The accusations made by Russias Security Service are Completely Baseless. It comes as the prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, is in Washington Dc to hold talks with us president Joe Biden about the war in ukraine. President zelensky wants ukrainian forces to use western weapons against targets inside russia. President putin says any such strikes would mean nato countries were at war with russia. Our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley, reports. The prime minister and Foreign Secretary arriving in washington for key Meetings Today are expected to focus on the war in ukraine. Keir starmer s second visit to the White Housein starmer s second visit to the White House in as many months, important decisions are to be discussed. No official word on any change of policy on the use of Western Missiles in russia. This morning to news on State Run Television six british diplomats have had accreditation removed. I nonthreatening russias security. The uk says the accusations are Completely Base
throughout the programme. it s tuesday, the 9th of january. our main story. two formerjustice secretaries one conservative, the other labour are leading calls for the government to introduce legislation to quash the convictions of those caught up in the post office it scandal. the postal affairs minister, kevin hollinrake, said various options were being looked at to speed up appeals and compensate the victims. he said more talks would be held today and he hoped to announced a solution very shortly. here s our political correspondent, peter saull. i m the sub postmaster, so i m locked in and everyone else is locked out. so if you want to see my account. this is a scandal going back decades, and now a tv drama watched by millions has pushed it to the top of the political agenda. i know it s probably me because i m really rubbish with technology, but.| ve declared my cash, i ve declared my stock, i ve done it all three times and i still can t get it to balance. mr bates vs
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that s troubling if that is indeed the case. neil: and we don t know whether that s the case, but what mark esper was telling us, there was an easy time you could have shot down the balloon, they call it a weather balloon, more than gathering temperatures for people, but this is a shot right now over the skies of north carolina, you guessed it, by the map and the map of the united states, that s the last stop before you get to the atlantic ocean and then, what happens is anyone s guess. a lot of people say we shoot it down to see what the technology because lost in the sauce is how big this thing is typically six times of a traditional weather balloon and that it s gone very, very far. some say propelled by wind, others say by things far more advanced which is why some want to take at that look at it. we ll be exploring that with among others, chuck hagel, the former secretary, and mark green, he ll weigh in and many, many more. we re not done with this issue. the impact what
being there for us. let s bring in brigadier general patrick ryder. thanks so much for being here. it was just a few days ago that we heard about how these m1 abrams tanks were too labor-intensive, too complex, too hard to refuel, and too hard to send to ukraine. what changed in the past couple of days? well, it s important to highlight too, that what we have been focused on is the near-term ri requirements for ukraine on the battlefield, the capabilities that they need to be immediately effective to address the things that sam highlighted. however, we do assess that ukraine requires a combination of armored personnel carriers, fighting vehicles, and tanks to be able to have the maneuver capability that will need to be successful, both in the near term and in the longer term in this fight, and so really what you are seeing here is the united states making a commitment, demonstrating its commitment to ukraine for the long-term, combined with the near-term capabilities that