hamas officials in beirut senior hamas officials in beirut is a serious assault on the country. saleh al arau was the de facto leader of the terrorist group's military wing in the west bank, and largely held responsible for the initiation of the october 7th attacks. he'd also had close links to hezbollah , which has been hezbollah, which has been involved in cross—border attacks on israel's north in recent weeks . hezbollah says it is weeks. hezbollah says it is a dangerous development in the course of the war between the enemy and axis of resistance , as enemy and axis of resistance, as they call israel. israel has yet to confirm any involvement in the assassination . here at home, the assassination. here at home, trains have been cancelled, power lines have been brought down and there is widespread flooding as storm hank barrels into the uk tonight. if you're watching on tv, look at uphill beach in weston super mare , beach in weston super mare, where walkers were almost blown away earlier on. today. war station in london has been advising passengers against travel because of very strong winds and heavy rain across much

of southern england and wales . of southern england and wales. although some services we understand have been leaving the station , the met office has station, the met office has issued amber and yellow weather warnings , saying coastal areas warnings, saying coastal areas could see gusts of up to 90 miles an hour tonight and there is a chance of injury or loss of life from flying debris . the life from flying debris. the home secretary insisted today . home secretary insisted today. the government has cleared a backlog of migrant asylum applications , as critics accuse applications, as critics accuse the government of fiddling the figures. the number of asylum case decisions made last year was the highest since 2002, as the government insisted its commitment to clearing the backlog has been delivered . but backlog has been delivered. but shadow home secretary yvette cooper said the government hasn't got its facts right . hasn't got its facts right. >> it rishi sunak claim to have cleared the asylum backlog is just totally false. in fact , the just totally false. in fact, the figures are nearly 100,000 cases and they haven't even fully cleared the bit of the backlog they were targeting . and that's they were targeting. and that's why we've still got record

numbers of people in asylum hotels costing the taxpayer a total fortune . total fortune. >> tune yvette cooper . well, the >> tune yvette cooper. well, the prime minister says the uk will continue to stand steadfastly by ukraine throughout 2024. rishi sunak discussed providing more deliveries of lethal aid to kyiv with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, as the two leaders spoke in a telephone call tonight. mr sunak also offering his condolences to all ukrainians killed and injured in russian airstrikes over the christmas period. the uk has committed £4.6 billion of military spending to ukraine's defence against the russian invasion since 2022, and a bit more breaking news to bring you from the last half hour, kids company charity founder camila batmanghelidjh has died at the age of 61. she became one of the uk's most known and most powerful, as well as colourful campaigners for disadvantaged

young youngsters. she died peacefully , we're told, on new peacefully, we're told, on new year's day , having celebrated year's day, having celebrated her birthday with family and friends. in a statement, her family said camila was dedicated to advocate for britain's most vulnerable children . in camila vulnerable children. in camila batmanghelidjh, who has died at the age of 61 on tv, online dab radio and the tune—in app. this is gb news, britain's news channel. >> today, the government made the bold claim that they have eradicated the legacy asylum backlog. the claim is that of the 112, 100,138 applications subject to an initial decision in 2023, 67% were granted they say there have been 25,550 refusals. they also claim that the number of migrant hotels has been reduced by 50. now. i spoke to a government source today that the lid off this, and that blows the lid off this, and i can now give you an inside track on the reality of the

situation reveal the situation. i can reveal that the advice given to the government by servants initially by civil servants initially was this an amnesty, give an this have an amnesty, give an amnesty to everyone on the backlog list and start again. theidea backlog list and start again. the idea of having an illegal migrant amnesty is not a fantasy. the government was genuinely advised to do this. so when people are piping up now and saying that approving 67% of the asylum backlog proves that the asylum backlog proves that the majority of people coming across are genuine across the channel are genuine asylum seekers , you have to asylum seekers, you have to consider we very easily consider that we very easily could have had situation where could have had a situation where every single of them was every single one of them was granted amnesty. the granted an amnesty. the government not publicly be government could not publicly be seen have an amnesty . the seen to have an amnesty. the backlash been too backlash would have been too large . but i can also reveal large. but i can also reveal that of the 25,500 people refused asylum , it is not clear refused asylum, it is not clear if any of them have been deported. requested that deported. we have requested that information from the home office and yet to hear back. and we are yet to hear back. what clear is that about what is clear is that about 17,000 people appear to have simply disappeared. regarding the claim that taxpayers are saving money by having 50 fewer migrant hotels , i can also now migrant hotels, i can also now reveal that my source told me

this is rubbish. the vast majority of people claiming asylum speaking little to no asylum are speaking little to no engush asylum are speaking little to no english have no english and have no qualifications. they will have to be given social housing and benefits , and likely that benefits, and it is likely that they remain in taxpayer they will remain in taxpayer funded and benefits for funded houses and benefits for a very long time. it is incredibly unlikely that many of those people will go to on was being a net benefit economically to our country. local councils used to call the home office and complain about migrant hotels. now they complain about the migrants being moved out of hotels that means that hotels because that means that they to give them they have to give them accommodation. what's more, so—called seekers have so—called asylum seekers have been having children in this country whilst waiting for an asylum to be processed. asylum decision to be processed. that means they can use that means that they can use their right to a life in their right to a family life in order here. my source is order to stay here. my source is due warning, said. order to stay here. my source is due sunak warning, said. order to stay here. my source is due sunak doesing, said. order to stay here. my source is due sunak does not said. order to stay here. my source is due sunak does not wantiid. order to stay here. my source is due sunak does not want to do rishi sunak does not want to do whatever stop the whatever it takes to stop the boats because if he did it would destroy legacy. on the destroy his legacy. on the dinner circuit. once he dinner party circuit. once he stops prime minister both stops being prime minister both he cleverly appear to he and james cleverly appear to be ideologically opposed to leaving the echr and there is a

team of government lawyers and civil servants behind the scenes who cannot and will not mentally deviate from the idea that we cannot judges in cannot offend judges in strasbourg. now, this brings me on to my next set of revelations about mindset of our prime about the mindset of our prime minister. home secretary and cabinet . the claim cabinet ministers. the claim they not see huge net they do not see huge net migration numbers as an issue at all, and they know that we cannot protect our borders whilst inside the echr. but don't care and are willing for us to stay there. those allegations cut right to the very core of britain's immigration problem, and i'll be revealing more of those at 10 pm. but to debate what we've p.m. but to debate what we've heard so far, it's time to go to my panel. let's get the thoughts of them. it's political commentator suzanne evans, former environment secretary ranil jayawardena mp and author and rebecca rees. and journalist rebecca rees. i'll start with you. that claim that we have eradicated the asylum backlog appears to be lies. >> well, it's clearly not right. so what they were referring to is the historic backlog . um,

is the historic backlog. um, post june 2022, and they're saying they've cleared that, which i think he has done, but there are still around 100,000 more asylum claims still in the pipeline, gather. so think pipeline, i gather. so think about these. this clearance today. it strikes me that this is a good example in politics of what call the tyranny what i call the tyranny of target . so rishi sunak target setting. so rishi sunak came up with this claim that he was going to get rid of the backlog, and he feels, i suspect, that he's had to do it by any means possible . so the by any means possible. so the spectre whether and by any means possible. so the spe i don't think we've >> well. so i don't think we've got and i think there's got one. and i think there's been think the been a process. but i think the fact that officials at the home office were suggesting that should have been the policy shows problems that shows some of the problems that we're all up against. know,

we're all up against. you know, the institutions that run this country are in favour of a generally an open border. listen to the lefty lawyers approach and that's the challenge that we've got to face. and i mean, here's the truth about this . you here's the truth about this. you know, you can do whatever you want. if parliament says you can. and that includes offending the lawyers, the judges in the european court, the trouble is that too many people , including that too many people, including yvette cooper, who comes up with these sanctimonious statements about what the last labour government did, it's their law that have put us in the position we're in. these guys don't support any measures, including the rwanda plan, which would be the rwanda plan, which would be the deterrent . so it's real the deterrent. so it's real hypocrisy labour and hypocrisy from labour and clearly now, rebecca, what is happening is that the taxpayer is paying more for people to live in social housing and on benefits than it even was for them to be in migrant hotels. >> you know, they'd be paying less. expensive less. it's less expensive if you if clear well, the less. it's less expensive if you if reason well, the less. it's less expensive if you if reason to well, the less. it's less expensive if you if reason to clear well, the less. it's less expensive if you if reason to clear the all, the best reason to clear the backlog, of the backlog, whichever side of the political spectrum you're on, is because to

because it's cheaper to have people home and able to people out of home and able to earn yes , i but earn money. and yes, i but they're not able to earn money. they saying that they can't. you're saying that they speak english, but there are plenty of who work they speak english, but there ar

they have not passed the test here. we do not know that we asked the home office. they have not told us whether or not anybody not told us whether or not anywhat's the alternative? what not told us whether or not anywi be; the alternative? what not told us whether or not anywi be betterlternative? what not told us whether or not anywi be better like ative? what not told us whether or not anywi be better like juste? what not told us whether or not anywi be better like just deport: would be better like just deport everybody and no matter who's going to home to an unsafe going to go home to an unsafe country. from ukraine, country. so people from ukraine, people from afghanistan, people from . well, hang a minute. >> hang on a minute, rebecca. yeah all of these people will have assessed. have had their claims assessed. and refugees have had their claims assessed. and for refugees have had their claims assessed. and for you refugees have had their claims assessed. and for you from refugees have had their claims assessed. and for you from ukraine es have had their claims assessed. and for you from ukraine or coming for you from ukraine or iraq, wherever it might iraq, wherever else it might be, then but then that's not an issue. but i think patrick excellent think patrick makes an excellent point. are we not being told point. why are we not being told how many people been how many people have been deported? gone down, that figures have gone down, that that yvette cooper if that are well, yvette cooper if we i you mentioned yvette we i know you mentioned yvette cooper happy cooper and you weren't happy with but is with what she said, but she is claiming that only 5% of albanians, for instance, have been the been deported. why is the government not being open about the that they have the numbers that they have deported? surely that deported? because surely that would story would be a good news story for the government. would be a good news story for the gov then ent. would be a good news story for the govthen also , why you >> but then also, why would you electorate? you not electorate? why would you not automatically it automatically clear some of it by if you from by saying if you came from afghanistan, stay . afghanistan, you can stay. if you came from ukraine, can you came from ukraine, you can stay got stay because then you've got a blanket very be blanket there might very well be individuals come here individuals who have come here and they're not necessarily jack

carson. >> so there have been special schemes for afghanistan, for hong kong. and so on. so let's cut those out of this, this debate. the key point here is in terms of deportation , actually terms of deportation, actually ideal should be that no one is deported because they aren't here coming here illegally in the first place. so that's the first place. and so that's why the deterrent of rwanda or whatever else is absolutely the way forward. albania deal way forward. the albania deal that robert jenrick did has actually contributed to actually really contributed to the 30% fall in the boat crossings . so there's more work crossings. so there's more work like . the rwanda like that required. the rwanda deal to get through deal has to get through parliament. we've to have as parliament. we've got to have as tough a of legislation as tough a piece of legislation as possible . sadly, you possible. and sadly, when you hear yvette cooper saying how great was under labour, great it was under labour, they're that have set they're the ones that have set up this mess us and we're up this mess for us and we're now undo now trying to undo it. >> indeed. f.a, about it. >> indeed. sweet f.a, about it. if it's that bad, why would you leave five with leave it in five years with lefty lib dems in coalition? >> okay, so what's that? >> sadly. okay, so what's that? >> sadly. okay, so what's that? >> seven totally pure , >> seven of totally pure, totally undiluted power where you didn't do anything to fix what you say is the big problem. >> so would support >> so would you support the

rwanda wouldn't, rwanda deal? no, i wouldn't, absolutely but i have no absolutely not. but i have no power to anything. power to do anything. unfortunately, too many people do don't support it in do don't don't support it in theresa may's era, we didn't have a majority to have. no theresa may's era. we didn't have majority in boris have a majority in boris johnson's covid. johnson's era. we had covid. unfortunately this is now the time to get on and do it. >> there is a clear plan . >> there is a clear plan. >> there is a clear plan. >> there is a clear plan. >> there is a clear plan to do it. but the left don't support it. >> it's the left. haven't been in charge. 17 can't blame the left for missing this is the other aspect of this 17,000 people. >> one of the one of the ways that government appears to that the government appears to have been now say that have been able to now say that it's a backlog is it's cleared a backlog is because 17,000. it's cleared a backlog is becyeah. 17,000. it's cleared a backlog is becwhere 17,000. it's cleared a backlog is becwhere are 17,000. it's cleared a backlog is becwhere are those )00. it's cleared a backlog is becwhere are those people? um >> where are those people? um surely can't that surely they can't be that difficult find ? um, i think difficult to find? um, i think they're difficult find they're very difficult to find because got. they're very difficult to find bec no e got. they're very difficult to find bec no you've got. they're very difficult to find bec no you've got yt. trace, no , >> no you've got no trace, no, no, this is disturbing. why no, this is very disturbing. why wouldn't like said earlier, wouldn't like i said earlier, people, people are that people, people who are in that position and position who've come here and then absconded effectively from then absconded effectively from the process finding, the regular process of finding, claiming asylum, they're going to working in areas that are to be working in areas that are undercover, market. undercover, grey market. >> yeah. uh, forced labour

