rosemary hollis, thank you.with the us and other nato allies unless it increases defence spending by tens of billions of pounds a year. the commons defence committee is calling for a boost similar to that which has been promised to the nhs. it comes at a time of heightened tension between the ministry of defence and downing street about budgets, as richard galpin reports. the first of a new generation of stealth fighter aircraft arriving in britain earlier this month. the raf and navy are due to have 138 of these american—made planes. the price tag for each one — more than £90 million. these, plus the construction of two aircraft carriers and other expensive equipment, landing taxpayers with a bill estimated in the tens of billions. sinking the defence budget. and for some, the solution is a big increase in military spending. the first thing in our report is saying — does defence matter, does nato matter, do we need to provide the capability to ensure the defence and security of our country and our people? and i

let's talk to rosemary hollis, professor of middle east policy studies at city university. mary, what is wrong, according to the israeli prime minister, with the iran deal that barack 0bama signed, supported by the uk, france and germany? his concerns are that it doesn't end the iranians capacity to produce nuclear weapons if they wished to. it's only up to eight certain deadline. the results of the deal will determine how much iran stands to gain in terms of economic benefits, was set to determine how they would feel about sticking with that kind of deal long term. but netanyahu that kind of deal long term. but neta nyahu is afraid that kind of deal long term. but netanyahu is afraid if they get the economic benefits, that will inspire them and galvanise them to use that opportunity. is iran abiding by the agreement? it is so far. the big concern for the british government is that if netanyahu wants them to support his much more tough position on iran, this earthy the iranians residence in syria, which is a danger to israel, —— vi—a—vis the iranians residents in syria. he i