he us to the main headlines from john healey's speech.- john healey's speech.e was the first on the platform - john healey's speech. he was the first on the platform thisl the first on the platform this morning. he is very keen to reaffirm britain's commitment to ukraine and that is something that the government has dressed as a depth of this at the beginning ofjuly. he also talked about the need to recruit more people to the armed forces i was going to speed up and simper by the prices own recruitment and said he wanted to attract some cyber experts to join the military as well. i was going to break away because we actually wrote —— joined byjames murray, thank you very much forjoining us. i say to all audience that you have must have just been thrust in front of the camera. we are gratefulfor in front of the camera. we are grateful for the in front of the camera. we are gratefulfor the time. i in front of the camera. we are grateful for the time. i would go to hear a lot more optimism from rachel reza's speech of the green of recent weeks? you not here the gr

aswe as we are about to liverpool as we are about to hear from the defence secretary john healey. do we have any idea about the headlines from mr healy? idea about the headlines from mr heady?— idea about the headlines from mrheal 7�* l, ~, , mr healy? john healy is giving his statement _ mr healy? john healy is giving his statement from _ mr healy? john healy is giving his statement from the - his statement from the conference stage in a few minutes at a time of huge global security and i suspect there might be times that make mention of ukraine because the government will want to show us continued commitment to supporting ukraine and that is another element, today is badged as the economy day because the chancellor rachel reeves is the big ticket item today but in the defence world there are questions about spending and you might remember in the run—up to the general election was a lot of discussion about whether or not the uk would reach the target of 2.5% of gdp spending on defence. the labour party at the time, keir starmersaid it was committed to reaching that but only when r

the uk's defence secretary, john healey, has defended the legaljudgment.ere is a "clear risk" the equipment could be used to commit serious violations of international law. let's bring you more of the reaction we have seen through the course of today, because bill rosenberg is the deputy of the board of british dues and he criticised them for sending the wrong signal to israel in their time of need. —— board of britishjews. the timing of the decision could hardly be worse. yesterday, israel was burying four young people who had been kidnapped from a music festival like glastonbury or reading and held for 11 months in the hamas terrorist organisation's dungeons and forced to film videos begging for their lives and then machine—gunned to death and they were being buried yesterday as the uk decided to announce it was suspending arms sales to its key ally, and i'm afraid that decision sends a painful message to israel but also a difficult message to hamas who will read from that that they can commit these atrocities and it will be israel that will be punished.

have you heard john healey talk about it?t. >> you know, it was kind of labourin >> you know, it was kind of labour in the election campaign that we will get to 2.5% as and when we can afford it. pretty clear from what john healey is saying, that there's going to be no increase in defence spending. >> well, when we can afford it, i mean, there's no point in, in, in putting up 2.5% if, if, if we can't do anything else. i mean, you know, we do have to protect this country in an awful lot of ways. >> but priorities, though, isn't it? >> yeah, but but there are a lot of priorities for this country, right? i mean, we have to protect the citizens who live here by giving them a decent health service as well. i mean, it's very important, but isn't but isn't. >> and perhaps i'm being a bit old fashioned here. isn't defence of the realm actually the single most important role of government? no. >> well, what i'm trying to say is, is it an emergency? what did you say? >> we're facing an emergency. you're way off on this. i'm afraid we n

. >> and in other news, the defence secretary, john healey , defence secretary, john healey, has chairedemergency cobra meeting to discuss the escalating crisis in the middle east. while the prime minister has called for restraint and de—escalation. it comes as israeli airstrikes continue to hit hezbollah positions, with the israeli military claiming it has killed hezbollah commander ibrahim mohammad shahbazi in an airstrike in beirut . at least airstrike in beirut. at least 550 people, including women and children, have been killed so far in lebanon's deadliest 24 hours in decades , half a million hours in decades, half a million people have fled. southern lebanon airlines have cancelled dozens of flights, and lebanese hospitals are overwhelmed with more than 1900 wounded. speaking after the cobra meeting, john healey advised british nationals to leave the region. those are the latest gb news headlines. more in an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news. >> .com. forward slash alerts . >> .com. forward

