the royal navy had three different admirals who would hold the key position of commander in chief ofe western approaches responsible for overseeing much of the battle of the atlantic. the most significant was the one pictured here admiral max rton. he woulderve in this role from 1942 t1945. he a former submariner himself he had extensive expience as a submarine captain in the baltic in the first world war, and in ct he would command the british submane until 1942. he ts had a very good sense of wh rader and dennis were going to attempt to do with submarines and proved quite astute in coming up with counter strategies. for a variety of reasons. while the german air force and army had made huge technologic strides inhe interwar period. we've talked about the development of radio, the improvement of aircraft and armor design. the german navy had somewhat less success. the main german submarine at the start, the second world war was the type submarine pictured here. it basically a slim steel cylinder, about 170 feet ng and 30 feet acss. it had large diesel engines, two propel it rough th

he was generally respected, they feared, by his royal navy adversary as he, unlike a number of otherptains, he tended to follow the rules of war. in fact, some even called him gentlemen an auto as he had a reputation for pulling crews of ships. he'd sunk at least distance towards safety and in a instances, dropping off blankets and even whiskey from his submarine to the unfortunate men of ships that he had sunk in early march 41, he attacked a convoy but was disabled by depth charges. his submarine began sinking rapidly. the crew somehow maned to reestablish control after the submarine had passed crushed depth around 700 feet, just long enough to blow their ballast tanks and skyrocket up to the surface. submarine disabled kretschmer scuttled his while ordering his crew to get off and surrender. and he himself was actually captured very fortunately for him. for him and would spend theest of the war in a p.o.w. in canada and. ad and one of the funny sort of ironies of history he would end up commanding nato's naval forces against soviet submarine during the early cold war, the reverse

it is home to the uk's carrier strike group and is the royal navy's largest warship, with a length ofapacity of 65,000 tonnes of cargo. it is home to more than 1,300 people. sailors, marines, soldiers and pilots, helicopters and wild fighters f-35, they are the symbol of the strike air group. the f-35b stealth jets of 617 squadron, the aircraft carrier-launched hms queen elizabeth, are central to britain's strategy to project power in defense of nato. these missions are carried out in strategically important regions, in particular in the baltics, and highlight the uk's readiness. potential opponents. the british carrier strike group, led by queen elizabeth, includes ships and squadrons from across the alliance. here the united kingdom, norway, belgium, the netherlands, germany, denmark and france are united. james blakemo, commander of the uk carrier strike group , said euro-atlantic deterrence and defense are central to nato. within the framework of the program, the impact of neptune is a clear confirmation of this. this is the first time in my memory that a british carrier strike gr

and stan mincher who served in the royal navy.three—year wait for that. and so i put my name bound to be an air gunner. we just thought it'd be like another exercise. i but we didn't know, of course, what the opposition would be i until the last moment. pamela gallowayjoined the women�*s auxiliary air force. she was part of a secret operation to disrupt german bombing raids by using radio signals to lure the aircraft off course in what became known as the battle of the beams. the wireless operators were able to identify, i suppose you�*d call it, the wavelength or frequency on which the german bombers were navigating. and so the wireless sending stations would send out a different frequency that would either confuse or made the german bombers follow a different course. and the result would be that they would miss their targets. alfred barnett, known as barney, was a gunner in the raf. he flew more than 80 bombing missions over germany. now lancaster use to carry one or two cookies. they were 4000—pounders in the centre base. then

a safety incident on a royal navy nuclear sub — we'll explain what we know about what happened.inger shakira pays millions to avoid trial in spain after facing fraud allegations. and some of the dark hedges made famous by game of thrones are facing the chop. we'll tell you why. and coming up on bbc news: gareth southgate says performance is the priority for his england side ahead of their final euro qualifier against north macedonia, with their place already assured. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. sir patrick vallance, the government's chief scientific adviser during the pandemic, has told the covid inquiry that the government's response to limit the spread of the virus in the early months was not, in his words, �*operationally effective.�* he said borisjohnson, who was prime minister at the time, had struggled to understand some of the scientific concepts that were presented. the inquiry is currently looking at decisions made by politicians during the pandemic. helena wilkinson reports. sir patrick vallance arriving at the inquiry in central london this morn

