with pip newsroom on gb news with pip tomson and me, ellie costello . tomson and me, ellie costello. was justice served . was justice served. >> the attorney general is set to review the sentence of nottingham killer valdo calocane after claims from the victim's family that he got away with murder . our family that he got away with murder. our political correspondent katherine forster has more . has more. >> yes. victoria prentis, the attorney general, now has 28 days to review this case. and decide whether to refer it to the court of appeal for the judges to decide if indeed the sentence was too lenient . i'll sentence was too lenient. i'll bnng sentence was too lenient. i'll bring you more shortly . bring you more shortly. >> he represents the best of great britain . those are the great britain. those are the words of the leader of the house of commons, penny mordaunt, who has jumped to the prime minister's defence after a tough week in the office. >> gas execution. >> nitrogen gas execution. convicted murderer kenneth eugene smith is the first person in the world to be put to death using nitrogen gas in the state

of alabama . of alabama. >> bumper pay day. it's of alabama. >> bumper pay day . it's the last >> bumper pay day. it's the last friday of the month and that means payday for millions of us. and we're due to take home more money this month . but will we money this month. but will we really see a difference come fall or crawl? >> german model and actress claudia schiffer stole the show at the premiere of the film premiere of argyll, or rather, her cat did controversially , in her cat did controversially, in a backpack. >> yes. do let us know what you think about that. it seems to be dividing people, doesn't it? is that a sensible way to carry a cat, or is that actually quite cruel? do let us know what you think about that story, or indeed of the other stories indeed any of the other stories that talking about today. that we are talking about today. gb news. but gb views at gb news. com but before that, we're going before any of that, we're going to get the news review with sofia.

>> thanks, ali. good morning. it's 932. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. the attorney general will consider reviewing the sentence of nottingham triple killer valdo calocane after receiving a complaint that it could be too lenient. he was given a hospital order yesterday and will likely spend the rest of his life in a high security clinic. he was found to be suffering from a severe mental illness when he killed three people with a knife before attempting to kill three others. he'd stopped taking prescribed medication and could hear voices in his head. he'd also visited london's mi5 headquarters to ask them to stop controlling him. three psychiatrist s agreed that a hospital order would be the best course of action. a prisoner in the us state of alabama has become the first person to be executed with nitrogen gas. kenneth smith was convicted of murder in 1988 and had already survived a lethal injection. when officials struggled to insert the needles into his body. human rights groups and the united nations

had tried to prevent yesterday's execution , claiming the method execution, claiming the method was risky and cruel. there are no obvious alternate lives to replace rishi sunak as prime minister, according to a new poll. ipsos uk found that 42% of those who voted for the tories in 2019 have a favourable view of mr sunak . former prime of mr sunak. former prime minister boris johnson scored slightly more with 43. however his unfavorability was higher than the current prime minister. it comes amid claims of a plot to oust rishi sunak before the next election , after former next election, after former cabinet minister sir simon clarke called him to an early resign earlier this week . resign earlier this week. millions of workers are taking home more pay today after a recent cut in the national insurance rate. taxpayers now pay a rate of 10, down from 12% from january, the government says the changes will save the average employee around £450 a year , and you can get more on

year, and you can get more on all those stories by visiting our website at gbnews.com . our website at gbnews.com. >> welcome back. we're going to start with some breaking news because the king has been seen entering a private london clinic in the last few minutes ahead of his prostate surgery. our royal correspondent karen walker is in studio to bring us the latest. what do we know? cameron >> so we know the king left clarence this morning, clarence house this morning, accompanied queen camilla. accompanied by queen camilla. and then he was seen arriving at the the private the london clinic. the private hospital the princess of hospital where the princess of wales currently recovering wales is currently recovering for from abdominal surgery. for from her abdominal surgery. a of weeks ago , and he a couple of weeks ago, and he was seen entering the building with queen camilla as well. now what we don't know is whether their majesties are visiting catherine, the princess of wales , or indeed the king is entering the hospital to receive treatment for the enlarged prostate. if you remember , we prostate. if you remember, we were told that he was due to have treatment on an enlarged

prostate at some point this week. buckingham palace has not confirmed if that has happened yet. of course, we can point to the fact that, of course he's entering hospital the first time he has done so since that news was broke by buckingham palace. but the fact is, they're not saying anything at this moment. but we know is the king saying anything at this moment. but enterede know is the king saying anything at this moment. but entered the know is the king saying anything at this moment. but entered the london the king saying anything at this moment. but entered the london cliniciing has entered the london clinic this morning. >> one question i just wondered is be a security is would there not be a security risk them having risk by them both having treatment same hospital? treatment at the same hospital? it's they wouldn't it's like when they wouldn't both fly on the same plane . both fly on the same plane. >> quite possibly. know that >> quite possibly. we know that the is heavily the london clinic is heavily guarded. have guarded. police have been have been doors ever been outside the doors ever since princess was admitted since the princess was admitted a couple of weeks ago. i think it's with any building really. there are several members of the royal family and royal palaces at any one time, or indeed in westminster for example. westminster abbey, for example. of the london clinic is of course, the london clinic is well used to, as well as king edward the seventh, treating high profile uh patients. and that, of course, is perhaps what is happening here. or the king and queen could just be visiting the princess who is still

recovering in that hospital, and what practice of what is the standard practice of buckingham palace? >> they prefer a >> would they prefer that a surgery were to take place and then they release a statement afterwards? just saying everything seems to be okay, because we saw with because that's what we saw with the of wales, didn't the princess of wales, didn't we? her abdominal surgery? we? after her abdominal surgery? yeah, we? after her abdominal surgery? yeah suspect buckingham palace >> i suspect buckingham palace are silent the are staying very silent at the moment. i suspect they would tell postage events. what the tell us postage events. what the king's and he king's condition is and what he has had done. of course, we didn't hear about the princess of wales, as you said, until the surgery happened. but what i surgery had happened. but what i would say is it's incredibly rare spoke at length last rare as we spoke at length last week for the king to give quite such detail to kind of such detail as to the kind of medical procedure he's having done. so, for example, the fact he's told us that he's having a treatment for an enlarged prostate incredibly rare. prostate is incredibly rare. they usually keep medical details and he wanted to details private and he wanted to encourage others to seek treatment if they have. oh, we have just received a statement from buckingham so i'm from buckingham palace. so i'm just going to get it up. just know that on on my phone. so a statement from buckingham know that on on my phone. so a

statemetherom buckingham know that on on my phone. so a statemethe kinquckingham know that on on my phone. so a statemethe king was ngham know that on on my phone. so a statemethe king was thisam palace, the king was this morning admitted to the london to a london hospital for scheduled treatment. his majesty would like to thank all those who have sent their good wishes over the past week , and is over the past week, and is delighted to learn that his diagnosis a positive diagnosis is having a positive impact on public health awareness . so there we are. awareness. so there we are. buckingham palace has confirmed the king has been admitted to a london hospital for that treatment. they also say that he wishes to thank those for their good wishes over the past week, and is delighted that his diagnosis of an enlarged prostate has had such a positive impact on public health awareness. of course, we heard that the nhs website had exploded up to people looking which which which shows how very different approach he's taking to his reign compared to his late mother. >> do we know how long he's going to be having treatment for? >> we don't know 100. we're expect it to be a couple of a couple of days at least. i think the guidance from buckingham palace, when they first told us about the, uh, king's health

diagnosis , was that he's going diagnosis, was that he's going to be out of action for a little bit of time. his public engagement in the interim have all cancelled , or at least all been cancelled, or at least postponed. seems less serious postponed. it seems less serious than the princess of wales's hospital treatments because she , hospital treatments because she, of course, is expected to convalesce for at least three months. we're expecting to months. we're not expecting to see until at least easter on see her until at least easter on pubuc see her until at least easter on public engagements. the king is going be a shorter going to be a much shorter amount of but they haven't amount of time, but they haven't put exact date it because put an exact date on it because of course, you never know how an operation is going to go. now, of course. >> and what will this mean for the now know we >> and what will this mean for the have now know we >> and what will this mean for the have confirmation>w know we >> and what will this mean for the have confirmation that|ow we >> and what will this mean for the have confirmation that the we now have confirmation that the princess of wales and king charles are both in hospital. >> well, it's easy >> indeed. well, it's easy for prince can prince william because he can visit and his wife at visit his father and his wife at the same time. i think the london is a very london clinic is a very prestigious, you know, it's the best, the best places you best, one of the best places you can medical care, i think. can get medical care, i think. of course, it's a private hospital very close king hospital very close to king edward which is edward the seventh, which is known members of known for treating members of the the years. known for treating members of th

carrying public carrying out a big public engagements at the moment. we have the princess royal and other senior members of the other less senior members of the royal family continuing and holding the force. but of course, mean lot of course, it does mean a lot of them are out of action at the moment. and queen camilla is with the king because we her with the king because we saw her entering hospital with his entering the hospital with his majesty the majesty this morning. so at the moment. senior royals are moment. so no senior royals are carrying any public engagements. >> cameron, you so >> okay, cameron, thank you so much that to us much for bringing that to us here on britain's newsroom. of course, updates for course, we'll have updates for you throughout program . you throughout the program. >> general is set >> the attorney general is set to review the sentence of valdo calocane victims calocane after the victims families criticised the crown prosecution service. >> yes. the 32 year old fatally stabbed students barnaby weber and grace o'malley kumar before killing school caretaker ian coates last june. >> his son, james coates said this after the sentencing . this after the sentencing. >> the failures from the police, the cps, the health service have resulted in the murder of my father and these two innocent students. the nhs mental health trust have to be held accountable for their failures

along with the police . all we along with the police. all we can do is hope that in due course, some sort of justice will be served. this man has made a mockery of the system and he has got away with murder . he has got away with murder. >> well, those final words, they're really quite powerful, wasn't it? he has got away with murder. yeah there are, there are lots of questions revolving this , revolving around this, this, revolving around this, about whether the victims were put first, the communication process between police and the families , and was it, in fact families, and was it, in fact the wrong charge that was pursued by the prosecution ? pursued by the prosecution? >> so let's get more on this by speaking to our political correspondent, katherine forster. catherine tell us what happens now. now that it has gone to the attorney general, what involvement does victoria prentis, the attorney general, now have? what does she have to decide ? decide? >> yes. so basically she, her and her legal team have got 28 days in which to decide whether or not they should escalate this. if they decide that they

think that the sentence was indeed unduly lenient, which is certainly what the families feel she can take the decision to refer this, then to the court of appeal refer this, then to the court of appeal, what would then happen would be court of appeal. judges would be court of appeal. judges would then look at it and pronounce it accordingly. now, where some way off that. but of course there has been a huge reaction in very emotional scenes yesterday of the families of those three people so brutally killed in nottingham in june last year, spoke very notable to how james coates, the son of ian , the caretaker who son of ian, the caretaker who was killed, used the word murder twice, said he has got away with murder and that is at the heart of this, isn't it? murder and that is at the heart of this, isn't it ? because he of this, isn't it? because he wasn't ultimately charged with murder. he was charged with manslaughter. he was found guilty of manslaughter on the

grounds of diminished responsibility because he was a paranoid schizophrenic. now emma webber, the mother of barnaby webber, the mother of barnaby webber, the mother of barnaby webber, the 19 year old who was killed along with his friend grace o'malley kumar, also 19, said yesterday that they had been told the man would be charged with murder and that they understood that was what was happening and it was only some five months later , very some five months later, very shortly before the pre—trial hearing, that they were informed that that had changed and he would instead be tried with manslaughter. now they feel that, she said they were rushed, hastened and railroad added they are deeply unhappy with that decision. now formerjustice secretary sir robert buckland has been speaking today and he said communication should lie at the heart of a service to bereaved families. real criticism that the crown prosecution service , not only of prosecution service, not only of

going for manslaughter rather than murder , but what the than murder, but what the seeming lack of communication with these families and also , of with these families and also, of course, big questions now for the police and for the nhs as well . well. >> catherine, we've just seen some footage. i hope we can show it again now for viewers who are watching on television of grace o'malley kumar and barnaby webber making final steps webber making their final steps just outside of their student accommodation just before they were attacked by valdo calocane . were attacked by valdo calocane. this is in the early hours of the morning. it's about 4:00 in the morning. it's about 4:00 in the morning. it's about 4:00 in the morning on on that june morning, just the two of them on that deserted street, just in the seconds before they were attacked. it's believed they were a couple of hundred were just a couple of hundred metre from their student accommodation. perhaps one of the why this is just the reason why this is just captured the public consciousness quite so much. these two young people with their entire lives ahead of them. and as you were just saying there, catherine questions now for the police in all of this as well. and the

assistant chief constable of nottinghamshire police has even admitted, hasn't he, the shortcomings the force and shortcomings of the force and said that they should have done more to arrest valdo calocane before he carried out this attack . attack. >> yes, that's right. and emma webber, barnaby's mother , said webber, barnaby's mother, said yesterday that he had , quote, yesterday that he had, quote, blood on his hands because we now know that this man, this killer, as he turned out to be, had assaulted a police officer some months before . there had some months before. there had been an arrest warrant out for him for months and months. there had been various other violent incidents . had been various other violent incidents. he'd had been various other violent incidents . he'd threatened incidents. he'd threatened people he lived with. he'd broken down doors so very clearly some failures with the police that this man was still on the streets . and also with on the streets. and also with the nhs and the mental health services, because he'd been sectioned four times, they knew he was a paranoid schizophrenic, a condition that can be managed in the community with

antipsychotic medication. but we know that he wasn't taking taking it and somehow or other this had fallen through the cracks . he was dangerous. he was cracks. he was dangerous. he was allowed to be on the streets when clearly action should have been taken, and as a result, these 219 year olds, they just sat their first year exams at university, walking home after a night out their whole lives , as night out their whole lives, as you say, should have been ahead of them and caretaker ian coates, who should have had his whole retirement ahead of him . whole retirement ahead of him. the only thing they did was have the misfortune to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. they and their families, their families , feel that they've been families, feel that they've been massively, massively let down. >> and on that note, the family's feeling they've been massively let down. the apparent failings that you've just gone through. catherine, there are now calls for a public inquiry. how likely is it that that could happen now ? happen now? >> well, let's see, rishi sunak

the prime minister was asked about this yesterday on a visit to north yorkshire, and he referred to calocane as a very dangerous individual, said it was right that he'd probably spend the rest of his life in jail, but didn't at this point support . it calls for a public support. it calls for a public inquiry, so we will see what happens. but a lot of anger people like dame priti patel, former home secretary also coming out . she's calling for a coming out. she's calling for a government review of how the crown prosecutor service takes decisions , owns and keeps in decisions, owns and keeps in touch and consults with families going forward. >> political correspondent katherine forster. thank you . katherine forster. thank you. >> now the alabama death row inmate kenneth eugene smith has become the first person to be executed using nitrogen gas as he was put to death overnight . he was put to death overnight. >> now, the state has called it the most painless and humane method of execution known to man i >> -- >> well, m

