as the _ grant shapps. i would say we are responding. as the leader- grant shapps. shapps. i would say we are responding. as the leader i metl grant shapps. i would say we are i responding. as the leader i met the mare is the missing position, no one in government has a purchase as a cities to talk about it. now of course, you would expect a government of the day to be looking closely to how they are spending the money. but what i would say is this once in a generation opportunity to invest in infrastructure to the north from the south for people travelling both ways for much—needed capacity on our line is something that cannot simply be brushed aside. and of course money needs to be management this is a once in a generation opportunity to improve capacities of our railway. so i would urge the government strongly to firstly meet with us to tell us what they are thinking, but secondly not to make short—term decisions that will have long—term damage to our economy. that will have long-term damage to our economy-— our economy. how do people feel about hs2 — our economy

enter, then, grant shapps. the government's utility man has another newjob.s, then, the first of many uniformed companions for grant shapps as he left downing street and headed for the ministry of defence. what's your first priority? first of all, i'll get my feet in the door and pay tribute to my predecessor, i think. he's talking about this man, ben wallace, the former soldier turned defence secretary who'd done the job for four years under three prime ministers. in his resignation letter, he wrote: he also said: is grant shappsjust going to be a political appointee, whose primary task, if you like, will be to support the prime minister in cabinet? or is he going to really understand the needs of defence? grant shapps's replacement as energy secretary is claire coutinho, a long—standing ally of the prime minister. it's a huge promotion for her. are you ready to tackle the global energy crisis, miss coutinho? it really doesn't matter how many newjobs rishi sunak gives to his friends, it's still moving the deck chairs. they're still a sinking ship. this count

grant shapps as defence now?t, weren't there? about there? we were talking about penny mordaunt, tom tugendhat, even at one point. even johnny mercer at one point. what do you make of grant shapps now think people have written >> i think people have written him off before. i work grant him off before. i work for grant very a long time ago and very briefly a long time ago and he think he always bounces back. i think he's surprise people on he's going to surprise people on the has laid the upside. ben wallace has laid a foundation and not to be a great foundation and not to be too much of a suck up, i think he's going a great job and he's going to do a great job and people a chance. he's going to do a great job and peookay. a chance. >> okay. >> okay. >> james price, thank you >> well, james price, thank you very much for talking us through. remarkable we through. and it's remarkable. we booked , obviously, booked james price, obviously, before we knew what the big stories of today would be. and he just slotted all

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defence secretary grant shapps said it would be irresponsible to carry on pumping money into hs2 if costsstion about the sequencing of the high—speed rail line. mr shapps, the former transport secretary, told bbc�*s sunday with laura kuenssberg programme that costs had increased significantly, citing inflation as having been part of that. he stressed that hs2 was not the "be all and end all" for northern transport projects. with more on this, i'm joined from the newsroom by our political correspondent, jessica parker. hs2 is this enormous rail project. they already scrapped a bit of the leg of the line that was going to run up to leeds in the north of england in yorkshire. now there is also lots of speculation building that the government is going to potentially axe part of the project that would run up to manchester, another city in the uk. this has led to business leaders, some politicians, calling on the government not to axe the project. they say it is vital to the uk economy. the government been tight—lipped about exactly what they are going to do. downing street has repeatedly refus

defence secretary grant shapps said it would be "irresponsible" to carry on pumping money into the h52h—speed rail line if costs had spiralled and there was a "perfectly legitimate question" about its sequencing. mr shapps, the uk's former transport secretary, told the bbc�*s victoria derbyshire that costs had increased significantly, citing inflation as having been part of that. he stressed that hs2 was not the "be all and end all" for northern transport projects. on hsz, we do have to respond to the budgets _ on hsz, we do have to respond to the budgets that have been hit not only by coronavirus but by the war in ukraine — by coronavirus but by the war in ukraine i— by coronavirus but by the war in ukraine. ithink by coronavirus but by the war in ukraine. i think any responsible government looks at that and says, does this_ government looks at that and says, does this still stuck up for what the country requires in terms of where _ the country requires in terms of where it— the country requires in terms of where it is— the country requires in terms of where it is sending resources, a