level up tab there is cooperation between the naval forces of the islamic republic of iran and the royal navyoman, and as i said, we can work together to help the ships in transit and to help the ships in transit under special conditions, especially in this very vital and busy waterway. let's help during the visit of the irgc commander to ghazvin province, projects such as the saghran bridge in auj city and the pakrovan clinic in ghazvin were put into operation through video conference . during this trip, sardar salami asked the benefactors to help eradicate poverty along with basij. the irgc commander today he traveled to ghazvin and in ayin inauguration of the resistance economy project, participating in the gatherings of saheb al-amr corps of the province was one of these projects. blessings be upon hazrat muhammad and his family, may god bless him and grant him peace. also, the implementation of the construction of 40 residential units for the relief committee beneficiaries and 20 dowry series was also started with the presence of sardar. salami went to the homes of needy women. the comma

this, look at my country, we are told that we should. you know, we spent almost 50 years using the royal navy, eradicating slavery, stopping the spread of slavery to the rest of europe, but no one ever talks about it, the cowardice of the conservatives in media politics is largely to blame for this, but britain has also put an end to the transatlantic , there is a moment of awakening that your prime minister, although from the conservative party, clearly shows... no interest in the country , which he seems to be running, for example, and it's quite obvious to an american looking at britain, his new priority has become stopping tobacco use in a country with a huge drug problem, a huge refugee problem and an economic problem. built around banks that is falling apart, why is he focused on tobacco, i am confused, please don't make the mistake of thinking that the party that is now in power has an attitude towards conservatism, it is not so. we have the highest tax burden since 1951, when we were busy paying off wartime debts . we are seeing the rise of a surveillance society that punishes the inn

stan mincherjoined the royal navy. he was 18 when he crossed the channel on d—day.sweepers coming forwards to sweep a channel to the beach. _ on the way in, we hit a landmine. it wasn't a big mine. it blew a hole, but it didn't become a major problem. i i could just see the sea wall and the houses beyond it. l the initial forces in our area, juno, were canadian. - they had a disastrous time, and the majority of them i were sunk on the beach with a lot of casualties. j this was going to be the beginning of the end of the war. _ we had high hopes. but i was thinking, gosh, if we�*d got it wrong, that would�*ve been very bad. i'm nobody's hero. but there it is, all over now. i got seven bob a day for that! laughter. just some of the stories from veterans of world war ii. time for a look at the weather. here�*s louise lear. i suspect it will be an atmospheric weekend, and the best of the weather is on saturday and a bit of a question over the rain on sunday pushing in from the south—west. we will take a look at that in just a moment and the most noticeable thing about t

disputed islands , but they, as stated in london, were also in danger due to fear. espionage , the royal navythnic chinese, we are talking about hong kongers, who were traditionally employed by ship's laundries. london has tried more than once to tarnish the reputation of beijing. chinese electric cars, which allegedly can be used to spy on the british, have already come under the suspicion of the british authorities. according to london, the machines are capable of recording audio and video and collecting a huge amount of information. including geolocation data and transfer all this to the chinese authorities. they are trying to inflate the automobile scandal in brussels, where the investigation against the chinese is still ongoing electric vehicles, they were suspected of being too low in cost, while most eu countries are well aware of the price they will have to pay if relations with beijing, their main trading partner, are broken, especially since france has openly stated that it is not ready to look at china through the eyes of the united states and see it as the main potential enemy. ks

you were a gunner in the royal navy . gunner in the royal navy. >> young, 17, was so young . >> youngwas so young. >> what made you join at that time ? time? >> you were on the way to manhood, weren't you? like we left school at 14 and it three years into being a man , it's years into being a man, it's different than today . it's 17. different than today. it's 17. you just go into your secondary education and, you know, all that sort of thing. well. i would say work with my father and i was training to be an apprentice bricklayer and the firm we work for was building air raid shelters , camps, all air raid shelters, camps, all that sort of thing . because of that sort of thing. because of the military, we were getting called up at in 1941. this was one and the winter air was one of those severe winters when everything froze up and all the building come to a stop above ground . and in corsham, which is ground. and in corsham, which is a little village further up from where i was brought up , there where i was brought up, there were underground caves left with where they'd taken the bat