>> well, that's as the witness described the historic moment as horrific and the worst thing that he had ever seen. >> us political analyst eric hamm joins us. good morning to you, eric. i know there is a bit of a time difference here, but how as as they may be. wake up. how is the us these various states reacting? the people of alabama reacted to the execution overnight . overnight. >> well , we know that there has >> well, we know that there has been some pushback and controversy, considering that this method that was used in executing this prisoner is the first time this method has been used in more than 40 years. and we also know that other states are exploring this method as well. but the death penalty and the united states has always been controversial. in fact, we're now learning that at least eight of the 27 states that actually have the death penalty, there are at least six states that have actually implemented a moratorium on the death penalty. in fact, during the trump administration, we know the federal government brought back

the death penalty. so it's always been a polarising impact here in the united states. yeah. >> and i'm sure that conversation is happening nationally today as as they wake up. why did the authority in alabama decide to use nitrogen gas in this case of the first time? and why is it such a controversial procedure ? controversial procedure? >> well , for a number of >> well, for a number of reasons, in fact, not only in the united states , most states the united states, most states have used lethal injection for these inmates when implementing these inmates when implementing the death penalty . but what we the death penalty. but what we are learning is that many farmers ceutical companies have begun over the years to not allow their drugs to be used for this type of execution , which this type of execution, which made it very difficult for the states to actually have access to the drugs. in addition to that, we know in the case of this particular prisoner, this was actually the second time that the state had tried to actually implement this execution. the first time being through lethal lethal injection.

and it took them more than three hours to actually be able to implement the drugs. and so it because it didn't work. now the state along with others are using this method because they believe that it's a more effective method. and actually putting prisoners to death . putting prisoners to death. >> is there a chance now that that other states could follow using this method? eric. and i think we should just explain it's a mask , isn't it? fixed to it's a mask, isn't it? fixed to the face. it is. it cannot slip. the gas begins to flow into into the mask. now, eyewitness reports say kenneth smith was convulsing and it took him some 22 minutes to die. and i also understand that this is a procedure that isn't even permitted by vets. they wouldn't use it on animals. and yet there is still quite. alabama is doing it and other states could follow. maybe >> yeah that's right. we do know of at least three other states that are actually looking at using this method. however, many states continue to use lethal

injection . but also in the injection. but also in the united states , we there are and united states, we there are and even throughout europe there are they many use this this method when they're attempting to euthanize a people and they believe that it's used humanely in this case in particular, there was an actual mask at that . the lawyer for this inmate , as . the lawyer for this inmate, as well as human rights activists were saying made this process until tested and were concerned about how would it would be used. but that certainly did not deter alabama from going forward with this execution . with this execution. >> okay. eric ham, us political analyst for us in chicago, thank you very much indeed. >> you probably have some thoughts on that in credibly controversial . is it humane? thoughts on that in credibly controversial. is it humane? is it torture ? let us know what you it torture? let us know what you think. vaiews@gbnews.com. >> yeah, very divisive indeed . >> yeah, very divisive indeed. it's the last friday of the month . so for millions of us it month. so for millions of us it means it's payday. >> and due to the national

insurance we should be the national insurance cut. we should should be taking more pay home. but in reality , is that home. but in reality, is that the case? >> well, our business and economics editor, liam halligan, joins us now. so we'll be feeling the pounds in our pockets. do you think, liam, we've got this cut . but things we've got this cut. but things are very expensive at the moment, aren't they? >> you will if you're a regular employee, but not if you're self—employed. me explain. employee, but not if you're selthisnployed. me explain. employee, but not if you're selthisnp a yed. me explain. employee, but not if you're selthisnp a tax me explain. employee, but not if you're selthisnp a tax cut, me explain. employee, but not if you're selthisnp a tax cut, ae explain. employee, but not if you're selthisnp a tax cut, a cut plain. employee, but not if you're selthisnp a tax cut, a cut inain. so this is a tax cut, a cut in national insurance, which tax national insurance, which is tax in but name. it's meant to in all but name. it's meant to be in separate fund, but it be in a separate fund, but it isn't that. be isn't really that. let's be honest . um, isn't really that. let's be honest. um, this was announced by jeremy the chancellor by jeremy hunt, the chancellor in his autumn statement back in november . the tories want to get november. the tories want to get a cut in early, not waiting a tax cut in early, not waiting for the march budget. and then april . so for the march budget. and then april. so there's a feel for the march budget. and then april . so there's a feel good april. so there's a feel good factor . can you feel it in the factor. can you feel it in the economy? no. me neither. but the tories are hoping that as inflation keeps falling, fingers crossed, crossed as crossed, toes crossed as interest rates come down, as inflation means that real wages take home pay after inflation go up, then we'll all start feeling

good and they can actually take the challenge to labour and make a fist of contesting an upcoming general election in the autumn. so this tax cut came in by law in early january . as you rightly in early january. as you rightly say, today's the first sort of big pay day, when it will apply. so let's have a look at some of the numbers. put my glasses on so national insurance is paid by those owning earning over £12,570 a year. if you earn less you don't pay any nics. if you're self—employed, as many of us are, these days, if you make annual profits over £6,725, that's when you start paying national insurance . the headline national insurance. the headline tax cuts that hunt introduced national insurance rate. the main rate is falling from 12% to 10. what does that mean in real money? it means that the average employee will save £450 a year. so not huge money, but better than a kick in the teeth. but important proviso if you're self—employed, these changes won't come in for you until

april, but also the tax thresholds , the level when you thresholds, the level when you start paying tax, that's been frozen. >> that's right. pulling more people. so when you look at it over all, are you actually better off? >> we've been making this point on gb news for months and months and months. jeremy hunts budget back in the autumn was headlined as a tax cutting budget. do you remember? it was across all the newspapers here on gp news. within minutes of the statement, some of us were saying, actually, this is a tax raising budget because of what you say, pip, those tax pip, because those tax thresholds have been frozen. firstly by rishi sunak when he was chancellor back in 2021, 2022. they were frozen until 2024 and then jeremy hunt extended that until 2028. what it means is that that starting rate of tax i just referred to, yeah, there that £12,000 that is frozen , that means more people frozen, that means more people are dragged into paying tax. the same for the upper rate of tax. the highest rate of tax. so that fiscal drag completely blows away this tax cut. whatever the

tories say, liam, we'll hear more from you at 11:00. >> stay with us. and you stay with us as well. on britain's newsroom on gb news. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boiler year. sponsors of whether on . gb news. of whether on. gb news. >> hello . good morning. it's >> hello. good morning. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. showers in the far north today, where it will be blustery, sunny skies for most elsewhere, perfectly pleasant elsewhere, a perfectly pleasant winter's day now. outbreaks of rain overnight clearing first thing and then blue skies for many, especially england and wales, just some patchy cloud there for northern england and northern ireland. the odd shower for the north of northern ireland. but it's really across central northern scotland, ireland. but it's really across centra the northern scotland, ireland. but it's really across centra the bulkthern scotland, ireland. but it's really across centra the bulk ofrn scotland, ireland. but it's really across centra the bulk of the rcotland, ireland. but it's really across centra the bulk of the showers where the bulk of the showers will be, particularly through the with rumble the morning with the odd rumble of hail, some of thunder, some hail, some sleet over the hills as sleet and snow over the hills as well, and it's going to feel cold in a gusty wind. but further south, with sunny skies and lighter winds. 9 or 10 celsius feeling perfectly

pleasant now into the evening, we keep the clear skies for long enough across southern and southeastern parts, and with light to a touch light winds to lead to a touch of frost. by dawn. elsewhere, we've got increasing cloud once again, especially across wales, northern england, scotland and northern ireland, and outbreaks of and a wind turning up by of rain and a wind turning up by dawn, so that will keep things mild in the north. but a chilly start further south. however, that's where the best of the sunshine will be. first thing across the midlands, east anglia sunshine will be. first thing acro southern dlands, east anglia sunshine will be. first thing acro southern england.ast anglia sunshine will be. first thing acro southern england. northern| and southern england. northern scotland , meanwhile, sees some scotland, meanwhile, sees some very winds the very strong winds during the morning on saturday, with 60 70 mile per hour wind gusts and some heavy rain lingering across the far north, especially for caithness, sutherland and lewis. elsewhere, many places will be dry. a fair amount of cloud about, but feeling pleasant enoughin about, but feeling pleasant enough in any sunny spells . enough in any sunny spells. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsor of weather on gb news . on gb news. >> still to come. what do you

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newsroom on gb news. it is friday, the 26th of january. you are watching and listening to ellie costello and pip tomson >> the king has been admitted to hospital for treatment for an enlarged prostate. as buckingham palace say . they're delighted palace say. they're delighted that his diagnosis is having a positive impact on public health awareness . awareness. >> he represents the best of great britain, leader of the house of commons penny mordaunt has jumped to the prime minister's defence. that's what she said. our political editor , she said. our political editor, chris hope, has the latest . chris hope, has the latest. >> on a possible challenge to sunak, the pm makes clear she backs him and he's going nowhere for the government has warned of a more than 1 in 4 chance that russia will attack another british ally within the next two years, and in our gb news poll, only 17% of british people say they would willingly fight for our country . our country. >> nitrogen gas execution.

convicted murderer kenneth eugene smith is the first person in the world to be put to death using nitrogen gas in the state of alabama overnight. >> cool or cruel? the german model and actress claudia schiffer stole the show at the film premiere of argyll well, her cat in a backpack did. it's been very divisive . been very divisive. getting so many views and thoughts from you this morning on that execution by nitrogen gas overnight in alabama. >> the story about the cats. i know it's something completely different, but we want all your thoughts. this morning. is it cruel to put a cat in a backpack, even if there are air holes and some glass? what do you think? gb views at gb news.com? maybe claudia schiffer, the cats owner, would like to comment this morning. yeah very nice. let's get your

latest with sophia i >> -- >> thanks, pip. good morning. it's 10:00. i'm >> thanks, pip. good morning. it's10:00. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . his majesty in the gb newsroom. his majesty has been admitted to a london hospital for treatment for an enlarged prostate. buckingham palace says the king is delighted to learn that his diagnosis is having a positive impact on public health awareness . the king is also awareness. the king is also understood to have visited the princess of wales, is princess of wales, who is recovering from abdominal surgery . a statement from surgery. a statement from buckingham palace thanked all of those who've sent their good wishes over the past week. the attorney general will consider reviewing the sentence of nottingham triple killer valdo calocane after receiving a complaint that it could be too lenient. he was given a hospital order yesterday and will likely spend the rest of his life in a high security clinic. he was found to be suffering from severe mental illness when he killed three people with a knife before attempting kill three before attempting to kill three others. he'd stopped taking

prescribed medication and could hear voices in his he'd hear voices in his head. he'd also visited london's m15 headquarters to ask them to stop controlling . three controlling him. three psychiatrists that psychiatrists agreed that a hospital order would be the best course of action. a prisoner in the us state of alabama has become the first person to be executed with nitrogen gas. kenneth smith was convicted of murder in 1988 and had already survived a lethal injection. when officials struggled to insert the needles into his body . human rights groups and the united nations had tried to prevent yesterday's execution, claiming the method was risky and cruel. spirit adviser jeff hood, who witnessed smith's death, said he could be seen struggling for several minutes. >> what we saw was minutes of someone struggling for their life . we saw minutes of someone life. we saw minutes of someone heaving back and forth , and we heaving back and forth, and we also saw correction, correction officials in the room who were visibly surprised at how bad

this thing went . this thing went. >> there are no obvious alternatives to replace rishi sunak as prime minister that's according to a new poll . ipsos according to a new poll. ipsos uk found that 42% of those who voted for the tories in 2019 have a favourable view of mr sunak, former prime minister bofis sunak, former prime minister boris johnson scored slightly more, with 43. however, his unfavorability was higher than the current prime minister it comes amid claims of a plot to oust rishi sunak before the next election, after former cabinet minister sir simon clarke called on him to resign earlier this week. millions of workers are feeling the benefits of more pay today after recent cuts to national insurance tax payers now pay a basic rate of 10, down from the previous 12, with the government saying it will save people around £450 a year. but shadow secretary for women and equalities anneliese dodds says people are worse off. >> what we've seen under the conservatives has not been tax

cuts. we have actually seen tax rises. 25 conservative tax rises just since the last general election. and the reality of the national insurance. so called tax cut, it was actually just giving people back £2 of every extra £10 that they're going to be paying in tax. so i'm afraid this is a bit of a tax con, more investment is needed in northern england amid concerns that cuts to infrastructure are leaving people nearly 8500 pounds worse off. >> the northern powerhouse partnership says productivity in the north is roughly 40% lower than london or the south east. the business group says that cuts to public sector spending will outweigh any of the short tum benefits that might have been felt after reductions to national insurance. it's urging the government to re—adopt its former plan for growth in the north, in line with the levelling up agenda and canada is accusing britain of being

unwilling to reach a mutual agreement amid a row of a free trade deal. talks with ottawa beganin trade deal. talks with ottawa began in 2022 after brexit saw britain excluded from existing eu trade agreements. canada's trade minister cited market access barriers after farmers complained that they'd been effectively shut out of britain's beef market due to a ban on hormones . uk says it ban on hormones. uk says it reserves the right to pause negotiations with any country if progress is not being made . this progress is not being made. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car , on your digital in your car, on your digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now it's back to pimpinellae . welcome back. >> it's 10:06. back. >> it's10:06. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with pip tomson and me, ellie costello . costello. >> in some breaking news, the king has been admitted to a london hospital for treatment for an enlarged prostate. >> well , he's for an enlarged prostate.

