jonathan beale _ that incident. irresponsible? jonathan beale was - that incident. irresponsible? irresponsible? | jonathan beale was on board that incident. irresponsible? - jonathan beale was on board the ship at the time of the military activity. and there was a lot of public discussion about the nature of that deployment and the reason bishop had taken that course stop and after the event, when there was no further possibility of any risk to defence personnel on board the ship, it was responsible journalism, i think, ship, it was responsible journalism, ithink, to ship, it was responsible journalism, i think, to shed light on the discussions that had led to that deployment, and thatis had led to that deployment, and that is what we did in our reporting. that is what we did in our repdrting-_ that is what we did in our reporting. but reputational dama . e reporting. but reputational damage to _ reporting. but reputational damage to the _ reporting. but reputational damage to the mod, - reporting. but reputational damage to the mod, that i reporting. but reputational| damage to

jonathan beale, bbc news.t the end of august. he said he was ending america�*s longest war. 0ur north america editorjon sopel is at the white house for us. is he declaring mission accomplished? if having a stable government is missing accomplished, afghanistan is 1 million miles from that, and so joe biden in his news conference said, well, is not inevitable that the taliban will take back over but it sounded as though they expect them to make sweeping gains across them to make sweeping gains across the country, but that said, it was an impassioned defence of his policy. he said, it may not be popular, but we cannot go on for ever with this. it is already america�*s longest war it if you make the argument one more year, what are you going to do at the end of that, another year, another year? and that is the paradigms shift that needs to happen now, to pull the forces out, even though he accepts there is going to be uncertainty. we heard in that report, the mother saying, what was it all for? joe biden gave an

here's our defence correspondent, jonathan beale.e of the few nato bases left in kabul, the lowering of the union flag signalled the end of the mission. most of the 750 british troops who remained in the country have now returned home. time to reflect on the sacrifices made and to assess what they've achieved. no—one should doubt the gains of the last 20 years, but nor can we shrink from the hard reality of the situation today. the taliban are already advancing. but the prime minister still insisted britain wasn't abandoning afghanistan. i hope that no—one will leap to the false conclusion that the withdrawal of our forces somehow means the end of britain's commitment to afghanistan. millions more afghan children, including girls, are now in school. after 9/11, the government also says, the world is now safer — the legacy of the last 20 years. gunfire but the afghan security forces are now on their own, and the taliban already control nearly half of the country. a57 british troops lost their lives, most here in helmand. 12 years ago

jonathan beale, bbc news, los angeles. year's cannes film festival. film stars and directors returned in droves to the french riviera, after the 2020 festival was cancelled because of the pandemic. but the climax of the closing ceremony went a little wrong, when director spike lee accidentally announced the winner of the coveted palme d'0r prematurely: can you tell me which prize is the first prize? yes, ican. 0ui, oui. cool the film that won the award... wait, wait, wait, don't! she speaks french. ok, so... she speaks french. you're watching bbc news. good evening. hot sunshine was the weather story for most parts of the uk today, but the really big story was in northern ireland where, as you can see, it was beach weather in county down, and temperatures at ballywatticock got all the way up to 31.2 celsius — and that is northern ireland's highest temperature on record. plenty of other places not too far behind, but in shetland, lerwick only got up to 13 celsius this afternoon because we had a lot of cloud around. you can

jonathan beale, bbc news.the pandemic. one issue raised has been access to health care in line with patient need and responsive to their individual circumstances. more than 1,500 disabled people told bbc news they felt worried about going into hospital — hundreds said they would avoid it at all costs. our disability news correspondent, nikki fox, has been speaking to the family of one man who wanted to highlight his experience in hospital. my uncle derek was really childlike, he was a lovely man. he liked the simple things in life. he was my brother and i loved him. this is derek when he was younger. the 59—year—old was taken to hospital after falling ill late last year. he was diagnosed with cancer, which the family was told was treatable. while he was there, he caught covid and died. it went from him feeling unwell to being dead in such a short space of time. becky cared for derek, but covid restrictions around visitors meant she could not be there for him when he needed her. the family believe the treatment