reports of a malfunction on a royal navy nuclear submarine as it was diving have been confirmed to the failed on an unnamed vanguard—class submarine, which carries the uk's trident nuclear missiles. the incident happened more than a year ago, but a defence source declined to give further details. you're live with bbc news. most of the employees at the pioneering artificial intelligence company 0penai have threatened to resign over the sacking of their ceo. 743 out of 770 0penai workers said they wanted sam altman and co—founder greg brockman reinstated and the board to resign. the pair have already agreed to join microsoft to lead a new advanced artificial intelligence team. zoe kleinman has the story. the stakes are about as high as they get. not only in terms of cash — billions of dollars of it in investment — but also the future of the world itself and the way we all live, if you believe the extraordinary promises made about the power of artificial intelligence. 0penai, the creator of chatgpt, has now got through three ceos in almost as many days — sam altman, mira murati and emmett

we are told that we should be ashamed of slavery, you know, we wasted almost 50 years. using the royal navyavery, stopping the spread of slavery in the rest of europe, but no one ever talks about it, the tory cane in politics the media is largely to blame for this, but britain also put an end to the transatlantic, this is a moment of awakening , well, your prime minister, although from the conservative party, clearly shows no interest in the country that he supposedly runs, for example, and this is... completely obviously for an american looking at britain his new priority was to stop tobacco use in a country with a huge drug problem and a huge refugee problem and a bank-driven economy that is falling apart, why is he focused on tobacco, i'm confused. please don't make the mistake of thinking that the party that is currently in power in my country, has been there for 13 years, has anything to do with conservatism, it doesn't, we have the highest tax burden since 1951, when we were busy paying off wartime debts , we are seeing the rise of a surveillance society that punishes the innocent and

wartime letters written to french sailors in the 18th century and confiscated by britain's royal navystamped letters were written in 1757 and 58, and were intended for the crew of a french warship. they were sent by wives, fiances, parents and siblings, but never reached their intended recipients. the ship was captured by the british and the correspondence ended up in storage in england. a cambridge university academic, professor renaud morieux, was the first to read the personal messages, saying they were quote "very emotional." that's all from the team here in washington. thank you for watching. stay with us. hello there. after a day of sunshine and showers to start the week, it's not been quite so colourful overnight, there hasn't been as much solar activity. we have seen the northern lights earlier in the night though, across northernmost parts of scotland and with clear skies by the morning in the north—east of scotland, temperatures will be close to freezing. it will be a chilly start in the clearer skies in southeastern parts of england as well. tuesday, though, is going to be

the mediterranean, one in the red sea and one going to the persian gulf, and then you have the royal navy's aircraft carrier as well, the uk is one in in the mediterranean, so these are just large targets in the middle of an ocean, these can be stuck very easily. i think the united states is making a dangerous gamble, they are trying to intimidate a people that cannot be intimidated, and they have chosen incorrect. i think they're going to be dragged into a global war and it will spell the defeat of the western system, it's inevitable. yeah, this global global war is obviously the stage where some are indicating that this may move uh, i'm sorry, i got distracted by what i saw was ball of fire there, in the gaza strip, which uh just happened now, um, this global war scenario is something that uh, is uh creeping into the picture. um, if this spreads in the region, we have to take a look, if if you agree, guess i might, i'm asking you this in form of a question, mean at this point, obviously the resistance fighters are on the ground, you have yemen that uh, i think israel has declared that the

royal navy vessels are in the middle east to deter further escalation.d is reaching civilians in gaza and across the horn of africa, funded by the british people. this is who we are. the difference we make every single day across the world should make each and everyone of us here tonight enormously proud of us here tonight enormously proud of what this country does. we are hard—headed about our interests and our security. hard—headed about our interests and oursecurity. but hard—headed about our interests and our security. but britain's realism has a ways had values, and this is a moment for moral clarity. my lord mayor, the past is trying to stop the future being born. what motivated hamas to launch their horrific attack on israel? it wasn't just hatred, it was also their fear that a new middle east was being born, one that would see israel normalising relations with its neighbours, which gave hope for a better, more secure, more prosperous way forward. why did russia invade ukraine? because putin feared the emergence of a modern, reforming, thriving de

