he that's what the ministry of defence needs. ., , ., that's what the ministry of defence needs. . , a role in the ministry _ needs. he has never held a role in the ministry of _ needs. he has never held a role in the ministry of defence, _ needs. he has never held a role in the ministry of defence, but - needs. he has never held a role in the ministry of defence, but he i needs. he has never held a role in | the ministry of defence, but he has many other cabinet roles. does it matter he's never worked for the ministry of defence? we matter he's never worked for the ministry of defence?— matter he's never worked for the ministry of defence? we have seen many ministers _ ministry of defence? we have seen many ministers go _ ministry of defence? we have seen many ministers go over— ministry of defence? we have seen many ministers go over the - ministry of defence? we have seen many ministers go over the years. | many ministers go over the years. the important thing is their willingness to learn and understand. because politicians have their responsibilities within the political world,

so we have grant shapps moving to the ministry of defence, that leaves his formerjob in the departmento. that has been filled by claire coutinho. that might not be a name that is familiar to many of our viewers. she was currently a junior minister in the education department that she again is a very close personal ally of rishi sunak. she worked for him as an adviser before she even became an mp. she is a relatively new mp, only came to parliament in 2019 and now she has leapfrogged one ministerial rank and gone into the cabinet, so a big promotion for her, a reward for loyalty. herjob at the department for education gets filled ljy department for education gets filled by a junior minister in the department for levelling up, david johnston. the reshuffle as we understand it is over. there are a couple of other ministers going into number 10 behind mejust a few minutes ago but that we understand it is unrelated. that is a ministry ofjustice reception going on in downing street at the moment. that we understand is the reshuffle over. it is quite limited. there had been a lot of speculati

well they say, that was a cowardly act by prudent and the ministry of defence? hink about is what happens to wagner? prigozhin us in africa for discussing that russia will continue its operations now prigozhin possibly other members have died in this plane crash, what happens to wagner? it's a juicy asset. in the gangster wars, the gangster would get killed, his turf would be taken over. who takes over thatjuicy would be taken over. who takes over that juicy asset? would be taken over. who takes over thatjuicy asset? that would be taken over. who takes over that juicy asset? that something would be taken over. who takes over thatjuicy asset? that something i would be very interested in observing at this stage. thinking aaain observing at this stage. thinking again about _ observing at this stage. thinking again about the _ observing at this stage. thinking again about the implications - observing at this stage. thinking again about the implications of l observing at this stage. thinking i again about the implications of this within russia, can you just explain to

and as— the roof of the ministry of defence and as a _ the roof of the ministry of defence andhave several nights of— and as a result, we have several nights of ukrainian soldiers about injuries, — nights of ukrainian soldiers about injuries, we have these drones used against _ injuries, we have these drones used against the — injuries, we have these drones used against the buildings were ministries and business people are being _ ministries and business people are being stationed and so what it says about _ being stationed and so what it says about russian air defence and russian — about russian air defence and russian air defence is a small part of the _ russian air defence is a small part of the bigger puzzle of demonstrating to the russian people that it _ demonstrating to the russian people that it is _ demonstrating to the russian people that it is notjust something in the channels — that it is notjust something in the channels. the work is real and the army— channels. the work is real and the army is _ channels. the work is real and the army is capable. —— war. to channe

then when it came to the mutiny he tried to carry out against the russian ministry of defence, there d up to that, but there was a lot of bad blood between prigozhin and that ministry of defence, he claimed that they had let the russian troops down and not provided them with the required ammunition. it was a very unique video that he published, swearing and looking very angry with scores of bodies behind him presumably wagner fighters, scores of bodies behind him presumably wagnerfighters, and he was blaming their deaths on the russian defence ministry. it was shortly after that he launched his failed mutiny which lasted less than a day. 50 failed mutiny which lasted less than a da _ failed mutiny which lasted less than ada _ �* failed mutiny which lasted less than ada. �* failed mutiny which lasted less than ada. ., a day. so as you've painted a icture a day. so as you've painted a picture there, _ a day. so as you've painted a picture there, a _ a day. so as you've painted a picture there, a man - a day. so as you've painted a picture there, a man who - a day. so as you've painted a

the problem of contamination is because we've issued freedom of information requests from the ministry of defencehadn't done that, probably nobody would have known about it ever. >> i just find it absolutely remarkable to the point where i do genuinely. i don't think i can hide anymore that i'm completely at my wits end, that we've got 20,000 people a year coming across the channel and the best that we can do is a rickety barge with legionella on it and a place that may well have dangerous chemicals under any moment. explosion and to the detriment of your local community as well . i just find community as well. i just find it absolutely astonishing . alan, it absolutely astonishing. alan, thank you very much. alan mckenzie there is the chair of the fields association who's trying to obviously stop what's going at wethersfield. going on at wethersfield. another option, course, would another option, of course, would be students out of their be to boot students out of their accommodation allow channel accommodation and allow channel migrants in. it's migrants to live in. oh, it's happening. yes of c

