For these soldiers from second battalion, the parachute regiment, anything could be waiting behind this door. I have always wanted to join the army, ever since i can remember. There was nothing else i really wanted to do. Experience in places like iraq and afghanistan has taught the british army that entering a building in a Conflict Zone can be extremely dangerous. I know ive got great faith in my team, because were all highly trained professionals. And basically trusting the man in front of me and behind me to do theirjob at a very high level. Colchester in essex is home to the elite 16 air assault brigade, the british armys Global Response force, specially trained and equipped to deploy by parachute, helicopter and air landing ready to be sent anywhere in the world at a moments notice and able to perform a wide variety of roles, from warfighting. Explosion. To providing humanitarian assistance. As a result, the troops here, like the soldiers of 2 para, are constantly training. Briti
Through its paces. No time to stop between the super sets, although i do need to quickly look at my phone. We look at how ai is helping doctors diagnose neurological diseases. And we need an inspiring sportswoman whos using tech to help her stay at the top of her game. I can put the glasses on and obviously watch training as normal, but as my coach is speaking, obviously i get live captions as well. Rigorous training to hone modern soldier skills is essential, as at any time they can be thrown into the heart of a war zone or humanitarian crisis. Yes, so mark cieslak has been to meet the soldiers of 16 Air Assault Brigade to see how technology is helping to train troops. For these soldiers from second battalion, the parachute regiment, anything could be waiting behind this door. I have always wanted to join the army, ever since i can remember. There was nothing else i really wanted to do. Experience in places like iraq and afghanistan has taught the british army that entering a building
with two tests left to play. good morning. we have got some heavy rain in the south west of england. it is pushing north east through the day. it could miss the south east of england. northern scotland, a drier day. a few showers. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, 10thjuly. the bbc is meeting with the met police today, to discuss allegations that one of its presenters paid a teenager £35,000 for sexually explicit photos. the male presenter who hasn t been named has been suspended, and the corporation has contacted the police about the accusations, which were first reported in the sun newspaper. we re joined now by our news correspondent lizo mzimba. tell us about the latest allegations? well, today s front page of the sun newspaper claims the unnamed presenter made two panicked phone calls to the young individual in question, saying, what have you done? and asking them to ring their mother, to get them to stop the investigation. the bbc has not b
but because they have been big global events in american and british military action against a military group in yemen. now, the foreign secretary in the studio this morning was obviously timely, interesting that he actually has done what would be called the sunday round because initially david cameron was trying to stay out of the topline political fray. cameron was trying to stay out of the topline politicalfray. that cameron was trying to stay out of the topline political fray. that is a side bar compared to the very important issues that we were talking about. i think there s been a sense from lots of leading politicians in the last few days that everywhere you look, tensions are heating up, whether that is the houthis, it seems that s what s happening in ukraine, whether that s increasingly aggressive china, it feels that tensions are on the boil, and this is how david cameron described it. and this is how david cameron described it. , , ., described it. this is a time
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