some small arms fire probably from a russian scouting party so they have been telling us to get out of here back to the main headquarters. and how a tree farm in scotland could be the key to tackling climate change and biodiversity. hello and welcome to the programme: it s been another day of unrelenting chaos for the british prime minister liz truss and her government. it was just after 4 pm when reports started coming in about the resignation of suella braverman, the home secretary. it wasn t long before her resignation letter was made public containing sweeping criticism of the government. there were also angry scenes in the commons where senior ministers were accused of manhandling tory mps to make sure they backed the government in a test of loyalty. our political editor, chris mason has the latest from westminster. tonight at westminster, rolling case studies in chaos crises engulfing the government by the hour. the home secretary resigns. those at the highest
my guest is ukraine s energy minister german galushchenko. battlefield gains cannot disguise strategic vulnerability. is ukraine ready for putin s escalation strategy? german galushchenko mtf, welcome to hardtalk. hello, sir. minister, you have had another day of air strikes in kyiv. these so called kamikaze drones supplied to russia by the iranians that are causing havoc right now in kyiv and in many towns and cities across your country, how worried are you about the fear they are spreading? well, we have seen, they started using drones and targeting the energy infrastructure and that is the massive shellings which started from the monday a week ago and the shellings continue every day and is not only this, several hours ago and shelled by missiles and the number of energy objects in all of ukraine and that is a new approach of russians against ukraine and the targeting of energy infrastructure. and i know you and ukraine are careful about giving too much information about t
towards wales and parts of western england. forthese towards wales and parts of western england. for these areas, towards wales and parts of western england. forthese areas, between tonight and tomorrow you could see anywhere between five and 15 centimetres of snow over the hills and there could be some transport disruption. still seepage in from the fields after a wet spell of weather and widespread frost on the roads will be dangerously icy first thing tomorrow morning so take it easy out and about. tomorrow we continue with showers across northern and western areas of the uk and the greater chance of a few showers coming down the north sea. inland, quite a bit of sunshine but with stronger winds than today, similar temperatures, with stronger winds than today, similartemperatures, it will feel similar temperatures, it will feel even similartemperatures, it will feel even more bitter than it did today. taking a look at the weather picture in the next few days, we have cold
liz truss threatened to quit catnip today if liz truss didn t pledge to maintain to increased defence spending for gdp by to increased defence spending for gdp by 2030 and obviously, that is tough gdp by 2030 and obviously, that is tough and gdp by 2030 and obviously, that is tough and an increase in defence spending tough and an increase in defence spending and everything else is being spending and everything else is being slashed right back but i sugpose being slashed right back but i suppose if you want to look at liz truss. suppose if you want to look at liz truss. few suppose if you want to look at liz truss, few will say she ll be around to deiiver truss, few will say she ll be around to deliver on truss, few will say she ll be around to deliver on the promise by that point to deliver on the promise by that point of to deliver on the promise by that point of 2030. to deliver on the promise by that point of 2030- to deliver on the promise by that
it s 6am here in singapore and also in taiwan, where a retired military commander has told the bbc the island would be unable resist the use of force by an increasingly assertive china. it follows a warning by the us secretary of state anthony blinken that beijing is pursuing unification on a much faster timeline than previously thought. our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has been to front line taiwanese island ofjinmen, just a few kilometres off the chinese coast, to assess the growing threat. the island ofjinmen is so close to china, they used to blast anti communist propaganda from these giant speakers to people living on the chinese coast. it all looks peaceful today, a tourist curiosity. but twice in the last 70 years, china has tried to cross these narrow straits. the island is still a fortress covered in tunnels, bunkers and lookouts. so the main island of taiwan is 150 kilometres away across the taiwan strait, but this is the realfront line between taiwan and ma