john healey hosted us defence secretary lloyd austin and australia's defence minister richard marles, the tri nation initiative takes the next step towards building the submarines. the ministry of defence says the deal to build nuclear powered, but conventionally armed attack submarines would help support more than 21,000 jobs in the uk alone . the hollywood icon , james alone. the hollywood icon, james heale dame joan collins has taken a swipe at extreme political correctness , sitting political correctness, sitting down with gb news presenter andrew pierce. she said that she was no fan at all of woke culture. >> i consider myself to be feminine and a feminist and why should we be called female actors? i find it demeaning . i actors? i find it demeaning. i think it's gone out of control . think it's gone out of control. really. you can't say anything and people get offended. we've lost our british sense of humour. >> and finally, a number warning for heavy rain has been issued by the met office, warning of further flooding and travel disruption across large parts of the uk. the new a

but defence secretary john healey insists israel's security will not be weakened by the decision.adow transport secretary helen whately says it is bad timing. well, i think it's really important that we stand firm in our support of israel in their conflict with hamas, which of course is a terrorist organisation. i, like many people, i am concerned about the humanitarian situation in gaza, but we know hamas is using people as human shields and still has israeli hostages. in fact, one of the problems with this announcement is one of timing. it was just a few days ago that hamas murdered six hostages, rather than release them and write on the back of thatis them and write on the back of that is this announcement by labour about limiting arms sales to israel. in other news, tom tugendhat has launched his tory leadership campaign, the shadow secretary, minister, security minister setting out his vision for the future of the party and for the future of the party and for the future of the party and for the nation . mr tugendhat is for the nation. mr tugendhat is one of the six tory mps v

but defence secretary john healey has insisted today that israel's security will not be weakened by thatnsion . in other news, that suspension. in other news, tom tugendhat is launching his campaign for the leadership of the conservative party at an event this morning, the shadow security minister will set out his vision for the future of the party and the nation. he's promised a return of honesty to politics as his tory leadership rival, robert jenrick defended his desire for the uk to ditch a key human rights treaty. mr tugendhat, one of six tory mps vying to be rishi sunak's successor, says he'll promise to reset the party's relationship with the public. mps returned to westminster yesterday after the summer recess as james cleverly and kemi badenoch also launched their campaigns . headteachers in their campaigns. headteachers in schools in england will now be told on a monday if they're due an ofsted inspection, that week. it comes after a major review found that ofsted's response to a headteachers suicide following a headteachers suicide following a school inspection was defensive a

speaking after the cobra meeting , john after the cobra meeting, john healey advised british nationalso leave the region. >> well, our concern is always for the safety of british nationals. and our advice to them is to leave lebanon. now, that hasn't changed. and this was a meeting simply to make sure that we've got plans in place for future developments. >> those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to martin for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much , sophia. >> thank you very much, sophia. now. welcome to farage with me. martin daubney standing in for nigel farage, the big man tonight. now the prime minister delivered his speech at the labour party conference earlier today. sir keir starmer said that the country faces a shared struggle and that's his project, while tough in the short term, is the right thing to do for the country. he also announced several new policies, including a much lauded homes for heroes proj

and that's what sir keir starmer and john healey, his defence secretary, and his government have now to tackle . have now got to tackle. >> but the fact of the matter is, if people aren't volunteering, if the conscription process is so woeful, which we know it is, and by the way, they should probably think about stop having a go at white working class men who historically have been the most likely to take up arms and defend their country. look at rishi sunak's doomed national service scheme that has 65% approval rating against it from those aged 18 to 24. they're the ones that will be expected to go up the ladder first, not some dusty old fossils in the lords. >> well, that's what i think the populist or popular concept might be, but i am reminded that in the 1930s, the oxford union, the speaking union, passed a motion saying that this house would not fight for king and country. and a few years later they were either all dead or in prisoner of war camps. so i think that it's easy to say such things in the abstract. but when bombs are being dropped in london or liverpool or glasgow or

the defense secretary john healey says the u.k.unch ally of israel but must follow the law. around 30 licenses out of 350 have been withdrawn because ministers say there's a clear risk the weapons could be used to violate international humanitarian law. here is our political editor, chris mason. chris: the decision announced is a signal that this government is acting differently from its predecessor. it is worth keeping a sense of proportion. around 10% of the u.k.'s arms export licenses have been suspended to israel and the u.k. is not a big arms exporter to israel. but a small percentage of a small amount can still provoke a big reaction at home and abroad. israel's prime minister said this shameful decision will not change israel's determination to defeat hamas. britain's misguided decision will only embolden hamas. >> we are a staunch ally of israel. weemain a staunch ally of israel. we made this legal judgment as a result of the process we are required to follow. our determination to stand with israel, to be part of the collec