royal navy would that involve? royal navy interceptions in the channel a donald trump style wall.s to it, and i know it's unethical , comes to it, and i know it's unethical, but how about comes to it, and i know it's unethical , but how about they unethical, but how about they use loudspeakers at dover to blast out the greatest hits of james blunt? if that doesn't stop the boats, nothing will. oh ed sheeran, that crosses the line . mike. now the tories are line. mike. now the tories are toast, right? the tories are toast. but keir starmer is in. no position to gloat. current infighting within labour and a flurry of resignations makes what's happening in the middle east look like the queen's garden party. basically we're in trouble having to choose between labour and the tories is like having to choose your favourite kray. there's really only one thing for it. i think this democracy thing is not working out . let's democracy thing is not working out. let's just democracy thing is not working out . let's just install my out. let's just install my friend , the honest, no nonsense fri

stan minchevjoined the royal navy. he was 18 when he crossed the channel on d—day. to deliver tanks to the beaches of normandy. the first thing we saw at about — of normandy. the first thing we saw at about daylight _ of normandy. the first thing we saw at about daylight was - of normandy. the first thing we saw at about daylight was a - saw at about daylight was a minesweeper is coming forward to sweep the channel to the beach. on the way in, we hit a landmine. it wasn't a big mine. it blew a hole but it didn't become a major problem. i could just see the sea wall and the houses beyond it. the initial forces in our area, juneau, were canadian. they had a disastrous time and the majority of them were sunk on the beach with a lot of casualties. this was going to be the beginning of the end of the war. we had high hopes. but i was thinking, gosh, if we got it wrong, — i was thinking, gosh, if we got it wrong, that would have been very— it wrong, that would have been very had~ — it wrong, that would have been ve bad. �* ., ., �* very bad. i'm no hero. but there it — ve

office building and a signal will be given to the representative of the royal british legion in the royal navyrmy benevolent association, the army benevolent fund, and the royal air forces association , as well as the association, as well as the royal commonwealth ex—services league transport for london and the royal british legion scotland to move fonnard now and lay their wreaths on the east side of the cenotaph. let's briefly bring in nick and michael. michael just reflect on what we've just seen over the course of a very moving and touching 30 minutes as it's always the same. >> it's always immensely dignified . and yet somehow today dignified. and yet somehow today i heard the silence more than i'd ever heard it before when the when big ben was striking 11, the striking of that bell somehow emphasises the silence behind and what some people were saying yesterday . liz saying yesterday. liz mcconnachie was saying it earlier , our chinook force earlier, our chinook force personnel , our veteran, she was personnel, our veteran, she was saying that yesterday , the noise saying that yesterday,

stan mincherjoined the royal navy. he was 18 when he crossed the channel on d—day.eepers coming forwards to sweep a channel to the beach. _ 0n the way in, we hit a landmine. it wasn't a big mine. it blew a hole, but it didn't become a major problem. i i could just see the seawall and the houses beyond it. i the initial forces in our area, juno, were canadian. - they had a disastrous time, and the majority of them i were sunk on the beach with a lot of casualties. j this was going to be the beginning of the end of the war. _ we had high hopes. but i was thinking, gosh, if we got it wrong, that would've been very bad. i'm nobody's hero. but there it is, all over now. i got seven bob a day for that! laughter. just before we go, taylor swift has become the most nominated songwriter in grammy history. the shortlisting of her hit antihero, that puts her ahead of icon sir paul mccartney and lionel richie who have six each. swift is also nominated in the album and record of the year categories alongside 0livia rodrigo, miley cyrus and... nod from midnight is her six nominat

