jonathan beale, bbc news. look at that effort! well done, jonathan. jonathan. weather forecast. hello. it's turning into a decidedly cool weekend across the country. cool and bright for some, cool and wet for others. rain across the south. so not especially cold here. degrees, a little colder in the countryside in scotland. for many northern areas through tomorrow morning. clearing away from the south—east by lunch time. with that, for a time, pretty gusty north and northwesterly winds. behind that, sunshine and showers. with some rain at times in the northwest. this is bbc news with me, anita mcveigh. . more respect from brussels in the brexit talks. party's annual conference. he told delegates his is the party of equality. of the musical duel chas and dave, who has died. now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london. writers who file their stories with the dateline london. for both the united kindom and the united states. she hoped would hold together her party.

0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale went to find out.miles in under two hours. the new test, we are told, to simulate conditions in battle, and they are meant to be harder, not easier. so, i'm about to have a go. 0h! the telegraph's beating me! the idea of this is to simulate extracting a casualty after a firefight. piece of cake. what i've got here is a repeated lift—and—carry. it's similar to a replenish task, moving a 20kg obstacle from one site to another site over a distance of 30 metres. what you're going to do, pick the 20 kilos up, run round the cone and back, placing it onto the platform safely. from there, all you're going to do is place it on the floor, turn round and run back, simulating running back to the start position to grab another obstacle. combat is gritty, it's dirty, it's hard work, and running one and a half miles in trainersjust doesn't represent what i do on the battlefield. whereas lifting, carrying ammunition, sandbags, dragging casualties, moving underfire, that's all things we expect our ground close—combat t

our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, sent this report from hms queen elizabeth.britain's most expensive warship has at last met its match. the f—35jet — the world's most advanced and costly warplane. now together for the first time, sailing in the atlantic ocean. it's eight years since a jet flew off a british aircraft carrier. now the wait is over. the royal navy is back in the business of flying fast jets from big decks. the f—35 can hover like the old harrier jump jet, but it's far more complex, with 10 million lines of computer code. each costs around £100 million. now landing on a £3 billion warship. it's global ambition, not affordability, that's been the driving force. this is the best, most capable aeroplane in the world, and it's now in the british military, on—board a british warship, and it doesn't get any better than this, with this warship and this team. it's unbelievable. these two test aircraft are meant to be followed by many more. the ship was built to carry 36 jets. but in reality she'll sail with fewer. britain's defence budget is struggling to

jonathan beale, bbc news, on board hms queen elizabeth.tre. good evening. europe will take a 10—6 lead into the final day of the ryder cup. they dominated this morning, but the usa picked up a couple of vital points late on and will need a spectacular comeback if they're to win. andy swiss reports from paris. a distinctly chilly start for europe's fans, but optimism was in the air. 0le, ole, ole, ole... and with good reason. after yesterday's comeback, once again, the hosts were on the charge. what a putt from mcilroy, smacks into the back of the hole. rory mcilory inspired, and so was his partner. some had questioned sergio garcia's selection. not after this. come around, come around. sweet as a nut. the hosts won three of the morning's four matches, including another for the new star turns. francesco molinari and tommy fleetwood helping the hosts to an 8—11 lead. and the afternoon began just as brightly. victory for henrik stenson and justin rose before the pair now dubbed moliwood produced another box office display. molinari and fleetw

jonathan beale, bbc news.ne who now runs a crossfit gym. hejoins me via webcam from coventry. what do you make of this decision?” think it is a really positive move. it has been a long time coming, and it is recreating a realistic battle environment rather than just going for a little jog, if environment rather than just going for a littlejog, if you like. presumably as a former mourinho required level of fitness was that bit higher than is required routinely of soldiers. —— a former royal marine. how were the fitness tests the army was pursuing? did they prepare soldiers for active engagement in the battlefield? not at all, to be honest. it was sort of continuation training, recreating that situation and environment, but your basic tests were more just a test of muscular injury and is, how many press ups can you do, how far can you run in a certain time, there was never a time out in afghanistan when i needed to do lots of press ups. but wasn't itjust about maintaining general levels of fitness? i just mainta

jonathan beale, bbc news, ukraine. brexit and what it will mean for us with just over six months to go before the uk leaves the eu. tonight our economics editor, kamal ahmed, looks at how it will afffect the economy for all of us. will it definitely happen? how world trade work after brexit? what will brexit mean for the union? the economy is a complicated beast with many moving parts, and our relationship with the rest of the european union and our trade with the rest of the world were just two of those moving parts. so the first point is, keep things in perspective. and the second point is, the size and health of the economy in the future depends on the size and health of the economy now. and our decision to leave the european union has certainly affected that. the question is why. first, uncertainty. firms tend to invest less, tend to look for fewer new opportunities if the future is unclear. and then the return of the income squeeze. after the referendum, the value of the pound fell, which meant prices rose. that's

jonathan beale, bbc news.arine who now runs a crossfit gym. he explained why these new tests will help soldiers train for front—line combat. modernisation for these tasks has been a long time coming, so creating a realistic battle environment rather than just what we had before. presumably you kind of required level of fitness was higher than is required within the soldiers, as a marine, but how far away from the sort of conditions that you have to work in were the sort of fitness tests that the army was pursuing? do you think they did in anyway prepare soldiers for active engagement in the battlefield? no, not at all, to be honest. the soft continuation will take a lot deeper into that, we creating situations and that environment, but your basic tasks we re environment, but your basic tasks were morejust the environment, but your basic tasks were more just the tasks of sort of muscular endurance, how many press ups you can do, if you can run somewhere in a certain time. in afghanistan, there was never a time

