Paul Moss

We hear that training takes over in these circumstances, but the routine of life on board must get, frankly, at times boring, doesn't it?

We hear that training takes over in these circumstances, but the routine of life on board must get, frankly, at times boring, doesn't it?

You are surrounded by other people's eyes as well. Is privacy not an issue?

You are surrounded by other people's eyes as well. Is privacy not an issue?

I keep trying to get you to see a downer of this experience and I'm not managing. But there are effects on your health, aren't there? There's muscle wasting. There's a deterioration of your vision. What might these two astronauts who are coming home find difficult on their return to Earth?

I keep trying to get you to see a downer of this experience and I'm not managing. But there are effects on your health, aren't there? There's muscle wasting. There's a deterioration of your vision. What might these two astronauts who are coming home find difficult on their return to Earth?

To police a ceasefire along a vast front line by a group of nations who've never really done this before without American support, you get an idea of just how complex this is. The idea has really only been around for a couple of weeks and we are still seeing a gradual increase in the number of people who seem interested in the idea.

To police a ceasefire along a vast front line by a group of nations who've never really done this before without American support, you get an idea of just how complex this is. The idea has really only been around for a couple of weeks and we are still seeing a gradual increase in the number of people who seem interested in the idea.

But there is clearly still a long way to go and we won't really have any real sense of how it's beginning to take tangible shape, perhaps until military officials get their teeth into it at a meeting that's due to take place somewhere in the UK next Thursday. The Prime Minister was saying we are now moving towards an operational phase.

But there is clearly still a long way to go and we won't really have any real sense of how it's beginning to take tangible shape, perhaps until military officials get their teeth into it at a meeting that's due to take place somewhere in the UK next Thursday. The Prime Minister was saying we are now moving towards an operational phase.

I don't think it necessarily means much more than here we have the kind of political outlines. Now we're going to give it to our military bosses and chiefs. It'll be up to them to figure out, OK, well, this country is offering that many troops. This country's got aircraft that they might be willing to deploy. Let's try and put all these pieces together. As I say, it's a really complex picture.

I don't think it necessarily means much more than here we have the kind of political outlines. Now we're going to give it to our military bosses and chiefs. It'll be up to them to figure out, OK, well, this country is offering that many troops. This country's got aircraft that they might be willing to deploy. Let's try and put all these pieces together. As I say, it's a really complex picture.

We're talking about around two dozen countries. not all of whom, of course, are willing to commit troops. In fact, at the moment, we only know of two, Britain and France, who are willing to do that.

We're talking about around two dozen countries. not all of whom, of course, are willing to commit troops. In fact, at the moment, we only know of two, Britain and France, who are willing to do that.

Interestingly, one thing that Keir Starmer did say was that the issue of an American backstop, that is the kind of support, frankly, without which an operation like this couldn't really get off the ground, perhaps even literally couldn't get off the ground, that that issue had not yet been resolved. European officials were in Washington yesterday.

Interestingly, one thing that Keir Starmer did say was that the issue of an American backstop, that is the kind of support, frankly, without which an operation like this couldn't really get off the ground, perhaps even literally couldn't get off the ground, that that issue had not yet been resolved. European officials were in Washington yesterday.

They are going to be going back and forth for the next several days trying to persuade Donald Trump that this is an operation that is going to need American military and logistical support for it to have a chance.

They are going to be going back and forth for the next several days trying to persuade Donald Trump that this is an operation that is going to need American military and logistical support for it to have a chance.

Well, he does. I mean, I think what... probably Sir Keir Starmer would argue, is, well, we've got to be ready when the moment comes. That, I think, informs the sense of urgency we are now seeing. But the Finnish president is right. None of this can happen if there isn't a peace to police. And so that has to happen first. there's a clear anxiety that Vladimir Putin is playing for time.

Well, he does. I mean, I think what... probably Sir Keir Starmer would argue, is, well, we've got to be ready when the moment comes. That, I think, informs the sense of urgency we are now seeing. But the Finnish president is right. None of this can happen if there isn't a peace to police. And so that has to happen first. there's a clear anxiety that Vladimir Putin is playing for time.