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shortly we'll cross the defence secretary , grant shapps, who secretary, grant shapps, who used to give a full statement in the house of commons. and that's all coming up between now and 6:00. welcome to the show and always delight to have your company . later in the show i'll company. later in the show i'll be asking this question. politicians, counsellors crying allah akbar. others kicked out of their parties for anti—semitism. sexthe honey traps, lobbying scandals, british politics to me seems to be absolutely in the gutter . is be absolutely in the gutter. is it time for an independent political ombudsman to kick all of these into shape and kick the bad apples into touch? let me know. do you think they mark their own homework too often? how on earth can these counsellors who seem more obsessed with gaza than britain, be allowed to carry on? they seem to get away with all sorts of stuff. let me know your thoughts. i want to hear your views. is it time to clean up british politics? get in touch gbnews.com/yoursay and get them piled in. i'll read out some of the best before the end of

we are expecting grant shapps to speak in a few minutes.foreign ministry has dismissed as "absurd". china's president xijinping in europe at the moment, and france, having lunch with french president macron. the chinese dismissing the idea that it could be behind this hack as observed, but we are expecting a statement from the uk defence secretary and a short while, we will bring that to you. ukrainian intelligence says it's foiled a russian plot to assassinate president zelensky. it's arrested two colonels from the government protection unit suspected of passing on secret information to a russian fsb cell. it's claimed they brought drones, explosives and mines to kyiv from other ukrainian regions to use in an attack. the plan was to follow mr zelensky, abduct and murder him. the assassination, according to the statement, was to be timed for president putin's inauguration, as a "present." our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has more. assassination plots against president zelensky are common, and they have been since the full—scale in

are we going to get bit, get a bit more detail from grant shapps ? more detail from grant shapps?shapps and rishi sunak . as you said there, china has flatly denied the allegation and although almost everyone believes that china was behind this security breach, the level of evidence that a minister would have to get before he or she is able to stand up and say yes, this was definitively the fault of china is very high indeed, and it could take months or even potentially years to obtain. so grant shapps hands are sort of tied . this afternoon are sort of tied. this afternoon we're expecting to hear a statement where he tries to reassure those military personnel and reassure the british public that all that was breached were these names and addresses and in some cases, bank details not, for example, sort of sensitive information on ministry of defence computers, but obviously it does raise difficult questions for rishi sunak, in the future. he has always been quite dovish on china, he said. it's important to maintain economic ties with china. it's important to work with china on iss

grant shapps. it must secretary. grant shapps.ection. it was the end of last month that the prime minister pledged to raise defence spending to 2.5% of gdp, and mr shapps, i've got to ask on the first point continually, your government says that this is a fully funded pledge to raise to 2.5% of gdp. you say you'll do it through cutting civil service jobs, but you don't say which jobs will be cut. >> yeah. so afternoon there'll be, 72,000, civil service jobs actually includes 10,000 at the ministry of defence headquarters . i want to see money going into the frontline instead , and that the frontline instead, and that will take the civil service back to the size that it was before covid. so this is not some draconian cut. >> it is a way to release money, to do something that we think the defence of the realm is absolutely essential for. >> how will you achieve this cut? will you have quotas for each department or will some be further hit than others ? further hit than others? >> so the departments have all agreed with the chancello

would _ results from 2019, grant shapps would be — results from 2019, grant shapps would be really worriedcretary, someone who has had a decent, fairly safe seat for the conservatives in the past. results like this— conservatives in the past. results like this will make him really nervous _ like this will make him really nervous. 0ne like this will make him really nervous. one other thing about last night's _ nervous. one other thing about last night's results. let's see some tactical— night's results. let's see some tactical voting analysis. this is what _ tactical voting analysis. this is what is — tactical voting analysis. this is what is happening in areas where the conservatives were first and labour were second last time. look at the conservative drop, more than it was nationally. — conservative drop, more than it was nationally, labour up more than it was nationally, suggesting people who want to be conservatives out of voting _ who want to be conservatives out of voting for— who want to be conservatives out of voting for labour. but then look this. _ voting for labour. but then loo

