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gb news. >> good afternoon. it's 3:00. welcome to gb news with me martin daubney keeping you company for the next three hours. an action packed hours. got an action packed juicy menu ahead. top story today, of course , has to be today, of course, has to be rwanda . james cleverly calls the rwanda. james cleverly calls the new deal vastly more robust. let's face it, the last one was about as robust as a chocolate teapot. and with lawyers , teapot. and with lawyers, lefties, liberals and the lords queuing up to take it down, is it worth the paper? it's written on? chris hope, our political editor will be going through it with a fine tooth comb, looking for those loopholes that people might try exploit. we'll might try and exploit. we'll analyse that in its fullness . analyse that in its fullness. next story. there's been a stabbing a man in aberfan stabbed a woman, we understand, who is pregnant. a manhunt continues. we'll have jack carlson there live at the scene with all of the latest on this
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breaking news story. harry the high court battle, the ginger winger says we should pay for his royal security. why he's no longer a royal. he worked away. he walked away from the royal family. i say he doesn't deserve any security from the taxpayer. let me know what you think. and finally, hurrah nelly the finally, hurrah! nelly got the boot from the jungle. the public spoke out. the woke winger . got spoke out. the woke winger. got the clog. nigel remains the brexiteer to fight again another day. and now you're to need you to vote to keep him in, to be crowned the king of the jungle. it's all coming in the next hour . the devil is in the detail. this rwanda contract. we're going to pick through it in minute detail. i did this when i was an mep in october 2020 when that contract landed the withdrawal agreement. it was abundantly clear within minutes britain had a terrible deal on fishing, on the level playing field on northern ireland. will rwanda cut the mustard? stick
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around. have all the around. we'll have all the latest. first, here's your latest. but first, here's your news headlines with sam francis . news headlines with sam francis. >> martin, thank you. good afternoon. it'sjust >> martin, thank you. good afternoon. it's just gone to it's just coming up to 3:02. the home secretary says he's uncomfortable with some of the criticism that's been directed at rwanda as he unveiled a new asylum treaty. it's understood new british laws are to be rushed through parliament, declaring rwanda a safe country for asylum seekers who arrive in britain while speaking a few moments ago, james cleverly praised rwanda for being part of the solution and has now established a strong reputation for the humane and professional administration of refugees and migrants. >> this is something understood by the uk and the multilateral community. the treaty that we
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signed today builds on that joint work . it takes the joint work. it takes the positive professional attitude that you and your government display and allies it with with the work that the uk is doing to ensure that we break the business model of those evil people smuggling gangs. here in the uk, armed police are still searching for a male suspect after a woman was stabbed in the town of aberfan in south wales. >> police are urging people to avoid the area after 29 year old woman was attacked at around 9:10 this morning. it's understood she's been taken to hospital, but her injuries aren't believed to be life threatening . meanwhile, schools threatening. meanwhile, schools and community centre in the and a community centre in the area have activated their lockdown protocols as the search for the suspect continues . for the suspect continues. junior doctors will stage more strikes in england this month and into the new year. that's after talks with the government
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have stalled negotiations have been ongoing for the past five weeks in an effort to find a resolution to the ongoing dispute, the british medical association says the government has offered a pay increase of just 3, which it says amounts to a pay just 3, which it says amounts to a pay cut for many doctors. the first of the walkouts is due to start across england from 7 am. on the 20th of december. the high court has been told that the impact of a successful attack on the duke of sussex should have been considered when he when his security arrangements were changed. prince harry was stripped of special protections. normally afforded to royals when he stepped back from his role in 2020, lawyers say a failure 2020, his lawyers say a failure to carry out a risk of the analysis meant he was treated in analysis meant he was treated in an unlawful and unfair way when he was provided with a different kind of security. while visiting the uk red relatives of the victims of those infected by the infected blood scandal have delivered a letter to downing street . they're calling for street. they're calling for action from the government after
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mps voted in favour of speeding up compensation payments . one of up compensation payments. one of the victims of the scandal, richard warwick, told gb news about his experience , his about his experience, his dreadful living with the three viruses. >> luckily i did manage to clear hep c in 2015, but i mean , yeah, hep c in 2015, but i mean, yeah, it's just affected every part of my life. um things like mortgages and ensure balance. it's it's just been, just been awful. of course losing too many friends and people that you know as well around you trans women prisoners who've hurt or threatened women or girls will not be held in female prisons in scotland. >> that's under a new policy set out by the scottish prison service. it will take an individualised approach to housing transgender people , housing transgender people, which means some prisoners will initially be placed in male prisons more information prisons until more information is whether is known about whether they should housed accordance should be housed in accordance with chosen gender. with their chosen gender. scotland's justice secretary says the policy supports the
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rights both transgender rights of both transgender people and the welfare of prisoners and staff . and bill prisoners and staff. and bill gates has struck an optimistic tone as he discussed this year's cop 28 climate summit . the cop 28 climate summit. the philanthropist and co—founder of microsoft dismissed concerns that the summit is taking place in the oil rich uae, saying that it was important that the countries in the gulf are engagedin countries in the gulf are engaged in discussion . speaking engaged in discussion. speaking at a climate and growth conference in paris, he said this year's cop has done a better job of highlighting the role innovation , thrilled role of innovation, thrilled with what i saw at that cop, the cop did a betterjob on innovation , adaptation and innovation, adaptation and thinking about food and health than any previous cop. >> now, i say that knowing that yes , we are behind on our short yes, we are behind on our short term goals so , you know, it's term goals so, you know, it's a cop, maybe two thirds full, and we need to keep doubling down on on this cause this is gb news
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across the uk . across the uk. >> we're on your tv, in your car , on digital radio and on your smart speaker. now, though, it's back to . martin back to. martin >> thank you, sam. good lad . >> thank you, sam. good lad. okay, we start with a huge step forward in the government's attempts to send migrants to rwanda. the home secretary, james cleverly, has signed a fresh treaty with the east african country as they try to get the stalled asylum deal literally off the ground. cleverly says the agreement will help the government smash the business model of people smuggling gangs. >> the has now established a strong reputation for the humane and professional administration of refugees and migrants. this is something understood by the uk and the multilateral. community the treaty that we signed today builds on that
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joint work . it takes the joint work. it takes the positive professional attitude that you and your government display today and allies it with the work that the uk is doing to ensure that we break the business model of those evil people smuggling gangs. business model of those evil people smuggling gangs . we want people smuggling gangs. we want to make sure that people can live in safety and prosperity and that is why, in addition to the migration element of this partnership , the economic partnership, the economic development part is incredibly important . we recognise that important. we recognise that people , people will understand , people, people will understand, move away from conflict and from famine and therefore it is in all our interests to address these long term drivers of mass migration . but we should also migration. but we should also make it clear that those people
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coming to the uk should do so through safe and legal routes and that those who put themselves in the hands of people smuggling gangs will not be able to remain in the uk. >> well, there we go. that's the rhetoric. but what's the detail? the devil is in the detail. i'm joined now by our political edhon joined now by our political editor, go editor, christopher hope to go through detail. chris, through that detail. chris, yesterday in double quick time, you went through the immigration stats and worked out that despite a 300,000 net clampdown on would still be at 445 cleverly promises this rwanda deal will be vastly more robust than the last one. not difficult . it was about as robust as a paper suitcase . chris, is there paper suitcase. chris, is there any detail that you can share with us that may give its critics a loophole to stop this plan working ? plan working? >> well, in the past hour, we've had a briefing here from the home office in london about what's in this treaty and the treaty, of course, martin, is about addressing concerns raised
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by judges who by the supreme court judges who were supporting what the european court of human rights said they were worried about the fact that anyone, anyone arrives said they were worried about the fact �*byt anyone, anyone arrives said they were worried about the fact “by boatone, anyone arrives said they were worried about the fact “by boat illegally»ne arrives said they were worried about the fact “by boat illegally across ves here by boat illegally across a south coast sent to rwanda is then is then is a big question mark about how they treated will they returned where they be returned to where they came and be at risk of came from and be at risk of being badly treated by people who they try to flee from? so looking at the detail, it says here very clearly they are here very clearly that they are going the functions going to enhance the functions of the independent monitoring committee to make it committee to make sure it complies with with internationally accepted laws on on how to look after people in in a criminal justice justice system. they'll look at the reception conditions and they'll look at how the claims are processed , the treatment and processed, the treatment and support for individuals for five years after they leave the system . so there will be system. so there will be a degree of duty of care for a long time, five years after they've been processed and a new appeal body will be written into rwandan law . so there is a way rwandan law. so there is a way to appeal what the what the
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panel decides , whether whether panel decides, whether whether you should stay, whether when, when you're when you have your right to remain assessed by rwanda. so in a sense , there is rwanda. so in a sense, there is attempts here by the government, by uk government with rwanda to ensure that any of the concerns raised by the judges will not, will not, will, will be now simply deemed to be acceptable . simply deemed to be acceptable. while we are waiting, though, from from the uk government to see what their what they do with this, it's emergency migration act, which will which should allow people to be taken back to rwanda with this guarantee they won't be mistreated when they get there. so we should see that published maybe thursday. how hard they we don't yet. hard they go, we don't know yet. will disapply human rights will it disapply human rights for those people arriving illegally? it be all asylum illegally? will it be all asylum claims or will parliament just vote that rwanda is a vote to say that rwanda is a safe because this safe country because of this treaty we're getting treaty? so we're getting towards a solution here. what we don't know is whether it's to know is whether it's going to work right now, work at all yet right now, tonight in parliament, around 5 pm, there's a mass meeting of
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p.m, there's a mass meeting of members of the european research group of tory mps, the new conservative group of mps. they're as the awkward they're known as the awkward squad if can march squad because if they can march all their wits about them, they have enough mps to defeat what the government is trying to try to do with labour support. we the government is trying to try to (the ith labour support. we the government is trying to try to (the beginning support. we the government is trying to try to (the beginning ofpport. we the government is trying to try to (the beginning of an rt. we the government is trying to try to (the beginning of an attempt; are the beginning of an attempt by the government to control illegal migration and of course we heard yesterday, didn't we, about migration and, and about net migration and, and those, those five point plan from james cleverly. >> we're going to >> okay. we're going to be joined by sirjohn redwood soon so i'll be to ask him about so i'll be keen to ask him about that they're that meeting, what they're hoping it. but hoping to get out of it. but chris, when first spoke about chris, when we first spoke about this deal couple this rwanda deal a couple of weeks you it to rishi weeks ago, you put it to rishi sunak, single pint of was sunak, a single pint of beer was your bet that a single person would not fly to rwanda before the next general election. after today's events, do you still think your beer is safe ? i think think your beer is safe? i think he might be safe. >> martin i asked in the briefing today with with journalists after the cabinet meeting with the pm's official spokesman on is it still the
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intention that the first flights take off in the spring? they said yes. now the spring is may, may, could be the election time . may, could be the election time. there are two windows of the election, may, june , next year, election, may, june, next year, october, november, next year. i think the beer is safe probably for but whether for may, june. but whether whether whether by by the late, late next year that be safe isn't entirely clear. there is a lot of hurdles to get past the easy bit really, for the government is announcing the treaty, having discussed it with rwanda and announcing this emergency legislation, getting out through parliament will not be easy. it probably will go through the house of commons because the government's majority, lords, is majority, the house of lords, is a kettle of fish a different kettle of fish because government not because the government does not have majority. this have a majority. there and this these measures were not contained explicitly the contained explicitly in the manifesto they really manifesto, so they can't really bounce peers into accepting bounce the peers into accepting it. could be a big it. so there could be a big battle in the spring with with peers in the house of lords over this whole measure. i would say it's half it's half safe, martin, to be fair. >> half safe. well we saw with
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brexit, we saw with rwanda v one that the lords , the lawyers, the that the lords, the lawyers, the lefties, the liberals did everything they could to bring it down. you'd have to be a cynic . you have to be an cynic. you have to be an optimist indeed to expect that not to happen again this time. the same battles , the same the same battles, the same opponents, the same death by a thousand papercuts looks to be the destiny . undoubtedly. the destiny. undoubtedly. >> martin i would say, though , >> martin i would say, though, for the government, they are trying to do something that's different because labour haven't got an answer on this. they won't saying yesterday if they would reverse the measures which james announced to cut james cleverly announced to cut net migration by 300,000, they were silent on that matter will be pressing labour through the week and whether they would in fact reverse plans. they fact reverse those plans. they are for the government are happy for the government to try they can. they try and do what they can. they would reverse this rwanda plan . would reverse this rwanda plan. so if the tories can get this off the ground and make start off the ground and make it start to real chance to work, there's a real chance here will become wedge to work, there's a real chance here at/ill become wedge to work, there's a real chance here at the )ecome wedge to work, there's a real chance here at the nextne wedge to work, there's a real chance here at the next election.ge to work, there's a real chance here at the next election. we issue at the next election. we know, of course, we do know that
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the reform party, led by richard tice, gb news, tice, a colleague from gb news, he's made very clear he sees it as an immigration election next yeah as an immigration election next year. there's new polling year. and there's new polling out lunchtime. martin, out this lunchtime. martin, before from redfield and before you go from redfield and wilton says that 15, one 5% wilton that says that 15, one 5% of voters who voted conservative in 2019 will now vote for reform . so if these measures work and if they can start pull back that support from the reform party, the tories might do might get near to getting near to what labour's leaders in the polls and reduce that to single figures. be the ambition. >> so chris, this meeting today at between the european at 5:00 between the european research group and the new conservatives is your kind of intel that is then rallying around rwanda. they're going to try and try and whip that plan through to make sure the tories stand together or is there any skulduggery going on? >> well, they also met last night, martin the erg , that's night, martin the erg, that's the brexiteer group who fought against theresa may's brexit deal against theresa may's brexit deal, the new conservatives led by miriam cates, danny kruger,
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part of the up and coming rising stars in the tory party. right. and also the common sense group led by sir john and also the common sense group led by sirjohn hayes. these are these different groups. it's probably quite confusing for viewers, but they all represent different of party different wings of the party they last night. two of them they met last night. two of them are meeting again tonight. and there's they are there's a sense that they are keeping their powder dry until the this the publication of this emergency legislation. as soon as thursday. i think that might be a moment when we start seeing what they think and if what they really think and if that goes far enough. the problem party got problem the tory party has got is a on is they were elected on a on a manifesto migration manifesto to cut net migration from the level back in 2019, around 220,000, even as you said earlier, if you take off 300,000 from 745,000, you're left with 445,000 or even a best case scenario, 665,000 arrived here in the year to june this year. that's 365,000. still still a big factor away from the pledge . big factor away from the pledge. i again, i ask the government today what is the level now of net migration the government is
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happy with? and they said, well, our to get below our ambition is to get below that figure in 2019 that looks almost impossible . all under the almost impossible. all under the current plans on migration . current plans on net migration. and they might look at capping some the economy. but some areas of the economy. but then you get into this debate. do you want to have a shortage of nurses, a shortage of care , of nurses, a shortage of care, shortage of workers? and shortage of care workers? and that's where it be quite that's where it will be quite brave of the government say brave of the government to say no foreign labour or not no more foreign labour or not a lot of foreign labour. we're going and get brits to going to try and get brits to fill those roles. a million unfilled vacancies, a million, a million in the million vacancies in the workforce the moment, workforce at the moment, 6 million working age million adults of working age who aren't working. that's a conundrum the tory party has got to get to grips with. >> okay, chris hope, as ever, superb huge couple superb analysis, a huge couple of . chris, we've got of days ahead. chris, we've got bofis of days ahead. chris, we've got boris the covid inquiry boris at the covid inquiry tomorrow thursday then tomorrow and thursday and then this thursday . the this treaty on thursday. the devil will be in the detail. will it ever get off the ground? chris i'm sure we'll be bringing us all the latest on that. thank you joining us news. you forjoining us on gb news. excellent lots excellent okay. we'll have lots more big story more on this big story throughout the show, course. throughout the show, of course. and plenty coverage and there's plenty of coverage
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on news dot com. on our website. gb news dot com. you've make the you've helped make it the fastest national news fastest growing national news website thank website in the country. so thank you that . now on, you very much for that. now on, police for a male police are searching for a male suspect after a 29 year old woman was stabbed in a village in south wales. woman was stabbed in a village in south wales . police woman was stabbed in a village in south wales. police said officers responded to an incident in aberfan at around 9:10 this morning. let's cross now to aberfan and speak to our reporter jack carson. jack, a harrowing incident. what's the latest on the ground there in aberfan ? aberfan? >> yeah, good afternoon to you, martin. just after 9:00, of course, when that incident and police were called here to moy roadin police were called here to moy road in aberfan to reports of a 29 year old. now, as we believe it from eyewitness reports, pregnant woman being stabbed. now, south wales police have a big presence here. you can probably see from the police cordon behind me, very much investigated , starting and still investigated, starting and still ongoing because, of course, they're still looking for that suspect to a statement from south police said that the south wales police said that the suspect the scene suspect left the scene immediately the incident immediately after the incident and enquiries are still and that enquiries are still ongoing of course try and