>> well, he's also understood to have visited the princess of wales, who is recovering from her own abdominal surgery, at the london clinic . the london clinic. >> our royal correspondent, cameron walker is with us in the studio. cameron, what can you tell us then about what we know? yeah >> so king arrives >> so the king arrives back in london night, had been london last night, he had been staying sandringham staying in sandringham ahead of this this morning he this surgery. this morning he left clarence house accompanied by entered by queen camilla, and entered mohseni's , entering london mohseni's, entering the london clinic now the clinic this morning. now the london the hospital london clinic is the hospital where princess of wales is where the princess of wales is still recovering from her abdominal surgery a couple of weeks ago. am told that the weeks ago. i am told that the king did visit the princess of wales ahead of his own procedure for prostate, so for an enlarged prostate, so buckingham palace in the last half an hour or so released a statement they said statement where they said his majesty would like to thank all those who have sent their good wishes the past is wishes over the past week and is delighted his delighted to learn that his diagnosis is having a positive impact on public health awareness . now. it's incredibly awareness. now. it's incredibly rare as we've spoken about at length for members of the royal family to disclose their private medical i'm told family to disclose their private meiking i'm told family to disclose their private meiking chose i'm told family to disclose their private meiking chose to i'm told family to disclose their private meiking chose to because )ld family to disclose their private meiking chose to because he the king chose to because he wanted other men

wanted to encourage other men his at least those over his age or at least those over 50, to check their symptoms and seek medical advice if they are experiencing similar symptoms to, presumably, what the king has. so yes, the king. this morning admitted to the london clinic and it really has had a positive impact, hasn't it? >> exactly as though as as he wanted coming outwith, >> exactly as though as as he wanted coming out with, with wanted coming outwith, with this publicly, you were talking about nhs searches for prostate issues and they've gone they've gone through the roof, haven't they. >> yeah, absolutely. so last tuesday the website page for an enlarged prostate compared to wednesday news broke wednesday when the news broke that the king was going in for this times more this treatment, 11 times more views . than had happened the views. than had happened the previous day, which equates to one every five seconds roughly. so it is quite incredible as to how long the king is going to be in hospital for buckingham. buckingham palace are not going into details on that, but what we have been told is that clearly engagements in the immediate interim have been cancelled or at least postponed. camilla with his majesty as

well, which means at the moment well, which means at the moment we don't have any senior members of the royal family actually out and about because prince william isn't doing until isn't doing anything until princess of princess catherine's out of hospital. course, the hospital. and of course, the princess in princess of wales is in hospital. it shows hospital. so it's it shows the slimmed monarchy being slimmed down monarchy being incredibly the moment. incredibly slim at the moment. >> it is interesting, isn't >> and it is interesting, isn't it, that that approach it, that that that approach taken by the to king divulge that information because it probably normally wouldn't have come afterwards, and come out until afterwards, and it's something that it's certainly something that his mother would not have done. >> no. and if you remember back to early 2022, the buckingham palace caught short, palace were caught short, actually, the broke actually, because the sun broke the the queen had the story that the queen had secretly, as in the late queen, had a night had secretly spent a night in hospital for tests. and then, of course, all the media the course, all the media and the pubuc course, all the media and the public were panicking and speculating could speculating about what could possibly wrong her possibly be wrong with her majesty queen. the majesty the queen. whereas the king proactive in his king has been proactive in his view going into hospital, view of going into hospital, it's a very straightforward as we procedure . he we understand it procedure. he decided tell us exactly what decided to tell us exactly what the problem is in a way to encourage the population to seek medical if they need it, medical advice if they need it, and quashes that

and it it quashes that speculation that something more serious has happened we serious has happened because we know exactly he's going in for. >> it's even rare to hear before the operation takes place. and we were commenting in the in the last hour we probably last hour that we probably wouldn't anything until wouldn't hear anything until afterwards. and they would tell us everything was okay. but us that everything was okay. but actually, told that us that everything was okay. but actu.been told that us that everything was okay. but actu.been admitted told that us that everything was okay. but actu.been admitted tolrhe'st he's been admitted and he's thankful support thankful for all the support that in itself is a marked difference, isn't it? yeah. >> and it was contradicted a couple of seconds later by the statement buckingham couple of seconds later by the statement butbuckingham couple of seconds later by the statement butbu> walker , our royal >> cameron walker, our royal correspondent. very good to see you this morning. thank you for bnng you this morning. thank you for bring up to date. bring us up to date. >> now, the minister rishi >> now, the prime minister rishi sunak, a difficult week. sunak, has had a difficult week. that's an that's a bit of an understatement , isn't it, as understatement, isn't it, as he's pressure to stand he's faced pressure to stand down avoid a conservative in

down to avoid a conservative in quotes massacre at the next election. that was simon clarke , election. that was simon clarke, who said that. >> but could his fortune be turning because the commons leader , penny mordaunt, has leader, penny mordaunt, has launched a staunch defence of the prime minister she said he doesn't just get britain, he represents the best of great britain . gb news peoples poll britain. gb news peoples poll has found that only 20% of britons actually support the labour party. labour is on 45, reform has 12% and 10% for the liberal democrats . liberal democrats. >> well, let's talk to our political editor , chris hope. a political editor, chris hope. a very good morning to you, chris. let's start then with penny mordaunt's comments. i mean , how mordaunt's comments. i mean, how much influence does she actually have in terms of putting her own view out there? i mean, she she was at one time, you know, a possible a possible leader in waiting, wasn't she ? well yeah, waiting, wasn't she? well yeah, i think she's the most obvious successor to the prime minister, rishi sunak. >> and it's fascinating that she would say, say these remarks from the despatch box in the

house of commons, not in a in a press release, a tweet, but in the actual place where it counts . she said there, he's a wonderful dad. he gives quietly to charity . wonderful dad. he gives quietly to charity. um, he runs for his local hospice . he represents the local hospice. he represents the best britain . um, that's best of britain. um, that's really trying to praise and lift up the pm. mr sunak, after a very, very difficult week when he's had his authority undermined by simon clarke. the irony of that of course, is it came as i was being told about another plot from people who thought drop in penny thought they could drop in penny mordaunt as leader. would mordaunt as leader. it would be a with an a contract with britain, an election after days, a bit election after 100 days, a bit like newt gingrich back in 1994. the republican congressman who did this contract with america and then won the and then the republicans won both houses in the november 94 elections in america. this stuff is all on the side . it's not really the side. it's not really realistic. no one thinks they can have a fourth leader in the past four years. the problem is that as soon as they appeal for calm at the top of the party and loyalty , tory mps look at them

loyalty, tory mps look at them and go, well, you weren't very loyal to boris johnson. you weren't loyal to liz truss. why should we listen to you and the absolute point of all this is the tory party that people the tory party as that people polling is points polling found, is 25 points behind labour, 25 points behind labour and just eight points ahead of reform. if nigel farage, our colleague at gb news, if he declares he is going to lead reform, you can add probably six points to that. and that means that the tories could go into third place if that were to happen. that's the kind of jeopardy party is in. and jeopardy the party is in. and the tories exist power . if the tories exist for power. if they guarantee the next they can't guarantee the next election, they look for a way to solve that. and that is what is undermining the pm. mean, he i undermining the pm. i mean, he i think he's on he's good form, think he's on he's on good form, bouncy form . he thinks he bouncy form. he thinks he believes his mission and he believes in his mission and he is best of british. is the best of british. according to penny mordaunt, according to um, penny mordaunt, his likely challenger. his nearest likely challenger. but problem is the polls but the problem is the polls aren't budging. and that's what's at the heart of the whole issue . issue. >> christopher, hope there >> okay, christopher, hope there for westminster. you for us in westminster. thank you very indeed . and joining us very much indeed. and joining us now is former

now in the studio is former adviser to michael gove, charlie rowley and the former labour mp simon good to see simon danczuk. very good to see you this morning charlie. you both this morning charlie. let's start shall we? let's start with you shall we? and comments from penny and those comments from penny morden rishi sunak as morden describing rishi sunak as the best of british. i the very best of british. i mean, she will be aware of the opfics mean, she will be aware of the optics of this week and the potential damage that it's done to the tory party and she does know well divided know as well that divided parties don't win elections. well, she's absolutely right. >> know, rishi >> i mean, you know, rishi sunak has on platform that has delivered on a platform that matters . he said at matters to people. he said at the start of 2023. i think it was, he said, that the people's priorities will be his priorities. i identified what comes the top of every comes up at the top of every focus group, which is the cost of living. so dealing with the economy, getting the deficit down, uh economy, getting the deficit down, uh , down, growing the economy, uh, you know, and making sure that tax cuts come into play, which will be happening, i'm sure, charlie, he's just not cutting through, is he? >> i mean, there's two by elections next month which the tories are expected to lose. elections next month which the tories got expected to lose. elections next month which the tories got the acted to lose. elections next month which the tories got the localto lose. elections next month which the tories got the local elections in we've got the local elections in may. they're expected take may. they're expected to take a drubbing. working drubbing. this working assumption he has of an

assumption that he has of an election second half the election the second half of the year , it might have to be year, it might have to be brought forward the way things are looking. well a week is a long time in politics and the polls move up and down. >> what matters is you're >> but what matters is you're absolutely polls that absolutely right. the polls that matter ones on polling absolutely right. the polls that mattso ones on polling absolutely right. the polls that mattso we'll ones on polling absolutely right. the polls that mattso we'll see es on polling absolutely right. the polls that mattso we'll see in on polling absolutely right. the polls that mattso we'll see in these lling absolutely right. the polls that mattso we'll see in these byg day. so we'll see in these by elections, although governing parties do well elections, although governing partieelections do well elections, although governing partieelections , do well elections, although governing partieelections , local do well elections, although governing partieelections , local elections in by elections, local elections are often an opportunity for people to perhaps vent a bit of frustration against the status quo. but when it comes to the general election, you know the choice will be absolutely clear. it'll either be sir keir starmer or sunak the 45% lead or rishi sunak as the 45% lead by labour can. >> how are the tories going to claw? >> i never i claw? >> i neveri always claw? >> i never i always take these polls with a little pinch of salt. >> maybe a big dosing might be helpful this time round, because if you listen to every poll going, you know, you go back to 2015, ed miliband would have been in we been prime minister in 2016. we would remained within the would have remained within the eu 2017. may would eu in 2017. theresa may would have a thumping majority in have won a thumping majority in 2019. could had the 2019. we could have had the prospect jeremy corbyn as prospect of jeremy corbyn as prime polls prime minister these polls always . they never set

always move. they are never set in stone until polling day. and so the prime minister has a few months now to go up until quite a few months to go. now to make sure that delivers the sure that he delivers the message to the country that he is delivering things that is delivering on the things that he going to do, and he says he's going to do, and the will be able to the people will be able to instil think back instil confidence. i think back instil confidence. i think back in him, think rishi could have in him, i think rishi could have turned it around. >> i was saying he could have turned it around, but he's rapidly of time. rapidly running out of time. i don't think there's doubt rapidly running out of time. i don't'that there's doubt rapidly running out of time. i don't'that theri'm doubt rapidly running out of time. i don't “that theri'm sure ioubt rapidly running out of time. i don't “that theri'm sure charlie about that and i'm sure charlie will it's a sorry state will agree. it's a sorry state of affairs when a cabinet minister publicly minister coming out publicly supporting is supporting her prime minister is actually story, is that actually a news story, is that desperate support within desperate to get support within the that it becomes a the cabinet, that it becomes a news story when penny mordaunt comes him? a comes out supporting him? it's a desperate the desperate situation for the concert what is also concert motives. what is also interesting , i think concert motives. what is also interesting, i think in concert motives. what is also interesting , i think in the concert motives. what is also interesting, i think in the in this poll, in that gb news have done, is how robust reform are becoming . becoming absolutely. >> they're and neck, if not >> they're neck and neck, if not slightly ahead of the lib dems. >> ahead of the lib dems. >> yeah. ahead of the lib dems. they've only around a few they've only been around a few years. the have been years. the lib dems have been around literally around i think literally hundreds of years. so reform are doing well. and

doing particularly well. and 14% of people it's very or of people say it's very or somewhat they'll somewhat likely that they'll consider voting reform. so they're polling on 12% at the minute. one opinion poll had them on 13. i think earlier in them on 13. i think earlier in the week. and but there are people still considering voting for them. i think that vote for them. so i think that vote will go up as time goes on. that will go up as time goes on. that will certainly damage the conservatives and could take conservatives and it could take some from labour as some votes from labour as well. you know, will be people you know, these will be people who conservative time who voted conservative last time in the red wall seats who might be going reform, not back to laboun >> and i mean, it's really interesting, isn't it? reform and the threat that they pose now to the tories. i mean, we were talking about it yesterday weren't we, charlie, with the resignation of will dry, who was also special adviser also a former special adviser like sunak , like yourself to rishi sunak, once very close allies. once very, very close allies. but talked about nigel farage but he talked about nigel farage and he says on what and he says depending on what nigel to do next, the nigel decides to do next, the tory party obsolete tory party could be obsolete by christmas. well i mean, will's had a very colourful political career and this is just, you know, a road that he's gone down another route which, you know, he's entitled that not

he's entitled to do that and not one i take. one that i would take. >> but but goes to the heart >> but but it goes to the heart of what you saying, you of what you were saying, you know, parties don't win know, divided parties don't win elections. you've elections. and when you've got reform, know, as reform, you still, you know, as much i think nigel's much as i think nigel's brilliant, you know, but they can't work out between themselves richard themselves whether richard tice is whether it's is leading reform, whether it's going to nigel, you know, going to be nigel, you know, the idea nigel just come idea that nigel will just come in say, well, i'll take over in and say, well, i'll take over now, sound like now, that doesn't sound like a unhed now, that doesn't sound like a united to me. what united party to me. but what we've got the conservatives we've got in the conservatives is leader who cabinet? is a leader who the cabinet? yes. not necessarily newsworthy, you page news, but, you know, front page news, but, you know, front page news, but, you know, front page news, but, you know, getting behind the prime after a bit prime minister after a bit of a difficult mps difficult week, backbench mps in their group, are they their whatsapp group, are they getting behind prime getting behind the prime minister? getting behind the prime minismean, how how do >> i mean, how how serious do you plot could be to you think this plot could be to oust because there's some oust him? because there's some speculation this speculation that actually this is serious i think, is very serious and i think, look, know, nobody wants to look, you know, nobody wants to hear the margins, hear about it in the margins, particularly the up particularly in the run up to a big election year. >> but i think the reality is that the conservative party if it does know one thing, it's about winning elections it does know one thing, it's aborit's winning elections it does know one thing, it's aborit's aboutrvinning elections it does know one thing, it's aborit's about getting elections it does know one thing, it's aborit's about getting behind|s and it's about getting behind when it needs it will when it needs to. it will understand and recognise that when it needs to. it will un(these1d and recognise that when it needs to. it will un(these divisions,ognise that when it needs to. it will un(these divisions,ogn these it all these divisions, all these noises it's on noises off, whether it's on policy matters or whether it's