, will we be getting a5k grant shapps, will we be getting the compensation?so what do i want? what do i want? ye5, he said sorry. so what do i want? what do i want? yes, all of the above, but me, iwant what do i want? yes, all of the above, but me, i want substantial compensation for me and everybody else, i expect us to get at least what the post office scandal people are going, tho5e what the post office scandal people are going, those who lost their liberty, a5 are going, those who lost their liberty, as bad as what that was, i think this is another level. actions speak louder than words. sorry i5 speak louder than words. sorry is not going to cut it for me, but compensation will help pay off the debts i have incurred, because i had to pack in work. people that lost children, give them a decent headstone and pay off their debts a5 headstone and pay off their debts as well. ye5, headstone and pay off their debts as well. yes, we will take the apology, however meaningful that will be. i would also like to say, finally, people come before the court. we have g

uk defence secretary grant shapps making that statement - will... efence secretary grant i shapps making that statement about the hack of the payroll system of the hack of the payroll system of the british armed forces, and external network operated by a contractor. he pointed out that a number of actions has been, have been taken as a result, including taking that system off—line, a full investigation and he talked about a malign actor being behind this. he said we cannot rule out state involvement, government officials have told the bbc that china was most likely responsible, something that chinese foreign ministry has dismissed as absurd, although he didn't mention china specifically there rather a malign actor, he said we can't rule out state involvement. the adult—film star at the centre of donald trump's criminal trial in new york has taken the stand as a witness prosecutors say stormy daniels received $130,000 from the hands of mr trump's former lawyer at his direction, before the 2016 presidential election, in order to keep quiet about her al

like, my grant shapps joke in the previous hey, i wrote up like this is gold. he went to clowns.ken. literally. yeah like grant shapps is history. >> like his, like weird websites selling, like, really weird weapons . it's been described as weapons. it's been described as pyramid esque, although i understand, you know, we've got are okay people. but yeah, if you look at the websites , i did you look at the websites, i did a, i did a video about it on my youtube channel and the very, very amusing alter ego, it was all it was all very funny to, i can't remember what he was selling or if he was selling like some sort of business courses, but i would fully believe that he went to clown school and then clown. >> absolutely. cambridge. i do wish that people wouldn't make perhaps their skin colour or their sexuality the main centre of their identity . it's been of their identity. it's been encouraged. now there are you know, people my daughter's age, 14, 15, their whole life they've been told that these things are the most important things about you. yeah. they're not. you can go about

so you listen to grant shapps and some of the other politicians that was at the inquiry. grant shapps, will we be getting the conversation? it was a yes or no question. and he he... he went round it. yes, he said he's sorry. so what do i want? what do i want? yes, i want all the above. i want substantial compensation for me and everybody else. i expect us to get at least what the post office scandal people are getting, the ones that lost their liberty. as bad as what that is, or worse. i think this is another level. actions speak louder than words. sorry is not going to cut it for me. but compensation will help pay off the debts that i've incurred because i had to pack in work. people that lost children and get them a decent headstone, a lovely headstone, and pay off their debts as well. so, yes, we're taking the apology and meaning for that will be. i also would like to see finally people come before the court. we've got certain politicians who are in charge then that have been at the inquiry that knew full well about all this. the police should go and investigate these

secretary, grant shapps, would tell us all in the house of commons this afternoon . commons this afternoon. >> this was the work, as i say, of a malign actor who compromised a contract to run a network entirely separate from the mod core system. however as i've said, we cannot at this stage rule out state involvement from elsewhere . from elsewhere. >> well, it was up to john healey, the shadow defence secretary, labour, and he did come out with it absolutely clearly. >> mr deputy speaker, the media have clearly been briefed that china is behind the hack, but the defence secretary only tells us about a malign actor. >> now, the government rightly has a very rigorous system before official accusations or attributions are made . but if attributions are made. but if this data breach is found to be carried out by a hostile state, it would represent a very serious threat to our national security. and the government have been warned . the isc have been warned. the isc committee confirmed in its china report last year. cyber attacks by hostile states now happen daily, and o