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ongoing to, of course try and find him just on my journey here you unmarked police cars you can see unmarked police cars as you entered the village and a police cars police presence, police cars essentially patrolling around this area, of course searching for possibly that person who is who is involved. of course , in who is involved. of course, in response this incident as response to this incident as well. we know that six local schools into lockdown schools here went into lockdown as well, reporting that all the children were safe inside , but children were safe inside, but they had locked the gates. and of , were keeping of course, were keeping parents and up to date as to what and carers up to date as to what was happening . now, as the day was happening. now, as the day has gone on, we know that in the last hour or so, greenfield school, which is one of the schools that locked schools that was locked down earlier, that it's earlier, they've said that it's no longer in lockdown. of course earlier, they've said that it's n(was ger in lockdown. of course earlier, they've said that it's n(was the in lockdown. of course earlier, they've said that it's n(was the police down. of course earlier, they've said that it's n(was the police initially: course earlier, they've said that it's n(was the police initially that rse it was the police initially that was input. of was advising them to input. of course, those lockdown procedures have procedures that all schools have because, of course, they were at that point frantically searching for suspect this morning for the suspect this morning when call. but when they put out that call. but greenfield school has said it's now longer in a lockdown. now no longer in a lockdown. they issue a statement they did issue a statement earlier today saying that pupils were safe inside that school. this is a very close knit and
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tight community, as we've heard from the local members of the senate. and we heard in the senate. and we heard in the senate as well with both mark drakeford andrew davies as drakeford and andrew davies as well, out their well, putting out their their thoughts, this thoughts, of course, to this community after what is a horrific and violent attack here this morning. horrific and violent attack here this morning . now, the woman this morning. now, the woman involved, the 29 year old, reports are to believe pregnant woman was taken to the university hospital of wales in cardiff bay. there was an air ambulance here as well earlier today. we do believe that she's not in a serious condition , not in a serious condition, which is good news. but we have no further update for that on her on condition . but here her on her condition. but here at scene here in aberfan in at the scene here in aberfan in those police investigations do continue as one school out of those that was down those that was locked down has now its once again. now opened its gates once again. >> thanks for >> jack carson, thanks for bringing us up to date. that story from aberfan. you just can't imagine it, can you, if that mrs. or, you know, that was your mrs. or, you know, your kids a school your your kids in a school and this thoughts the this happens. thoughts with the victim and course, of the victim and of course, all of the people the community who've people in the community who've been this . now, been affected by this. now, moving prince harry's fight moving on, prince harry's fight to have police protection in the
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as lord cameron of chipping norton , is not mp, so he norton, is not an mp, so he can't be cross—examined in the house of commons. of course, he's expected to face questions today about ukraine, belarus, afghanistan and very interestingly, uk eu relations . interestingly, uk eu relations. there he is on his maiden speech in the lords. but interestingly, lord cameron of chipping norton will not be asked questions about china , despite his about china, despite his controversial connections with the country. a lot of people wanted to ask that question, apparently. the question is are picked out of a hat at random . picked out of a hat at random. so they weren't trying to keep him safe. but he's facing a grilling there for the first time. a lot people think he time. a lot of people think he should be getting grilled, of course, in the commons, he course, in the commons, but he can't he's lord. he's can't because he's a lord. he's not elected is the not an elected mp. this is the nearest scrutiny. we'll see nearest to scrutiny. we'll see from david cameron. we'll keep across events there. the lords let you know what he has to say later the show . moving on, later on in the show. moving on, prince harry's legal challenge against the home office is back
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in the high court today. harry's claiming that he was treated unfair , poorly by home unfair, poorly by the home office when denied him the office when they denied him the right automatic police right to automatic police protection uk . well, protection in the uk. well, let's cross now to the royal courts of justice and speak to gb news royal correspondent cameron walker, who's been valiantly outside there all day in the driving rain. cameron you're really taking one for the team today so big question team today. so the big question is ginger winger's back in is the ginger winger's back in court? well, his lawyers are. what's latest . what's the latest. >> yeah, well, martin, lawyers for both prince harry and the home office have been delivering their opening arguments in this high court case expected to last two and a half days here in london. shaheed fatima kc, representing prince harry, says that he has the right to security and safety just like everybody else. and he also she also said that ravec, which is the home office committee, who decided to take away or at least change prince harry's security situation when he stepped back as a working member of the royal family did not follow its own
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written policy and alleged that they chose not to do a full risk analysis when it came to changing young prince harry's security arrangements. she also made the point that the decision was taken in february 2020. that was taken in february 2020. that was a month before prince harry stepped back as a working member of the royal family. and in britain , arguments referred to britain, arguments referred to an incident that happened in june 2021. prince harry no longer a working member of the royal family at that point and moved to california, but was back the uk to attend back in the uk to attend a charity event host charity event. his car was chased by paparazzi and that was the point that his lawyer wanted to make this morning. however sirjames eadie, kc , representing the home eadie, kc, representing the home office , said that when ravec office, said that when ravec made made the decision to james prince harry's security arrangements, they said that he should give the uk government and the metropolitan police 28 days notice if he was going to return to the uk. for whatever reason . so they had enough
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reason. so they had enough nofice reason. so they had enough notice to give him security arrangements on that occasion, prince harry provided only 17 days notice . now, sirjames days notice. now, sirjames eadie went on to say that prince harry, the whole point of prince harry's security arrangements being different is not take being different is not to take away harry's metropolitan away prince harry's metropolitan police, taxpayer funded security entirely , but it would instead entirely, but it would instead be decided on a case by case bafis be decided on a case by case basis rather than 24 hour protection. he was used to as a working member of the royal family. he also said that there is finite public resources for state funded security, i.e. taxpayers have to pay for this . taxpayers have to pay for this. and it was plainly rational and lawful for ravec to consider that the duke of sussex was stepping back as a working member of the royal family he also said that when the home office committee made this decision around prince harry's security , the death of diana, security, the death of diana, princess of wales, was taken into account. if you remember, she sadly died in a car crash in paris in 1997. and he added that it's likely that there would be significant public upset if a
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successful attack on prince harry took place on uk soil and that all of this was weighed up when they came to the decision not to provide prince harry with the same degree as police protection. with the case expected to last a two and a half days and the judge will make his decision at a later date. >> okay, tom walker, thanks for that update from the royal courts justice. and of courts of justice. and of course, we'll across course, we'll be across that story few days. story for the next few days. well, the people's well, we are the people's channel well, we are the people's channel, wanted know channel, so we wanted to know whether great public whether the great british public thought taxes should be thought our taxes should be spent protecting prince spent on protecting prince harry. and here's what the people in birmingham had to say there. >> you should normally pay for his own private security out of his own private security out of his funds. he's not a member his own funds. he's not a member of the royal family as such . and of the royal family as such. and also because he still owns a lot of money through other different means and should therefore has got plenty of sufficient funds to pay for his own private security. >> so if he pays for it himself, he's welcome back. but not for us to pay. >> you could always make a
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gesture, honey. >> that would please everybody. >> that would please everybody. >> at the end of the day, he's still the king so why still the king son, so why shouldn't looked after? shouldn't he be looked after? >> i don't think any taxpayer should paying the should be paying for the monarchy any i think monarchy any more. i think the state country, the state state of this country, the state of amount of of the nhs, the amount of homeless on the streets, of the nhs, the amount of hthinkess on the streets, of the nhs, the amount of hthinkess got on the streets, of the nhs, the amount of hthinkess got much; streets, of the nhs, the amount of hthinkess got much bigger s, i think we've got much bigger issues paying for. >> i think he should pay for his own. if he's going to be royal family, he wants to come family, if he wants to come oven family, if he wants to come over, for it. over, let him pay for it. >> decided that he didn't >> he decided that he didn't want to be part the royal want to be part of the royal family anymore. so, he was want to be part of the royal fami into |ymore. so, he was want to be part of the royal fami into theyre. so, he was want to be part of the royal fami into the royal, he was want to be part of the royal fami into the royal family. was want to be part of the royal fami into the royal family. hes born into the royal family. he had no and i do think , had no choice. and i do think, although everything that has happened , i think a lot has been happened, i think a lot has been wrong on harry's part. i do think they do owe him still some sort of protection, protection ? sort of protection, protection? yeah. cracking though. >> don't you just love the great british public? they say it as they see it and barely a scintilla of sympathy for the ginger winger. you can afford it. pay for it yourself, mate . it. pay for it yourself, mate. okay. there's lots more still to
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come between now and 4:00. later in this hour, we'll look at the effects scandal that could effects blood scandal that could see the government pay out a whopping £20 billion in compensation . but first, if your compensation. but first, if your latest news headlines with sam francis . latest news headlines with sam francis. martin thank you. >> good afternoon. it's just gone. 332. i'm sam francis in the newsroom. armed police are searching for a male suspect after a pregnant woman was stabbed in the town of aberfan in south wales. stabbed in the town of aberfan in south wales . these are the in south wales. these are the pictures coming to us live from the area where you can see police still at the scene on moy road. police are urging people to avoid the area. it's also understood that the woman has been taken to hospital, but her injuries aren't believed to be life threatening . meanwhile, life threatening. meanwhile, schools a community centre schools and a community centre in the have activated their in the area have activated their lockdown protocols as the search for the male suspect continues . for the male suspect continues. two other news the home secretary says he's
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uncomfortable with the some of the criticism that's been directed at rwanda . that's as he directed at rwanda. that's as he unveiled a new asylum treaty in kigali today . unveiled a new asylum treaty in kigali today. it's kigali earlier today. it's understood new british laws are also to be rushed through parliament, declaring rwanda as a safe country for asylum seekers who arrive in britain . seekers who arrive in britain. it's hoped the new agreement will address the issues that led to the supreme ruling to the supreme court ruling against the government's plan in november . junior doctors will november. junior doctors will stage more strikes in england this month and into the new yeah this month and into the new year. that's after talks with the government have stalled . the government have stalled. negotiations have been ongoing for the past five weeks in an effort to find a resolution to the ongoing dispute , the bma the ongoing dispute, the bma says government has offered says the government has offered a pay says the government has offered a pay increase of 3, which a pay increase of just 3, which it says amounts to a cut for many doctors. the first walkouts are due to start across england from 7 am. on the 20th of december. the high court's been told that the impact of a successful attack on the duke of sussex should have been considered when his security arrangements were changed.
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prince harry was stripped of special protections normally afforded to royals when he decided to step back from his role in 2020, his lawyers say a failure to carry out analysis . failure to carry out analysis. this meant he was treated in an unlawful and unfair way when he was provided with a different kind of security. when visiting the uk . you can get more on all the uk. you can get more on all of those stories and many more by visiting our website, gbnews.com . i'm for stunning gbnews.com. i'm for stunning gold and silver coins. >> you'll always value. >> you'll always value. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> and here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pound will buy you 1.264, $2 and ,1.167. the price of gold is £1,602.19, and the ftse 100 at 7476 points. >> rosalind gold proudly
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sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> and welcome . sam. is this >> and welcome. sam. is this first shift today? smashed it. well done. now a gb news investigation has found allegations that sex offenders can dodge their public protection restrictions by changing their names when applying for work. a whistleblower said that in one case, he had no power to stop a paedophile from using an alias. when seeking support from a job centre . jolly peters has this centre. jolly peters has this exclusive gb news report . exclusive gb news report. >> when a prisoner is released, they are offered support to get a job and get their life back on track. serious offenders are put under severe restrictions on where they can work and who they can work with and they're monitored to protect the public and avoid re—offending . yet, and avoid re—offending. yet, astonishingly , gb news has astonishingly, gb news has learnt that former convicts are
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able to change their names when applying for work, making it difficult for employers to learn about their criminal past and convictions . the national convictions. the national probation service works with job centres like this one in oxford to monitor convicts as they support their return to work and its staff here and at other job centres who have told gb news that ex—cons addicts, including at least three sex offenders, were able to dodge restrictions by using an alias when applying for work . by using an alias when applying for work. mark is a former civil servant who recently told us about how his job centre was mismanaging dangerous ex—offenders. but in new claims, he has told us about how the probation service had sent his job centre a file on a dangerous ex—prisoner used their alias . ex—prisoner used their alias. >> so that meant that when the offender went to the job centre, there was no intelligence on file for them . it's all under file for them. it's all under a different name so they could get
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work or devices with no restrictions in place. >> in one case, a sex offender who had searched for victims on social media was able to change his name on their dwp account, despite being a repeat offender. in another scandal, mark said he had no power to stop a paedophile who had raped a 15 year old girl from changing his name to a female name , which name to a female name, which meant that any future employers could now miss vital intel . could now miss vital intel. since this child rapist decided that they wanted to become a woman, they could have changed their name and it would not have matched the name for their restrictions. >> when mark contacted the national probation service to raise the alarm about an alias case, the response he got back from an officer was , wow, you from an officer was, wow, you definitely have wells of patience to go through all that. >> the government is calling for a change in the law to stop sex
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offenders being able to enjoy their freedom with a new identity . identity. >> the government will also bnng >> the government will also bring forward amendments to the bill to restrict the ability of registered sex offenders to change their names in certain circumstances . circumstances. >> mark said that he was overseeing around 170 former prisoners returning to the workplace following their release, of which 50 were considered a risk and had restrictions. he admits that he has no idea how many were using an alias , potentially escaping an alias, potentially escaping their monitoring and employment restrictions . mark contacted restrictions. mark contacted senior civil servants about a strategy to bypass this problem by searching for claimants using their national insurance number, which cannot be changed. >> this initiative was implemented only months later. it vanished . it had been it vanished. it had been acknowledged this tool was needed for and reasons unknown, it was removed .
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it was removed. >> charlie peters gb news oxford i >> -- >> well, a harrowing report and a spokesman for the ministry of justice told us this. the uk has some of the toughest powers in the world to deal with sex offenders and those managed on licence must gain permission from the probation service before taking any jobs . they before taking up any jobs. they must inform the relevant authorities if they change their name and face recall to prison. if they fail to do so. well, an excellent piece of journalism, once again from charlie peters , once again from charlie peters, who now in the studio . who joins me now in the studio. charlie, this on from charlie, this follows on from a piece a few weeks in piece you did a few weeks ago in the same situation. but this is far more sinister. paedophiles, untraceable . what on earth is untraceable. what on earth is going on? >> these fresh revelations from our whistleblower cut right to the heart of the original investigation. this is about pubuc investigation. this is about public safety. and these are pubuc public safety. and these are public protection arrangements that our whistleblower claims are being avoided by sex offenders and other dangerous
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ex—prisoners, including attempted murderers , by virtue attempted murderers, by virtue of the name on their universal credit account. not matching the name used on their intelligence file and their restrictions . so file and their restrictions. so when a dangerous prisoner is let back into society and they're searching for work, they have these restrictions on, say, who they can work with and where they can work with and where they can work with and where they can work. but the allegations we're hearing and they are extremely compelling are the dwp see is are that what the dwp see is different to what is seen by the national probation service. and so there are so many failures involved in this process , us involved in this process, us where offenders are in effect able to dodge the restrictions that should be applied to them. i heard earlier today from our whistleblower that when he phones up the national probation service with a query about a claimant, a dangerous ex prisoner, they believe who needs to be observed and monitored when they want to check in for intelligence, because often, as we found last month, the intelligence is missing when they phone in for that check. they the national
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they don't ask for the national insurance number. just ask insurance number. they just ask for name and date birth. now, for name and date of birth. now, as we've shown these fresh as we've shown with these fresh revelations , they can change revelations, they can change their name on their digital account whenever they want . the account whenever they want. the change is immediate. it immediate updates the digital immediate updates on the digital system . and so if you're not system. and so if you're not asking for that national insurance number, there's no consistent trace and you're not guaranteed to get the information you need. >> seems most >> jody, it seems that the most astonishingly thing from astonishingly obvious thing from meditative a dangerous criminal to try . how on meditative a dangerous criminal to try. how on earth is this going on and what can be done about it? >> well, the ministry of justice reaffirmed to that do reaffirmed to me that they do have a policy that have a policy in place that the changes to a name when it's made on a digital account can only be confirmed when a face to face appointment happens with their work. coach that is the civil servant in the coal face as it were, in the job centre , were, in the job centre, managing their claim . however, managing their claim. however, what the policy is versus what actually seems to happen appears to be rather rather different. so we've heard this testimony now from several whistleblowers
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in multiple job centres that actually that change is instant genius. and if actions are taken, it doesn't happen often at the time where it's required, which of course is urgent . so which of course is urgent. so one of our whistleblowers this morning telling gb news that what they think should happen instead is that as soon as any change happens to a digital account, be it by name or address, that should be frozen, that frozen that claim should be frozen until information can be until that information can be provided. otherwise, we could end a situation where end up in a situation in where murderers, and murderers, rapists and paedophiles are working without their restrictions being applied. >> charlie peters great piece of journalism ever. another journalism as ever. another superb exclusive. keep superb gb news exclusive. keep it you believe it up. okay. would you believe that giving people money for doing nothing during the pandemic made them less pandemic has made them less willing work? pretty willing to work? seems pretty obvious. doesn't i martin obvious. doesn't it? i martin daubney on gb news are daubney on gb news and we are britain's news channel .