jonathan beale, bbc news. impressive!who now runs a crossfit gym. he explained to me why these new tests will help soldiers train for front—line combat. the modernisation of these tests has been a long time coming and it's recreating the beer list of battle environment than carrying a little jug. environment than carrying a little jug, if you like. presumably as a former marine job required jug, if you like. presumably as a former marinejob required level jug, if you like. presumably as a former marine job required level of fitness was that bit higher than is required routinely of soldiers. how far away from these sort of conditions you had to work in were the fitness tests that the army was pursuing? do you think they did in any way prepare soldiers for active engagement in battlefields? no, not at all. the continuation training would go deeper into that. creating situations in that environment but the basic tests, more a test of endurance, press ups, how many can you do, can you run somewhere at a certain time, but ther

here's our defence correspondent jonathan beale.to avoid russian radar, and on board, the first british minister to venture this far in eastern ukraine. the final move is made by armoured convoy. the man who once told russia to "shut up and go away" wants to see the front line, well within range of ukraine's enemy, the pro—russian separatists. you can see the roof of this second building? yes. right after that is the front line. really, that's how close we are? a ukraine soldier was killed here just a few weeks ago. you're taking a very much closer look at what russia has been up to. do you regret those comments, "russia, shut up and go away"? well, i reckon i could've probably put it a bit better, but as a yorkshireman, we're somewhat known for our plain and simple speaking. so you'll have to forgive us on that. so you were wrong to say that? what i was right to point out is the fact that russia had attacked britain using chemical weapons. and what you see constantly is a more aggressive and more assertive russia. down in a command

jonathan beale, bbc news, ukraine.ll mean for us — withjust over six months to go before the uk leaves the eu. tonight, our economics editor kamal ahmed looks at how it will affect the economy for all of us. will it definitely happen? how will trade work after brexit? what will brexit mean for the union? will we be richer or poorer? the economy is a complicated beast with many moving parts and our relationship with the rest of the european union and our trade with the rest of the world are just two of those moving parts. so the first point is — keep things in perspective. and the second point is — the size and health of the economy in the future depends on the size and health of the economy now, and our decision to leave the eu has certainly affected that. the question is why. first, uncertainty. firms tend to invest less, tend to look for fewer new opportunities if the future is unclear. and then, the return of the income squeeze. after the referendum the value of the pound fell, which meant prices rose. that's becaus

our defence correspondent jonathan beale went to find out. 25kg over eight miles in under two hours. harder, not easier. so, i'm about to have a go. 0h! the telegraph's beating me! after a firefight. piece of cake. what i've got here is a repeated lift—and—carry. to another site over a distance of 30 metres. run round the cone and back, placing it onto the platform safely. position to grab another obstacle. on the battlefield. we expect our ground close—combat troops to deal with. i do think it's probably difficult for a lot of females. enough to pass the tests. for women to join the infantry? definitely not, no. which is a shame for me. i managed to complete just a quarter of the test. yes! well done to him! london calling for more to be done to protect nature in the uk. caroline davies went along. met to start the people's march for wildlife. wildlife. in the media, and wildlifejust takes sideline. takes sideline. if we did do something about it, we have had it. have had it. enjoying seeing the wildlife, and we need to protect it. need to protect it. different wildlife organisation

jonathan beale, bbc news.ter of the job, maybe? well done, jonathan, that looks tough. you are watching brea kfast that looks tough. you are watching breakfast with bbc news. it is just coming up to a 20 5am. time now for a look at the papers. former newspaper editor paul horrocks is here to tell us what's caught his eye. good morning. have you had a good look through? i have, i have scoured the inside pages rather than the front pages. we will do the front pages first and then have a look inside. one thing dominates. we are talking brexit. theresa may's statement at downing street on friday leads most of today's papers. the telegraph reports that the pm may face a "showdown" next week as ministers prepare to call for a "plan b" to her brexit blueprint. there were 20 babies called theresa last year. the guardian describes mrs may's "hastily arranged" speech on friday as "combative", adding it "spooked the currency markets" and led to sterling's biggest one—day fall this year. how many mays are there? i don't k

our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports.st extensive warship has at last met its match. the activity five jet, the world at last met its match. the activity fivejet, the world public at last met its match. the activity five jet, the world public most advanced and costly warplane. ——. now for the first time sailing in the atlantic ocean. it has been a hit since a jet flew off a british aircraft carrier. now the wait is over and we're back in the business flying fast jets from over and we're back in the business flying fastjets from big daks. the f-35 flying fastjets from big daks. the f—35jet flying fastjets from big daks. the f—35 jet can flying fastjets from big daks. the f—35jet can hover like the old harrierjet, but is more complex, with 10 million lines of computer code. each cost about £100 million. now landing ona code. each cost about £100 million. now landing on a £3 billion warship. its global ambition not affordability. —— not affordability that has been the driving force. affordability. —— not affordability that h

our defence correspondent jonathan beale went to find out. over eight miles in two hours. —— weight. the new test we are told will simulate conditions in battle and they are meant to be harder, not easier. so i am about to have a go. the idea of this is to simulate extraction of a casualty after a fight. piece of cake. what i have here is a repeated lifting carrie, it is a task moving at 20 kg obstacle from one side to another site. you are going to do 50 kg, run around the corner and back to the person, onto the platform safely. then you are going to turn around and run back to simulate running back. the combat is gritty, it is dirty, it is hard work and running one and a half miles in trainers just doesn't represent what i do on the battlefield, whereas lifting, carrying ammunition, sandbags, dragging casualties, moving under fire, that is all things we expect combat troops to deal with.|j fire, that is all things we expect combat troops to deal with. i think it is difficult for a lot of females. those choosing to go that route i am sure th