grant shapps has fabricated. grant shapps has apologised to arms.armed forces personnel confirming up to 270,000 have a potentially been affected. speaking in the house of commons earlier, he said it shows that the world is becoming more dangerous for reasons of national security . national security. >> we can't release further details of the suspected cyber activity behind this incident. however i can confirm to the house that we do have indications that this was the suspected work of a malign actor and we cannot rule out state involvement. this incident is further proof that the uk is facing rising and evolving threats. >> grant shapps now speaking earlier this afternoon in scotland, john swinney says he's over the moon to be voted in as the scottish parliament's choice to be the next first minister. he was backed by 64 of his colleagues and his name will now be submitted to the king. he replaces humza yousaf, who sent his own official letter to king charles earlier confirming he was stepping down. speaking from the front bench for the final time

grant shapps is delaying a trip. david cameron is cutting a trip short. fact number two. communications have gone completely silent. they're not responding to any journalists asking any questions. and number three, the labour party campaign director, morgan mcsweeney, he's been seen storming. that's the word used by the guido fawkes website , storming into the website, storming into the leader of the opposition offices inside parliament. now, all of these three things in isolation wouldn't perhaps raise too much suspicion altogether . it's suspicion altogether. it's creating this febrile sense that something huge is going on in westminster. >> yes. could it be an early general election? could they be announcing a general election later on in the year? could there be a resignation ? could it there be a resignation? could it be something completely different and nothing to do with a general election? but certainly the rumour will mill is swirling and it doesn't help that number 10 is completely silent. >> they could shut these rumours down this instant with by responding to

but, the defence secretary, grant grant shapps , secretary, grant grant shapps, he briefed the commons not actually said it's china. and that's probably because if anyone has some compromising material on the internet, it's grant shapps, isn't it? even we know that he's used five different names for different businesses and we're on his side. so they must know some stuff. >> yeah. the one that was selling herbal weight loss dnnks selling herbal weight loss drinks or whatever it was. yeah, i like this paragraph. i can't work out if it's a typo. it says the trail so far goes back to hacking groups. and although they have acted on behalf of the beijing regime, security officials point out that it could take months to establish a direct link. not not though they may have, but they have the independence quite confident about that. >> yeah. well they've they've acted in other other hacking done for the regime. this hacking might be i see right. >> okay. so they have they've got form as hacking for the regime among other clients. >> but hacking the uk ministry of defence might just be a littl

as far as grant shapps is concerned , he grant shapps is concerned, he does believe that we are enteringvy. and it's true that there are 28 ships either currently being built or being planned to be built over the coming years, but that doesn't really , detract from the doesn't really, detract from the very serious situation that the royal navy is in. it's suffering a recruitment crisis . it's had a recruitment crisis. it's had decades of being hollowed out by successive governments. whatever the current spending commitments might be. and that will take a long time to sort that. and just today, as grant shapps is announcing that there will be six new assault ships, effectively for the royal navy, for the marines , they were for the marines, they were planned long ago. so he's confirming that they will indeed go ahead. they are announcing that two of the workhorses of the royal navy, the type 23 frigates, another two of them are being retired. and that's going to leave a capability gap in terms of the frigates that we have well below nine, they're supposed to be at 13 and it will be some y