on personality, everybody who is everybody and everybody will get out and support think the support you. don't think the plot don't think plot is serious? i don't think it is. and i think that the poll that was conducted more that was conducted is more news is the hour about is emerging by the hour about this particular poll, how it was conducted, funded, conducted, how it was funded, that was put that how the question was put forward you if you forward and, you know, if you want to if you want to dive down into just polling and you into just the polling and if you sort of obsess about figures week after week without any under or acceptance under standing or acceptance of what motivations what could be in the motivations of public's head in their of the public's head in their hearts they to see hearts when they start to see the pound their pocket again, the pound in their pocket again, when start tax cuts when they start to see tax cuts coming, start see, coming, when they start to see, you a from, uh, you know, a flight from, uh, london's heathrow or wherever it might into rwanda to see might be into rwanda to see those off the ground, to those flights off the ground, to see that see policies that this government it's going government has said it's going to the government to do, to see the government delivering will shift the dial. >> charlie's doing an admirable job in, in in attempting to defend the conservative brand . defend the conservative brand. but it's struggling in but i think it's struggling in this opinion shows this opinion poll shows it because when are asked because when people are asked who would like to replace who they would like to replace rishi sunak as the conservative leader, most people say nigel farage, who's actually in

reform. so you've got him polling on 12, you've got 14% saying they would consider voting reform and then you've got a decent percentage saying that they would pick nigel farage to be the next prime minister. uh, if nigel moves closer to reform and actually, you know, takes a leadership role in there, i think there'll be a lot more support for reform come election day. >> let's have a quick look at labour with you, simon, because how do you think sir keir starmer is feeling looking at the polls at the moment in 25% lead. in this gb news poll, lead. but in this gb news poll, i mean that would suggest a commanding labour party majority . absolutely. >> smug might be the >> i mean smug might be the position that and he doesn't need to do a lot does he just let's he's not doing a lot is he. he's he's announcing very few policies. he's playing it very he's deliberately very safe. he's deliberately not announcing so that he announcing policies so that he can't be challenged on them. and so that when they do come into power, do more or less power, they can do more or less whatever they want. um, he'll be very pleased in terms of the opinion polling and you could

imagine it changing from where it is now. i mean, yeah, some support drift away, perhaps support will drift away, perhaps to and perhaps back to to reform and perhaps back to the conservatives but surely they will continue to have a decent lead right up to election day. now it's hard to see it being any other way. >> an election day. we still don't know when it is, but there's still putting there's still people putting money fact that it could money on. the fact that it could be may . i money on. the fact that it could be may. i mean, rishi sunak could be feeling quite squeezed now. we shall say november now. yeah, we shall say november now. yeah, we shall say november now what would you say. >> yeah i've thought >> well i've. yeah i've thought for be for a long time that it would be the autumn. he keeps the autumn. but if he keeps getting challenged within party. >> yeah i think, think the >> yeah i think, i think the longer better actually for longer the better actually for the tories because it means that the tories because it means that the labour party do have come the labour party do have to come forward policies. forward with policies. >> involved in >> they have to get involved in the conversation where i think >> they have to get involved in the publicsation where i think >> they have to get involved in the public feeln where i think >> they have to get involved in the public feel thatere i think >> they have to get involved in the public feel that they think >> they have to get involved in the public feel that they still: the public feel that they still don't know what's sir keir starmer for, it just starmer stands for, and it just goes to final thing. goes back to the final thing. you at the end of the day, you know, at the end of the day, when comes to a general when it comes to a general election, the choice will be between versus starmer, between a sunak versus starmer, a platitude, you a plan versus platitude, you know, versus decline. know, delivery versus decline. that would be the message that the to the tories will want to put

forward. we'll have see forward. and we'll have to see what the public thinks. what what the public thinks. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> you thank you >> thank you both. thank you very indeed. very much indeed. >> and charlie >> simon danczuk and charlie rowley. still to come, the rowley. now still to come, the government warned of a more government has warned of a more than 1 in 4 chance that russia will another british ally will attack another british ally within the next

this comes as the government has warned of a more than 1 in 4 chance that russia will attack another british ally within the next two years. >> well , are the results of next two years. >> well, are the results of our poll surprising ? poll surprising? >> are we really too woke to fight? well, let's speak now to the defence editor of the

telegraph, conn coughlin, who says that a war with russia is coming and britain is determined to lose . very good morning to to lose. very good morning to you, conn . and what do you mean you, conn. and what do you mean by that? do you not think we are very prepared for war? >> well, i'm my criticism is more directed at the government, which has presided over 14 years of cuts to the strength of our military, which means that with with putin, uh, threatening europe, he was up, up in the baltics only yesterday , um, when baltics only yesterday, um, when we dropped a very visible threat like vladimir putin. we need to have our defences properly , uh, have our defences properly, uh, resourced to defend our interests. and we're not we're not there yet . um, and interests. and we're not we're not there yet. um, and i'm very intrigued by your poll, actually, because, um , one of actually, because, um, one of the problems the military has is recruitment . and one of the recruitment. and one of the reasons i can tens they're having these problems with recruitment is that the wokery that has now taken root in all

three services, uh, positive discrimination, this kind of thing, and diverse targets, uh, that that is putting people off, um, applying for the forces and particularly if, you know, if you're a white, a white working class male or female , um, the class male or female, um, the message is that perhaps you should go somewhere else. so you know, i'm not surprised at all at the results of your , your at the results of your, your poll because the military is not actively, uh, into bridging our young men and women to sign up recon or is it what some would say is, is a huge decline in, in, well, simple british patriotism ? well, i don't patriotism? well, i don't i don't really see that. and i think when you look at things like the coronation when you look at the queen's funeral last, uh, last year or sorry, two years ago now , um, you know, two years ago now, um, you know, the, the public display of affection , not just the crown, affection, not just the crown, but to the states, the sense of

pride in being british is pretty universal. so you know, i don't i don't really buy that. but i think i think there is discontent, um, at the way we are being governed at the, the way over, over many years now, politicians seem to have contempt for the needs of ordinary people , uh, as they ordinary people, uh, as they pursue their own agendas . ordinary people, uh, as they pursue their own agendas. um, and so i can see that people feel alienated , um, from, from feel alienated, um, from, from some aspects of the system. but in terms of hard core nationalism, i think the british people still love their country. and will fight for it. >> and just, just can you tell us how how equipped britain is compared to how russia is in terms of soldiers? britain has some 70 odd thousand soldiers. how does russia compare ? how does russia compare? >> well, the russian military is massive. um and i think i think the last time i looked, the total number of fighting men and women they can call on is in the realms of about a million. but

having said that, and we've seen this in ukraine, the quality of the russian military is leaves much to be desired. um in terms of their, their fighter aircraft, their tanks, etc. um, aircraft, their tanks, etc. um, a lot of it is set in division, which is why a small country relatively like ukraine has managed to keep the russians at bay for coming on two years and the that we have in the british military are the little we have of it is very is very high end, whether it's the type 45 destroyers in the royal navy , destroyers in the royal navy, the typhoon fighters in the raf, um, and even our dear old tanks , um, and even our dear old tanks, um, and even our dear old tanks, um, have been upgraded . and, you um, have been upgraded. and, you know, there are just 40 of them compared to the 2000. the russians have . um, but the 40 we russians have. um, but the 40 we have worked very well. >> con really interested to get your perspective on this. of course. we are in an election year and we talk a lot about immigration and the economy and

those being the big issues that people are going to vote on. but more and more, especially with the headlines that we've been seeing this week, defence is surely going to be top of the list of people's priority, with gdp currently at 2. gdp spending currently at 2. lots people would like it to lots of people would like it to be seen because they want be seen more because they want to see that we can actually defend ourselves. and you've been haven't you, about been writing, haven't you, about not only a woeful lack of equipment the but equipment at the moment, but also vital training also a lack of vital training when comes to defending when it comes to defending ourselves from ourselves against threats from iran, . iran, china and russia. >> yes. no we are in a fairly perilous position at the moment, and i think in terms of an election , let us not forget that election, let us not forget that every politician will tell you that the defence of the realm is the first priority of any government . they say that. but government. they say that. but what do they do? they run down our defence. and i think since the tories came to power in 2010, there has been a deliberate , um, attempt to run deliberate, um, attempt to run down the armed forces because

the current crop of conservative politicians have concluded there are no votes in defence, particularly after the controversies around the iraq and afghanistan wars. so if we don't have a big military, we can't do anything. but i mean, as i said, i mean, the threat environment in the last 2 or 3 years, and particularly since the invasion of ukraine, um, has changed immeasurably. and even whitehall now concedes that there's a 1 in 4 chance of us being engaged militarily, directly . with russia within the directly. with russia within the next 2 or 3 years. so if that's not a wake up call, i don't know what is. >> yeah, it is a frightening thought , if >> yeah, it is a frightening thought, if indeed that is true. con coughlin , thanks so much for con coughlin, thanks so much for talking to us. this morning. thank you. now do stay with us still to come. >> convicted murderer kenneth eugene smith is the first person in the to world be put to death using nitrogen gas in the state of alabama . that and much more. of alabama. that and much more. after your morning . news.

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perspectives that i and people that i knew had dewbs& co weeknights from six. >> welcome back. the time is 1038. you're watching britain's newsroom on gb news with pip tomson and me. ellie costello loads of you getting in touch this morning. thank you so much for your company and for getting in touch loads on the us execution in the state of alabama last night. that's of kenneth smith, a first time that anybody been to death anybody has been gassed to death with nitrogen . peter from with nitrogen. peter from manchester said we seem to kill animals humanely. manchester said we seem to kill animals humanely . why don't they animals humanely. why don't they adopt the same methodology for humans ? humans? >> uh, paul, good morning . you >> uh, paul, good morning. you say the death penalty is a good deterrent for criminals that commit murder and rape, providing there is absolute, irrefutable, irrefutable proof

the method of execution should be instantaneous and not anything that prolongs the death . i'm not sure. in this case, using nitrogen gas, according to eyewitnesses, that it was instantaneous. but thank you for your thoughts . your thoughts. >> and tony from redding says the death penalty is revenge, not justice, as it lowers society to the same level as the murderers that we execute well. do let us know what you think about that. do keep those views coming in gb views at gb news. com and we'll continue this discussion kenneth discussion because kenneth eugene was executed eugene smith was executed overnight using nitrogen gas. yes. the state has called it the most painless and humane method of execution known to man. but that's as a witness described the historic moment as horrific and the worst thing that he had ever seen. so how is it humane? >> or is it simply a lethal experiment ? we're joined by experiment? we're joined by human rights lawyer shoaib khan, a very good morning to you. what are your thoughts, then? because we're hearing two different things here. eyewitnesses

telling us that it was absolutely horrific. and yet the state of alabama saying it was painless and humane, even though it's never been used before. but they make that claim . they make that claim. >> it's. good morning. um, yeah . >> it's. good morning. um, yeah. i mean, i think it's absolutely horrific what they're doing. i mean, i think, you know, we were probably long past the time when we were firstly looking for a new novel, ways to kill people. um, but but secondly, you know, long past the days of gassing people to death, i think it's horrific, you know, the way, you know, whoever came up with this idea and the way that the courts and the governor and the whole ministration, whole ministration, the whole government together to make government came together to make this in this way. and this person die in this way. and i like you were saying, i think, like you were saying, just then, you know, i'm the eyewitness. i obviously eyewitness. i mean, obviously that reverend or one of that was the reverend or one of the eyewitnesses was the reverend the reverend who was present at the death. that's what he death. um, and that's what he says. says, you know, it was says. he says, you know, it was absolutely and what absolutely horrific. and what the administration had been claiming in court and arguing in court for years or months at least, um, was that would be

humane? um, would be humane? um, he would be unconscious seconds. he unconscious within seconds. he would within minutes. in would die within minutes. in fact, you know, he was writhing and pain, um, for and struggling in pain, um, for around 4 to 5 minutes. um, he was then heavy breathing for another five minutes. so at least minutes he was least ten minutes he was conscious . um, then he . it conscious. um, and then he. it took 22 minutes die, took about 22 minutes to die, which is absolutely horrific. and like, people are predicting it torture. i mean, it is it is torture. i mean, it is cruel and unusual punishment. it is torture. i think it's absolutely appalling. um, that this new, uh, method has been used. and in fact, um , this used. um, and in fact, um, this is a method that in fact people have said, uh, previously argued it was too inhumane to cruel, too painful to actually use to euthanize animals. and here it is. you know, a state in america using it to kill humans. um, i think it's something deplorable, really. >> the tensions surrounding this sentence . uh, where do you think sentence. uh, where do you think american support stands for the death penalty now? because i believe that it's legal in about 27 states, although seven of them don't actually carry it out

still. so that's about half of american states still have it. technically in their books. but do you think over time this is something that there is less and less support for ? less support for? >> um, i think definitely yes. with time there is less and less support. but the thing is, um, the way that it's carried out even now, there have been calls or you know, as your question suggests, about the viability of the feasibility, you know, the correctness of death penalty as a whole. but here what we're basically arguing about is more about the method. even if you are going to do it, at least be humane until you've actually abolished it. um and that's the thing. know, like we thing. i mean, you know, like we saw reports up till the supreme court, the american supreme court, the american supreme court, it, um, court, all favouring it, um, supporting the government in doing the doing this, supporting the governor it's governor saying that it's correct. know , a one correct. you know, a one dissenting supreme court judge basically said, well, um, obviously going against it, saying shouldn't ahead . saying it shouldn't go ahead. um, but then describing it as, uh, an experimentation on humans

that he was being used as a human guinea pig. and those are the things that we need to stamp down on. those are the things that need to be resolved. even if the death penalty still has to be in place. >> if, as we say, we accept that some america still use some states in america still use the death penalty. but why do you think this method is any worse the electric chair, worse than the electric chair, which also sounds horrific than lethal injection than firing squad? why is this worse ? squad? why is this worse? >> um, i don't think the electric chair is a particularly humane method either. the point is, if you are going to have it, at least have it in a scientific way. in a medical way. i mean, another thing to remember is, i mean, obviously the whole penal system, the criminal justice system, the criminal justice system in america, so many aspects are quite aspects of it are quite barbaric, quite inhumane. aspects of it are quite bartthis quite inhumane. aspects of it are quite bartthis isjite inhumane. aspects of it are quite bartthis is anotherimane. aspects of it are quite bartthis is another thing. aspects of it are quite bartthis is another thing that and this is another thing that these aren't actually medical professionals or doctors. someone administering these, these are basically what they call, you know, corrections officers basically prison officers, prison staff. you know, i don't know how much, um,