let's ask grant shapps.? when you are transport secretary in 2022, you launched the most recent plan for hs2, which would have taken it all the way to manchester. he is the plan you've laid down their going to be delivered in full? morning. the first thing to say is i am reading a lot of this in the newspapers. but there have been no announcements other than the change in net—zero, which does not change the outcome, which is 2050 still. but on hs2 we do have to respond to the budgets was that we have been hit notjust by coronavirus, but by the war in ukraine. any responsible government looks at that and says, does they still stack up for what the country requires in terms of where it is ending its resources and the sequencing? it where it is ending its resources and the sequencing?— the sequencing? it doesn't sound could then? _ the sequencing? it doesn't sound could then? i'm _ the sequencing? it doesn't sound could then? i'm not _ the sequencing? it doesn't sound could then? i'm not actually i the sequenci

grant shapps has been named as the uk's new defense secretary grant shapps has been named as the uk's of prime minister rishi sunak�*s cabinet. shapps replaces ben wallace, who is leaving politics. the appointment was not widely expected, with shapps having held five ministerial jobs in the past year. us supreme courtjustice clarence thomas has disclosed he took three trips aboard a republican donor's private plane last year. justice thomas cited security concerns as the reason he accepted the travel. the conservative judge says failing to previously report the hospitality had been inadvertent. supreme courtjurists are required to file annual financial disclosure forms. you're live with bbc news. us presidentjoe biden says he will travel to florida on saturday to survey the damage from hurricane idalia. in remarks at fema headquarters, he thanked staff for their response during the storm — also formally approving a major disaster declaration for the state. our digital team takes has been looking at the scale of the loss as residents come back to find their homes mostly destroyed by th

the future of the uk's high speed hs2 rail line — speaking to the bbc, senior cabinet minister grant shappsays it would be �*crazy�* not to review the project — amid rising costs and inflation. now on bbc news, escaping my family. these women in russia's north caucasus are allegedly being abused and imprisoned by their own families. they have made disturbing accusations of kidnappings and exorcisms. female genital mutilations. and honour killings. pushing back against traditions and institutions that dominate this remote part of russia. will they ever find freedom? vika is from a small town, 70 kilometres from the capital of dagestan, makhachkala, in south—western russia. under sharia law, if there is no intimacy between a couple, a divorce can be granted. but now vika was even more vulnerable. under russian law, forced under—age polygamous marriages are not permitted. although not official, the practice is considered legitimate within the community. like vika, this woman is also from dagestan. as a journalist covering the struggles of these young women, she decided to take action. at the t

defence secretary, and former transport minister grant shapps told the bbc the government would needserious decisions" on how affordable it is. the hs2 project was originally due to link london with manchester and leeds, via birmingham. there is speculation that the link between birmingham and manchester may be under threat as costs have increased significantly. the line to leeds has already been scrapped. with more, here's our political correspondent, jessica parker. hsz hs2 is this enormous rail project, and they actually already scrapped a bit of the leg of the line that would run up to leeds in the north of england, in yorkshire, and now there is also lots of speculation building that the government will potentially cut part of the project that would run to manchester, and major city in the uk. this has led to business leaders, some politicians really covering delete my calling on the government not to axe the project, saying it is vital to the uk economy. the government being tight—lipped about exactly what they are going to do. downing street has repeatedly refused to explicitl

returning now to the uk and the defence secretary, grant shapps, says it would be "crazy" not to lookap the birmingham to manchester section of the line is expected this week. noor nanji reports. it's a grand project, first dreamt up in 2009. the aim — to speed up journey times and create more capacity. but hs2 has faced delays, cuts and spiralling costs. the original plan would have connected london to birmingham, and then leeds and manchester. in 2021, the section from birmingham to leeds was cancelled. now there is speculation the line might end in west london rather than going all the way to euston. and the birmingham to manchester bit is in doubt as well. the last official estimate on hs2 costs — excluding the cancelled eastern section — added up to about £71 billion, although this was in 2019 prices. £22.5 billion has already been spent on the london to birmingham leg, whilstjust over £2 billion has been spent on preparing for the other sections. this morning, the defence secretary, and former transport secretary, said no decision has been taken yet, but that it's important to r