situation though. but look, they have to that's what i would do. but point is, rebecca, but my point is, rebecca, if you're your country you're policing your country properly, know where those properly, you know where those places are operating, and you go in raid them you in and you raid them and you find kick them out, find them and you kick them out, what has emerged from from today, with today, from my conversation with that source, is that clearly , if that source, is that clearly, if there is a labour government at there is a labour government at the next election, advice the next election, the advice that going to be to that is going to be given to them clear , to get rid of the them to clear, to get rid of the backlog is going to have backlog is going to be to have an amnesty. >> is the >> yeah. and that for me is the same was given. and same advice that was given. and then same exactly then the same advice. exactly >> and they'll take it. >> and they'll take it. >> is the problem. they'll >> this is the problem. they'll take really take it i don't like i really don't it when we sit here don't love it when we sit here and try create crystal balls and try and create crystal balls about will happen. about what will happen. >> which >> but if it did happen, which i'm will because i'm not convinced will because a lot of labour voters are very anti open borders very anti anti open borders and very anti cooper a lot of laboun >> she's gonna be in charge of the she's going to the home office. she's going to take and take that advice and say officials i've got officials have told me i've got to serves a lot of labour voters >> serves a lot of labour voters are much more traditional old school borders school like keep the borders tight. serve tight. they've got to serve those people. >> know yvette cooper >> and we know yvette cooper will listening will not be listening to them because will not be listening to them becwee will not be listening to them becwe don't even know if it'll

>> we don't even know if it'll still lefty lawyer policy. >> em— y we really do >> no, but what we really do know you can know is, is that you can you can take this to the bank that after the next election, whoever is in charge , then the advice from charge, then the advice from within will be to have an amnesty on asylum. >> then we have no idea how many people are going to come out of the woodwork. we're saying 17,000. be double that 17,000. it could be double that could be treble, that at least we that. will we would know that. it will also encourage come here, encourage people to come here, because bet bottom because you can bet your bottom dollar and daft this. inefficient and so daft at this. they'll offer an amnesty, it they'll offer an amnesty, but it will only have an amnesty >> you can only have an amnesty if overhaul the if you completely overhaul the system. idea, the reason system. the idea, the reason they're recommending the amnesty system. the idea, the reason they'they:ommending the amnesty system. the idea, the reason they' they :omroverhaul he amnesty is so they can overhaul it. right? we do an right? not so we can just do an amnesty ten years for the amnesty every ten years for the rest . rest of forever. >> well, a kind of >> well, there was a kind of pseudo under tony pseudo amnesty under tony blair, but in but we'll get on to that in a little bit. um look, there's a heck a lot still to come heck of a lot still to come because as you can imagine, nigel reaction to the nigel farage's reaction to the news today that the tory government has waved through tens of thousands of asylum claims pretty fiery. he joins tens of thousands of asylum claivery, pretty fiery. he joins tens of thousands of asylum claivery, pret'shortly he joins tens of thousands of asylum claivery, pret'shortly hethe1s tens of thousands of asylum claivery, pret'shortly hethe gb me very, very shortly at the gb news let's rip up the news man, let's rip up the government his old sparring government and his old sparring partner the european partner from the european parliament, donald tusk, who has shut poland .

shut down state media in poland. and don't forget as well, at 10 pm, i will have the second round of my insider revelation when it comes what is really when it comes to what is really going with asylum seeker going on with our asylum seeker backlog but it's the backlog. but first, it's the head head this reveal that head to head as this reveal that the council will check the labour council will check lgbtq+ credentials of businesses before giving out contracts . so before giving out contracts. so we'll starmer and co turn britain into some kind of woke hellscape. lgbt campaigner peter tatchell and tory mp jonathan gullace lock horns on that right after . well, it's the great after. well, it's the great british giveaway , isn't it? your british giveaway, isn't it? your chance to win the latest iphone , chance to win the latest iphone, a shopping spree and ten grand in cold, hard cash ? make sure in cold, hard cash? make sure you miss it. lines closed you don't miss it. lines closed on and here's how you on friday, and here's how you can answer. >> it's the final week to see how you could be the winner of the giveaway. the great british giveaway. >> chance to grab three >> your chance to grab three amazing prizes! first, there's £10,000 in tax free cash to spend however you like. what would you spend that on next? you'll receive a brand new iphone 15 pro max and finally, we'll send you on a shopping spree with £500 worth of vouchers to spend in your

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britain's news channel . gb news britain's news channel. gb news presenter and brexit icon nigel farage joins me next. >> but first it's time for our head to head . now here's a story head to head. now here's a story you might have missed. a labour run council has joined the wokerati clubhouse after saying that they will check lgbt+ gtk+ credentials of businesses before giving out contract . yes, there giving out contract. yes, there appears to be a growing trend of this kind of stuff infiltrating institutions with the likes of

former natwest boss dame alison rose trying to debunk nigel farage, aviva ceo amanda blank vetting white men to improve diversity. sir tonight i am asking what labour turned britain into a woke hellscape if they were in government . let me they were in government. let me know your thoughts. email us gb views gb news. com tweet me at gb news. while you're there, go and vote in our poll. i'll bring you results shortly . you the results very shortly. but to debate this now, i am joined rights campaigner joined by lgbt rights campaigner peter tatchell tory mp peter tatchell and tory mp jonathan golis. both of you , jonathan golis. both of you, thank you very, very much. and jonathan, your thoughts on whether or not a labour council should be checking a business's lgbtq+ credentials before requiring their service . i know requiring their service. i know what council should be doing is focusing on the quality of the products or service that a business provides, and then making sure that it actually is value to the taxpayer that they are serving . are serving. >> and actually, what i'm most disgusted whilst >> and actually, what i'm most disguste council whilst >> and actually, what i'm most disguste council busy, st >> and actually, what i'm most disguste council busy, virtue camden council is busy, virtue signalling as as typical labour councils actually councils do, they actually in july this year were found by the

regulator for social housing to have 9000 social homes without fire alarms, 4000 without carbon monoxide alarms fitted to. and that was because in march of this year they had to plead guilty in westminster magistrates court to the fact that they were and pay a half £1 million fine after the death of a resident back in november 2017 because of their inability to protect and have health and safety correctly in their social housing. so it's just more of the same rubbish woke , virtue the same rubbish woke, virtue signalling nonsense that everyone's bored of. and actually what we rather see is local businesses backed regardless of their views on things, because ultimately i don't want to know what what, what a business is. what a view of a business is. individuals in their spare time , individuals in their spare time, that's but not for that's up to them, but not for businesses as whole. that's up to them, but not for buspeter,s as whole. that's up to them, but not for bus peter, your whole. that's up to them, but not for bus peter, your views e. that's up to them, but not for bus peter, your views on this is >> peter, your views on this is this not just a way of putting the agenda on everybody? the lgbtq+ agenda on everybody? if your business doesn't overtly back this, then you essentially lose money. >> what camden council is doing is the law under the is enforcing the law under the equality act 2010. all local

authorities are required to combat discrimination and ensure equal opportunities for everyone . that includes lgbt+ people , . that includes lgbt+ people, but also women, black and asian people, disabled people , elderly people, disabled people, elderly people, disabled people, elderly people, everybody has to have an equal chance under that policy. now the issue is not that lgbt+ people are being singled out because they're not the story that's published in the telegraph is quite misleading. it's a policy for everyone and i don't think any of your listeners would want a council to do business with a enterprise that, for example, refused to hire black people. that would be totally wrong. and that's why the equality principle has to apply the equality principle has to apply across the board to everyone. but jonathan, i'll bnng everyone. but jonathan, i'll bring you in on this again. >> now, you know, is there not essentially here the potential for to slippery slope? for this to be a slippery slope? we saw alison rose with natwest looking nigel farage looking to debunk nigel farage for his views. we've seen the aviva boss there having to check

a white man's credentials. aviva boss there having to check a white man's credentials . and a white man's credentials. and now here we are with local council . i now here we are with local council. i mean, is there any wonder that loads them are wonder that loads of them are going they're wasting going bust when they're wasting their stuff? their time on this stuff? >> well, i think the concern here is that we're talking about values and who determines what, whose are right or whose values are right or improper. you know , we don't improper. you know, we don't understand people's values improper. you know, we don't undbasedd people's values improper. you know, we don't undbased on people's values improper. you know, we don't undbased on theireople's values improper. you know, we don't undbased on their upbringing,es are based on their upbringing, their other their faith and many other reasons. whilst peter's reasons. and whilst peter's absolutely correct that the equality applied and equality act must be applied and that we would expect councils to have procurement have a proper procurement process in place to have this progressive idea of positive discrimination, doesn't discrimination, simply doesn't work. in fact, all it does is highlight the division and divide our society. it divide in our society. it doesn't therefore doesn't actually, therefore bnng doesn't actually, therefore bring people together. so again, why rather see council officers using their time effectively? doing is actually checking the procurement that the business in question the goods or question can supply the goods or services are going to be of the satisfactory quality and will deliver value to the taxpayer of the camden council area , just as the camden council area, just as i would expect that in stoke on trent or in staffordshire county council as well, where i'm proud

to this idea, this to serve. so this idea, this woke nonsense really needs to be dnven woke nonsense really needs to be driven out. i'm bored of driven out. i'm so bored of businesses impose businesses trying to impose value views that they think they have to sign up to in order to try and keep stonewall and other radical which radical groups happy, which is simply just outdated. >> peter , this is a bit >> well, peter, this is a bit like the mafia, isn't like the woke mafia, isn't it? and companies decide and this is why companies decide to know, overtly virtue to, you know, overtly virtue signal with things like pride flags outside them, or whether it's do with black lives it's to do with black lives matter or whatever, it's because someday a council come someday a council might come knocking we have knocking and say, can we have your services? and you have to prove you've your services? and you have to prove overtly you've your services? and you have to prove overtly non you've your services? and you have to prove overtly non anti you've your services? and you have to prove overtly non anti lgbt,'ou've been overtly non anti lgbt, you've been overtly non—racist , you've been overtly non—racist, etc. it traps us all in this vortex of woke horror, doesn't it? well this policy is not about positive discrimination. >> it's not about preferencing anybody or giving them advantage . it'sjust anybody or giving them advantage . it's just ensuring that everyone who works for a suppuer everyone who works for a supplier to a local authority has equal opportunities, that they're not discriminated against by that provider. so it's the law and it's quite the law protects everyone . it

law protects everyone. it doesn't it doesn't single out any particular group for special privileges. it protects everyone one. and i think everybody who is bidding for a job wants to know that their employer does not discriminate. >> but how do they have to prove that? peter. >> well, they show, for example, that? peter. >> \.they they show, for example, that? peter. >> \.they have show, for example, that? peter. >> \.they have inclusive example, that they have inclusive policies, equal opportunity. >> there go . so you have to >> there you go. so you have to you have prove right x amount >> there you go. so you have to yo our|ve prove right x amount >> there you go. so you have to yo our staff prove right x amount >> there you go. so you have to yo our staff are ve right x amount >> there you go. so you have to yo our staff are gay ght x amount >> there you go. so you have to yo our staff are gay ort x amount >> there you go. so you have to yo our staff are gay or x( amount >> there you go. so you have to yo our staff are gay or x amountt of our staff are gay or x amount of our staff are gay or x amount of our staff are gay or x amount of our staff. >> no, not x amount. it's >> no, no not x amount. it's just that they just that that they have a policy that they don't tolerate racism discrimination against racism or discrimination against elderly people. and i would find it shocking that council did it shocking that a council did business with an enterprise that, for example, refused to hire older people. you know, some businesses have tried to have a policy of not hiring over 50. that's discrimination against elderly people. and camden's policy and the policy of other local authorities is designed to stop that, to ensure that people over 50 have an equal chance in the workplace. >> jonathan, do you want to just come back all of this? i come back on all of this? i mean, know of people at mean, i know a lot of people at the moment are their the moment are seeing their council tax going through the

