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 princess of wales returns to work following her Cancer Treatment earlier this year. Hello, im azadeh moshiri. We start with the latest on the electronic Pager Explosions in lebanon. Multiple reports say that israels mossad Spy Agency placed explosives in thousands of hezbollah pagers, before they detonated across lebanon on tuesday. Iran, which backs the armed group, a proscribed Terrorist Organisation by the uk, has described the synchronised explosions as mass murder, in their words, and blamed israel for the attack. So far, Israel Hasnt commented. At least 11 people died and almost 3000 people were wounded. Lebanon says hundreds are in critical condition in hospital. Some are blinded, others lost fingers or required amputation. Hezbollah has blamed israel for the explosions. Separately, israeli and us sources Say Israel detonated them earlier than planned, fearing that the armed Group Hezbollah had become aware of the plan. A number of pagers were recovered intact and now are be
The government in poland has warned of a critical night ahead with the country facing severe flooding. Authorities have shut a Border Crossing with the Czech Republic after a riverflooded its banks. Theyve also closed several roads and halted trains. Polish prime Minister Donald Tusk has been visiting flooded areas in silesia and he spoke to reporters there. Translation the low pressure that brought these heavy rains i to poland and the Czech Republic is not entirely predictable. These forecasts have changed within 48 hours, but generally they are not optimistic. What awaits us Tonight And Part of sunday will be heavier, actually record breaking rainfall in many places. Our correspondent in warsaw, adam easton, has the latest. Well, what this cyclone is doing, catherine, is causing extremely heavy rainfall, which is leading to dangerously high River Levels, water levels, in the rivers across the region. Many rivers have burst their banks, and thats causing flooding in many countries, p
The national Crime Agency actually looking at the awful sort of Rubber Dinghies that people are coming across the channel with. Many of them of course not able to make it in these contraptions, discussing these contra ptions, discussing how these contraptions, discussing how we go after those gangs in cooperation upstream with other European Partners and i know the Prime Minister will be in italy tomorrow with prime Minister Maloney discussing theseissues Minister Maloney discussing these issues and the work they have done particularly with albania. , have done particularly with albania. ,. ,~ albania. David lammy speaking to Laura Kuenssberg albania. David lammy speaking to Laura Kuenssberg earlier. Albania. David lammy speaking| to Laura Kuenssberg earlier. We will be speaking to the ceo of the Refugee Council a little later in the programme. Lets speak to enver solomon, ceo of the Refugee Council. We can speak to him right now. Hello to you. Its just another sad day, isnt it . Anoth