UK helps Belgium deal with drones

Britain is sending experts and equipment to Belgium to help it combat drones, which have temporarily closed airports.

Drones have been spotted over airports and military bases in Belgium in the last week, causing major disruptions across Europe in recent months.

Richard Knighton, the head of Britain's armed forces, told the BBC that his Belgian counterpart had requested assistance and that equipment and personnel were on the way.

"The secretary of defense and I agreed late last week that we would deploy our people and equipment to Belgium to help them," he said.

Knighton said it was not yet known who was behind the drone footage, but noted that Russia has been engaged in a pattern of "hybrid warfare" in recent years.

Russia has denied any connection to the incidents.

Drones first seen flying over airports serving the capital, Brussels, and Liege, in the east of the country, forced the diversion of many arriving planes and the grounding of some scheduled to depart on Tuesday.