roof, of roof, and then you see all of a sudden you've got kind of gay sudden you've got a kind of gay pride crossing pride pedestrian crossing in your neighbourhood, and the council you put council is asking you to put things different and things in 13 different bins and check whether or not you subscribe to an lgbtq+ agenda . subscribe to an lgbtq+ agenda. >> well, peter talked about inclusive policies is inclusive policies. having labour mps like kate osborne saying that she's going to block terfs terfs being obviously a derogatory tum to attack women who believe in women's and that women's rights and believe that a is a biological female. a woman is a biological female. do have to therefore do businesses have to therefore provide allow for, uh, biological males into female toilets in order to tick a box so they can say that they're lgbtq? plus, i hope i've got all those correct . all inclusive or those correct. all inclusive or not, this is the problem that we have in this day and age. it's just we're getting so caught up in nonsense like this. virtue signalling nonsense that pleases no one but the student unions of many universities, than many universities, rather than the folk that i serve in stoke on trent, north, kidsgrove and talk. they simply want their council their bins, council to collect their bins, fill the potholes, regenerate their a good their high streets, have a good running service in their running bus service in their

local obviously bring local area and obviously bring and create more skilled, and create more high skilled, high locally . that's high wage jobs locally. that's what not what they're interested in, not this nonsense. and camden council should ashamed themselves. >> say that? >> well, can i just say that? absolutely. of course. council councils should seek value for money. the best possible deal for people who pay their council tax . but this is for people who pay their council tax. but this is just an additional consideration . it additional consideration. it doesn't mean that councils are going to make this the primary consideration. it's just one other consideration . other consideration. >> and of course it will be really interesting though peter, wouldn't it just just on that wouldn't it just just on that would be really fascinating to know whether not means know whether or not this means that would ever do that a council would ever do business remotely that a council would ever do busine to remotely that a council would ever do busine to fundamentalist ly linked to the fundamentalist islamic wouldn't islamic community, wouldn't it? because rights because what are the lgbt rights like are the women's like there? what are the women's rights there? bet rights like there? but i bet that wouldn't get in the way of camden doing camden council doing business. oh . yes. oh yes. yes. >> their policy explicitly prohibits of prohibits any form of discrimination based on religion or belief . so discrimination based on religion or belief. so it discrimination based on religion or belief . so it includes not or belief. so it includes not only religious people, but atheists and non—believers. so that would be absolutely covered. and that would not be permitted. i think this is permitted. i just think this is a it's a bit of a storm in a

teacup. a bit of a culture teacup. it's a bit of a culture war issue, really. what camden's doing is what dozens or hundreds of councils across the country have been doing for years without a fuss until this issue. well yeah. >> but also people were being debunked for years without a fuss until nigel farage kicked off i it a it off and i think it is a it is a massive another issue massive that's another issue which that thought which i'm opposed that i thought what nigel was what happened to nigel was wrong, but this is a different issue. >> this is about employment practices . practices. >> word quickly, jonathan, >> final word quickly, jonathan, as to we know why so as to as to why we know why so quickly , very quickly. quickly, very quickly. >> we're seeing >> sadly, we're seeing other councils look councils. if you look at dunbartonshire i think dunbartonshire council, i think snp controlled, they've removed um, books by israeli authors from their public libraries. if you look at lancaster, which has got a coalition of lib dems, greens and labour, they've asked for the pension fund to not go to any businesses in the, uh, what they call the israeli settlements in palestine. i mean, this is councils mean, this is just councils virtue signalling for no one's benefit. rather than focusing on delivering the services that are desperately to be desperately needed to be delivered . delivered. >> all right, look, both of you,

thank much. top stuff thank you very much. top stuff that as lgbt campaigner that as lgbt rights campaigner peter tatchell, tory mp jonathan gullis. out to gullis. now we reached out to camden council this what camden council and this is what they camden council , they had to say. camden council, like councils, a long like all councils, has a long standing that standing expectation that all companies work with will companies we work with will follow law under equality follow a law under the equality act proud our work on act. we are proud of our work on equality . the equality and inclusion. the change made is make change we have made is to make it bidders we can it clear to bidders that we can reject them. if there is evidence of discrimination against with protected against anyone with a protected characteristic in line with the equality act anyway, who do you agree with? there will labour equality act anyway, who do you agreybritain there will labour equality act anyway, who do you agreybritain into e will labour equality act anyway, who do you agreybritain into awill labour equality act anyway, who do you agreybritain into a wokeabour turn britain into a woke hellscape ? alan twitter says hellscape? alan on twitter says amazingly , despite their best amazingly, despite their best efforts, aren't efforts, the tories still aren't our worst option. crazy times, he says. sheila on twitter says yes, labour will turn britain into a woke hellscape, but they've only finishing the job. the started interesting . the tories started interesting. can't the idea that can't get around the idea that all of started really on all of this started really on the watch fair the tories. watch which is fair enough. twitter says enough. alan on twitter says absolutely. the next five years will be hell under labour if they well, your verdict is they win. well, your verdict is now unsurprising . 90% of you now in unsurprising. 90% of you agree labour will turn agree that labour will turn britain into a woke hellscape. 10% of you that they won't.

10% of you say that they won't. but coming up in a big episode of royal dispatch, danish of the royal dispatch, danish monarch queen margaret, the second dropping new year's eve bombshell by announcing her shock abdication on live tv . so shock abdication on live tv. so with kate and william waiting in the wings and deeply popular , the wings and deeply popular, should king charles do the same? royal correspondent at the sun charlie rae and former labour mp stephen pound. they're going at it on that shortly and we'll be taking you to darts legend bobby george. easy for me to say . a16 george. easy for me to say. a 16 year old sensation, luke littler, secures his place in the pdc world final. a hero is born but first, rishi sunak's government took a victory lap this morning, they announced they'd granted 50,000 new asylum applications in a bid to clear the chronic backlog. but what does nigel farage make of it? well, you'll have to stay tuned to find out

isabel monday to thursdays from. six till 930. >> a reminder that at 10 pm. i expose more revelations about the mindset of our prime minister, our home secretary and our cabinet ministers. when it comes to the asylum seeker backlog at and as well controlling our borders. you will not want to miss that. but now serious questions remain over the government's claims that it has cleared the so—called legacy backlog of around 92,000 asylum claims, and i want to know what has happened to asylum seekers who been to asylum seekers who have been rejected and if those given the green light are now receiving

benefits and living in taxpayer funded social housing, obviously i can also reveal that very senior and credible sources say the home office advised ministers to introduce an amnesty on all asylum applications in the backlog so the government could clear it. i quizzed the home office on this pressing issues tonight, but despite get back to despite promises to get back to me, i have had radio silence and you into what you can read into that. what you want is what nigel farage want this is what nigel farage had to say, though, about the chaos. when i spoke to him a little nigel, little earlier. nigel, the government cleared government says they've cleared the asylum do you buy the asylum backlog. do you buy it ? it? >> i've just about had enough of government spin sophistry , government spin sophistry, playing games with numbers . playing games with numbers. james cleverly, the home secretary, telling us, oh, look, no one's crossed over the christmas holidays. aren't we doing a great job? when the wind was blowing at 50 miles an hour and now they completely overplay their hand, saying they've cleared the backlog already . of cleared the backlog already. of course, x, formerly twitter, have picked them up for this to say, look, it's not accurate.

this stuff goes back a long, long way. there are all sorts of tens of thousands missing , but tens of thousands missing, but of those they have formally processed west. 67% of people who entered the uk through what we would call a legal route , we would call a legal route, have been allowed to stay . have been allowed to stay. compare that with 25% in france. so if the answer is if you come, you can stay anyway . i don't you can stay anyway. i don't call that clearing up the backlog and i think they've actually damaged their own credibility today quite badly. >> not , i was credibility today quite badly. >> not, i was told, credibility today quite badly. >> not , i was told, from credibility today quite badly. >> not, i was told, from an inside source earlier today that just a couple of years ago, the government was told to have an amnesty for asylum seekers. does that surprise you . that surprise you. >> no. borisjohnson, when he >> no. boris johnson, when he was mayor of london. and let's face it, he was the pm until quite recently. he was actually proposing an amnesty , a mass proposing an amnesty, a mass amnesty in london for hundreds of thousands of people who'd come to the country illegally . come to the country illegally. what we learn from that all over the world if you do

the world is that if you do that, all you do is attract huge numbers . that, all you do is attract huge numbers. more to come. but we're not far away from an amnesty. you know, if your chances is if your chances are as high as 70% of being accepted , and even if of being accepted, and even if you're rejected, you've probably got a fair chance of just disappearing off into the illegal economy. you know, we're not too far away from that situation anyway , and the situation anyway, and the country is getting tired of this . the issue is rising. this is allied to legal immigration, running at record levels is rising to the top of the agenda at and at the end of the day, it's this issue on which the red wall is going to be won or lost. right, nigel? >> the fact is that they can't tell us how many of the people who they've actually reject for asylum claims have been deported. the suspicion is that they're all still in the country as well. what do you think ? as well. what do you think? >> yeah, i mean, it's about 25,000 people were rejected and goodness knows where they are .

goodness knows where they are. or are they part of the number of people who were deported or does that figure represent those that are committed criminal acts and are being deported? i mean, and are being deported? i mean, and they're also confusing different years and different numbers and sort of asking us really to compare apples with pears for far from cleaning everything up in our minds as to what the numbers are, there are actually more questions than answers that come out of today . answers that come out of today. and it is a government that increasingly tries to bewilder us with statistics to use spin and sophistry. uh, they're almost sort of repeating the alistair campbell method of government communications and these days we're a lot more cynical than we were in his day. it's not not working at any level at all. >> no, they're trying to snowstorm us, aren't they? snowballs with a load of different bits of information. i think one of the biggest lies that i could detect, nigel, was that i could detect, nigel, was that saying it's that they are saying that it's saving taxpayers money by saving the taxpayers money by reducing the number migrant

reducing the number of migrant hotels by 50. of course, the fatal flaw in that statement is that they've approved that now that they've approved people , that thousands people, that means thousands more people, 67% of people who claimed asylum during those years who will now no doubt be in social housing and on benefits , which i reckon will benefits, which i reckon will probably cost the taxpayer more . probably cost the taxpayer more. >> well, yes. i mean, and where hotels have not been used, we've seen brad new apartment block developments. you know, really quite luxurious modern homes that are now being used for asylum seekers rather than being in four star hotels in town centres. so it all frankly, makes very little difference. but again, it's the government playing games , expecting us to playing games, expecting us to trust them and believe them. and increasingly we just don't. >> nigel just one more with you. earlier on today i spoke with a top source formerly inside the government , who said to me that government, who said to me that around around the cabinet table , around around the cabinet table, they did not view the legal

immigration in the hundreds of thousands , upwards of 400,000 as thousands, upwards of 400,000 as being a problem . they just did being a problem. they just did not personally, ideologically view that as a problem . i'm view that as a problem. i'm going to have a load more of these revelations by the way, at 10 pm. but what do you make of that, nigel? presumably not a shock you. not a shock at all. >> you know, when you talk to fraser nelson, for example, who very connected and, you very well connected and, you know, there he is, the editor of the spectator, and he's totally unconcerned by this. um, and they all live in london. um, they're based in london. most of these people, they're quite well off. uh, they like mass immigration. you see, the big multinational companies that back and them want back them and sponsor them want as much cheap labour as possible and if you're wealthy, mass immigration is good. it keeps wages down, down. it's cheaper nannies and cheaper chauffeurs. >> yeah, indeed . and the other >> yeah, indeed. and the other allegation is that rishi sunak doesn't want to do anything to leave echr because he's leave the echr because he's worried destroy worried that it would destroy his dinner party his legacy on the dinner party circuit. thoughts ?

circuit. your thoughts? >> i thought the jenrick resignation was interesting. for one thing, he made it clear that the government had a higher priority to the international order, such as the un and the echr, than it had to delivering the demands of a clear majority of this country. that was the most interesting part of the genenc most interesting part of the generic resignation , to expect generic resignation, to expect rishi sunak to advocate leaving the echr is to be expected, is to have expected david cameron to have expected david cameron to campaign to leave the eu. they are never going to do it unless electorally they're forced into it. but you know, we could be entering a period we could be entering a period we could be entering a period we could be entering a period. uh, we where the conservatives just become a force that simply cannot be elected and, and maybe could be replaced in the years to come. >> okay . um, to come. >> okay. um, nigel, to come. >> okay . um, nigel, look, thank >> okay. um, nigel, look, thank you very , very much for your you very, very much for your time this evening. tremendous to have you the show, as ever . have you on the show, as ever. and we'll chat very soon and we'll chat again very soon as farage yes nigel

