Morning briefing Tuesday 30th June

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0:36This is the Times Radio Morning Briefing for Tuesday 30th June. The Prime Minister will promise to keep Britain safe and secure long into the future as he sets out the long-delayed defence investment plan today. Sir Keir Starmer will also unveil an extra£15 billion of defence spending but won't commit to when NATO's spending target will be reached. The White House says the UK needs to honour a pledge to spend 5 % of GDP. The NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutter told Sky News he's less worried. Baxter Defence spending will not be the last word on it. It will be a big step towards what is important, 3.5 % we committed in The Hague.

1:13So I don't expect the UK to come to get there in one go, in one big step. That will be too much to ask. But I think it will be an important step on the way. Asylum seekers could be forced to repay up to£10 ,000 towards their living costs under new plans to be announced by the Home Secretary. Shibana Mahmood is proposing a student loan-style tax once they start earning, which would have to be paid off before applying for permanent settlement. She says the annual£4 billion cost of subsistence payments and hotel accommodation is too high. Strikes by resident doctors in England are off after British Medical Association members voted to accept an offer on pay and working conditions.

1:51On a 57 % turnout, nearly 53 % backed ending three years of industrial action. Health Secretary James Murray welcomed the result. This helps to move us forward from a cycle of ongoing strikes which have been going on for far too long and have cost the country billions of pounds. The cost of the offer on the table is less than the cost of another week of strikes, so it's good value for money for taxpayers, as well as being good news for NHS staff and, crucially, for patients, because it means we can now work with resident doctors to build an NHS that is fit for the future. A child custody dispute may have been behind a mass shooting at a women's shelter in Hamburg.

2:27According to officials in Germany, six people were killed, all of them staff at the refuge. Three people have been detained, including the suspected gunman and the mother of his three-month-old baby who had been living there. Police in Monaco are hunting a man suspected of setting off a makeshift bomb, injuring several people last night. French authorities are assisting with the investigation in the tiny principality as two people fight for their lives in hospital. And in one of the biggest ever World Cup upsets, Germany have been knocked out by Paraguay. The four-time winners lost 4-3 on penalties.

2:59In Boston, Paraguay fans could barely believe it. I just can't describe.

3:10So this team, with that energy, with that grit, can face anybody. So France, next. Come on, let's go. You can follow the Times Radio News Briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio Online.

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