tia. ships for the royal navy? no, fundamentally, _ ships for the royal navy? no, fundamentally, it has - ships for the royal navy? tic, fundamentally, it has been battling future of getting a £200 million guarantee from the uk government. it will be able to refinance some very expensive borrowings and expand its balance sheet. when the new uk government came in during summer, they looked and said, we are not doing this, we are not putting the taxpayer on the hook for up to £200 million. it is too risky. they acknowledge there is a problem at the company but those are the best way to sort that out is through the market, and that is effectively what is happening now. this administration process really is part of a sealed process. in summary, there has been a restructuring expert, be clear out of the board and eventually a sales process under way run by the bank and it is a process which is now continuing and there is hope that we will see some clarity on that in the next couple of weeks, the executive chairman of the business, on the weekend he said deals for th

let's turn to news coming into us from the royal navy because we knew about the death of a royal navyn that over the last 48 hours with the royal navy putting out a statement and tributes to lou tennant rhodri, who passed away following a tragic incident in the english channel. we talked about for the last 18 months, he served on royal navy squadron, he was one of the commando helicopter forces, royal navy squadron, he was one of the commando helicopterforces, one of the most trusted and capable helicopter captains that we had. he honed his skills undertaking some of the most specialist aviation tasks. in addition to that, there has been a statement from his family, too. a tribute saying rod was so immeasurably loved by his parents, siblings, partner, family, friends. that he was devoted to them. our lives will never be the same without him and we are also very proud of the passionate, strong, loyal man that he was. we will always have in his heart —— in our hearts. they are requesting privacy at this extremely painful time. those tributes just been released. the children's commission

there are two variants of the royal navy's merlin helicopter, this one for deploying and inserting royal, often in covert operations. so there were three crew members aboard the merlin at the time. two of those were rescued and taken to hospital , rescued and taken to hospital, but it's understood they did not suffer serious injuries and another merlin helicopter was involved in that night flying exercise with coastguard, later becoming involved in the rescue operation. no other fatalities or serious injuries, but one member of the royal navy has sadly died after this accident last night in the channel. >> okay, charlie peters, our national reporter. thank you. awful news. our thoughts go out to that. the person who died , to that. the person who died, his his colleagues, the royal navy, everybody involved. really tragic news this afternoon . tragic news this afternoon. okay, we move on. water bosses have been threatened with jail time if their firms fail to meet environmental targets. the government's new legislation will give regulators more powers to bring criminal charges against exe

a member of britain's royal navy dies after a crash in the channel during a training exercise. pressure for a ceasefire agreement continues to grow on israel's prime minister, who insists troops must remain in a key part of gaza. white we must remain in a key part of gaza. white— gaza. white we have been analysing _ gaza. white we have been analysing israeli _ gaza. white we have been analysing israeli activity. i analysing israeli activity. michel barnier is appointed at the next prime minister of france. and the actress gillian anderson talks about her book, a collection of women's sexual fantasies. tributes have been paid to rebecca cheptegei, she was reportedly doused with petrol, she sustained burns on more than 70% of her body, her attacker was also injured. attacks on women have become a major concern in kenya and there have been a number of high—profile athletes who have been killed in the last two years. let's start this hour with a report by our deputy editor from africa and soy. cheptegei's family in mourning. this was their daughter on the international stage, carry

it is normalfor royal navy helicopters to carry out exercises. to keep their hours up because that is how they have to operate often in combat situations, so to ensure they are qualified to do that. there were two helicopters in the air at the time. one of them came down. one of the marlins and we don't know why it came down. so we don't know why it came down. so we don't know why it came down. so we don't know whether this was a mechanical problem, human error or whether it was the weather. we don't have a clear idea and will have a clear idea until they do an investigation which obviously they have started. so three people on board he would evolve in group. this is a helicopter which can carry commandos. this was a troop carrier if you like. working carry heavy loads. there is another version of the same to cover the does anti—submarine warfare but this was the one that can carry troops. they were not marines on board at the time can bejust were not marines on board at the time can be just the three crew taking part in the exercise along with t