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next. it's next. wsfime next. it's time now for our royal dispatch . high it's time now for our royal dispatch. high drama it's time now for our royal dispatch . high drama now it's time now for our royal dispatch. high drama now imagine if king charles went on the telly and announced out of the blue that he was stepping down as monarch. well, that's exactly the bombshell that denmark's queen margrethe ii the bombshell that denmark's queen margrethe i! dropped on the danish people on sunday

evening. the 83 year old is the longest serving sovereign in europe , but will formally europe, but will formally abdicate throne . make way abdicate the throne. make way for her son frederik on january the 14th. but would such a bold and monumental decision ever be replicated again on these shores? after all recent yougov polling has prince and princess of wales sporting a healthy six, nine and 71% popularity rating amongst the british public. king charles and queen camilla, they're languishing behind somewhat on 52 and 41% respectively. so should king charles abdicate and make way for william and kate to debate this? i'm joined by former royal correspondent sun, correspondent at the sun, charlie and former labour mp charlie ray and former labour mp stephen pound . brilliant stuff stephen pound. brilliant stuff chaps, uh, who to start with? i normally go ladies first, but i can't really do that tonight. charlie. go with you. charlie. i'll go with you. should abdicate ? should should charles abdicate? >> of course not. of course not. it's not abdicate . it's not abdicate. >> i mean, when he became king, like his late mother, he took an

oath and a pledge that he would be monarch. uh devoted his life to the monarchy for the rest of his life. >> and that's the way it's going to stay. >> um, we've always got people , >> um, we've always got people, uh, in the, you know, always wanting people. william and catherine, to take over because they're young, they're cool. >> everybody loves them. >> everybody loves them. >> you've just read the polls . >> you've just read the polls. uh, fantastic. but they will have to wait their turn. i know it's going to be some time. i mean , if charles lasts as long mean, if charles lasts as long as his mother , he's got at least as his mother, he's got at least another 20 years at. >> and i don't see any reason why he should abdicate and sit at home with his pipe and slippers. >> all right, stephen, your views on whether or not charles should abdicate. i think it would be a wonderful thing if he did it. did do it. >> think it would save >> i think it would save the monarchy. i must admit, monarchy. now i must admit, i'm slightly charlie slightly cheered by charlie because the same age because i'm the same age as prince charles. >> i, the king. and >> he and i, the king. and i have that in common. and i'd like that got like to think that i've got another 20 on earth another 20 years on this earth and down the and pottering down the allotment, down kulum. but allotment, going down kulum. but i somehow doubt it. >> monarchy is in a

>> look, the monarchy is in a state crisis . state of crisis. >> present time. we've >> at the present time. we've had worst few had probably the worst few years since the late her since her majesty the late her majesty passed i think . majesty passed on. i think. would it be a wonderful thing if king actually said. king charles actually said. look, , i think it's time for look, um, i think it's time for a reset . i look, um, i think it's time for a reset. i think it's time for me step back . um. i've done me to step back. um. i've done my best. i've been a faithful and servant. been a and loyal servant. i've been a filled mother. now and loyal servant. i've been a fillecstep mother. now and loyal servant. i've been a fillecstep back mother. now and loyal servant. i've been a fillecstep back and:her. now and loyal servant. i've been a fillecstep back and let's now and loyal servant. i've been a fillecstep back and let's let now let's step back and let's let a new generation take over. let's give the monarchy an injection of sort of for the future. of sort of hope for the future. let's them a completely let's give them a completely new. them restart. new. let's give them a restart. let's start the monarchy let's kick start the monarchy for 21st century. don't for the 21st century. i don't think, patrick, that we should actually king and actually elect the king and queen of popularity polls. >> well, no, because tony blair wouldn't we? um, but but yes. >> so it's not all bad . >> so it's not all bad. >> so it's not all bad. >> stop it here. uh, charles, look , respond to that. i suppose look, respond to that. i suppose that if we did have wills and kate , i mean, we'd get we'd get kate, i mean, we'd get we'd get a guaranteed decade with them. really. fresher really. the younger, fresher face. and maybe we'd end up feeling did feeling somewhat like we did about queen some about our late queen at some point. >> t true , patrick, >> yes, that's true, patrick, but as i as i say that they'll

have to wait their turn . have to wait their turn. >> and i mean, just on the point of , let's not forget >> and i mean, just on the point of the , let's not forget >> and i mean, just on the point of the king'slet's not forget >> and i mean, just on the point of the king's speech forget >> and i mean, just on the point of the king's speech was|et >> and i mean, just on the point of the king's speech was the that the king's speech was the most viewed program on christmas day, and the program , the day, and the program, the documentary, the coronation , documentary, the coronation, about the background to the coronation was the most viewed program on boxing night. so their popularity is still quite healthy. and i disagree with stephen. i don't think the monarchy is in crisis. crisis suggests that there could be a fall of the monarchy in the in the very near future, and i do not believe that that will happen. not believe that that will happen . i think the monarchy is happen. i think the monarchy is just going along, nicely, just going along, just nicely, and stay is. and it should stay as it is. >> i'm inclined to agree genuinely. >> and stephen, i wonder, you know, there's no substitute for the decades of accumulated experience and wisdom that king charles just can't experience and wisdom that king charlethat. just can't experience and wisdom that king charlethat. and just can't experience and wisdom that king charlethat. and actually;t can't experience and wisdom that king charlethat. and actually , can't experience and wisdom that king charlethat. and actually , he1't teach that. and actually, he surely is best placed now to be king. and we do things better than our continental brothers and , don't we? we and sisters, don't we? we actually stick to actually stick it out to the end. don't throw the towel in. >> well, i'm not entirely sure we want to end up with sort of, you know, joe biden in a crown or, know, i mean, it's

or, um, you know, a i mean, it's a terrifying thought, but look , a terrifying thought, but look, uh, the reality is that i mean, charlie, he knows more about this subject than he spent more hot dinners at buckingham palace. had hot dinners at buckingham pal'dinners, had hot dinners at buckingham pal'dinners, but had hot dinners at buckingham pal'dinners, but i'm had hot dinners at buckingham pal'dinners, but i'm the had hot dinners at buckingham pal'dinners, but i'm the reality hot dinners, but i'm the reality is that the monarchy may not be in meltdown, but it's certainly is in a state where now people are just no longer as respectful of the monarchy . and we all know of the monarchy. and we all know the scandals that have beset the monarchy, and we know what the situation i think would monarchy, and we know what the sit|absolutelythink would monarchy, and we know what the sit|absolutely wonderful uld monarchy, and we know what the sit|absolutely wonderful ifd be absolutely wonderful if prince king charles prince charles, king charles actually , for the sake of actually said, for the sake of the monarchy, the sake of the monarchy, for the sake of the monarchy, for the sake of the never mind my own the country, never mind my own personal ambition, my experience and my wisdom all and my age and my wisdom and all those his those things that people of his age age have just to say, age and my age have just to say, look, i'm going to step back. i'm someone else i'm going to let someone else have i'm going have a go. and i'm going to not because because because it's hard, not because it's because we it's impossible, but because we need a fresh start for the monarchy quickly , charlie. monarchy very quickly, charlie. >> very quickly . >> very quickly. >> very quickly. >> just look at the scores on the doors. we've had the doors. we've only had one abdication country , and abdication in this country, and that was in 1936. >> it's not going to. we've >> and it's not going to. we've had one execution in 1649. well

whoa, whoa. >> all right , well, there we go. >> all right, well, there we go. >> all right, well, there we go. >> and yeah, exactly . and nobody >> and yeah, exactly. and nobody here is old enough to remember either of those things, i'm sure. but anyway, that was former royal correspondent alison. charlie ray and former former royal correspondent alison. mp rlie ray and former former royal correspondent alison. mp stephenand former former royal correspondent alison. mp stephen pound.ner former royal correspondent alison. mp stephen pound. thank labour mp stephen pound. thank you very, very much. right. coming , prince andrew, bill coming up, prince andrew, bill clinton surprise, surprise said to among people named clinton surprise, surprise said to jeffreyyng people named clinton surprise, surprise said to jeffrey epstein's people named clinton surprise, surprise said to jeffrey epstein's flighta named clinton surprise, surprise said to jeffrey epstein's flight log. ned on jeffrey epstein's flight log. we're going to be talking about that person fought that with the person who fought to get those flight logs revealed . stay tuned for the revealed. stay tuned for the truth . truth. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler dollars. sponsors of weather on gb news . hello boxt boiler dollars. sponsors of weather on gb news. hello again . weather on gb news. hello again. >> it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast storm. henk is now moving through wind easing and rain to showers rain clearing to showers overnight, but does stay overnight, but it does stay blustery into wednesday the blustery into wednesday and the next few days. in fact, as low pressure continues to dominate. but was a storm. henk but this was a storm. henk earlier on tuesday. it's now moving into the north sea. the worst of the conditions then

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>> it's 10 pm. and this is patrick christys tonight. what do a foreign isis fanatic in albanian crime lord and a millionaire egyptian all have in common? are they can claim asylum in broken britain. prepare yourself for round two of my shocking revelations about the extent to which you are being lied to on illegal immigration. all of this comes from an inside source and you will not have heard this anywhere plus we will anywhere else. plus we will crack open the epstein files . crack open the epstein files. >> but you were staying at the house. a convicted sex offender.

>> it was a convenient place to stay . stay. >> we are about to hear from the journalist who fought to get the epstein flight logs published. sit khan wanted to make the new year's eve fireworks celebration all political . all political. violent crime, stabbings , rapes. we put his stabbings, rapes. we put his record as mayor up in fireworks for him. you will not want to miss that. and can he do it? well darts legend bobby george reacts to 16 year old luke glitter trying to become darts world champion. and get this , world champion. and get this, he's just finished his sensational semi—final against rob cross. if you don't want to know the result, put your fingers in your ears. now i can reveal that he won. yes, he won that semi—final storming that semi—final in storming fashion. in his dream fashion. he plays in his dream world darts final tomorrow . and world darts final tomorrow. and of course my press pack. of course later my press pack. you will get all of the newest news there is as i take you

through tomorrow's front pages, hot the press with top hot off the press with my top panel hot off the press with my top panel, political panel, who are political commentator suzanne evans, tory mp ronald jayawardena and journalist rebecca reid. are you ready? britain here we go. let's get ready for the inside revelations that you will not have heard anywhere else. as i expose the truth behind our broken asylum system . i'll see broken asylum system. i'll see you after the . news. you after the. news. >> thank you very much indeed, patrick, and good evening to you. well, our top story from the gb newsroom tonight is that lebanon's terror group, hezbollah it is now hezbollah says it is now targeting israeli soldiers after a senior hamas official was killed by an israeli drone strike in beirut . hezbollah strike in beirut. hezbollah saying killing saleh al—arouri, the head of hamas's military wing, was a serious assault on

lebanon itself and a dangerous development in the course of the war, israel has not yet commented officially on the attack , but an adviser to the attack, but an adviser to the israeli prime minister described it as a surgical strike against the hamas leadership . well, the the hamas leadership. well, the news here at home trains have been cancelled this evening. power lines are down and there is widespread flooding across the as storm hank barrels the uk as storm hank barrels into the country . if you're into the country. if you're watching a tv, take a look at uphill beach in weston super mare , where walkers were almost mare, where walkers were almost blown away earlier as the wind came tumbling across the stands . came tumbling across the stands. the sounds rather, and at waterloo station tonight, there were crowds as they were advised against travel because of very strong winds and heavy rain across much of southern england and . although some and wales. although some services leaving the services have been leaving the station, office issued station, the met office issued amber and yellow weather warnings tonight, saying coastal areas could see gusts of up to 90 miles an hour, saying there is a chance of injury or loss of

life from flying debris . as life from flying debris. as you've been hearing the home secretary has insisted today the government has cleared its backlog of migrant asylum applications as critics accuse the government of fiddling the figures. the number of asylum case decisions made last year was the highest since 2002, as the government insisted its commitment to clear the backlog has been delivered . but the has been delivered. but the shadow home secretary, yvette coopen shadow home secretary, yvette cooper, says the government hasn't got its facts right. >> rishi sunak claim to have cleared the asylum backlog is just totally false. in fact, the figures are nearly 100,000 thousand cases and they haven't even fully cleared the bit of the backlog they were targeting. and that's why we've still got record numbers of people in asylum hotels costing the taxpayer payer a total fortune . taxpayer payer a total fortune. >> yvette cooper . now, balloons >> yvette cooper. now, balloons were released tonight on primrose hill in london in memory of the 16 year old boy who was murdered there on new year's eve. harry pitman was