there will be a statement from grant shapps later.e will say, we expect that china is a challenge, but won't go as far as to say it's the threat that is likely to incense conservative backbench mps. and obviously at the moment, rishi sunak. position is pretty precarious. he can't really afford to lose the support of his backbenchers. >> all right, olivia , thank you >> all right, olivia, thank you for that. olivia utley. well, let's talk to a very senior conservative backbencher , philip conservative backbencher, philip davies, the conservative mp for shipley, well known to this , shipley, well known to this, station on this program, sir philip is he now is. congratulations sir philip, on your knighthood. >> thank you very much. it was it was a very unexpected. >> well, richly deserved. if mps deserve night, as you certainly deserve night, as you certainly deserve one, how anxious are backbench tory mps, ministers to philip about the relative ease with which china appeared to have hacked into the ministry of defence, no less, which is

she spoke to the defence secretary, grant shapps, covering a wide range of defence issues as well as

but yeah, jeremy hunt, grant shapps is probably at risk as well.re are some people who are very well known who are definitely at risk this time round. it's interesting because we must move on to talk about labour and what the candidates have been doing today. but i remember as well the speculation during the year being thatjeremy hunt would not stand if the election went long. so because it's important sometimes, i think for us to say what was said that was wrong, many bright political people said jeremy hunt won't stand, jeremy hunt won't be standing. and he always said, i will stand. he always said i care about my constituency and i care about my seat. and he put lots of his own money into fighting his seat recently. and we'll see, because incumbency, as it's known, the sort of personal power, the personal connection that mps have with their constituents is also something that could be a very potent and very powerful. and of course, that's another problem for the tories, because, say, if incumbency gives you an extra kind of two or 3% at the ball

the defence secretary grant shapps will make a statement to parliament later about the hack of personalnformation about royal navy, army and air force personnel. china has dismissed the accusations that it was responsible as absurd. our security correspondent gordon corera is here. gordon, the finger of suspicion is firmly pointing out china at the moment? . �* , firmly pointing out china at the moment? . 2 ~ , , ., moment? that's right. members of the armed forces — moment? that's right. members of the armed forces this _ moment? that's right. members of the armed forces this morning _ moment? that's right. members of the armed forces this morning will - moment? that's right. members of the armed forces this morning will have i armed forces this morning will have received a pretty unwelcome e—mail, saying that their personal data has been breached, and could have been compromised, talking about names, potentially bank details and addresses. it all relates to information from the payment contractor, ratherthan information from the payment contractor, rather than the ministry of defence'

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and speaking in the house of commons, grant shapps said it shows that the world is, he says, becoming a more dangerous place for reasons of national security. >> we can't release further details of the suspected cyber activity behind this incident. however, i can confirm to the house that we do have indications that this was the suspected work of a malign actor and we cannot rule out state involvement. this incident is further proof that the uk is facing rising and evolving threats. >> grant shapps, speaking earlier in the commons. well, in scotland, john swinney says he's over the moon to be voted in as the scottish parliament's choice to be their next first minister. he was backed by 64 of his colleagues and his name will now be submitted to the king. he replaces humza yousaf, who sent his own official letter to king charles earlier confirming he was stepping down and staying in scotland, where ministers have been warned that children there who question their gender are being referred to clinics because some doctors are fearful of toxic debate. the author of the cass review told the

secretary of state for defence grant shapps said this to the house of commons earlier today.s the work, as i say, of a malign actor who compromised a contract to run a network entirely separate from the mod core system. >> however, as i've said, we cannot at this stage rule out state involvement from elsewhere. >> the chinese government itself has described the suggestion as fabricated and malicious slander probably went on to say of the running dogs of capitalism, that's their usual phraseology. while an investigation has been launched in attack, what does this say about our country's power to defend itself against hostile states ? well, joining me hostile states? well, joining me now is the chairman and ceo of the cyber security association, chris windley. chris, thank you very much for joining chris windley. chris, thank you very much forjoining me. what can we do to stop this sort of thing happening ? and do you thing happening? and do you think it's got the hallmark of a chinese attack , well, actually chinese attack, well, actually the, the second question first, if you