uk defence secretary john healey hosted the summit as the tri nation initiative takes the tri nation initiative takes the next step towards building the next step towards building the submarines. the ministry of defence says the deal to build nuclear powered, but conventionally armed attack submarines would help support more than 21,000 jobs in the uk alone. john healey said the partnership was vital in an increasingly volatile world. >> we have held these discussions under a cloud of growing global insecurity. so in our trilateral and in our bilateral meetings, we have reinforced the need to stand together against russian aggression towards peace in the middle east and steadfast behind ukraine for as long as it takes . ukraine for as long as it takes. >> the family of a teenager who was murdered in wolverhampton have told a court they are devastated, totally heartbroken and confused. 212 year old boys found guilty of murdering shawn seesahai in a random machete attack are being sentenced this week from nottingham crown court. our east midlands reporter, will hollis has the latest. >

well, john healey was sent out this morning.efend the government as being, i think, one of their more talking to the 10 million pensioners are going to lose £200 a year, in some cases £300 a year. unless, of course , they a year. unless, of course, they can claim benefits for which they have to fill in a 243 question form. so 10 million are going to lose out. and one of the big arguments has been, should there be a vote on this in the house of commons or not? well, john healey was sent out this morning. the defence secretary to defend the government as being, i think, one of their more competent media performers. and here he was on with our friends at the bbc this morning decision to scrap the winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners. >> we understand there is still no plan to have a vote a proper which has been through a proper process , and parliament does process, and parliament does those in one of two ways. they either have a debate, a short debate on the statutory instrument, modification of the law, and a simple vo

speaking after the cobra meeting, john healey advised british nationals to leave the region. >> well,ur concern is always for the safety of british nationals. and our advice to them is to leave lebanon. now, that hasn't changed. and this was a meeting simply to make sure that we've got plans in place for future developments . place for future developments. >> now, back in the uk, a 15 year old boy who was stabbed to death in south—east london has been named, while two men have now been arrested on suspicion of murder. the metropolitan police said the victim was john campbell and his family are being supported by specialist officers. two men, aged 52 and 18, have now been arrested and remain in police custody . now, remain in police custody. now, the government says securing an agreement with striking nurses is an essential step to restoring public services after they turned down a 5.5% pay rise. two thirds of royal college of nursing members voted against the deal, in a record turnout of 145,000. labour minister pat mcfadden insists the government understands the challenge of balancin

the defence secretary, john healey, defended the decision to stop around 10% of the uk's arms exports the outcome of a legal review of arms licenses we are a staunch ally of israel, we remain a staunch ally of israel. we've made this a legal judgement as a result of the process we're required to follow. but our determination to stand with israel, to be part of the collective defence if they come under direct attack again — as they have done before — remains resolute and absolute. britain's chief rabbi has criticised the uk government's decision to suspend some arms export licences to israel. ephraim mirvis said on x: let's speak to our political correspondent henry zeffman who's in westminster. ifi if i stop first of all with the decision by the uk government to suspend some arms licences, this has been criticised by a shadow foreign secretary andrew mitchell as having all the appearance of having to satisfy labour�*s backbenchers while not offending israel. how effective does the government expects to be? �* , . ., h, be? it's clear the government ist in: be? it's clear the governmen

applause when keir starmer and my dear friend john healey and i flew to washington dc a few days latero reset our relationship with europe, he said britain is back. when we restored the funding to unwrap further work in gaza, what did we say, conference? written is back! and when we stood up for international law, when it was not eaten —— easy, what did we say? britain is back! in my first four months, i visited ten countries, engaged over 20 world litres and 14 foreign ministers. what did i tell them? britain is back. and when unlike rishi sunak last year, the prime minister and i travelled later this week to the un general assembly, what will i say? i will see, britain is back. britain is back, my friends, britain is back. conference, unlike the tories, we understand britain needs to work with its neighbours to flourish. we know britain's strength is founded on its alliances. that is why we are resetting a relationship with europe. sincejuly resetting a relationship with europe. since july we resetting a relationship with europe. sincejuly we launch negotiations on a wide—ranging bil