disputed islands, but they, as stated in london, were also in danger due to fear of espionage, the royal navyfire everyone ethnic chinese, we are talking about hong kongers who have traditionally been employed ship laundry work. london has tried to tarnish the reputation of beijing more than once... earlier, chinese electric cars had already come under the suspicion of the british authorities , which allegedly could be used to spy on the british. according to london, the cars are capable of audio and video recording and collecting a huge amount of information, including data on geolocation and transfer all this to the chinese authorities. they are trying to stir up a car scandal in brussels, where an investigation into chinese electric vehicles is still ongoing, they are suspected... what price they will have to pay in this case, most eu countries are well aware of the severance of relations with beijing, so accept the anti-chinese joint ksenia nikrasovaya konorovskaya, especially for ntv. residents of moldova's second largest city rallied at the election commission building. the action in ba

armed royal navy and the armed services , we've got a lot of, services, we've got a lot of, lot,preparedness there that would help any of that would help us with any of this okay. this stuff. okay. >> well, sympathise >> well, i always sympathise with of this with anyone in charge of this kind thing because you hear with anyone in charge of this kind rumourswecause you hear with anyone in charge of this kind rumours that se you hear with anyone in charge of this kind rumours that are'ou hear with anyone in charge of this kind rumours that are sortwear with anyone in charge of this kind rumours that are sort ofr these rumours that are sort of 20,000 plus islamic extremists being times. being watched at all times. you just it's almost just think about it's almost impossible. and with these impossible. and now with these extra going and extra things going on and they're blaming the they're also blaming the so—called revolving door of prime i mean, it won't prime ministers i mean, it won't have helped, will it? no no. >> know what? it has nothing >> you know what? it has nothing to t

reports of a malfunction on a royal navy nuclear submarine as it was diving have been confirmed to thet happened more than a year ago, but a defence source declined to give further details. the un says emissions of greenhouse gases must fall by 42% by 2030 to reach the goal of limiting global warming to one point five degrees above pre—industrial levels. the un environment programme says current pledges put the world on track for a rise of between 2.5 and 2.9 degrees celsius. you're live with bbc news. forfive months, the covid inquiry in london has been hearing evidence about the government's response to the pandemic. today was an important moment. it was the turn of sir patrick vallance, who was the chief scientist during the pandemic, and had some rather pointed observation about number 10's handling of the pandemic. a lot of his evidence was steered by his diary entries from the time in which he wrote borisjohnson was "weak and indecisive" and was "bamboozled" by covid science. i think i'm right in saying that the prime minister at the time gave up science when he was 15. and i thi

. >> got who are in >> i've got family who are in the the royal the actually, not the royal navy, navyy. but anyway, trident anyway, royal navy trident submarine as 140 submarine crew horror as 140 nearly die and plunged to danger zone. it's really hard life i know from my cousin he like i say he spent years on submarines and this was sort of covered a little bit yesterday when we found out about it. but yeah, a dial face failed. yeah, they were basically sinking and didn't into the crush didn't know it into the crush depth, which and then someone at the other end is that what would have happened? would have have happened? it would have been had continued as is. been if it had continued as is. yeah. and someone the yeah. and then someone at the other submarine there other end of the submarine there was second dial was fortunately a second dial and they oh wait a minute, and they went, oh wait a minute, why going down? and they why is that going down? and they called it thank god they did. yeah, we've got four yeah, but that's we've got four submarines. this is our nuclear deterrent. ye

armed royal navy and the armed services , we've got a lot of, services, we've got a lot of, lot,preparedness there that would help any of that would help us with any of this okay. this stuff. okay. >> well, sympathise >> well, i always sympathise with of this with anyone in charge of this kind thing because you hear with anyone in charge of this kind rumourswecause you hear with anyone in charge of this kind rumours that se you hear with anyone in charge of this kind rumours that are'ou hear with anyone in charge of this kind rumours that are sortwear with anyone in charge of this kind rumours that are sort ofr these rumours that are sort of 20,000 plus islamic extremists being times. being watched at all times. you just it's almost just think about it's almost impossible. and with these impossible. and now with these extra going and extra things going on and they're blaming the they're also blaming the so—called revolving door of prime i mean, it won't prime ministers i mean, it won't have helped, will it? no no. >> know what? it has nothing >> you know what? it has nothing to t