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me, michael portillo , gb news, me, michael portillo, gb news, britain's news. channel >> welcome back it's 346 you're watching or listening to me martin daubney on gb news now 4:00 of the very latest from rwanda where james cleverly has signed a new treaty as the government aims to send migrants finally to east africa. now to what's being called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs . victims and history of the nhs. victims and bereaved families of the infected blood scandal delivered letters to downing street today over the failure to pay them compensate version. well, i'm
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joined now by our political correspondent katherine forster catherine. there was some good news for these campaigners last night, wasn't there ? night, wasn't there? >> yes , finally. and some of >> yes, finally. and some of them have been waiting decades in fact, this is a scandal that dates back to the early 1970s. labour mp diana johnson put an amendment forward. the conservatives whipped had mps on a three line whip to vote against it. but despite that, the amendment passed by four votes helped by 22 conservative rebels . what it means rebels. what it means effectively is the government will have to set up an independent body to be in charge of awarding compensation to these victims. and there's many thousands that were infected with hepatitis or hepatitis c or hiv . and nearly 3000 have died . hiv. and nearly 3000 have died. many others are living with life changing conditions. i spoke a
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little bit earlier to diana johnson . let's have a little johnson. let's have a little look at what she had to say about how far first she got involved with the campaign . involved with the campaign. >> she came to my surgery and told me that he was a mild haemophiliac he'd had a dental operation and he'd been given some dirty blood. and then meant that he got hepatitis c and that had affected the rest of his life in terms of the job he could do getting life insurance, travel insurance , all those travel insurance, all those things that we take for granted. and so i said to him that i would try and help and see if we could a public inquiry, could get a public inquiry, which we've achieved. and obviously now compensation for the it's on his life the effect it's had on his life and family's life . this is and his family's life. this is not political issue . not a political party issue. this about the labour this is not about the labour party the conservative party. party or the conservative party. this about parliament saying this is about parliament saying to government and injustice was done and government need to sort that out and they need to pay compensation this case. but compensation in this case. but it's not party political . i was it's not party political. i was really grateful for support from all parties in parliament last night and i pay tribute to those
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conservative mps who were under a lot of pressure to support a lot of pressure not to support my they did what my amendment, but they did what was what was just, and was right and what was just, and i'm grateful for that . i'm very grateful for that. >> so diana johnson speaking there extremely happy that she got that amendment through . but got that amendment through. but it is going to be very expensive for the government. the estimates are that it could cost up to 22 billion, billion pounds , a huge, huge amount of money. but of course, these are people who were infected and by blood that they were given either haemophiliacs who have a problem, their blood doesn't clot properly or people that were given blood transfusions . were given blood transfusions. and they had those procedures in good faith. many of them were children. and there were warnings about this blood that had come from america that was pooled blood . often drug addicts pooled blood. often drug addicts , prisoners, prostitutes were paid to give their blood. there were very little controls. there were very little controls. there were warnings about the safety
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or otherwise of this blood from the mid 1970s. and yet it continued to be used. well into the 80s. it also then infected people with hiv and aids. one of the victims was colin smith. he was only seven when he died of aids . he was was only seven when he died of aids. he was at was only seven when he died of aids . he was at that point the aids. he was at that point the weight of a four month old baby . weight of a four month old baby. he'd been given that blood despite an edict saying that the risks were too high. the blood should not be given to children. thank you, katherine forster, for that update. >> and harrowing story with a happy ending of sorts and a well done to all those people for campaigning for so long for justice. you deserve now to justice. you deserve it. now to one the least surprising one of the least surprising stories the year. a of stories of the year. a group of senior says that handing senior bankers says that handing out billions of quid out tens of billions of quid dunng out tens of billions of quid during pandemic has made during the pandemic has made people willing to work. people less willing to work. i mean, who'd have thought it ? mean, who'd have thought it? well, joining me now is tony wilson , who's the director of wilson, who's the director of the institute for employment studies. thanks joining us studies. thanks forjoining us on the show, tony. so quelle
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surprise. millions of pounds were handed out, 70 billion, in fact, on furlough , 11.7 were handed out, 70 billion, in fact, on furlough ,11.7 million fact, on furlough, 11.7 million people. and guess what? people work less hours now and less of them have gone back to work. basically all these handouts has turned us into work. shy britain, hasn't it ? britain, hasn't it? >> well, as you say, yes , in >> well, as you say, yes, in many respects this isn't surprise. >> and we might have we might have seen this seen this coming. >> i think there's a few things here. one is that the furlough scheme undoubtedly protected millions of jobs. >> know, have >> you know, we would have had mass unemployment had we not had the furlough scheme . the furlough scheme. >> second is, it was >> but the second is, it was a pretty blunt instrument. you know, out 80% of know, we paid out 80% of people's salaries without really many of qualifying many kind of qualifying criteria, without any active requirement that's on the employer to bring people back or for individuals or more broadly around supporting people while they're on furlough. >> and it ran for a very long time. >> you know, it ran right through till september 20th, 21. and it isn't really and so it isn't really a surprise that where people stayed on furlough a long time,
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but that many but there weren't that many people on furlough people who stayed on furlough a long stayed long time, but where they stayed on furlough a long time, it does look people look like many people did subsequently leave the labour force. know, because force. but you know, because they subsequently, you know, they are subsequently, you know, didn't needed didn't didn't feel they needed to ready and able to or didn't feel ready and able to or didn't feel ready and able to back work . to go back into work. >> okay. and it's not just the uk, of course, it's usa and canada.in uk, of course, it's usa and canada. in fact, the countries that out the most covid that gave out the most covid handouts are the least work handouts are seen the least work returns. there's a clear link between getting free money and putting your feet up . putting your feet up. >> well, it's really hard to say how the extent to which this is this is, you know, this is directly a result of the value of the furlough or the size of the furlough schemes. >> um, but you know, the bank of international settlements are arguing you know, their arguing that, you know, their analysis that analysis is suggesting that where are more generous, where schemes are more generous, it greater it may have led to greater impacts . i mean, be honest, impacts. i mean, to be honest, i think the only thing i would say is the furlough scheme is that the furlough scheme by by end, relatively small by the end, the relatively small numbers who were on numbers who were who were on furlough, likely numbers who were who were on fu|be|gh, likely numbers who were who were on fu|be older likely numbers who were who were on fu|be older people, likely numbers who were who were on fu|be older people, quite likely to be older people, quite significantly likely be
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significantly more likely to be older people by end. older people by the end. and i think worries more think what worries me more about, than the about, you know, more than the kind value of the kind of the value of the furlough scheme was the fact that didn't have more active that we didn't have more active measures how we measures or foresight for how we might into might support people back into work reached work when they reached the end of end of their time on the furlough. we're furlough. and i do think we're paying furlough. and i do think we're paying that think paying for that and i think we're paying for that now, particularly amongst more older people out of the labour force, people out of the labour force, people out, drifted people drifted out, drifted further away from further and further away from work over an extended period. and we should have done more then back rather then to bring them back rather than focusing. now, years than focusing. now, two years later we about it, we later on what we do about it, we could intervened earlier. later on what we do about it, we couokay. intervened earlier. later on what we do about it, we couokay. tonyarvened earlier. later on what we do about it, we cou okay. tony wilson, earlier. later on what we do about it, we couokay. tony wilson, the ier. >> okay. tony wilson, the director institute for director of the institute for employment director of the institute for employ us. 1t director of the institute for employus. i just the joining us. i just think the latte layabouts got used to it. they money for nothing. and they like money for nothing. and the well, my the kicks for free. well, my colleague is, of colleague nigel farage is, of course, starring in course, currently starring in i'm and the king of i'm a celebrity and the king of brexit become the king brexit wants to become the king of jungle. he's this of the jungle. he's got this special message for you , asking special message for you, asking you vote . you to vote. >> remain no, seriously, vote for me to remain in the jungle. now. the easiest way to do it is to get the imacelebrity app that gives you five free votes . or
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gives you five free votes. or you can phone or text . you can phone or text. >> superb. and you know that your country needs you if you want to register to vote for farage, you need to grab your phone and scan that qr code right there on your screen and download imacelebrity app . download the imacelebrity app. as nigel just said, you can vote download the imacelebrity app. as him l just said, you can vote download the imacelebrity app. as him fivet said, you can vote download the imacelebrity app. as him five times you can vote download the imacelebrity app. as him five times per can vote download the imacelebrity app. as him five times per day vote download the imacelebrity app. as him five times per day .yote download the imacelebrity app. as him five times per day . now, for him five times per day. now, the government's plan to send migrants to rwanda has taken a big step forward. the home secretary, james cleverly, has signed a fresh treaty with the east african country. he calls it a much more robust. we'll have all the details after the break. robust? will be the break. is it robust? will be the judge of that. i'm martin daubney gb news. and this is daubney on gb news. and this is britain's news channel >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar the sponsors of whether on . gb news. >> hello, welcome to your latest gb news weather update from the met office. it'll be a cold and frosty night for many areas tonight as the clear weather. the north of england have seen through today will become more widespread across the south,
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we've had rain and cloud that's as a result of this low pressure thatis as a result of this low pressure that is now clearing off to the east leave us in a more east to leave us in a more settled interlude for wednesday and tonight, in fact . so that and tonight, in fact. so that means much of the cloud through today tend away today will tend to fade away throughout the and we'll throughout the night. and we'll have lived clear spells, have long lived clear spells, quite frost developing . quite a harsh frost developing. and be a cold night than and it will be a cold night than last many areas. we'll last night for many areas. we'll also see mist and fog also see some mist and fog developing, particularly across more western areas. so it'll be a very chilly start to the day, but bright start. plenty of but a bright start. plenty of crisp sunshine around through wednesday, particularly across northern areas and across the east as well where it should last much of the day. further west, though, you can notice the cloud to thicken some cloud will start to thicken some rain. arriving into northern ireland by lunchtime, the sunshine will turn hazier across parts of wales and the south—west as well. during the afternoon. but temperatures will start to rise the west. start to rise from the west. highs degrees in the highs around 12 degrees in the scilly but still feeling scilly isles, but still feeling very chilly in east, very chilly in the east, particularly coast . then particularly on the coast. then thursday, rain pushes
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thursday, that rain pushes further east, bringing some weather warnings with it across western areas of the uk as well as parts of the north—east of scotland. and that rain will continue to stick with us through the end of the week and into the start of the weekend. but temperatures do finally start to rise by by looks like things are heating up. >> boxt boilers sponsors of weather on .
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gb news. >> good afternoon. it's 4:00 pm. welcome to gb news with me, martin martin daubney keeping you company for the next two hours on action packed juicy menu ahead. top story vastly more robust . that's what james more robust. that's what james cleverly calls his rwanda deal. he jetted to the african state to sign a treaty that could finally get rwanda done. but with lawyers, the lords left ds and liberals queuing up to take this deal down. will it stand up to legal scrutiny ? our political to legal scrutiny? our political editor christopher hope, will go through it with a fine tooth comb and we'll give you all the details across this next hour. next, second story, a 29 year old pregnant woman has been stabbed in aberfan . a manhunt is stabbed in aberfan. a manhunt is currently underway for the man who did it. she we understand she's in a stable condition . she's in a stable condition. jack carson will be live from aberfan with a full update on that story. next story, the ginger winger, his lawyers are
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in court again, this time he thinks he should have a full royal detail of security . but royal detail of security. but should we be paying for his security or now is not a royal? should he just pay his own way? let us know what you think next story. we're looking ahead to the covid inquiry star turn, bofis the covid inquiry star turn, boris johnson is appearing tomorrow and thursday. so far , tomorrow and thursday. so far, everybody is curious, but the boots into boris. but can he get redemption? will what he says prove that actually his approach may have been right all along? we'll look ahead to that. sure. to be a blockbuster. and finally , of course, nigel is still in the jungle. justice has been served as nella got to the boot, the woke winger got kicked out. mister brexit lives on to fight another day. we will tell you how you can keep him in the jungle. so mister brexit is crowned the king of the jungle. all of that coming up in the next hour . so will rwanda ever
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next hour. so will rwanda ever get off the ground? chris hope bet rishi sunak a pint of beer that it wouldn't happen before the next general election . i'll the next general election. i'll ask chris is that pint of beer still safe ? let us know what you still safe? let us know what you think. vaiews@gbnews.com. all of that coming up. but first, here's your latest news headunes here's your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst i >> -- >> martin thank you and good afternoon to you. well, the top story from the newsroom is that the home secretary says he is uncomfortable still with some of the criticism being directed at rwanda as he unveiled new rwanda as he unveiled a new asylum treaty with the country today. asylum treaty with the country today . it's understood new today. it's understood new british laws are to be expedited through parliament, declaring rwanda a safe country for the processing of asylum seekers arriving in the uk. processing of asylum seekers arriving in the uk . speaking arriving in the uk. speaking a few moments ago, james cleverly praised rwanda for being part of the british solution and has now
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established a strong reputation for the humane and professional administration of refugees and migrants. >> this is something understood by the uk and the multilateral community. the treaty that we signed today builds on that joint work . it takes the joint work. it takes the positive professional attitude that you and your government display and allies. it with the work that the uk is doing to ensure our that we break the business model of those evil people smuggling gangs. james cleverly now here in the uk , cleverly now here in the uk, armed police are still searching for a male suspect after a pregnant woman was a subject of a knife attack in south wales. >> police are urging the public to avoid the area. it's understood the injured woman has been taken to hospital and she
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has stabilised her wounds aren't thought to be life threatening , thought to be life threatening, but in the area of schools and a community centre have activated their lockdown protocols as the search for the male suspect in the town of aberfan continues . a the town of aberfan continues. a junior doctors will stage more strikes in england this month and into january after talks with the government stalled . with the government stalled. negotiations have been ongoing for the past five weeks in an effort to find a resolution for the ongoing dispute, the bma says the government has offered a pay says the government has offered a pay increase of just 3, which it says amounts to a pay cut for many doctors. the first walkouts are due to start across england from 7 am. on the 20th of december . the from 7 am. on the 20th of december. the high court's been told today that the impact of a successful attack on the duke of sussex should have been considered when his security arrangements were changed. prince harry was stripped of his special protections. normally
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offended afforded to royals when he stepped back from his official role in 2020. his lawyers say a failure to carry out a full risk analysis meant he was treated in an unlawful and unfair way. when he was provided with a different kind of security while visiting the uk . relatives of victims of the uk. relatives of victims of the infected blood scandal have delivered a letter to downing street today. they're calling for action now from the government after mps voted late last night in favour of speeding up compensation payments to them. one of the victims of the scandal, richard warwick, told gb news about his experience . gb news about his experience. >> it's dreadful living with, you know, the three viruses. luckily i did manage to clear hep c in 2015, but i mean, yeah, it's just affected every part of my life . um things like my life. um things like mortgages and insurance . it's, mortgages and insurance. it's, um, it's just been, just been awful. of course, losing so many
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friends and people that, you know as well around . my male to know as well around. my male to female transgender prisoners who've previously harmed women or girls won't be held in female prisons in scotland. >> a new policy set out by the scottish prison service will take an individualised approach to housing trans gender people. it comes as some prisoners will be initially placed in male prisons until more information is known about whether or not they should be housed in accordance with their chosen genden accordance with their chosen gender. scotland justice secretary says the policy supports the rights of transgender people, but also the welfare of prisoners and staff . welfare of prisoners and staff. if now the previous decade has been declared the hottest on record with polar and mountain ice melting at unprecedented rates, that's according to the united nations climate agency. they say the antarctic ice sheet lost nearly 75% more ice between
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2011 and 2020 than it did in the previous ten years, the hottest years of the decade were in 2016 and 2020. and shoppers appear to be sticking to plans for a budget christmas this year with spending down despite black friday deals. you uk retail sales increased by just 2.7% in november. that is a significant drop on last year's figures. the numbers aren't adjusted for inflation either, masking a likely drop in the number of sales once higher prices are taken into account . unless taken into account. unless everybody's doing their christmas shopping a little bit late , that is. you're watching late, that is. you're watching gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel . news channel. >> thank you, polly. 2016 one of
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the hottest years on record. the un will probably blame brexit, won't they? now we start with a huge step forward in the government's attempts to send migrants to rwanda. home migrants to rwanda. the home secretary , james cleverly, has secretary, james cleverly, has signed treaty with the signed a fresh treaty with the east african country as they try to get the stalled asylum deal off the ground cleverly says the agreement will help the government the business government smash the business model smuggling gangs. model of people smuggling gangs. the has now established a strong reputation for the humane and professional administration of refugees and migrants. >> this is something understood by the uk and the multilateral community. the treaty that we signed today builds on that joint work . it takes the joint work. it takes the positive professional attitude that you and your government display and allies it with with the work that the uk is doing to
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ensure that we break the business model of those evil people smuggling gangs as we want to make sure that people can live in safety and prosperity and that is why, in addition to the migration element of this partnership , the element of this partnership, the economic development part is incredibly important, economic development part is incredibly important , that we incredibly important, that we recognise is that people , people recognise is that people, people will understand , move away from will understand, move away from conflict and from famine and therefore it is in all our interests to address these long term drivers of mass migration . term drivers of mass migration. but we should also make it clear that those people coming to the uk should do so through safe and legal routes and that those who put themselves in the hands of people smuggling gangs will not be able to remain in the uk.