evenin know, i don't know how much, um, even in this case, tragically, you 2022, they you know, in 2022, they previously to kill him by previously tried to kill him by the injection and we have sort of staff crowding over him, prodding needles. they prodding him with needles. they just find the vein in just couldn't find the vein in which inject him. and, which to inject him. um, and, you obviously there's you know, obviously there's a time within which you time limit within which you have to kill them. otherwise, legally, you can't continue. and therefore was therefore that attempt was aborted and the thing. aborted. and that's the thing. i mean, whole process about it mean, the whole process about it from the start the end, from the start till the end, another thing, know, was another thing, you know, he was on for more than 30 on death row for more than 30 years. this murder that he committed took place 1988. committed took place in 1988. and since 30, 35 years. and since then, 30, 35 years. he's his death. he's been waiting for his death. basically few years, the basically every few years, the government is trying to kill him, and they and him, and then they fail. and there's those aspects him, and then they fail. and there'together�*nose aspects him, and then they fail. and there'together ,)se aspects him, and then they fail. and there'together , um, spects him, and then they fail. and there'together , um, you:ts him, and then they fail. and there'together , um, you know, taken together, um, you know, which makes people call for we need to just stop this system now. we've it now. you know, we've seen it going for centuries, but that going on for centuries, but that doesn't make it right. it has to stop. >> e- e rights lawyer stop. >> rights lawyer shoaib >> human rights lawyer shoaib khan, thank you very much. well, let's talk to political commentators matthew stadlen and director common sense director of the common sense society, emma webb, who are here in studio . society, emma webb, who are here in studio. emma, society, emma webb, who are here in studio . emma, that was an

in the studio. emma, that was an interesting point that shoaib made there. he'd already been on death row for some 35 years. thatis death row for some 35 years. that is torture in itself. well all i, i actually so this is it's interesting that matthew and i, we were discussing before we came on air. >> we don't we do actually agree on the death penalty. and matthew expected me to be in favour of it. okay. um, i know, i mean, hell's frozen over two weeks in a row now. um, but i my objections to it on an on ethical grounds on practical grounds of justice that doesn't offset the fact that i'm not particularly concerned about this man's suffering. you know, he's a murderer. there's a reason why he's on death row . reason why he's on death row. um, that it's um, i understand that it's probably torturous experience probably a torturous experience to have the government to be to have the government trying you every year. trying to kill you every year. and think it's, um, and i do think that it's, um, unethical that tried to unethical that they tried to kill him with a lethal injection, that it didn't work, and that this is actually an expensive agent that they've chosen um, chosen to do with this, um, nitrogen gas . chosen to do with this, um, nitrogen gas. um, but i'm not. i'm not in favour of the death

penalty for the reason that. and actually, this is on christian grounds, i believe human beings are fallen and don't have are fallen and i don't have faith justice system , um, faith in the justice system, um, that i don't think any justice system should have the power over death . um, but over life and death. um, but that to say that i don't that isn't to say that i don't think that prisoners who have done horrific crimes shouldn't be held in extremely uncomfortable double, um, situations , and to be punished situations, and to be punished for their crimes, because i my view is that part of justice is punishment . and i know that punishment. and i know that that's not a particularly popular view anymore. so i don't that's not a particularly popuia problem ymore. so i don't that's not a particularly popuia problem with,e. so i don't that's not a particularly popuia problem with, you i don't that's not a particularly popuia problem with, you know,t have a problem with, you know, this prisoner experiencing suffering anything like that. suffering or anything like that. um, in the, in the, in terms of how long he's been in prison for and being waiting on death row, um, but i don't think that the state should have or in the case of america, states should have the power over life and death because i don't think that human judgement is infallible. >> and what about the suffering at the point of death as well? because we've had emails in this

morning talking about kenneth smith struggling for life for 22 minutes as eyewitnesses have been describing. we've also been describing. but we've also had emails in this morning saying, well , had emails in this morning saying, well, his victims weren't the of weren't given the luxury of a painless death. so why should he ? >> 7- >> there's 7_ >> there's a ? >> there's a first of 7 >> there's a first of all, i have no truck with killers with raping , with child abusers. and raping, with child abusers. and i do very firmly believe in the punitive element of prison, of incarceration , as well as the incarceration, as well as the possibility of rehabilitation. but let's be clear, there is no humane way in which to kill a humane way in which to kill a human being. it's bad enough what we do to animals to do it to human beings, even if they themselves have done horrific things, is wholly unacceptable. america, in this way is a far less developed, far less civilised society than we have over here. i remember i civilised society than we have over here. i rememberi spent over here. i remember i spent a lot of time in new york working and i had a conversation with someone who i had instincts agreed with on a lot of things. she was a democrat voter and she was implacably in favour of the death penalty. it was like

suddenly being parachuted in from britain on to into from britain on to america into an alien culture. in this respect , it is a newer society. respect, it is a newer society. the united states as we know it. and it is very uncivil in this particular area. this man , as particular area. this man, as we've already heard, committed this appalling crime. what 36 years ago, does it make a difference , though, how long ago difference, though, how long ago it was? it does because part of the torture is not just the physical suffering at point physical suffering at the point of death. return to the of death. and i return to the fact you can't kill someone humanely, but it is also the anticipation of being killed. and i don't think it is any exaggeration to say that there is blood on the hands of the american judicial system. i do actually very strongly disagree with emma. i do care about the suffering of this person. i do believe in prison and no doubt being put behind bars involves a degree of suffering. but if you commit a crime, then there is no alternative to that. you alternative to that. if you commit of crime, but commit this sort of crime, but to someone with the to torture someone with the anticipation death anticipation of their own death is absolutely disgusting. now why do we not put justice in the

hands of the victims ? we don't hands of the victims? we don't put justice in the hands of the victims because otherwise we would be in a society based around revenge. yes, the impact on victims families can have some sort of impact in terms of judgement or in terms of sentence, but not to the extent that victims are allowed to torture the families of victims are allowed to torture the criminals or put them to death. and in this regard we are superior. i'm no doubt about it, to america. and that's even without talking about the worries of miscarriages of justice. it's without talking about whether it is actually a deterrent . america, remember, is deterrent. america, remember, is a truly violent society. so there's a very strong case to be made that the death penalty has no effect anyway. >> what what the other >> what what about the other aspect this that , that. and aspect of this that, that. and just explain what happens just to explain what happens with this execution , it's with this execution, it's clamping a mask tightly to the face, covering the mouth and nose. face, covering the mouth and nose . but there was some nose. but there was some suggestion about how safe that is for, for people in the room

because of the risk of the gas escaping. it hadn't been tested before. what if the mask had supped? >>i supped? >> i mean, what they it is an experiment. they they were using him as a guinea pig and part of the reason, as we said, is because he'd already somehow they'd to execute him they'd failed to execute him with a injection . so with a lethal injection. so there there are sort there obviously there are sort of dangers involved . um, of other dangers involved. um, but i don't think that , you but i don't think that, you know, those are kind of more safeguarding issues rather than the heart of the ethical question . um, and i think it's question. um, and i think it's quite interesting that there are a lot of people, um, who who politically, think would they politically, i think would they would disagree with the death penalty, politically penalty, but politically they wouldn't be inclined to recognise the fallible of the state. um they would have this idea that it is possible for us to construct an ideal state. um whereas i don't have that confidence in human government. and that's the reason why i don't think that any state should have the power to do this . so for me, the like i was saying, you know, my disagreement with matthew is

that i'm not really that interested in the extent to which this individual suffered after the horrific crimes that he did. >> christian emma, is it because christian is partly based around the redemption? it the idea of redemption? isn't it about empathy , about caring for about empathy, about caring for even those who have done the most appalling? >> and actually, um, in at >> yeah. and actually, um, in at the, at the crucify action. um, one of the criminals did repent and the other didn't, um, but i don't think that that means that you don't believe in human justice and that you don't you don't believe in punishment, worldly punishment . so i think worldly punishment. so i think that the two things happen. >> i mean, he was i think it's he was 21 years old and i think was i think it's1988 he was 21 years old and i think was i think it's 1988 in the uk. he could now be a free man . he could now be a free man. >> well, i think that's wrong . >> well, i think that's wrong. um, i think that i mean , now we um, i think that i mean, now we have whole life orders and i think that for people who commit horrific crimes, they should have a whole life order a life sentence should mean a life sentence. um i do believe in rehabilitation for some criminals. not for all. i don't think possible for all

think it's possible for all people be rehabilitate. and people to be rehabilitate. and i think for anybody people to be rehabilitate. and i thirepent for anybody people to be rehabilitate. and i thirepent of for anybody people to be rehabilitate. and i thirepent of their for anybody people to be rehabilitate. and i thirepent of their crimes. body people to be rehabilitate. and i thirepent of their crimes. and to repent of their crimes. and of their sins. um, but i, i don't think that rehabilitation should above punishment should be put above punishment when it comes to justice. i think the punitive aspect think that the punitive aspect of very important part of of it is very important part of justice. also an important justice. it's also an important deterrent. i don't think deterrent. so i don't think that, um that prison is for the that, um, that prison is for the sake rehabilitating sake of rehabilitating the criminals it's not about criminals because it's not about them. it's about justice to the victims. >> okay, emma, i just need to break in there because we've got some huge football news. ellie. yeah. >> breaking news in the past few minutes. jurgen klopp has announced to stand announced he's going to stand down liverpool manager at the down as liverpool manager at the end of this season and said that he is running out of energy. i've actually got the statement here, he says he loves everything this club, he everything about this club, he loves about the city. loves everything about the city. i everything our i love everything about our supporters, team, the staff. supporters, the team, the staff. i love everything. but how can i say it? i'm running out of energy. i have no problem now, obviously, but i knew for longer that have to announce it at that i'd have to announce it at some know that cannot some point. i know that i cannot do job and again and again. >> matthew. there was a there

was a exclamation from you, though. yeah, i'm astonished by that though. yeah, i'm astonished by tha amazing in studio >> amazing to be in the studio when dropped last season, an when it dropped last season, an he a terrible season and he had a terrible season and i predicted to my liverpool supporting friends and i'm a man—u that he wouldn't man—u fan that he wouldn't survive he clawed survive the season. he clawed his way into this season did survive are survive and now liverpool are riding at the top of the riding high at the top of the league. i was the game the league. i was at the game the other day when liverpool knocked arsenal out of fa cup. the arsenal out of the fa cup. the liverpool the streets of liverpool fans in the streets of north chanting liverpool, north london chanting liverpool, liverpool! the league, liverpool! top of the league, rubbing in the they rubbing salt in the wounds they are high lots of are flying high and lots of competition. they've got to competition. they've just got to a the it is remarkable >> the timing it is remarkable and will, i said wow and i'm and you will, i said wow and i'm not a liverpool fan. >> you will hear a collective groan across the uk from liverpool fans because this man has turned a club that had not won the league for 30 years into a title winning enterprise. >> well, that breaking news in the past few moments that jurgen klopp will stand down as liverpool manager at the end of the season is significant because he is widely regarded as one of the best football managers in the world. we'll

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liverpool manager at the end. of this season, he says he's running out of energy very big footballing news this morning. >> liverpool doing so well at the moment . what impact it the moment. what impact could it have on the remainder of their season of their season? is season of their season? what is your reaction ? do let know your reaction? do let us know you're with britain's newsroom on

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january. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with pip tomson and me, ellie costello . tomson and me, ellie costello. >> jurgen klopp is to step down as liverpool manager after nine years at the helm. they are currently top of the league, a move that will shock the football world. >> king charles has been admitted to hospital for treatment for an enlarged prostate as buckingham palace say they're delighted his diagnosis is having a positive impact on public health awareness . awareness. >> whilst justice served . the >> whilst justice served. the attorney general is set to review the sentence of nottingham killer valdo calocane after claims from the victims families that he got away with murder . our families that he got away with murder. our political correspondent katherine forster has more . has more. >> yes, victoria has now victoria prentis has now to decide whether to refer this to the court of appeal. if she considers that the sentence was unduly lenient.

considers that the sentence was unduly lenient . meanwhile, sir unduly lenient. meanwhile, sir keir starmer has come out supporting an inquiry. i'll bnng supporting an inquiry. i'll bring you the details shortly . bring you the details shortly. no where safe for jews, the actress dame maureen lipman speaks out ahead of holocaust memorial day tomorrow. >> we'll get reaction to her comments . comments. >> cool or cruel? german model and actress claudia schiffer stole the show at the premiere of the film our girl. stole the show at the premiere of the film our girl . well, her of the film our girl. well, her cat in a backpack did. >> well, really shocking news there from jurgen klopp. news that it's going to shock the footballing world. do let us know your reaction to that news that he is going to step down as as liverpool manager gb views at gb news.com. but first let's get a news update with sophia wenzler .

