Looks at what can be done better to protect cats from being shot with air guns. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. A group of mps is warning that cuts to the Royal Marines would rip the heart out of one of britains elite fighting forces. The government has reportedly been considering axing around two thousand marines and getting rid of two of the warships they use to launch beach landings. The Defence Select Committee says the cuts would be militarily illiterate. Daniella relph reports. The training, known for being tough and arduous. 6500 Royal Marines go through it to make them amongst britains at elite fighting forces. Known for their versatility and their ability to respond quickly to situations around the world. The Royal Marines also provide up to half the personnel for the uk special forces. The Defence Select Committee report warns that further cuts to the marines would damage their ability to be a High Readiness unit, quickly deployable, often in difficult circumstances. It
A Jihadist Group in syria says it shot down a russian warplane yesterday using a shoulder launched missile. And in sport, theres a thumping win for wales against scotland, and ireland pip the french in paris with the last kick of the match its a thrilling start to the six nations championship. Every time i see that, i wonder if it will make it over the bar. And ben has the weather. Its shaping up to be a brighter day for most of us. Quite a lot of sunshine but some treat showers, two, brought in on a cold, north easterly winds. Although weather details you need to know on the way. Good morning. First, our main story. Theres a warning this morning from mps that cuts to the Royal Marines would significantly undermine uk security and must be stopped. The Defence Select Committee says the government must cough up, amid speculation of a funding squeeze on the elite fighting unit. Daniella relph reports. The training, known for being tough and arduous. 6500 Royal Marines go through it to mak
Now. We will have reaction from teachers students and staff. tensions rising and ukraine not a top u. S. Official is making his way to the area. and the north bay restaurant reopens following a shooting over the weekend. More on that story as well for it this is the bay areas new station. Kron 4 news at seven starts now. good morning and thanks for we cannot put us on the kron4 morning news. Im darya fall some and im james fletcher. The start off with our forecast for it rain on tap for today. Erica thats right. Youll notice that this system is well marked. Here in the bay area religious still with cloudy skies. I think will start the season and was for the north bay and then. Of heavy rain expected by 3 this afternoon. Ill be logging through futurecast coming up in 10 minutes. here is the george. George still looking at a pretty good ride. Not to that a batch of 16 to 18 minutes. The better knows it is here on the 80 the approach. When the mini system the metro rail is not reporting a
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Good evening to you on this tuesday night. And we begin with that faceoff between two of the worlds superpowers. Russia and the United States, in a chess game filled with tension, tonight. The eyes of the world, still right here. On one side, europe. On the other, driven by Vladimir Putin. And in the middle, ukraine, crimea, and an international tugofwar. Abcs Martha Raddatz is traveling with the secretary of state. And she is standing by. And abcs chief foreign correspondent, terry moran, is also on the story tonight. Starting us off with the latest on that crisis in ukraine. Reporter at belbek air base here this morning, ukrainian troops, unarmed, marched toward the russian guns. And as they marched, they sang their national anthem. [ singing ] confronting the russians who had seized control of their base, forward under the ukrainian flag they came. The russians yelled, then fired. Warning shots. But the first shots fired here. Negotiations and the ukrainians withdrew, heads held hig