whether grant shapps has got that , i grant shapps has got that, i don't know. think it's a shame that rishi sunak has again gone for loyal ists rather than competence or talent. i mean grant shapps is a great survivor. he's had what, five cabinet posts? home secretary for six days. i think it was claire coutinho. you know, relatively unknown. only came into parliament 2019. now becomes a new energy and net zero secretary, which is a huge , huge brief. if the government is going to take it seriously, which they appear not to be doing, but we've still got suella braverman you know who is she's very, very divisive , let's she's very, very divisive, let's put it like that. that's a kind way of saying it. and i think, you know, ben wallace was widely respected. he has done a very good job. why did he go now ? good job. why did he go now? couldn't rishi sunak have kept him there until the election or did he want him out of the way and have a loyalist instead? if there are defence cuts looming ? there are defence cuts looming? >> well , it's not a there are defence cu

and answer is grant shapps. and the answer is grant shapps.ink a particularly surprising ways, surprising choice in some ways, a communicator, a very able communicator, someone the prime someone close to the prime minister. me, the more minister. and for me, the more intriguing choice who intriguing choice is who replaces as energy replaces shapps as energy secretary, is secretary, as you say, which is claire who is, i think claire coutinho, who is, i think just 38 years old and the first member of 2019 intake to member of the 2019 intake to reach this is reach cabinet. and this is about, think, trying to ensure about, i think, trying to ensure that talent pipeline that the sort of talent pipeline continues. also in continues. and also in appointing someone who used to work prime when work for the prime minister when he junior minister and a he was a junior minister and a clear key ally of his, and ensuring can fight the ensuring they can fight the election which is seen election on a team which is seen as communicators and modern as good comm

so grant shapps doesn't have that. grant shapps . so grant shapps doesn't have that .doesn't have it on his personal either, personal devices either, despite his being on his personal account being on there because his constituency staff run his account for staff who run his account for him now that he's secretary of defence , secretary of state for defence, secretary of state for defence, secretary of state for defence , lots of china concerned defence, lots of china concerned and backbench mps are criticising him for still using what is essentially a chinese owned app. even in its international format , saying international format, saying that this is going to be a security concern. personally i think it's okay if he doesn't use it on his government phone and if he's not doing it on his personal phone. the worry with tiktok that it's tracking tiktok is that it's tracking your location in particular ways. so for if you are ways. so for example, if you are coming and out of sensitive coming in and out of sensitive locations, military locations, especially military site

defence secretary grant shapps tells the bbc it would be �*crazy�* not to reconsider how the h52 raile proceeds — given rising costs and inflation in the uk. the fate of ethnic armenians in disputed nagorno karabakh is hanging in the balance as their leaders say most will likely leave their historic homeland — now controlled by azerbaijan. china reportedlyjails a prominent uyghur scholarfor life — amid a year—long government crackdown against the minority ethnic group. and a seven—year mission to study an asteroid will reach its dramatic conclusion on sunday. nasa's osiris—rex spacecraft is sending home samples from the surface of bennu, which will land in a capsule in the utah desert later. let's return to one of our top stories this hour — that's the osiris—rex space mission. the seven—year project is expected to reach its conclusion later today, when a spacecraft brings back to earth samples from the surface of the asteroid bennu. let's now speak to dr charley lineweaver from australian national university. very good to speak to you. how exciting is this for a space worship like yo

grant shapps lead in the polls. grant shapps .ans. he added it would be crazy not to reassess this whether the rail project remains viable. the sunday telegraph is claiming the potential cost of the high speed rail scheme has increased by £8 billion, which the chancellor, jeremy hunt says is out of control. all the government have refused to deny that the birmingham to manchester leg is to be curtailed. it's understood the planned line to east midlands parkway is also under threat . parkway is also under threat. suella braverman says she supports armed police officers handing in their firearms and stepping back from duties after a colleague was charged with the murder of chris kaba. he was unarmed and died when he was shot in his car in south london last year. the officer accused of his murder appeared in court on thursday. the home secretary has ordered a review of armed policing. gb news gb news understands up to 100 counter—terrorism officers have decided to step away from their armed duties and a remnant of our early solar sys

the uk defence minister, grant shapps.eod, associate professor at the university of copenhagen and member of the un working group on mercenaries. just this make much of the difference? it is not as if the government was particularly thundery with the wagner group before? this is the with the wagner group before? ti 3 is the question, what with the wagner group before? ti 1 is the question, what is the with the wagner group before? t1i1 is the question, what is the point of designating the wagner group as a terrorist organisation, and from a practical perspective it may not have much impact. in terms of sending a message about the status of the wagner group, it is perhaps more effective. from the un working group on mercenaries' perspective we would much rather see the british government becomes a party to the un convention on mercenaries, which criminalises the recruitment, training and financing and the use of mercenaries and also allows for the extradition of suspected mercenaries. this is something i actually told the f