today, he was reassigned again — this time, to the ministry of defence. laces the outgoing ben wallace, who had previously served in the scots guards. the role of defence secretary has never been more important. just this morning, the royal navy said its warships and raf patrol aircraft were tracking russian vessels in waters close to the uk. here's our political editor chris mason. the wheels of politics are turning with a bit of zip again. before mps return next week, downing street has a spot of housekeeping to attend to — finding a new defence secretary. enter then grant shapps — the government's utility man has another newjob. it's his fifth — yes, fifth — cabinetjob in a year. this, then, the first of many uniformed companions for grant shapps, as he left downing street and headed for the ministry of defence. what is your first priority? first of all, i will get my feet in the door and pay tribute to my predecessor, i think. he's talking about this man, ben wallace, the former soldier—turned—defence secretary who had done the job for four years under

wallace and grant shapps, but some are interpreting all of this change of personnel at the ministry of defence part of a wider reshuffle. it’s defence, really, as a part of a wider reshuffle.— defence, really, as a part of a wider reshuffle. it's not as a wide of a reshuffle _ wider reshuffle. it's not as a wide of a reshuffle as _ wider reshuffle. it's not as a wide of a reshuffle as the _ of a reshuffle as the prime minister, rishi sunak, could have gone for, that's for sure. because you are essentially moving one person out and then that frees up, you move someone in and that frees up you move someone in and that frees up another cabinet position. so some people have been predicting he would do a more widespread reshuffle, but i think you do have to see this in terms of politics. because if he were really committed to having stable policy, people with briefs in column it, it is hard to see where rishi sunak would have moved ben wallace after that position. we know that there were tensions between the two of them because ben wallace was a big fan of higher defence spending and we know that r

of defence. >> that's right. wallace >> that's right. ben wallace officially his officially handed in his resignation earlierthis resignation on earlier this morning after four years at the helm ministryoss now to gb news political chris hope, who political editor chris hope, who joins westminster joins us live from westminster for chris. claire coutinho, big job for her. she's only 38. she's only been an mp since 2019, but like like grant shapps , one thing she's got in common, she's very close to the prime minister who appears to be getting his mates talented. i'm sure they are talented in cabinet. in the run up to the election . election. >> that's right, andrew. the reshuffle here in number 10, such asit reshuffle here in number 10, such as it was, is over. three people have moved jobs . we see people have moved jobs. we see grant shapps coming in as defence secretary, his fifth job in a year . defence secretary, his fifth job in a year. claire coutinho, aged 38, elected in 2019, a key ally of rishi sunak now in the cabinet. from being a very junior education minister as net zero secretary and david johnston , also elected in 2019. johnston, also elected in 2019. in education, the

the ministry of election period. the ministry of defenced, but it's highly likely yevgeny prigozhin's name was on the passenger list of a private jet that crashed north of moscow on wednesday. in its daily intelligence update, the mod said his death will almost certainly have a deeply destabilising effect on the mercenary group . the prime mercenary group. the prime minister is warning the uk's asylum system is facing unsustainable pressure. rishi sunak's comments come after the home office confirmed costs of almost doubled in a year to nearly £4 billion. the prime minister , who's promised to stop minister, who's promised to stop the boats, says the figure is unacceptable. more than 19,000 people have crossed the channel this year. shadow cabinet office minister jenny chapman says the government needs to take action. >> it's extraordinary the prime minister making statements like that when they've been running the show for 13 years and now they say it's unacceptable. well it is unacceptable and you know how many you talk about the backlog

now the ministry of defence says there's still no definitive proof that the wagner group's leader is ut it's highly likely yevgeny prigozhin's name was on the passenger list of a private jet that crashed north of moscow on wednesday . well, last night, on wednesday. well, last night, in a mixed tribute , russia's in a mixed tribute, russia's president vladimir putin, offered his condolences to his family in its daily intelligence update . the mod says his death update. the mod says his death will almost certainly have a deeply destabilising effect on the mercenary group . now the the mercenary group. now the deaths of 88 people are being investigated by the national crime agency . they were among crime agency. they were among more than 200 people in the uk who bought lethal substances and products to assist suicide. from a website . 57 year old canadian a website. 57 year old canadian kenneth law was arrested and charged in ontario, accused of sending more than 1000 items to 40 countries as . and donald 40 countries as. and donald trump has become the first former president in us hist

