Afternoon Briefing Tuesday 10th November

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0:37Welcome to the Times Radio afternoon briefing on Tuesday 10th November. The US has removed aircraft from another RAF base in England over fears of a threat from Iran. Two American refuelling tankers stationed at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk have been diverted to Germany. Others were sent to different locations. The editor of Defence Analysis, Francis Chusa, has told Times Radio this needs to be taken seriously. We should possibly try to separate whether this is a move by the administration, the Trump administration, or whether this is being orchestrated by the US Air Force. If it's the latter, and they're basically saying they just don't feel safe at Mildenhall, that is absolutely damning about UK defence and security, because the UK is responsible for the defence of those bases outside the wire and up to the wire.

1:30It is RAF Mildenhall after all. Donald Trump says the FBI is looking into the head of NVIDIA's affair with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy. The president says he was amazed by the allegations against Jensen Huang. A lot of people have heard about it, and Jensen totally denies that. I asked him today, because I did speak to him today, just to see if he's feeling all right, how you're doing, and I asked him about that, and he said he had absolutely no idea that the person in question was a spy. Officials from Russia, Ukraine and the US are meeting in Abu Dhabi today for talks on ending the war.

2:08European powers, including France, Germany and the European Commission are also sending officials. Kira Rudik, who leads Ukraine's opposition Holos party, has been telling Times Radio what the country needs from these talks. I think the best possible outcome of these talks would be getting closer to a ceasefire. This is something Ukraine desperately needs. When I was leaving Kiev just two days ago. We had electricity for two and a half hours a day and there were interruptions with the running water. Is it getting cold? It's cold. It's actually colder than it is here in London and it's not even winter just yet.

2:43The Conservatives are pledging to cut disability and sickness benefits. They also say they will reinstate the two-child benefit cap. They're pledging to cut£36 billion from the welfare bill. Leader Kemi Beidonok has been talking this morning. Right now, Britain is handing out more than£180 billion a year in benefits to working-age adults. It is hard to comprehend just how big that number is. It's more than we spend on our army, our schools and our police combined. It is more than£4 ,000 for every taxpayer in the UK. There is no world in which the current system is sustainable. You can follow the Times Radio News Briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio online.

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