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Welcome to the world in 10 in an increasingly uncertain world.
This is the Times daily podcast dedicated to global Security Today with me, Toby Gillis and Stuart Willey.
There are warnings that the defence industries in Western countries are at risk at a time when demand for the weapons they produce is higher than ever.
What with multiple conflicts raging and heightened global threats, the arms firms are facing difficulties getting access to capital because of ethical investment policies and now even struggling to recruit people to work for them.
In the uk, thousands of positions in the sector are unfilled.
And today the Times defence editor Larissa Brown reports on a new blow to their recruitment plans as arms firms pull out from attending university careers fairs.
Larissa is with us now.
And what have you been hearing from the industry?
Yes, well, it was very interesting because someone came to me with this story and then I ended up speaking to various defence companies and also ads about it.
And what I was told is that defence companies have become increasingly worried about attending careers fairs at universities because of the nature of the protests that are happening.
And in some cases universities themselves have given advice to defence companies that they don't think they should attend because of health and safety concerns and security concerns.
And that advice has basically meant that the defence companies themselves have felt that they don't want to subject their young employees to intimidation and harassment at these careers fairs.
So they've had to pull out of them.