our defence correspondent jonathan beale has the latest. it's known as the silent service. but there's been no communication from the sanjuan and her 44 crew for more than a week. the search had already reached a critical phase, with fears this submarine would soon be running out of air. now, more worrying news —

here's jonathan beale. jonathan: it is known as the silent service, but there has been no communication from the san juan and the 44 crew for more than a week. the search had already reached a critical phase with fears that the submarine would be running out of air. now more worrying news -- scientists confirm they detected an abnormal sound in the water. in the last known location. an argentine navy spokesman said it was a short, single, violent event, consistent with an explosion. it is a bitter blow for relatives. just a few days ago, they had been wrongly told there may have been attempts by the submarine to make contact. now they feel betrayed. >> i feel cheated. they are swine. they manipulated us. >> we have no more saints left to pray to, no more saints to ask. jonathan: aircraft and ships from more than half a dozen nations have been involved in what is still officially a search and rescue mission, at times in heavy seas. this the view from the royal navy ship hms protector earlier this week. but so

jonathan beale, bbc news. latest on the missing submarine, i spoke to veronica smink from bbc mundo, who is in buenos aires. well, the latest news we had this morning is they have been able to locate the ship in n area, a radius of 125 kilometres, and they believe it is in a depth of between 200 and 3,000 metres below the ocean. despite that, in all these hours, since the afternoon, they have not managed to locate the submarine. just a few minutes ago, the navy spokesman confirmed that they still do not know where the submarine is. what about this explosion — the possibility of an explosion? well, they maintain they have two different sources — sources from the united states and sources frokm austria — that confirm in the same area and also around three hours after the submarine last contacted its base, on the 15th of november, they confirm that there was a sound, they call it an anomaly, a hydroacoustic anomaly. and it's referred to as a very likely explosion and, of course, as we just heard, this has really

jonathan beale, bbc news.sing submarine, i spoke to veronica smink from bbc mundo, who is in buenos aires. while, the latest news we have this morning is they have been able to locate the ship in a radius of 100 kilometres in a depth of between 203,000 metres below the ocean. despite that, they have not managed to locate the submarine. just a few minutes ago, the navy spokesman confirmed they still do not know where the submarine was. what about the possibility of an explosion? they maintain they have two different sources — from the us and austria— that confirm in the same area and three hours after the submarine's last contact on the 15th of november, they confirm it there was a sound, they call it a hydra could stick anomalous —— hydrocustic. it must be absolutely desperate for the families? yes, it is. a number of the families are now very angry which is a natural reaction, really. not all of them. some family members said they have understood the navy has done its best and have been kept informed but obvi

jonathan beale, bbc news.o, from bbc mundo, is in buenos aires. where the authorities remain reticent about whether it's now a rescue or a recovery operation. we were just hearing the spokesperson a few hours ago and he said very little about results, more about the families and how they are dealing with it and so forth. we know very little of what has come out. bear in mind, the area where we are looking to the submarine is huge, it's as big as spain or france and that is just the surface. underneath the sea, it goes down dozens of kilometres. this is a massive operation but a very difficult task. the relatives are talking of betrayal, stating they were given false hope. they are very angry indeed. partly because the rescue operation or the search operation only started two days after the submarine went missing and that is something that has the family is very angry in a country that tends to politicise all sorts of events like this and polarised itself when these things happen. it's been a week and we know v

our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. it's known as the silent service. there's been no communication from the sanjuan and her 44 crew for more than a week. the search had already reached a critical phase, with fears this submarine would soon be running out of air. now, more worrying news — scientists confirm they've detected an abnormal sound underwater near her last known location. an argentine navy spokesman said it was a short, single, violent event consistent with an explosion. it's a bitter blow for relatives. just a few days ago they'd been wrongly told there may have been attempts by the submarine to make contact. now they feel betrayed. translation: i feel cheated. they are swines. they've manipulated us. translation: we have no more saints left to pray to, no more saints to ask. aircraft and ships from more than half a dozen nations have been involved in what is still officially a search and rescue mission, at times in heavy seas. this, the view from the royal navy ship hms protector earlier this week. but, so far, nothing. the sanjuan left the

jonathan beale, bbc news. the players‘ union have launched a major study into the health of 15,000 former professionals as part of an investigation into the long—term risks of heading a football. the study will ask whether professional footballers are more likely to develop brain conditions such as dementia than the rest of the population. but, as our sports editor dan roan reports, authorities are being criticised for being slow to consider the problem. that's a good ball, a little flick on! it's in the net! heading the ball has been a part of football since the game was invented, but in recent years there's been mounting concern over the danger it could pose to players‘ long—term health. and today the fa announced it‘d finally commissioned a landmark study into links between football and dementia. the expert leading the research telling mejust how significant it is. we‘re going to be as thorough as we can possibly be. we‘re looking at in excess of 15,000 former footballers, and matching them to somewhere aro

