Reports like that shedding doubt on americas americas commitment to damage the alliance they do that corrosive. Well what i would say to you is that its perfectly natural for all kinds of issues to be discussed and debated in the white house as elsewhere but what we see is the reality and the practicality of u. S. Support to nato going to mark or said europe can no longer rely on the United States and must take destiny into its own hands so theyre not convinced so that the whole idea is to spread confidence in nato and its some so solidity its not happening is it well you know uncle or merkel on the other european leaders step up and provide more funding and more capability for the alliance thats all too a good thing this gets at this debate about European Defense capability and european spending on their own defense her a i say thats a. Great idea it contributes to what nato needs to do it doesnt compete with that lets just talk about the funding issue because this round of defense sp
Our correspondent Daniel De Simone was at the Old Bailey Criminal Court and sent this update. They have been in the uk for between ten and 15 years, the three defendants are orlin roussev, bizer dzhambazov, and katrin ivanova. The latter two have been living as a couple in a series of suburban properties in london for about ten years. Orlin roussev arrived earlier in the uk, about 15 years ago, and he worked in financial services, a technical role in communications, and later moved on to, he claims, own a company that was involved in signals intelligence, which involves the interception of communications. The other two worked, were told, in health care jobs. Thats what they told neighbours. They did own a local community group, which supported bulgarian people who move to the uk with english language classes and other things. This investigation was, is by the met Police Counterterrorism team, which is response offer espionage investigations. It investigated them in february. Properties
From the old bailey. Theyve been in the uk for between ten and 15 years, the three defendants are orlin roussev, bizer dzhambazov, and katrin ivanova. The latter two have been living as a couple in a series of suburban properties in london for about ten years. Mr roussev arrived earlier in the uk, about 15 years ago, and he worked in financial services, in a technical role in communications, and later moved on to, he claims, own a company that was involved in signals intelligence, which involves the interception of communications. The other two worked, were told, in health care jobs. Thats what they told neighbours. They did own a local Community Group that supported bulgarian people who moved to the uk with english language classes and other things. This investigation was, is by the met Police Counterterrorism team, which has responsibility over espionage investigations. It investigated them in february. Properties in london and Great Yarmouth were searched. And these three were charg
Pleas to the charges. Our correspondent Daniel De Simone has been tracking the Court Proceedings and sent this update from the old bailey. Theyve been in the uk for between ten and 15 years. The three defendants are orlin roussev, Bizer Dzhambazov and katrin ivanova. The latter two have been living as a couple in a series of suburban properties in london for about ten years. Mr roussev arrived earlier in the uk, about 15 years ago, and he worked in financial services, in a technical role in communications, and later moved on to, he claims, own a company that was involved in signals intelligence, which involves the interception of communications. The other two worked, were told, in health care jobs. Thats what they told neighbours. They did own a local Community Group that supported bulgarian people who moved to the uk with english language classes and other things. This investigation is by the met Police Counterterrorism team, which has responsibility over espionage investigations. It
In a standoff with the west and some of their neighbors, refusing to hand back power to the man they ousted. The countrys borders are closed but president Mohamed Bazoum has been in contact with the outside world. Speaking to u. S. Secretary of state antony blinken, among others. Changed times from only a few months ago, when blinken dropped by to visit niger, seen as an important u. S. Ally in west africa, but one whose allegiance is now uncertain. France has retained a military force in its former colony, but tens of thousands of supporters of the coup leaders rallied in the capital to protest against the french presence. They want foreign troops gone, but accuse france of exploiting nigers wealth of natural resources. We will assess the implications of the crisis with our guests in just a few moments, but first lets talk to our correspondent in neighboring nigeria, ahmed idris. Ahmed, how much support does this coup have within niger, and outside the country . Ahmed going by the dem