of many uniformed companions for grant shapps, as he left downing street and headed for the ministry of defencedoor and pay tribute to my predecessor, i think. he is talking about this man, ben wallace, the former soldier turned defence secretary, who had done thejob forfour years under three prime ministers. in his resignation letter he wrote: "i genuinely believe that over the next decade the world will get more insecure and more unstable." he also said: "we must not return to the days where defence was viewed as a discretionary spend by government and savings were achieved by hollowing out." this was a safety first reshuffle, limited in scale. i spoke earlier tojing—han tsung, professor of china and international studies at lancaster university. he reflected on how the new appointment might after uk—china relations. i think it depends on what kind ofjob you are doing. _ if you are more hawkish about china, because after all looking into national security part... i think we should be realistic about his position about china. you still have the kind of confrontation, the war in ukraine, and pe

of many uniformed companions for grant shapps, as he left downing street and headed for the ministry of defencend pay tribute to my predecessor, i think. he is talking about this man, ben wallace, the former soldier turned defence secretary who had done the job for four years under three prime ministers. in his resignation letter he wrote: "i genuinely believe that over the next decade the world will get "more insecure and more unstable." he also said: "we must not return to the days where defence was viewed "as a discretionary spend by government and savings "were achieved by hollowing out." is grant shapps just going to be a political appointee, whose primary task if you like will be to support the prime minister in cabinet? or is he going to really understand the needs of defence? grant shapps's replacement as energy secretary is claire coutinho, a long—standing ally of the prime minister. it is a huge promotion for her. are you ready to tackle the global energy crisis, miss coutinho? it really doesn't matter how many newjobs rishi sunak gives to his friends, it is still moving the deck chai

and of course more coming through as we get reaction to that big change at the ministry of at the top of the ministry of defencerst, let's get an update on the weather for you . the weather for you. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. proud sponsors of weather on . gb news alex deakin weather on. gb news alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. >> some warm and sunny weather on the way through the weekend. but before we get there, some rain around today across the south much of south and the west. much of scotland, northeast england staying from these staying dry away from these weather fronts, they weather fronts, but they have been a fairly dull and been bringing a fairly dull and damp scene across much of wales and increasingly now across the midlands. afternoon and midlands. a damp afternoon and evening for northern ireland and southwest scotland. rain is southwest scotland. the rain is clearing from the clearing away from the south—west, but some heavy showers just grey blazing southernmost counties of england , particularly the , particularly in the sout

people who trusted us with their stories but also what we managed to obtain from the ukrainian ministry of defencethe ukrainian armed forces, it is a huge number, including 5000 of them are on the front line. we managed also to see the dynamics have been changing since 2014. in 2020, the number reached 15% of the whole army which ukraine has but obviously now we do not know current numbers because as the ukrainian defence ministry told us it was too sensitive to provide us it was too sensitive to provide us with the information. according to data we obtained, there have been 93 ukrainian women killed on the front line in action which is also quite a dramatic number. obviously the impact on them and the wider population is still unseen and it will take probably time to analyse the general impact. res, will take probably time to analyse the general impact.— the general impact. a great investigation, _ the general impact. a great investigation, order, - the general impact. a great investigation, order, thank| the general impact. a great. investigation, order, thank you the general impact. a great - i

as far as ukraine is concerned, some of the fighters signed the contract with the ministry of defenceinto military structures meaning they might be going to ukraine again. and as far as the operations in ukraine are concerned, wagner has redeployed from ukraine after taking bakhmut, meaning that whatever happenened after that was, essentially, not wagner. therefore, i do not think, at least for the time being, that it will affect the war effort there. meanwhile, one of ukraine's most celebrated fighter pilots and two other airmen have been killed in a mid—air crash. captain andrii pilshchykov won fame taking part in close range aerial battles over kyiv during the early phase of russia's invasion, flying under the call—sign "juice." the three pilots were killed when two l—39 combat training aircraft collided over a region west of kyiv. the ukrainian military called the deaths "painful and irreparable" losses. and the military paid tribute to him as a young officer with "mega knowledge and mega talent". in an address, president volodymyr zelensky acknowledged how much pilshchykov had do

gradually i think they will be taken over by the ministry of defence. rattled prigozhin when he was told that all of the wagner troops had to sign on with the regular russian army. so there will probably be taken over but right at the moment they are still performing very important work both militarily, supporting authoritarian leaders in africa and of course making a huge amount of money on all the mineral concessions that they have in africa and other parts of the world and of course that money goes back to the kremlin as well so this is a business enterprise as well as a military enterprise and the criminal have to be careful as it seeks may be to weaken and dismantle eventually wagner. and dismantle eventually wanner. ., and dismantle eventually wanner. . , ., . wagner. final question. we soke wagner. final question. we spoke to — wagner. final question. we spoke to the _ wagner. final question. we spoke to the former - wagner. final question. we spoke to the former un - spoke to the former un ambassador bill taylor earlier and asked him what preside