jonathan beale reports.pace is already underway, notjust for commercial ventures like virgin galactic with its recent maiden voyage, but for nations as well. mission control: three, two, we have ignition. - last year the us military launched another ten satellites into space. america also now has its own space force — not least to protect the systems we now all use, such as gps location. there are threats in space. i'd say the two countries that are most threatening are china and russia. there have been anti—satellite missiles that have been developed. america already has early warning systems to detect ballistic missiles, including the fylingdales radar in north yorkshire. now the us wants to build a new radar system for deep space, and one of the new sites could be in the uk. what could end up in the uk is array of parabolic antennas. and it could be anywhere from 10—15 for tracking and potentially 4—6 for transmitting. so it would cover a large area, would it? it would cover a large area to receive, so pr

jonathan beale, bbc news, los angeles. bahamas. she propelled herself to a depth of 74 metres without air tanks orfins to help push her along. to reach that level under water meant she had to hold her breath for three minutes and two seconds. it gives you a headache just thinking about it! you are watching bbc news. northern ireland has reached its highest temperature ever recorded today. ballywatticock in county down has reached 31.2 degrees celsius. yes, that really is its name. the met office says 30.8 degrees was the previous record for northen ireland, set injuly 1983. let's look at how the rest of us are coping in this heat with chris. hello again. well, for most of us, this is the hottest spell of weather we have seen so far this year. we had the new high mark set for the time of year in both wales and scotland yesterday. in northern ireland, killowen also set the new mark yesterday, but it is even warmer than that today. 29.6 degrees celsius now the hottest day of the year so far in northern ireland. those temperat

our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. the race in space is already under way.also. three, two, we have ignition. last year, the us military launched another ten satellites into space. america also now has its own space force, not least to protect the systems we now all use — such as gps location. there are threats in space. i'd say the two countries that are most threatening are china and russia. there have been anti—satellite missiles that have been developed. america also has early warning systems to detect ballistic missiles — includingthe fylindales radar in north yorkshire. now the us wants to build a new radar system for deep space. and one of the new sites could be in the uk. what could end up in the uk is an array of parabolic antennas, and it could be anywhere from ten to 15 for tracking, and potentially four to six for transmitting. so it would cover a large area, would it? it would cover a large area for it to receive — probably an area of one kilometre in diameter. the deep space advanced radar capability, which will be able to detect and object the

jonathan beale, bbc news.e of the european parliament has approved by an overwhelming majority a resolution condemning hungary for a recent law forbidding the depiction of homosexuality and gender change to under—18s. parliamentarians are urging the european commission to take legal action against the hungarian government and to withhold eu funds. hungary's prime minister, viktor 0rban, says the law is necessary to protect children. the united states has said it will help haiti's national police investigating the assassination of its president, jovenel moise, who was shot dead at his home on wednesday. local police say four gunmen have been killed and six arrested in connection with the murder, but say they are still looking for the masterminds. a number of the suspects are believed to be foreigners. now to another huge setback for the olympics, with the announcement that there will be no spectators at events in tokyo. 0rganisers have been forced to make the change with just two weeks before the start of the o

jonathan beale reports. what's it like being a female soldier, i'm often asked.ign, aimed at women. i'm the one stitching them up! i'm not a miss or a mrs, i'm a sergeant. - it suggests gender is not an issue in today's armed forces. but this report by mps paints a very different picture with women suffering disproportionately from bullying, harassment, discrimination and even sexual assault and rape. six out of ten women in our evidence said that they don't make complaints because of fear of reprisals and repercussions. and what we are finding is that women are subsequently leaving the military before their time. put some pressure on this for me. women make up around 12% of the regular armed forces. the report highlights practical issues for them, such as not being given uniforms and body armour that fit. but mps say they're gravely concerned that women are ten times more likely than men to experience sexual harassment. you're asking for it, that's the impression you get, you're not completely blameless in all of this. sophia, not her real name, was an officer i