. >> got who are in >> i've got family who are in the the royal the actually, not the royal navy, navyy. but anyway, trident anyway, royal navy trident submarine as 140 submarine crew horror as 140 nearly die and plunged to danger zone. it's really hard life i know from my cousin he like i say he spent years on submarines and this was sort of covered a little bit yesterday when we found out about it. but yeah, a dial face failed. yeah, they were basically sinking and didn't into the crush didn't know it into the crush depth, which and then someone at the other end is that what would have happened? would have have happened? it would have been had continued as is. been if it had continued as is. yeah. and someone the yeah. and then someone at the other submarine there other end of the submarine there was second dial was fortunately a second dial and they oh wait a minute, and they went, oh wait a minute, why going down? and they why is that going down? and they called it thank god they did. yeah, we've got four yeah, but that's we've got four submarines. this is our nuclear deterrent. ye

for royal navy sailors, our crew will give you a tour of the ship.also planned. there will also be a cultural program. let me remind you that admiral pantileev is participating in a long-distance voyage of a detachment of the pacific fleet along with other anti-submarine ships, including the admiral tributs tanker pecheney. they are currently participating in russian-indian exercises in bengal bay fakes on social networks are one of the main signs of the dangers of our time. the lie factory makes full use of artificial intelligence and produces increasingly sophisticated fakes. there are literally darkness of them. from supposed news about svo to telephone fraud and cyber theft on trust, people be vigilant, and this was discussed today in moscow, at the international forum, a dialogue about fakes, our correspondent, alexander lyakin, worked there. the average fake has a short lifespan, like some species of butterflies, 3-4 days, but the harm they cause is enormous, most fakes are created abroad as an information weapon against our country, but dissem

the royal navy decided to fire all ethnic chinese, we are talking about hong kongers who were traditionally laundry workers. london has tried to know the reputation of beijing more than once before; chinese electric cars have already come under the suspicion of the british authorities, which allegedly can be used to spy on the british, according to london. the cars are capable of audio and video recording and collecting a huge amount of information, including geolocation data and hand over all this to the chinese authorities. they are trying to inflate a car scandal in in brussels, where an investigation into chinese electric vehicles is still ongoing, they were suspected of being too low in price, while most eu countries are well aware of the price they will have to pay if they break off relations with... their main trading partner, especially since france itself openly stated that it was not ready to look at china through the eyes of the united states and see it as the main potential enemy. ksenia nekrasova, anastasia konorovskaya, especially for ntv. despite the fundamental contradiction

and the royal navy wounded. and the royal navy sending another warship into the gulf . country is on snow watch today. freezing conditions leading to weather warnings right across the uk. have you been infected ? infected been infected? infected >> that comes after the cold. >> that comes after the cold. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> yeah, that could happen. that's just a week away. if you are affected, let us know. vaiews@gbnews.com. let's see what annie shuttleworth has to say about it all. >> good morning. some of us may have woken up to a smattering of snow, but will we see any more snow, but will we see any more snow throughout the day? you can find out more with me later on today. >> and a giant of american foreign policy during the cold war and beyond . the former us war and beyond. the former us secretary of state henry kissinger, died at the age kissinger, has died at the age of 100. >> paul's got your sport , of coui'se. >> course. >> well, manchester united, i think , are infected with dodgy think, are infected with dodgy keeper disease at the moment with andre onana

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he a uniform royal navy tie. he had a uniform even after he left the services.ue shirt with naval tie and a blue with his naval tie and a blue v—neck jumper every single day. he went on to be a woodwork teacher in hertfordshire . and teacher in hertfordshire. and equally, there's a story on my other side of my family. my stepmother's mother, was stepmother's mother, ruth, was a auschwitz survivor and, you know, we tried to build up a picture of what she had gone through, the horror of what she went through. and i went to auschwitz for the 75th anniversary of the liberation. there and to piece there and we tried to piece together story, she was together her story, but she was too traumatised to much too traumatised to say much about it at all. how extraordinary. but michael, i know that recently you've been doing your work with the commonwealth's graves commission , actually , war graves commission actually , i was filming in normandy a few days ago and i had the occasion to go to the commonwealth war graves commission war grave at baor , commission war grave at