a member of the royal navy has died after a helicopter accident.— died after a helicopter accident. , ., accident. tributes for the marathon _ accident. tributes for the marathon runner - marathon runner rebecca cheptegei after an attack by her former boyfriend. cheptegei after an attack by herformer boyfriend. and cheptegei after an attack by her former boyfriend. and they competition regulator launched an investigation into the sales of oasis concert tickets after dynamic pricing was used. welcome back to grenfell, i'm annita mcveigh. were continuing our coverage and's final report from the investigation into this tragedy in which 72 people died. we are continuing to look at reaction to what was said in that report. that the bereaved families and the survivors fight forjustice while the deputy prime minister angela rayner has said it is completely unacceptable that people are still living in homes covered with dangerous parting of the type that was on grenfell tower seven years after the fire. yesterday's final report into the disaster is said all toto 72 deaths were avoidable. the

is that fair on the rest of us and the royal navy ? navy? arines training exercises for fear of old names such as final thrust. yes, final thrust . apparently that's too thrust. apparently that's too racy. we'll reveal the other politically correct changes . politically correct changes. nothing wrong with a final thrust. >> all right, tom, settle down, settle down. getting a bit excited about all these, racy names . names. >> when i heard that the royal that the royal navy would be, you know, changing names, i expected them to be genuinely, like, outdated or bad. you know , like, outdated or bad. you know, i expected perhaps there to be racial connotations, but. no, it's just it's just a bit of sexual innuendo. i mean, this country is run on sexual innuendo. >> what's wrong with a bit of that? we are so sanitised, aren't we? these days, in some ways. and yet also elsewhere , ways. and yet also elsewhere, it's a bit horrendous. i mean, if we can't have a bit of carry on, i don't know, i don't know, i don't know what this country is for . a for

it's the royal navy. those things . things. >> you want pizza for your tea? all right. okay. >> bit of favouritism. never did anyone any harm. okay. all right, well, look, thank you very much for everybody who's been watching and listening. every viewer really matters. so go out there and tell your friends. thank you, thank you, thank you. i'll see you tomorrow at nine. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hello. good evening. it's going to be a very cold night tonight with a chance of frost , tonight with a chance of frost, particularly across northern areas, but also a chance of spotting the aurora or the northern lights across parts of scotland and northern england. we've got cold arctic air at the moment, but that will be replaced by atlantic air as high pressure builds in for the last day of the week into friday. so that will develop clear skies quite widely. so a good chance of spotting the aurora. aurora as far south as northern areas of england, parts of

but the royal navy have announced that a member of the royal navy has died after a merlin helicopter incident occurred during operations on the coast. no other fatalities at this stage reported or any other serious injuries. the ministry of defence, though confirming that the family of the victim have been informed. as i say, plenty more on that as we get to it with charlie peters. that, though, is the latest from the for now. sophia wenzler will have your next >> after this. hello. welcome back. now, some breaking news. a member of the royal navy has died following a training incident last night. joining us for the latest is our national reporter, charlie peters. charlie, thank you for coming in and bringing us up to date on this story. it sounds horrific. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> sad news that a merlin helicopter was dumped into the channel last night during night flying exercises. and we have a statement from the royal navy. a spokesperson said it's with great sadness that we must report. a member of the royal navy has died following a training incident last night. our thoughts are wi

the royal navy since a full investigation will take place.and it's update. it's not clear yet exactly what went wrong last night. we know there were two merlin helicopters low—flying out at sea off the coast here in conjunction with the aircraft carrier hms queen elizabeth. these were night—time flying exercises. when one of those helicopters was forced to ditch into the water. two crew members were rescued and taken to hospital. they didn't suffer serious injuries, but sadly a third, his body was recovered. and the prime minister, the defence secretary and the head of the navy, the first sea lord, all expressed their sympathies. that serviceman hasn't been named, but we understand he was based at the royal naval station yeovilton at somerset. we know that there will be a full investigation into the circumstances of this incident, but the weather last night here was much better than it is now. we understand it was clear and dry, so that investigation will explore exactly what went wrong with this helicopter, why it was forced to come down and