oliver dowden, the deputy pm james cleverly , grant shapps pm james cleverly, grant shapps penny mordauntve also got penny mordaunt. we've also got kemi badenoch, claire coutinho, mel stride , there's gillian mel stride, there's gillian keegan, mark harper, david davies and victoria prentice, esther mcvey, andrew mitchell and johnny mercer. they would all go to labour by the way. alex chalk and michael tomlinson would apparently both lose to the liberal democrats. ulster jack would lose to the snp and simon hart to plaid cymru, another big name would be sir jacob rees mogg . apparently he jacob rees mogg. apparently he would go as well. now a lot can change in politics. there are weeks to go in this election campaign and that poll was concluded on may the 27th. but those results are stark . i'm those results are stark. i'm joined now by the man behind the poll. it's the founder and ceo of electoral calculus, martin baxter. martin thank you very, very much for joining baxter. martin thank you very, very much forjoining us here on patrick christys tonight. those results are absolutely aston

grant shapps's father ran a manufacturing business. abilities, be it music or mathematics. arallel with his studies, grant participated in the jewish youth movement headquartered in washington. i was 15 years old, as part of the youth movement, i took leadership courses in manchester and even went to international programs in pennsylvania. around this time, shabs became interested in politics. i watched the news on tv i realized that i wanted to participate in governing the country. then i thought why some other idiots. at the age of 16, grant left school and began studying business, taking a relevant course at the university of manchester. after 4 years , shaps opened a printing house and began to make his way into politics. i decided to get into printing, because if you can print your own literature, you can print your own election propaganda, so that's what i did. he wrote a letter to local conservative mp triston garl jones, who took him under his wing. grant ran for manchester city council, but lost miserably. this was followed by several more unsuccessful attempts to b

according to grant shapps, the west’s priority is funding and training the armed forces of ukraine.business, and we work on the all-or-nothing principle, everything for entrepreneurs, and nothing extra, we give free service for 3 months when opening an account for a business. bank ural sip, nothing more. russian military destroyed command post of the ukrainian armed forces brigade in the kharkov region, the ministry of defense reported this. the department clarified that our fighters carried out the attack using the iskander operational-tactical missile system. in addition to the command post, an ammunition warehouse and about 50 militants of the kiev regime were also destroyed. a ceremony to officially introduce the governor to rio took place in the tula region. this position will be held. the title of honorary citizen was awarded to ex-governor alexei dyumin. the former head of the region said an emotional goodbye with the tula region and emphasized that it was a great honor for him to lead the region for 8 years. all the details are in the material by polina ermalaeva. not just s

grant shapps told us royal navy.ld us that the government is making that the government is making that critical investment because britain will need to fight and win future battles. >> we are living in more dangerous times. clearly we've got a war in europe with ukraine being illegally invaded. we've got conflict in the middle east and we've got the rise of china, who really do present a big we've described it as epoch defining change to the world and britain and the united kingdom and our allies must be ready for that. >> some health news and anti—obesity injections made popular by some celebrities could reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. a new five year study found. ozempic and wegovy jabs lowered the risk of cardiovascular diseases by 20, and that was even if a patient's weight stayed the same. it's been hailed as the biggest medical breakthrough since the introduction of statins in the 19805. introduction of statins in the 1980s. doctors now say the findings will challenge health authorities, which cur

the ministry of foreign affairs announced in a statement that british defense minister grant shapps, along with the deputy general staff of the armed forces and 6 other officials of this country , as well as the diamond air base and the british navy. in cyprus and the red sea and three british companies have been sanctioned among the sanctioned authorities the american namesake of general brian fenton, the commander of the special operations forces and also the commander of the fifth fleet of the us navy, along with six other officials of this country and five american companies , including the skydive company, can be seen during the gaza war. entry visas to iran are prohibited for british and american sanctioned individuals, companies, and institutions, and their bank accounts and assets in the financial and banking system under iran's jurisdiction are blocked and seized. new york police on wednesday 282 protesters at two columbia universities. we can see on our phones that there are rights there humanity is violated. supporting this ideal is a reasonable action. for many generation

