1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,080 Speaker 1: Hey, thank you very much for your texts. 2 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:02,400 Speaker 2: Jack. 3 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 1: Remote inspections when it comes to buildings won't work where 4 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:08,080 Speaker 1: complex and multiple details need to be reviewed. I've been 5 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: building twenty years. The downside is simply that details will 6 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: be missed by inspectors and hidden by the builder. Where 7 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: reworks are required, the inspectors need to be on site 8 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: to discuss with the builder. There are big limitations with 9 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: all of this, and lets us not forget the leaky 10 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: building crisis in the past. Thank you for that, Sam, Jack. 11 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: Project time might be money, but failures to detect issues 12 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: can be extremely costly to repair. Good planning negates issues 13 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 1: with scheduling, inspections and work programs ninety two ninety two. 14 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 1: If you want to send us a message, time to 15 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: catch up with our UK correspondent, Gavin Gray Good evening, 16 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 1: Gavin either Jack so UK forces were involved in supporting 17 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: Israel and the conflict in the Middle East after Iran 18 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 1: launched the missile attack on the country. What do they do? 19 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 2: That's right? Yep, that's right, Jack, and the Prime Minister 20 00:00:55,560 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 2: making a statement that was broadcast quite quickly and we're 21 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 2: not really being given very many details. The Defense Minister 22 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:05,839 Speaker 2: has said and I quote this evening, the UK played 23 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 2: their part in attempts to prevent further escalation. What does 24 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 2: that mean? We think it means that UK fighter jets 25 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 2: were involved. This isn't the first time in this sort 26 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 2: of whole Middle Eastern crisis of this year. They were 27 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 2: back in April under a different government when Iran last 28 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 2: attack to Israel with missiles. The interesting thing is the 29 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 2: two main parties are backing one another. So back in April, 30 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 2: Labour back the Conservatives the party of government then, and 31 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 2: vice versa. In this most recent attack. Now the Prime 32 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 2: Minister is stressing that the UK stands with Israel and 33 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,759 Speaker 2: recognizing its right to self defense. That many in this country, 34 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 2: many in the Labor Party of government, will be very 35 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 2: uncomfortable that Britain had anything to do with this. 36 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's an interesting decision, isn't it. Because I mean, 37 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: Kiyostama has faced a lot of apprecia from protests who 38 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: think that Israel's response to Hamas and that the bombardment 39 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: of Gaza has been wholly inappropriate, and of course the 40 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: Labor Party itself has faced criticisms in the past for 41 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: being anti Semitics. So how is he personally trying to 42 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 1: navigate this. 43 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's going to be very difficult for him. 44 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 2: He's not obviously going to please all his party all 45 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,359 Speaker 2: the time, but this is this has been a pretty 46 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 2: explosive issue for him and it comes to the time. Incidentally, 47 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 2: with six thousand British nationals in Lebanon. The first government 48 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 2: chartered flight is due to leave a little later today, 49 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 2: but of course we're just talking to three hundred on that. 50 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 2: So there's a lot of work for the government to 51 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:35,679 Speaker 2: do and it's going to be difficult for them to 52 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 2: navigate their way withness. Yeah. 53 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: A Chinese woman has been arrested in Germany and accused 54 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: of passing on information to Chinese intelligence. What's happened. 55 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, this is at Leipzig Airport, or Leipzig Halla Airport 56 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 2: as it's called, and it's been alleged that this thirty 57 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 2: eight year old woman who'd been working for a company 58 00:02:54,919 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 2: providing logistics services at the airport, has sent repeatedly details 59 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 2: on flights, passengers and cargo to anafig who worked for 60 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 2: China's secret services. Those allegations. Why does this matter because 61 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,920 Speaker 2: Leipzig Airport is a real key transport hub for the 62 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 2: German defense industry. Indeed, often that airport is used to 63 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 2: send military equipment, for instance, to Ukraine, and German sources 64 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 2: are saying the defense company involved in transferring a lot 65 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 2: of this military equipment is a company called Rhine Mattal, 66 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 2: Germany's biggest defense firm that's been involved in supplying Ukraine 67 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 2: with weapons, armored vehicles and military equipment. And this is 68 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 2: potentially this arrest linked with another arrest of another person 69 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 2: a few months earlier, and they were said to be 70 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 2: working for a member of the European Parliament for Germany's 71 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 2: far right party, and it was said that they had 72 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 2: been receiving details of the transport of military equipment. 73 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: So why is Leipzig input of interest? 74 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 2: I think it's just because of its position in the country, 75 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 2: the fact that a lot of the heavy industrial manufacturers 76 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 2: of defense equipment are based around there. The airport is 77 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 2: used by them to export their goods and as we know, 78 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 2: export their goods in this case, mostly to Ukraine at 79 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 2: the moment. So I think it's of interest to Russia 80 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 2: what's being flown out by whom and when? 81 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, right now, workers in the UK should receive all 82 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 1: tips from customers under a new law which bends firms 83 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 1: from withholding the payments. 84 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right, Jack, I mean there are three million 85 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 2: people in the UK, England, Scotland, Wales, that is not 86 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 2: Northern Ireland who basically could benefit from this law. We're 87 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 2: talking restaurant workers, cafe workers, those in bars, pubs, hairdressers 88 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 2: and indeed taxi drivers. And under the new law, all 89 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 2: tips must be passed through employees by the end of 90 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 2: the following month when they were received. And there has 91 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 2: been a real issue here that often tips are added 92 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 2: onto the credit card bill and the star simply don't 93 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 2: receive it. It's taken by the employer, or a large 94 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 2: portion of it is taken by the employer. That's what 95 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 2: legislation is aiming to stop. And the only sting in 96 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 2: the tale here, Jack, is that workers will still need 97 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 2: to pay tax on their tips as currently the law stack. 98 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: I mean, how much is tipping culture thing in the 99 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,039 Speaker 1: UK these days? It was always kind of similar to 100 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: New Zealand, pretty muted, especially compared to the UE's. 101 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 2: Oh absolutely in comparison to the US. But you know, 102 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,039 Speaker 2: I guess if you're working in a restaurant, now, restaurant 103 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 2: prices have gone up, and if you're adding say ten 104 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 2: or fifteen percent, which I think a lot of people do, 105 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 2: then over the course of a day, that probably adds up, 106 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 2: particularly if your initial salary actually isn't that great. 107 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, Hey, Thanksgivin, appreciate your time. That is 108 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: UK correspondent Devin Gray seven to seven. You're with News Talks. 109 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:56,599 Speaker 1: He'd be for more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive Listen 110 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: live to News Talks. 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