can, as you say, bank ministers heads together, as others suggest. it'sjust heads together, as others suggest. it's just a heads together, as others suggest. it'sjust a human suggest. it's just a human resources reorganisation changes every of years and every couple of years and actually than . actually causes more harm than. good. yeah. really, really interesting. there will be, of course, the fourth big reshuffle in just just around 12 months. really curious to see how much actual change it will deliver. and once t

donations and swedish human rights organizations of the organization reporting to the british foreign officepolish solidarity fund under the reporting ministry of foreign affairs of poland and the government are transferred to its accounts the money came in and the american national fund itself democracy is funded primarily by the us congress within the budget of the us agency for international development collaborated with the open society foundation, a network of grand donors founded by soros while still on the list of american foundations. marshal of the european commission and organizations accountable to the ministry of foreign affairs. the czech republic already a month before the 2020 elections, belyavsky and lobanovich. thinking about how to raise money. yes, more to support that same democracy with japanese fines, let's fly out my pipe. we can think who i would give i’ll write to the marshal earlier, they gave the poles, i’ll ask for a double about the sex express fund and i’ll write to timur zet to issue it to the dutch. you think so i'm at home and i'll call him. oh, here you coul

brent: are you in touch with anyone from the foreign office as a liaison between you and your family ur father through the german government? are you in touch with anyone here in berlin? >> yes, we are talking to the foreign ministry of course. not someone who can tell us anything about what's really going on behind the scenes, but they have someone who talks to us. the same person who probably talks to you to give you information. that's another problem, we don't have insight into what's being done to save my dad. a person who could answer my questions. is this going to be the first step or the only step? what's going on? brent: making it clear, you are in touch with the foreign ministry but you are not satisfied with what germany is doing for your father as a german citizen, right? >> i'm not briefed on that? yeah, no. they don't tell me what they are going to do about this specific problem and i always ask them what do you want to do, and i have no idea. this is about -- go ahead. brent: you finish your thought, be got about 30 seconds. go ahead. >> i'm a nurse. i saved lives. it's

three britons are among the thousands missing, according to the foreign office.ns are among the thousands missing, according to the foreign office. a team of 77 uk search and rescue specialists, equipped with concrete breaking tools and four sniffer dogs, arrived in turkey yesterday. in the uk, community centres continue to gather donations to send to those in need. king charles has sent his special prayers to victims of the earthquake, and the rescue teams working tirelessly to help them. howard johnson, bbc news. and we are returning to this rescue effort in the city of gaziantep, in turkey, we have been watching this one for a while now. a deadlock earlier as the rescuers thought they may have found someone, or at least were pausing to listen as they do from time to time. picking their way really delicately through the devastating scenes of destruction. international aid coming all the way into turkey, and also getting into northern syria, although the situation is more complicated there, perhaps we don't know the full extent of the devastation in northern syr

support of reza shah to return, they remained in the culture, and some say that even the foreign service officer gesta with the wife of kalem from moin elsari, who was sent by reza khan faces the pain of the military wind, it is based on loyalty, for example, at one point in time, ayrou shows himself to be extremely loyal, except for that, the real estate season of 2014 starts, then this same iron man is given food , he goes abroad under the pretext of treatment, reza khan has money. i am sending you that i will not return for another toman i'll be that person, i'll die in europe. really, for example, lt. gen. zahedi, who installs it from me three times during the hour, then every time he does it, take it to the festival , we will remove his father's prison badge, lt. gen. ahmadi's child will stay at home for a year. who was known as the butcher of lorestan, close to the list of the royal stables, who was the only lieutenant general of iran and at least became my teacher, he was called his military advisor , when he went to see an ahmadi doctor like the black dahlia, and when he went to iraq, he

support of reza shah to return, it has remained in the culture, and some say that even the foreign service officer gsta with the wife of kalem from moin, the election that is held by reza khan in the relationship of the military based on loyalty , for example darya he is fiercely loyal to himself apart from that, it shows that after 1400, he will buy his real estate, then he will be given food under the pretext of his physical condition abroad, reza , i will send you money if i go back to your life , i will not come back, i will remain that person, i will die in europe , really. for example, lt. gen. zahedi installed it three times from me, then every time he did it, take it lightly in the festival, we will remove the sign of his father's prison . for a year, lt. gen. ahmadi's child, who was known as the butcher of lorestan, was near the sultanate, who was alone. the lieutenant general would have at least become a master of his own military , he was called to the fate of the black dahlia the ahmadi doctor also went and took care of him in iraq. when he went, a man who was a defender of the occupat

foreign office will not make it official.ion has not pushed the u.k. to deem the group a terrorist organization, and so what would you like to see in terms of the international group? i know that you are going to be speaking alongside leadership in ukraine. is there an opportunity there? >> well, as you may know, i'm on my third leg of a european tour starting with the munich security conference, and i had meetings with french legislators, senators in france and, of course, our meetings here in england which i'm currently here for. and one thing that is very important, maria, for all to understand is that finally western countries have decided to enter in a constructive dialogue with those of us who represent an alternative to this regime. because until now, our dying log was limited to this regime and its representatives, and our argument was how could you possibly hope to find an answer to solutions when you keep talking to the people who have been part of the problem to begin withsome so that's a welcome step. we can reall

senior foreign policy officer the european union also said that the europeans are speeding up arms aidthe account. the nato secretary general also said that this alliance would not have allowed russia to win the war. the russian president said on tuesday that russia's defeat in ukraine is impossible and that russia will defend its interests. western ukraine has put a tool to confront moscow. the campaign "dareziz hossein" started on the occasion of the birthday of imam hossein , peace be upon him. abdul reza's voice helali and muhammad rasulullah asadollahi sing along with the ehsan song group. the music video is "my dear hossein" and the focus is "i have a friend . he wants to be friends with my friend. he wants a house with ten tomans for his wedding." i want to be a viewer of the public meeting of the islamic council. good day. in the country and the private sector, this media is an exclusive media . so it is necessary to continue this media must be integrated, the national ore media must also be national and it is an exclusive media, that is why it must be cross-sectarian . please

fact in some it's the least problematic almost every major department of state home office the foreign office cabinet of all got their surveillance operations . now surveillance operations. now they were put in place various reasons. some were put in to deal with russian interference in our democracy, a very somewhat got in place to with extremists very sensible. but what's happened is they've all reapplied to prop up the government propagate under on covid and what's happened as a result of that it's not just me i mean the several other too but that we know about bear in mind we have to ask liberal. i have to ask them why would we be? i'll find out. but to ask them why would we be? i'll find out . but several of i'll find out. but several of our major, julia hartley—brewer , peter hitchens and are all being surveilled and you had embroiled who's one of the panellists on our show you know he's a he's a he a pub landlord being surveilled by the government. i mean, it's appalling that they have. but the thing is i mean look the truth is none of this they didn't they didn't bug home. they just l