At the moment the uk spends about 2. 3 on defence so it will be interesting to see if John Healy the defence actually makes any mention of that at all, particularly given the wide economic context. We had from the Chancellor Rachel reeves this morning about public finances and the central labour we had in the Run Up to the election about them wanting to sustain fiscal discipline. There is escalating tension in the Middle East. Give us an idea of where the government is on this and what messages they are trying to put a cross on both lebanon and israel. We heard from both lebanon and israel. Heard from the foreign Secretary Yesterday in a pretty wide ranging speech when again he touched upon ukraine and continued support for ukraine. He said the escalating tension was worrying and i had to be an immediate ceasefire and the information the government released to citizens in lebanon telling them to leave now. I think we can go no to the Conference Stage. I have a feed in front of me. It i
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The Met Office has issued an Amber Warning for more Heavy Rain in central and Southern England today. Hitchin, luton and dunstable were some of the worst affected areas last night, with roads underwater. Vehicles were partially submerged there. Bedfordshire has reportedly seen a Months Worth of rain in a day. Our correspondent Nicky Schiller is in the village of Marston Moreteyne in Central Bedfordshire with the latest. This is the main road behind me. I will turn the camera around so you can see it is completely and utterly flooded. The road has been closed. In the middle of your screen you can probably see a car that has been submerged. It looks like the back of the car has come up. We dont know what has happened to the people who were in that car but you can see the amount of water that has fallen on this road. This is the main road between Milton Keynes and bedford. You can see that the road is completely closed. You can see that the traffic is having to be diverted and the water,
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