navy in particular but royal navy ships as who pretty much did save the day at least i'm going to argue that on omaha beach. before i do that, let me make a couple general observations that almost everybody, this audience and probably everybody in audience is very sensitive to. but i to to reiterate to them, to remind us all of the broader context of this. first of all, the invasion of nazi europe was an amphibious operation. it's an old aphorism in war that amphibious operations are most difficult to carry in war. it's often attributed to basil little heart, but i've actually found antecedents to that, in part because this was a joint operation as has been emphasized. my friend john susan mentioned it as well. it required a ground. the army, of course, a sea force. the navy and in this case an air coordinating three services in a and complicated timetable is difficult. but in d-day, it was not only a joint operation. it was a combined operation involving countries. again emphasized earlier. britain the united states and canada france is often mentioned but also norway, poland, belgium,

a member of the british royal navy dies in a helicopter crash during a training exercise over the english channel. the british government says it's unacceptable there are still homes covered in potentially dangerous cladding — seven years after the grenfell tower fire. water company bosses in england and wales could be jailed — under new government legislation to combat pollution. after charlie xcx says goodbye to brat summer — could she say hello to a mercury prize? the winner is being announced shortly. those stories coming up, but let's pause and check out the sport. jane, good evening. we'll start with cricket and england head coach brendon mccullum has been setting out his expectations as he prepares to take over all of england's cricket teams. he's extended his contract by two years to take control of both the test and white—ball teams. this week he'll be coaching the test team at the oval, where the series against sri lanka will conclude. over the last two years, it would have been nigh on impossible for anyone to do all three formats, and i think hence why, you know, we went down

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also tonight: one person has died after a royal navy helicopter ditches in the sea off the coast of dorset. after the chaotic scramble for oasis tickets, an investigation is launched into ticketmaster. the case that has shocked france — the woman whose husband is on trial accused of inviting dozens of strangers to rape her while she was drugged. and 13—year—old iona winnifrith, the youngest member of the paralympicsgb team, wins silver in paris. and coming up on bbc news, the nations league gets underway this evening, with scotland saying they want to "feel the love again" from fans after a poor euros campaign. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the presenterjeremy kyle has been defending his treatment of a man who died days after appearing on this show in 2019. steve dymond is believed to have taken his own life days after taking a lie detector test on the itv show. he was accused of cheating on his partner. today the inquest into his death was shown previously unseen footage from the show in which 63—year—old steve dymond became visibly upset. jeremy kyle insisted his prese

a crew member on a royal navy helicopter has died after the aircraft ditched into the english channele rescued but were not seriously injured. and an investigation has been launched into the sale of oasis tickets. the competition regulator is looking into whether ticketmaster breached breach consumer protection law, including the use of dynamic pricing. and jack draper has reached his first grand slam semifinal. the 22—year—old's break—out run at the us open reached new heights as he became the first british man to reach the finalfour in new york since 2012. he'll play in the semifinals on friday. youtube is to restrict recommendations of certain health and fitness videos to teenagers. it says 13—to—17—year—old users will still be able to search for and view fitness related content, but will not be encouraged into repeated viewing of similar videos. time now for ten seconds of a fireball. a small asteroid was spotted lighting up the night sky in the philippines. it's only the ninth asteroid ever spotted by humans before hitting earth, and you're all caught up. have a great night. hell