of defense emphasized: the british boot will not enter the independent territory, according to grant shapps funding. the military demonstrated in germany, where they were trained under the bundeswehr program. german authorities, accustomed to not noticing manifestations of neo-nazism in ukraine, suddenly discovered right-wing extremist symbols on seven soldiers in the ssu. they had to be sent home. the idea of ​​expelling ukrainian citizens of military age is increasingly popular in poland. according to opinion polls, over half of poles are in favor of this. ekaterina shamaeva, lead. factory. for sports in bashkartastan today celebrates a year since its opening; it began work on may 16 in the alga special economic zone, and today the first results were summed up: 562 thousand units of ready-made garments are sewn in production products per year, the number of employees currently amounts to more than 200 people. the factory produces equipment commissioned by the ministry of sports of bashkartastan and the russian olympic committee. sews uniforms for leading volleyball clubs. we also have our

what can we expect here from grant shapps? little bit toe a bit of a line. will he say that now is the moment to declare china as a threat? a few months ago, it sounded a little bit as though rishi sunak was beginning to edge in that direction. and it would certainly help him in terms of his own parliamentary security, if he could get some of those rebels like iain duncan smith, back on side. so i think we can expect to see a bit of a toughening up of the position , toughening up of the position, but i don't think it will go as far as people like truss or duncan smith would like to see. >> there's a real danger in doing that. i know people may think, yeah, great, we've got to sort of fight back. we've got to take a real stance against this. but it's those unintended consequences. i mean, why would you want to make a that public, an enemy of somewhere like china, which, you know, is economically huge , militarily economically huge, militarily huge, hugely influential in a part of the world that we where we do need to have some

also, the defence secretary , grant shapps, was due secretary, grant shapps, was due to go on a trips now delayed that a little bit. also to make that meeting. now that's unusual because a normal cabinet meeting, if people are away, they are away. it's really no big deal. also, the chancellor was due to appear on itv tonight. that has also been cancelled. so what is going on? we won't have very long to find out. certainly there's plenty of people around westminster that think the prime minister is going to call a general election . of course, a reshuffle is also possible, though david cameron coming back from albania wouldn't seem to me to be necessary for a reshuffle. it's also possible that he could announce a date, say, for september or october. he could just say i'm setting the date now and it's in the autumn. i wonder why he would do that though, because that's going to be quite helpful to labour and other parties with their planning. labour, for their part , have said again today, this lunchtime that they are ready and basically their message is bnng and basically their message

and the most likely candidate for that is jeremy hunt, i candidate for that isjeremy hunt, grant shapps and big job in the south—west of cheltenham, very much at risk from lib dems. jeremy hunt, i don't think we will see him much in the campaign trail because he is fighting so hard for his seat but jeremy hunt, grant shapps at risk as well. some people who are very well known who are definitely at risk this time round. it is known who are definitely at risk this time round. it is interesting because you _ this time round. it is interesting because you must _ this time round. it is interesting because you must talk - this time round. it is interesting because you must talk about. this time round. it is interesting - because you must talk about labour and what happens but i remember the speculation during the year that jeremy hunt would not stand if the election went on so its important sometimes to say what was said that was wrong, many bright and political people said jeremy hunt when stant! he won't be sending! find people said jeremy hunt when stant! he won't be sending!— he won't be s