jonathan beale, bbc news.moment, so let's move on... —— sarah. oh i am told we have her. sarah, i'm glad you can join us. i do not know if you heard there, but when women said it was a boys' club. do you have it that way with an accurate complaints procedures question make it a man's world and that is what the evidence suggests to us. it world and that is what the evidence suggests to us— suggests to us. it seems to be the sin . le suggests to us. it seems to be the single point— suggests to us. it seems to be the single point of— suggests to us. it seems to be the single point of failure _ suggests to us. it seems to be the single point of failure within - suggests to us. it seems to be the single point of failure within the i single point of failure within the militaryjustice single point of failure within the military justice system, single point of failure within the militaryjustice system, yes. i was military 'ustice system, yes. i was struck militaryjustice system, yes. i was struck that — militaryjustic

jonathan beale, bbc news.all, 29,173 new cases were reported across the uk in the last 2a hours. in total, more than a6.5 million people have now had a first does of a coronavirus vaccine and more than 37 million have received a second dose. the daily deaths figures are not yet available. after the figures, i spoke to professor paul hunter, who's a professor in medicine at the university of east anglia. he gave his reaction to the declining case numbers. the trending is continuing, and we are seeing quite substantial reductions in case numbers over the last few days, and today's figures are about a0% lower than they were last sunday, which is roughly the same drop as we saw yesterday compared to the previous saturday as well, so it is looking very encouraging at the moment. we are onl a encouraging at the moment. we are only a week- -- _ encouraging at the moment. we are only a week... not _ encouraging at the moment. we are only a week... not quite _ encouraging at the moment. we are only a week... not quite

jonathan beale, bbc news.on pensions. 0fficial forecasts suggest that its link with earnings growth could mean the state pension rises by a bumper 8% next year. rishi sunak told the bbc any decision on pensions would be "based on fairness for pensioners and for taxpayers." 0ur economics editor, faisal islam, joins me now. it would be a big move, is the government are likely to make it? the triple lock is designed to guarantee the annual value of pensions for millions of pensioners in britain, and it is guaranteed to go about 2.5% of the rise in earnings or the prices, if that is higher. despite the fact that last year inflation only went up by 0.5% and earnings were negative because of the pandemic, the basic state pension went about 2.5%. because earnings were negative last year, the rise that we forecast when it is reported in the autumn, it is heading to 7—8%. that would cost £3 billion, and it is perhaps not a real reflection of how innings have gone up in the economy, and so for that reason, some people h

jonathan beale, bbc news.nated a world war ii device. the bomb was found during the construction of a new housing estate in east yorkshire. it�*s thought an raf lancaster bomber ditched the bomb when it was attempting to crash land. you can see more you can see more on you can see more on all of today�*s stories on the bbc news channel. the next news here on bbc news is at six o�*clock. have a good afternoon. hello, you�*re watching the bbc news channel. let�*s get more on the news that the health secretary, sajid javid, has apologised for an earlier tweet which suggested the nation doesn�*t need to "cower" from coronavirus. he said he�*s deleted the original post which used the word "cower". a covid victims�* group had accused mrjavid of "flippancy and carelessness" over the use of that word. before the tweet was deleted, i spoke tojean adamson, who�*s a member of the covid—19 bereaved families forjustice group. she lost her father to coronavirus last year and she said that the language used on social media r

jonathan beale, bbc news. called to the area yesterday evening following concerns for people in the water. the child, along with a 29—year—old woman and a 41—year—old man were pronounced dead at the scene, and a seven—year—old boy is in intensive care. the deaths come 48 hours after a 16—year—old boy died in a separate part of loch lomond after getting into difficulty in the water. thousands of people in the western united states, are spending the weekend in evacuation centers, as wildfires continue to burn across the region. more than 80 large wildfires in 13 states have destroyed around 1.3 million acres in recent weeks. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, reports. the dixie wildfire, california's biggest blaze to the north of the state, is growing rapidly. firefighters are battling day and night to try to bring it under control, but it's spreading with such ferocity that it's making its own weather, creating huge clouds that are generating lightning strikes across the region. about a fifth of the

jonathan beale, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news.this year. alok sharma, who's the president of the un conference cop26, said the world would be watching the meeting in glasgow in november to see if it can do what is necessary in a decisive decade. floods have swamped areas of belgium and washed away cars as a wave of thunderstorms and heavy rain hit the country. two provinces south—east of brussels were particularly badly hit. they had already been impacted by the devastating floods that left 36 people dead and seven missing. the american comedianjackie mason has died at the age of 93. he spent his final days in hospital in new york. mason started as an amateur boxer then got ordained as a rabbi before becoming a full—time comedian in 1959. he held many one—man shows throughout his long career, which culminated in sold—out shows on broadway in the 1980s. he was known to younger audiences because of the simpsons. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. temperatures have been nudging down a little bit over recent days an