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>> well, james cleverly is of course the third home secretary to go to rwanda. priti patel, suella braverman, and now cleverly and so far precisely, zero people have been deported to rwanda. well, i'm joined now by our political editor, christopher hope . chris, vastly christopher hope. chris, vastly more robust . that is the phrase more robust. that is the phrase that james cleverly used . enough that james cleverly used. enough is enough. he said yesterday day. but you just kind of feel that the lawyers, the lords , the that the lawyers, the lords, the liberals, the lefties, they'll be queuing up to take this deal down. my question is quite simple, chris. is this new deal worth the paper it's written on? >> well, let's step back here, martin. this new deal is meant to reassure the supreme court that anyone who is taken back to rwanda for having arrived here illegally in a small boat will be treated fairly, won't be returned to country where they returned to a country where they could be harmed. so let's look at small print. it says here at the small print. it says here this new treaty agreed at lunchtime today. they will enhance functions an enhance the functions of an independent, modern monitoring
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committee. eight strong, which will check that people who arrive from the uk to be processed are fairly . processed are treated fairly. they will look at reception conditions and they'll look at the processing of asylum claims, the processing of asylum claims, the support for the treatment and support for individuals going through the system will carry on for five years after they quit the system. so to ensure there'd be an of eyeballs on how they an id of eyeballs on how they are being treated, there will be legal representation ensure legal representation to ensure that any confidential complaints are heard confidentially and looked after. there will be a whole new appeal body for heanng whole new appeal body for hearing these these cases in rwanda. now that's going to cost money. at the weekend there was a that uk was going to a claim that the uk was going to give £15 million as a prize for signing this deal on top of the £140 million. of course , in £140 million. of course, in previous financial years the government says there's no there's no money changing hands as part of the deal. but if you look at closely what the home office what james cleverly look at closely what the home ofsaying, what james cleverly look at closely what the home ofsaying, he 1at james cleverly look at closely what the home ofsaying, he makesies cleverly look at closely what the home ofsaying, he makes cleareverly look at closely what the home ofsaying, he makes clear there is saying, he makes clear there will financial arrangements will be financial arrangements which part of which inevitably come as part of this agreement. so clearly everything i've laid out there
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will cost money. so the cost of this rwandan scheme is increasing by £140 million was for the previous years until this financial year. there's a new cost for this current financial year. the home office won't disclose that until probably next july, when it publishes its annual report and accounts in the in the teeth of what will probably be the beginning the election beginning of the election campaign if the election is held next autumn. so again , we have next autumn. so again, we have we i on behalf of gb news viewers, have tried to bet the prime minister a pint of beer that not a single migrant will be taken from the uk to rwanda for processing by the time the next election is called. that beeris next election is called. that beer is safe. i think if the election is may or june next election is may orjune next yearis election is may orjune next year is about half safe. if it's an autumn election. but to be fair to the government, the tory government , at least there's an government, at least there's an idea because labour have said today would repeal this today they would repeal this whole rwanda idea that the treaty would be disapplied . and treaty would be disapplied. and imagine the emergency legislation, the government is going to through and going to push through and announce on thursday
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announce probably on thursday will be dropped by a labour will also be dropped by a labour government . the labour instead government. the labour instead will rely on trying to work will rely on trying to be work more closely with allies on the europe, on in the european europe, on the in the european union, stopping boats union, about stopping boats coming here. that's on the legal side and on the the net side and on the on the net migration side, it's not even clear they they row clear they would they would row back on the five point plan revealed by james cleverly just yesterday on the cutting numbers by 300,000. are not as by 300,000. they are not as clear cut as the tories are. if the tories gets off the ground, they got a chance make they have got a chance to make some electoral hay. i think with it now, chris, understand it now, chris, i understand there's place there's a meeting taking place in an hour's time in just under an hour's time between the conservatives between the new conservatives and the european research group. >> of course, their mantra before brexit done . are before was get brexit done. are they rallying around to get rwanda done ? rwanda done? >> well, something's up because this same group, the new conservatives group of tory mps, that's miriam cates, danny kruger , familiar to viewers of kruger, familiar to viewers of gb news they met last night, had a meeting with the common sense group of tory mps. that's john
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hay's gang of about 60 mps in that one, 20 or 30in the conservatives. there's a third group called the european research group of tory mps. they're meeting tonight in a plenary session, a big meeting once a month. inviting once a month. they're inviting the in in a the other groups in in a nutshell, this is the awkward squad of tory mps who don't want to necessarily do what the government wants. they are trying. do trying. they're trying to do what they think the what more they think the government and their government should do and their reaction in response is vital because if they come out against the rwanda plan, it could sink the rwanda plan, it could sink the thing altogether . the whole thing altogether. they're loathe they're they're loathe to respond. i think, until the bill is published at for on how they're going to get disapply maybe human rights laws to get to in ensure that people can be taken to rwanda for to be processed. that's out thursday. we are waiting to see. they're all very quiet. this group of mps , i think they're keeping mps, i think they're keeping their gunpowder dry, but there may be some problems later in this week for the government. we'll see how plays out we'll see how that plays out tonight. keep gb views up to tonight. and keep gb views up to date on a superb update there,
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chris. >> it feels like 2019 all over again. doesn't it? they rally round, they'll get it through and yes, it will await its fate in the lords and with the lawyers. just seems me, lawyers. just seems to me, i think your beer safe £155 think your beer is safe and £155 million that's million chopper that's an expensive beer. by expensive beer. even by westminster . now let's westminster standards. now let's move on. i'm joined now by victoire ingabire, umuhoza , who victoire ingabire, umuhoza, who is a rwandan political rights activist who lives in rwanda . activist who lives in rwanda. thank you for joining activist who lives in rwanda. thank you forjoining us again thank you for joining us again on the show. victoire . £155 on the show. victoire. £155 million now has been spent by the british government, allegedly to ease the deportation to of asylum seekers to rwanda. the central premise, of course, being that rwanda is a safe country . you live there, a safe country. you live there, you're a human rights activist. my question is simple is rwanda safe ? safe? >> no, rwanda is not too safe. >> no, rwanda is not too safe. >> i live in rwanda, as you said i >> -- >> and if you read the judgement of the court , the problem there of the court, the problem there raised was regarding the rwanda
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human rights issues and the uk government , almost a year before government, almost a year before the rwanda . the rwanda. >> yeah, carry . on >> yeah, carry. on >> yeah, carry. on >> yes, before the rwanda plan was introduced, uk officials had raised the concern over constant restriction on to civil and political rights and the media freedom in rwanda and victor are part of the british agreement is that they're going to send lawyers out to help with the transition of people to safely find work, because the deal is if people are sent to rwanda, they won't be sent back to their own country. >> they'll find work in rwanda. how confident are you that asylum seekers sent from britain from a multitude of backgrounds could be from any country on earth? let's face it. how confident are you that they will find fulfilling and well paid and safe work ? and safe work? >> no, i have a problem in
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rwanda. the red of employment and younger people in rwanda is high. this is how rwanda can offer jobs to the syrians . offer jobs to the syrians. >> seekers who will send in rwanda by uk , for example, we rwanda by uk, for example, we have a congolese refugees who have a congolese refugees who have been in rwanda for more than two decades. >> they are still in the refugee camp, honouring . camp, honouring. >> a few of them are integrated into our societies and victoire we've made a bet at gb news with the prime minister of the united kingdom. >> one one pint of beer. we don't think a single person will be flown to rwanda from the united kingdom. do you think do you agree with that? nobody will actually leave britain. nobody will actually come to rwanda ? no will actually come to rwanda? no i don't agree with them. >> but something will have to know is that even if these refugees will be sent into rwanda , for sure, they will not rwanda, for sure, they will not stay in rwanda , even if rwanda
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stay in rwanda, even if rwanda will not expel them, they will return in europa. >> so for me, the new treaty is not a solution to deter the immigration, to cross the channels , they have to find channels, they have to find other solution . other solution. >> okay, victoire ingabire, umuhoza, thank you very much for joining us on the show and giving us your expert insights live from rwanda. there you have it. you know, she lives there. she's an activist. she doesn't think in hell of think there's a hope in hell of this getting off the ground. okay moving on. we'll have lots more on this big story 5:00, more on this big story at 5:00, of course. and there's plenty of coverage website, coverage on our website, gbnews.com. and you've helped to make fastest growing make it the fastest growing national news website the national news website in the country. very much. country. so thank you very much. now on, police are searching for a male suspect after a 29 year old woman was stabbed in a village in south wales . police village in south wales. police said officers responded to an incident in aberfan at around 9:10 this morning. let's cross now to aberfan and speak to our reporter jack carson, who's there with all the latest on
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this harrowing . case this harrowing. case >> yeah, good afternoon to you , >> yeah, good afternoon to you, martin. this this search still goes on for this suspect involved in the stabbing of a 29 year old believed to be pregnant woman here in aberfan just after orjust before 9:00 this or just before 9:00 this morning. it was just after 9:00 when the south wales police, as well as paramedics , arrived on well as paramedics, arrived on the scene here to attend to her. witness reports from the people that we've been speaking to here on this street said they heard loud screaming. and if it wasn't for those screams , they might for those screams, they might not have out and, of not well have come out and, of course, what was course, seen exactly what was happening. now, south wales police in a in a statement earlier today said that the suspect the scene and fled suspect left the scene and fled the scene immediately after the incident. are have incident. and there are have been both armed officers here in the area patrolling , of course, the area patrolling, of course, to reassure the community about their safety, but also , of their safety, but also, of course, i've seen unmarked police cars, of course, on the lookout for that suspect. now, speaking to people on this
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street, it is believed , ed, that street, it is believed, ed, that the situation here was was a personal was it was a domestic issue. but, of course, still very, very frightening when something that violent and that horrific happens on the street outside your door. here's a couple of eyewitness reports . couple of eyewitness reports. and one of the, of course, chilling down as well, who was locked down in the schools here. here's what they told us a little bit earlier from the little bit earlier on from the first, they didn't know what to do. >> it's em- m this is a quiet, >> it's just this is a quiet, quiet village. >> nothing . you know, nothing >> nothing. you know, nothing happens. everything everyone is quiet. she was just screaming, you've stabbed me, stabbed me. so i'd covered her with my coat and then by the by this time, because i was screaming and she was screaming. the neighbours had come out with like pillows and towels, like one of the girls down the street is a nurse. so she was putting the towels, putting pressure on the wounds for her. it's frightening because we don't know where that he's been caught yet . and that's he's been caught yet. and that's the frightening thing .
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the frightening thing. >> if i was in science and the tannoy went off saying we were going into lockdown , so i was going into lockdown, so i was scared. >> really. i didn't know what was going on. >> so i rang my mum and she told me like everything that happened and that she had saved the lady. >> was really . >> i was nervous, really. >> i was nervous, really. >> i was nervous, really. >> i didn't know what to expect . >> i didn't know what to expect. >> i didn't know what to expect. >> yeah. 13 year old alice there was in the avon tower high school when, of course, that tony announcement came over to say that his school on the advice of south wales police, was one of the six that had gone into lockdown. but of course, into a lockdown. but of course, you he's able you can see here he's been able to leave now, we do to leave school. now, we do believe those children, for believe that those children, for most those schools, have now most of those schools, have now been released from that lockdown . but of course, that hunt for that still on that suspect, it still goes on here in aberfan . here in aberfan. >> okay, jack carson thanks for that live our. that update live from our. we can pray both the can only pray that both the mother are safe. mother and the child are safe. now, if you've bought a tin of quality street for christmas, you might have seen it's you might have seen that it's not as it used to be. and not as big as it used to be. and shrinkflation the festive shrinkflation means the festive penod shrinkflation means the festive period cost people period is going to cost people more than £100 extra. this year.
