Him later this hour. Well, the prime was in sweden today for a meeting on Northern European defence cooperation , European Defence cooperation, but its overshadowed by the conflict elsewhere with the news of british ships and planes will be sent to the Eastern Mediterranean. Mediterranean. And course, alex, well and of course, alex, well have your latest weather forecast. Forecast. Good morning. Its going to turn colder for this weekend, but before then, we have a wet and windy day today. Ill have more second. More in a second. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon. Dixon. And anne diamond. And and im anne diamond. And this course, is breakfast on this of course, is breakfast on gb news. Gb news. Well, lets kick straight off with the main news this morning. And in the last few hours, the Israeli Military has told the United Nations that everyone living northern half of living in the northern half of the gaza strip should reload to the gaza strip should reload to the southern half in the nex
Mailmogg gbnews. Com. But now mailmogg gbnews. Com. But now its what youve all been waiting for. The news of the day with ray addison. With ray addison. Thanks, jacob. Good evening. Im ray addison in the gb news room. Our top stories. The Prime Minister says the government will increase defence spending to 2. 5 of gdp by 2030. During a trip to poland, rishi sunak said the budget will reach £87 billion by the end of the decade. Addressing troops, he also said the uk Defence Industry vie will be put on a war footing. Mr sunak called the plans the biggest strengthening of our National Defence in a generation. As churchill said in 1934, to urge the preparation of defence is not to insert the imminence of war. On the contrary, if war was imminent, preparation for defence would be too late. I believe we must do more to defend our country, our interests and our values. So today im announcing the biggest strengthening of our National Defence. For a generation. We defence. For a generation. We
By 2030. During a trip to poland, rishi sunak said the budget will reach £87 billion by the end of the decade. The end of the decade. Addressing troops, he also said the uk Defence Industry will be put on a war footing. Mr sunak called the plans the biggest strengthening of our National Defence in a generation. As churchill said in 1934, to urge the preparation of defence is not to insert the imminence of war. On the contrary, if war was imminent, preparations for defence would be too late. I believe we must do more to defend our country, our interests and our values. So today im announcing the biggest strengthening of our National Defence. For a generation. We defence. For a generation. We will increase defence spending to a new baseline of 2. 5 of gdp by 2030. That announcement comes as rishi sunak warned president putin will not stop at the poush putin will not stop at the polish border if his assault on ukraine is allowed to continue. Earlier, britain pledged its largest ever pack
Be french. Be french. What to do with self loathing britain haters like that. Tomorrows newspaper front pages are on the way too, and my top panel are ready to go. Tonight im joined by political commentator Esther Krakue , commentator Esther Krakue, conservative mp for romford, Andrew Rosindell, and author and broadcaster amy Nicole Turner. Strap yourselves in. Lets do this. Its time to reclaim britains identity. Next. Identity. Next. Good evening. Im ray addison in the gb newsroom. Our top stories. The Prime Minister says the government will increase defence spending to 2. 5 of gdp by 2030. During a trip to poland, rishi sunak said the budget will reach £87 billion by the end of the decade. The end of the decade. Addressing troops, he also said the uk Defence Industry will be put on a war footing. Mr sunak called the plans the biggest strengthening of our National Defence in a generation. As churchill said in 1934, to urge the preparation of defence is not to insert the imminence of
Its tuesday 19th december. Im ben brown. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The royal navys new £3 billion Aircraft Carrier, hms Queen Elizabeth, is leaking. The navys future flagship, which was commissioned by the queen earlier this month, has a problem with one of its propeller shafts. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. Earlier this month, amid much fanfare, the royal navys largest, most expensive warship was being commissioned into service by the queen. I name this ship Queen Elizabeth. Hailed as the most powerful capable warship ever to raise the white ensign. But what the navy did not say at the time was that she was leaking. According to the sun newspaper, a fault with a seal around one of the ships propeller shafts has left her taking on up to 200 litres of water every hour. The problem was first identified during her sea trials earlier this year. A royal Navy Spokesman insisted the fault was now scheduled for repair and that it would not prevent the 65,000 tonne wars