Morning briefing Wednesday 10th June

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0:46Homes and vehicles across the city were set on fire during anti-immigration protests. The Police Service of Northern Ireland confirmed its officers were dealing with sporadic pockets of disorder. Nuala McAllister is an Alliance Assembly member. She's told Times Radio resorting to violence won't progress the protesters' cause. You can have concerns about immigration and express those in ways that are completely valid, But you must in turn not allow the kind of scenes that we see on our streets go on the way they are without standing up and saying that is not the way to do it. We need to find a different way.

1:19A Sudanese national's due in court charged with the attempted murder of a man in a stabbing in Belfast on Monday night. The US says it's finished what it called self-defence strikes on Iran in response to the downing of one of its helicopters in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran says it's targeted American bases in Jordan and Bahrain. The Chancellor's raised the prospect of further tax rises in the autumn budget, saying money for defence needs to come from somewhere. It's thought the Prime Minister will announce a£13.5 billion increase in defence spending later this week. But Defence Secretary John Healy, who'd been calling for£28 billion, is said to be worried it's not enough.

1:58Former head of the British Army, General Lord Danat, agrees. He's got this message for Sakir Starmer. We are under attack in many ways from Russia at the present moment, the cyber attacks, and if we do not increase our defence capability to stand beside our NATO allies in the defence of Europe, frankly we're not pulling our weight. Putin will be smiling and our allies will be shaking their heads in disbelief what's happened to the UK. NHS bosses say a new, more targeted radiotherapy for prostate cancer patients will cut the doses they need from 20 to 5. It's being made available to up to 17 ,500 men a year in England.

2:41The African referee refused entry to the US to officiate at the World Cup and says his dreams have been shattered. Omar Artan is from Somalia, which is on a travel ban list introduced by the Trump administration. FIFA's removed him from its roster, saying it's not involved in host countries' immigration processes. But football podcaster Nima Tavalehi has told Times Radio that's not good enough. This is FIFA's responsibility from start to finish, meaning that if the host nation cannot fulfil its duties and obligations and responsibilities, then they should not host this World Cup. It's as simple as that.

3:18So this is not about Donald Trump. This is about FIFA. You can follow the Times Radio News Briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio online.

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