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they'll tell you how you can help farage be crowned help nigel farage be crowned the king the jungle. you know, it king of the jungle. you know, it makes sense now . king of the jungle. you know, it makes sense now. i'm dreaming of a budget christmas . according to a budget christmas. according to the british retail consortium , the british retail consortium, consumers are planning spend consumers are planning to spend less this christmas as the cost of crisis and so—called of living crisis and so—called shrinkflation continues to bite. and this is despite a concerted effort by retailers to push black friday deals to boost flailing retail spending. well, here with more is gb news business and economics editor liam halligan with on the money . liam halligan with on the money. liam halligan with on the money. liam hardly surprise saying that at a time when people normally splurge they're tightening the belt this year. so we are spending more in the run up to christmas but spending the christmas but we're spending the increase in christmas spending increase in christmas spending in november was a lot less than the increase last year. >> so the cost of living squeeze is very much still with us. let's have a look at some of the numbers and gb news radio listeners can keep their ears
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open , as it were. open, as it were. >> so retail sales , these are >> so retail sales, these are numbers from the british retail consortium . retail sales were up consortium. retail sales were up 2.7% in november, compared . to 2.7% in november, compared. to november 2022, but they were up in november 2022, 4.2% compared to november 2021. >> so a much bigger increase last year . last year. >> having said that, martin, the latest official numbers show that inflation did fall from 6.7% to 4.6% in in october. and there's a growing sense that the bank of england isn't going to raise interest rates any more. >> so hopefully only consumers are starting to feel a bit more cheery, a bit more spring in their step. >> but if they are, they're leaving their christmas shopping late this year and something that really gets my goat is shnnk that really gets my goat is shrink inflation. >> noticed it all time. >> i noticed it all the time. you're paying more dosh for the same or you're getting less for the got the same dosh and you've got loads figures it's loads of figures here. it's happening place. happening all over the place. chocolates, cheese , chocolates, biscuits, cheese, festive, . festive, blind. >> one really famous example of this is penguin biscuits. you
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know , pick up a penguin, as they know, pick up a penguin, as they used to say on the advert and a packet of eight penguins last yeah packet of eight penguins last year. you now get a packet of seven for the same money. >> yeah, that's called shrinkflation . they can't shrink shrinkflation. they can't shrink things like a pint of milk because a pint of milk is a pint of milk. >> that's why we sell things in pints. >> that's why we have pounds and ounces try and stop ounces in order to try and stop this, people have been putting the the scale, as it the thumb on the scale, as it were, generations of trading were, for generations of trading since mankind started markets. >> but what's happening now is really insidious because lots of things are getting a lot smaller for the same money. let's have a look at some of the numbers here. so a survey out from barclays says that 60% of us now, 60% of shoppers have heard of the term shrinkflation and are noticing shrinkflation when they buy things. it's things like quality street roses or cadbury's heroes celebrations . cadbury's heroes celebrations. they're all smaller than they were. and these are the kind of things that we buy, of course,
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in the run up to christmas. but it's not just chocolates, it's biscuits, it's cheese is it's mince pies, shrink , inflation is mince pies, shrink, inflation is impacting lots and lots of festive delicacy . rbs and festive delicacy. rbs and barclays say that shoppers are likely to spend £105 more on christmas this year for the same stuff because of shrinkflation. so this really is a big deal. now, do you know, it says, the thing i noticed right is bars of fruit and nut bars of fruit and nut. >> you used to have to take a hammer to them to break them if they'd been in fridge. now they'd been in the fridge. now they'd been in the fridge. now they a wafer. they just snap like a wafer. same but the depth same size, but the depth totally gone they're much gone because they're much, much thinner. >> know, a yorkie bar used >> you know, a yorkie bar used to be really chunky. you to be really chunky. yeah. you know, get know, you used to barely get it in pocket shorts in your pocket of your shorts when you were a kid, but now they're much, much smaller, aren't this really they're much, much smaller, aren' get this really they're much, much smaller, aren' get on this really they're much, much smaller, aren' get on consumers ally they're much, much smaller, aren' get on consumers go. the does get on consumers go. the idea retail buyers, idea that retail buyers, manufacturers are trying to trick us in some way and, you know, you might buy a product and it might look this big. but then when you take the wrapping off, it's actually sort of this big, no pun intended , the use of
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big, no pun intended, the use of wrapping in order to try and disguise fact that things disguise the fact that things are shrinking . of course, are shrinking. of course, retailers, they can say , oh, retailers, they can say, oh, headune retailers, they can say, oh, headline prices are the same or are inflation lot less than are inflation is a lot less than our competitors. but you've always got to actually look at what getting for your what you're getting for your money. so fingers crossed, the consumers going to be a bit consumers are going to be a bit more than more cheery in december than they were in november. >> there is one piece of good news, although it might for news, although it might not for be of the in be the rest of the people in the room on, we say, room later on, shall we say, brussels sprouts are 4.3% cheaper than one year ago, according to kantar. the analyst . guess that's just price cutting to try and get you through front door of through the front door of the supermarket, right? >> right. and also so i >> that's right. and also so i don't when i was don't know about you. when i was a i hated brussels sprouts. a kid, i hated brussels sprouts. there's something about them that quite that as you get older, you quite like. them though. like. i love them though. >> yeah, i totally yeah >> yeah, i totally do. yeah >> yeah, i totally do. yeah >> bacon force your >> with bacon don't force your kids eat sprouts. otherwise kids to eat sprouts. otherwise that when that will delay the time when they actually eating they actually do start eating them. try one. them. go on. just try one. >> on. superb liam halligan. >> go on. superb liam halligan. thank for that ever. thank you for that as ever. great stuff. there's lots great stuff. okay, there's lots more come between now more still to come between now and 5:00. get latest
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and 5:00. i'll get the latest from latest high from prince harry's latest high court battle. but first, here's your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . and martin. polly middlehurst. and martin. >> thank you. the top stories this hour. the home secretary, james cleverly says he's rather uncomfortable with some of the criticism being directed at rwanda as he unveiled a new asylum treaty in kigali today. new legislation is expected to be hurried through parliament, which will declare rwanda a safe country for asylum seekers to be processed in. after arriving in the uk, it's hoped the new agreement will address the legal challenges which led to the supreme court ruling against the governments around a plan in november for junior doctors are to stage more strikes in england this month and into january. after pay talks with the government stalled . negotiations government stalled. negotiations have been ongoing for the last five weeks in an effort to find a solution to the ongoing dispute , the bma says the dispute, the bma says the government has offered a pay increase of just 3, which they
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say amounts to a pay cut for some doctors . the first walkouts some doctors. the first walkouts are due to start across england from 7:00 in the morning on the 20th of december. and the high court's been told that the impact of a successful attack on the duke of sussex should have been considered when his security arrangements changed in 2020. prince harry was stripped of his special protections normally afforded to royals when he stepped back from his official duties and moved to the united states. his lawyers are suggesting that a failure to carry out a full risk assessment meant the prince was treated in an unlawful and unfair way when he was provided with a weaker level of security while visiting the uk . that's a breaking news the uk. that's a breaking news for you. a 28 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the stabbing of a 29 year old woman in aberfan in south wales this morning . armed police were still morning. armed police were still on the streets of aberfan in south wales today after a 29
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year old pregnant woman was subjected to a knife attack in broad daylight. the victim was taken to hospital and is believed to be in a stable condition. her wounds are not thought to be life threatening. school children have now been collected by parents and carers after previously schools went into lockdown . on i run towards into lockdown. on i run towards some silly but i didn't. i froze at first. >> i didn't know what to do . >> i didn't know what to do. it's just this is a quiet, quiet village. nothing you know, nothing happens. everything. everyone is quiet. so i run to go out and then called for the ambulance and the police school's gone on lockdown. >> so the head teacher wouldn't get a message till, like, about two or something. >> so it was safe to, like, go out . and i was with all my out. and i was with all my friends and dinner, worried about what was going to happen because i read in wales online that the street that we're in now was shutting down, like
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closing . closing. >> blaine loveday and keira terrett ending that report from aberfan in south wales. we'll keep you up to date with events that are going on there throughout the rest the day. throughout the rest of the day. in meantime, get in the meantime, you can get more on all our top stories by heading to our website, gbnews.com . gbnews.com. >> thank you, polly. now prince harry's legal challenge against the home office is back in the high court today. harry's claiming that he was treated unfairly by the home office when they denied him the right to automatic police protection in the uk . well, let's cross now to the uk. well, let's cross now to the uk. well, let's cross now to the royal courts of justice and speak to gb news royal correspondent cameron walker, who's been notably there all day in the cold and the rain. so cameron on the ginger ginger, where his lawyers are having their day in court again, what's their day in court again, what's the latest ? the latest? >> yeah. martin, lawyers from
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both sides have been setting out their opening arguments today at their opening arguments today at the royal courts of justice in london. shaheed fatima kc, representing prince harry, says that he has the right to security and safety just like anybody else in the united kingdom. she also alleged that ravec, that's the home office committee, who decides what level of protection prince harry gets from the metropolitan police. did not follow its own written policy when it changed their decisions and chose not to do a risk assessment when it came to prince harry and said that the decision was taken in february 2020, which was a month before for prince harry, stood back as a working member of the royal family in written argument. she also referred to an incident in june 2021 where an incident in june 2021where prince harry's car was chased by paparazzi in the united kingdom when he'd already stepped back as a working member of the royal family. but in response, prince sir james kc , sir james eadie, kc, representing home sirjames eadie, kc, representing home office, representing the home office, said that the agreement was that prince harry would give 28 days nofice prince harry would give 28 days notice if he was going to return
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to uk could plan for to the uk so they could plan for his protection . in that his police protection. in that particular prince particular instance, prince harry gave 17 days notice, according to sir james harry gave 17 days notice, according to sirjames eadie, kc according to sir james eadie, kc he also went on to say that it was never about taking away prince harry's police protection entirely , but it would instead entirely, but it would instead be done on a case by case basis. he says there was also finite pubuc he says there was also finite public reserves for state funded security, i.e. taxpayer money, going towards protecting prince harry. and it was plainly rational and lawful for ravec the committee to consider that the committee to consider that the duke of sussex is stepping back as a working member of the royal family and therefore does not get the same police protection as any other member of the royal family. well, the case is expected to continue here at the high court for two and a half days, and the judge will decision at a will make his decision at a later date. >> okay. walker, live >> okay. cameron walker, live from the royal courts of justice, for that update. from the royal courts of justicyon for that update. from the royal courts of justicyon that for that update. from the royal courts of justicyon that same hat update. from the royal courts of justicyon that same story:)date. from the royal courts of justicyon that same story now,. well, on that same story now, royal commentator angela levin joins us now . angela, i don't joins us now. angela, i don't know about you, but the word that leaps to mind is entitled
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judgement. yes >> yes. well, we know, harry and entitlement , don't we? i mean, entitlement, don't we? i mean, he hasn't quite realised that he's not on the same level as he was two, three years ago, but i studied the last time that he came over and every time he came comes over. but i don't think people actually know exactly what it is and what he wants is top policeman to look after him. >> 24 over seven and what the royal what the other side want is that he is only protected when he does something to do with the royal family. some particular event. then he is. but if he's going around seeing friends and making rude noises about the royal family, he isn't protected. he can get his own protection and pay for that, which is often hard to do. but
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he doesn't want anybody who's not absolutely at the top. now the thing is, if they let harry do it as he's not a member of the royal family in the same way, then all sorts of people are going to come after it. heads of companies , people who heads of companies, people who come from abroad and on a visit and actually there won't be anybody left on the street it because they'll all be looking after for, you know, big numbers of high grade people. and so they don't want to do that. and i think that that's actually perfectly reasonable. he can get good protection officers, but he's not going to get the best. he moans that he's not getting the best because they know what's coming on. they know all they got better intelligence than for him. but i don't think he can say he deserves the better intel evidence anymore. it got to move on. and i don't think anybody wants this, you know, not just for him , but also know, not just for him, but also for meghan and for the two children. they want separate
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protection officers , and that's protection officers, and that's going to cost us an enormous amount of money. and i don't think they particularly want to do that . do that. >> well, angela, it has to be said gb news went out and about in birmingham today and we put this to the great british public. can rely on public. you can always rely on them, the salt of the them, especially the salt of the earth brummies and not single earth brummies and not a single one felt that harry one of them felt that harry deserved full treatment. and deserved the full treatment. and i to you, angela. he's i put this to you, angela. he's not top royal not even a top drawer royal anymore, so should he expect not even a top drawer royal any drawero should he expect not even a top drawer royal any drawer security ould he expect not even a top drawer royal any drawer security ?jld he expect not even a top drawer royal any drawer security ? he he expect not even a top drawer royal any drawer security ? he well,3ect top drawer security? he well, i think one reason is because he wants us to pay for his when wherever he goes around the world to have that sort of protection . protection. >> and i think it's just greedy . >> and i think it's just greedy. and he can't expect that he can't. he also feels that it puts him off coming to london. i don't think anybody would mind that at all. and if he does come for an event, he will be looked after . otherwise it's up to for an event, he will be looked after. otherwise it's up to him. he has to take second or third
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degree protection officers. >> well, angela levin, thank you for joining us. and i think the forjoining us. and i think the british taxpayer would rather put all this money towards the world's smallest violin and to play world's smallest violin and to play it for harry and say, sorry, mate, you decided to leave the royal family. you cleared off to america. you're not really one of the inner circle anymore . why should circle anymore. why should you deserve the full bells and whistles paid for by us mugs? the taxpayer? let's move on. let's get more on the news that we few minutes ago now. we broke a few minutes ago now. and arrested on and a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the stabbing of a woman in aberfan in south wales this morning. and let's speak now to our reporter jack coulson, who's live in aberfan. jack what's the latest ? jack what's the latest? >> yeah, the latest , of course, >> yeah, the latest, of course, martin, in the last few minutes, of course, that the south wales police have arrested a 28 year old man from from mother on suspicion of attempted murder. they say he's currently in police custody. of course , at police custody. of course, at this, they believe, is the only suspect this
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suspect that's involved in this attack of a 29 year old believed to be pregnant woman this morning here on moy road in aberfan. it happened just after 9:00 when police were called here to the incident. reports of loud screaming of a woman trying to take her child to school as well. we'd we'd heard and spoken, of course, to residents here for the last few hours since i've been here particularly. and they were saying that because of the fact that someone still on the that someone was still on the run, police were still run, that the police were still driving around this area with armed units as well as, of course, unmarked police cars trying the suspect. trying to find the suspect. there woman said that there were one woman said that she was absolutely petrified, not also that not only for her, but also that her boys, her children were petrified as well. of petrified as well. but of course, it'll be very , very course, it'll be very, very reassuring to this community who describe have describe themselves and have described really close knit afternoon as really close knit and how shocked they are at this incident just happening in incident just happening here in a place like this, that they'll be very reassured , of course, be very reassured, of course, that this suspect has been that this suspect has now been arrested suspicion of arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. now six schools had gone into lockdown
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as well, on the advice of south wales police. they'd put in lockdown procedures , measures lockdown procedures, measures including, of course, closing the one point, one the gates. at one point, one resident that her children resident said that her children had been told to hide under the desks, of course those desks, but of course those schools, as the have gone schools, as the day have gone on, released out of on, have been released out of that of course, when that lockdown. of course, when police have obviously were, as we getting closer we now realise, getting closer and closer to catching the suspect involved. those those suspect involved. so those those schools been released schools have now been released from the lockdown. those children able to leave from the lockdown. those chil
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john cleese sundays on. gb news. >> welcome back. 447 you're watching or listening to me? martin daubney on gb news now at 5:00, i'll have the latest from rwanda, where james cleverly has taken the uk one step closer. he says, to sending migrants to africa. but let's look ahead now to a huge couple of days at the covid inquiry. after being used as a human punch bag by the likes of dominic cummings. finally boris johnson will get to give his side of the story. he's expected to apologise for the government's initial response, admitting it took too long to realise how serious the virus was. but will it also be the chance for boris to redeem himself ? the chance for boris to redeem himself? well, i'm joined now by gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. good afternoon, nigel. always a pleasure. they've been queuing up to put the boot into boris from the very, very beginning of this inquiry. he was bamboozled
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by the science. they called him the trolley. he changed direction. so often he was his skill set was the wrong crisis for his skill set. skill set was the wrong crisis for his skill set . but boris was for his skill set. but boris was always a bit more of a libertarian towards lockdowns and the benefit of hindsight, might that be something he can play? play play on? can boris redeem himself at the covid inquiry ? inquiry? >> well , he's inquiry? >> well, he's certainly going to try to . i mean, at the moment, try to. i mean, at the moment, the covid inquiry is not meant to be about about blaming anybody. the whole point of it is to learn lessons from what happened.so is to learn lessons from what happened. so we can deal with another pandemic better in the future. what are the politicians have been doing is just that, blaming each other so if boris johnson will have an awful lot of questions he needs to answer . of questions he needs to answer. but yes, i mean, he will defend himself on the basis of especially that first lockdown. matt hancock said last week it came three weeks too late when
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it actually arrived on march the 23rd, 2020. now reports are suggesting that boris's argument is going to be well, actually, i was following the science and the scientists were telling me that the important thing to deal with covid was to give the population herd immunity. he and the scientists themselves were sceptical about whether people would obey a lockdown anyway . would obey a lockdown anyway. >> so i wonder, nigel, if the wrong questions are being asked at this inquiry because they're scrambling over, we should have locked down sooner or harder and with more severity and that seems to be the echo from the labour party, from the liberal democrats, from the green party that was political unanimity on this. but boris at times did stand alone as a standard bearer of a more swedish style approach. he wasn't always subtle . and why destroy the subtle. and why destroy the economy for people who will die anyway? isn't the best way of putting it. but i wonder nigel,
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if with that benefit of hindsight , there might be hindsight, there might be a chance for him to say, well, you know, i was following the science, but actually i made some of the bigger calls right? >> well, yes, i mean, certainly that's what he's going to argue . that's what he's going to argue. i mean, the whole question of lockdowns was at beginning lockdowns was at the beginning of pandemic , nick, we knew of the pandemic, nick, we knew so little about it. and broadly, the kind of mitigations we were putting in place were the very same that we've had for hundreds of years . so it was lockdowns, of years. so it was lockdowns, it was travel restrictions, it was masks . the masks probably was masks. the masks probably didn't work terribly well . so didn't work terribly well. so that's what they started off with. the question really is not whether or not you should have locked down, but whether or not we actually it too late. we actually did it too late. and as result, were lives at as a result, there were lives at risk , were lost because of that . risk, were lost because of that. now, i mean, we often cite the situation in sweden , which is situation in sweden, which is a bit different from us because although they didn't lock down as such , what they did do is as such, what they did do is observe social distancing . and observe social distancing. and the difference basically was to
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do much the same thing , but do much the same thing, but trust the swedes, the swedes , to trust the swedes, the swedes, to do it with their own common sense. i think the swedes even have a word for it. >> and nigel, do you think that there's a i mean, look, there's a chance? i mean, look, you say hasn't about you say this hasn't been about the game , but to a lot of the blame game, but to a lot of people watching, certainly on gb news, has felt like the news, it has felt like the political of political public execution of bofis political public execution of boris career on the boris johnson's career on the tail of partygate that he tail end of partygate that he was seen as somebody who was thrown to wolves, the party, thrown to the wolves, the party, to be fair, a spiral to oblivion . since he left . he's out of . since he left. he's out of politics for the moment, but the party looks in peril . might he party looks in peril. might he use the covid inquiry in the next couple of days to reposition himself as a future saviour . saviour. >> yeah, i mean, again , that's >> yeah, i mean, again, that's certainly that is what boris johnson's going to want to do . johnson's going to want to do. and when it comes to the various parties at downing street, i doubt that will play a major part in the inquiry because it's not really part of the of the lessons learning exercise wise. so yes, i mean, boris's job over
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the next two days is to try and exonerate himself from the blame that others have heaped on him, whether fairly or unfairly, but also he has got to answer some of the questions that have come up.andi of the questions that have come up. and i think that the first one is going to be the matt hancock one about whether or not lockdown came too late. you've then got to he's then got to answer why people went from hospital into care homes without being tested for covid first. that probably cost 27,000 lives. eat out to help out which the scientists say they were never consulted on. all these are questions he's got to answer and the whole purpose is right at the whole purpose is right at the end of all this, when the inquiry finally reports we should have some kind of blueprint for any future pandemic fix so we don't get in quite the same muddle as we got in this one. >> and nigel, briefly, michael gove said, sorry, but fair. few people otherwise otherwise have sorry seems to be the hardest word. boris is going to say.