about 1820 when we began to get seriously worried about the route to india and then we sent to the royal navy and and it used to fight the pirates and beat them and arrest them and so on, and the problem of piracy was finished in the 19th century. these are really pirates to be means that there is no excuse for this issue somehow and that for. it would be better for them to do this than to help the established government of this region, which is the iranian government , which could not do this due to the lack of the iranian navy, but they not only do not help the iranian government, but they themselves become allies and allies of the same pirates. they suppress the collection called sahel. the reconciliation or the reconciled banks put these under the flag and force during that era and you know it established its own protective areas and per tradition it was close to the tribal leaders in the arabian peninsula and also and also beyond and there were formally under british protection the only semi-independent. bahrain has a special geographical location, the peninsula and the presence of many

let s get some of the day's other news now the royal navy has named the serviceman who was killed inight—flying training exercise in the english channel. leftenant rhodri leyshon died when his merlin helicopter came down on wednesday off the coast of dorset. two other servicemen survived. his family says he was immeasurably loved by his parents, siblings, partner, and friends. the number of endangered puffins on the farne islands has increased by 15% despite worries about the impact of bird flu. the national trust has declared that the population is "stable" after rangers counted more than 50,000 breeding pairs on the site, which is off the northumberland coast. a national memorial is going to be placed in st james park next to the mall in honour of her majesty queen elizabeth the second. sunday is the second anniversary of her death at balmoral at the age of 96 sport — and at the paralympic games, great britain has now won 42 gold medals — surpassing their haul from tokyo 2020 with two days of competition at the paris games left to go. wheelchair fencer dimitri coutya won gold in th

a member of britain's royal navy dies after a crash in the channel during a training exercise.prime minister, who insists troops must remain in a key part of gaza. white we must remain in a key part of gaza. white— gaza. white we have been analysing _ gaza. white we have been analysing israeli _ gaza. white we have been analysing israeli activity. i analysing israeli activity. michel barnier is appointed at the next prime minister of france. and the actress gillian anderson talks about her book, a collection of

cobra meeting on lebanon, i would have thought that that will have two purposes, the first to use royal navy assets to try to lift british citizens of whom there are quite some number in lebanon to try and lift them uh out of the war zone uh and that's the least you would expect a brit. government to do, but rather more sinisterly, the british government before the last 60 days and the one we have now, so-called labor government, is up to its neck in the crimes of the israel state, it is literally actively participating, not just in the much disgust issue of licensing the selling of british weapon. to netanyahu, nine out of 10 of those contracts and licenses are continuing, you heard patricia talk there about an f35 delivering death, some 20% of the f-35 is made in britain, so that f-35 that tried or succeeded in killing people in patricia's village. not be able to do so if it were not for british weapon sales, but even worse than that, we are using our sovereign airbase in acroteri, in cyprus and somebody else's country, heaven knows why cyprus tolerates such a colonial arrangement, whereby

, there — forgets for the royal navy, there will be prime minister ensure _ there will be prime minister | and support british security as well as local economy? i thank him forthat— well as local economy? i thank him for that question - well as local economy? i thank him for that question and - well as local economy? i thank him for that question and for l him for that question and for championing his constituency, including the work at the dockyard. the strategic defence review will ensure that defence is central both to security and economic growth and prosperity. the review will consult widely including across devolved nations and i know they recognise the importance of constituencies like his and i will ensure he gets the chance to meet the relevant minister to meet the relevant minister to discuss the issues in his constituency.— to discuss the issues in his constituency. thank you, mr speaker- — constituency. thank you, mr speaker. the _ constituency. thank you, mr speaker. the previous - speaker. the previous conservative government committed to a rebuild of wits cross — committe

navy in particular, but royal navy ships as well, who pretty much did save the day. at least i'm going to argue that, on omaha beach. before i do that, let me make general observations that probably everybody in this audience is sensitive to, but i want today reiterate them to remind of the broader context of this. first of all, the invasion of nazi occupied europe was an amphibious operation. it's an old aforrism in war that amphibious are the most difficult to carry out in war and also attributed to -- in part, because this is a joint operation as emphasized, my friend john, susan mentioned it as well, required a ground force, the army of course, a sea force, the navy and in this case, an air force coordinating three services in a tight and complicated timetable is difficult. but in d-day, it was not only a joint operation, it was a combined operation involving several countries, again, emphasized earlier. britain, the united states, and canada, france is often mentioned, but also norway, poland, belgium, denmark, the netherlands, even australia and new zealand wer

