News of these expulsions . Mat news of these expulsions . Not surprised. News of these expulsions . Not surprised, not news of these expulsions . Iirrt surprised, not really shocked. Sad on the bed. My understanding is from Whitehall Sources is that the expulsions actually took place last month and had more to do with a tit for Tat Retaliation between the uk and russia that has been going on for quite a long time. However, the timing of the announcement has everything to do with sir Keir Starmer s meetings in Washington Today and the apparently looming decision about allowing ukrainians to use british Storm Shadow missiles against actual russian territory as opposed to territory that russia has seized. So it is part of a coordinated russian Media Effort to discourage the uk from taking this step, but i think more importantly to try to discourage other allies from following the us lead or supporting it. And it is part of a very long running Action And Reaction cycle between russia and w
But Dan Evans has lost his Opening Set against Tomas Martin Etcheverry he went down 6 2. The last time i looked, it was all square are going with server and the second set. The british number one, jack draper, is back in the team after being rested on wednesday, he plays Francisco Cerundolo after this match. Formula one is in baku this weekend for the azerbaijan grand prix. First practice was stopped twice, after crashes for Charles Leclerc and franco colapinto. Championship Leader Max verstappen went fastest, pipping Lewis Hamilton in the final moments of the session. And british Teenager Oliver Bearman was 11th for haas hes replacing kevin magnussen, who is serving a one race suspension. The manchester city manager, pep guardiola, has been responding to the news that the hearing into The Clubs 155 charges for alleged financial breaches will begin on monday. City deny all the charges, that were first brought against them 19 months ago following a Premier League investigation. Im happy
Doing so would be a serious escalation of the war, but Keir Starmer said moscow started the conflict and can end it by withdrawing its troops from ukraine. Our Political Editor Chris Mason was on the prime Ministers Plane, and sent this report shortly after landing. The Prime Minister arriving here in washington with the foreign secretary, David Lammy Sir Keir Starmer s second visit to the White House in two months. Ukraines allies remain rather guarded in their public remarks about a change in policy on the use of Western Missiles inside russia. But the diplomatic dashing to arrive at a decision is in plain sight and that has proved enough for President Putin to say this. Translation if this decision is made, it will mean nothing other than direct participation of nato countries, the United States, I European countries. In the war in ukraine. It is their direct participation and this, of course, significantly changes the very essence of the conflict. This will mean that nato countries
Of the former England Manager. And. A spot of lunch for a rare whale at risk of extinction the winning image at this Years Ocean Photographer of the year awards. We will speak to the winning photographer. Now with all the latest sport. The solheim cup, the biggest team is under way, the usa have got Home Advantage this year against europe. They are playing in virginia as they look to win the trophy for the first time since 2017. The full foursome matches right in the course right now, were getting close to the first point is going up the board. This is when the teams were to cut into shots with the same board, you can see the usa are up in three of those four. Last year, when it was a thrilling time in spain, usa actually took a four Nil Leap before europe clawed their way back into it. The World Number one, theyvejust World Number one, theyve just gone World Number one, theyvejust gone one up on Charlie Hall and esther has a light that has been topsy turvy. Really close. They are thre
Emerged of Russias Expulsion of six british diplomats from moscow, accusing them of spying and sabotage, claims the Uk Government says are completely baseless. The kremlin said london had engaged in Multiple Unfriendly Acts and that actions of the British Embassy In Moscow aimed to cause harm to russias people, but the Uk Government says it believes the suspension came after it brought in measures against the russian embassy earlier in the year. Well discuss the expulsion of those diplomats shortly and also how the west is interpreting those comments from President Putin, but first our political editor chris mason, whos travelling with the british Prime Minister, has been talking about the meeting with President Biden about ukraine. They met at the White House injuly, shortly after the Prime Minister had taken office and won the uk general election. He was here for a nato summit. This time it is a specific visit entirely based around a meeting with the president in what is in plain sig