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sorry will that be enough . sorry will that be enough. >> well, i mean, i think that it's quite right. he apologises for the mistakes that were made . for the mistakes that were made. it's for the inquiry to judge whether or not those mistakes could have been avoided, given how little we knew at the beginning. but yes, i think that an apology is due to the nation for what went wrong and those things that went wrong that actually did cost lives, that neednt actually did cost lives, that needn't have been lost . needn't have been lost. >> okay. nigel nelson, we're going to have to leave it there. thanks joining us. thanks forjoining us. a dramatic couple of days ahead, that's for now my that's for sure. now my colleague is, of colleague nigel farage is, of course, in course, currently starring in i'm and the king of i'm a celebrity and the king of brexit wants to become the king of the jungle. here's message of the jungle. here's a message for you to vote for you asking you to vote remain. >> no, seriously , vote for me to >> no, seriously, vote for me to remain in the jungle. now. the easiest way to do it is to get the i'm a celebrity app that gives you five free votes , or gives you five free votes, or you can phone or text . you can phone or text. >> now, if you do want to
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gb news way. >> good afternoon. it's 5:00. i'm martin dalby. welcome to gb news. i'm keeping you company for the next hour. we've got loads more to come in a juicy action packed menu top story vastly more robust. that's what home secretary james cleverly is calling the rwanda deal. he signed today in the east african nation. but the big question is with the lords, the lawyers , the with the lords, the lawyers, the lefties and the liberals queuing up to take it down, is this worth the paper? it's written off. we'll have the full analysis on this story. next up , analysis on this story. next up, analysis on this story. next up, a man has been arrested on attempted murder. suspicion of attempted murder. suspicion of attempted murder. suspicion of attempted murder in aberfan , attempted murder in aberfan, wales, after earlier this morning. he stabbed a 29 year old woman who was pregnant. we'll have the full, full update on that story later in the hour. and next. sadiq khan has been
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criticised for massaging nine crime figures earlier today , he crime figures earlier today, he claimed knife crime had fell since he became london mayor in 2016. but the office for national statistics quickly said actually, knife crime has gone up actually, knife crime has gone ”p by actually, knife crime has gone up by a whopping 40. what's going on? we'll speak to a london assembly member for the full inside story. and of course, this final hour will be nothing without mr brexit, who is now on track to become the king of the jungle after nelly, the woke winger, was kicked out last night. your country needs you to help nigel become the king of the jungle. that's all coming up in this next hour. vastly more robust is what james cleverly is calling rwanda . but cleverly is calling rwanda. but to be fair, the last treaty was about as robust as a chocolate teapot. will this wash ? will it teapot. will this wash? will it get through? the lords? will it
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get through? the lords? will it get through? the lords? will it get through the commons even we'll have the full detail on that in this next hour. plus sadiq khan, what's going on? has he been telling porkies on knife crime that's all coming crime stats? that's all coming up news up after your latest news headunes up after your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst i >> -- >> martin thank you and good afternoon to you. let's bring you up to date with events from aberfan in south wales today. a 28 year old man, police tell us, has now been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the stabbing of a 29 year old woman in the town in the early on this morning. a pregnant woman was subjected to a knife attack on the pavement and the victim was taken to hospital. she is believed to be in a stable condition. her wounds are not thought to be life threatening. schoolchildren, we understand, have collected by have now been collected by parents after parents and carers after previously going into lockdown. here's what some eyewitnesses said happened . said happened. >> i ran towards some silly but
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i didn't. >> i froze at first. >> i froze at first. >> i froze at first. >> i didn't know what to do. it's just this is a quiet, quiet village. nothing. you know, nothing happens . everything. nothing happens. everything. everyone is quite so i run to go help and then called for the ambulance and the police schools gone on lockdown so the head teacher wouldn't get a message till like hour past two or something. >> so it was safe to, like, go out . and i was all my friends in out. and i was all my friends in in dinner worried about what was going to happen because i read in wales online there, the street when i was sitting down like close in well , we street when i was sitting down like close in well, we are expecting a statement from police in about half an hour. >> we'll bring you that live right here, gb news. now, the home secretary says he is uncomfortable with some of the criticism being directed at rwanda as he unveiled today a new asylum treaty. it's understood new british laws are to be expedited through
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parliament, declaring rwanda a safe country for the processing of asylum seekers arriving in the uk. james cleverly praised rwanda for being part of the british solution in under has now established a strong reputation for the humane and professional administration of refugees and migrants. >> this is something understood by the uk and the multi lateral community. the treaty that we signed today builds on that joint work . it takes the joint work. it takes the positive professional attitude that you and your governments display and allies. it with the work that the uk is doing to ensure our that we break the business model of those evil people smuggling gangs. james cleverly speaking in kigali, the
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capital of rwanda this morning . capital of rwanda this morning. >> now here in the uk, junior doctors in england are set to go on strike again. in fact, it's going to be the biggest, longest strike in nhs history after talks with the government about pay talks with the government about pay broke down, ministers and representatives from the british medical association, their union have been locked in negotiations for five weeks now, trying to find a solution to the dispute . find a solution to the dispute. the bma says the government's offer to pay increase of 3, which it says amounts to a pay cut for many doctors. the first walkout s are due to start across england from 7 am. on the 20th of december. the high court's been hearing today that the impact of a successful attack on the duke of sussex should have been considered when his security arrangements were changed in 2020. prince harry was stripped of special protections normally afforded to royals when he stepped back from his role and moved to the united states. his lawyers say a failure, though, to carry out a
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full risk analysis meant the prince was treated in an unlawful and unfair way when he was provided with a weaker kind of security whilst visiting the uk . relatives of victims of the uk. relatives of victims of the infected blood scandal have delivered a letter to downing street today. they're calling for action now from the government after mps voted last night in favour of speeding up compensation payments. one of the victims of the scandal, richard warwick, told gb news about his experience . about his experience. >> it's dreadful living with the three viruses. luckily i did manage to clear hep c in 2015, but i mean , yeah, it's just but i mean, yeah, it's just affected every part of my life. um things like mortgages and insurance . it's just been just insurance. it's just been just been awful. of course, losing too many friends and people that, you know as well around richard warwick , male to female
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richard warwick, male to female trans gender prisoners who've previously harmed women and girls won't be held in female prisons in scotland . prisons in scotland. >> a new policy set out by the scottish prison service will take an individualised approach , take an individualised approach, it says, to housing transgender people . it means some prisoners people. it means some prisoners will initially be placed in male prisons until more information is known about whether they should be housed in accordance with their chosen gender. scotland's justice secretary says the policy supports the rights of transgender people, but also the welfare of prisoners and staff . climate prisoners and staff. climate news and we're hearing the previous decade has been the hottest on record with polar and mount an ice melting at unprecedented rates. that's according to the united nations climate agency. they say the antarctic ice sheet lost nearly 75% more ice between 2011 and 2020 than it did in the ten years beforehand . the hottest years beforehand. the hottest years beforehand. the hottest years of the decade were 2016
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and 2020. and it looks like most people are heading for christmas on a budget this year with spending down despite black friday uk retail sales increased by just 2.7% for november. that's a significant drop on last year's figures . but the last year's figures. but the numbers aren't adjusted for inflation either, masking a likely drop in the number of sales. once higher prices are taken into account . you're with taken into account. you're with gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. let's get more now from . martin from. martin >> thank you, polly. and 2016 one of the hottest years on record, no doubt the un will blame brexit. so let's move on. we start with a huge step forward in the government's attempts to send migrants to rwanda. secretary, rwanda. the home secretary, james has signed a james cleverly, has signed a fresh east fresh treaty with the east african country as they try to get the stalled asylum deal off the cleverly says the
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the ground. cleverly says the agreement will help the government business government smash the business model of people smuggling gangs. >> the has now established a strong reputation in for the humane and professional administration nation of refugees and migrants. this is something understood by the uk and the multilateral . community and the multilateral. community the treaty that we signed today builds on that joint work. it takes the positive professional attitude that you and your government display and allies it with the work that the uk is doing to ensure that we break the business model of those evil people smuggling gangs. we want to make sure that that people can live in safety and prosperity . and that is why in prosperity. and that is why in addition to the migration
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element of this partnership, the economic development part is incredibly important . we incredibly important. we recognise that people will understandably move away from conflict and from famine and therefore it is in all our interest . it's to address these interest. it's to address these long term drivers of mass migration action. but we should also make it clear that those people coming to the uk should do so through safe and legal routes and that those who put themselves in the hands of people smuggling gangs will not be able to remain in the uk. >> okay. james cleverly is now the third home secretary to go to rwanda. of course, priti patel, suella braverman and now to rwanda. of course, priti patcleverly.1 braverman and now to rwanda. of course, priti patcleverly. and verman and now to rwanda. of course, priti patcleverly. and yetnan and now to rwanda. of course, priti patcleverly. and yet preciselyiow mr cleverly. and yet precisely zero asylum seekers have been deported to date. well, i'm joined now by our political edhoh joined now by our political editor, christopher hope. chris, he's calling it a vastly more
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robust am i being a cynic when i just say this feels like the same old ground hog day and sure, as night follows day, the lords, the liberals , the lords, the liberals, the lefties, the lawyers will be queuing up to take it down. well what's happened today is of course the government's agreed a treaty with rwanda to ensure that anyone's sent there from the uk arriving here illegally is treated with dignity. >> so there are measures brought in place in this treaty. are being through the detail here for gb news saying there for gb news viewers saying there that they'll enhance the functions of his independent monitoring committee. eight strong there'll be they'll look at reception conditions the processing of asylum claims and the treatment and support for individuals going through the system will continue for five years after they've been through it. a duty of care there. there'll legal representation it. a duty of care there. theconfidentialnl representation it. a duty of care there. theconfidential complaintsition for confidential complaints system a new appeal body for system and a new appeal body for in the rwandan appeals system money. the uk government is clearly going to offer some money to help support this new way of dealing with illegally
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arrived migrants being being processed there are they discuss a financial arrangement in the small print of the treaty . now small print of the treaty. now they're very clear that the home office there is no money changing hands for agreeing between the uk and rwanda, but they agreeing to some form they are agreeing to some form of it to ensure that the costs of it to ensure that the costs of this are covered by the uk. james cleverly thinks there's an unambiguous way to deal with this problem. he's been uncomfortable, he says, with the criticism of rwanda . many on the criticism of rwanda. many on the left don't like the idea of it. those on the right like the idea of it. it's going to work and of it. if it's going to work and that will be the proof will be in the pudding when the first flights take off. what we're waiting the government waiting for from the government yet emergency yet to see it is this emergency legislation that will mean that elements rights elements of the human rights act may apply elements of the human rights act may apply to those arriving may not apply to those arriving in boats . will that apply in small boats. will that apply for asylum claims or just for all asylum claims or just those arriving on small boats? or will it be a vote in the commons to make clear that rwanda is a safe country? that is issue in westminster is the key issue in westminster right now. it not discussed
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right now. it was not discussed in cabinet today, just the treaty . there are mps meeting treaty. there are mps meeting right now in parliament to discuss respond to this discuss how to respond to this and will it go far enough? what many a proxy of reining many see as a proxy of reining in the power of the strasbourg judges that can control the law in this country? that is not what many think they voted for back in 2016 when they voted to take back control of our laws and our borders. the fact that the echr court in strasbourg can say this deal is not going to work with rwanda a year and a half later, 60,000 people arrived in small boats. not one has been sent back to rwanda. so that's the idea. but right now, mps are meeting on the back benches to discuss this very matter. the new conservative group the have joined forces with the european research group of tory mps along with the common sense group. all these all this they are the kind of awkward squad of tory mps who don't want to necessarily roll over and agree with what the government is saying and want to
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view what they want, what they're hearing for themselves is will be a is how that turns out will be a big because they come big deal because if they come out whole the out against this whole the emergency legislation, it won't get won't even get get passed, go it won't even get to the of because to the house of lords because labour down as well. >> well, if that happens, it will war. then the will be civil war. then the conservative will to conservative party will have to work guys got work out the guys that got brexit they and brexit done. will they try and get rwanda or will they try get rwanda done or will they try and get rishi we'll have and get rishi done? we'll have to see. chopper to wait and see. chopper briefly, you bet briefly, if we could. you bet rishi pint beer, rishi sunak a pint of beer, a single pint beer. £155 single pint of beer. £155 million has been spent on million so far has been spent on the rwanda plan. that's an expensive beer. do you think there's any chance of you losing that bet with rishi sunak? or will a single soul asylum will not a single soul asylum seeker land in rwanda before the next general election ? next general election? >> so i asked that very question for you, martin, knowing you'd asked me on air today, will these boats, will these planes still take off in the spring next year when the pm, mr sunak, has said they would ? yes, they has said they would? yes, they will. said, well, i think will. they said, well, i think my pint of beer safe. i can't my pint of beer is safe. i can't see happening before may. but see it happening before may. but the hope will the government can hope it will do. if the election is
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do. i think if the election is later next year towards christmas year, christmas next year, there's a better chance . yes. to fair better chance. yes. to be fair to the government, though, this is an which the labour is an idea which the labour would and if it works, would reverse and if it works, it the tories a chance it does give the tories a chance to the election on point to fight the election on a point of differentiation with the labour touring get labour party vote. touring get this rwanda plan, vote labour and you don't. and if rwanda is working it might quite hard working, it might be quite hard for to reverse it. for labour to reverse it. >> chris hope superb >> okay, chris hope superb update £155 million. that's an expensive pint. even in westminster . now expensive pint. even in westminster. now moving on, i'm joined now by the trade unionist and broadcaster paul emery. you may recognise paul, of course , may recognise paul, of course, as on dewbs& co as a regular guest on dewbs& co a superb mind. paul i would call you somebody from the left who has the guts to tackle issues like brexit, the denigration of the working classes and in particular the impact of immigration at a huge rate. your book despise why the modern left loathes the working classes i think is an excellent, excellent analysis of what happened and why the left got it so wrong. focusing on rwanda. now, we just heard from chris hope. no great
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surprise as the labour party are expected to vote against this. how out of touch do you think the labour party are still with the labour party are still with the working classes on immigration? ian well, thank you for that kind introduction . for that kind introduction. >> first, martin, i think that large elements of the labour party and the wider labour movement, including including the trade unions , are still not the trade unions, are still not in tune with the mass of working people in terms of their concerns over mass immigration. the left has changed significantly on this issue over the last i would say, around 30 years. once upon a time, most people in the labour movement understood that the labour supply was a market dynamic which, like all market dynamics, needed to be regulated , weighted needed to be regulated, weighted so as to allow the government to plan around welfare and jobs and housing and so on, and to make sure there wasn't undue pressure on wages and actually the open borders position was traditionally really a fringe position held by trotskyists and
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anarchists and people on the far left . now that's almost reversed left. now that's almost reversed and if you hold true to that tradition position of saying, look, we need strong border controls, we need control of the labour supply, you're looked upon as some sort of relic or some sort of rabid nativist within the labour movement. and the reality is that the movement itself is still completely out of touch with many people on this issue . this issue. >> paul a lot of people who are labour voters historically voted for the conservative party in the red wall in 2019, and a lot of people will be expecting those votes, perhaps to go back to the labour but if they to the labour party. but if they don't honestly early on, to the labour party. but if they don kind honestly early on, to the labour party. but if they don kind oronestly early on, to the labour party. but if they don kind of topics/ early on, to the labour party. but if they don kind of topics that ly on, to the labour party. but if they don kind of topics that your, to the labour party. but if they don kind of topics that you talk the kind of topics that you talk honestly example, you honestly on, for example, you talk about brexit, you talk about the impact of immigration on sweden, country that's been on sweden, a country that's been rapidly, changed. and you rapidly, vastly changed. and you talk radical talk about the impact of radical islam , but these are things that islam, but these are things that are very, very rare for those on the political left to talk about. why are they scared? well the issue the issue around sweden and i wrote about this on