fourth regiment that was surrounded by stone walls vote were surrounded by an ocean that had the royal navy in it. it was much more secure than the king's warehouse in town and it stayed there for the next year and 1/2. for the longest time. i could not figure out what happened, no one figured out, most people assumed it disappeared because the british blue up the castle when they evacuated in march 17, '76 so if the tea were still there it would have been blown up so there was a real possibility of that and i kept on digging to find out what happened. i can't find anything but best just is boomer. but then eventually after checking every thing, military records and private correspondence in this and that, on a lark looking for something else i was looking through the india company records, not for 74 but 1775 where no one bothered to check, there was their record of receiving payment for the tea from the william after it had been sold in boston. it was sold when boston had been liberated by the british, massachusettsians and evacuated from the rest of the countryside, it had collapsed, 13,

. >> my constituencies continuing construct thing for the royal navy as long as the local supply chainwill the prime minister ensure they visit the strategic importance for the local supply chain for the support security as well as local economies. >> prime minister. >> i thank you for that question if her champion his constituency including the work at the dockyard. the strategic defense review will ensure the defenses central to the security and economic growth and prosperity. the review will consult widely including across the devolved nations. i know viewers recognize the strategic and origins of constituencies like his. i will ensure discussing the particular issues. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the previous government across the hospital the presidio -- and the establishment of a new community. i do not explain this to be done >> thank you, mr. speaker. they rebuild of a hospital, and the establishment of a new community diagnostic center at sir margaret's hospital. progressing these projects in full which are so vital to including the health services needed by my constituents. if

a royal navy serviceman well. a royal navy serviceman who was killed when a helicopter made a deliberate emergency landing over the channel on wednesday, has been named as lieutenant rhodri leyshon. three people were on board the merlin mklr people were on board the merlin mk4 during a night exercise when it ditched off the dorset coastline, killing the 31 year old. a statement from rodger's family described him as talented, passionate , strong and talented, passionate, strong and loyal. it said we will always have him in our hearts. our wonderful boy . the snp has wonderful boy. the snp has called on the prime minister to u—turn on plans to cut winter fuel payments. research has shown that close to a million pensioners in scotland received the payments between 2022 and 2023, but under new plans by the labour government, 87% of those would lose that financial support . more heavy rain is support. more heavy rain is expected across the uk today, with many still at risk of flooding. the met office has said a new ban

meeting. on lebanon, i would have thought that that will have two purposes, the first uh to use uh royal navy assets to try to lift british citizens of whom there are quite some number in lebanon to try and lift them uh out of the war zone uh and that's the least you would expect a british government to do, but rather more. sinisterly, the british government before, the last 60 days and the one we have now, so called labor government, is up to its neck in the crimes. the israeli state, it is literally actively participating, not just in the much discussed issue of licensing the selling of british weapons to netanyahu, nine out of 10 of those contracts and licenses are continuing, you heard patricia talk there about an f-35, delivering death, some... 20% of the f-35 is made in britain, so that f-35 that tried or succeeded in killing people in patricia's village would not be able to do so if it were not for british weapon sales, but even worse than that, are using our sovereign airbase in acroteri, in cyprus and somebody else's country. heaven knows why cyprus tolerates such a colonial arrangem

in other news, a royal navy serviceman who was killed when a helicopter made a deliberate emergency landingover the channel on wednesday has been named as lieutenant rhodri leyshon. three people were on board the merlin mklr people were on board the merlin mk4 during a night exercise when it ditched off the dorset coastline, killing the 31 year old. a statement from rhodri's family described him as talented, passionate, strong and loyal . it said talented, passionate, strong and loyal. it said we'll talented, passionate, strong and loyal . it said we'll always have loyal. it said we'll always have him in our hearts, our wonderful boy . the snp him in our hearts, our wonderful boy. the snp has called on the prime minister to u—turn on plans to cut winter fuel payments. research has shown that close to a million pensioners in scotland received the payments between 2022 and last year, but under new labour plans, 87% of those would lose that financial support. now more heavy rain is expected across the uk today, with many still at risk of flooding. the met office has said a new band of heavy an

