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
challenges facing the country s maternity services. and iceland s version of a sound and light show. the volcano spewing out lava and molten rock that s become a hit with tourists. the inflation reduction act may not sound like a landmark in us energy policy, but democrats in the senate have just passed a bill designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with $430 billion committed to cleaner energy. republicans had tried to derail the legislation, saying it would undermine economic growth. but the passing of the bill, which also contains measures to reduce the price of healthcare and introduce new taxes for business, is being seen as a triumph for president biden. here s senate majority leader, chuck schumer. 0ur bill reduces inflation, lowers costs, creates millions of manufacturing jobs, enhances our energy security, and is the boldest climate package in us history. the senate has now passed the most significant bill to fight the climate crisis ever. it is going to make a
tighten the screws. since then, the us, uk, eu, along with countries including australia, canada and japan have imposed more than the 16,500 sanctions on russia. and just last week, the us and uk imposed a tough new raft of measures. their main target has been russia s money, freezing foreign currency reserves and bank deposits. they have also banned exports of technology for making weapons, banned flights and restricted wealthy business people linked with the kremlin. russia s oil industry has also been another major target. despite the export controls, russia seems to have continued to be able to fund its war machine in ukraine. the economy has largely withstood the shock and is expected to grow by about 1 2% this year according to the international monetary fund. that s partly because it is still selling oil to countries like india and china. and because moscow has been able to impart sanctioned goods by buying them through countries like georgia, belarus and kazakhstan, t
since then, the us, uk, eu, along with countries including australia, canada and japan have imposed more than the 16,500 sanctions on russia. and just last week, the us and uk imposed a tough new raft of measures. their main target has been russia s money, freezing foreign currency reserves and bank deposits. they have also banned exports of technology for making weapons, banned flights and restricted wealthy business people linked with the kremlin. russia s oil industry has also been another major target. despite the export controls, russia seems to have continued to be able to fund its war machine in ukraine. the economy has largely withstood the shock and is expected to grow by about 1 2% this year according to the international monetary fund. that s partly because it is still selling oil to countries like india and china. and because moscow has been able to import sanctioned goods by buying them through countries like georgia, belarus and kazakhstan, there are reports tha
2022, the west further tighten the screws. since then, the us uk- eu, the screws. since then, the us uk eu, along with countries including australia, canada and japan have imposed more than the 16,500 sanctions on russia. and just last week, the us and uk imposed a tough new raft of measures. their main target has been russia s money, freezing foreign currency reserves and bank deposits. they have also banned exports of technology for making weapons, band flights and restricted wealthy business people linked with the kremlin. russia s oil industry has also been another major target. despite the export controls, russia seems to have continued to be able to fund its war machine in ukraine. the economy has largely withstood the shock and is expected to grow by about 1 2% this year according to the international monetary fund. that s partly because it is still selling oil to countries like india and china. and because moscow has been able to impart sanctioned goods by buying t