by 11 of the 31 members of the alliance. uk prime minister rishi sunak is expected to urge nato allies to learn the lessons from russia s invasion of ukraine and invest more in defence. joining me now is hugo brennan, research director at the risk intelligence company verisk maplecroft. good morning to you, hugo. so, just talk us through the level of defence spending going on at the moment. because this has been a contentious issue for years within nato, hasn t it? it very much has been, yeah. i mean, the first thing to say is the question of who foots the bill to pay for the alliance? as you say, that s long been a question mark. you ll remember back to 2019, when donald trump made it very much top of the agenda. and again, it s going to be in this latest nato summit. as you said, we re expecting some sort of agreement that will make it a requirement for nato member states to spend at least 2% of their gdp on defence spending, which would build on that 2014 agreement you r
saying it wasn t informed by russian authorities. and king charles is said to be doing well after undergoing treatment for an enlarged prostate. he was admitted this morning to the private london clinic, where the princess of wales is also recovering from abdominal surgery. good evening. the united nations highest court says israel must take action to prevent acts of genocide by its forces in gaza and must let more aid into the enclave to alleviate the suffering. but the provisional ruling from the international court ofjustice, in the hague, stopped short of demanding a ceasefire. joan donoghue, the president of the court, issued their 29 page ruling, but she did not draw conclusions as to whether there had been violations under the convention. that, she said, will happen at a later stage of the process. in the court s view, at least some of the acts and omissions alleged by south africa have been committed by israel in gaza appear to be capable of falling within the prov
lyse, because we need to talk on some serious issues now, as the they pertain to iran. what do you think the discussion will be right now in tehran? think the discussion will be right now in tehran? they will remember what happened now in tehran? they will remember what happened with now in tehran? they will remember what happened with general - what happened with general soleimani, and the americans saying today, we will choose our response at the time of our choosing. they will be enormous pressure on president biden for that to be robust response. do you think there might be a few in tehran that they pushed it as far as they can? fir might be a few in tehran that they pushed it as far as they can? or are the auoin pushed it as far as they can? or are they going to pushed it as far as they can? or are they going to continue pushed it as far as they can? or are they going to continue doing - pushed it as far as they can? or are they going to continue doing this
editor faisal islam. this is clearly a mess but the expectation in financial circles is that shareholders will provide the funds to keep thames water going. but the question is how did this come about in an industry that should be so simple, providing a product that everybody needs, and provided the monopolies of several million customers with no competition. and the answer is in hugely complicated structures, huge debts, and lots of regulation. the boss of thames water, sarah bentley, abruptly stood down on tuesday. she was battling to turn around the company after a legacy of under investment. let s discuss what s at stake with dr kate bayliss from the centre for water and development at soas university in london. thank you for being on the programme. faisal islam there talking and touching on some of theissues talking and touching on some of the issues why thames water is where it is. can you elaborate on that, please? on that, please? yes, well, thames on that, please?