pronounced dead shortly before midnight at a viewpoint where families had gathered to watch the new year's eve fireworks . a the new year's eve fireworks. a male been arrested on male has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is in police custody . police brought police custody. police brought flowers or sorry people rather brought flowers and balloons and the victim's brother said he wants harry's name to be chanted in the 16th minute of the next tottenham hotspur match, as he was a spurs fan . now a 16 year was a spurs fan. now a 16 year old is one win away from completing his dream after reaching tonight at the final of the world darts championship, darts phenomenon luke littler has tonight beaten rob cross six two, in the semi—finals at alexandra palace . luke is just alexandra palace. luke is just 19 days away from his 17th birthday and showed nerves of steel to close out the match in style as his dream darts run continued . he's the youngest continued. he's the youngest player to ever reach the world darts championship final. congratulations to him. this is

gb news across the uk on tv in your car on digital radio and on your car on digital radio and on your smart speaker. this is britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> today i uncovered some shocking revelations about our asylum system and how our prime minister, home secretary and cabinet ministers are letting us down. in recent days we have allowed a sudanese isis jihadi who has broken into britain twice and returned to sudan on numerous occasions to claim asylum here on the grounds that his human rights will be infringed if we deported him back home. the government, m15 and common sense said. this guy poses national security threat poses a national security threat and his asylum claim is bogus. but our judges said that he should stay if the law does not allow us to deport an isis terrorist who has been freely travelling to the country, he claims to face persecution in who our own security services warn as a genuine threat . then warn as a genuine threat. then clearly the law is wrong. today ispoke clearly the law is wrong. today

i spoke to an insider who worked in broken britain's immigration asylum system at a high level . asylum system at a high level. they told me of numerous times rapists and other violent criminals simply could not be deported under our current laws. they told me about people who flew business class from egypt to claim asylum . what they said to claim asylum. what they said to claim asylum. what they said to me was that civil servants and government lawyers are totally obsessed with not offending in strasbourg . offending judges. in strasbourg. they heads they cannot get their heads around creating and enforcing laws put british laws that would put british interests first. but this comes from the very top. apparently and this would be the most concerning thing for people. the allegation sunak allegation is that rishi sunak simply does not want to leave the or do anything that the echr or do anything that offends international law, because his because that would destroy his reputation on the dinner party circuit. when leaves office. circuit. when he leaves office. we already home we already know our home secretary want to leave secretary does not want to leave the are are we being led by the echr are are we being led by people who know what right people who know what the right thing do is, but will not thing to do is, but who will not do it because they care more about their own reputation than do it because they care more abou do 1eir own reputation than do it because they care more abou do 1eir ow doing|tation than do it because they care more abou do 1eir ow doing what'sthan do it because they care more abou do 1eir ow doing what's in|n they do about doing what's in britain's best interests. my source also revealed daily battles with civil servants who

are politicised and will always put the rights of the so—called asylum seeker before british interests. said that interests. they also said that we are essentially doing battle with the eu over channel migrants. der elianne migrants. ursula von der elianne could stop the migrant crisis if she wanted to overnight by declaring that small boats themselves , the ones used across themselves, the ones used across themselves, the ones used across the channel, are unsafe, that would mean that every single customs officer across europe would have to confiscate them. but she won't do it. why not? there are massive warehouses in germany full of small boats , and germany full of small boats, and they are allowed to stay there until they are quickly dispatched to the french coast for crossings . my source also for crossings. my source also said that there are numerous times when french border authorities around calais were blocked. direct by emmanuel macron and his senior ministers, from helping to stop channel crossings. for all of the talk of international cooperation and money to the french, that is the reality. in short , we are on our reality. in short, we are on our own with this. the prime minister has repeatedly been

told that leaving the echr is the only way to solve the migrant crisis, or at least absolutely threatening to do so. and he is not willing to countenance it despite what he may say publicly. nor is our home secretary , and is the home secretary, and nor is the attorney general . we simply attorney general. we simply cannot people , no matter cannot deport people, no matter what to country what they've done to a country that it that is deemed unsafe. and it appears that lawyers can make the for case most countries that aren't in western europe to be unsafe, is why we need unsafe, which is why we need a third like rwanda to third country like rwanda to send people for processing . the send people for processing. the allegation is that our prime minister, home secretary or cabinet ministers simply have no appetite to do what it takes to get those flights off the ground . but to respond now i'm joined again by political commentator suzanne evans, former environment ranil environment secretary ranil jayawardena , mp and author and jayawardena, mp and author and journalist rebecca reed . the journalist rebecca reed. the idea there, suzanne , that it idea there, suzanne, that it requires a fundamental change in law for to get people like a signed up jihadi who was visited the country that he claims to

now be seeking asylum from on numerous occasions out of our country. we need to change that law. >> we? i think we do, and >> are we? i think we do, and i think we need change think we need to change the judges well. mean, judges as well. i mean, i'm really shocked by this. you've got judges who got these judges who seem to take perverse enjoyment point take a perverse enjoyment point in amnesty to criminals , in giving amnesty to criminals, terrorists, um , i mean, where is terrorists, um, i mean, where is where is the harshness in our courts? where is the justice in our courts? where is the common sense in our courts? the judges seem to have lost all control of it. and i think you're absolutely when said, it. and i think you're abs(know, when said, it. and i think you're abs(know, nobodyiihen said, it. and i think you're abs(know, nobody wants said, it. and i think you're abs(know, nobody wants to said, it. and i think you're abs(know, nobody wants to offend you know, nobody wants to offend judges strasbourg, i think judges in strasbourg, i think that much our that applies as much to our judges it does to politicians judges as it does to politicians in in government. i think the worst thing for me as well about this sudanese terrorist is not only was this dreadful person allowed to stay in our country, the judges granted him lifelong anonymity . yeah, so we have no anonymity. yeah, so we have no idea who he is. he could be moving next door to any one of us week, and none of us us next week, and none of us would be the or able would be any the wiser or able to protect ourselves as the prime too afraid of prime minister, too afraid of offending the dinner party set

to actually do what he knows is right for britain when it comes to leaving the echr? >> well, certainly taken >> well, he certainly taken forward the rwanda program . um, forward the rwanda program. um, despite loads people saying despite loads of people saying that this is a terrible scheme and, you know, it won't work. whatever the left want to come out with to poo poo he's out with to poo poo it, he's taken but i think taken that forward. but i think the really troublesome thing here suzanne rightly hits here that suzanne rightly hits on is that here the government did the right thing the did the right thing with the albanian crime boss, the government, national crime government, the national crime agency, said, no, you are going to leave this country, but it was the judges who then said, you what? we've you know what? no, we've interpreted the differently. interpreted the law differently. so wrong . so we're right. you're wrong. this guy stays and this is to me that we really need to now tighten up the law further and make clear that when it comes to matters of national security or crime prevention more generally, that really must trump that these individual rights . i think these individual rights. i think you can do this stuff even without leaving the echr actually, you know, it's simply down to an act of parliament, and it is about upsetting the strasbourg it's saying

strasbourg judges. it's saying parliament says that if national security or crime is involved . security or crime is involved. >> but that's that's the point of what i've been told today, which is that our prime minister simply upset the simply will not upset the international laws. so therefore it's not going to happen, is it? >> well, well, i hope the rwanda plan will happen , which also has plan will happen, which also has been upsets been suggested upsets international law. that's i guess, a start of a ten. it mustn't be the end of the road, but the, the principle we but the, the principle that we must be tougher is something that the governments at least grasping in the face of stiff opposition from labour, the lib dems and basically anyone else on the left. >> okay. i mean , if you take >> okay. i mean, if you take another thing that i was told today, which is that our prime minister says one thing in public, he's learned all of the jingles that he needs to say in order to appease the people on the right . order to appease the people on the right. but behind the scenes, he is just a completely different bloke. and i actually think everyone on the right can maybe just see that now. think everyone on the right can ma'i)e just see that now. think everyone on the right can ma'i think, see that now. think everyone on the right can ma'i think, iee that now. think everyone on the right can ma'i think, i think,t now. think everyone on the right can ma'i think, i think, inow. think everyone on the right can ma'i think, i think, i think >> i think, i think, i think there's a reason that i naturally quite warm

naturally am feel quite warm towards him. i think there's a reason of all when reason that of all of the when the leadership was the leadership debate was happening, rishi was the one who everybody felt most everybody on the left felt most comfortable is comfortable with. there is a sort like undercurrent of it sort of like undercurrent of it with you feel. and with him that you can feel. and also i think quite widely also i think it's quite widely accepted, people accepted, sadly, up from people i work close i know who work, who work close to that he probably will go to him, that he probably will go to him, that he probably will go to america after this . and he's to america after this. and he's quite to being a democrat. quite close to being a democrat. if you look at there is no incentive is there for him whatsoever to do anything radical and sort problem, radical and sort this problem, and also he has seen what happened , um, donald trump happened to, um, donald trump to, to ivanka trump and her husband . they were socially husband. they were socially shunned. they were like, they cannot get a proper reservation in in new york. no one wants to be their friend. but that's the problem for the british people, though, isn't it? >> w. w- >> that is a problem for the british people. >> saying is true, >> you're saying is true, rebecca, reason >> you're saying is true, re assume reason >> you're saying is true, re assume isn't. reason >> you're saying is true, re assume isn't. then reason >> you're saying is true, re assume isn't. then he's;on to assume it isn't. then he's not fit to be prime minister. >> problem. not fit to be prime minister. >> and problem. not fit to be prime minister. >> and the)lem. not fit to be prime minister. >> and the point. i'm >> and that's the point. i'm going put his personal career going to put his personal career first. deserve be going to put his personal career fir office. deserve be going to put his personal career fir office. shouldn't/e be going to put his personal career fir office. shouldn't/e in)e in office. he shouldn't be in office. he should never have appued office. he should never have applied and this applied for the job. and this is the problem that we applied for the job. and this is the in problem that we applied for the job. and this is the in politics, problem that we applied for the job. and this is the in politics, isroblem that we applied for the job. and this is the in politics, is that m that we applied for the job. and this is the in politics, is that we hat we have in politics, is that we have in politics, is that we have people into politics,

have people going into politics, not because they to serve not because they want to serve the because they the country, but because they want serve themselves. and we want to serve themselves. and we see and again. see that again and again. >> agree, and >> i completely agree, and i think the cleverest, brightest, best speaking. best people generally speaking. no offence, ronald, don't go into because hard into politics because it's hard work, it's thankless, it's bonng work, it's thankless, it's boring a lot the time. boring a lot of the time. >> with a diligent >> or people with a diligent sense of public duty. >> course, are willing sense of public duty. >> who ourse, are willing sense of public duty. >> who are ;e, are willing sense of public duty. >> who are willing are willing sense of public duty. >> who are willing toe willing sense of public duty. >> who are willing to bang ng sense of public duty. >> who are willing to bang the to, who are willing to bang the drum for everything right drum for everything that's right in the job. drum for everything that's right in tlike)b. drum for everything that's right in tlike realistically , if you >> like realistically, if you had a if you had a daughter or a son who had a top tier education from brilliant from oxford who was brilliant and i do? and they said, what should i do? would go a would you not say, go and be a top lawyer, make £1 million a year? wouldn't you? >> yeah. >> let's just let's just. yeah. all go. what you say. >> but let's just and drag >> but let's just try and drag it the matter in hand it back to the matter in hand here. because really, seriously, ronald, that the allegation that our that our prime minister knows is that we will not stop boats or be we will not stop the boats or be able to enact the kind of laws that would actually be a deterrent unless we leave the echr. and the reason why he's not to do that is not prepared to do that is because he's got eye on what because he's got one eye on what he after his he does after after his premiership, think really does premiership, i think really does raise the about whether raise the question about whether or power. or not he's fit to be in power. >> if was true , um, i