john healey, making his first appearance as defence secretary overseas, will make the announcement ata summit in germany later. the missiles are part of a larger £3 billion aid package from the uk to ukraine, and will be delivered by the end of this year . and will be delivered by the end of this year. scotland is setting new boundaries to give women unobstructed access to abortion services from the 24th of september, the abortion services act will make it a criminal offence to interfere with or harass anyone accessing or providing abortion services within 200m of designated facilities. that law aims to safeguard women and staff from intimidation and distress around hospitals or clinics . in the us, hospitals or clinics. in the us, officials have arrested the father of a 14 year old accused of a deadly school shooting in a rare move. colin grey faces multiple charges, including involuntary manslaughter, for allegedly allowing his to son access the weapon that was used in that attack that sadly killed four and wounded nine others. investigators have revealed that both the 54 year old a

this all in a week where you a woman, a said john healey double down on 320 weapons export licenses to netanyahu before applying the meeting at around 15 and base and us occupied germany to discuss the u . k. is multi $1000000000.00 arming. of a ukraine that is banned elections, whole position, bodies, and media. is it any wonder that the government of the u. k, formerly owner of the country of palestine, that is to some known as israel, is in such a frenzy to shut down palestinian solidarity by binding university protests and arresting defences. joining me from a london in turmoil is a political candidate to brandy they. you can secretary a will criminal live on u. k. television. she hasn't been seen on mainstream u. k. tv since fiona valley is national campaigns coordinator for the u. k. revolutionary communist party, co ordinating multiple pro, palestinian and complements across u. k. universities. some of which have now been banned. fiona, thanks so much for coming on. going underground, you know, in a normal, well peaceful world, i might be asking you about the class war of the gr

the defence secretary, john healey, says the uk remains a staunch ally of israel, but says it is followingopped, because ministers say there is a clear risk the weapons could be used to violate international humanitarian law. here's our political editor chris mason. the us national security adviserjohn kirby in the last few minutes was asked about this by reporters. it was not drawn on the uk's decision but he said that he has been no determination by the united states that israel has violated international humanitarian law. let's bring you live to tel aviv. you can see there at the moment, we will bring you those shots of air, there are large scale protests and what we understand there are protesters rallying in the centre of tel aviv, some protesters blocking a police car, some, we understand according to reports we are getting in, have been detained. in some tussles we saw earlier, it looks calm there now. these are people who are that benjamin netanyahu agrees to a cease—fire deal which would see the release of hostages currently held in gaza and of course allowing much needed humanita

yes, john healey, he was the first key speech of this morning, it was a pretty short speech overall but key points, he not surprisingly set out the continued commitment the government says it has to ukraine, in fact saying that this government was providing more support to ukraine than the previous government, although it is worth saying that keir starmer has been very clear he is not criticising the previous administration on this point, he supported the previous government when it came to uk, but they want to be seen to support that completely. he said interestingly the government will set out a path to spending 2.5% of gdp on defence but still no real clarity about with when that might happen. another element of his speech, he was talking about the need to recruit more people to the armed force, the armed forces have been hollowed out so he tracked about speeding up and speeding up recruitle processes and opening up recruitle processes and opening up a new avenue for people to do cyber military work, he was talking about gamers and cored, in fact the phrase he used and this might be

the uk's defence secretary, john healey, has defended the legaljudgment.s a "clear risk" the equipment could be used to commit serious violations of international law. joining me now is our middle east bureau chiefjo floto injerusalem and our political correspondent damian grammaticas who's in westminster. take me through the israeli reaction there has been from benjamin netanyahu to some of the other main players there. last night we had the defence minister, the foreign minister, the public be current minister all coming out condemning this. this morning, a very strong statement from the israeli prime minister as he pointed out, describing it as a shameful, said it was misguided, said, instead of britain standing next to its fellow democracy, and his words, it was encouraging and in belittling hamas and concluded the statement saying without or with british arms, israel will carry on this where and when it. the total amount of british weapons that are coming to israel are negligible in global terms. a few tens of millions in total. that compares to almos