as britain's royal navy gone . britain's royal navy gone. absolutely woke.cuss this is major general chip chapman. always an absolute pleasure to have you on the show. seriously, chip, have we not got bigger fish to fry than worrying about the names of some of these exercises? can you tell you what? tell us, please, what some of the names were. what? they're being changed to, and why this nonsense is occurring ? occurring? >> well, two in particular were final thrust and violent entry, which do sound like bad 1970s film titles. >> and i think that really is the context behind some of this , the context behind some of this, because at least two of the reports that are out there in the last five years, the wigston and atherton report, are all about the fact that we keep abusing women in the army and the armed forces generally with sexual harassment, a constant feature of the continuous attitude surveys . so the real attitude surveys. so the real question is, you know, this is trivia in in one sense, changing the names. i would be more triggered if the standard

meeting on lebanon, i would have thought that that will have two purposes, the first uh to use uh royal navy assets to try to lift british citizens of whom there are quite some number uh in lebanon to try and lift them uh out of the war zone uh and that's the least you would expect. a british government to do, but rather more sinisterly, the british government before, the last 60 days and the one we have now, so-called labour government, is up to its neck in the crimes of the israeli state, it is literally actively participating, not just in the much discussed issue of licensing, the selling of ' british weapons to netanyahu, nine out of 10 of those contracts and licenses are continuing, you heard patricia talk there about an f35 delivering death, some 20% of the f-35 is made in britain, so that f-35 that tried or succeeded in killing people in patricia's. would not be able to do so if it were not for british weapon sales, but even worse than that, are using our sovereign air base in acroteri, in cyprus and somebody else's country, heaven knows why cyprus tolerates such a colonial arrangemen

that was surrounded by an ocean that had the royal navy. it so it was much more secure than the king's warehouse in town. and it stayed there for the next several for the next year and a half. and for the longest time, i could not figure out what happened to it. no one had figured out. i think most people assumed disappeared because the british blew up the castle when they evacuated in march of 1776. and so if the tea if the tea were still there, then it would have been blown up. and so there was there was a real possibility of that. and i kept on digging, trying to find out what happened. i thought, oh, i just if i can't find anything, the best guess is it boom so. but then eventually, after checking everything, after military records and checking private correspondence and this and that on a lark looking for something else was looking through, of course, the east india company records and they're not for 74 wherever in looks but from 1775 where no one bothered to check there was record of receiving payment for the tea from the william aft

the royal navy will come help. so, delancy and his supporters like james johnson, jake walton and others are really seen as popular political figures, sort of out of doors at this time. they're not holding elected office. so for the time between, 65 and 68 people look toward the differences and in particular, james to lancey for leadership. and when it comes to 1768, they mount a concerted campaign to, secure people's votes. they not only announce their candidacies, they publish essays in the press, they release broadsides that can be, you know, stuck on tavern windows or coffee windows so people walking by can see essays that are published in. these will be left and tyrants tables and coffee house tables so people can read. they commissioned pamphlets which are longer so people can study them a little bit more and. they what manhunt with election materials not only this they start hold events they hold events in taverns. so on a monday in the lead up to the election, on a monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, ther

saddened by the death is deeply saddened by the death of a member of the royal navy after a merlin helicopter ditched in the english channel. the incident occurred during operations with hms queen elizabeth. no other fatalities or serious injuries have been reported , the ministry of reported, the ministry of defence has confirmed. the family has been informed and a full investigation is now underway. the home office has confirmed it will not use raf scampton to house asylum seekers. labour has scrapped the former conservative government's plans to house asylum seekers at the former raf base in lincolnshire. home office minister dame angela eagle said the plan, which has already cost £60 million, fails to deliver value for money for the taxpayer . value for money for the taxpayer. meanwhile, it's being reported that germany is considering their own rwanda migrant scheme using uk facilities. germany's special representative for migration agreements, joachim stamp, said the eu could use facilities set up by the last uk government. labour cancelled the rwanda scheme, which was intended to deter

