Daily briefing Sunday 28th June

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0:46The Sunday Times has learned that funding for drones and autonomous vehicles will be prioritised instead when the DIP is published this week. And according to reports, the Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis has secured up to£1.5 billion more than was offered to his predecessor John Healy. Tobias Elwood is a former chair of the Defence Select Committee. Speaking to Times Radio, he said the plan falls short in terms of ongoing conflicts as well as preparing for wars of the future. The UK's government's own defence review correctly identified the world centred a far more dangerous chapter. It's exposed the massive gap, though, between the threats that we now face and our ability to defend ourselves.

1:26So this defence investment plan was supposed to confirm the extra funding needed. But it fell short by half of what was required, and that's why John Healy decided to walk. England will play the Democratic Republic of Congo in the World Cup's knockout phase on Wednesday after they secured top spots in their group with a 2-0 win against Panama. England were already assured of their place in the round of 32, but their win ensured they avoided a meeting with Portugal. It also featured a record-breaking 11th World Cup goal for Captain Harry Kane. He made the point safe with England's second after the opening goal from Jude Bellingham.

2:03Steve Clarke, Premier League of England We've achieved our first objective which was to win the group because we want to be in control a little bit of our destiny in terms of the route where we play. I know some people have already made plans so it was nice to mean they don't have to cancel anything but I've learnt that as well, playing in tournaments is important that you want to try and craft your way through the tournament as best as possible and we've done that by winning today. And Steve Clarke has resigned as Scotland's head coach after their World Cup elimination was confirmed. At least 1 ,400 people are now known to have died after Wednesday's earthquakes in Venezuela.

2:35The United Nations estimates a further 55 ,000 people are missing. Rescue teams are, however, continuing to pull out survivors from the rubble, and they've now been joined by specialist UK teams trained in disaster relief. The Times' Latin America correspondent Stephen Gibbs is in Venezuela's capital, Caracas. What we've seen really is this sort of handover from the local authorities here to international experts in earthquake recovery. So there are at least 20 countries currently on the ground in Venezuela. The UK's air traffic control is warning of further disruption. Tens of thousands of passengers were stranded for hours on Saturday at Heathrow and Gatwick airports after thunderstorms closed airspace.

3:19At least 200 flights were cancelled and 900 were delayed. And the British number one Emma Raducanu appears to be an injury concern for Wimbledon after she cut short her latest practice session. Raducanu is seeded 30th and is scheduled to start her campaign on Monday against Croatia's Antonia Ruzic. There's more on these stories throughout the day on Times Radio.

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