. >> in other news, the defence secretary, john healey, has chaired an emergency cobra meeting today to discuss the escalating crisis in the middle east. while the prime minister has called for restraint and de—escalation. it comes as israeli airstrikes continue to hit hezbollah positions, with the israeli military claiming it has killed hezbollah commander ibrahim mohammed kwasi in an airstrike on beirut. at least 560 people, including women and children, have been killed so far in lebanon's deadliest 24 hours in decades . now, police in hours in decades. now, police in switzerland have made several arrests after a woman reportedly ended her life using a so—called suicide pod. it's understood the capsule made by sako has never been used before. police in the schaffhausen region said they arrested several people on suspicion of inciting, aiding and abetting suicide . assisted and abetting suicide. assisted dying is legally protected in some circumstances in switzerland, but the sako pod has encountered some opposition and the government says securing and the government says securing

john healey, to attend a cobra meeting. is that right? >> well, yeah.middle east, on the israel—lebanon border with israel—lebanon border with israel now taking the fight to the terrorist group hezbollah after some 9000 rockets, drones and missiles were fired at israel over the last year, israel over the last year, israel clearly and saying as much that enough is enough and they have to get their communities who have been evacuated from that area of northern israel more than 70,000 people for more than a year back into those communities. but in doing that, of course, that raises the real potential. now for a wider regional war. and we've seen just just now more missile and rocket attacks into northern israel from hezbollah, not idf forces. the israeli defence forces bombing targets in southern lebanon. we heard from the foreign secretary in recent days urging those british citizens, thousands of them dual nationals and british citizens that are there to get out as soon as possible by commercial means, while commercial means are still there. but john hea

my colleague john healey has announced more ammunition, more armoured vehicles, _ ammunition, more armoured effort at this time, and we're here to listen, — this time, and we're here to listen, and that's why i am here — listen, and that's why i am here with _ listen, and that's why i am here with tony blinking. some developing news now. reports from south korea say that north korea has fired an "unidentified ballistic missile" into waters, east of the korean peninsula. seoul's military reported that pyongyang launched an unidentified ballistic missile towards the sea of japan. japan's coastguard also warned vessels of a possible launch. japanese media though is reporting that the country's government has said there's been no damage from the missile. it has continued sending billions carrying rubbish across the border in south korea. this is a developing story. we'll bring you more details as they emerge. to the other big news we've been covering the past week — typhoon yagi. thousands of people have been evacuated from low—lying areas in the vietnamese capital, hanoi, as the red river surg

this all in a week where you a woman, a said john healey double down on 320 weapons export licenses to netanyahu before applying the meeting at around 15 and base and us occupied germany to discuss the u . k. is multi $1000000000.00 arming. of a ukraine that his band electrons, whole position bodies, and media. is it any wonder that the government of the u. k, formerly owner of the country of palestine.

defence secretary, john healey, said it was the outcome of a legal review of arms licenses.staunch ally of israel, we remain a staunch ally of israel, we have made this a legal judgment as a result of the process we are required to follow. we have suspended the export licences on 30 out of 350 parts. these are ones that could be a clear risk of breaching international law in gaza, but our determination to stand with israel to be part of the collective defence james landale told us how much pressure mr netanyhu was under? this decision comes as no surprise to the israeli government. the british government. the british government has been talking about this and discussing it since before christmas. and i think the israelis have long known this was a decision that at some point the british government would have to make, namely that some of the weapons the uk are selling to israel could potentially be used to breach international humanitarian law in gaza and the initial reaction from israeli ministers last night was one of disheartening lent and disappointment, but it wasn't tha

the defence secretary, john healey, says the uk remains a staunch ally of israel but must follow thes say there is a clear risk the weapons could be used to violate international humanitarian law. here's our political editor chris mason. the decision announced here is a signal that this government is acting differently from its predecessor. it is worth keeping a sense of proportion. around 10% of the uk's arms export licences have been suspended to israel. and the uk is not a big arms exporter to israel. but a small percentage of a small amount can still provoke a big reaction, at home and abroad. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said... we are a staunch ally of israel, we remain a staunch ally of israel. we've made this legal judgment as a result of a process we're required to follow. 0ur determination to stand with israel, to be part of the collective defence if they come under direct attack again, as they have done before, remains resolute and absolute. so what is the process that governments follow? uk law sets out that goods that could be used for military purpose or e