we don't have confirmation yet on who the new defence secretary is going to be, but grant shapps, who'sntly the energy secretary, hasjust gone into 10 downing street. one of the main purposes of a news channel is to bring breaking news to audiences immediately. but among the changes made earlier this year to the bbc�*s 24—hour television news offering was the introduction of that nicky campbell show to the domestic stream of the channel between nine and ”am every weekday morning. following on from breakfast on the channel. some viewers were concerned that that meant five hours without a dedicated newsroom service and that that might affect the speed with which news stories could be reported. so that's the background to this phone message we received on thursday morning. at 8:23 this morning, gb news broke the fact that the defence secretary had resigned at 824. sky news broke the same story i watched with interest as to when the bbc would break the story. it's now 9:11 and you've just broken it. why on earth would anyone turn to the bbc for the latest news? you put breaking news all ove

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the future of the uk's high speed hs2 rail line — speaking to the bbc, senior cabinet minister grant shappsays it would be "crazy" not to review the project — amid rising costs and inflation. the home secretary has ordered a review of armed policing after dozens of metropolitan police officers withdrew from firearms duties in response to a marksman being charged with murder. suella braverman says firearms officers have to make "split—second decisions" and "mustn't fear ending up in the dock for carrying out their duties". and nasa awaits the return of a space capsule carrying dust samples from what's described as the most dangerous rock in the solar system. scientists hope the samples could reveal new information about the formation of the planets. now on bbc news — the travel show. my name is lucy edwards, and this is my first time injapan. yay! oh, it's a latte! i'm experiencing it through sound, taste, smell and touch. all the colours taste different. different, yes. i'm a content maker, activist and broadcaster. hi, guys. this is my first blind vlog. ten years ago, i lost my eyesight. a

grant shapps referred to air defence, because it will default to a long range battle. nato secretary general there too thinking about how to get ukraine into the next campaigning season. haw about how to get ukraine into the next campaigning season. how did you find morale on — next campaigning season. how did you find morale on the _ next campaigning season. how did you find morale on the front _ next campaigning season. how did you find morale on the front line? - next campaigning season. how did you find morale on the front line? i - find morale on the front line? 1 mean, remarkably find morale on the front line? i mean, remarkably determined under the circumstances. these guys have no idea when they're going home and they have to dig deep, psychologically and quite literally as we found on the front line. before they can go to the front, there are weeks of drills. we watched a mixture of new conscripts... ..and wounded who are being returned to combat, being put through their paces. this training ground near the polish border is a long way from the real fight, but

defence secretary grant shapps says it would be "crazy" not to look again at the rising cost of the highas been mounting over the weekend. on saturday, more than 80 companies and business leaders sent a letter to the government seeking clarity over its commitment to hs2. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, also wrote to prime minister rishi sunak, warning him against axing central parts of the hs2 project. he said doing that could be a colossal waste of money. the government has so far refused to commit to the current plans for the rail link, and on sunday the defence secretary, grant shapps, told the bbc that it would be crazy not to review plans as costs have soared. the proposal for hs2 was first put forward in 2009. the aim to speed up journey times and create more capacity. but hs2 has faced delays, cuts and spiralling costs. the original plan would have connected london to birmingham, and then leeds to manchester. in 2021, the section from birmingham to leeds was cancelled. other key elements now appear to be in doubt. the high speed rail is supposed to come here to euston, but earlie

has the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has admitted it's out of control, whilst transport secretary grant shappsthat hs2 is a colossal waste of public money. he could talk, so i'm asking is it time to scrap it? let's see what my panel make of that. i'm joined now by former labour adviser matthew lanza. also a broadcaster danny broadcaster and journalist danny kelly. right, danny kelly. danny kelly. right, danny kelly. danny kelly. boy, danny kelly. >> is it going to scrap it? i think it's turned into a white elephant. i think it was a bit of a white elephant the of a white elephant from the offset. talking about elephant. >> yeah. look it's well over there, slightly less, slightly less of an elephant. >> and . and i do £30 billion and >> and. and i do £30 billion and then 55. and then it's turned into the thick end of £100 billion. it's humiliating. it really is. i think it's humiliating on a domestic stage. i know stephen pound, who i'm a great admirer of, loves to get all and patriotic. all nostalgic and patriotic. i don't think the rest of the world are going to point at us and think we need

