Evening briefing Wednesday 10th June

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0:35This is the Times Radio evening briefing for Wednesday 10th June. Police in Northern Ireland are preparing for another night of disorder after a serious knife attack in Belfast. 30-year-old Sudanese refugee Hadi Al-Odid has been remanded in custody, charged with the attempted murder of Stephen Ogilvie. His family have appealed for calm and condemned the violent unrest that followed the attack. The SDLP leader Matthew O'Toole is among those calling for calm. He told Times Radio he spent time with constituents who were, he said, burned out of their homes. We had children in their pyjamas who were expected to go to school this morning.

1:08I think whenever people see riots on TV and they see a bus burning or buildings burning, it can feel quite abstract. I can tell people that the reality of a racially fuelled pogrom, which is what happened, I think, in Belfast last night, is it's unbelievably serious and we really, really, really don't need it. Senior defence figures are said to be furious after The Times was told the planned increase in defence spending could be lower than previously he expected. The defence investment plan has been delayed by another week. At Prime Minister's questions, Sir Keir Starmer refused to rule out tax rises to boost funding amid warnings Britain is risking its credibility on defence.

1:45The Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, accused him of being paralysed over the issue. There is still no defence investment plan. He is the Prime Minister now, at least I think he is. Should I be calling Andy Burnham instead to ask these questions. He is the prime minister. And the reason that he's dithering is because he doesn't know where the money is coming from. The military is waiting. The bond markets are watching. Donald Trump has warned Iran it will pay the price for delays in reaching a deal as Tehran threatens a severe response to any further strikes. Oil prices have risen again following the missile and drone attacks that followed a US helicopter being downed.

2:22The US president says his forces will attack today, even as talks go on. We hit them hard yesterday and we're going to hit them again hard today in case you miss it, in case you don't turn on your television set. And we'll see what happens with the deal. We were really close to a deal, but they keep tapping us along. They keep playing us for suckers because you know what? They dealt with some very stupid precedents. I have to say that. I'm embarrassed to say it. And charity campaigners are calling for people to stop using what they describe as ageist, everyday phrases. The Centre for Aging Better says people in their late 40s and early 50s are being described as over the hill or stuck in their ways.

3:00Its research suggests one in five people has used the phrase mutton dressed as lamb about an older person. To sport, England cricket captain Ben Stokes has been dropped ahead of the second test against New Zealand, along with the bowler Gus Atkinson. Joe Root will stand in as captain while Stokes is investigated over a nightclub incident in the early hours of Monday. You can follow The Times Radio News Briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio Online.

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