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march across africa, the threat is growing and is a global and multi domain. it is now time to signal that peace dividend is over and investment needs to continue to grow. before it becomes too late to address the resurgence threat, it is time to mobilise, to be raised, to be relevant. thank you. that was ben wallace, the secretary of defence giving that speech in central london, central london, facing the challenges of how the uk armed forces, against, this extraordinary backdrop of the threat being posed by russia. the interesting lines to pull out from what he said, referencing vladimir putin, he said he cannot be deterred by threats of punishment at all costs on the russian people, and separately outlining real threat, that russia lashes out again. he emphasised that as the threat changes, so must the funding, so a few interesting lines that will be dope like that we will be digesting from the defence secretary. we will return to that story a little later on. you re wa ....
Is facing two confidence votes in the coming days, one on him personally and the other in his actual government. This all came about after the First Ministers decision last week to end the deal with the greens and it followed a backlash over the snps decision to scratch the 2030 climate targets. The greens accused mr yousaf of selling out future generations over climate and had been due to hold a vote themselves over whether to remain in power with the snp in response to that. The snp has 63 msps in the 129 seat parliament. If those seven green msps vote against him he is reliant on the support of the soul alba party msp, ash regan, to continue his role. She used to be a member of the snp but defected to Alex Salmonds alba party. Mr yousaf apparently ruled out cutting a deal with the alba party. That would lead to a 64 61; tie vote in which case into parliament if there was ti ....
Scotlands First Minister, humza yousaf, is insisting he will not resign despite a week pof political turmoil. Heres a quick recap of whats been happening. The crisis began when humza yousaf, who leads the Scottish National party, ended its Governing Coalition with the scottish greens. Both parties are pro scottish independence. Thered been trouble in the coalition about the decision to scrap climate targets, and gender policy issues. Theoretically, mr yousaf could lead a minority government, but he faces a Confidence Vote in his leadership and all the main scottish parties say they will vote against him. There is also expected to be a Confidence Vote in his government. Theres the possibility that a fo ....
In the dnipro region in central ukraine and Western Areas of lviv and ivano frankivsk. Ukrainian Officials Say equipment has been damaged and at least one Energy Worker injured. Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukrainian Energy infrastructure over recent months. Its attacks such as these which have prompted more us aid to ukraine. The United States has outlined what will be included in a 6 billion package of military assistance. Its part of a larger 60 billion commitment which was approved by congress a week ago following six months of delays. The package will focus on air defence and includes interceptor missiles, anti drone systems and Artillery Ammunition ....
And scattered showers in the north, but still fairly chilly for the time of year. All the details coming up on bbc breakfast. Good morning. Its saturday, 27th april. The governments being urged to take action to stop unpaid carers unwittingly racking up thousands of pounds of debt. Carers are entitled to nearly £82 a week in benefits, but only if they owned less than £151 in take home pay from otherjobs. As a result, many end up owing money after being inadvertently overpaid. Our reporter Dan Whitworth has the details. Unpaid carers who look after a loved one do an incrediblejob. Often unpaid carers who look after a loved one do an incredible job. Often 2a hours a day, seven days a week, with very few breaks. There lies dedicated to caring for someone else. Of the nearly 6 million carers across the uk, just under1 million receive carers allowance, with about £80 a week. 175,000 of them also have a job, but there is an earnings l ....