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Oliver Conway

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Global News Podcast
Syria one year on from liberation

But he hasn't read it.

Global News Podcast
Syria one year on from liberation

The latest meetings come after three days of talks in Florida, where Ukraine's chief negotiator pushed for changes to the White House plan, which is widely thought to favour Russia.

Global News Podcast
Syria one year on from liberation

I heard more about President Zelensky's diplomatic offensive from our World Affairs correspondent, Joe Inwood.

Global News Podcast
Syria one year on from liberation

Joe Inwood.

Global News Podcast
Syria one year on from liberation

Meanwhile, Britain is unveiling how it plans to combat what it sees as an increasingly serious undersea threat from Russia.

Global News Podcast
Syria one year on from liberation

There have been a series of incidents recently in which Russian vessels have been accused of operating suspiciously around British waters.

Global News Podcast
Syria one year on from liberation

Our diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams has been looking at how the Royal Navy may respond.

Global News Podcast
Syria one year on from liberation

In the hunt for Russian intruders, the Navy is looking for solutions.

Global News Podcast
Syria one year on from liberation

Off the west coast of Scotland, an underwater glider, like a torpedo with wings, dives under the waves and drifts off into the darkness.

Global News Podcast
Syria one year on from liberation

Bristling with sensors, the SG-1 Fathom is capable of patrolling for months on end.

Global News Podcast
Syria one year on from liberation

It's designed to operate autonomously in large packs.

Global News Podcast
Syria one year on from liberation

It's made by the German defence technology company Helsing, but it's here being trialled for the Royal Navy.

Global News Podcast
Syria one year on from liberation

Katie Raine is the programme manager.

Global News Podcast
Syria one year on from liberation

It's all part of a network the Navy is calling Atlantic Bastion, a system which links drones, warships and surveillance aircraft in an effort to protect vital undersea cables and pipelines.

Global News Podcast
Syria one year on from liberation

The urgency of the project was underlined recently by the activities of a Russian research vessel suspected of secretly mapping Britain's critical undersea infrastructure, part of a wider pattern of Russian activity at sea and in the air, causing ripples of alarm across Europe.

Global News Podcast
Syria one year on from liberation

In Portsmouth, on the day Britain and Norway announced their navies will be working together in the North Atlantic, the Defence Secretary John Healey and his Norwegian counterpart are piped aboard an experimental ship, the Patrick Blackett, used as a testbed for new technologies.

Global News Podcast
Syria one year on from liberation

This is about keeping us ahead of the Russians.

Global News Podcast
Syria one year on from liberation

John Healy is clear about what all this is for.

Global News Podcast
Syria one year on from liberation

The past two years have seen a sharp increase in the number of Russian vessels poking around in British waters.

Global News Podcast
Syria one year on from liberation

We know the threat that Russia poses.