Defence editor was on this flight and she talks about how the gps Satellite Signal was interfered with four 30 minutes, Satellite Signal was interfered with four30 minutes, mobile Satellite Signal was interfered with four 30 minutes, Mobile Phones could not connect to the internet. In this raf plane had to use alternative methods to determine its position. The key thing from the government, there was no threat to the safety of there was no threat to the safety of the plane and Downing Street say this sort of stuff does happen when you fly by kaliningrad. The difference is there were journalists on the plane so you can imagine this stuff happens all the time because what the russians want to do as they want to show, look what we can do, what we have done today as we have said, we can see what you do, but the uk is clearly playing it down. Thank you very much and lets look at the front pages, the guardian, the tories are urged to give back further £5 million. And at the bottom, children
But is there any prospect of more effective leaders emerging . Well, my guest is former acting Prime Minister claudejoseph. Can haitis unfolding catastrophe be reversed . Would an armed International Intervention make things better or worse . Claudejoseph in port au prince, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, mr sackur. Its a pleasure. Thank you forjoining us in what is still a very difficult situation in your country. Tell me, since ariel henry, the Prime Minister, told the nation that he was quitting, has anything really changed around you in the capital port au prince, or in haiti . Has any of the violence, any sense of the crisis changed . I must say that, of course weve seen a change, days are calm. The. The people now are trying to move to. To the specific activities. Its a new page. Its a new chapter. It seems that people were waiting for this decision to be made. Er. Let me ask you something very simple if you were to walk outside your own home right now onto the streets of port au
Course corrections. I have known Prime Minister netanyahu for a very long time and while we have vehemently disagreed on many occasions, i will always respect his extraordinary bravery for israel on the battlefield as a younger man. I believe in his heart he has his highest priority as is the security of israel. However, i also believe Prime Minister netanyahu has lost his way. Senior israeli figures, including the ambassador to the us, michael herzog, and mr netanyahus chief political rival, benny gantz, criticised mr schumer s intervention, calling it unhelpful, counterproductive, and unacceptable. Mr schumer s comments come as the Biden Administration continues to pressure mr netanyahu not to launch a Ground Offensive on gazas southernmost city, rafah something the white house says is a red line. But talking to troops on thursday, mr netanyahu sounded undaunted. Translation there are International Pressures l preventing us from Entering Rafah and completing the work. As Prime Minist
Course corrections. I have known Benjamin Netanyahu for a very long time and while we have disagreed on many occasions, i will always respect his extraordinary bravery for israel on the battlefield as a younger man and i believe in his heart he has his highest priority as the security of israel. However, i also believe Prime Minister netanyahu has lost his way. Senior israeli figures, including the ambassador to the us, michael herzog, and mr netanyahus chief political rival, benny gantz, criticised mr schumer s intervention, calling it unhelpful, counterproductive and unacceptable. Mr schumer s comments come as the Biden Administration continues to pressure mr netanyahu not to launch a Ground Offensive on gazas southernmost city, rafah, something the white house says is a red line, but talking to troops on thursday, mr netanyahu sounded undaunted. Translation there are International Pressures l preventing us from Entering Rafah and completing the work. As minister of israel, i push a
And suggested mr netanyahu risked making his country a pariah. Republicans have already hit back at his words. Schumer is one of americas highest ranking jewish politicians and a close ally of President Biden. Heres some of what he had to say in the senate. The fourth major obstacle to peace is israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has all too frequently bowed to the demands of extremists like ministers smotrich and ben gvir and the settlers in the west bank. The State Department has responded to Chuck Schumer s comments, stressing they are not a reflection of President Bidens position. Obviously, congress is an independent branch of government. I think the government of israel understands quite well how the Us Government works. They interact frequently, notjust with members of the executive branch, but with members of congress, including senator schumer, who has travelled to israel a number of times over the years. And im sure they fully understand that he speaks for himself.