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jonathan beale reports.crew for more than a week. the search had already reached a critical phase with fears this submarine would soon be running out of air. now, more worrying news — scientists confirm they detected an abnormal sound in the water in her last known location. an argentine navy spokesman said it was a short, single, violent event, consistent with an explosion. it's a bitter blow for relatives. just a few days ago, they had been wrongly told trhat there had been attempts by the submarine to make contact. now they feel betrayed. translation: i feel cheated. they are swines. they manipulated us. the sanjuan left the southern tip of argentina almost two weeks ago. she was on a 2,000—mile journey back to mar del plata when she reported an electrical failure. the last communication home was last wednesday, the same day they have identified that sound like an explosion. it now seems unlikely their prayers will be answered. for the families of the 44 crew, hopes of a miraculous rescue have all but dis

jonathan beale, bbc news.est, we can talk to our correspondence with bbc mundo in buenos aires. daniel, many involved ina buenos aires. daniel, many involved in a search and rescue operation but it appears to be more of a simply —— more of simply finding the submarine. we were just hearing the spokesperson a few hours ago and he said very little about results, more about the families and how they are dealing with it and so forth. we know very little of what has come out. bear in mind, the area where we are looking to the submarine is huge, it's as big as spain or france and that is just the surface. underneath the sea, it goes down dozens underneath the sea, it goes down d oze ns of underneath the sea, it goes down dozens of kilometres. this is a massive operation but a very difficult task. the relatives are talking of betrayal, stating they we re talking of betrayal, stating they were given false hope. they are very angry indeed. partly because the rescue operation or the search operation only started two day

but first, jonathan beale is outside the ministry of defence.n not someone i think with any particular experience in defence but what's in his in tray now? most people in and out of uniform in this bill —— building would have been googling him today. he hasn't got a military background so he will have to earn the trust of the armed forces. at the moment he's getting inundated with briefings, serious matters of state, about the nuclear trident deterrent, the air campaign against isis. he will essentially authorise raf air strikes. but the most serious immediate challenge he faces is trying to stave off more defence cuts. at the moment the government is having a mini review and all the three services have had to put forward options for cuts. before michael fallon left he was trying to make the case for more defence spending. it will be interesting to see, and he will be judged on this, whether gavin williamson can stave off some of those cuts. let's get the latest from. —— from norman smith. theresa may lost a key ally last night, do we think ther

our defence correspondent jonathan beale gave us this update. gavin williamson, a statement talking about the defeat of is in iraq and syria entering the final phase. this is being underlined. they've lost more than 90% of the territory they once held. the raf has been part of the us—led coalition for five years, carrying out more than 1500 air strikes. johnny stringer, the air commodore, is the raf man who has been in charge of the campaign for the last year. he gave a briefing and essentially said we are reaching the end game. do they still hold some residual territory? yes, they do. is there a threat that we need to go against? yes. but i think we are seeing a caliphate that has all but dissolved. so the war is over? it's not the sincerity over in that sense, not the sincerity over in that sense , you can not the sincerity over in that sense, you can see that it will morph to be an insurgent campaign. there will be a requirement for the uk and others to deal with that, including making sure that threats against the uk, that we continue to kee

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barren desert along the euphrates river near the border with syria. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan bealewhat is being said. we have had from the new defence secretary a statement which talks about the defeat of ias in iraq and syria are entering the final phase. this has been underlined, they have lost more than 90% of the territory they once held, the raf has been part of that coalition for the last three years carrying out more than 1500 air strikes. johnny stringer, is the man, the raf man who has been in charge of that air campaign. he was giving a briefing essentially saying that we are reaching the endgame. thi5 that we are reaching the endgame. this is what he said. to be still hold residual territory? ye5 this is what he said. to be still hold residual territory? yes they do. 15 there still a threat? ye5. but i think we are seeing a caliphate that is all but dissolved fiow. caliphate that is all but dissolved now. so the war is over? i do not think it is necessarily over in that 5en5e, think it is necessarily over in that sense, but we can see that they will wa nt sense, but we c

jonathan beale reports.vice but there's been no communication from the sanjuan and her 44 crew for more than a week. the search had already reached a critical phase with fears this submarine would soon be running out of air. now, more worrying news — scientists confirm they detected an abnormal sound in the water near her last known location. an argentine navy spokesman said it was a short, single, violent event, consistent with an explosion. it's a bitter blow for relatives. just a few days ago, they had been wrongly told that there had been attempts by the submarine to make contact. now they feel betrayed. translation: i feel cheated. they are swines. translation: i feel cheated. the sanjuan left the southern tip of argentina almost two weeks ago. she was on a 2,000—mile journey back to mar del plata when she reported an electrical failure. the last communication home was last wednesday, the same day they have identified that sound like an explosion. it now seems unlikely their prayers will be answered. fo

jonathan beale is here now.lenges facing him. given that he has no background. yes, the first job he's got is developing any kind of relationship with a military. is not someone relationship with a military. is not someone with a military background. some people look down on that but, let's be honest, many defence secretaries have had no military background themselves, so that's not going to be necessarily a stumbling block, but he has walked into a very toughjob. he block, but he has walked into a very tough job. he has block, but he has walked into a very toughjob. he has got to deal with the potential of defence cuts. security reviews are going on at the moment. the mod is in tough financial straits. yes, there has been an increase in the defence budget but they are having to make savings of more than £20 billion and all three services have had to put forward options for cuts, so they will hope he will essentially try to get more money out of the treasury. he will be a strong voice for the armed forces, not t