the defence secretary grant shapps said the royal navy is working on a new dragonfire laser weapon to complement its existing weaponry, the sea viper air defence system. that s to be upgraded with a new warhead and software to counter ballistic missile threats. here s grant shapps. we have, for example, the largest ships that we have ever put to sea in the aircraft carriers. i toss it off, i think, 13 frigates and destroyers which are under commission at the moment. we are modernising the navy, going throughjust massive through just massive capitalisation programme and just this morning, for example, i have been on x, twitter, yesterday, the results of a new weapon which is a laser weapon called dragonfire, capable of doing what those men and women on hms diamond have been doing, with the sea viper missile system, and doing it with a labour laser instead to bring down incoming so the technology is also moving on very fast, as well as the investment. economists have warned
hello, i m victoria valentine. a very warm welcome to the programme. donald trump is spending the night in new york, at trump tower, before appearing in court later. he s set to make history once again, this time as the first president of the united states to be charged with a criminal offence. the charges relate to money paid to a porn star to keep quiet about an affair before the 2016 election. this is the scene live in new york. it sjust gone midnight, and thejudge has ruled that pooled media will be allowed to take still pictures in the courtroom, just before the hearing gets underway, but tv cameras will only be allowed in outside corridors. security measures will be in place with the authorities expecting demonstrations by the president s supporters and opponents. let s get the latest from michelle fleury in manhattan. donald trump has travelled to new york where he is spending the night in his namesake tamme behind me and he is reportedly meeting with lawyers going thr
completing a historic security policy shift. that was triggered by the invasion of ukraine by russia, with which finland shares a long border. in response to this, moscow said it would strengthen its military capacity in its western and northwestern regions. while sweden remains in the waiting room still, nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg says as a result, sweden will also be safer . let s get the latest from kyiv and our correspondent hugo bachega. asi as i mentioned there, hugo, this sparked by russia s invasion of ukraine just over a year ago. what is ukraine s reaction to this? yeah, i think the ukrainians is ukraine s reaction to this? yeah, i think the ukrainians are is ukraine s reaction to this? yeah, i think the ukrainians are watching | i think the ukrainians are watching it very closely and obviously, as you said, this decision by finland was triggered by russia s invasion of ukraine. and today is a major symbolic moment. finland abandoned decades of mili
Fully organic, it produces solar energy and develops Carbon Capture so of course this is an issue very close to the heart of king charles, he has been pursuing pushing these ideas for decades, of course, so today has been very much about looking after the planet and this was it in bordeaux, all about seeing the area where they are focusing on this the most, this forest where hes at now he has just arrived and then later on going on a sustainable vineyard. He got the try a little earlier, all part of the green agenda, and before that he was at the town hall. He got the try a little earlier. He met that the mayor of bordeaux and the mayor of bristol was there as well, as the two towns are twinned. Queen camilla is visiting a charity, a local charity there in bordeaux while king charles is here focusing on the trees. And meeting a lot of officials today. It has been a hugely busy day. He was also visiting a frigate to basically emphasise the Strong Military ties between the two countries.
The latest news from around the world with host Brooke Baldwin. The latest news from around the world with host Brooke Baldwin. As a result of illegal immigration, and they fought it hard. And the Prime Minister, frankly, is with us today because of illegal immigration. Italy got tired of it. They didnt want it any longer. The people of italy have borne a great part of the burden for europe through the course of the migration crisis. I applaud the Prime Minister for his bold leadership, truly bold, and i hope more leaders will follow this example, including leaders in europe. The Prime Minister and i are united in our conviction that strong nations must have strong borders. We have a solemn obligation to protect our citizens and their quality of life. My administration is working hard to pass Border Security legislation, improve vetting, and establish a meritbased Immigration System which the United States needs very, very
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