Committee meets today to consider general Charles Brown to be chief of staff of the air force, the undersecretary of defense. Thank you for being here. All of you have brilliant careers. Some of these things are necessary. I have to ask you the required question. I want to have inaudible yes or no. You have conflicts of interest, will you ensure your staff establishes requested communications including questions for the record in hearings . Yes, sir. Yes. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses and briefs in response to congressional requests . Yes, sir. Will those witnesses have to do with testimony and debriefings . Do you agree in the affirmative you testify for this committee . Yes, sir. Do you provide documents for forms of communication in a timely manner when requested by duly constituted committee with the committee in the basis of the delay or denial in providing the occupants . Yes, sir. Have you assumed any duties or undertaken any actions which appear to be presumed outco
a deepening area of low pressure. this has been named storm otto, named by the danish weather service for likely impacts in denmark. but for likely impacts in denmark. but for others across the northern half of the uk it is going to bring some very strong and gusty winds. for the time being, relatively quiet this afternoon. a few glimmers a brightness for england and wales, splashes of rain for northern ireland and scotland and it is mild. through this evening we will see rain across northern ireland, scotland and parts of northern england and the winds are starting to ratchet up, very windy across these northern areas. further south breezy, mostly cloudy and it is going to be a mild night. if he had travel plans late into tonight and early tomorrow morning across scotland, we could see wind gusts of 80 mph, but easily getting to 70, 70 five miles per hour elsewhere. the other place where the winds will cause problems is across the tops of the pennines and just to the east of
The wikileaks founder has been held in Belmarsh Prison In London for five years. Our washington correspondent Gary Odonoghue had this update following joe biden s comment. Well, this was pretty much an off the cuff comment that he made as he was sort of walking through the colonnade at the white house and a reporter shouted to him, you know, will you consider australias request . Because of course australia, Julian Assange is australian and the Australian Parliament has passed a motion asking him to be returned to australia, saying would you consider ending the prosecution . He didnt seem to hear the question at first, but it was repeated and he said were considering it now. That would be a huge change, given that the us has been pursuing the extradition ofJulian Assange from the uk for years and the thing is still winding its way through the courts. The Home Secretary signed the extradition back in 2022, but theres been Court Challenges to that and the high court is still waiting for
spells, although more cloud the further north you are, all the details shortly. it s sunday, june 2nd. our main story. sir keir starmer has pledged to cut levels of legal migration to the uk, if labour wins the general election. in a newspaper interview he set out plans to prioritise british workers and crack down on businesses that break employment laws. the conservatives said no one believed the labour leader was serious about tackling immigration. our political correspondent alex forsyth has the latest. every year, people come to the uk to live, work or study. last year, net migration that s the difference between the number of people arriving and the number of people leaving was 685,000. sir keir starmer, who launched his election battle bus yesterday, has previously said that s too high. now he s promised to cut that number if labour wins the election, though he hasn t said by how much or by when. he told the sun on sunday newspaper read my lips, i will bring immig
if they win the election. he is promising a review of licensing laws and planning rules, to cut red tape, within the first 100 days of a new conservative government. it s been great to be talking to representatives from bars, clubs, restaurants and our night time economy. they do an enormous amount to enrich our communities, but also providejobs for young people, giving them skills and opportunities. it s right that they get the support they need. they ve been let down by labour, whether that s here in london where those types of venues are closing at a rapid rate with multiple job losses, or indeed in wales where labour is hiking up their taxes. a conservative government will support all those venues to make sure that they can continue creating jobs and drive our economy forward and continue providing an enormous amount of enjoyment in our local communities. nigel farage has been criticised for comments he s made when he said that the west provoked vladimir putin before the