terms of what the prime minister is trying to achieve with this, which is having someone in the ministry of defenceine, but also with lots of very tricky spending decisions coming up, going into an election, i think grant shapps ticks that box. i've made you think is tenure as defence minister will make any difference as to how it is run at all? when it comes to support for ukraine, that is something he is very keen to insist will continue as it did under ben wallace, it to something where there will be continuity. i think there will be continuity. i think there has always been our friction between defence secretaries and the treasury as to how much money is required, and that was no different under ben wallace in terms of interactions with number ten. rishi sunak did not win ben wallace's support, who was grant shapps's predecessor during the... because he did not commit as much to spend as was trusted. part of this is to try and avoid the showdowns we are seen previously, although it could be a different in terms of when you are looking at funding issues for defence, grant shapps may take a diffe

because that is what the ministry of defence needs. in frank gardner, our security correspondent. a hugely important job a hugely importantjob this, and it comes with really massive challenges, no bigger than what is going on in ukraine? yes. challenges, no bigger than what is going on in ukraine?— challenges, no bigger than what is going on in ukraine? yes, ukraine is the military's — going on in ukraine? yes, ukraine is the military's main _ going on in ukraine? yes, ukraine is the military's main effort, _ going on in ukraine? yes, ukraine is the military's main effort, but - the military's main effort, but there are plenty of challenges facing the new defence secretary. defence procurement is one, in other words, securing the supply of new equipment, much of which is delayed or is running over budget. it is an absolute staple that every defence secretary has to grapple with. when it comes to grant shapps, it all depends on whether you want to see the glass half—full or half empty. his detractors, of which there are many, say this g

however, others have been draughted to the ministry of defence in russia.it different. we know that prigozhin was in africa on monday, which has been the main theatre in which wagner group has been operating, conducting fighting, destabilising operations sense of essentially withdrawing from ukraine. .., ., essentially withdrawing from ukraine. ., , ukraine. the common affairs committee — ukraine. the common affairs committee here _ ukraine. the common affairs committee here said - ukraine. the common affairs committee here said a - ukraine. the common affairs committee here said a few. ukraine. the common affairs - committee here said a few weeks ago that the government had underplayed and underestimated wagner for almost and underestimated wagner for almost a decade. are you suggesting they would be alive to the possibility that even with medical one out of the way this group, whether it's under —— prigozhin. would continue to operate in countries like niger? i think it's likely they would. the uk government it must be said has already unveiled a raft of

in his resignation letter, mr wallace says the ministry of defence is back on the path to being once again world class education minister claire coutinho takes over as energy and net zero secretary, replacing shapps as and finally police officers will be automatically dismissed if they're found guilty of misconduct under the new government plans , senior government plans, senior officers will have more powers to sack rogue staff and be able to sack rogue staff and be able to dismiss those who fail. vetting checks. the government says the changes could be implemented as soon as next spring. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to . nigel now it's back to. nigel >> good evening. well it's always been a huge issue in british politics. it is, of course, the national health service, which matters to each and every single one of us. and there can be no doubt that over there can be no doubt that over the last couple of years there have been increasing doubts about the and way in about the system and

in his resignation letter, mr wallace says the ministry of defence is back on the path to being once again world class education minister claire coutinho takes over as energy and net zero secretary, replacing shapps as and finally police officers will be automatically dismissed if they're found guilty of misconduct under the new government plans , senior government plans, senior officers will have more powers to sack rogue staff and be able to sack rogue staff and be able to dismiss those who fail. vetting checks. the government says the changes could be implemented as soon as next spring. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to . nigel now it's back to. nigel >> good evening. well it's always been a huge issue in british politics. it is, of course, the national health service, which matters to each and every single one of us. and there can be no doubt that over there can be no doubt that over the last couple of years there have been increasing doubts about the and way in about the system and

and other forces on the ministry of defence were not able to do this and have not able to do this andnot had the same kind of success. the wagner troops have proven themselves. it success. the wagner troops have proven themselves.— proven themselves. if these are some of the _ proven themselves. if these are some of the best _ proven themselves. if these are some of the best fighters - proven themselves. if these are some of the best fighters for i some of the best fighters for russia, what are the consequences for the defence ministry if you have this news confirmed and wagner fighters who are not particularly happy with what has happened to their leader? ~ ., ., ., leader? the wagner folks have been out in _ leader? the wagner folks have been out in the _ leader? the wagner folks have been out in the fight _ leader? the wagner folks have been out in the fight for - leader? the wagner folks have been out in the fight for two i been out in the fight for two months. when they executed this mutiny, that was in latejune. they have been out in the fight in ukraine for two months. the russ