a royal navy warship has period. royal navy warship has seized £160 million worth of cocaine in the caribbean, intercepting a so—called narco sub in a joint operation with the united states. hms trent sailed around 200 miles south of the dominican republic , seized the dominican republic, seized 2000 kilos of cocaine marking the ship's eighth drug bust in under seven months, and taking space exploration to new heights. two civilians just completed the first ever commercial space walk. billionaire jared isaacman and crewmate sarah gillis floated over the spacex dragon capsule 400 miles above earth, using experimental spacesuits without the usual safety of an airlock. the daring duo tested a life support system in the vacuum of space. well, those are your latest gb news headlines. more from me at 9:00. now it's back to jacob for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone. >> sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> welcome back

the prime minister has said he is deeply saddened by the death of a member of the royal navy after aerlin helicopter ditched in the engush helicopter ditched in the english channel. the incident occurred during operations with hms queen elizabeth. no other fatalities or serious injuries have been reported. the ministry of defence has confirmed the family has been informed and a full investigation is underway . full investigation is underway. the home office has confirmed it will not use raf scampton to house asylum seekers. labour has scrapped the former conservative government's plans to house asylum seekers at the former raf base in lincolnshire. home office minister dame angela eagle said the plan, which has already cost £60 million, fails to deliver value for money for the taxpayer . meanwhile, it's the taxpayer. meanwhile, it's being reported that germany is considering their own rwanda migrant scheme using uk facilities. germany's special representative for migration agreements, joachim stamp, said the eu could use facilities set up the eu could use facilities set ”p by the eu

one person has died after a royal navy helicopter ditches in the sea last night near dorset.istry of defense is that helicopters were taking part in a night exercise when the incident occurred. lucy b has replaced her legal team and is planning a new appeal. a former neonatal nurse, one of the uk's most notorious modern serial killers convicted in two separate trials of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven others under her care. indecent assault charges in the u.k. against the disgraced hollywood for producer harvey weinstein have been discontinued in their prosecution. cps said it made the decision after reviewing the evidence in the case and concluding there is no longer a realistic prospect of conviction. 72-year-old was charged in 2022 with two counts of indecent assault dating back to 1996. the chief prosecutor at the international criminal court has told the bbc justice must be seen to be done, after seeking an arrest warrant in may for israel's prime minister and the defense minister. he was also seeking mourns for three hamas leaders, two of whom have s

we also know that the royal navy has two ships in the eastern mediterranean, one of which has landinggh, we're hearing from the prime minister, keir starmer, he's urging british nationals to leave lebanon now while there are still commercial flights available. he says, "don't wait, the time to leave is now." but bbc news has also been hearing from british nationals in lebanon itself, who've been talking about the difficulties of getting on flights. some commercial... many commercial flights have been cancelled, others are full and it's a difficult prospect, getting out. lord dannatt is a former head of the british army. he says plans for a possible evacuation of british citizens has been well developed by the uk government well, the biggest challenge is to be prepared and be ready, as you're suggesting, and i think the government has been sensible to order additional troops and capability forward to raf akrotiri in cyprus so that we are poised to launch what's called a non—combatant evacuation operation, should it be required. and, yes, currently, british entitled nationals are being