wenzler. >> thanks, ellie. good morning . >> thanks, ellie. good morning. it's 11:01. i'm >> thanks, ellie. good morning. it's11:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . some in the gb newsroom. some breaking news. jurgen klopp has announced he will stand down as liverpool manager at the end of the season. the 56 year old informed the club's ownership of his decision, having taken charge at liverpool in 2015, he won six trophies with the reds , won six trophies with the reds, including the premier league title in 2020 and the championship league trophy a year before . speaking after the year before. speaking after the shock announcement, he said he wants to take a break and live a normal life. >> ending up as the manager of liverpool fc >> ending up as the manager of liverpool ec is a, is a is a fairy tale and a very difficult thing to plan. i would say impossible to plan and difficult to reach, but it's only possible if you are very busy and 100,000% committed to everything you do when you dedicate your whole life to it. and that's what i did. i am still a normal 9”!!- what i did. i am still a normal guy. i just don't live a normal

life for too long now , and i life for too long now, and i don't want to wait until i'm too old for having a normal life . old for having a normal life. >> now, the attorney general will consider reviewing the sentence of nottingham triple killer valdo calocane varne after receiving a complaint that it could be too lenient . after receiving a complaint that it could be too lenient. he was given a hospital order yesterday and will likely spend the rest of his life in a high security clinic. he was found to be suffering from severe mental illness when he killed three people with knife before people with a knife before attempting kill three others. attempting to kill three others. he'd taking prescribed he'd stopped taking prescribed medication and could hear voices in his head. he'd also visited london's m15 headquarters to ask them to stop controlling him . them to stop controlling him. three psychiatrists agreed that a hospital order would be the best course of action for a prisoner in the us state of alabama has become the first person to be executed with nitrogen gas . kenneth smith was nitrogen gas. kenneth smith was convicted of murder in 1988 and had already survived a lethal injection. when officials struggled to insert the needles

into his body. human rights groups and the united nations had tried to prevent yesterday's execution, claiming the method was risky and cruel. spiritual adviser jeff hood, who witnessed smith's death, said he could see him struggling . him struggling. >> what we saw was minutes of someone struggling for their life . we saw minutes of someone life. we saw minutes of someone heaving back and forth , and we heaving back and forth, and we also saw correctional correction officials in the room who were visibly surprised at how bad this thing went . this thing went. >> the king has been admitted to a london hospital for treatment for an enlarged prostate. buckingham palace says his majesty is delighted to learn that his diagnosis is having a positive impact on public health awareness . the king is also awareness. the king is also understood to have visited the princess of wales, whose recovering abdominal recovering from abdominal surgery . a statement from surgery. a statement from buckingham palace thanked all of those who've sent their good wishes over the past week , and

wishes over the past week, and there are no obvious alternatives to replace rishi sunak as prime minister that's according to a new poll . ipsos according to a new poll. ipsos uk found that 42% of those who voted for the tories in 2019 have a favourable view of mr sunak. former prime minister bofis sunak. former prime minister boris johnson scored slightly more with 43. however his unfavorability was higher than the current prime minister. here comes amid claims of a plot to oust rishi sunak before the next election , after former cabinet election, after former cabinet minister sir simon clarke called on him to resign earlier this week . on him to resign earlier this week. millions of on him to resign earlier this week . millions of workers are week. millions of workers are feeling the benefits of more pay today after recent cuts to national insurance . taxpayers national insurance. taxpayers now pay a basic rate of 10, down from the previous 12, with the government saying it will save people around £450 a year. but shadow secretary for women and equalities anneliese dodds says people are worse off. >> what we've seen under the conservatives has not been tax cuts. we have actually seen tax

rises. 25 conservative tax rises just since the last general election. and the reality of the national insurance, so—called tax cut, it was actually just giving people back £2 of every extra £10 that they're going to be paying in tax. so i'm afraid this is a bit of a tax con. >> and canada is accusing britain of being unwilling to reach a mutual agreement amid a row over a free trade deal, talks with ottawa began in 2022 after brexit saw britain excluded from existing eu trade agreements . as canada's trade agreements. as canada's trade minister cited market access barriers after farmers complained that they'd been effectively shut out of britain's beef market due to a ban on hormones . the uk says it ban on hormones. the uk says it reserves the right to pause negotiations with any country if progress is not being made. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on your digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now it's

back to pimpinellae . for. back to pimpinellae. for. >> welcome back. it's 11:07. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with pip tomson and me, ellie costello . me, ellie costello. >> bring you some more on the breaking news that liverpool manager jurgen has manager jurgen klopp has announced managerjurgen klopp has announced he will stand down at the end of this saying the end of this season, saying he's running out energy. here he's running out of energy. here he's running out of energy. here he is . he is. >> i believe , of the club at the >> i believe, of the club at the end of the season . i can end of the season. i can understand that. it's, uh , a understand that. it's, uh, a shock for a lot of people in this moment when you hear it. the first time. and, um , but the first time. and, um, but obviously i can explain it or at least try to explain it. um . and least try to explain it. um. and i love absolutely everything about this club . i love about this club. i love everything about the city. i

love everything about our supporters. i love the team. i love the staff of everything that i still take this decision . that i still take this decision. i probably will or shows you that i'm convinced it's the one ihave that i'm convinced it's the one i have to take. >> well, joining us now is gb news sports presenter paul coyte and paul. you can actually see and paul. you can actually see and hear the visceral emotion there can't you? from jurgen klopp saying how much he he loves the team, he loves the city but he's exhausted. he wants to take a break and lead a normal life. this is quite a shocking announcement, isn't it? >> it really is a shocking announcement. it's something i never coming this morning. never saw coming this morning. i don't think anybody did actually . liverpool fans are . and i think liverpool fans are going be shocked more than going to be shocked more than anybody else. um 2015 he took over uh, came in and came in from dortmund and it took a little while and people were wondering, oh, is it going to work? but it proved to be a masterstroke from liverpool because they fit. and the secret of football management. and same with football and players. he's

having a fit between the manager or player and the club and or the player and the club and it absolutely worked. you wait for champions league, premier league, fifa world cup, fifa club world cup, the run won and the fa cup and league cup, uefa super cup, fa community shield. so, you know, he's won it all. um, and you very, very rarely ever hear a manager walk away from a club. it's always the club that gets rid of the manager . club that gets rid of the manager. there's club that gets rid of the manager . there's always club that gets rid of the manager. there's always a club that gets rid of the manager . there's always a shelf manager. there's always a shelf life with managers. he's been there nine years. they're fighting on all fronts again this year. uh, they've just made it into the into the final of the carabao cup, which happens on 25th, they'll on february 25th, where they'll play on february 25th, where they'll play they're looking on february 25th, where they'll play good they're looking on february 25th, where they'll play good in they're looking on february 25th, where they'll play good in the 1ey're looking on february 25th, where they'll play good in the league yoking on february 25th, where they'll play good in the league asing on february 25th, where they'll play good in the league as well. very good in the league as well. and a really bizarre one and it's a really bizarre one looking at it. and you say you know you hear that. he says that he decided it in november. i wonder if there's more to the story or whether it is just the fact that he's decided that it's time to move away. it's too much. i've done everything that i can do and now it's time for someone else. but it is a real,

real surprise. really is. well, paulif real surprise. really is. well, paul, if we're a little bit more patient, we might hear and understand a little bit more because. >> cause it's, um, it's been reported that jurgen klopp will conduct a news conference this afternoon at 3:00 with liverpool . all they're five points clear, aren't they ? at the top of the aren't they? at the top of the table. what impact could this have then on the rest of their season? because i think there's some assistant managers that are also leaving as well . also leaving as well. >> yeah it it could worth work both ways actually pip it could galvanise the team . it could be galvanise the team. it could be one of those. let's do this for jurgen. we're absolutely not going to let him down. so it could be that. and he could do really really well as far as the club's going for the rest of the season or it could be that situation which we have seen where managers have known that managers have long left , managers don't have long left, whereas you know whereas it's well, you know what, let's look out for the other think probably other guy. but i think probably more former than anything more the former than anything else. as far as the actual else. um, as far as the actual team the rest of the team go, for the rest of the season, i don't think it's going

to them any harm at all. long to do them any harm at all. long terme liverpool. that's terme for liverpool. now that's a matter altogether. a different matter altogether. that's be a huge worry that's going to be a huge worry because now? because where do they go now? and i'm they don't have any and i'm sure they don't have any any plans yet. and um, there's a lot managers that be lot of managers that will be thinking, well, i'll like the sound of and clubs sound of it. and probably clubs with thinking, with those managers thinking, there's no way want him to there's no way we want him to leave. it's up in the air. leave. so it's up in the air. >> and paul, you think >> and paul, how do you think liverpool fans feeling right liverpool fans are feeling right now? i just want read the now? i just want to read the message he's given to message that he's given to supporters that statement. he supporters in that statement. he says really them to says he really wants them to accept decision. he said accept this decision. he said that be nice. after that would be nice. after telling you don't sing my song too telling you to too early. after telling you to not be loud stadium. not be too loud in the stadium. all this, all that stuff like this, he says, do make it about me. says, do not make it about me. there is just no need. >> and yeah, they're going to be devastated. one liverpool fan >> there's not one liverpool fan that would look at him and think, yeah, yeah, he's time is oven think, yeah, yeah, he's time is over. um, they, they've , they've over. um, they, they've, they've done well and then they drop a little and then they come again and there's some new signings and there's some new signings and he's got young players that are coming through it works for

liverpool. and so the fans are going to be very worried. uh what happens next. it was only a couple of years ago where where i don't whetherjurgen i don't know whether jurgen klopp where klopp was giving clues where he'd um, steven he'd talk about, um, steven gerrard , the legendary liverpool gerrard, the legendary liverpool captain. it's almost like, you know, he's going to be the next cab off the rank um, cab off the rank here. um, liverpool legend. he's the next 9”!!- liverpool legend. he's the next guy. and it seemed that that would thing for him. he would be the thing for him. he went rangers, worked went to rangers, worked at rangers and then to aston rangers and then went to aston villa didn't go well villa and things didn't go well for gerrard, now for steven gerrard, who's now out arabia. so so out in saudi arabia. so so there's way that it's going there's no way that it's going to gerrard because to be steven gerrard because i don't think he's a good enough manager to take over. so so obviously to be obviously this is going to be the time for liverpool football club to start thinking, right, we plans we need to start making plans now and the fans certainly going we need to start making plans no be|nd the fans certainly going we need to start making plans no be worriedfans certainly going we need to start making plans no be worried becauseainly going we need to start making plans no be worried because he's going we need to start making plans no be worried because he's asing to be worried because he's as good a manager as there is at the moment. >> yeah, paul coyte sometimes be one best managers in the world. >> paul coyte thank you so much. >> paul coyte thank you so much. >> just getting some reaction as well. >> i thought meant i might. >> i thought you meant i might. >> i thought you meant i might. >> well, you would as well if >> well, you would be as well if you were the you you were given the job, you would as well. would be as well. >> paul really good to see

>> paul coyne really good to see you. very much. you. thank you very much. >> a bit of reaction >> yeah. a bit of reaction coming in from former liverpool defender he's defenderjamie carragher. he's said the news was always said on ex the news was always going to be a body blow to the club whenever it came. i just thought would be another thought it would be another few years a manager, what years away. what a manager, what a go out with a bang. jurgen. >> yeah, well joining us is >> yeah, well joining us now is former premier manager former premier league manager harry really good to harry redknapp. really good to see this morning so see you this morning harry. so jamie referring to it jamie carragher referring to it there as a blow. it does there as a body blow. it does feel like a massive shock . feel like a massive shock. >> yeah absolutely. i mean you know when i just got the phone call from you, you know from, from the your studio there, i just couldn't believe it. >> i thought he's not april the 1st is it. i just, uh it's. yeah such a shock. you know, he looked in such great form the other night that being interviewed the fulham interviewed after the fulham game so full of praise for the young players who have come in and like he still and looked like he was still enjoying the much the enjoying the job as much as the day yeah , he day he arrived. so, yeah, he certainly is a blow. i don't. is he going to pack up straight? i've not got the info yet. is it

straight away or at the end of the season? it's the end. >> it's the end of the season, harry. he says that he's running out of energy. give us your out of energy. just give us your insight what life is like as insight to what life is like as a football manager and how gruelling perhaps is . yeah gruelling it perhaps is. yeah andifs gruelling it perhaps is. yeah and it's difficult to explain to people when people think, oh, the money you're earning this , the money you're earning this, you know you are. >> they complain , no, i >> they complain, no, i understand, i get all that it must. it's difficult for people to understand, but what you actually go through the ups and downs, the lows . not that he's downs, the lows. not that he's had many lows , to be fair. i had many lows, to be fair. i mean, he's had an amazing ride at liverpool. they've just been incredible since he's been a manager. so uh, but you know, he probably i don't know, he just feels the same player, same message in the dressing room. maybe he feels it's time to have a rest. pep did it. pep, you know , barcelona looked like he know, barcelona looked like he was there forever. and then suddenly he decided to quit barcelona took a year off or whatever. went to , you know, whatever. went to, you know, maybe he feels he needs a needs a break and have a year away

from and come back from football and come back again and go somewhere else and have another challenge. >> so harry, is it absolutely knackering then being a premier league manager ? league manager? >> yeah, it is, it is. league manager? >> yeah, it is, it is . it's >> yeah, it is, it is. it's a well paid fantastic job. don't get me wrong. as i said, it's hard to explain to people, you know, the money that you're earning. but it the pressure is non—stop. yeah it is every day you got you want to be successful . all your club belong successful. all your club belong to the fans. you want to do well for them. and when it ain't going well, it's a nightmare. and you know the pressure that comes it. yeah, he probably comes with it. yeah, he probably just feels a little bit tired now maybe losing that energy now and maybe losing that energy and although you'd now and maybe losing that energy and believe although you'd now and maybe losing that energy and believe llooking you'd now and maybe losing that energy and believe llooking atyu'd now and maybe losing that energy and believe llooking at him never believe it looking at him because looks he's because he, he looks like he's always got that big smile on his face. hasn't he? and he looks like loving every minute of like he's loving every minute of it still. it's. yeah it's like he's loving every minute of it stilias it's. yeah it's like he's loving every minute of it stilias a it's. yeah it's like he's loving every minute of it stilias a big yeah it's like he's loving every minute of it stilias a big shock. t's like he's loving every minute of it stilias a big shock. he's done come as a big shock. he's done an job at liverpool. an amazing job at liverpool. he's been a great, great manager for hopefully we for liverpool and hopefully we go high by winning the go out on a high by winning the yean

go out on a high by winning the year, winning carabao cup, year, winning the carabao cup, winning else there winning everything else there in. so um, it's going to be an interesting end to the season for sure. >> well let's hope that they go out a high or at least he out on a high or at least he goes out on a on a high. but at the time of this is so interesting isn't it, harry? i mean top of the premier league right in the final right now. they're in the final of the carabao cup. they're in contention for four trophies this jurgen this season. varne and jurgen klopp. it was meant to have until the end of 2026 on his contract act so i mean we don't want to speculate, but do you think that there could be more to we do. we are to this story? we do. we are expecting a press conference from jurgen klopp about from jurgen klopp at about 3 pm. or do you think this is p.m. or do you think this is a case of him simply wanting go case of him simply wanting to go out high? liverpool are out on a high? liverpool are looking and time for looking good and it's time for him to bow out. >> it could be it's so you don't know what comes out the end, know what comes out in the end, do you know alex do you? but you know alex decided that man united that he'd been at top winning the he'd been at the top winning the league. maybe jurgen feels, you know, this year he needs a break in exchange for a year off. do

some stuff with his family and then maybe come back a year later somewhere and take on another challenge. you know, nothing is permanent. is it everything comes, you know, comes to an end at some stage in life and, uh, maybe just feels he's gone there. he's had a fantastic time there and he wants to go out winning . winning wants to go out winning. winning the certainly winning the premier league title. i think that's the one win this year in front of the fans, because when he won it a couple of years ago, unfortunately it was during covid and then fantastic liverpool fans didn't get a chance to celebrate him , chance to celebrate with him, uh, as they'd like to have done so . i'm sure that's his ambition so. i'm sure that's his ambition to on a high and win the to leave on a high and win the title. year for liverpool . title. this year for liverpool. >> okay, harry redknapp , the >> okay, harry redknapp, the former premier league manager , former premier league manager, very good to have you on the program. for program. thank you so much for your to that. breaking program. thank you so much for your that to that. breaking program. thank you so much for your that jurgen hat. breaking program. thank you so much for your that jurgen klopp'eaking program. thank you so much for your that jurgen klopp is king program. thank you so much for your that jurgen klopp is going news that jurgen klopp is going to stand down as liverpool manager at the end of this season. do let us know your reaction to that shock. news gb views at gb news.com . views at gb news.com. >> it's a fair bet that

liverpool fans will be completely gutted this morning at that news, and there is going to be that press conference at 3:00 pm this afternoon . 3:00 pm this afternoon. >> so we'll be hearing again from jurgen klopp at that time. we might a bit more detail, we might get a bit more detail, uh, about his decision. yeah >> charles has been >> now king charles has been admitted to a london hospital this morning for treatment for an enlarged prostate. yes. >> also understood to have >> he's also understood to have visited the princess of wales, whose from own whose recovering from her own abdominal surgery london abdominal surgery at the london clinic . clinic. >> well, our royal correspondent cameron walker joins us a very good morning to you, cameron . good morning to you, cameron. uh, we broke this news at about 930, didn't we? what can what can you tell us about about the king, his treatment. how long he's expected to be in hospital for . for. >> yeah, well, pip, as you can probably imagine, the world's media has descended on the london clinic here in the caphal london clinic here in the capital, while king charles and queen camilla were seen leaving clarence house earlier this morning and then arriving here to the london clinic, which is the building you behind me.