the defence secretary, john healey, says the uk remains a staunch ally of israel, but says it is followingns could be used to violate international humanitarian law. here's our political editor chris mason. the decision announced here is a signal that this government is acting differently from its predecessor. it is worth keeping a sense of proportion. around 10% of the uk's arms export licences have been suspended to israel. the uk is not a big arms exporter to israel. but a small percentage of a small amount can still provoke a big reaction, at home and abroad. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said, "this shameful decision will not change israel's determination to defeat hamas. britain's misguided decision will only embolden hamas." we are a staunch ally of israel and we will remain a staunch ally of israel. we have made this legaljudgment as a result of a process we are required to follow. our determination to stand with israel, to be part of the collective defence if they come under direct attack again as they have done before, remains resolute and absolute. so what is the pr

he said the move would embolden hamas, but the defence secretary, john healey, has defended the legaljudgementfrom the positon held by the previous conservative government. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. shame on david lammy! from supporters of the israeli government, outrage. shame on keir starmer! "don't abandon israel", they shouted outside the foreign office this morning. earlier, the uk's chief rabbi had shared his own criticism. the defence secretary today insisted the uk's broader support for israel is unchanged. we are a staunch ally of israel. we remain a staunch ally of israel. we've made this legaljudgment as a result of the process we're required to follow. but our determination to stand with israel, to be part of the collective defence if they come under direct attack again, as they have done before, remains resolute and absolute. the decision was made on the basis of new legal advice commissioned by the foreign secretary, david lammy, when the new government took office. he told the commons yesterday the uk had to suspend export of some items which could

now in other news, the defence minister, john healey, is expected to chair an emergency cobra meetingcalating crisis in the middle east. while the prime minister has called for restraint and de—escalation. it comes as israeli airstrikes continue to hit hezbollah positions , hit hezbollah positions, including missile launchers and weapons depots. at least 550 people, including women and children, have been killed so far in lebanon's deadliest 24 hours in decades. half a million people have fled southern lebanon airlines have cancelled dozens of flights, and lebanese hospitals are overwhelmed with more than 1900 wounded. the uk and us have both now advised nationals to leave the region. now back in the uk, the government says securing an agreement with striking nurses is an essential step to restoring public services after they turned down a 5.5% pay rise. two thirds of royal college of nursing members voted against the deal, in a record turnout of 145,000. labour minister pat mcfadden insists the government understands the challenge of balancing public spending while trying to treat wo

john healey, defence secreta .~ . . , ., . ., , ago from john healey, defence secreta .~ . ., , ., . they come under direct attack again. as — if they come under direct attack again, as they have done before, remains — again, as they have done before, remains resolute and absolute. in terms remains resolute and absolute. terms of remains resolute and absolute. in terms of political reaction, the risk of walking that delicate tightrope is that by trying to just about please quite a few people you can end up actually disappointing and awful lot and that is a clear political risk for the government, for david lammy the foreign secretary today. you have some on the left of the labour party and also the labour muslim network saying why is it only about 10% of the export licences? why is the government not banning all arms exports to israel? then you also have other people in the labour party, for example the labour friends of israel group, saying they are worried about the signal it sends to iran. also, as you are questioning john healey about, there is because of the sum in labour party,

john healey is hosting richard marles , healey is hosting richard marles, who is also anthony albanese's us defence secretary. lloyd james austin. the third, at the security partnership meeting . if security partnership meeting. if australia and the uk sign a treaty, the westminster governments estimated the ssn aukus submarine build project would unlock uk exports into the billions of pounds. the ministry of defence says it will support uk jobs for more than 21,000 people, and the government also confirmed the new treaty will outline the uk's relationship with australia on submarine co—operation . cyber attackers co—operation. cyber attackers have caused disruption at 19 uk railway stations. network rail confirmed the wi—fi systems at stations including london euston, manchester piccadilly and major stations across liverpool, birmingham and edinburgh were all affected. people reported logging onto the wi—fi at the stations and being met with a screen about terror attacks. in europe. british transport police are investigating. the rail provider says it believes other organisations, not j