>> well, if that was true, um, i can see where you're coming from i >> -- >> the trouble is, i just don't believe it true. don't believe it is true. i don't believe it is true. i don't believe that we believe this premise that we must the echr to stop must leave the echr to stop the boats . i must leave the echr to stop the boats. i genuinely must leave the echr to stop the boats . i genuinely believe and boats. i genuinely believe and i know many lawyers believe, that you can can stop boats by you can can stop the boats by simply asserting the will of parliament. part of parliament. and that's part of what this rwanda bill that's going it's going through is all about. it's saying despite the human saying that despite the human rights what rights law, despite what strasbourg say, parliament strasbourg might say, parliament sets the law of this country. and so i think you can do this and i think the a really important point here also is that many people said to rishi, why have you been so clear about this? stop the boats. it's binary. it's yes. have you done it or no? have you not? many people said, why haven't you just said reduce the boats? he people said, why haven't you ju really reduce the boats? he people said, why haven't you ju really clear:e the boats? he people said, why haven't you ju really clear that; boats? he people said, why haven't you ju really clear that he )ats? he people said, why haven't you ju really clear that he wantsie people said, why haven't you ju really clear that he wants to is really clear that he wants to stop them. >> i know you feel very >> rebecca, i know you feel very strongly towards the european union it. well, ursula von strongly towards the european uniyleyen it. well, ursula von strongly towards the european uniyleyen couldell, ursula von strongly towards the european uniyleyen could , l, ursula von strongly towards the european uniyleyen could , according'on strongly towards the european uniyleyen could , according to my der leyen could, according to my source, essentially der leyen could, according to my sou boats essentially der leyen could, according to my sou boats overnightilly der leyen could, according to my sou boats overnight by very the boats overnight by very simply declaring that they were unsafe . if this particular type unsafe. if this particular type of boat . she won't do that. of boat. she won't do that. there are warehouses full of

these things in germany. we are essentially at war with the eu over boats, not? yeah. >> so i don't think it's necessarily quite as simple as that. they absolutely that. but yes, they absolutely could why they. could help. but why would they. we middle up we stuck a middle finger up at them it out. why them and we want it out. why would european country. would any european country. >> because italy's help us. italy's huge problem as well italy's got huge problem as well you there many. you know. so there are many. >> see they help >> see why they want to help greece would greece has got why would they want help us. but but what want to help us. but but what have we done for the if have we done for the eu if by stopping people coming they have we done for the eu if by stop beg people coming they have we done for the eu if by stop be reducing coming they have we done for the eu if by stop be reducing theiing they have we done for the eu if by stop be reducing the pull they have we done for the eu if by stop be reducing the pull factoriey will be reducing the pull factor that's bringing people into italy in the first place? i don't feels don't think viscerally it feels that feels that way. i think it feels like we're well, didn't that way. i think it feels like we're want well, didn't that way. i think it feels like we're want to 'ell, didn't that way. i think it feels like we're want to play didn't that way. i think it feels like we're want to play withdn't that way. i think it feels like we're want to play with you, really want to play with you, but need your but now we kind of need your help and i can see why they'd be like, get lost. like, no, sorry, get lost. i wouldn't help us. i have to say, just small boats just destroying the small boats is the issue. just destroying the small boats is becausesue. just destroying the small boats is because sue. declare a >> because if they declare a certain unsafe, certain type of boat unsafe, they'll kind. they'll just find another kind. >> the true. >> they will find the true. >> they will find the true. >> it's a of herring. >> it's a bit of a red herring. fundamentally, i think the ultimate that ultimate thing is that we actually rwanda scheme. >> yeah, we do need a of >> yeah, we do need a form of rwanda scheme as a third country, because at the moment, if you've got anyone who claims to afghanistan to be from afghanistan or any country unsafe, to be from afghanistan or any countif unsafe, to be from afghanistan or any countif they unsafe, to be from afghanistan or any countif they get unsafe, to be from afghanistan or any countif they get it, unsafe, to be from afghanistan or any countif they get it, even 1safe, to be from afghanistan or any countif they get it, even ifafe,

even if they get it, even if they illegal, if they they are illegal, even if they are a threat, we can't send them anywhere. we send them anywhere. we can't send them back home. but we could send them to rwanda. >> travel it's >> is playing travel agent. it's expensive. eventually expensive. what will eventually happen somebody will to happen is somebody will go to rwanda of us. something rwanda because of us. something bad to and bad will happen to them, and then they will sue for an astronomical amounts of money. it not a good. it'll be it is not a good. it'll be a huge deterrent. this hasn't worked for many years . it worked for so many years. it would be huge kick down the would be a huge kick down the road it's not a good idea. >> it would be a huge deterrent. as we with australia, a as we saw with australia, it's a safe country. it safe country. why is it if people offshore? safe country. why is it if peopl deterrent offshore? safe country. why is it if peopldeterrent . offshore? safe country. why is it if peopldeterrent. it offshore? safe country. why is it if peopldeterrent . it worked ore? safe country. why is it if peopldeterrent . it worked ine? it's a deterrent. it worked in australia. it will work here. >> no, because it's not where they go. is the they want to go. is the australian system basically australian system was basically detention centres. >> very hard. >> we was very hard. >> we was very hard. >> seen today haven't >> we've just seen today haven't we, the vast majority we, that the vast majority of people now granted people who we've now granted asylum the latest round asylum to under the latest round will not be speaking english, will not be speaking english, will not be getting a job any time soon. we'll be living in social housing or will be on changed. >> absolutely. but playing, playing, around . will pop playing, moving around. will pop you over his problem . but it's you over his problem. but it's still our problem. putting them

in rwanda is still our problem. we're still paying for it. we're still it. the buck still in charge of it. the buck stops us. it's not good stops with us. it's not a good idea. it doesn't work. this stops with us. it's not a good idythe it doesn't work. this stops with us. it's not a good idythe trouble.t work. this stops with us. it's not a good idytthe'ouble.t work. this stops with us. it's not a good idytthe'oubialways'k. this stops with us. it's not a good idytthe'oubialways'k. nothing's >> the left always say nothing's a good idea. and they just have an we've from an amnesty. as we've heard from the officials today, an ethically managed domestic processing centre would be the if you are all right. >> thank you much. if you >> thank you very much. if you are just joining us, would >> thank you very much. if you are j|you,»ining us, would >> thank you very much. if you are j|you, once us, would >> thank you very much. if you are j|you, once this would >> thank you very much. if you are j|you, once this showld >> thank you very much. if you are j|you, once this show is urge you, once this show is finished, to go back rewatch finished, to go back and rewatch what the top of what was happening at the top of the hour as you just what was happening at the top of the there,jr as you just what was happening at the top of the there, ronald, you just heard there, ronald, make reference to an amnesty i revealed a revealed on this show that a source very, very to source very, very close to government did tell earlier government did tell me earlier today that the government had been by civil servants been advised by civil servants to an amnesty in order to to have an amnesty in order to clear that migrant backlog. does that not explain maybe what actually could happen in a year or so's time, if there is a labour government coming up, failed london mayor sadiq khan gushes about the capital's fantastic 2023 on new year's eve, without acknowledging surging knife crime. i went to brixton to get the reaction of locals about their increasingly unsafe area. don't miss the full footage of my south london adventure my press pack adventure in my press pack shortly. next, prince

shortly. but next, prince andrew, bill clinton surprise, surprise set to be among the surprise are set to be among the 187 people identified as associates of prolific sex trafficker jeffrey epstein. when a bombshell court document is made public, an hour now, i will get the latest from the murky world of the billionaire financier. when i speak to arick fudali, a us based lawyer representing eight of epstein's victims and top investigative reporter at the miami herald , reporter at the miami herald, ben beder. don't go away. but before that, it's the final week of our great british giveaway. your chance to win the latest iphone, a shopping spree ten grand in cold, hard cash start 2024 right lines close on friday. here's how you can enter i >> -- >> make ham >> make sure you don't miss your chance to win three brilliant pnzes chance to win three brilliant prizes in our great british giveaway prize , which could make giveaway prize, which could make your new year start with a bang! there's a totally t&cs free £10,000 cash to be won. cash to spend however you like. what would you do with it? we'll also send you on a new year shopping

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news, the people's channel, britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> now, before the break, i showed you the terrifying footage of the japan airlines flight that became an inferno after colliding with a small coastguard plane, killing all five crew. but amazingly, all 379 passengers and crew on board that commercial plane from sapporo , a city in the northern sapporo, a city in the northern japanese island of hokkaido , had japanese island of hokkaido, had a miraculous escape as it became engulfed in flames. i promised you that we would show you some footage from inside plane footage from inside that plane seconds before disaster. we've got of here is . hey.

got hold of it. here it is. hey. oh, my gosh. honestly. and obviously it resulted in all of that. well, amazingly , all 379 that. well, amazingly, all 379 passengers and crew were evacuated from the plane before it was fully engulfed in flames. pubuc it was fully engulfed in flames. public broadcaster nhk reported that 14 people were were injured and apparently, apparently the main reason seriously, that they were able to get off and all survive so quickly was simply that as part of japanese culture, it is standard stuff to just follow orders from authority figures . and so whilst authority figures. and so whilst we might be sitting there with our headphones in, not listening to what your nearest are, to what your nearest exits are, not knowing what to do or wrestling our bags from the wrestling with our bags from the top to get out top shelf in to order get out and blocking aisles in and blocking the aisles in japan, were straight off, japan, they were straight off, and that is essentially why they were to survive. were all able to survive. so moving though, talking of moving on though, talking of aeroplanes way likes of aeroplanes in a way the likes of prince andrew and clinton prince andrew and bill clinton are be the are expected to be named on the long awaited of people who long awaited list of people who associated prolific sex associated with prolific sex trafficker epstein . when

trafficker jeffrey epstein. when it's released, it is in the coming days. a judge ordered the publication of the bombshell court documents from a lawsuit unked court documents from a lawsuit linked to epstein's girlfriend ghislaine maxwell, with 187 people said to be dramatically identified . well, former us identified. well, former us president clinton is reportedly mentioned 50 times, according to abc news in america. he travelled on epstein's plane on humanity trips to africa in the early 2000 and at that time praised epstein as a committed philanthropist . there is no philanthropist. there is no suggestion he was involved in illegality, but we are potentially hours, moments away from this long awaited list being revealed and to join us now to discuss this is eric feudal lawyer for eight of the man's victims and miami herald investigative reporter ben vida, both of you. thank you very much. ben, can i just start with you, if that's okay? because as i understand it, it is the miami herald that have managed to get us to this point. right? is it you guys who really bang the drum to get this stuff revealed ?

drum to get this stuff revealed? i mean, what happened there? what can expect ? what can we expect? >> the miami herald has >> yeah, the miami herald has been fighting since 2018 for these documents to be released. we've had lawyers that we've had great lawyers that we've have continued we've hired who have continued to the argument this to make the argument that this should should should be released. this should never secret in the never have been secret in the first um, this is a, you first place. um, this is a, you know, episode when you go know, an episode when you go back to epstein's crimes that has been shrouded in secrecy from the beginning, you from the beginning, and you know, we have argued and judges have agreed with us that that these this material should be in these this material should be in the record . i mean, this the public record. i mean, this is how cases this is how the court in the works. court system in the us works. we have we have a public court system. we don't secret , and we don't keep things secret, and we don't keep things secret, and we don't a court system. we don't have a court system. we shouldn't have a court system where, wealthy people where, you know, wealthy people can hide their because can hide their secrets because they can afford to hire lawyers that fight to keep things secret i >> -- >> but, eric, m km >> but, eric, why is this so important? why should you know ? important? why should you know? sally from number 42, somewhere in doncaster, here britain . in doncaster, here in britain. care about epstein files . care about the epstein files. >> well, what's interesting to me is what people forget is that jeffrey epstein was convicted and had a plea deal for

procuring sex with a minor in 2008, and a lot of the names that we've known to be publicly associated with jeffrey epstein, all took place before 2008. so what i'm interested to see and why, perhaps anyone should be interested is who interested to see, is who remained associated with jeffrey epstein after he was publicly part of a plea deal involving sex with a minor. that's what's interesting, because that was not confidential. people knew about that conviction in 2008, knew about that sweetheart plea deal that had to do with sex with minor. so what want to with a minor. so what i want to know is which one of these high profile remained in profile figures remained in contact, remained associated with ? with him after that? >> ben, can i ask if have you guys at the miami herald or you actually had sight at all off of this list? have you got any idea how deep this runs? what we can expect . the names on this expect. the names on this particular list? >> no , but but you know, we've >> no, but but you know, we've we've had a number of releases up till now. this is the third or fourth release of documents from this lawsuit. and

certainly, you know, when you think some the people think about some of the people who released for, you who have been released for, you know, about, you know, you're talking about, you know, you're talking about, you know, politicians, one know, major us politicians, one of former top ranking of the former top ranking senators the us senate, uh, senators in the us senate, uh, former of new mexico, former governor of new mexico, uh, a hotel, uh, the chairman of hyatt hotels , uh, tom pritzker, hyatt hotels, uh, tom pritzker, these are some of the names that have been in previous documents . have been in previous documents. uh, and we anticipate that we'll see, similar big names see, you know, similar big names this around. and obviously this time around. and obviously in the biggest name is in the uk, the biggest name is prince andrew. um, and while there has already been quite a bit released about prince andrew, obviously the andrew, there was obviously the lawsuit of years ago lawsuit a couple of years ago brought virginia giuffre. who brought by virginia giuffre. who is know, whose is is you know, whose case this is where documents being where these documents are being released. there's released. um, you know, there's still kind an un, uh , still always kind of an un, uh, you know, an infinite amount of interest exactly prince interest in exactly what prince andrew's relationship was with jeffrey . uh, and, you jeffrey epstein. uh, and, you know, you know, to the point about, you know, his continued association with him after it was very clear that epstein had been not accused been not just accused but convicted of sexually abusing underage women. um, you know, those are the kinds of revelations that we're looking