because that is what the ministry of defence needs.s now turn to the united states because search and rescue teams have been combing through damaged properties in florida in the wake of the hurricane that hit yesterday. officials have warned it could take time to reach remote areas in the south—eastern us state — with routes blocked by high water or downed trees. efforts are being made to reconnect hundreds of thousands of homes without power. i'm feeling great. the house is still here, but there are so many houses that are gone. and so much stuff around. i've never seen anything like this. as i rode through town, trying to get to my house, you see trees uprooted, power lines, you know, laying in the road. and it'sjust pretty devastating. it took a toll on this town. we stayed in the wal—mart parking lot last night and the wind - wasjust howling, howling. and we were boxed in. and there was other residents there from, you know, - that left their house. and, man, it wasjust . it was unbelievable how strong winds can be. mother nature is

of defence? in terms of what the prime minister is trying to achieve with this, - which is having someone in- the ministrycks that box. a new secretary of defence. rishi sunak shakes the pack, but is grant shapps the right man to lead the uk's armed forces? we will get the thoughts tonight of general lord dannat former chief of the general staff. also with us on our panel tonight andrew fisher, former director of policy for the labour party under jeremy corbyn, and lanhee chen, formerforeign policy adviser to mitt romney. one important part of grant shapps�* brief — the south china sea. we have a special report tonight on the united states joint exercises in the region.

, all of them, they have been told that they must sign an oath of allegiance to the russian ministry of defencen west africa and there will be reluctant to let that go so i think there will be a purge of senior commanders, new commanders in who are probably members of the russian military intelligence, one of the three intelligence agencies but very much an arm of the government. and that will bring the wagner group under its control and the expectation is they will do more covert ops. things that are hard to pin down and he has done it. one of ukraine's most celebrated fighter pilots, and two other airmen, have been killed in a mid—air crash. captain andrii pilshchykov won fame taking part in close range aerial battles over kyiv during the early phase of russia's invasion, flying under the call—sign "juice." the three pilots were killed when two l—39 combat training aircraft collided over a region west of kyiv. the ukrainian military called the deaths "painful and irreparable" losses. and the military paid tribute to him as a young officer with "mega knowledge and mega talent". in an address,

now he has moved down the road to the ministry of defence. es be net zero by 2050. but on some of the issues about how to achieve that, there is a very a large debate going on in government and we will be hearing a lot more about what claire coutinho things about it if as seems likely she gets the job. energy secretary, not environment secretary, the reshuffle is happening in my head! she is perceived to be a good performerfor the media as well, so that may be another reason why she is being put in the front facing role. as far as the defence appointment is concerned, it's a really big job. remind us what is likely to be the top of his in tray.— top of his in tray. ukraine, to put it simply- — top of his in tray. ukraine, to put it simply- that — top of his in tray. ukraine, to put it simply. that is _ top of his in tray. ukraine, to put it simply. that is the _ top of his in tray. ukraine, to put it simply. that is the overriding l it simply. that is the overriding geopolitical issue facing the ministry of defence and grant shapps probably to

the ministry of defence has said four large studies have found no valid evidence to link participationare being made by worcestershire medal service at their workshops in birmingham's jewellery quarter. the design is symbolic. the reverse has the atom and an olive branch. the ribbon represents the white of the blast, yellow and red from the fireball, the black of the fallout, and the blue represents the pacific ocean, the skies of australia where the tests were carried out. the veterans minister visited the factory to see production under way. it's taken years of campaigning for the government to agree to recognise the nuclear test veterans with a medal. there's a lot of people who campaigned on this over many years and, you know, i'm delighted. it's why you're in politics — to actually do stuff for people who need you to do it for them, and that's what we did with this medal campaign. these medals will be on display on remembrance sunday, when test veterans will march along whitehall. this award a recognition for their service. to scotland now, where hundreds of people willjoin what h

in the broader elites and society, ultra patriots, many of whom thought his criticism of the ministry of defenceobably be very unhappy with what happened to prigozhin but the question is what can they do in this system? {lilia what can they do in this system? 0k, thank ou what can they do in this system? 0k, thank you so — what can they do in this system? 0k, thank you so much, still clearly lots of questions from this. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the mps watchdog has ruled that the prime minister failed to correctly declare his wife's financial interest in a childminding agency. the parliamentary commissioner for standards said this arose out of "confusion", and was "inadvertant". rishi sunak has accepted the ruling and apologised. he will face no further action. consultants in the nhs in england have begun a second two—day strike in a long running dispute about pay and conditions. their union, the british medical association, says there's been no progress in talks with the government to end the dispute. ministers say they'

of many uniformed companions for grant shapps, as he left downing street and headed for the ministry of defencedoor and pay tribute to my predecessor, i think. he is talking about this man, ben wallace, the former soldier turned defence secretary who had done the job for four years under three prime ministers. in his resignation letter he wrote: "i genuinely believe that over the next decade the world will get "more insecure and more unstable." he also said: "we must not return to the days where defence was viewed "as a discretionary spend by government and savings "were achieved by hollowing out." is grant shapps just going to be a political appointee, whose primary task if you like will be to support the prime minister in cabinet? or is he going to really understand the needs of defence? grant shapps's replacement as energy secretary is claire coutinho, a long—standing ally of the prime minister. it is a huge promotion for her. are you ready to tackle the global energy crisis, miss coutinho? it really doesn't matter how many newjobs rishi sunak gives to his friends, it is still moving the dec