but its defense secretary john healey, is urging all sides in the middle please step back from conflict and prevent further loss of life. soon as paula hancocks joins me now from abu dhabi, this as nick was describing, does feel like a step change it's certainly a step up from what we have seen from hezbollah over recent days. the fact that they have for the first time being able to try and target tel aviv, the israeli military saying that they were close to tel aviv with that surface too. surface missile it of course, does feel like things are escalating now we did hear from the israeli defense minister, yoav galanti went to visit troops along the border just yesterday and he was talking to those troops saying that hezbollah has been badly affected, saying that hezbollah is different today from the organization that we knew just a week ago referring there to the fact that there were those attacks on the pagers and the walkie-talkies of hezbollah just last week, he also said they have suffered sequence of blows to their command and center and a command and control the fighters. the mean

now, today, the defence secretary, john healey, urged for call of duty gamers to join the armed forces solve their recruitment crisis, setting up a new direct route for cyber military recruits . military recruits. >> because if you're a top gamer or a coder , your country needs or a coder, your country needs you and we will always maintain the highest standards and we will create will create an armed forces that draws the very best of britain's talent. >> so put down your joysticks and enlist. the defence secretary is also preparing to water down the fitness requirements for joining up, to make it easier for them to get in, scrapping rules that block people who suffer from hay fever, eczema and even acne . fever, eczema and even acne. now. could virtual reality be an ideal training ground for the actual real world combat? well, joining me now to discuss this is a student at the university of edinburgh and an avid call of duty gamer , the magnificently duty gamer, the magnificently named rocko . kraken. rocko, named rocko. kraken. rocko, welcome to the show. so when we hear the defence

well, john healey was sent out this morning.efend the government as being, i think, one of their more competent media performers. and here he was on with our friends at the bbc this morning decision to scrap the winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners. >> we understand there is still no plan to have a vote on that, a debate on that in the house of commons. why not? >> what you'll see next month when the chancellor introduces the budget , you'll see votes in the budget, you'll see votes in the budget, you'll see votes in the normal way. then that will be an opportunity for the house of commons to vote on a range of measures that the government will have to take. >> now, john redwood spent a considerable number of years in the house of commons and understands how it all works. so the idea was they were going to make this change quite a fundamental change to 10 million people. i mean, quite big stuff without a vote, using statutory instruments. what were they planning to do and how could they do that? >> well, if that's wha

he said the move would embolden hamas, but the defence secretary john healey has defended the legaljudgment marks a shift in the uk's approach to the conflict from the positon held by the previous conservative government. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. from supporters of the israeli government, outrage. don'tabandon israel, they shouted outside of the foreign office this morning. earlier the uk chief rabbi had shared his own criticism. it beggars belief, he wrote, that the british government, a close strategic ally of israel, has announced a partial suspension of arms licenses, at a time when israel is fighting a war for its very survival. the defence secretary insisted the uk poz—mac broader support for is unchanged. we insisted the uk poz-mac broader support for is unchanged. we are a staunch ally _ support for is unchanged. we are a staunch ally of— support for is unchanged. we are a staunch ally of israel, _ support for is unchanged. we are a staunch ally of israel, we _ support for is unchanged. we are a staunch ally of israel, we remain . support for is unchan

a landmark aukus meeting is being held in the uk today as the defence secretary, john healey, hosts counterpartsa fleet of nuclear powered submarines. mr healey will host richard marles, who is also anthony albanese's deputy prime minister, and us defence secretary. lloyd james austin, the third at the security partnership meeting . if partnership meeting. if australia and the uk sign a treaty, the westminster government estimates the ssn aukus submarine build project would unlock uk exports into the billions of pounds. the ministry of defence says it will support uk jobs for more than 21,000 people. the government also confirmed the new treaty will outline the uk's relationship with australia on submarine co—operation . farmers have co—operation. farmers have written to the bosses of the uk's big six supermarkets, calling on them to end farm washing and support local producers, the farmers against farm washing campaign claims major supermarkets are using fake farm brands and overuse of union jack branding to give shoppers the impression their products come from quaint british family farms. it c

john healey, making his first appearance as defence secretary overseas, will make that announcement atummit in germany today. the missiles are part of a larger £3 billion aid package and will be delivered by the end of this year. in the us, officials have arrested the father of a 14 year old boy accused of a deadly school shooting. in that rare legal move, colin grey faces multiple charges, including involuntary manslaughter, for allegedly allowing his to son access the weapon that was used in that attack. it sadly killed four and wounded nine others. investigators in georgia have revealed. both the 54 year old and his son had previously been questioned over online threats about carrying out a school shooting. the teenager called grey, used a semi—automatic rifle in the incident and will be tried as an adult. rifle in the incident and will be tried as an adult . and be tried as an adult. and finally, this lunchtime, areas from london to the west of england are for in a wet end to the week. the environment agency is warning potential flooding and travel disruptions in store , and travel