for, sure. yeah there's for, for sure. yeah there's certainly questions to be asked. >> want to make it very >> and i want to make it very clear including prince clear i'm not including prince andrew in what i'm about to ask now, eric and obviously every single who has even been single person who has even been remotely linked remains remotely linked to this remains massively innocent until proven guilty eric, it it was guilty. but eric, it was it was long of kind of tinfoil long the time of kind of tinfoil hat conspiracy theorists , i hat conspiracy theorists, i think, to assume that there was some elitist some kind of global elitist paedophile . right. do you paedophile ring. right. do you wonder whether or not the revelations of the epstein files might actually make that true? well i certainly don't blame the public. >> and you know, some sceptical members of the for public assuming that. right. jeffrey epstein killed himself under very suspicious conditions. he certainly should not have been able the able to do that under the confine he was in. so i confine that he was in. so i don't blame the public. and also based on the really high profile and prolific names that we've already associated with already seen associated with jeffrey epstein. so i'm not surprised people, people assume that or people suggest that . but that or people suggest that. but people though, as people don't realise, though, as someone who's represented a lot of victims of is that of victims of epstein, is that this trafficking ring really

this sex trafficking ring really was benefit of jeffrey was to the benefit of jeffrey epstein. was having multiple epstein. he was having multiple young women come to his place every single day for decades. so people assume they see all these victims that there must have been this ring, when in fact it was jeffrey epstein who was doing the sex trafficking for himself . himself. >> that's interesting. um, ben , >> that's interesting. um, ben, just final word to you. if that's all right. so just final word to you. if that's all right . so where are that's all right. so where are we to in of release we up to in terms of the release of stuff? because my of this stuff? because my understanding is there was understanding is that there was it until midnight new york it was until midnight new york time , which i think is time yesterday, which i think is about morning. our about five in the morning. our time. so that was 5:00 this morning to launch appeals morning here to launch appeals against this. so really we were kind of expecting this list to be now ish. really. what do be out now ish. really. what do you think? >> i think because of the houday >> i think because of the holiday there was a little bit of an extra time. but but our expectation is that either, you know, by the of today, you expectation is that either, you know, us the of today, you expectation is that either, you know, us time of today, you expectation is that either, you know, us time or of today, you expectation is that either, you know, us time or or today, you expectation is that either, you know, us time or or certainly)u know, us time or or certainly tomorrow we'll, we'll be seeing these documents . i think, you these documents. i think, you know, my, my under the latest i had heard was that , um, that had heard was that, um, that there were two parties that that

had the right to potentially appeal. but that some of the appeal. um, but that some of the documents could be released even if were appeal. um, if they were to appeal. um, that, wouldn't necessarily that, that wouldn't necessarily mean would mean mean that nothing would mean that some of the documents might be hold until later. all be put on hold until later. all right, watch this space. >> watch this space. look, both of you. thank you very much. i will very will chat to you again very soon. is eric soon. no doubt. that is eric fiedler, who the lawyer for fiedler, who is the lawyer for eight of epstein's victims. and miami a man who fought to reporter. a man who fought to get these files out there , ben get these files out there, ben vida, said, we are vida, like i said, we are potentially moments potentially just moments away from epstein list from that infamous epstein list being public. but coming up being made public. but coming up in the second part of my press pack failed. london mayor sadiq khan mocked for his khan was widely mocked for his narcissistic fireworks display on eve in what's on new year's eve in what's being the wokeist display being dubbed the wokeist display .even being dubbed the wokeist display . ever. but i will show you my alternative version sadiq khan biggest failures. but next, i'm about show you the clip about to show you the full clip from my visit brixton in from my visit to brixton in south london, where i asked locals they locals whether or not they thought that knife crime thought that surging knife crime und sadiq khan actually bad . und sadiq khan was actually bad. who had the gall to say in 2023 that it was a great year for the

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assassinates guardian assassinates in the guardian israel assassinates hamas israel assassinates senior hamas leader . um, israel assassinates senior hamas leader. um, i believe we go to the next. actually, apologies. sorry. we'll go to the i next. yeah, there we go. uh 2024 mortgage price war begins as lenders slash interest rates. so that's the story leading on the eye. they've also got a bull's eye. they've also got a bull's eye. 16 year old luke litter goes for world title tonight. well he's in the final. we speak to dance legend bobby george shortly. uh, we'll move on now to guardian . yeah. there we to the guardian. yeah. there we go. israel assassinate senior hamas leader in lebanon. they go for starmer to set out plan to clean up politics. and we finished with the mail again. giant that giant picture there of that towering of plane on a towering inferno of a plane on a japanese runway . but towering inferno of a plane on a japanese runway. but this is a story i'm focusing on story i'm focusing in with on the the longest the panel now, as the longest ever nhs strike begins , ever nhs doctors strike begins, mail exposes bloated pay of bosses at hospitals with worse waiting times. kerb the nhs fat cats on £300,000. i am joined by suzanne evans, ronald jayawardena and rebecca rees. suzanne i'll start with you. is

it time the nhs looked inwardly at itself? oh my gosh, it's long overdue, isn't it? >> i mean, what incenses me about this? it's not just the headune about this? it's not just the headline about the huge amounts of these people are on of pay that these people are on double that of the prime minister i can't believe most nhs ceos have got double nhs trust ceos have got double the, know , weight of job the, you know, weight of job than the prime minister has. but it's the that this pay is it's the fact that this pay is not related. and not performance related. and so the exposed . the fact the mail is exposed. the fact that the 11 worst trusts for waiting times and treatment referrals are all got got ceos on over 175 grand a year. this pay on over 175 grand a year. this pay should be performance related. >> we've got derbyshire health care nhs foundation trust largely dealing with mental health referrals. so that's urgent. very urgent . it health referrals. so that's urgent. very urgent. it had health referrals. so that's urgent. very urgent . it had the urgent. very urgent. it had the longest average wait at a year and 16 weeks. carolyn green, interim chief until april, received a total pay package including pension of £235,000. should the doctors on strike not be angry at them? >> yeah, absolutely . i mean, >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, this is i mean , first of all, i this is i mean, first of all, i should say that if someone's

performing really well, i think, yeah, fine. pay them what they deserve . if you're getting deserve. and if you're getting the the health the right people into the health service to run it properly, great stuff. the problem service to run it properly, great astf. the problem service to run it properly, great as suzanne re problem service to run it properly, great as suzanne rightly .em service to run it properly, great as suzanne rightly says, here, as suzanne rightly says, is where there is failure, they're being rewarded for it. and do anything about and no one can do anything about it. you know, totally it. that's you know, totally lacking . and it's lacking accountability. and it's not just these roles, is it? i mean, it's all these diversity roles that are hired and, um, almost £14 million being spent on, well over 300 diversity roles across the nhs . yeah, this roles across the nhs. yeah, this is taxpayers money. we're spending in nhs spending more in the nhs than ever before , including for ever before, including for inflation and yet it's not being spent. well that's what really infuriates people. yeah i mean rebecca, how on earth can you know junior doctors justify striking over this when you know they've got some of the nhs budget being wasted these fat cats? >> well, the junior doctors don't nhs budget, so i'd don't set the nhs budget, so i'd imagine would imagine they probably would also agree a mad thing. imagine they probably would also adon't a mad thing. imagine they probably would also adon't many a mad thing. i don't think many junior doctors yes. the doctors would say yes. the person bad person in charge of the bad infrastructure poorly infrastructure and the poorly run hospitals deserves this much money. i agree with everybody else. fine paying 300 money. i agree with everybody else. if fine paying 300 money. i agree with everybody else. if they ne paying 300 money. i agree with everybody else. if they were iying 300 money. i agree with everybody else. if they were getting 0

grand if they were getting somebody in. and i think somebody amazing in. and i think if you're going to get people from sector who are from the private sector who are going an incredible job, going to do an incredible job, you have to pay that money. you have to pay that much money. but it should be basically entirely bonus. they should get the salary junior the same base salary as a junior doctor, with the bonus capacity to yeah, junior >> all right. yeah, junior doctors strikes tomorrow again >> all right. yeah, junior doctoweek. (es tomorrow again >> all right. yeah, junior doctoweek. is tomorrow again >> all right. yeah, junior doctoweek. i willnorrow again >> all right. yeah, junior doctoweek. i will be �*row again >> all right. yeah, junior doctoweek. i will be turning in >> all right. yeah, junior doctoweek. i will be turning up for a week. i will be turning up to one of those doctors to one of those junior doctors strikes a chat strikes tomorrow to have a chat with show with him. so tomorrow's show obviously lively, obviously will be a bit lively, but khan reckons that 2023 but sadiq khan reckons that 2023 was sterling for london, was a sterling year for london, but to acknowledge the but he failed to acknowledge the spiralling but he failed to acknowledge the spiraliunder his watch with place under his watch with knifepoint robberies up a third. so this is what happened when i spoke to locals in brixton in south london earlier today, one of the capital's worst areas for knife crime, to see how they felt about some of the claims made by our mayor to talk about knife crime , kids stabbing each knife crime, kids stabbing each other, walking around with swords. >> i'm a father of a teenager, so when you see happen or when you hear it on the news, um , it you hear it on the news, um, it makes you wonder if your child is safe out there. i don't think it's getting worse. >> you know, he's getting worse.

>> you know, he's getting worse. >> no, just a few weeks ago, there was a young man who died up the road there. and we went for visual. so every one is affected, whether directly or indirectly. >> do you think most people around here know someone who's been a victim of knife crime? >> yes . like i been a victim of knife crime? >> yes. like i said, yes. loads of us. every minute there's a parent crying and no man and there's nothing we can do . there's nothing we can do. >> mm. well it's interesting though, isn't it, to speak to actual people on the ground. the vast majority of them, in fact, almost everyone i spoke to said they knew somebody been they knew somebody who had been a crime, which a victim of knife crime, which indicates is not indicates the problem is not getting year's indicates the problem is not gettfireworks year's indicates the problem is not gettfireworks display year's indicates the problem is not gettfireworks display london, eve fireworks display in london, though, has sparked some controversy. surprise, controversy. yep surprise, surprise. london's failing mayor sadiq khan couldn't resist turning into a turning the whole thing into a giant . messages giant vanity project. messages like london is a place for everyone. there we go. well of course, khan's ego meant that the nation's fireworks display kicks off with the message the mayor presents . so mayor of london presents. so i thought today i'd bring you the reality of what he's really presenting . the mayor of london presenting. the mayor of london presents a real, growing violent

crime rate. there we go, up 2.1. van—tam. thank you very much . van—tam. thank you very much. the mayor of london presents a city play by knife crime that is rising at the highest rate in five mayor london five years. the mayor of london presents a lawless capital where robberies at knife point have risen by more than two thirds. the mayor of london presents a ulez tax that has pilfered more than £418 million from hard working brits since 2021, and, of course, the mayor of london presents a woke and vain new year's eve fireworks display that was roughly equivalent to a car driving 600km. there we are. do spite declaring an eco war on motorists. well, there we go. and of course, in this interview on sky news, it's gone viral. sadiq khan dodged questions about knife crime . we can take a about knife crime. we can take a little look why is london doing so badly on knife crime and knife robberies? >> it's actually the biggest personal robbery is of mobile phones. >> it's. i'm sorry to interrupt. >> it's. i'm sorry to interrupt. >> it's. i'm sorry to interrupt. >> it's the use of knives i'm talking about, not mobile phones . it's the use of knives .