break away from that situation and therefore bring everybody back under the control of the ministry of defencey more under control of the russian military intelligence, the g.i. you. i want to bring _ military intelligence, the g.i. you. i want to bring our— military intelligence, the g.i. you. i want to bring our panel _ military intelligence, the g.i. you. i want to bring our panel in - military intelligence, the g.i. you. i want to bring our panel in on this. we've got all sorts of comments today from the president of belarus, wagner will stay, but wagner will be housed in belarus, but there are all sorts of questions about what happens in africa, of course they are attached whether we like it or not, to various military juntas that are tracking down other terrorist groups. does this perhaps leave a security void that should concern us? he leave a security void that should concern us?— leave a security void that should concern us? . , ., , concern us? he wants to bring them russian mercenaries _ concern us? he wants to bring them russian mercenaries back— concern us? he wants to bring them

prigozhin and want to get rid of prigozhin and want to see wagner completely absorbed into the ministry of defenceto remain very circumspect, we have to wait until, if ever, the results of an official investigation were produced. whether these bodies will be officially identified, i suspect that the next few months might see a sort of elvis prigozhin phenomenon, he will be cited in very places —— various places. he is such a larger than life character. i don't think he will completely go away even if he is dead. of course we'll have to see how that develops, one interesting thing i have seen, this is on various telegram channels, that, not confirmed yet, i haven't seen official confirmation but a criminal investigation has been opened in russia for the improper use of the airspace. is that suggesting that russian military, reckless piloting, conspiracy theories said the ukrainians did it, they did it on ukrainians did it, they did it on ukrainian flag day which is today, but i don't believe that. this will give rise to a host of conspiracy theories that will further muddy the waters. ., . . , , wa

he replaces ben wallace at the ministry of defence. from government. but listen to this warning in his resignation letter. i genuinely believe that over the next decade the world will get more insecure and more unstable, and after years of fighting hard for the defence budget, he added, we must not return to the days when defence was viewed as a discretionary spend by government and savings were achieved by hollowing out. the big ruestion achieved by hollowing out. the big question here _ achieved by hollowing out. the big question here is _ achieved by hollowing out. the big question here is grant _ achieved by hollowing out. the big question here is grant shapps - achieved by hollowing out. the big. question here is grant shapps going to bejust a political appointee whose primary task, if you like, will be to support the prime minister in cabinet? or is he going to really understand the needs of defence, and if he believes that defence, and if he believes that defence needs greater funding, defence, and if he believes that defence ne

the uk's ministry of defence, though, says there's no definitive proof he's dead. but likely .ecome the first former president in us history to have his fingerprints and mugshot taken. the image was released minutes after he was booked on more than a dozen charges in georgia, accused of conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election result. he then posted the photo on x, formerly known as twitter , as formerly known as twitter, as well as on his campaign website with an appeal for donations. the republican's front runner for next year's election claims the charges against him are politically motivated , and the politically motivated, and the spanish president of the far or the president of the spanish fa says he won't quit over an unsolid witted kiss at the women's world cup. luis rubiales came under fire for kissing striker jenni hermoso on the lips after spain's1—0 victory over england, which he claims was mutual. his actions, though , sparked outrage with players, coaches and government ministers calling for his resignation on fifa's opened disciplinary proceedings ag

some have called it a protest over relations with the russian ministry defence in june. ministry ofne. joining now to wonder about joining me now to wonder about it all is academic and commentator frank furedi . hello, commentator frank furedi. hello, frank. thank you for joining commentator frank furedi. hello, frank. thank you forjoining me i >> pleasure . >> pleasure. >> pleasure. >> it's endlessly interesting. i'm sure . what would you say we i'm sure. what would you say we are to make of what has happened this week past, past? well i think that he had to go because as far as putin was concerned , as far as putin was concerned, what prigozhin did with his mutiny was to expose the fragility of the oligarchs position and people often think that putin and the people around him are very powerful . him are very powerful. >> they're totally in control . >> they're totally in control. but although they are very authoritarian and they got a lot of resources, they're much more fragile than we often suspect. they're not really in control of this huge russian federation that they are meant

some have called it a protest over relations with the russian ministry defence in june. ministry ofne. joining now to wonder about joining me now to wonder about it all is academic and commentator frank furedi . hello, commentator frank furedi. hello, frank. thank you for joining commentator frank furedi. hello, frank. thank you forjoining me i >> pleasure . >> pleasure. >> pleasure. >> it's endlessly interesting. i'm sure . what would you say we i'm sure. what would you say we are to make of what has happened this week past, past? well i think that he had to go because as far as putin was concerned , as far as putin was concerned, what prigozhin did with his mutiny was to expose the fragility of the oligarchs position and people often think that putin and the people around him are very powerful . him are very powerful. >> they're totally in control . >> they're totally in control. but although they are very authoritarian and they got a lot of resources, they're much more fragile than we often suspect. they're not really in control of this huge russian federation that they are meant