diesel engine manufacturing company in great britain, whose mandate was to build diesels for the royal navy's submarine program. so you can imagine the kaiser is thinking hard. no, on that. and so that was part of the reason that the kaiser found himself in the headlines as a suspect for murder as well. and he was only one of several, i think that it's the development of the engine itself, surprisingly, when you read this is a lot ofun to read and in the way that old movies will present the developmen of some scientific breakthrough. i mean, we just assume that it happens overnight and that it's created and it's fine. but a lot of mistakes are made along the way and you go through various plateaus osuccess with this. there's even a scene in the book where they're doing an experiment and it blows up and they have to hit the floor. and i thought, whoa, this is exactly what we would do if we were making the movie. it's a lot of fun. heat. neverthelessdid succeed, became very rich. the patent, i think, was 1897. it was taken out. he filed the patent 1892 and another one in 93. and then last in 15

diesel engine manufacturing company in great britain, whose mandate was to build diesels for the royal navy's submarine program. so you can imagine the kaiser is thinking hard. no, on that. and so that was part of the reason that the kaiser found himself in the headlines as a suspect for murder as well. and he was only one of several, i think that it's the development of the engine itself, surprisingly, when you read this is a lot of fun to read and in the way that old movies will present the development of some scientific breakthrough. i mean, we just assume that it happens overnight and that it's created and it's fine. but a lot of mistakes are made along the way and you go through various plateaus of success with this. there's even a scene in the book where they're doing an experiment and it blows up and they have to hit the floor. and i thought, whoa, this is exactly what we would do if we were making the movie. it's a lot of fun. heat. nevertheless, did succeed, became very rich. the patent, i think, was 1897. it was taken out. he filed the patent 1892 and another one in 93. and then las

royal navy, two wessex 5 helicopters, crafts from hm naval base chatham, portsmouth, midway, and a clearance. >> reporter: but it wasn't just the british government that wanted to dislodge the family. in august 1978, a band of rogue german and disturb lawyers and diamond merchants launched a coup d'etat with designs of founding their own offshore casino. they arrived by helicopter with a film crew in tow, taking prince michael by surprise and then roughing him up. >> they tied my elbows together, my knees together, my feet together, my hands down to my knees, and they picked me up and one said to the other in german, let's chuck this bastard over the side. he's too much trouble. >> you're a full-on political prisoner right now. >> yeah. >> reporter: sealand had fallen. after three days, michael was released. did michael and his father then return via helicopter, fully armed and flanked by a group of bruisers to stage a successful countercoup? yes. yes, they did. >> i jump and landed crash in the middle of the germans. saw the shotgun hit the deck, boom, and all the germans went like that. >>

have the royal navy put a stop to this, take some real action. my to this, take some real action.ems to be a lack of spine, a lack of backbone , frankly, in lack of backbone, frankly, in the british government right now, including the prime minister's own office. this has to change. a conservative government should control the flow of legal and illegal migration coming into into the uk. this is what a conservative government has pledged to do. it needs to stand by those pledges to the british people . and we to the british people. and we have seen , i think, far too much have seen, i think, far too much weakness and a sheer lack of resolve from the prime minister and from the government at this time. and nigel, briefly, if we could , do you think the tories could, do you think the tories can turn this around now or is this just mission terminated ? this just mission terminated? >> and also on that point, if things are looking bleak under the conservatives , what do you the conservatives, what do you think a future would look like under a keir starmer government ? under a keir star

and one, one time i had wanted the four volumes of the royal navy survey of the islands, the south pacific. and i could find only three on the stacks. and i went down the issue desk and i said, i can't find volume four of the book published in the 1940s. and he said, let me see. and he looked on his computer. he couldn't find it. and they said, wait a minute. and he found he looked under desk and there was a shoe box. and in it a number of old index cards. and he said, yes, i thought it might be her. it's a mrs. smithson. she lives in torquay and she's had it since 1957. we asked in 1973 and i believe she's still alive. she's still burroughs books. and i will write her again. and this time i shall be extremely firm. and he and the book arrived two days later, and i've still got it 12 years later. that's the point i was going to make. sorry, is that apparently members of the library quite liked the description i made of it in the book, but a number of people who had never been to the library were in charleston. i thought, i must go there and i had a letter from the last week who said and on