the building you see behind me. buckingham palace have now confirmed the has been confirmed that the king has been admitted into the hospital for treatment for an enlarged prostate . it's understood before prostate. it's understood before he did so, however , he visited he did so, however, he visited another member of the royal family, who is also in the london clinic, and that is the princess of wales. she had an abdominal surgery earlier. last week and she's expected to remain in hospital until at least the weekend before three months convalesce. seeing as for the king, we don't know how long he is going to be in hospital for or indeed the specific treatments that he is getting. but it's incredibly rare for members of the royal family to tell us exactly what we what is wrong with them, essentially. so the fact that the king has decided to tell the world, essentially, that he is suffering from an enlarged prostate , told reason he prostate, i'm told the reason he decided to do so is because he wanted to encourage others who may not, perhaps seek treatment if they're experiencing similar treatment to symptoms, even to do so. so the nhs website really

has exploded from when we didn't know about this health to news when we did know about this health news. the page for enlarged prostate symptoms that's gone up by 11 times, which equates to one every five seconds. and in a statement released by buckingham palace earlier today, his spokesperson said his majesty would like to thank all those who have who have sent their good wishes over the past week and is delighted to learn that his diagnosis is having a positive impact on pubuc having a positive impact on public awareness . now, as public health awareness. now, as for his majesty's engagements , for his majesty's engagements, they are cancelled for the foreseeable future or at least postponed as queen camilla, as i said, is also accompanying the king here inside the london clinic, the princess of wales is in the london clinic. prince william isn't expected to do any engagements until the princess is hospital , which engagements until the princess is hospital, which means is out of hospital, which means we're now down to zero. senior members the royal family members of the royal family undertaking engagements at the moment, and three of them are in the building behind me. moment, and three of them are in the pointing behind me. moment, and three of them are in the point whatzhind me. moment, and three of them are in the point what does me. moment, and three of them are in the point what does this mean for >> point what does this mean for the royal family in the next few

weeks and months, as you say, we've got the princess of wales, we've got the princess of wales, we've got the princess of wales, we've got king charles now, both in other in hospital and their other halves, of wales . and halves, the prince of wales. and of the queen will be at of course, the queen will be at their bedsides. we can imagine. so it really is going to fall on the other members. this much slimmed down monarchy . yeah it slimmed down monarchy. yeah it certainly is. >> queen camilla isn't expected to spend too long in the hospital accompanying the king, so i expect perhaps we'll see her do some engagements next week. prince william certainly won't do any until the princess is out of hospital . back in is out of hospital. back in windsor, convalescing and has been for some time. we know that he's trying to split his time equally between being by the princess's side and indeed looking after their three young children, still children, who are all still attending normal as attending school. as normal as we understand it. but you're right that a less senior members of the royal family, such as princess anne, and princess anne, the duke and duchess edinburgh, the duchess of edinburgh, the gloucesters, they are not really stepping what can stepping up. from what i can see, they're certainly continuing the engagements which were they're were already planned. they're

keeping on the keeping calm and carrying on the duchess of edinburgh was speaking to school children school girls earlier this week in east london about the menstrual cycle cycle , a charity menstrual cycle cycle, a charity that's close to her heart. the duke of edinburgh has been representing the country overseas in south africa and saint helena, so it is certainly keep calm and carrying on. but i think if this happens ten years ago, let's say we wouldn't be in the same situation because there'd be lot more people on there'd be a lot more people on there'd be a lot more people on the royal roster carrying out engagements. >> okay, cameron walker, our royal correspondent there for us, thank you very much indeed . us, thank you very much indeed. >> stay with us because we want to know what you think about this. is it cool or is it cruel? the german model and actress claudia schiffer stole the show at a film premiere last night. or rather, her cat in a backpack did . we'll be discussing this did. we'll be discussing this next year with britain's newsroom on .

of this journey. in 2024. gb news is britain's election . channel. >> it is 1126. welcome back here with britain's newsroom on gb news with ellie costello and pip tomson. now let's go to some showbiz news, shall we? >> because the supermodel claudia schiffer has been criticised by animal welfare charities for walking down the red carpet with a cat in her rucksack . rucksack. >> well, do you think about that ? >> ?i >> it 7- >> it quite, 7 >> it quite, quite interesting because i think plenty of people

carry their cats in a backpack . carry their cats in a backpack. and yeah, certainly this was in the full glare of the media. lots of lights, you know, can be quite disconcerting for animals. >> joining us now is >> well, joining us now is showbiz ellie phillips . showbiz reporter ellie phillips. really good see you this really good to see you this morning ellie. so animal charities have said they're very concerned about this haven't charities have said they're very concetelli about this haven't charities have said they're very concetell usyout this haven't charities have said they're very concetell us at this haven't charities have said they're very concetell us a bit1is haven't charities have said they're very concetell us a bit moreven't charities have said they're very concetell us a bit more .an't they. tell us a bit more. >> yeah. so just to put it all in context, essentially this was on the red carpet at the aga world premiere that took place on . and claudia on wednesday. and claudia schiffer's that we saw schiffer's cat that we saw there, um, it's called chip, if anyone's interested. he's got his instagram um, he his own instagram page. um, he actually played the role of a cat called alf in the film argylle. it's quite a major role, actually, because in the film, alfie belongs to ellie conway , played by dallas howard, conway, played by dallas howard, who and the film's all about her as a spy novelist who gets drawn into this world of real life espionage . and the problem is , espionage. and the problem is, obviously claudia , um, brought obviously claudia, um, brought her cat to the red carpet in this bag . and also, i just must this bag. and also, i just must point out the connection here why claudia schiffer attacks .

why claudia schiffer attacks. claudia schiffer isn't in the film. she's married to the film's director , matthew vaughn, film's director, matthew vaughn, which why chips played such which is why chips played such a mega role in this film . so mega role in this film. so anyway, claudia brings her cat to premiere in this kind of argyle patterned backpack. to premiere in this kind of argyit's)atterned backpack. to premiere in this kind of argyit's actually backpack. to premiere in this kind of argyit's actually ayackpack. to premiere in this kind of argyit's actually a specifically but it's actually a specifically bespoke made cat carrier. it's got perspex dome on the front that you can see with loads of air holes into it. it's actually safe for cat, but the issue is people are saying it's twofold. one is like animals shouldn't really be seen as a kind of fashion accessory. and also, is it encouraging people to carry animals that without animals in that way without realising this realising how bespoke this design is and how safe it is for the animal? because from a distance from photographs, i don't see distance from photographs, i don'there see distance from photographs, i don'there are see distance from photographs, i don'there are air see distance from photographs, i don'there are air holes see distance from photographs, i don'there are air holes . see distance from photographs, i don'there are air holes . itee that there are air holes. it almost looks like it's in some kind of, i don't know, spaceship suit or something or, know, suit or something or, you know, going underwater, whatever that might i think is might be. so that i think is the main concern here that will people do copycat thing and people do a copycat thing and actually cause a lot of harm to these animals. i do why these animals. so i do see why people concerned. also people are concerned. and also she could have just taken it on, you know, could just taken

she could have just taken it on, yconlnow, could just taken she could have just taken it on, ycon a)w, could just taken she could have just taken it on, ycon a little uld just taken she could have just taken it on, ycon a little lead just taken she could have just taken it on, ycon a little lead on just taken she could have just taken it on, ycon a little lead on thet taken it on a little lead on the runway. um, but i guess then potentially this they felt protective the cat little bit protective the cat a little bit more. kind of see it more. so i can kind of see it from both ways. >> yeah. i mean, i'm not sure if they'd have in the lead. they'd have put it in the lead. the would have walked along the cat would have walked along like like a dog. but i mean, it. interestingly, i've carried, uh, interestingly, i've carried, uh, i an animal charity i was at an animal charity awards i brought of awards and i brought one of my dogs i her in my dogs along and i had her in my arms. but the difference there was, was that she could she could mean, that that could move. i mean, that that cat seemed quite an cat carrier seemed quite an enclosed environment . if you're enclosed environment. if you're in the glare of, of all these lights , absolutely . lights, absolutely. >> and what those pictures don't show is actually when claudia handed the backpack over to the other, to the actual actors in the film, so that the cat could be pictured with the actual ensemble, you couldn't see the cat because hidden away cat because it was hidden away in clearly, you in the bag. it clearly, you know, want to have its know, didn't want to have its head out that of it. head out of that element of it. but also, you have to think but then also, you have to think that when you travel with animals, you travel on animals, if you travel on aeroplanes some if aeroplanes, in some cases, if you can, you've got a support you can, if you've got a support

dog, animal and they have to be in certain carriers, people often their at often crate their animals at night unusual for night. so it's not unusual for small animals, in particular, domesticated animals , to be put domesticated animals, to be put in bags and crates and things like that. i just think it's the fact that it was on a runway. it seemed a fashion moment. um, and a lot going on at the moment about should we dress animals up? should we make them fashion accessories and more? it accessories and more? to me it is. that people is. it's worrying that people might try and copy the trend without the without actually taking the correct safety measures that are in place for this specific bespoke . bespoke bag. >> i mean, you know, at the end of the day, i think owners like like claudia schiffer, who i'm sure after her cat sure looks after her cat beautifully. i think it's her daughter's cat. um, they they do know their animals. and i suspect she's probably very responsible and wouldn't have brought the cat along if she thought the cat was uncomfortable. and also, i think it's another reason for animal charities to raise the issue about breeds suspect breeds of cats.i about breeds suspect breeds of cats. i mean, i think this cat is a scottish fold cat, which

charities say are susceptible to genetic . mutations. so it gives genetic. mutations. so it gives them an excuse to talk about that. yeah actually, i always think one of the reasons i love showbiz is whenever you see someone famous doing something, whether it's good or bad, it opens up that channel of conversation discuss a wider conversation to discuss a wider issue. >> t- @ might condemn what >> so people might condemn what she's doing. but like you said there, it animal there, it offers animal charities , people at large to charities, people at large to hean charities, people at large to hear, learn and understand more aboutin hear, learn and understand more about in this case, cats. so i actually think in the long run it will do more good than bad. so i mean, i'm sure and like you said, i'm sure claudia schiffer loves that cat would never want to bring harm to it. um, it was a safe bag for the cat to be in, so i think. yeah, i think you're right. i think actually the fact that she's done this in the long run be a positive thing. yeah. >> okay. ellie phillips, showbiz reporter. good to see you reporter. really good to see you this morning. thank you very much this morning. thank you very mu we should add claudia >> we should just add claudia schiffer. she hasn't yet commented . she do during

commented. she might do during today, put lots of today, but she's put lots of pictures and videos on her on her social media. but she hasn't actually commented on what certain saying. certain charities are saying. >> it is dividing >> yeah, but it is dividing people, arnie says. i don't see how this is he uses one how this is cruel. he uses one himself when he's on a motorbike with cat. she's strapped in. with his cat. she's strapped in. she plenty room to move, she has plenty of room to move, there's air there's plenty of air circulation. what is the problem? problem problem? he says the problem is gen snowflakes who gen z wokester snowflakes who need a life. but mel need to get a life. but mel says, of course this is cruel. why take a cat to an award ceremony? and how much will she paid by the manufacturers of that it? that cat backpack to do it? interesting well, we haven't had a response from claudia schiffer yet , but if we do, we'll a response from claudia schiffer yet, but if we do, we'll bring it to you on britain's newsroom do views coming in, do keep your views coming in, though, that story or indeed though, on that story or indeed any of stories we're talking any of the stories we're talking about views gb about today. gb views at gb news. com still to come, actress dame maureen has said dame maureen lipman has said there jews. there is nowhere safe for jews. >> that's ahead of holocaust memorial day tomorrow. we'll be talking and much more talking about that and much more after latest news headlines after your latest news headlines with wenzler .

with sophia wenzler. >> thanks, pip. it's 1133. with sophia wenzler. >> thanks, pip. it's1133. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb news room. jurgen klopp is stepping down as liverpool manager at the end of the season . the 56 year end of the season. the 56 year old announced his decision with his side top of the league, saying he wants to ensure there's time for an orderly transition in liverpool was revolutionised under his leadership, winning six trophies including the premier league title in 2020, their first win in 30 years and the champions league a year before jurgen klopp says he wants to take a break and live a normal life. the attorney general will we consider reviewing the sentence of nottingham triple killer valdo calocane after receiving a complaint that it could be too lenient ? he was given a hospital lenient? he was given a hospital order yesterday and will likely spend the rest of his life in a high security clinic. he was found to be suffering from a severe mental illness when he killed three people with a knife before to kill three before attempting to kill three others, the united nations has

condemned the first execution of a person using nitrogen gas. kenneth smith was convicted of murder in 1988 and had already survived a lethal injection. when officials struggled to insert the needles into his body . human rights groups have tried to prevent yesterday's execution in the us state of alabama, claiming the method was risky and . cruel the king has been and. cruel the king has been admitted to a london hospital for treatment for an enlarged prostate. buckingham palace says his majesty is delighted to learn that his diagnosis is having a positive impact on pubuc having a positive impact on public health awareness. the king is also understood to have visited the princess of wales, whose recovering abdominal whose recovering from abdominal surgery . a statement from surgery. a statement from buckingham palace thanked all of those who've given their good wishes over past week , and wishes over the past week, and you can get more on all those stories by visiting our website at gbnews.com . for exclusive , at gbnews.com. for exclusive, limited edition and rare gold