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my substack column last week, it's a major lesson, frankly, in how not to do it. >> now, as you know, martin, sweden was always very much the poster boy, really for the left in terms of , poster boy, really for the left in terms of, you poster boy, really for the left in terms of , you know, poster boy, really for the left in terms of, you know, a progressive social democrat society, a society party that was at ease with itself. and so on.and was at ease with itself. and so on. and then from about 2015, there was a very significant wave of immigration from places like iraq and syria and afghanistan . an and has really afghanistan. an and has really impacted on that social solidarity. you've seen a violent crime wave. you've seen gang warfare . you've seen sweden gang warfare. you've seen sweden now rise to the top of the charts in terms of fatal shootings when it was once , you shootings when it was once, you know, near the bottom of the charts . and it seems to me that charts. and it seems to me that many people on the left presented with this fact , these presented with this fact, these facts, presented with this evidence , just shy away and bury evidence, just shy away and bury their heads the sand say, their heads in the sand and say, we want discuss we don't really want to discuss that well, in doing that anymore. well, in doing that, you're an that, i think you're doing an injustice voters . injustice to ordinary voters. and i think you're impugning your own integrity because you show that actually you're not
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serious about having an honest debate the facts and on the debate on the facts and on the evidence. and sweden should be spoken about. it should be spoken about. it should be spoken consistently , but spoken about consistently, but there's radio silence there's almost radio silence on it that's really unhealthy . it. and that's really unhealthy. >> that and another thing that you talk about is the impact on british streets of the israel hamas war and the seeming radicalisation of the political left has become another huge wedge issue. it just seems to me to working class voters that consistently the labour party take the side of courting anybody who objects to anything they say far right racist bigots. this has to stop. surely >> well, it seems to me, and this is troubling, that we've almost become inured to the attacks by islamist terrorists. you know, once upon a time it would have been a significant giant story . you know, whenever giant story. you know, whenever there was an attack, they would have been major political commentary. and debate around it. would been asking it. we would have been asking ourselves searching questions about why these things are happening. you know, there happening. but you know, there was at eiffel tower, as
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was one at the eiffel tower, as we know last week. and there was a of attack. a british victim of that attack. and could see, it and so far as i could see, it was in and out of the news pretty quickly. the coverage was fleeting. any fleeting. there was barely any political and political commentary on it. and it's almost if we've become it's almost as if we've become accustomed these accustomed to seeing these attacks. and it goes to the heart , really, of questions heart, really, of questions about integration and assimilation. too many assimilation. that, too many people in the upper echelons of our society commentariat our society and the commentariat simply want discuss. simply don't want to discuss. i'm not anti—islam . i think, you i'm not anti—islam. i think, you know, respects, islam know, in many respects, islam has a lot to teach us. but at its extreme, it is dangerous and its extreme, it is dangerous and it is threatening. and it seems that too few people are willing to have a serious to admit that and have a serious debate about it. >> well, paul emery, great stuff. that earned stuff. and that has earned you the paul is one of the praise. paul emery is one of the praise. paul emery is one of the interesting and the most interesting and insightful voices the most interesting and insightfiemerged voices the most interesting and insightfiemerged in voices the most interesting and insightfiemerged in british es to have emerged in british journalism from douglas murray, no less. well done, mate, and thanks on show thanks for coming on the show today. thanks for coming on the show today . now, news today. now, gb news investigation has revealed that ex—convicts, including at least three sex offenders, were changing their names to evade a court order restrictions on martin daubney on gb news and this is britain's news channel .
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that i knew had dewbs& co weeknights from . six weeknights from. six >> welcome back. it's 524. you're watching or listening to me. martin daubney on gb news. now, later this hour, find out why sadiq khan has been criticised for claiming knife crime in london as falling clue. it isn't. plus they'll tell you how you can help nigel farage
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become the king of the jungle. now gb news investigation has found allegations that sex offenders can dodge their public protection restrictions by changing their names when applying for work. a whistleblower said that in one case, he had no power to stop a paedophile from using an alias. when seeking support from a job centre. charlie peters has this exclusive gb news report . exclusive gb news report. >> when a prisoner is released, they are offered support to get a job and get their life back on track . serious offenders are put track. serious offenders are put under severe restrictions on where they can work and who they can work with and their monitored to protect the public and avoid re—offending . yet and avoid re—offending. yet astonishingly , gb news has astonishingly, gb news has learnt that former convicts are able to change their names when applying for work , making it applying for work, making it difficult for employers to learn about their criminal past and convictions . the national convictions. the national
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probation service works with job centres like this one in oxford to monitor convicts as they support their return to work and its staff here and at other job centres who have told gb news that ex—convict , including at that ex—convict, including at least three sex offenders, were able to dodge restrictions by using an alias when applying for work . mark is using an alias when applying for work. mark is a using an alias when applying for work . mark is a former civil work. mark is a former civil servant who recently told us about how his job centre was mismanaging dangerous ex—offenders . but in new claims , ex—offenders. but in new claims, he has told us about how the probation service had sent his job centre a file on a dangerous ex—prisoner using their alias . ex—prisoner using their alias. >> so that meant that when the offender went to the job centre there was no intelligence on file for them. it's all under a different name so they could get work or devices with no restrictions in place . restrictions in place. >> in one case, a sex offender who had searched for victims on social media was able to change his name on their dwp account.
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despite not being a repeat offender . in another scandal, offender. in another scandal, mark said he had no power to stop a paedophile who had raped a 15 year old girl from changing his name to a female name , which his name to a female name, which meant that any future employer could now miss vital intelligence. >> this child rapist, despite decided that they wanted to become a woman , they could have become a woman, they could have changed their name and it would not have matched the name for their restrictions . their restrictions. >> when mark contacted the national probation service to raise the alarm about an alias case, the response he got back from an officer was, wow , you from an officer was, wow, you definitely have wells of patience to go through all that. the government is calling for a change in the law to stop sex offenders being able to enjoy their freedom with a new identity . identity. >> the government will also bnng >> the government will also bring forward amendments to the bill to restrict the ability of registered sex offenders to change their names in certain
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circumstance cases. circumstance cases. >> circumstance cases. >> mark said that he was overseas around 170 former prisoners returning to the workplace following their release, of which 50 were considered a risk and had restrictions . he admits that he restrictions. he admits that he has no idea how many were using an alias, potentially escaping their monitoring and employment restrictions . mark contacted restrictions. mark contacted senior civil servants about a strategy to bypass this problem by searching for claimants using their national insurance number, which cannot be changed. >> this initiative was implemented only months later. it vanished , but it had been it vanished, but it had been acknowledged this tool was needed and for reasons unknown , needed and for reasons unknown, it was removed . it was removed. >> charlie peters gb news oxford i >> -- >> well, a deeply concerning story and a spokesperson for the
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ministry of justice told us this. the uk some of the toughest powers in the world to deal with sex offenders and those managed on licence must gain permission from the probation service before taking up any jobs. they must inform the relevant authorities if they change their name and face recall to prison. if they fail to do so. what a superb piece of journalism once again there from charlie peters, who now joins me live in the studio . charlie, live in the studio. charlie, this follows on from a report you did around about a month ago. and to you then i'll ago. and i said to you then i'll say on earth can say it again, how on earth can this on? this go on? >> that is the big >> well, that is the big question, we have question, because we have uncovered failures uncovered several grave failures with latest our with this latest report. our whistleblower that sex whistleblower claiming that sex offenders , murderers, violent offenders, murderers, violent and sexual offenders, in fact , and sexual offenders, in fact, sometimes joint these dangerous ex—prisoners can apply for work dodging their restrictions by changing their name on the dwp account. i just want to take up to the back of that news report we've put together there where our whistleblower mark, said that he actually introduced a new initiative to deal with this
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problem whereby people inside the job centre and the national probation service could search for offenders , they could search for offenders, they could search for offenders, they could search for their details all the intelligence on them by using their national insurance number. now our whistleblower and several others at this oxford job centre have told us that the internal searching tool they had was insufficient . it just didn't was insufficient. it just didn't work. it didn't do the job. so they introduced a new one and it was introduced and we've seen correspondence from other work coaches, people on the coalface in the job centre who say that this was a great tool and made a big difference. when you search by the national insurance number, you've got the information about the offender , information about the offender, but for reasons unknown that tool after for a couple of a couple of months, it vanished. what's now ? who knows? what's going on now? who knows? >> it's going to be said, charlie. you hardly to be a charlie. you hardly have to be a criminal just to criminal mastermind just to change name change your name and get a different insurance if different insurance number. if you're paedophile, you're a paedophile, a rapist, this is the basic fail that this is the most basic fail that the can possibly the public service can possibly commit. what's going to happen?
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>> the ministry of justice >> well, the ministry of justice are adamant that policy is are adamant that the policy is that offender or that whenever an ex offender or someone with licensing restrictions changes their name on their dwp account, restrictions changes their name on their dwp account , then on their dwp account, then nothing actually takes effect until a work coach sees some legal proof in a face to face appointment and they then secure that change. however, we've seen compelling testimony and evidence which really puts that policy to bed. actually, it shows that this does not work. and what actually is being reported on the ground from civil servants and work coaches deaung civil servants and work coaches dealing with these ex offenders and these dangerous ex prisoners, is that what really happens is they can change their name and goes on the system name and it goes on the system immediately. all they see is the new name, the old one goes away forever. and immediately, as soon that's done, you break soon as that's done, you break the link with the intelligence and the restrictions. and when that who knows what that happens, who knows what could could could happen next. you could have situation a have a situation where a sex offender applying for work or offender is applying for work or getting devices they just shouldn't have. >> charlie peters, astonishing story. done . great
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story. well done. great journalism. please it up . journalism. please keep it up. great stuff. nil gb news great stuff. nil the gb news exclusive . okay. lots exclusive. okay. there's lots more come between now more still to come between now and 6:00, get reaction to and 6:00, we'll get reaction to sadiq slapped down sadiq khan being slapped down over claims that he made that knife . crime in has knife. crime in london has fallen . clue it hasn't. but fallen. clue it hasn't. but first, there's your latest news headunes first, there's your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst i >> -- >> martin, thank you. well the top stories this hour. a 28 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the stabbing of a 29 year old woman in aberfan in south wales this morning . the south wales this morning. the pregnant woman was subjected to a knife attack there. the victim was taken to hospital. she's stable . her wounds are not stable. her wounds are not thought to be life threatening. we are expecting a statement to be read out by chief inspector rob miles outside merthyr tydfil police station at around well , police station at around well, any moment now, they'll give an update as to what's happened in in in aberfan this morning
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following the arrest of that 28 year old man on suspicion of attempted murder. we'll come back to that, of course, as soon as that press conference starts. in meantime , let me tell you in the meantime, let me tell you about secretary who about the home secretary who says he's uncomfortable with some criticism directed some of the criticism directed at has he unveiled a new at rwanda. has he unveiled a new asylum today ? it's asylum treaty today? it's understood new british laws are expected to be expedited through parliament, declaring rwanda a safe country for the processing of asylum seekers arriving in the uk . james cleverly praised the uk. james cleverly praised rwanda for being part of the british solution and junior doctors in england are set to stage the longest strike in nhs history after talks with the government broke down. ministers and representatives from the british medical association have been locked negotiations for been locked in negotiations for five trying to find five weeks trying to find a resolution to the dispute. the bma says the government has offered 3, but that is a pay cut for many doctors. the first walkouts are due to start across england on 7 am. on the 20th of december for and the high court has been told today that the
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impact of a successful attack , impact of a successful attack, as it puts it, on the duke of sussex, should have been considered when his security arrangements were changed in 2020. prince harry was stripped of special protections normally afforded to royals when he moved to the united states. his lawyers failure, though, lawyers say a failure, though, to out a full risk to carry out a full risk analysis meant he was treated in analysis meant he was treated in an unlawful and unfair way. when he was provided with a weaker kind of security while visiting the uk. more on all those stories by heading to our website, gbnews.com . website, gbnews.com. >> for a valuable legacy, your family can own gold coins will always shine bright roslyn gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report a snapshot of today's markets for you now and the pound buying you 1.25, nine $5 and ,1.1674. >> the price of gold is
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£1,602.36 an ounce , and the ftse £1,602.36 an ounce, and the ftse 100 is closed for the day to day at 7489 points. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> thank you, polly. now, sadiq khan has been accused of making false claims about knife crime in london. the city's mayor said in london. the city's mayor said in july knife and gun crime in july that knife and gun crime , homicides and burglary of all fallen since 2016. but the office for national statistics announced that there had actually been a 40% increase in knife crime in the same period. so joining me now is tony devenish, who's a member of the london assembly to . try and make london assembly to. try and make some sense of this. tony, the london assembly's job is to try and hold city khan to account when he sees things that are inaccurate. this is one of those instances how get away instances how can he get away with it? and where is the truth
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in matter? in this matter? >> well, bang to rights >> well, he's bang to rights this because this not this time because this is not about conservative about me as a conservative london or you as london assembly member or you as a it saying that a journalist. it saying that he's this is an he's wrong. this is an independent statistical office that have said very clearly that he has lied . he has lied. >> and it's absolutely breathtakingly cynical . and breathtakingly cynical. and what's particularly cynical is when the figures were coming out from the regulated body , does from the regulated body, does the crime figures in july, he got his office to actually basically make this up. >> and he's now been caught by this independent and i stress independent body that we all have to adhere to . have to adhere to. >> and as a member of the police and crime committee on the london assembly, i have to say i watched mr khan very, very closely for a job. >> and i have done for seven years. >> but even by his standards, this is the most cynical. well, this is the most cynical. well, this is the most cynical. well, this is this is going right beyond spin and just telling it outright. damn right lie , frankly. >> so, tony, how did sadiq khan arrive at his statistic? because
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i as i understand it, he took a specific narrow tranche of knife crime data and that is injuries to the under 29 seconds. so he cherry picked the data, avoiding the bigger picture. well, that is manipulation of facts. >> absolutely. you know , the old >> absolutely. you know, the old saying lies , damned lies and saying lies, damned lies and sadiq khan statistics six. >> well, this is a typical example. >> i mean, he's done it on housing over the years. >> he's done it on transport. he's done it famously on ulez and the environment. >> when his own report says that the air quality isn't getting better but doing it on better with ulez but doing it on knife crime, probably one of the most pernicious violent crimes that anybody who's had a member of their family, a friend or anybody they know attacked with anybody they know attacked with a knife, it's not just for the victim , it's for the whole victim, it's for the whole community. it's shocking . and community. it's shocking. and you would think on something this important. he the police this important. he is the police and commissioner for london. >> remember , he has been mayor >> remember, he has been mayor for seven years, number one, responsible city for any mayor cross party, ken livingstone and
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bofis cross party, ken livingstone and boris johnson . boris johnson. >> and mr khan is to keep londoners safe. this is breathtaking . breathtaking. >> highly cynical. >> highly cynical. >> okay. well okay, tony, thanks for that. i'm afraid we have to move we have to move on now because we have to cut to a merthyr tydfil where south wales police police are giving a news conference the arrest conference following the arrest of 28 year old man on of a 28 year old man on suspicion of attempted murder in aberfan this morning. >> have >> armed officers have been carrying enquiries carrying out enquiries throughout trace him throughout the day to trace him this afternoon. >> a 28 year old local man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder . attempted murder. >> the man is known to the victim and is currently in police custody . police custody. >> i appreciate there will be a real sense of shock when the local community with the attack having happened broad having happened in broad daylight, schools daylight, local schools activated their lockdown protocols to keep people safe. >> neighbour officers have been in the area to ensure ensure pupils have been able to leave the school safely at the normal time. >> this was done as a precaution and schools will reopen tomorrow as normal . as normal. >> this was a targeted attack .