as head of counter terrorism, former head of terrorism the of counter terrorism at the ministry of defencey much. how worried should we be about the people that we put in charge of securing our data ? well we securing our data? well we should be worried across the board, both in civil industry and often in in government. >> and that is because of three things, essentially , you need things, essentially, you need people, process and technology . people, process and technology. >> a lot of civilian companies will see cyber as a cost and won't invest in it. >> that is not necessarily the case in government organisations , but we've seen what happens here in with the psni because that was a human failure . 94% of that was a human failure. 94% of all data breaches originate and with malware and viruses originate in the email domain . originate in the email domain. >> it's people clicking on links. so pretty dumb people is often the source of a lot of this problem. now of course, we do have enshrined in law now the information commissioner office. >> look at all these breaches and have massive p

ministry of defence data shows he took almost one such flight a week during his first seven months inplanet—warming carbon emissions, but mr sunak has said air travel was the "most effective use of my time". bringing the panel back in here. do you agree? is the most effective use of his time?— of his time? no, look him of the uk is a re of his time? no, look him of the uk is a pretty small _ of his time? no, look him of the uk is a pretty small country _ of his time? no, look him of the uk is a pretty small country and - of his time? no, look him of the uk is a pretty small country and i'm - is a pretty small country and i'm the sounds absurd somebody in the us with the uk is about half the size of texas. you don't need to keep popping on flights ago from one city to another within the uk. we have rail networks and roads and you don't need to do this. it's hugely costly to the taxpayer and it's usually inefficient in terms of climate change and not setting a good example. and he is travelling to and a half times as much as boris johnson, so if the prime minister borisjohnson did not n

we've pay for the health we've got to pay for the health service for and welfare and for the ministry of defencesaying is that we this tax, there that if we cut this tax, there would be more money in the economy and therefore the nation as a whole would richer. is as a whole would be richer. is that fair? >> well, i think the amount that a tourist is saving is quite minimal to the amount they're going to spend. >> so if they buy a wallet for me for £250 and they get it for 200, fine, they're staying in a hotel room because the sort of custom we have is not staying in a hotel room for £250. it's not near a £1,000. and then they're going to go take tickets. i going to go and take tickets. i mean, got the opera house mean, we've got the opera house and we've somerset house on and we've got somerset house on board. the royal board. we've got the royal academy board. it's not academy on board. so it's not and the thing that and i think the thing that concerns me, it's not just about retail shops. it's it is the bigger economy forte hotel. >> and it's not just in london because there are the out of lo

they worked very closely with the british ministry of defence, with the british foreign office, were andhurst , and many of these sandhurst, and many of these afghan army officers do. i think it was worth it ? yes. do afghan army officers do. i think it was worth it? yes. do i think that it was the morally right thing to do to go into afghanistan and get rid of the taliban regime? yes do i think that things could have been done differently? yes. think differently? yes. do i think that we have listened to that we should have listened to afghans we should have afghans and we should have understood a understood that country in a different yes. i think different way? yes. so i think that there was lots of things that there was lots of things that went wrong. but i also think that there of think that there are lots of things i think things went right. and i think that the blame really lies with with opening of the taliban with the opening of the taliban office in 2013 in qatar, the blame lies with the us taliban dealin blame lies with the us taliban deal in february 2020. the blame lies wi

what it was against, was against the against, it was against the ministry of defence , namely ministrye, namely sergey shoygu , the defence sergey shoygu, the defence minister, and valery gerasimov, of course , who is in control of of course, who is in control of russia's operations in ukraine now , yevgeny prigozhin is now, yevgeny prigozhin is something of a complex character . vladimir putin, who who offered his condolences to the families of those that have perished in the plane crash named yevgeny prigozhin. as someone that you knew well, he'd known him since around about the 1990s. of course, we know 1990s. and of course, we know that was when in that time in russia was when in many state companies , many many state companies, many pieces of russia that had been under state control was carved up and kind of sold to the highest bidder. that's where he made his fortune . he owned made his fortune. he owned a chain of restaurants. he was known as the chef of vladimir putin. that's not because he was cooking him his breakfast, dinner, tea or breakfast lunch or dinner, whichever your

opportunities and spend more time with his family in his resignation letter, mr wallace says the ministry of defence is back on the path to being once again world class education minister claire coutinho takes over as energy and net zero secretary, replacing shapps shadow attorney general emily thornberry says the changes are a temporary measure . measure. >> it really doesn't matter how many new jobs rishi sunak gives to his friends , it's still to his friends, it's still moving. the deck chairs . there's moving. the deck chairs. there's still a sinking ship. there's country really needs change and the only change that they're going to get is if we get a labour government and we get a labour government and we get a labour government and we get a labour government soon. >> junior doctors and consultants will be taking joint strike action in england for the first time across september and october. they'll walk out for four days in their long running disputes over pay. the british medical association says consultants will strike on september 19th and 20th, with junior doctors also walking out on the 2

