to do that as fast as possible. number 2, making sure that nato can defend themselves. that s why the president ordered additional troops to europe. that s why we repositioned troops to europe, elser with on the eastern flank. making sure that we can make positive that we can defend nato territory that we re making it clear to mr. putin and our allies how seriously we take our article 5 commitments under the nato treaty. martha: what does success look like? is our mission to make sure that putin does not take over ukraine? our mission is to make sure ukraine can continue to defend itself. mr. putin has a lot of options available to him. we ve seen the military options that he so recklessly is willing to use against the ukrainian people. people that pose no threat to him or to the russian people. the other option he has available to him is diplomacy. he could deescalate this right now. this is a wharf 0 his choice. he put himself in this position. he s responsible for the death
0ur transport correspondent caroline davies reports. it s not unusual for train lines to be renationalised. what is rare is when it s about trust. this morning, the government announced it would be taking over running lser s services after it found that £25 million had not been declared by the operator. the company itself is taking a large number of steps, and i m sure they will be saying more about it. as far as i was concerned, no matter what steps they took, to breach the confidence of the public, to deliberately conceal payments due back to the taxpayer, is entirely unacceptable. the operator of last resort will take over the services from the 17th of october, but the government has ensured passengers and the railway s employees that the service and theirjobs will not change. the company that runs lser, go ahead, has said that they have now repaid the £25 million.
it s not unusual for train lines to be renationalised. what is rare is when it s about trust. this morning, the government announced it would be taking over running lser s services after it found that £25 million had not been declared by the operator. the company itself is taking a large number of steps, and i m sure they will be saying more about it. as far as i was concerned, no matter what steps they took, to breach the confidence of the public, to deliberately conceal payments due back to the taxpayer, is entirely unacceptable. the operator of last resort will take over the services from the 17th of october, but the government has ensured passengers and the railway s employees that the service and theirjobs will not change. the company that runs lser, go ahead, has said that they have now repaid the £25 million. this morning, they said they were naturally disappointed with the decision, and that although the independent review is ongoing and the contracts concerned are highly com
they say front line staff will not be affected. the company that runs lser, go ahead, has said that they have now repaid the £25 million. this morning, they said they were naturally disappointed with the decision. the chairwoman said she recognises mistakes have been made and said she sincerely apologises to the department for transport. the company stock price fell more than 12% this morning. labour have said the government must bring rail franchises back into public ownership. franchises back into public ownership- franchises back into public ownershi. ., ., , ., ., ownership. another example of how the franchise ownership. another example of how the franchise model ownership. another example of how the franchise model doesn t - ownership. another example of how the franchise model doesn t work. l the franchise model doesn t work. the government have been warned time and time again that it is letting passengers down, it is not valued money for the taxpayer and that we need urgen
£25,000,000 to the department for transport. we will stay with that story. the government has stripped the rail operator, southeastern, of its franchise because of what it called a serious breach of good faith . the company s services between london, kent and east sussex will now be publicly run. the decision was made after more than £25 million of historical payments due to the department for transport were not paid. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies reports. it s not unusual for train lines to be renationalised. what is rare is when it s about trust. this morning, the government announced it would be taking over running lser s services after it found that £25 million had not been declared by the operator. the company itself is taking a large number of steps, and i m sure they will be saying more about it. as far as i was concerned, no matter what steps they took, to breach the confidence of the public, to deliberately conceal payments due back to the taxpayer, is entire