meanwhile a grant shapps has his fifth job in a yeah shapps has his fifth job in a year. that's not a good thing, shapps has his fifth job in a year. and's not a good thing, shapps has his fifth job in a year. and is not a good thing, shapps has his fifth job in a year. and is now good thing, shapps has his fifth job in a year. and is now secretaryng, is it.7 and is now secretary of defence. safer, defence. i feel so much safer, eddie, his eddie, don't you.7 this is his fifth year eddie, don't you? this is his fifth year . fifth appointment in a year. is he moved to he so good he gets moved to another that another post or just so bad that sunak decide what to sunak can't quite decide what to put bit mean, sunak can't quite decide what to plit bit mean, sunak can't quite decide what to plit ? bit mean, sunak can't quite decide what to plit ? then bit mean, sunak can't quite decide what to plit ? then the bit mean, sunak can't quite decide what to plit ? then the new bit mean, sunak can't quite decide what to plit ? then the new school ean, sunak can't quite decide what to

but shapps gets but coming up, grant shapps gets hacked . sidique gets hacked. more . see radio. >> welcome back to headliners. i'm nick dixon , still here with i'm nick dixon, still here with josh howie. there he is. that's him and nicholas de santo. look at him looking good. let's do the independent now. and good news for british or news for the british economy, or at the bad we at least the bad news we had wasn't . which is the wasn't accurate. which is the closest we get to good news now isn't i'll take it. britain >> yeah, i'll take it. britain no longer economic outlier no longer an economic outlier after extraordinary gdp upgrade by ons. so ons official office of national statistics has re—evaluated britain's economic performance. gdp gdp wise. so previously it was thought britain had not re—entered . britain had not re—entered. heard the parameters that existed before covid and lockdown. this was a favoured talking point by the labour that britain is the only g7 nation that hasn't recovered to the pre—covid levels . but now they pre—covid levels. but now

grant shapps discussed how to bolster ukraine's air defences during talks with ukraine's president vladimirlenskyy. mr shapps replaced host ben wallace as defence secretary last month and vowed to keep up britain's support for ukraine in the labour leader has denied launching an attack on private schools, with his plans to impose vat payments on fees if he wins an election . sir keir if he wins an election. sir keir starmer says he's comfortable with the institutions but wants to ensure state schools are of equal quality . sir keir says his equal quality. sir keir says his plan is about the removal of a tax exemption . you can get more tax exemption. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website , gbnews.com visiting our website, gbnews.com weekdays from 330 on . gb news. weekdays from 330 on. gb news. >> welcome back to the live desk . let's bring you some very sad breaking news that the death has been announced of actor sir michael gambon . we're being told michael gambon. we're being told that he died peacefully in hospital at the age of 82. according to his family. th

. >> i think they and finally, grant shapps has been appointed as defence secretary as the new defence secretary following the resignation of ben wallace . wallace. >> gm- gm— g years in the job, >> after four years in the job, he says wants to explore he says he wants to explore different opportunity and spend he says he wants to explore differitimepportunity and spend he says he wants to explore differitime with unity and spend he says he wants to explore differitime with hisy and spend he says he wants to explore differitime with his family. pend more time with his family. education minister claire coutinho takes over as energy and net zero secretary, replacing shapps. the this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now it's back to dan . dan. ulez is fast proving to be one of the biggest deceptions in recent british political history. >> london's failed mayor, sadiq khan has swindled the science to introduce use a devastating and destructive £12.50 daily tax that will hit londo

let's look at some other stories making news: grant shapps has been named as the uk's new defence secretarynister rishi sunak�*s cabinet. shapps replaces ben wallace, who is leaving politics. the appointment was not widely expected, with shapps having held five ministerialjobs in the past year. us supreme courtjustice clarence thomas has disclosed he took three trips aboard a republican donor's private plane last year. justice thomas cited security concerns as the reason he accepted the travel. the conservative judge says failing to previously report the jet travel had been inadvertent. supreme courtjurists are required to file annual financial disclosure forms. a ban on electric scooters for hire has officially come into effect in paris. the city of light was the first in europe to welcome the vehicles five years ago. but since then there's been a push to quote, "calm down" the streets, leading to a referendum in april to ban the two—wheelers. privately—owned scooters will still be allowed. you're live with bbc news. wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin alluded to threats to his safety in a newl

