Card. The weather stays on the i chillier side of things. Tomorrow the will be drier and brighter. Its saturday the 2nd of march. Our main story. The Prime Minister has urged the nation to stand together against extremists who want to undermine britains multi faith democracy. Labour said rishi sunak was right to call for unity but the lib dems claimed the conservatives had sowed the seeds of division for years. Our Political Correspondent, leila nathoo, has the latest. The Prime Minister arriving back at Downing Street last night, ahead of an unusual address to the country from outside number ten, to warn that extremists were spreading poison. There are forces here at home trying to tear us apart. Since october the 7th, there have been those trying to take advantage of the very human angst that we all feel about the terrible suffering that war brings to the innocent, women and children. To advance a divisive, hateful ideological agenda. His speech was prompted by the election of the co
let s start with this video which shows the incident. you can see the plane here circled. it disappears out of view for a few seconds and then you can see the impact. now, we have verified this. everything in the video is consistent with what we know about the area and the weather this morning in the belgorod region. that was the moment the plane going down about 20 seconds into the video. we see this this smoke plume. could this be a sign that the plane was hit by a missile? well, experts we ve spoken to think, yes, it could be. the open source defence intelligence company believes that this smoke cloud may hint at the use of surface to air missiles. they also told us it could be a warhead detonating near the plane. another expert, mark hansen from the centre for strategic and international studies, has said that this is consistent with an aircraft being shot down. this smoke plume, he says, is consistent with an explosion. so there s that. the governor of belgorod said that
taiwan in recent years, increased military drills in the seas around the island, and working to cut off its official ties with countries around the world. discussions between washington and taipei began in august of last year. this current agreement covers issues like customs with regard to trade, anti corruption measures, and investment opportunities for a small and medium sized enterprises. let s stay on the topic of tensions between the us and china asia s biggest annual security summit gets under way later in singapore. defence leaders from more than a0 countries will meet at the shangri la hotel. as tensions continue to grow between the two countries, their defence spending is following a similar trend. monica miller reports. the escalating tension between the two countries is turning out to be costly for the us and china. beijing has increased its military spending by more than 7% this year as they try to modernise their military. however, the americans have roughly $
to internal security. my guest is greek migration minister notis mitarachi. has his government lost the confidence of the greek people? notis mitarachi in athens, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. the whole world has watched with a great deal of concern and sympathy the unfolding of this disaster in greece. 57 lives lost in that terrible train crash. do you believe it s going to be seen as a turning point in greece, that business as usual will no longer be accepted? it s obviously a devastating event. the level of grief in the greek people, the greek government, is enormous. 57 people, particularly young people, lost their lives in this accident. multiple causes. there is an independent review under way by specialists. there is the prosecuting authorities now questioning both what happened on the day and more importantly, what have been the systemic mistakes over the years that led to the fact that the railway system has not been completely upgraded by the time it shoul