Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and Around The World. We start this hour with Breaking News and a Military Coup appears to be under way in myanmar. The countrys de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, president win myint and other Senior Party Leaders have all been detained in a series of Early Morning raids. Lets speak to our South East Asia correspondentjonathan head. What more can you tell us about what has been happening . It is what has been happening . It is not that clear what has been happening . It is not that clear from what has been happening . It 3 not that clear from here and bangkok. We are getting a lot of reports from contacts inside Myanmar Committee does appear numerous reports that the key leadership of the country including unsung suki have been detained by the military early this morning before dawn. Aung san sui kyi. In the capital which is not the main city but that has been more or less cut off and people are finding it very hard to get through on the phone o
In other news, russia has been accused of disrupting the gps signal on the defence secretarys plane en route to poland. The incident occurred as the raf jet flew close to the edge of kaliningrad. Gps navigation and Internet Access was lost for around 30 minutes dufing was lost for around 30 minutes during the flight, but the pilots have confirmed the aircraft was never at risk. The incident happened as grant shapps visited british troops participating in nato exercises in poland. Scotlands former in poland. Scotlands former Health Secretary has been found to have breached the code of conduct after racking up £11,000 bills on his parliamentary ipad. Michael matheson quit his role in the wake of the scandal over his data roaming charges, which happened during a holiday in morocco. He later said that his morocco. He later said that his teenage sons used the device to watch football, and mps are getting a pay rise with an inflation busting 5. 5 boost pushing salaries to around £91,000.
Groups to be investigated under a new definition of extremism, which he says will mean the government can express more clearly than ever who poses a risk to britain. Some of the risk to britain. Some of the groups included are alleged to have islamist views , with others have islamist views, with others described as neo nazi. Todays new extremism definition will be used to assess whether some groups should be marginalised or blocked from public funding. But blocked from public funding. But michael gove insists its not about silencing those with private and peaceful beliefs. We have to be clear eyed about the threat we face, precise about where that threat comes from and rigorous in defending our democracy. That defending our democracy. That means upholding freedom of expression, religion and belief. When they are threatened, facing down harassment and hate support the communities facing the greatest challenge from extremist activity and ensuring this house and this country are safe, fr