the defence secretary grant shapps has told the bbc it would be "crazy" not to reconsider how the h52 high—speed rail line can proceed — given rising costs and inflation in the uk. he said the government was looking at whether the project can still work for the country. the fate of ethnic armenians in disputed nagorno—karabakh is hanging in the balance as their leaders say most will likely leave their historic homeland now controlled by azerbaijan. armenia has urged an international mission to monitor the rights of civilians in the enclave. and nasa awaits the return of a space capsule carrying dust samples from what's been described as the most dangerous rock in the solar system. scientists hope the samples could reveal new information about the formation of the planets. now on bbc news — unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome to the new series of unspun world. we've been off the air during the summer and life has moved on quite noticeably, in russia, for instance. having unsuccessfully challenged vladimir putin injune, yevgeny prigozhin paid the price in august. his plane

now that grant shapps is in charge. ually think he's quite a gifted minister by comparison, and he certainly always sounds coherent and sounds as though he's on top of his brief. i think this is a sign weakness by rishi sunak. sign of weakness by rishi sunak. you thing about you see, the thing about margaret thatcher was always margaret thatcher was she always put who she thought put people in who she thought were best people to the were the best people to do the job, there were people job, even if there were people who supporters. who weren't supporters. >> right. hold on. >> all right. hold on. hold on. hold minute, though. why hold on a minute, though. why then actually, quite then say actually, it's quite it's he it's a gifted minister. he always seems on top of his brief. but this is a weak decision because because. >> cause it shows that sunak is more concerned have more concerned to have his friends around is friends around him and is frightened have enemies. frightened to have his enemies. whereas for all her man

the future of the uk's high speed hs2 rail line — speaking to the bbc, senior cabinet minister grant shappss it would be "crazy" not to review the project amid rising costs and inflation. now on bbc news, sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm olly foster. europe continue their reign in spain. a thrilling tie against the usa sees them keep hold of the solheim cup. these girls, they play with their heart and soul and i couldn't be more proud, so what a come back and what a sunday. scotland have claimed a bonus point to keep their rugby world cup quarter—final dreams alive. wales fans are one win away from the last eight. will their fans be singing after the match against australia? also coming up on sportsday... honors even in the first north london derby of the season son strikes twice for spurs. and max verstappen bounces back injapan as red bull seal the formula one constructors�* title. europe have retained the solheim cup after a thrilling finale in andalusia. it was 8—8 against the usa heading into the final day and nothing could separate them in the singles either. home favour

the uk defence secretary grant shapps says it would be "crazy" not to look again at the rising cost ofent will scrap the birmingham to manchester section of the line is expected soon, as noor nanji reports. it's a grand project, first dreamt up in 2009. the aim — to speed up journey times and create more capacity. but hs2 has faced delays, cuts and spiralling costs. the original plan would have connected london to birmingham, and then leeds and manchester. in 2021, the section from birmingham to leeds was cancelled. now there is speculation the line might end in west london rather than going all the way to euston, and the birmingham to manchester bit is in doubt as well. the last official estimate on hs2 costs — excluding the cancelled eastern section — added up to about £71 billion, although this was in 2019 prices. £22.5 billion has already been spent on the london to birmingham leg, whilstjust over £2 billion has been spent on preparing for the other sections. this morning, the defence secretary, and former transport secretary, said no decision has been taken yet, but that it's impo

. >> think they grant shapps has >> i think they grant shapps has been appointed new been appointed as the new defence following defence secretary following the resignation ben wallace after resignation of ben wallace after four years in the job. >> says wants to explore >> he says he wants to explore different opportunities and spend with family spend more time with his family . education minister claire coutinho takes over as energy and net zero secretary replace shapps. and net zero secretary replace shapps . this is gb news across shapps. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car , on the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's time for headliners as i >> -- >> hello and welcome to headliners. your first look at friday's newspapers . i'm andrew friday's newspapers. i'm andrew doyle and joining me tonight are josh howie fresh from the big apple and nik dixon. >> well—worn from north london. >> well—worn from north london. >> how are you both ? you have >> how are you both? you have beenin >> how are you both? you have be