jonathan beale, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news...ad racing history with an audacious victory in the women's cycling race, beating the dutch favourite. africa has won its first gold medal at the tokyo olympics, as a tunisian teenager stunned the field to win the men's 400 metre freestyle. wildfires in northern california have forced thousands into evacuation centres while a covid outbreak in oregon puts firefighters into quarantine. british mps have warned that taxpayers will bear the cost of the government's coronavirus spending for decades. thousands of people in the western united states are spending the weekend in evacuation centers, as wildfires continue to burn across the region. more than 80 large wildfires in 13 states have destroyed around 1.3 million acres in recent weeks. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. the dixie wildfire, california's biggest blaze to the north of the state, is growing rapidly. firefighters are battling day and night to try to bring it under control, but it's spreading with such feroci

jonathan beale, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news...teenager stunned the field to win the men's 400 metre freestyle. australia has smashed the world record to win gold in the women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay. wildfires in northern california have forced thousands into evacuation centres while a covid outbreak in oregon puts firefighters into quarantine. hopes of a third gold medalfor team gb's jadejones in the women's taekwondo were dashed when she was eliminated in her opening bout. sarah stevenson represented team gb in taekwondo at the 2008 and 2012 olympics. she says it's disappointing forjade to leave at this stage. just to let me explain a little bit on that one, i think, obviously, she is first seed, world number one. and, of course, double olympic champion, but the person that she's fought in the first match was a very, very tough match. it kind of was a little bit of a false picture of her first match, because she was fighting against an athlete who is now... has refugee status. to then put that... she is then put at the b

jonathan beale, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news...yo olympics, but bradly sinden narrowly missed out on becoming the first british male to win taekwondo's top prize at a games. there's been national and family triumph forjapan injudo, as a brother and sister both win gold. plans to require football fans to be fully vaccinated if they want to go to premier league matches from october are being considered by the uk government. it is now 60 minutes past four. —— 16 minutes past four. the government has announced extra support for parts of the country, including the north east of england, in the battle against rising numbers of covid—19. it's due to recent data showing that nearly 30% of adults in newcastle for example, haven't even had their firstjab. among younger adults it's almost half. in the whole of england, nearly 70% of the adult population has had both jabs which is why auhorities say they're taking action. the bbc�*s martin forster reports. injanuary, worried people queued up to be vaccinated and the limiting factor was how qui

jonathan beale did a report earlier saying 457 beale did a report earlier saying a57 british troops hadhey die for? well, i think one of the most interesting _ they die for? well, i think one of the most interesting takes - they die for? well, i think one of the most interesting takes i've . they die for? well, i think one of i the most interesting takes i've seen today— the most interesting takes i've seen today is— the most interesting takes i've seen today is the one that's come from tobias _ today is the one that's come from tobias ellwood, the former judgements minister, who was calling for a public— judgements minister, who was calling for a public inquiry and i'm sure judgements minister, who was calling fora public inquiry and i'm sure he will he_ fora public inquiry and i'm sure he will he the — fora public inquiry and i'm sure he will be the only one —— defence minister~ — will be the only one —— defence minister. this conflict has gone on for two _ minister. this conflict has gone on for two decades, and hundreds of lives _ for two decades, and hundreds of lives have — for tw

as well as the uk, other sites will include texas and australia. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan bealeal ventures way. notjust for commercial ventures like virgin galactica with its recent maiden voyage but for nations also. last year, the us military launched another ten satellites into space. america also now has its own space force might not lead to protect the systems we now all use, such as gps location. there are threats in space, i would say to countries that are most threatening are china and russia. there had been anti—satellite missiles developed. there had been anti-satellite missiles developed.— there had been anti-satellite missiles developed. there had been anti-satellite missiles develoed. �* ., missiles developed. america also has a early warning _ missiles developed. america also has a early warning systems _ missiles developed. america also has a early warning systems to _ missiles developed. america also has a early warning systems to detect - a early warning systems to detect ballistic missiles, including a radar in north yorkshire. the us wants to build a new radar

