1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,800 Speaker 1: Right now. There, We're going to Devin Gray are UK 2 00:00:01,880 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: correspondent Gavin good evening. Hi there right now. A man 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: has been charged by police over an incident involving Big Bean. 4 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 2: Yes so, a man with bare feet scaled the side 5 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 2: of Big Ben spent twenty no roughly sixteen and a 6 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:24,799 Speaker 2: half hours on alleged several meters up the tower. It 7 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 2: led to widespread disruption at the weekend with the closure 8 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 2: of Westminster Bridge, which was very bad for traffic nearby 9 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 2: one of the exits of Westminster Underground station and nearby 10 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 2: Bridge Street as well. Tours of Parliament were also counseled 11 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 2: in response. This also a found small beer. But you know, 12 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,239 Speaker 2: London is so busy at the moment. The closures of 13 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 2: major bridges are a huge problem and the emergency services, 14 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 2: who then brought in a cherry pick at a try 15 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,639 Speaker 2: and talking down, eventually did get the twenty nine year 16 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 2: old suspect down from the bridge from the tower rather 17 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 2: and there were people at the foot of the tower 18 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 2: shouting Free Palestine and ra hero. The twenty nine year 19 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 2: old suspect have been carrying a Palestinian flag, waving it 20 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 2: from the ledge that he was stood on. For so long, 21 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 2: and Westminster police say he was arrested once he reached 22 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 2: the ground. It was a protracted incident in their own words, 23 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 2: and now he's been charged. We'll wait to see at 24 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 2: his court appearance a little later on to that Westminster 25 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 2: Magistrates Court. What's going to happen next. 26 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: Okay, we'll keep on watching brief on that one. Now, obviously, 27 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: all the ladies in Europe are coming together and trying 28 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 1: to form a consensus on Ukraine, and the Latvian president 29 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: has said that actually we're a bit weak at the moment, 30 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:40,960 Speaker 1: let's look at conscription. 31 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, very much. So they're not the only ones as 32 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 2: well that are neighboring Russia and or Ukraine, the Baltics. 33 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 2: Some of the Baltics, of course are former Russian republics, 34 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 2: and they really do fear that Russia's just getting a 35 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 2: taste for trying to claim back what it believes is 36 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 2: it's lamb But these now independent countries are very uncomfortable. 37 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 2: So the Latvian President, Edgar Rinkoviks is basically saying that 38 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:13,559 Speaker 2: he now thinks that the continent is quite weak militarily, 39 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 2: that's his quote, and says that European countries or European 40 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 2: countries should introduce conscription. Latvia introduced conscription back in twenty 41 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 2: twenty three and has now pushed defense spending up considerably higher, 42 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:31,239 Speaker 2: to four percent of the country's GDP. It's gross domestic 43 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 2: product or its output, so he said in this interview. 44 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 2: Lots of people are feeling a bit nervous. People are 45 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 2: following the news. Of course, reassurances are one thing, but 46 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:43,359 Speaker 2: another thing is other European governments have to make sure 47 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 2: that we all get stronger, and says the other Baltic states, 48 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:51,239 Speaker 2: Estonia and Lithuania really are the litmus test for NATO 49 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 2: and nerves very very high. We've even heard this last 50 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 2: week as well that Poland is looking to introduce some 51 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,079 Speaker 2: military service for all men in Poland. 52 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: Interesting right, the Crufts Dog Show just to change gear 53 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 1: for a second in Birmingham and the UK. 54 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 2: You've got a winner, Yeah, the four year old whipp 55 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 2: it from Venice in Italy. So whippets look rather like 56 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 2: a greyhound and it beat more than eighteen thousand dogs 57 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 2: from around the world to claim the title. Quite controversial choice. 58 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 2: Many people think that the dog that came runner up 59 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 2: sheet have won, but mucha was with his handler and 60 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 2: it's the first time a dog from Italy has won 61 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 2: the Best in show. From eighteen thousand dogs they were 62 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 2: chosen and it really comes with a huge trophy, but 63 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 2: the rewards are really remarkably little, just about four hundred 64 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 2: and forty New Zealand dollars that's all you get. But 65 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 2: it is of course the prestige. It is the hope 66 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 2: of being able to breed from the dog as well, 67 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 2: and so consequently a lot of people very interested in 68 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 2: the winners and the losers as it were, of crafts 69 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 2: which is held in Venice, held in Birmingham rather in 70 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 2: the midlands of the UK. 71 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Gavin. Gavin Gray are UK correspondent. 72 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: Isn't that interesting? Four hundred and forty dollars for the 73 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: win and there were eighteen thousand dogs presumably paying some 74 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 1: kind of interance fee. 75 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 2: For more from hither Duplessy Allen Drive. 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