british defense minister grant shapps announced the purpose of sending this package to strengthen the air and sea defense of ukraine. the new package includes air defense radars, simulators and electronic warfare systems . budget for the new military aid package. q will be financed from the international fund for aid to ukraine. denmark, estonia, finland, germany, iceland, latvia, lithuania, the netherlands, norway, poland, sweden and england are the countries providing funds for this fund. two american officials announced yesterday that washington will allocate another $275 million in military aid to ukraine on friday . american officials aim to allocate new packages forward. giri announced the further advance of russia in the kharkiv region and 66 members of the families of the martyrs of faraja, escorted by sardar radan, the commander in chief of the police force, went to atbat aliat mashraf in the second pilgrimage convoy of the police force of the fathers, mothers and wives of the martyrs of faraja, who in the past years martyrs arrived in karbala last year, 90 martyrs sacrificed

let's speak to the defence secretary and mp for welwyn hatfield, grant shapps.n rishi sunak out today in northern ireland. sir keir starmer also white, ed davey out. i wonderfirst starmer also white, ed davey out. i wonder first of all were you surprised by the date that the election was called? i surprised by the date that the election was called?— election was called? i was surprised. _ election was called? i was surprised, yeah. - election was called? i was surprised, yeah. that - election was called? i was surprised, yeah. that is l election was called? i was surprised, yeah. that is a | election was called? i was - surprised, yeah. that is a decision that only the prime minister can make and it is the prime minister's provocative and he discusses not only with his majesty the king. it was a surprise for me. quite rightly i think the prime minister has come to the view that there has been a big fall in inflation, fast growth in the economy compared to america, germany and france and he decided it was time to hold labour to accounts who smoke from the sides a

you heard there from grant shapps they will appeal this decision, by that judge . are on the front foot here. and, you know, it may just work that you know, it may just work that you do get 1000 or so taking off before the election. and then what will sir keir starmer do? they will access plan and they're hoping that's a dividing line into the election. >> i admire your optimism . >> i admire your optimism. you've also got a pint of beer still to a bat with the prime minister on this. but we spoke with stephen barrett earlier, barrister, who just looked at the minutia, the technical detail of this arrangement. and he he concluded this, it's not just this humphreys who's the problem. he's merely unpicking loopholes, flaws, deficiencies in the windsor agreement, in what's already out . the what's already out. the framework of legislation has allowed this backdoor attack, this this unscrewing of the cat flap to the european court of human rights. and actually, it's because we didn't brexit properly that we're getting back into this mess again. we get back into whether

this week there was a statement by the british defense minister grant shapps, he said that china is goingdly supply lethal weapons to russia. at the same time, the united states of america stated that they do not have such information. mr. volodymyr, what do you think, actually ? there is a possibility that aid will be extended from china, the russian federation, and how in principle western countries can make it impossible or at least in some way minimize such things? well, look, there is such a possibility, of course, whether china is going to do it or not is a big question, i, like many others, am not privy to such deep aspirations of china, here it is balancing. between, so to speak, the help of the russian federation in one form or another, and trying to maintain normal, more or less normal, at least economic relations with the european union, i'm not talking about the united states of america, it's much more complicated there, so actually now i think the task is worthwhile in terms of how to keep china in the position it... occupies today, because the transition of china to the posi

losing his seat, grant shapps losing their seat.heir seat. i mean, the and this isn't to labour. i mean these are all to the to the lib dems. they're actually you know it is it is a it is dems. they're actually you know itisitisaitisa dems. they're actually you know it is it is a it is a complete and utter disaster for the conservative party because they haven't even begun to make an argument . and this thing about argument. and this thing about the inflation figures, i mean, it's fine for, for your sort of economist to say things are turning and i really hope they are. i mean , you know, labour are. i mean, you know, labour needs some good economic news to go into to go into government with. but actually, as far as people, they go, oh, right. inflation is coming down. but i still can't manage. and that that just means things. prices are going up more slowly. >> well yes i mean it's yeah it doesn't mean prices are coming down. no. can i mean this to both of you on this one. i mean, it's all a bit of a free for all this morning on th

this week there was a statement by the british defense minister grant shapps, he said that china is going to allegedly supply lethal weapons to russia, in the same... and the united states of america said that they do not have such information. mr. volodymyr, in your opinion, is there such a possibility that assistance will be extended from on the part of china, the russian federation, and to what extent , in principle, western countries can make such things impossible, or at least in some way minimize such things. look, there is such a possibility, of course, clean. whether or not china is trying to do this is a big question. i, like many others, am not privy to such deep aspirations of china, here it balances between, so to speak, the help of the russian federation in one form or another, and attempts to maintain normal, more or less normal, at least economic relations with the european union, i 'm not talking about the united states of america, there it's all a lot. more difficult, therefore, in fact, now, it seems to me, the task is how to keep china in the position it occupies today.

foreign affairs of the people's republic of china, wenbin called the british defense minister grant shapps's baseless, irresponsible statement, let's listen to what wang wenbin said. we would like to tell the british politician that appeasement of china will not help great britain to get out of the difficult situation regarding ukraine, moreover, it will not solve the country's complex internal problems. china was and remains on the side of peace and dialogue. we will continue to work hard to promote peace negotiations and oppose fanning the fire. you know i asked you about the good ones. russian, but are there any good chinese? there are, i know them, i was the leader, the head of the friendship group between the state duma and the taiwanese, that is , there are chinese, i know one hundred percent, but let it be a matter for the united states, fighting with putin and with china is too much for us now, let us let's focus on putin, i'd rather remain neutral on this issue. thank you. thank you, mr. ilya, it was ilya ponomariev, a russian oppositionist and a former deputy of the state duma of t

about china, this week there was a statement from the secretary of defense of great britain , grant shapps.. china is going to allegedly supply lethal weapons to russia, at the same time united states stated that they do not have such information. mr. volodymyr, what do you think, in fact, is there such a possibility that the assistance from china, the russian federation will be expanded, and to what extent, in principle, the western countries can make it impossible, or at least... somehow minimize such things, well, look, the possibility this is, of course, whether the chinese are going to do it or not is a big question, i, like many others, am not privy to such deep aspirations of china, here it is balancing between, so to speak, the help of the russian federation in one form or another, and her attempts keep normal, more or less normal. at least economic relations with the european union, i'm not talking about the united states of america, everything is much more complicated there. so, in fact, now, it seems to me, the task is how to keep china in the position it occupies today, because

the cabinet minister — grant shapps — has said families affected by the infected blood scandal were letdes. he said the response by both the conservatives and previous governments had been too slow. the final report of a public inquiry into the scandal will be published tomorrow. now on bbc news...the travel show coming up on this week's show... it looks like a flotation device. it does! you could probably get into that. here we go. bon appetit. skibbereen! thank you so much. so, i can taste the kind of familiarity, and then i'm waiting for the alcohol, but it hasn't arrived. it's like wine light. now, one thing that gets most of us excited when planning a trip is the chance to tuck into tasty, authentic dishes from other parts of the globe, from traditional delicacies to spicy street food, and even maybe michelin—starred menus from some of the most celebrated chefs on the planet. well, this week we've got a feast for your eyes, with a menu full of some of our favourite travel show foodie adventures. for starters, let's look back at that time i headed to glasgow, in scotland, on a culin

grant shapps, the defence secretary, reacting to that move made by kremlin.ority. it means the socialists are ahead in catalonia's regional election.. let's speak to our correspondent guy hedgeco. what does this mean for the future of the independence movement when we read what is coming? the of the independence movement when we read what is coming?— read what is coming? the fact that the pro-independence _ read what is coming? the fact that the pro-independence -- - the pro—independence —— pro—independence parties have lost their long—standing party in the —— majority in the party is not something was seen for decades, so thatis something was seen for decades, so that is major news. on the face of it, it's a big blow for the independence movement, to have lost that control of the local parliament, but you have to bear in mind the party which came second in the election is the together for catalonia party, the former catalonia party, the former catalonia president, who was meaning and self exiled for the last 6.5 years and there is a chance that this result,