The RAF Base Break In
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BBC
4.4 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Today we’re looking at the reaction to a security breach at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.
Pro-Palestinian activists broke into the base and sprayed two military planes with red paint.
The home secretary will move to proscribe the Palestine Action group in the coming weeks, effectively branding them as a terrorist organisation, the BBC understands.
Paddy and Laura look at the political row surrounding the incident.
And the BBC’s chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet joins us to answer your questions on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran.
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn with Josh Jenkins. The technical producer was Jonny Hall. The weekend series editor is Chris Hall. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Our attention on Friday's newscast was obviously about the assisted dying bill in the UK Parliament. |
| 0:10.8 | There was a big story in Oxfordshire, which we will also address today. |
| 0:15.1 | Not just a big story, an absolutely incredible, extraordinary, astonishing story that's raised lots and lots of questions. |
| 0:22.9 | A couple of protesters managed to break in to a British military base, RAF Bryce Norton, |
| 0:28.9 | and they managed to spray paint some RAF planes, which every week we sit here and we talk about |
| 0:34.6 | the security of the world. We talk about the dangers. We talk about the risks. |
| 0:37.8 | Foreign news and defence have dominated the agenda for the last few months. |
| 0:42.7 | And then lo and behold, a protest group managed to break into a British military base. |
| 0:49.0 | Extraordinary. |
| 0:50.1 | Embarrassing. |
| 0:50.7 | And the Prime Minister is particularly angry about it and has even talked about |
| 0:55.7 | prescribing which is the word for banning the organisation responsible so we will unpack all |
| 1:01.9 | of this and least Doucette will come along to help us on Iran Israel in Saturday's newscast |
| 1:07.2 | newscast from the BBC he has just compared me to the fat controller. Did I say that? |
| 1:14.4 | I can't believe I said that. Next question. Have you said thank you once? I'm not personally a huge |
| 1:19.2 | Sabrina Carpenter fam. I don't think I'm being rude. I like landscape. Take me down to Downey Street. |
| 1:25.2 | Let's go have a tour. Blimey. |
| 1:29.6 | Hello, it's Laura in the studio. |
| 1:30.7 | It's Paddy in the studio. |
| 1:33.9 | And it is, as ever, a busy news weekend. |
| 1:39.8 | But let's start then with that story yesterday, that break-in to RAF Bryce Norton in Oxfordshire. |
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