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>> this was a targeted attack. >> this was a targeted attack. >> the woman remains in hospital with injuries which are not believed to be life threatening at this time . at this time. >> i want to thank the local community and partners for their patience and support throughout today's police operation to trace and arrest the suspect . trace and arrest the suspect. thank you . thank you. >> and that was a news conference from merthyr tydfil, where south wales police, of course, have just given a news conference following the arrest of a 28 year old man on suspicion of attempted murder in aberfan. morning. the guy aberfan. this morning. the guy has been apprehended , a 29 year has been apprehended, a 29 year old woman who was pregnant is believed to be in a stable condition . no details yet, condition. no details yet, though, on the situation with the child. we can only hope that they are safe . okay. nigel they are safe. okay. nigel farage is still in. i'm a celebrity you can help him become the king of the jungle. i'm martin daubney on gb news. and this is britain's news channel
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john cleese sundays on. gb news. >> welcome back. it's 544. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now, before the break, i was talking about sadiq khan. london about sadiq khan. the london mayor accused making mayor has been accused of making false knife crime false claims about knife crime in london. the city's mayor said in london. the city's mayor said in july that knife and gun crime, homicides and burglary have all fallen since 2016. but the office for national statistics announced that there actually been a 40% rise in knife crime in the same period . knife crime in the same period. i was discussing that with tony devenish , who's a member of the devenish, who's a member of the london assembly , and it's his london assembly, and it's his job the london assembly to job on the london assembly to hold the mayor to account over this. and many other things. now, course, sadiq khan isn't now, of course, sadiq khan isn't here to defend himself . and what here to defend himself. and what actually happened in this instance is that khan instance is that sadiq khan selected a specific tranche of data which showed that injuries to those under 29 had decrease . to those under 29 had decrease. however, knife crime as a whole, which includes detection , stop which includes detection, stop and search the seizing of
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blades, everything bundled together was actually up 40. so sadiq khan isn't lying. but you could say this is manipulation of stats and it's tony devonshire's job to hold the mayor to account. and i wanted to ask him. we had to cut to a press conference in merthyr tydfil. of course, dramatic events there with stabbing events there with the stabbing of a 29 year old pregnant woman. but i wanted to him, does of a 29 year old pregnant woman. but i khand to him, does of a 29 year old pregnant woman. but i khan listen him, does of a 29 year old pregnant woman. but i khan listen , him, does of a 29 year old pregnant woman. but i khan listen , i've], does of a 29 year old pregnant woman. but i khan listen , i've seenes of a 29 year old pregnant woman. but i khan listen , i've seen so sadiq khan listen, i've seen so many of these london assembly meetings and there was one in february 2022, we had paul embery on the show earlier on and holding truth, speaking truth to power is a part of politics. and in february 2022, this was said to sadiq khan. black people in london make up 13% of the population , but 45% 13% of the population, but 45% of knife murder victims are black. 61% of knife murder perpetrators are black and 53% of knife crime perpetrators are also black. and these are
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inconvenient truths. but they are truths that we must talk about. because if we bury our headsin about. because if we bury our heads in the sands, we get nowhere. either of the london 28 years. my children are 14 and they're nine. i've had to talk to my kids about bunches of flowers tied to lampposts where people have been stabbed in my neighbourhood. i live in leafy south—east london. this happens on the streets, on mopeds . the on the streets, on mopeds. the other night i'm six foot three and nearly 16 stone. right. the other night two lads tried to mug train in peckham. mug me on a train in peckham. i'm if they're going i'm like, if they're going to have me, they're going have a go at me, they're going to a at anyone. what's to have a go at anyone. what's going london with this going on in london with this disrespect, this lack of law and order? it's a huge , huge order? i think it's a huge, huge talking point. and one that oftentimes politicians try and gloss over, brush away or weaponize against those who actually bring it up as well. you're a racist. you're far right. you're antagonistic. you're trying to divide communities . well, i would say communities. well, i would say this. if trying to stop this. if we're trying to stop young dying , how this. if we're trying to stop young dying, how is that young people dying, how is that divisive? that's the job of a police and crime commissioner. that's the job of the london
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mayor. all of us want the streets to be safer for our children , and we have to hold children, and we have to hold those in power to account. sometimes that means saying truths they may well find uncomfortable , but i'm afraid uncomfortable, but i'm afraid that has to be done. just my two pennies worth. let me know what you think on this issue. it's something that gets you really going gb news get in touch. going on. gb news get in touch. vaiews@gbnews.com. do you feel safe on the streets? do you think britain has changed? what's to blame ? what's what's to blame? what's happening? where does this disrespect come from? i did a story on the show last week of a school in the isle of sheppey where teachers are on strike because they're afraid of teenage lads taking knives into school and threatening teachers with knives. my mum was a teacher for 31 years. my missus is a teacher at nursery level. we have an epidemic of violent children who are attacking teachers and it's teachers jobs. now to be a punchbag something's
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drastically wrong with society if that's happening. and more to the point something's drastically wrong. if we're not allowed to talk about it, that's what we do. on gb news. please get in touch the usual way. vaiews@gbnews.com. now moving on. my colleague nigel farage is of course currently starring in i'm a celebrity and the king of brexit wants to become the king of the jungle. he's got this special message for you asking you vote . you to vote. >> remain no, seriously, vote for me to remain in the jungle. now. the easiest way to do it is to get the imacelebrity app that gives you five free votes . or gives you five free votes. or you can phone or text and oh, come on, you know your country needs you if you want to register to vote for nigel farage, you need to grab your phone and scan that little qr code screen. code on your screen. >> over the right hand >> over on the right hand side. there the a there and download the i'm a celebrity free app. nigel has celebrity free app. as nigel has just said , you can for the just said, you can vote for the king jungle and the king king of the jungle and the king of times day. so of brexit five times per day. so get weaving. your country needs
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you. well, joining us now for our daily update on the rumble in the jungle down order is showbiz reporter stephanie takyi steph nigel. lives to fight again another day. and many people feel justice has been served and woke nellie, the woke winger got the chop . winger got the chop. >> yeah, she did think everyone was surprised that she wasn't the first person to be evicted out of the jungle because martin there was over 2000 of complaints about nella when she decided to, you know, attack nigel verbally when she just chose to have an argument with fred. >> and 12 people have just been shocked by her performance. so finally last night, we saw her being evicted out of the jungle, you know, in her post interview talk with ant and dec, she said, nigel is a great man until he shares his beliefs and his thoughts. >> and, you know, i was just listening to the item before that. >> you were just talking about. and that's the problem with the younger generation.
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>> to hear the >> they don't want to hear the difference opinion and difference of an opinion and say, none of us want to be on the rain. today, she pulled out of interview because she of the interview because she says she needs on her says she needs to reflect on her performance in the jungle. and the only thing i say about the only thing i can say about that now reality hitting the only thing i can say about thatfannow reality hitting the only thing i can say about thatfan .)w reality hitting the only thing i can say about thatfan . whenlity hitting the only thing i can say about thatfan . when you're1itting the only thing i can say about thatfan . when you're inting the only thing i can say about thatfan . when you're in the the fan. when you're in the jungle, you're cocooned , you're jungle, you're cocooned, you're away from social media. but i can imagine now she's back in the real world and she's got her phone and social media. she's probably received a torrent of abuse. martin and steph, one of the things i found astonishing about this is this huge disconnect from people like nellie the actual real world. >> said she learned >> she said she learned all about nigel from the internet. she's admitted that only she's admitted that she only ever with people ever hangs around with people like her own age, like her, people her own age, people who agree with her, who shower her with praise on social media that gave her a license to go in there and just willy nilly be abusive. and i think you're right. reality has truly bitten it is, martin because , you know, it is, martin because, you know, it is, martin because, you know, i think a lot of these influencers , they are very influencers, they are very highly cocooned and sometimes they don't realise it's just 15
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minutes of fame. >> and with that 15 minutes of fame, you can get cancelled very easily . and she was a mainstream easily. and she was a mainstream network thinking she did a great drama and thinking that people at home are going to be okay with that and can imagine now she's having to move, reflect on her actions. it's nice to realise, you know, she's grown realise, you know, she's a grown woman. enough to woman. she's old enough to know that have to respect your that you have to respect your elders . and didn't have that elders. and she didn't have that respect or nigel elders. and she didn't have that respeso or nigel elders. and she didn't have that respeso i or nigel elders. and she didn't have that respeso i can or nigel elders. and she didn't have that respeso i can imagineyr nigel elders. and she didn't have that respeso i can imagine her gel elders. and she didn't have that respeso i can imagine her team now. so i can imagine her team must be really sitting down with her and doing damage control. >> and it goes to show you, steph , that got over a steph, that she's got over a million followers tiktok and million followers on tiktok and the on other social media the same on other social media platforms but didn't platforms, but it didn't translate into real world support, perhaps even her own supporters looked at her and thought, actually, wind in thought, actually, wind it in love. you've been a bit embarrassing . embarrassing. >> yeah, i found it distasteful . >> yeah, i found it distasteful. martin all of her clashes thought there's no need to it, you know, you're already in the jungle. you've got a nice paycheque no paycheque in there. there's no need to , you know, act up for need to, you know, act up for the cameras if you need your
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voice for anything, there's a way you can do it. you can do it respectfully. you can do it within intelligence. and importantly, she just missed the mark on on so many mark on that on so many levels. and think lot of viewers at and i think a lot of viewers at home just didn't understand her. i her and nigel had i think her and nigel had a chance this very opposite chance to be this very opposite ends of scales, they got ends of the scales, but they got on until till nigel on initially until till nigel started airing his views. on initially until till nigel started airing his views . and i started airing his views. and i think this is her moment could have actually talk for have been to actually talk for younger to like this younger people to be like this is feel . but i'm going to is how we feel. but i'm going to respect but respect your opinion, but unfortunately, that didn't happen. martin and steph, of course, now the odds of nigel winning king of the jungle course, now the odds of nigel winnidramatically)f the jungle course, now the odds of nigel winnidramatically shortened..e have dramatically shortened. >> fourth favourite. >> he's now fourth favourite. sam favourite 5 to 6 on sam is still favourite 5 to 6 on tony d 3 to 1. josie 4 to 1. nigel 10 to 1. i think it's worth a cheeky i really worth a cheeky tenner. i really do now i do. >> trust me , i want to play some >> trust me, i want to play some bets because i do think it's going to be an all final . bets because i do think it's going to be an all final. i going to be an all male final. i do believe nigel will get there. i believe thompson will i do believe sam thompson will get will get get there and fred will get there they're very there because they're very lovable they lovable characters and they have a the a lot of airtime. well, the other remaining contestants,
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they've been kind of in the background and they done background and they haven't done as bushtucker trials. but, as much bushtucker trials. but, you there's a few you know, there's still a few days to so there's still days to go, so there's still going be time people going to be some time for people to through different to shine through in different trials. might be trials. maybe nigel might be asked to do more. so let's just wait and see what happens because you know, the viewers at home, to them to vote home, it's up to them to vote who really want. home, it's up to them to vote wh(okay really want. home, it's up to them to vote wh(okay ,'eally want. home, it's up to them to vote wh(okay , steph,'ant. a >> okay, steph, always a pleasure. for pleasure. rachel. thanks for joining us again. now, moving on quickly, of who've been quickly, lots of you who've been getting your getting in touch with your thoughts story today. thoughts on the top story today. and james and that's, of course, james cleverly, sign the new treaty cleverly, a sign the new treaty with he says will with rwanda that he says will help smooth the way for migrants with rwanda that he says will he be smooth the way for migrants with rwanda that he says will he be sentth the way for migrants with rwanda that he says will he be sent to the way for migrants with rwanda that he says will he be sent to the east or migrants with rwanda that he says will he be sent to the east african ants to be sent to the east african country. this i cannot country. john says this i cannot and will not support the conservative party if this mealy mouth plan to reduce immigration into the is their best into the uk is their best attempt. it's pathetic . roger attempt. it's pathetic. roger says this. as far as i know, rwanda is a beautiful country, an ideal for a holiday and suitable for asylum seekers. in fact, it is probably a lot nicer and safer than here. rob says this the money we give to france seems to be a waste of £3 billion plus for hotels is also
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a waste. and the money for rwanda seems chicken feed in comparison. final word of the show to billy. the government should consider offering an incentive scheme for brits to go live and or set up businesses in rwanda. i'd seen him today , and rwanda. i'd seen him today, and i others would go for i think many others would go for that. okay, so that's it for today's show. it's been a really lively show, lots of lively debate. thank you for getting in touch. all the usual ways. vaiews@gbnews.com. i'm back tomorrow until friday. coming up right after the break though, of course is michelle dewberry the legend dewbs& co and she'll legend with dewbs& co and she'll have lots and lots of juicy stuff on the menu. thank you for joining us on gb news, the people's . channel a brighter people's. channel a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> hello, welcome to your latest gb news weather update from the met office . it will be a cold met office. it will be a cold and frosty night for many areas
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tonight the clear weather the tonight as the clear weather the north england have seen north of england have seen through become more through today will become more wide spread across the south. we've had rain and cloud. that's as a result of this low pressure thatis as a result of this low pressure that is now clearing off to the east leave in a more east to leave us in a more settled interlude for wednesday and tonight, in fact. so that means of the cloud through means much of the cloud through today to fade away today will tend to fade away throughout night . and we'll today will tend to fade away throulongt night . and we'll today will tend to fade away throulong lived1ight . and we'll today will tend to fade away throulong lived clear and we'll today will tend to fade away throulong lived clear spellsre'll today will tend to fade away throulong lived clear spells , 'll have long lived clear spells, quite a harsh frost developing it will colder night than it will be a colder night than last night for many areas. we'll also see some mist and fog developing , particularly across developing, particularly across more western areas. so it'll be a very start to day, a very chilly start to the day, but bright start. plenty of but a bright start. plenty of crisp sunshine around through wednesday, particularly across northern areas and across the east as well, where it should last much of the day. further west, though, you can notice the cloud start to thicken some cloud will start to thicken some rain into northern rain arriving into northern ireland by lunchtime, the sunshine will turn hazier across parts wales and the parts of wales and the south—west as well. during the afternoon . but temperatures will afternoon. but temperatures will start from west . start to rise from the west. highs 12 in the highs around 12 degrees in the scilly isles, but still feeling
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very the east, very chilly in the east, particularly on the coast. then thursday, that pushes thursday, that rain pushes further east, bringing some weather warnings with it across western areas of the uk, as well as parts of the east of scotland . and that rain will continue to stick with us through the end of the week and into the start of the week and into the start of the weekend. but temperatures do finally to rise by by that finally start to rise by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers as sponsors of weather on .
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not. and have you seen that the junior doctors will be striking again ? do you still back them? again? do you still back them? are you still with them? would there be a line? if so, what would that be? an and get this, everybody, 1 in 3 military personnel are living in accommodation that is below standard . and why? why do we not standard. and why? why do we not value our soldiers in this country? what on earth is going on? also, i want to ask tonight, why are so many people in this country hooked on prescription
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