jonathan beale, bbc news.lied troop withdrawal from afghanistan. the united states did what we went to deal in afghanistan, to get the terrorists who attacked us on 911 and to deliverjustice to osama bin laden, and degrade the terrorist threat to keep afghanistan from becoming a base in which attacks could be continued against the united states. we achieved those objectives. that's why we went. he did not go to afghanistan to nation build. and it's the right and responsibility of the afghan people alone to decide their future and how they want to run their country. joining me is ben barry he's a senior fellow for land warfare at the royal united services institute. he was also a commander with the british army in bosnia, and former director of british army staff at the ministry of defence thank you so much forjoining us. you saw the president they are saying that they had achieved the objective. i would like to read the original objective from president bachchan october the 7th 2001, he launched the war. milit

here's our defence correspondent, jonathan beale.ready underway, notjust the race in space is already under way, notjust for under way, not just for commercial ventures like under way, notjust for commercial ventures like virgin galactic with its recent maiden voyage, but for nations as well. ., ., well. three, two, we have ignition- _ well. three, two, we have ignition. last _ well. three, two, we have ignition. last year - well. three, two, we have ignition. last year the - well. three, two, we have ignition. last year the us| ignition. last year the us military launched - ignition. last year the us| military launched another ignition. last year the us - military launched another ten satellites into space. america also now has its own space force, not least to protect the systems we know or use, such as gps location. systems we know or use, such as gps location-— gps location. there are threats in space- _ gps location. there are threats in since i _ gps location. there are threats in space. i would _ gps location. there are threat

jonathan beale, bbc news, los angeles.of weather we have seen so far this year. we had the new hi mark set for the time of year in both wales and scotland. yesterday. —— yesterday in northern ireland the record was set but it is more than that today, the hottest day of the year so far in northern ireland. those temperatures, though, could be updated later on as more data becomes available today. and today we have got blue skies, the sunshine out in full force across the majority of the uk. it is just in the north—west of scotland where we have seen some thicker cloud. cloud like this, so it has still been bright enough with a bit of sunshine around, but has been noticeably a little bit cooler and fresher into north—west scotland. overnight tonight, for most of us, it is a dry night with long, clear spells, but the most notable point about tonight�*s weather is just how warm it is going to be. these are not the minimum temperatures, but the temperatures you might encounter going to bed at 11pm tonight. 23s there for london

earlier i got more details on this story from our defence correspondent jonathan beale. those cases which have been rejected, they're saying that they need to be looked at again. there has been no appeals process, often not a proper reason why they have been rejected or felt they haven't been given a proper reason. sometimes there are small misdemeanours. you have to say some serious also, the government has made very clear it will not consider people who could be a security threat or committed a crime that would be considered a crime in the uk. it is almost as if they have done nothing. with the agreement with the withdrawal from afghanistan, the scheme has been expanded. i spoke to one person last year who has just arrived back in the uk with his four young doctors and is now in safety. there are people coming. you know, there are planes that have been chartered coming over the next few weeks. there will be more, about 800 afghans, 2000 plus interpreters not let in so far. what happens next? you have letters from military commanders that say this country is letting dow

..jonathan beale was on board the ship at the time of the, the kind of military activity.cidents of secret military papers being left on trains towards waterloo or out of waterloo in the past decade, and in 2008 someone who found them handed them to the bbc�*s frank gardner. is there a protocol at the bbc about what you do when you get such papers handed in? that's right. we have a strong editorial policy and legal framework to deal with these kinds of situations. you're right to point out it's not the first time we've reported this kind of story. clearly we take reasonable steps to ensure, firstly, that the documents are genuine. secondly, to ensure that nothing we would report would actually put service personnel at risk. this was a mixed bundle of documents, some of the documents were essentially confidential but not classified. but two of the documents were highly classified, relating to the deployment of hms defender, and a further classified document about the security arrangements in afghanistan after the us withdrawal from afghanistan, and the disclosure of that do