defence secretary john healey says it's a good sign that netanyahu's attending the un general assemblym israel is in the united nations today. >> he will hear about the calls from many countries, led by the united states and britain, for an immediate ceasefire in lebanon, 21 days in which the fighting should stop on both sides. that gives everyone a chance to concentrate on the peace plan that is on the table that the israelis themselves say would allow them to get their citizens back into northern israel and the lebanese to return to their homes in southern lebanon. that's what we should all be working for. >> in other news, the first adults in england to be charged with riot following widespread disorder last month has been jailed for four years and four months. 32 year old kieran ushen months. 32 year old kieran usher, of sunderland, pleaded guilty after being filmed working with a group of at least 20 people to quote rain missiles onto attending police officers in the city. that coming from the crown prosecution service today. hundreds of people were involved in a night of violence

, john healey, said that our commitment to ukraine is ironclad.could be coming at a cost to british defence capacity. it's obviously in britain's strategic objectives to continue to support ukraine. they see that ongoing conflict as vital to european and british national security . but this is national security. but this is potentially limiting our capacity to defend, train and equip our own troops. something like an eight fold increase in the number of exercises cancelled due to the training of ukrainian forces. now britain has trained more ukrainians than any other nato member, some 42,000 troops trained under operation interflex since 2022. previously it was called operation orbital. it ran from 2015 when the invasion of crimea kicked off, but it has had an impact on the availability of british forces to use their own exercise areas and training units. operation inter forge, which was royal marine training of ukrainian marine forces that was actually moved to the netherlands last year because it was impacting the capacity of the royal royal mar

the defence secretary, john healey, has said that the british government is still completely behind israelsrael. but in terms of the message that it sends out, the message that it sends out, the us has threatened to block arms, deals with israel, but it hasn't actually gone so far as to do it. and actually, kamala harris, the democratic nominee , harris, the democratic nominee, has said that she wouldn't do that. so here britain has gone a step further than the us. now, why is that? david lammy, the foreign secretary, says that it is simply a question of this report that they've received proves that it would be dangerous for britain to carry on supplying arms to israel because there is a possibility that those arms could be used to break international law. he makes clear that there is no evidence so far that israel has actually yet broken international law. he says. it's basically just a sort of technicality. but there are murmurs among backbenchers on both sides of the house that this is more of a political decision. keir starmer is, of course , and has been for a long course, and has bee

when keir starmer and my dear friend john healey and i flew to washington dc a few days later to meetto, we were proud to say britain is back when the labour government hosted 45 european leaders at blenheim palace to reset our relationship with europe, we said britain is back when we restored the funding to unrwa for their work in gaza. what did we say? conference britain is back and when we stood up for international law, when it was not easy, what did we say ? not easy, what did we say? britain is back in my first four months i visited ten countries, engaged over 20 world leaders and 40 foreign ministers. engaged over 20 world leaders and 40 foreign ministers . and and 40 foreign ministers. and what did i tell them? britain is back and when, unlike rishi sunak last year, the prime minister and i travel later this week to the un general assembly. what will i say? i will say britain is back. britain is back, my friends. britain is back. conference. unlike the tories , we understand britain tories, we understand britain needs to work with its neighbours to flourish. we know that brita

and we've been working with keir starmer and sir john healey as secretary of for state defence for manyd an apology . and now they're in apology. and now they're in power. we want them to carry on with that because they've made promises to these veterans that it's a scandal that's 70 years or 72 years old now from the first test. and so many people died. >> alan, i was going to say how many of them are left ? many of them are left? >> so, so many of them have died. >> so how many of them, alan? how many are left? how many are left? >> oh, how many are left? so of the 22,000 that went out, there were only going on people that have applied for the medal and the people that have applied for the people that have applied for the medal is about 2500. so there's 10% left worldwidenuclear 28,000 records about the nuclear test veterans that has been hidden away under national security issues. and i can't see how a blood test for all these guysis how a blood test for all these guys is a national security issue. and yes, we believe that they were experimented on. >> did they get paid anything for