we also know that the royal navy has two ships in the eastern mediterranean, one of which has landingfrom the prime minister, keir starmer, he's urging british nationals to leave lebanon now while there are still commercial flights available. he says, "don't wait, the time to leave is now." but bbc news has also been hearing from british nationals in lebanon itself, who've been talking about the difficulties of getting on flights. some commercial... many commercial flights have been cancelled, others are full and it's a difficult prospect, getting out. bethany bell in cyprus there. injapan, the world's longest—serving death row prisoner has been acquitted more than a half a century after his conviction in a quadruple murder. a former boxer, iwao hakamada had been found guilty of killing his boss, the man's wife and their children , back in the 1960s. but the new evidence proved him to be innocent. the case has been one ofjapan�*s most high—profile legal sagas, our tokyo correspondent shaimaa khalil reports. an acquittal, for a man that has spent more time awaiting execution than anybo

i would have thought that that will have two purposes, the first to use royal navy assets to try to lift british citizens of whom there are quite some number in lebanon to try and lift them uh out of the... war zone uh and that's the least you would expect a british government to do, but rather more sinisterly, the british government before the last 60 days and the one we have now, so-called labour government, is up to its neck in the crimes of the israeli state, it is literally actively participating, not just in the much discussed issue. of licensing the selling of uh british weapons to netanyahu, uh nine out of 10 uh of those contracts and licenses are continuing, you held patricia talk there about an f-35 delivering death uh, some 20% of the f-35 is made in britain, so that f-35 that... tried or succeeded in killing people in patricia's village would not be able to do so if it were not for british weapons sales, but even worse than that, are using our sovereign air base in acroteri in cyprus and somebody else's country. heaven knows why cyprus tolerates such a colonial arrangement as

. >> now, the prime minister said he is deeply saddened by the death of a member of the royal navy aftera merlin helicopter ditched in the english channel. the incident occurred during operations with hms queen elizabeth. no other fatalities or serious injuries have been reported. the ministry of defence has confirmed the family has been informed and a full investigation is now underway in the us. police have released the first picture of a teenager suspected of shooting dead four people in the us state of georgia. the 14 year old boy, described by police as pure evil, killed two students and two teachers at his high school in georgia. colt grey also injured nine others with a semi—automatic rifle before surrendering to police , and surrendering to police, and hunter biden has pleaded guilty in a tax evasion case. in a last minute turnaround. the son of us president joe biden pleaded guilty to federal tax charges today in a surprise surprise move that avoids a potentially embarrassing trial week before the us presidential election . the us presidential election. and presenter jeremy kyle

in other news, the royal navy serviceman who died when a merlin helicopter ditched in the engush merlin helicopter ditched in the english channel during a training exercise, has been named as lieutenant rhodri leyshon. the helicopter crashed off the coast of dorset on wednesday night during the training exercise with hms queen elizabeth. an investigation into what caused the aircraft to ditch is ongoing now. the home secretary has chaired a summit addressing the escalating crisis of people smuggling across the engush of people smuggling across the english channel. the meeting followed a tragic incident this week where 12 people lost their lives when a boat capsized. the deadliest crossing this year so far , yvette cooper has been far, yvette cooper has been joined by key cabinet ministers intelligence officials and law enforcement agencies to target criminal smuggling networks. she says there's a moral imperative to act and wants to see tighter collaboration with european partners . the government says it partners. the government says it has no plans to send prisoners to estonia. addres

in other news, the royal navy serviceman who died when a merlin helicopter ditched in the channel has been named as lieutenant rhodri leyshon. the helicopter crashed off the coast of dorset on wednesday night during a training exercise with the hms queen elizabeth. an investigation into what caused the aircraft to ditch is ongoing. now the home secretary has chaired a summit addressing the escalating crisis of people smuggling across the english channel. the meeting followed a tragic incident this week where 12 lost their lives when a boat capsized. the deadliest crossing this year , yvette cooper has this year, yvette cooper has been joined by key cabinet ministers, intelligence officials and law enforcement agencies to target criminal smuggling networks. she says there's a moral imperative to act and wants to see tighter collaboration with european partners. meanwhile, boris johnson has suggested sir keir starmer and yvette cooper are to blame for the most recent deaths in the channel after the government scrapped the rwanda plan. it comes as germany is considering using british fun