and back on the prowl how come wolves have returned to belgium after a century. hello and welcome to the programme. it isa it is a very big day for the chancellor today, jeremy hunt. it is the budget of course. free childcare for working parents in england is expected to be expand to cover one and two year olds, in jeremy hunt s first budget as chancellor. currently, only working parents with three and four year olds are eligible for 30 hours of free childcare per week. the plans are part of a uk government drive to encourage more people back to work, to boost economic growth. ben king reports. for lauren from south london, being a working mum is a constantjuggle. forthree being a working mum is a constantjuggle. for three days constant juggle. for three days a constantjuggle. for three days a week, she looks after eight year olds zane while she works from home. on the other two days, she spends an hour or more travelling to nursery. the nursery near more travelling to nur
actions speakfor unprofessional, and i think the actions speak for themselves. what we saw again were fighter aircraft dumping fuel in front of this uav, and then getting so close to the aircraft that it actually damaged the propeller on the mq-9. we assess that it likely caused some damage to the russian aircraft as well. aircraft as well. russia s ambassador aircraft as well. russia s ambassador to aircraft as well. russia s ambassador to the - aircraft as well. russia s ambassador to the us i aircraft as well. russia s i ambassador to the us called aircraft as well. russia s - ambassador to the us called the drone is s presents a provocation. he said the aircraft s presents a provocation. he said the aircraft was my transporter, used to avoid collisions, were switched off, and it violated the russian airspace. the uss russian pilots were reckless. but was a deliberate or a careless mistake that caused the drone to crash into the sea, an error that risks escalating tension
speed, dumping fuel on it, that this is a deliberate attempt to bring down the drone, absolutely. the pentagon announced with this this isn t the first time that they ve had these kinds of incidents, but this seems to be the worst of the first time they ve really attempted, the russians have attempted, the russians have attempted to bring the drone all the way down, instead of just harassing it, so i think it is a serious escalation at this point. it is a serious escalation at this point- this point. this is the first ublicl this point. this is the first publicly acknowledged i publicly acknowledged confrontation between the us and russia since its invasion of ukraine. for now, it has led to a war of words, but the longer term consequences are farfrom longer term consequences are far from clear. longer term consequences are farfrom clear. peter longer term consequences are far from clear. peter bowes, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: manchester city ease into the cha
place and claimed the aircraft s presence was a provocation. here s our north america correspondent, peter bowes. an american mq-9 an american mq 9 drone, and two russian fighterjets. their russian fighter jets. their encounter, russian fighterjets. their encounter, according to the pentagon, lasted up to 40 minutes in international airspace. they were over the black sea, where tensions have risen, eversince black sea, where tensions have risen, ever since russia s annexation of crimea in 2014, and where us surveillance aircraft have been flying regularly since the start of the war last year. the pentagon says one of the russian jets moved in front of the drone and eventually forced the unmanned aerial vehicle, eventually forced the unmanned aerialvehicle, or eventually forced the unmanned aerial vehicle, or uav, to crash into the sea. it was a complete loss of the aircraft. we are continuing to assess exactly what happened, but i think, based on the actions of the russian pilots, it