. >> he's written a letter to the prime minister saying that the ministry of defence is now back on wayted to announce the replacement later today , which replacement later today, which could trigger a potential full cabinet mini reshuffle. let's go to political commentator nigel nelson for this one. i mean, this wasn't an unexpected departure, nigel. you. >> no, he'd already said he was going so it was only a question of when. and then rumours began circulating last night that there was going to be a mini reshuffle today . and it looks reshuffle today. and it looks like ben wallace actually pre—empted this and made sure it was going to happen by sending his resignation letter in. >> interesting. just reading some of the detail of this resignation letter. and as is usualin resignation letter. and as is usual in these kinds of things, they tend to list all their achievements. but, i mean, he has been widely viewed as a safe pair of hands during what has been a turbulent time from a defence perspective, not least with war in europe . but one of with war in europe. but one of the comments

of defence. what's the ministry of defence. what's neededis the ministry of defence.is a national level. borders coordinator who has the experience and knowledge to pull all this together and make it happen. under the prime minister's direction. that's what's needed , not one ministry what's needed, not one ministry and i don't think there'll be too much opposition to it. >> think there'll be too >> i don't think there'll be too much. couldn't be much. i mean there couldn't be because can see, because as far as i can see, labour dems, they're labour and the lib dems, they're only all we need only policy. this is all we need to on the human to be tougher on the human traffickers. many we're traffickers. how many we're going have to park it there, traffickers. how many we're goi|friend. ave to park it there, traffickers. how many we're goi|friend. i'mto park it there, traffickers. how many we're goi|friend. i'm sorry,( it there, traffickers. how many we're goi|friend. i'm sorry, butthere, traffickers. how many we're goi|friend. i'm sorry, but that's my friend. i'm sorry

. >> well, let's speak now to the former head of counter—terrorism at the ministry of defence , at theeral chip chapman, who can once more. chip, can join us once more. chip, thanks your time. thanks for your your time. i mean, clearly the ukrainian appear to taking the battle appear to be taking the battle to russians in their their to the russians in their their own capital city. could it actually backfire in that this reads into the putin narrative of the west attacking mother russia ? russia? >> well, that's what vladimir putin will say. and of course, he's got to audiences there. >> he's got his internal audience. >> and the idea of the russian idea and the russian world is what he seeks to achieve. and that's what plays into his imperial nationalism and which it the second audience it is. and the second audience is brics and those is those in the brics and those who aspire to join brics who aspire to join the brics today capability which today. but the capability which is being played against him is ukraine capability. >> it's the ukrainian deep battle and what that seeks to do i

the ministry of defence says there's been no "definitive proof" that yevgeny prigozhin, was on board heavy criticism after kissing midfielder jenni hermoso on the lips after last weekend's world cup final. he had also made a lewd gesture as he celebrated spain's victory at the final whistle. the former premier league referee, mike dean, has admitted he failed to correct a mistake in a chelsea—tottenham match last season to prevent his friend, anthony taylor, receiving extra "grief." dean was on var duty at stamford bridge, while taylor was in charge on the field. chelsea wanted tottenham defender cristian romero sent off for pulling marc cucurella to the floor by his hair. dean says he made a "really bad call" in not sending taylor to review his decision. british 400m runner, matthew hudson—smith says he has "big plans" for next year, which includes the paris olympics. hudson—smith won silver at the world athletics championships in budapest. and the commonwealth games federation says its "main focus" now is on finding a new host for the 2026 games. that's after settling its disputes

at the unveiling of the defence ministry's latest information campaign, an admission of problems whichbe afraid of fighting on the front line, but i put it to you that they're also afraid of a recruitment system that's been accused of corruption, of not always following the law. do you understand why people don't trust the system? translation: corruptionj in the recruitment centres is unacceptable and shameful. but we should not forget that, behind all that outrage — which is completely fair — there are two components of our victory. weapons and people. and the mobilisation process is what provides that. in an abandoned kyiv summer camp, civilians are trained in combat. the guns and grenades might be pretend... explosion. ..but there is a hope people like anton will volunteer for the real thing. are you scared about that idea in any way? of course, of course. every person, and i'm scared. i'm scared to hell. there is no chance i will be sitting here in kyiv if the situation is worse. the ukraine of today is fighting for its tomorrow. a country united by wanting to survive... ..but also