speaking to the bbc, senior cabinet minister grant shapps says it would be "crazy" not to review theroject amid rising costs and inflation. the fate of ethnic armenians in disputed nagorno karabakh is hanging in the balance as their leaders say most will likely leave their historic homeland — now controlled by azerbaijan. thousands are without food or shelter — and only one aid delivery of 70 tonnes of food has been allowed through. nasa awaits the return of a space capsule carrying dust samples from what's described as the most dangerous rock in the solar system. scientists hope the osiris—rex samples from the osisemission could reveal new information about the formation of the planets. and in the uk — a review into police carrying weapons. the home secretary says armed police must not fear "ending up in the dock for carrying out their duties." the report suggests more than a hundred met officers have now on bbc news, click. spencer kelly: this week, nick looks at meta's latest project to help people make sense of the horrors of the past. this is more than bringing back a dead perso

grant shapps says it would be crazy not to look again at the rising cost of the adjusted rail projectanchester section of the line is expected soon. it is a grand project. the aim to speed up time. just to his face delays, cuts, and spiralling costs. the original plan would have connected london to birmingham and then leeds and manchester stop in 2021 the section from birmingham to leeds was counselled. now there's a speculation the line might end in west london rather than going all the way to euston. in the birmingham to manchester bit is in doubt as well. the last official estimate on hs2 cost, including nick ansell eastern section, added up to around £71 billion, although that was that 2019 rises. 21 point has already been spent on the london to birmingham leg. this morning, the defence secretary and former transport secretary and former transport secretary said no decision has been taken yet, but it is important to respond to the budget. important to respond to the bud . et. , ., . , important to respond to the budaet. , ., ., ., budget. every government has to look at the _ budg

speaking to the bbc, senior cabinet minister grant shapps says it would be "crazy" not to review theroject — amid rising costs and inflation. it's understood a decision on the future of the link between birmingham and manchester will be made this week. the fate of ethnic armenians in disputed nagorno—karabakh is hanging in the balance as their leaders say most will likely leave their historic homeland now controlled by azerbaijan. armenia has urged an international mission to monitor the rights of civilians in the enclave. and nasa awaits the return of a space capsule carrying dust samples from what's been described as the most dangerous rock in the solar system. scientists hope the samples could reveal new information about the formation of the planets. now on bbc news — political thinking with nick robinson. hello. what makes someone want to be a political leader? what persuades them to give so much of their time up, time that they could be spending with family and friends? and above all, what makes them carry on even after they've been rejected by the electorate? questions for my

no, that's not the number of cabinet posts that grant shapps has held in the last month.ws regulars here to discuss the big topics of the week football transfer window shut yesterday , but no window shut yesterday, but no deals done here. unfortunately so i'm still stuck alongside rb benjamin and emily plus and back by popular demand . it's the by popular demand. it's the broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy, the most beautiful woman in showbiz. >> it is indeed. in showbiz. >> it is indeed . now, the >> it is indeed. now, the premise of the show is simple. it doesn't change. each of us gets around 60s to outline our argument of the week . any chosen argument of the week. any chosen topic. then we all pile in and it gets uglier. then this weekend's train timetables. and of course, as always, we want to know your views as well. please do touch emailing do get in touch by emailing gbviews@gbnews.com. know gbviews@gbnews.com. let us know what . you agree, you what you think. you agree, you disagree. is , let us disagree. whatever it is, let us know. before all of that, it k

the defence secretary grant shapps says the group's activities in ukraine and africa pose a threat to vessel resembling a human—powered hamster wheel. reza baluchi was found 70 miles off the coast of georgia last month. court papers filed in florida detail a three—day standoff with the us coast guard. fewer video games were created after the pandemic — but that all changed this year. blockbuster releases like hogwarts legacy, the legend of zelda and final fantasy 16 show the industry is bouncing back. and another big release hits the shelves today, as our gaming correspondent steffan powell reports. starfield. a sprawling space epic. it's the big hope for xbox in 2023. you're part of constellation now. exclusive to that console, bosses hope it will be popular enough to help them claw back the gap on the sony playstation 5, which is outselling the competition. it's notjust how the ship looks... it's the brainchild of todd howard, game director of some of the most critically acclaimed titles of recent history — skyrim and fallout. was the game in your head as ambitious as the game has e