. it's the use of knives. >> yeah, but. sure. but that's because they're trying to steal the mobile phones . the mobile phones. >> well, it was >> yeah, well, it was interesting that he wasn't particularly that mobile phones are now to blame. and look, when i come back, i'm going to be talking about 16 year old british sensation luke british dance sensation luke littler, remarkably see littler, who is remarkably see through the world darts through to the world darts championship beating championship final after beating another darts player, of course, whose name i've forgotten. but anyway, bobby george is joining me. darts sensation himself, me. the darts sensation himself, very , very shortly. and we'll very, very shortly. and we'll have more from pages with my panel our greatest britain panel and our greatest britain and jack carson. stay and union jack carson. stay tuned. don't anywhere. tuned. don't go anywhere. not a darts fan

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you a little clip of that shortly, but next, it's going to be the second part of my press pack, where i even more pack, where i reveal even more front pages . and however, i do front pages. and however, i do want reaction . live want to get some reaction. live reaction to 16 year old british dance sensation luke littler, who through to the world who is through to the world dans who is through to the world darts championship final after beating cross six beating 2018 champion cross six two to reach the final . i'm two to reach the final. i'm delighted to be joined by tv presenter and darts legend bobby george. bobby thank you very, very much for coming on the show, so this is remarkable , show, so this is remarkable, isn't it? we have got a 16 year old sporting hero who loves a kebab and he's in the final. can he win ? he win? >> well, the way he played the night. yeah, he played the excellent. really? tonight he had 106 average which is over. that sort of race is very very good standard. he, uh he went out under and 42 he won 149, 132. he just he was unbelievable. he played absolute marvellous tonight to reach the final. so he can win. playing

like that . he can win. have you like that. he can win. have you ever seen anyone really. >> well i've seen . bobby. >> well i've seen. bobby. >> well i've seen. bobby. >> well i've seen. bobby. >> well 16 i mean he always i think he looks a bit older than 69. i did, but um, 16 years he's been playing since he had the “wv been playing since he had the nappy on. he reckons. so he practised his all all the time. he's whole life has been darts. so he's got his dream . well he's so he's got his dream. well he's no mug. he didn't just walk in to the pdc world. um, darts. he was actually the, uh, the junior world champion . so he is, he is world champion. so he is, he is a world champion. he's played at wd , uh, the world darts wd, uh, the world darts association. he's he's played a lot of darts for a young man who's only 16. and he's in the final. he deserves to be in the final. he deserves to be in the final because he pretty good just just last one with you. >> bobby is my concern. is that a 16 years old, he's now going to be a massive superstar. he's

going to have loads of money. could he implode mentally? do you think? well that's one thing he's got to do. >> he's got to keep his feet on the ground. he can't listen to people do this. why didn't you do that? all he's to do is do that? all he's got to do is play do that? all he's got to do is play just play as he's play the game. just play as he's playing. wins, he gets the playing. if he wins, he gets the bees and honey right ? 500 grand, bees and honey right? 500 grand, which he's good. any good bit of piece of money, but he's got to keep his feet on the ground. so make sure he doesn't get too big headed , a bit cocky and then it headed, a bit cocky and then it gets knocked off the perch . and gets knocked off the perch. and you've got to be very careful with a young man with that sort of spend his money wisely. >> bobby, thank you very much. that's darts legend bobby george there hero that's darts legend bobby george there born hero that's darts legend bobby george there born in hero that's darts legend bobby george there born in front hero that's darts legend bobby george there born in front of hero that's darts legend bobby george there born in front of our hero that's darts legend bobby george there born in front of our eyes being born in front of our eyes here, it? littler ? here, isn't it? luke littler? now that paper now let's return to that paper review because i've got some more pages for you right more front pages for you right now . daily express six day now. daily express six day junior doctors strike is an act of cruelty. um um, we go to the times million cancellations for patients in doctors strikes. um,

exactly . yeah. they're really exactly. yeah. they're really focusing in on that, aren't they 7 focusing in on that, aren't they ? the daily telegraph israel kills top hamas leader in beirut channel crossings to increase this year. despite tight the government's pledge bit on mortgages there. the mirror is in here. why still no justice? more than 20 years ago, a witch hunt started. innocent people were hounded. and this is, of course, about the subpostmasters scandal. so there we are. um, yes , i'm just going to yes, i'm just going to reintroduce my panel to the fray now. suzanne evans ryan o'neal wardner and rebecca reid. um, i mean, i'm going to start, i think, now when it comes to what's maybe on the front of the mirror as well about subpostmasters , uh, strike here. subpostmasters, uh, strike here. i mean, this is can you remind us a little bit, suzanne, about about what this was about. i mean, post office workers mean, it's post office workers wrongly accused the wrongly accused in the it scandal. still waiting scandal. they're still waiting for payouts. scandal. they're still waiting for yeah. ts. was scandal. they're still waiting for yeah.ts. was new it >> yeah. there was a new it system horizon was system called horizon that was put post offices and there put into post offices and there was a fault in it. put into post offices and there was a fault in it . and the fault was a fault in it. and the fault basically was an accounting error and it made it look like

subpostmasters mistresses subpostmasters and mistresses were fiddling and cheating and stealing , were fiddling and cheating and stealing, and were fiddling and cheating and stealing , and eye were fiddling and cheating and stealing, and eye was stealing, and a blind eye was turned to this for far too long. some of them went to prison. some of them went to prison. some of them died, some of them had divorce. family break up and got ill. um, a massive, got very ill. um, a massive, a horrific scandal to be accused of basically thieving when you went . absolutely atrocious. went. absolutely atrocious. yeah. and i mean, surely they deserve the money now do they? >> yeah . and you know, i've got >> yeah. and you know, i've got a constituent involved in this as well . and, you know, this is as well. and, you know, this is something that at the post office sort of operated as this, uh, island had no accountability, no scrutiny . uh, accountability, no scrutiny. uh, ministers like ed davey , now ministers like ed davey, now leader of the liberal democrats, presided over it and did nothing about it. can i just go a little bit off piece with you, if that's all right, and talk a bit about luke littler, okay. >> because is >> right. because there is a photograph that emerged earlier on which was of luke littler and apparently his apparent girlfriend , who is bear in mind, girlfriend, who is bear in mind, this guy is 16. he looks about

35. right. but he is not 35. >> he is 16 and his girlfriend, as we understand it is 21, 21, 21. >> and you think that's problem? >> yeah. and say we were chatting about it a little bit earlier and somebody said, oh, imagine was the other way imagine if it was the other way around . and absolutely the other around. and absolutely the other way would awful. but way round would be awful. but this awful. just this is still awful. just because he's a boy does mean this is still awful. just bec acceptable boy does mean this is still awful. just bec acceptable .)oy does mean this is still awful. just bec acceptable . ifi does mean this is still awful. just bec acceptable . if youzs mean this is still awful. just bec acceptable . if you are mean this is still awful. just bec acceptable . if you are an nean it's acceptable. if you are an adult, have business adult, you have no business dating somebody who is technically a child. i mean, he's me. he's likeable to me. >> i mean, he looks acts >> i mean, he looks and acts like middle aged. like he's middle aged. >> don't know how old he >> we don't know how old he acts, but he also he is 16. i don't care grown up he don't care how grown up he seems. and so many young women don't care how grown up he seertellind so many young women don't care how grown up he seertell you;o many young women don't care how grown up he seertell you they've young women will tell you they've had older men you're very men be like, oh, you're very mature it's a very mature for your age. it's a very easy thing to say. someone acts grown them to grown up when you want them to be because you're be a grown up, because you're dating because they're not dating them, because they're not a for a grown up. i feel sorry for this guy. >> know, he's gone out just >> you know, he's gone out just throwing a darts board, throwing darts at a darts board, and a sudden, and now all of a sudden, everyone's prying into his personal life and all to do with his girlfriend literally, his girlfriend could literally, like, buy a house be in the like, buy a house and be in the army, know , it's legal. army, you know, it's legal. >> what you can't get >> that's what you can't get around. it's legal. and also ,

around. it's legal. and also, six years is not a big age gap. okay? 16 and 21 sounds huge. >> 24 and 30 doesn't sound so big. >> you know, 51 and whatever 16 well this is it. >> let it run a bit and it's a completely normal relationship. so there we go. >> sure. >> sure. >> all right, all it's >> all right, all right. it's that now reveal today's that time now to reveal today's greatest a greatest britain argued a jackass. and we go with suzanne for your greatest britain. >> say, my greatest britain is british safari guide mike turner, who, after getting stuck on a flooded bridge in south africa's kruger national park , africa's kruger national park, clung to the roof of his truck in the crocodile infested river for 15 hours before being rescued . what a hero bloke we've rescued. what a hero bloke we've got a clip . got a clip. >> uh, yeah . >> uh, yeah. >> uh, yeah. >> hero in a way. all right. your greatest britain. >> um. he perhaps can't compete with that. but paul scully , um, with that. but paul scully, um, a member of parliament, a friend of mine who was the minister who

actually kicked off the inquiry and exposed the scandal, uh, within government, he he refused to listen to what the post office were telling him and said that new light must be shone on it. >> oh, good for him. mine. i would actually probably now join nana because i think that's an amazing to have but amazing thing to have done. but mine reeves, who said mine is rachel reeves, who said that a covid that she would appoint a covid corruption commissioner to try and the and get back all of the taxpayers money wasted . taxpayers money wasted. >> and today's greatest >> okay, and today's greatest britain drum roll. please. britain is drum roll. please. let's bring it up. turner, let's bring it up. mike turner, the bloke who arguably should not have been greatest britain ahead of paul scully. but has been anyway for clinging on to a problem of his own making. anyway uh, i'm gonna go. susanna who's your jack carson? >> just as well be quick, quick, quick for not following his satnav . satnav. >> but anyway, um, it's sadiq khan turning the khan for once again turning the new york, um, new york new year's fireworks year's eve fireworks display into festive praise for himself. >> very quickly , ed davey, who >> very quickly, ed davey, who was the post office minister when the problems first came to light and he sidestepped all

scrutiny over his role handling these complaints. >> okay, mine miriam cates, a >> okay, mine is miriam cates, a working who is working parent who is complaining is complaining that labour is offering potential offering too much potential childcare offering too much potential chiiokay . all right. today's >> okay. all right. today's winner is sir ed davey. there we go. there we are. yes, sir. ed davey is about. time's the one nominated for uni and jackass. right. much. my right. thank you very much. my wonderful panel. have wonderful panel. i have thoroughly, thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed this evening. and back and watch and please do go back and watch us on catch up and on as us on catch up and on youtube as well. startling revelations well. some startling revelations from an inside source about the way that you're being lied to about our asylum backlog. don't miss that gb news place to be a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello again ! >> hello again! >> hello again! >> it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast storm. henk is now moving through wind easing and rain to showers rain clearing to showers overnight, but it does stay blustery into wednesday the blustery into wednesday and the next days. in fact, as low next few days. in fact, as low pressure continues to dominate. but was storm henk earlier

but this was storm henk earlier on tuesday. it's now moving into the north sea. the worst of the conditions then easing across the uk. but we'll see further rain across eastern england for a time and north and east scotland will see further persistent rain with snow for shetland. meanwhile, blustery showers push in to the rest of the uk . of course, the wind the uk. of course, the wind keeping things frost free overnight except for shetland, where snow building up where we've got snow building up over for of over the hills. and for many of us is a blustery start us it is a blustery start to wednesday . gales for the far wednesday. gales for the far southwest exposed coastal parts, but the wind won't be as strong across southern parts of the uk compared with tuesday . those compared with tuesday. those showers will make their way from west to east. between the west to east. in between the showers, will some showers, there will be some sunny spells, but those showers will winds, will be lively. gusty winds, perhaps and perhaps even some thunder and hail the southwest and hail towards the southwest and some longer spells of wet weather far where weather in the far north where it cold mid single it will feel cold mid single figures in the south, figures here, mild in the south, 11 or 12 degrees. a bright start in the south on thursday, but further rain turns up across the south and southwest as we go into the morning. some sunshine

clinging on across wales, the midlands and east anglia into the . but for scotland the afternoon. but for scotland and northern it's and northern ireland, it's cloudy, showers . cloudy, with further showers. friday sees a showers in friday sees a few showers in many places, but by saturday higher pressure will lead to dner higher pressure will lead to drier weather across the uk . drier weather across the uk. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb views .

news. >> good evening. you're with gp news and the top story tonight . news and the top story tonight. winds of up to 94 miles an hour have been recorded on the isle of wight tonight. a storm henk batters britain and then at uphill beach this afternoon near weston. super, super mare. rather walkers were almost swept off their feet as the wind whipped along the sands. waterloo station in london told passengers not to travel because of very strong winds and heavy rain across much of southern england and wales. there are currently 246 flood warnings in place, meaning that flooding is expected and 353 alerts for possible flooding . that's possible flooding. that's according to the environment agency . in other news tonight, agency. in other news tonight, lebanon's terror group hezbollah says it's now going to target israeli soldiers after a senior hamas official was killed by an israeli drone strike in beirut , israeli drone strike in beirut, hezbollah said killing saleh al—arouri, the head of hamas's military wing and largely