1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:01,560 Speaker 1: Into Brady. By the way, it is still running in 2 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: South America. So we have UK correspondent Elizabeth Callahan with 3 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: us at the moment. Hey, Elizabeth, Hi there. 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 2: Yes, Ender has done two stages of his jungle run, 5 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 2: so he's doing really well. He's you know, nearly a 6 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 2: halfway there. 7 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: So out of how many. 8 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 2: Five So he's done two marathons, et cetera, back to back. 9 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:23,639 Speaker 1: So what do the jungle is? Is he doing it 10 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 1: every day? 11 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 2: So? 12 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 1: Is it? 13 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 2: Is it? 14 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: Basically he'll do another one and another one and another 15 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: one and he'll be done within about three days. 16 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 2: Yes, so'll be done in about three days. 17 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, meant But anyway, it's good to know 18 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,840 Speaker 1: he's still safe and alive because that's not absolutely certain. 19 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: Now it sounds like you guys absolutely are preparing for war, 20 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 1: aren't you. 21 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:47,879 Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely, So yesterday was a big day. The government 22 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 2: unveiled this Strategic Defense review that was published the Prime 23 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 2: Minister sy Kirs Starmer saying that all the recommendations will 24 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 2: be taken on board. Their warning of a new era 25 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 2: of US vow to get the UK battle ready, saying 26 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 2: that the threat is more serious and immediate since the 27 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 2: Cold called war, So I mean really specifically this is 28 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 2: around Russian aggression. Obviously the US is distancing itself, so 29 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 2: the UK is really having to up its game. There's 30 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 2: a whole host of proposals, very ambitious, you know, costing 31 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 2: a lot of money. So fifteen billion into the UK's 32 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 2: nuclear warhead program, some investment in artificial intelligence, robots, lasers, 33 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 2: so really going into that new technology as well, and 34 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 2: also an education strategy and trying to encourage people to 35 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 2: go on a gap year to the military. So there's 36 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 2: all of these proposals, but there's also where are we 37 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 2: going to pay for it? So today a lot of 38 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 2: stories in the newspapers are about, oh, we might have 39 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 2: to have tax rises. Starmers refused to say when the 40 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 2: government will hit its ambition of three percent GDP defense spend. 41 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 2: So we're currently at two point five read that will 42 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 2: go up to two point five. But really, yeah, very 43 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 2: ambitious proposals, but we're not quite sure how that's all 44 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 2: going to be funded. 45 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: And what's the public reaction to it. Are people accepting 46 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: of the fact that we are now entering this new 47 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: time where war is increasingly likely? 48 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think there is that sense, but also you're 49 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 2: at odds with Well, we've got all these other issues 50 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 2: in the UK. You know that they're already diverting money 51 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 2: from to pay for the two point five percent rise, 52 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,119 Speaker 2: So how are we going to pay for it all? 53 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 2: I think that's kind of people's worry, And I don't know. 54 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 2: I don't know if people are hugely worried. Certainly, I 55 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 2: guess more of the threat is the kind of the 56 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 2: ciber attacks that we do see quite regularly. But you know, 57 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 2: I don't know. I think we're not too worried, I 58 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 2: would say, but realize that something does need to be done. 59 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 2: So then who are you going to encourage to go 60 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 2: out and fight. 61 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: The other book, especially the modern generations. We don't love 62 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: the idea, do we think now? What has prompted this 63 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: new search for Medelae Macan? 64 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 2: Yes? So this is the British girl, huge, huge case. 65 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 2: She went missing eighteen years ago when she was just 66 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 2: three years old on a holiday in Portugal and it's 67 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 2: one of the world's most high profile missing person cases. Now. 68 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 2: The main suspect in this case is called Christian Bee, 69 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,399 Speaker 2: who can't give his full name due to German law, 70 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 2: but he is in prison in Germany. His time is 71 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 2: all on a separate case that his time is almost 72 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 2: due to be up. German investigators don't have enough. The 73 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 2: prosecutors don't have enough evidence to charge him in relation 74 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 2: to this case, so they're going to find more evidence. 75 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 2: So there's searchingly more than twenty plots of land close 76 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 2: to where she disappeared and close to a cottage where 77 00:03:56,520 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 2: this suspect lived, to twenty eight mile stretch. So really 78 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 2: it feels like a slightly last ditch a chance to 79 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 2: find any evidence she was there, or any remains or anything. 80 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 2: So I mean, it would be great to get some 81 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,919 Speaker 2: answers to this case, wouldn't it. But this certainly the 82 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 2: search is going to take place from today, so we'll 83 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 2: see what comes up. 84 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: All right, Elizabeth, thanks very much, really appreciate your time. 85 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: We'll talk to again on thres This Elizabeth Callahan, our 86 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 1: UK correspondent This evening. For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, 87 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: listen live to news talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays, 88 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio