Evening Briefing Tuesday 27th October

0:00Hello, this is your Times Radio Evening Briefing for Tuesday 27 October 27th October with me, James Kitchen. The head of counter-terrorism police is defending the decision to give bail to five people suspected of an Iranian-backed plot to attack RAF Fairford. Two men have since been charged in connection with last month's incident in Gloucestershire. The crime and policing commentator Danny Shaw is following the case. Lawrence Taylor, who's the head of counter-terrorism policing, said today some of the circumstances around this remain unclear, but he was very interesting in what he said. He said, like our adversaries, our tactics vary and may not always be obvious to everyone.

0:41He is clearly saying we may have taken decisions that may have looked odd or appeared illogical at the time, but we have a good reason of rationale for doing so. Ministers have failed to hit the target of recruiting thousands of the long-term unemployed to take part in their back-to-work scheme. The government had intended to sign up more than 30 ,000 people with health conditions or disabilities, disabilities, but fewer than 4 ,000 have joined the Connect to Work program, which is costing the taxpayer£1.2 billion. The Department for Work and Pensions says the scheme is mobilizing and results steadily building.

1:16Israelis are voting in what many view as one of the most pivotal elections in the country's history. Polling suggests the incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu is in a near-neck-and-neck race with the former military chief, Gary Isencott, to become Prime Minister. Gabrielle Wanager is The Times' Israel correspondent. It is a drawn-out and messy process. It does take time to negotiate with coalition partners. There is no clear winner in terms of this party won everything and it's a majority government. They have to make a coalition with other party leaders and that takes time to hand out positions to decide on policy.

1:50It could take weeks or even months until we see a formal result. Melania Trump says a temporary ceasefire she brokered in the Ukrainian city of Oleski has expanded to more parts of the Kherson region. The U.S. First Lady says it will provide safe passage for humanitarian convoys in the Russian-occupied area. The local pause in fighting will continue until Sunday evening. Yulia Daraduk is a war reporter at the Kiev Independent. People inside Oleshki right now, they are still thinking about whether it's safe to abacate or not because Russia proved itself being not a very reliable partner in ceasefires because it violated many ceasefires Russia and Ukraine had before.

2:33So local residents who are still in Oleshki, they are not sure if it's safe, but they are planning to leave. A jury's been sworn in for the trial of four men who deny sexual offences against the wife of a former Conservative councillor. Philip Young's not a defendant after he admitted repeatedly drugging and raping his ex-wife Joanne, who's waived her right to anonymity. The judge told the trial to set preconceptions aside and only decide the case on the evidence. An indecent assault charge against Russell Brand has been reduced to attempted indecent assault. The judge ruled there wasn't enough evidence to support the original charge involving an allegation from 2001.

3:14Brand strongly denies all seven counts, including rape and sexual assault. His legal team starts outlining his defence tomorrow. Remember, you can follow The Times Radio News Briefing on Spotify and you can listen live to Times Radio Online.

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