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so this may be symbolic decision , important nonetheless. >> and also big debates over what in nottingham . of what happened in nottingham. of course, the, uh, how that case was carried out, the charges and the conviction of manslaughter rather than murder. sir keir starmer now calling for an inquiry into this, and the attorney general saying that this should be reviewed. we will have a great deal of, of, uh, detail on why this was arrived at and how it might if it could be changed. >> and this man in america , for >> and this man in america, for this capital punishment case, nitrogen gas will be having a debate about capital punishment, whether to bring back the death penalty. we'll get both sides on that. it seems particularly barbaric the way this man was put to death. but we'll be having the debate nonetheless. what else have we got? we certainly will be. >> and of course, jurgen . klopp. >> and of course, jurgen. klopp. uh, that big news i know you've been discussing it. we'll be diving into it as well. uh, real

big shock i think, for people who support liverpool but also for football the for football fans across the field. and more thing we field. and one more thing we will hearing from richard will be hearing from richard holden, the chairman of the conservative party after that polling we released last polling that we released last night, on 20. >> what can they possibly do to turn around and lib dems turn things around and lib dems neck and neck almost crazy, isn't it? >> are we entering a new world of a third and fourth party or two joint third parties? what what might the tory party chairman, who of course is planning the election strategy for the conservative party we'll be asking him precisely what he can do to turn that around. if anything, what his strategy will be going into the 2024 election. >> our pollster, matt goodwin, said last night that reform could overtake the conservatives. whether that's true , i don't know, but always a true, i don't know, but always a possibility in seats that's not in seats . so there you go. in seats. so there you go. >> first past post for years, nick, tom and emily. lots to pack that program. we'll be pack into that program. we'll be watching midday. you watching from midday. thank you so for now you are so much. but for now you are with britain's newsroom on gb news. got lots coming up news. we've got lots coming up for in next 20 minutes,

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and i listen carefully to what she said, and she made a clear point about saying that it's horrendous, to use the expression jews and palestinians. she's right. expression jews and palestinians. she's right . we palestinians. she's right. we should say jews and muslims , should say jews and muslims, because they're both religions or israelis and palestinians because they're both nationalities. but to say jews and palestinians has got an inherent anti—semitic tone to it. >> one of the things that she she also said gary and talked about was that how synagogues, burial grounds , they have to burial grounds, they have to have security patrols now. and i think dame maureen lipman, when she goes to visit late relatives, she has to have a key to get in. >> that is becoming increasingly the case, uh, particularly synagogues , um, where children synagogues, um, where children go for sunday, sunday, uh, school and indeed jewish schools as well, and some schools, some jewish schools are actually located in synagogues . uh, the located in synagogues. uh, the levels of security required are so much higher than they used to

be before the war. and absolutely incomparable to what they might have been five years ago. and we're hearing these reports from the cst, the community security trust that looks after security for the jewish community underneath the police . police. >> and, gary, how do you feel as a jewish man living in the uk after the events of the 7th of october? >> i feel a lot more nervous than i did before the events of the 7th of october. i know that many other jewish people would take it further and say they're actually frightened , and in 1 or actually frightened, and in 1 or 2 cases they can feel terrorised . and one of the contributing factors to these factors to that is these horrendous so—called pro—palestinian marches that are taking place , um, almost every taking place, um, almost every saturday, although they're not really pro—palestinian, they're fundamentally anti—jewish . if fundamentally anti—jewish. if they were pro—palestinian . they they were pro—palestinian. they would have been marching when palestinians were massacred by the syrian is, uh, in a few years ago. no, they're only marching because they are against the jewish community.

>> and we are expecting today this ruling by the icj, the un's top court, which will rule on these allegations of israel committing what south africa says is genocide guide. how do you feel about that and how, depending on that ruling, how much more . difficult do you much more. difficult do you think it might make life for jewish people in the uk ? jewish people in the uk? >> it is a complete joke to call what is happening in israel genocide . genocide is what the genocide. genocide is what the nazis did to the jews in the second world war, where they mass murdered 6 million people in a planned operation over many countries. what is happening in israel is a war. there is simply a war which was started by hamas when it invaded israel and killed 1200 people. what is that? and what is happening is that? and what is happening is that israel is defending itself to call it genocide . when the to call it genocide. when the civilians who are being killed are being killed tragically ,

are being killed tragically, because the military operation to root out and eliminate hamas, which is a terrorist, a genocidal terrorist organisation , is nothing short of an insult to the memories of those who lost their lives in the holocaust . holocaust. >> it draymond, the chairman of the national jewish assembly, thank you very much indeed . thank you very much indeed. >> we'll be joined in the studio by political commentators matthew stadlen and emma webb . matthew stadlen and emma webb. hello again to you both . hello again to you both. matthew, what did you make of gary's comments there about how he feels with holocaust memorial day . he feels with holocaust memorial day. happening tomorrow? >> i just two things where i disagree with gary, but i have a lot of empathy for him, and i speak as a jewish person myself. i'm technically i'm half jewish. my i'm technically i'm half jewish. my grandparents were refugees from hitler. were kicked from hitler. they were kicked out homes, out out of their homes, kicked out of country . and i wouldn't of their country. and i wouldn't be here. by the way, if britain hadnt be here. by the way, if britain hadn't taken them in. so my family is very grateful to this country disagree gary in country. i disagree with gary in his characterisation of these marches. there's certainly some hatred on those marches, and

there's some there's certainly some anti—semitism , but are a anti—semitism, but there are a lot of who are lot of people who are well—meaning, think, and who well—meaning, i think, and who are who care deeply about are who care very deeply about what's happening in gaza at the moment. that me to the moment. that leads me to the second of disagreement, second area of disagreement, what witnessed. and i've said what we witnessed. and i've said this the start, on october this from the start, on october the 7th and beyond, acts of the 7th and beyond, were acts of medieval savagery by hamas and by acolytes . it's, by their their acolytes. it's, however , and i predicted this . i however, and i predicted this. i think the israeli response in gaza has been over the top. and in my view , is unjustifiable. i in my view, is unjustifiable. i haven't used the word genocide , haven't used the word genocide, but far too many innocent lives, including many, many thousands of children, it seems, have been taken on the issue of what it's like to be jewish in this country. there is no doubt in my experience of being a jewish person in london and in england that when there are flare ups and this has been far more than and this has been far more than a flare up in the middle east, then we see spikes in anti—semitism, anti semitism is never justified. it is an evil.

it is a sickness . it's never justified. it is an evil. it is a sickness. it's a disease that must be rooted out wherever it is found. and although personally i don't feel unsafe in my own country, i think a lot of jews do and we have to listen to those voices. i would just add a codicil and it's important to this. and this is not what about me? but there is no doubt that being a british muslim is not easy either. i think our press is very defensive of jews. quite rightly so in this country, and they're only the jewish population of britain is in the 200,000. it's tiny . there in the 200,000. it's tiny. there is a lot of islamophobia to either explicit or implicit in our british media. and that makes life, i think, being a british muslim pretty tough . british muslim pretty tough. >> okay. >> okay. >> how do you feel about it? these comments that dame maureen lipman made ? lipman made? >> well, i think she's right. i actually i think that the way that things have gone in, um , that things have gone in, um, various western countries and also the reaction in the arab

world just goes to show how necessary israel's existence is as the one place where our, you know, it's the only jewish state in the world. it's necessary for the safety of the jewish people. um, but of course, jews are not safe in israel at the moment ehhen safe in israel at the moment either. so, um, in the very strictest sense , she is strictest sense, she is absolutely correct that, um, and i think tomorrow , the holocaust i think tomorrow, the holocaust memorial day , you've got more memorial day, you've got more rallies taking place, which some people say is so palestinian rally other people. i think it's so deeply wrong and disrespect hateful. i think it's so deeply wrong. and disrespectful. and actually, um, this holocaust memorial day is , is so important memorial day is, is so important because because we've seen the way that the, the history of the holocaust has been misused dunng holocaust has been misused during these protests , we've during these protests, we've seen the way that it's been weaponized, used to hurt jewish people , um, with accusations of, people, um, with accusations of, of, of israel , people, um, with accusations of, of, of israel, um, doing people, um, with accusations of, of, of israel , um, doing another of, of israel, um, doing another holocaust against the um, against the palestinians. um,

it's is so important that people are educated about anti—semitism in europe and also , importantly, in europe and also, importantly, in europe and also, importantly, in the arab world as well, because you have to remember the way that the arab states treated jewish people and kicked so many of them out, and who ended up living in israel . so i think living in israel. so i think people are extremely historically ignorant. that's been shown by the interviews that have taken place at these protests. konstantin kissin from the trigonometry podcast has been asking people, um , been asking people, um, questions like from which river to which sea? and it's been very apparent that people don't even know the basic geography of the area. they're talking about. people are extremely ignorant of the politics and the history and i holocaust memorial day i think holocaust memorial day is important year is really important this year because need to know because people need to know their history. >> is that fair, matthew? that people have? >> too people are ignorant >> too many people are ignorant about this. >> undoubtedly. fair. >> undoubtedly. that is fair. where on this with where i'd push back on this with emma it is not emma is that it is not incompatible to care deeply about the holocaust, and also to

care about what's happening in gaza right now. we cannot forget that the israeli government is an extreme right government and that netanyahu, in view, is a that netanyahu, in my view, is a very and not the people very and that's not the people know. it's not the people. and he's a very bad man. a lot of israelis have a big problem with him, although although i would suggest the majority suggest that the majority of israelis what going on israelis back what is going on in that's of in gaza, and that's of deep concern me. can just make a concern to me. can i just make a point on education? this is really important. i would listen to rest is to the rest. the rest is history. a podcast the day history. a podcast the other day and though my grandparents and even though my grandparents were what happened were victims of what happened in the 1930s, i learned a lot about the 1930s, i learned a lot about the rise of anti—semitism in germany in austria towards germany and in austria towards the end of the 1930s. it is essential listening, because if you want to really understand how we got to a place where 6 million jews were murdered in an industrial way , listen to that industrial way, listen to that podcast. may i educate yourself? >> may i add very briefly to that? that i think another reason why it's so important for people to understand the history of the holocaust and to make an effort own part to go

effort on their own part to go and listen to the rest is history. podcast is a fantastic podcast the board podcast across the board on every um, but but i think every issue. um, but but i think it's so important that people recognise what we've seen recognise that what we've seen in the last couple of months , in the last couple of months, since october 7th, is that the attitude that that we think we think that what the nazis did is so alien to us. we think it's something that is so , so foreign something that is so, so foreign and such a horrendous evil that occurs. third, that it's not something that could possibly be in our own psychology as a country, as individuals. but the reality is, we've seen so many people standing by, um, silently , um, almost encouraging or, or supporting, um, people who are being unbelievably anti—semitic . being unbelievably anti—semitic. sukh. um, and i think that people need to recognise that this, this, this ancient hatred is something that is very much still with us, but actually, this doesn't. >> lessons from the holocaust do

not just apply to how we treat jews like me , for example. it jews like me, for example. it appues jews like me, for example. it applies to how we treat minorities across the board and the rhetoric of hatred against refugees, asylum seekers , often refugees, asylum seekers, often muslims in this country , leaves muslims in this country, leaves a hell of a lot to be desired. we need to learn the lessons comprehensively, and i say that as a jewish person, part of a tiny minority in this country, do you think it's fair that this rally is taking place tomorrow on holocaust memorial? i wouldn't personally, would not wouldn't personally, i would not touch these rallies with a bargepole because even though i hope that the majority of people go on with them, them with go on with them, go on them with good there is hard good intent. there is a hard core of anti—semitism there, so i them , but i i wouldn't touch them, but i wouldn't them. and i believe wouldn't ban them. and i believe in speech. i believe in the in free speech. i believe in the right protest. and right to protest. and critically, i've just said, critically, as i've just said, it is compatible to care about the holocaust, but also care the holocaust, but also to care about happening in gaza. about what's happening in gaza. and two. and i'm not comparing the two. >> matthew stadler, >> okay, matthew stadler, emma webb, indeed webb, thank you very much indeed for company this morning. for your company this morning. that's britain's that's it from britain's newsroom. up next is good afternoon with and

afternoon britain with tom and emily. bye bye. >> it certainly is. and be >> it certainly is. and we'll be diving that diving deeply into that nottingham story with calls for an inquiry . and the attorney an inquiry. and the attorney general asking the judges to review the case. what could possibly change. and we're going to be hearing exclusively from the party chairman of the conservative party after that shock polling put them at only 20 points. >> can they turn things around? we'll be hearing what he has to say. a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather boxt solar, sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello, it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. blustery showers today in the far north, but fine elsewhere. plenty of sunshine, in fact, and it will feel pleasant in that sunshine as high pressure builds in the wake of this front that moved through overnight . and with that through overnight. and with that high pressure building winds will be lighter in the south, but it's still blustery further north with fairly significant winds for the north and

northwest of scotland in particular. that's where the bulk of the showers will be moving in some snow over the hills. mountains scotland. hills. mountains of scotland. although snow is although the snow level is rising through the day as milder air we feel air arrives and we will feel that air in the south that milder air in the south with the lighter winds and the blue skies. highs here of ten, perhaps 11 celsius. then into the evening, actually temperatures fall away in the south because of the clear skies and the light winds. perhaps the odd mist and fog patch forming, but nowhere near as foggy as it's been over the last 24 hours or so. hans, we're going to see as we begin the weekend , and as we begin the weekend, and plenty of fine weather across much of the uk. minus plenty of fine weather across much of the uk . minus three much of the uk. minus three celsius possible in sheltered parts of southern england. but further north it will be milder because we've got plenty of cloud for scotland, northern ireland and northern england. further spells further showers or longer spells of rain for the northwest of scotland and increasingly windy through morning. 60 through saturday morning. 60 70mph for the 70mph wind gusts for the northern and the western northern isles and the western isles. elsewhere many places will be dry. a lot of cloud building into the afternoon, but

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january, just justice not served. >> sir keir starmer backs calls for an inquiry into any failings that led to the nottingham attacks. this comes as the attorney general considers whether judges should review the sentence psychotic killer sentence of the psychotic killer . valdo calocane . . valdo calocane. >> tories in trouble as a gb news poll finds support for sunaks party at just 20. we speak to the conservative party chairman on his election game plan. >> yes. can they turn things around? and accused of genocide? the international court of justice could issue emergency measures this afternoon, asking israel to halt its military operations in gaza. that's as south africa takes the only democracy in the middle east to court. it >> klopp out in shock news, jurgen klopp has announced that he will leave liverpool at the end of the current season after nine years in english football. he says he's running out of energy after winning the premier league champions league, the fa cup, the carabao cup. what does

this mean for the club